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Reflective of the revised GRE, this new second edition gives test takers that extra math help that many need to score high on the exam. The book's features include: A description of the GRE's General Math Exam explaining structure, questions types, and scoring; Strategies for problem solving; Hundreds of problems and solutions that focus on numbers and number theory, algebra, data analysis, and geometry; Two full-length math sample sections structured to reflect the actual exam. All questions come with answers and explanations. |
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This updated fourteenth edition concentrates on the SAT's Critical Reading section with exercises reflecting both SAT question types: sentence completion and reading comprehension. Exercises are divided according to three levels of increasing difficulty, labeled from A to C. Features a helpful self-assessment test and three full-length Critical Reading practice tests. All questions are answered and explained. Students who can answer all level C questions are ready to excel on the actual exam. The workbook also presents test-taking tips and an extensive vocabulary review. |
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This workbook's fifth edition has been updated to reflect questions and question types appearing on the most recent tests. Hundreds of math questions in both multiple-choice and grid-in formats with worked out solutions. Math strategies to help test-takers approach and correctly answer question types that might be unfamiliar to them. All questions answered and explained. Here is intensive preparation for the SAT's all-important Math section, and a valuable learning tool for college-bound students who need extra help in math and feel the need to raise their math scores. |
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The new, updated edition of Barron's SAT 2400 takes students beyond standard test prep exercises, presenting novel and effective strategies, such as the Reading Rule of Thirds and Grammar Counting, for tackling the SAT's hardest questions. The book's major features include: Extra practice and review in all math topics; Upper-level vocabulary lists to bring students' word power up to college standards; Comprehensive answer explanations for every question in the book. The book comes with a CD-ROM that presents a full-length practice test with answers, explanations, and automatic scoring, plus 50 additional extra-challenging SAT-type questions with explained answers. Many test takers have told Barron's about their satisfaction with this manual's earlier editions, finding unusually helpful test-taking tips, and welcoming the book's special focus on the SAT's most difficult questions. The new fourth edition is better than ever. |
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Barron's Business Dictionaries are pocket-size books that define several thousand specialized terms within their subject area. They are ideal fast-reference books for business students and business managers. Terms and definitions are supplemented with enlightening diagrams, charts, and line art. This revised and expanded dictionary defines approximately 8,000 terms relating to accounting, taxation, advertising, business law, communications, transportation, computers and the Internet, insurance, international business, management, marketing, real estate, and statistics. This brand-new edition has been expanded to include more than 150 new terms specifically relating to finance and economics. |
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The new edition of this quick-reference book makes a handy classroom supplement for high school and college students, and serves as a valuable language aid for ESL students. Helpful features include: 120 irregular verbs conjugated in all tenses; A special section on phrasal verbs; A review of standard English usage; Troublesome words and phrases; Rules of punctuation. Small in format but packed with information, this book fits easily in backpacks or attaché cases for taking to class or carrying along to study sessions. |
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This updated edition defines and explains key financial terms and discusses topics that include: Business types and taxation methods; The value of money over time; Capital budgeting Investing and financing Dividend policy; Investment decisions based on financial derivatives; Financial analysis Managing working capital; Analyzing financial statements; Using financial software, and much more. Books in Barron's Business Review Series are intended mainly for classroom use, and include review questions with answers. They make fine supplements to main texts when included in college-level business courses. |
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This miniature board book literally bounces! Each Little Bouncer book in this series comes with an illustrated pair of hind legs printed on a heavy cardboard attachment that extends from the book's bottom surface, directly beneath the animal who's pictured on the front cover. The pair of legs is attached to the book with an internal spring. Kids can stand the book on its feet, then press down and let go — and the entire book hops into the air! When kids open these books they'll find comical pictures on every board page and brief, slightly silly stories about animals who love to hop, jump, and bounce. |
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An internationally recognized ESL teacher and TOEFL test-taking advisor presents detailed, step-by-step coaching designed to help students succeed on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. An opening Orientation chapter discusses the TOEFL's five test areas, explains how they are scored, and offers a general test preparation plan. Subsequent chapters set forth detailed strategies and exercises for success in all five test sections of both the iBT and the PBT TOEFL: Reading, Listening, Speaking, Structure, and Writing. Accompanying audio CDs complement all of the book's test strategies. All audio material contained on the compact discs is also presented in printed form in the book's Audioscripts section. Answer Keys for all questions appear at the back of the book. |
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Barron's SAT Vocabulary Flash Cards is a brand-new test prep tool that presents 500 SAT high-frequency words, selected because they have appeared as key words in recent SAT reading passages and critical reading and sentence completion questions. Cards are alphabetically arranged in the box, with an extra place-marker card that students can use to gauge their word-learning progress. This vocabulary building flash card set enables SAT test takers to review words they might already know, as well as to master unfamiliar words they are likely to encounter both on the SAT and in their college courses. The front of each card lists the target word along with a guide to its pronunciation and its part of speech. The card's reverse side presents the word's definition, uses it in a sentence, and lists synonyms. Students who master all 500 words will find enclosed instructions for making their own flash cards and continuing to expand their vocabularies. Flash cards in this set each have a small punch-hole in the one corner. It accommodates an enclosed metal ring that students can use to arrange select cards for study on the go. |
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A Barron's bestseller for more than four decades, this brand-new sixth edition has been expanded and updated with more word lists, definitions, analogies, and more. Word lists and definitions. Analogy exercises. Words-in-context exercises All new words for students to learn are placed in the context of sentences that have been selected from well-known novels, plays, poems, newspaper editorials, and TV broadcasts. For optimal ease and enjoyment in learning, the authors recommend 15-minute sessions with this book. Over the years, thousands of students preparing for the SAT and ACT have relied on previous editions of 1100 Words You Need to Know as an ideal way to strengthen their word power. A new feature in the sixth edition is The Lighter Touch 100, a collection of 100 funny one-liners which use words from the book that you need to know. |
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Toddlers will love this fun-to-shake board book. It's sturdily constructed, with an extra-thick layered cover that gives Kitty's face a 3D effect. When kids give the book a shake they're answered with a noisy rattle that will make them smile. The friendly front-cover Kitten has an amusing little story to tell in the book's cheerfully illustrated pages. This is one of four titles that Barron's offers in the Rock & Rattle series: Bunny, Kitty, Mouse, and Puppy. |
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Both ESL students and teachers of ESL courses have found the previous edition of Painless English for Speakers of Other Languages extremely helpful, especially in the way it anticipates and answers students' most frequently asked questions about correct American English usage. The new second edition is better than ever. All titles in Barron's Painless Series are being updated in new, improved editions, and they all feature access to brand-new subject-related arcade game apps that will appeal to students. Books in the Painless Series cover most classroom subjects, and include a variety of fun features for students who find the subjects difficult and confusing — or in some cases, just plain boring. Books: Are written for middle school and high school students; Feature cartoon-style illustrations and humorous approaches to subject matter; Emphasize attention-catching ways students can put subjects to practical use; Challenge students with puzzles, games, and Brain Tickler problems to solve — and now with access to a fun app learning game The new apps features that are available with these revised titles can be downloaded on any iPhone, iTouch, iPad, or Android device. They add an extra element of fun to the teaching of each subject. |
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Toddlers will love this fun-to-shake board book. It's sturdily constructed, with an extra-thick layered cover that gives Bunny's face a 3D effect. When kids give the book a shake they're answered with a noisy rattle that will make them smile. The friendly front-cover Bunny has an amusing little story to tell in the book's cheerfully illustrated pages. This is one of four titles that Barron's offers in the Rock & Rattle series: Bunny, Kitty, Mouse, and Puppy. |
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Updated to meet today's business needs and reflect the use of current technology, this book presents approximately 75 model letters that demonstrate correct formats and modes of expression used in business correspondence. Categories include credit applications, letters of inquiry, orders of goods and services, formal business announcements, letters of recommendation, letters dealing with complaints and claims, in-house correspondence, news releases, sales letters as used by direct marketers, and more. This book also features examples of different letter formatting styles as well as sections on e-mail correspondence and effective presentation of Internet r sum s. |
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This quick-reference fact finder defines approximately 4,500 key terms that apply to life, health, property, casualty, home owners', tenants', and professional liability insurance. Also included and defined in detail are important terms that apply to pension plans and individual retirement accounts. Newly updated to reflect changes in federal and local legislation, this book is a valuable guide for insurance agents, brokers, actuaries, underwriters, and virtually everybody who has ever purchased or plans to purchase insurance. It can also serve as a textbook supplement in business courses. A previous edition of this book was praised by The New York Times as... helpful, particularly for employee benefit and retirement issues. |
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The most up-to-date test prep manual on the market, Barron's TOEFL iBT is available as a book only, but can also be purchased with several additional test preparation tools. The manual presents: — A general overview of the TOEFL iBT; — Seven model TOEFL iBT tests with explanations or examples for all questions; — A review of required academic skills, including note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, and synthesizing; — A review of language skills, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing in English. |
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More than 8,000 idiomatic words and phrases that are standard in American English are listed with definitions and sample sentences to clarify their meanings. Earlier editions of this A-to-Z dictionary have proved especially helpful to TOEFL and TOEIC test takers, as well as to other students in North America for whom English is their second language. Idioms undergo constant change in every living language, some falling out of use while new words and phrases become part of the standard vocabulary. This new edition takes account of the latest idiomatic changes and presents a solid background to informal American English. |
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This newly revised and updated manual gives readers a test overview plus test-taking advice and a timetable for a typical computer-based GRE test. Includes verbal, analytical writing, and quantitative reasoning reviews, two full-length practice tests, diagnostic tests, and more. |
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Barron's seventh edition of Pass Key to the GRE is a condensed version of their full-size GRE test prep manual. This new edition offers: — An overview of the computer-based general GRE Test; — Two full-length practice tests that reflect the GRE format; — Answer keys and full explanations for all test questions; — Extensive review covering verbal reasoning, analytical writing, and quantitative reasoning; — Additional practice questions and answers in each review section. In this conveniently sized volume, test takers will find a helpful study guide and proven test-taking strategies that will help them maximize their test scores. |
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