Download or read book SAT Sneak Attack written by Peter Wayner and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you rather have to take the SAT: a) a brain b) a pencil c) some scratch paper d) all of the above and a dictionary and a math helper? Read this new short book exploring how some computer geniuses are helping kids with money choose (d). They're sneaking in help to ace the exam. Journalist Peter Wayner interviewed a number of computer hackers and explored how they're helping thousands of kids slip a bit of extra help into the exam. He tried their techniques and found that they could boost scores by fifty to two hundred points. The scariest revelation he discovered is that the College Board doesn't seem to care enough to stop it. Read his short book exploring these rings of hackers and learn just how easy it can be to get a bit of extra help.
Download or read book Sneak Attack written by John McCord and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-04-29 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Mike Norris and his friend sit in eerie darkness, tucked away in the back of a coffee shop, Mike tells his story. Years before, he was in a funk. He had suddenly fallen into money and could afford to retire and buy expensive toys. Still, he was bored, his love life was in the toilet, and he was drifting through life aimlessly. Then a "chance meeting" and other strange things happen to him. During the September 11th attacks, he has an encounter with a government agent and suddenly realizes that the U.S. is not as safe and secure as it had once seemed. After some soul-searching, an old friend recruits him into a mysterious group of very wealthy people. He embarks on an odyssey involving spies, foreign operatives, and an alarming plot that, if Mike and his friends don't prevent, will change the power structure of the world forever.
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Download or read book Hack the SAT written by Eliot Schrefer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-07-17 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A top SAT coach—whose high-scoring strategies earned him $300 an hour from Manhattan’s elite private-school students —now makes his unique, proven secrets available to all. Money can buy academic success, and the SAT is no exception. Harvard honors graduate Eliot Schrefer discovered this lucrative truth when he took a job at the nation’s most exclusive test-prep firm. He has helped hundreds of his clients raise their scores an average of 300 points and reel in admission to exclusive colleges. Now, in a guide that is as unique as his tricks, Schrefer brings his extraordinary pointers to every anxious applicant. This user-friendly rescue manual delivers such scoreboosting features as: a killer vocabulary list, including words the SAT has repeated for decades (and why reading Vanity Fair magazine is smart test prep) cheap tricks to master the math section (surprise! you learned all you needed to know about SAT math by the eighth grade) how to be a grammar genius without cracking another book (bonus: discover the tiny subset of grammar rules that is the SAT’s secret lover) Schrefer writes in a snappy, conversational tone, dishing gossipy anecdotes about former clients while presenting advice not found in competing books. With a design that is as vibrant as a gamer’s virtual world, this is the ultimate weapon in the quest for test-score triumph.
Download or read book Stealth Attack written by Ray Pritchard and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satan is a terrorist and the only way to overcome our doomed but deadly enemy is to arm ourselves with the truth of what Scripture says about warfare.
Download or read book The Sanctuary written by Darnell Johnson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darnell Johnson considers The Sanctuary as a prequel or a spin-off to his first book, The Purpose of Life, which basically has the same purpose-of-life mentality but in a different way, more like the guardian-angel-effect style; while The Purpose of Life is something Michael had to go through to understand it. Anthony in the Sanctuary does not know his purpose, and Chayo found out from God both their purpose, but Chayo could not tell him because the only way Anthony and Chayo could fulfill God’s purpose for them was by Chayo protecting them both from the evils and ills of one of California’s worst prisons.
Download or read book Cornelius Sky written by Timothy Brandoff and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A serious comic novel about human failings and forgiveness. This remarkable study of a doorman will stay with you, and live on.” —Allison Janney, Oscar Award–winning actress Cornelius Sky is a doorman in a posh Fifth Avenue apartment building that houses New York City’s elite, including a former First Lady whose husband was assassinated while in office. It is 1974 and New York City is heading toward a financial crisis. At work, Connie prides himself on his ability to buff a marble floor better than anyone, a talent that so far has kept him from being fired for his drinking. He pushes the boundaries of his duties, partying and playing board games with the former First Lady’s lonely thirteen-year-old son in the service stairwell—the only place where the boy is not spied upon mercilessly by the tabloid press and his Secret Service detail. Connie believes he is the only one who can offer true solace and companionship to this fatherless boy, but his constant neglect of his own sons and their mother reaches a boiling point. His wife changes the locks on his own door, and he finds himself wandering the mean streets of the city in his uniform, where unlikely angels offer him a path toward redemption. Cornelius Sky is an elegant picaresque that beautifully captures an opulent city on the edge of ruin and recovery. “A novel that seems to be everywhere, and is superbly told. The storyteller has the sharp eye and calm voice of an intrigued looker-on.” —Larry Heinemann, National Book Award–winning author of Paco’s Story “A dramatically satisfying and emotional resonant novel.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book CHAMPION PART 24 written by Tram Doan and published by TRAM DOAN. This book was released on with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CHAMPION PART 24 Chapter 826: How to dress cows and buffaloes! Duong Diep is naturally scaring Tu Hinh and everyone. Although he ate a Qi Recovery Pill, it only left him with mysterious energy in his body, and he was injured inside and outside his body. , it takes at least a minute to get a little better. Moreover, even if his injury was a little better, he still wouldn't dare draw his sword, because if he pulled out a sword move, his whole body would definitely explode into pieces! Therefore, what he could do at this time was to disguise himself as a cow. Let's just say, when Duong Diep wanted to draw his sword, Tu Hinh and others couldn't help but retreat a few feet. Before Duong Diep, that sword move was terrifying, but they saw it with their own eyes. A royal person was instantly killed by Duong Diep's sword move. Can they not be afraid and afraid? Tu Hinh suddenly said that right now he is the mouth of a tiger and the liver of a rabbit, we don't need to be afraid!"
Download or read book Beautiful CEO s Bodyguard written by Fan Tian and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-16 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soldier King Ye Chen was one of the top fighters in the country's special forces. However, his teammates' deaths caused him to leave the army and return to the civilian population. On one side, there were many schemes and on the other, there were countless beauties. If one could defeat a tyrant, they would be able to kill off their enemy, win the favor of beauties, and then see how the super soldier king would play with his city life.
Download or read book The Promised War written by Thomas Greanias and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling seat-of-the-pants adventure perfect for fans of Dan Brown and Scott Mariani When the wreckage of a sunken Nazi submarine unlocks a shocking legacy of Hitler’s quest for Atlantis, fearless archaeologist Conrad Yeats exposes an alarming conspiracy in the ruins of the Third Reich—a dangerous secret that the highest levels of every major government will stop at nothing to protect. Holding the key to ancient mystery, Yeats is plunged into a deadly race across the Mediterranean, hunted by the assassins of an international organization on a ruthless mission to ignite global Armageddon and revive an empire. With the help of Serena Serghetti, the beautiful Vatican linguist he loved and lost, Yeats must uncover the sinister truth behind the centuries-old-puzzle before worldwide devastation begins. ‘A wonderfully honed cliff-hanger – an outrageous adventure with a wild dose of the supernatural. A thrill ride from start to finish’ Clive Cussler on Raising Atlantis ‘Remarkable! Grabs holds of you from the first page’ Nelson Demille on Raising Atlantis
Download or read book America Answers a Sneak Attack written by Gordon Lee Weil and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of how America overreacted to Pearl Harbor at the outset of World War II by building the Alcan highway and other projects, believing that Alaska would be Japan's next US target. This governmental panic to 'do something' resulted in massive spending on unnecessary actions similar to what happened after 9/11 -- including waste, profiteering, bureaucratic infighting, cover-ups, and an assertion of America's dominating role in the world. But the Alcan Highway let black soldiers achieve greater racial equality and gave Harry S Truman sufficient prominence to lead to his selection as Franklin Roosevelt's running mate in 1944.
Download or read book PWN the SAT Math Guide written by Mike McClenathan and published by PWN Test Prep, LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-17 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PWN is back, and better than ever. The PWN the SAT Math Guide was created to help ambitious, highly motivated kids maximize their SAT math scores. Do you crave a higher score? Are you willing to do a little hard work to achieve it? Good. I knew I liked you. Read this book from beginning to end, with a pencil in hand and a calculator and an Official SAT Study Guide by your side. When you’re done, you’ll be able to approach the SAT with confidence—very few questions will surprise you, and even fewer will be able to withstand your withering attacks. Stand tall, intrepid student. Destiny awaits. Updated for the New SAT This new edition of the Math Guide has been updated, rather painstakingly, to reflect the realities of the new SAT coming March 2016. This book was not rushed to market to take advantage of interest in the new exam. I took my time, and hopefully I got it right. Chapters are broken into five major sections: Techniques, Heart of Algebra, Passport to Advanced Math, Problem Solving and Data Analysis, and Additional Topics in Math. Each chapter concludes with a reference list of similar questions from official practice tests. Practice questions are designated as either “Calculator” or “No calculator.” Students will be forbidden from using their calculators for one whole section of the new SAT. Emphasis is placed on nimbleness—the ability to approach problems in multiple ways to find the one that works best. Calculator solutions and shortcuts are provided where appropriate. Join me online Readers of this book are encouraged to register as Math Guide Owners at the PWN the SAT website. There will be video solutions and other bonus content there. Signing up there will also give me a way to get in touch with you if I make book updates. See details at http://mathguide.pwnthesat.com.
Download or read book Winner Takes All written by Sandra Sookoo and published by Desert Breeze Publishing In. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lily Henderson's greatest passion is knowledge. Christopher Farnsworth thrives on order and decorum. A simple dinner party and a bowl of potato soup are ruined when Lily's penchant for suffragette rallies and Christopher's military ideas of prim and proper meet and clash. The two soon find themselves agreeing to a wager and love is the intended outcome. The premise? A suitable match by Easter. If he loses, he'll attend Easter church services dressed in one of his aunt's outrageously colored and beaded gowns. If she loses, she'll ride, Lady Godiva-style, around the heart of Indianapolis. The problem is neither Christopher nor Lily can find matches that measure up to themselves. Romantic sabotage is the order of the day. The original wager is forgotten and the only thing the pair gamble with is their hearts.
Download or read book Two Mexican Kids Barack and the Wall written by Néstor Lacorén and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Juan Sintierra grows up amid poverty in Sinaloa, Mexico, he dreams of one day traveling to America to visit his imaginary friend, Barack. Influenced by his cousin, Miguel Meromero, Juan carries out horrific crimes that lead him to be pursued by everyone including the police and powerful capos from the drug cartels. Determined to report the truth about forty-three students killed in Iguala to Barack with hopes he can fix everything, Juan and Miguel decide to escape their enemies and flee to the United States. Although they are both determined to survive, they first must endure great tragedies along the way on both sides of the border. As Juans journey leads him to uncover dark truths about gringo-land that lead to murder and a series of life-shattering decisions, he discovers a new side of himself as he learns to embrace his identity and find hope among the ashes. In this compelling novel, two Mexican kids escape the dark and violent world of the drug cartels and flee to the United States where they must face the truth, choices, and the reality about themselves.
Download or read book Crew One written by Dennis Scranton and published by Merriam Press. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Cossack Cowboy written by Lester S. Taube and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Sanderson, a thoroughgoing young Victorian gentleman, is having a high old time with a regiment of Don Cossacks, fighting, raping, pillaging and burning in the time-honored manner, when he is recalled to England to inherit a dukedom. Soon he is on his travels again, this time to the Territory of New Mexico where the old Duke had bought but never taken up the Three Barbs ranch. Unfortunately, Paul is not the only person who is interested in that particular piece of real estate, and he soon learns that a land-hungry railroad tycoon wants to have him killed to possess it. What happens when Paul meets the daughter of his would-be assassin on a wolf-infested mountain, starts a chain of horrific events that will keep the reader on the edge of his chair right up to the startling climax. About the Author Lester Taube was born of Russian and Lithuanian immigrants in Trenton, New Jersey. He began soldiering in a horse artillery regiment while in his teens, where in four years he rose from the grade of private to the exalted rank of private first class. During World War II, he became an infantry platoon leader and participated in operations in the Bismarck Archipelago, was attached to the 3rd Marines for action on Iwo Jima, and finally combat on Okinawa, the last battle of the war. After leaving the army and recuperating from wounds and malaria, he became general manager of a 400 employee electronic company in California, manager of a 450 employee paper stock company in Pennsylvania, and finally opened a logging and pulpwood cutting operation in Canada. Called back to duty during the Korea Police Action, he served as an advisor to the Turkish army, then as an intelligence officer and company commander in Korea. During the Vietnam period, he was stationed in France and Germany as a general staff officer working in intelligence and war plans. Prior to retirement as a full colonel, he moved to a small village in the mountains of North Tyrol, Austria, and kept a boat for five years on the Cote d'Azur, France. He began writing novels while in France, and after producing four books, which were published in a number of countries, and selling two for motion pictures, he stopped - "as there was heavy soldiering to do and children to raise." Returning to the U.S. after 13 years overseas, he worked as an economic development specialist for the State of New Jersey helping companies move to New Jersey or expand therein. He has four children, all born in different countries.
Download or read book The Betrayal written by Leslie R Garcia and published by Leslie Rose Garcia. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Amazons are blamed for attacks on Roman villages a want for their blood starts to fill the villager's hearts, but the Amazons are not aware of any attacks happening beyond their forest. For the last several years they have found a peace that they don't want to disturb. Lena rules the Amazons accused of the attacks and the imposter is using her name to strike fear into their victims. When she finds out what has been done to her reputation she decides to do whatever it takes to regain her honor. Ephy is tired of just barely surviving in a place that used to be filled with laughter and love. She decides she will no longer wait for death to slowly destroy her, she will go to it and go out swinging.
