For Reasoning Aficionados From All Walks of Life!THE LITTLE BLUE REASONING BOOK is based on a simple but powerful observation: Individuals who develop outstanding reasoning and thinking skills do so primarily by mastering a limited number of the most important reasoning principles and concepts, which they use over and over again. What are these recurring principles and concepts? The answer to this question is the basis of this book. Interwoven within the book's five chapters — Perception&Mindset, Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Analyzing Arguments, and Mastering Logic — are 50 reasoning tips that summarize the common themes behind classic reasoning problems and situations. Appendixes contain summaries of fallacious reasoning, analogies, trade-offs, and a review of critical reading skills.

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The Kaplan GRE Vocabulary in a Box features 500 flashcards covering the most-tested GRE vocabulary words, dample sentences provide the words in context, synonyms and a pronunciation key to help you best prepare for the vocabulary most-likely to show up on the GRE.

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'Great Applications for Business School' provides a flexible, practical system for enabling business school applicants to find their applications' central theme, brainstorm their essays' raw material using personal 'data-mining' techniques, craft an outline using theme and evidence sentences, and write, revise, and edit effective essay drafts. Bodine provides detailed strategies for answering the most common MBA admissions essay topics--from goals, accomplishments, and "self-revelation" essays to diversity, leadership and teamwork, failure, and creative or multimedia topics. "Great Applications" includes practical guidelines for understanding what schools actually ask, choosing the appropriate stories for each essay type, and structuring essays so they provide context, analysis, and the all-important takeaways. The foundational material that earned "Great Application Essays for Business School" GMATClub.com's "Best MBA Book" award in 2010 remains the core of this new edition.   But the second edition--30% larger than the first--also contains substantially new material: *             Forty-four actual, complete essays or admissions documents (versus 22 in the first edition) written by admitted applicants to the very best business schools (Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Chicago, Tuck, Columbia, London, Kellogg, INSEAD, and MIT Sloan, among others). *             Treatment of the newest trend in admissions essays: creative, PowerPoint, and multimedia essays. *             Ten case studies showing how real applicants with specific challenges overcame their admissions obstacles to gain admission to top programs. *             Five "Put Yourself on the Couch" question sets that will spark the kind of reflection and analysis from which truly self-aware essays can emerge.  *             Extended appendixes on admissions interviews (containing sample interview responses) and wait-list letters (featuring before-and-after versions of two successful letters).

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For Grammar Aficionados From All Walks of Life!THE LITTLE GOLD GRAMMAR BOOK is based on a simple but powerful observation: Individuals who develop outstanding grammar skills do so primarily by mastering a limited number of the most important grammar rules, which they use over and over again. What are these recurring rules? The answer to this question is the basis of this book. In addition to covering the basics of grammar, diction, and idioms, this book contains a 100-question grammar quiz, a collection of 50-plus word pairings (diction), a compilation of 200 idioms, and 30 multiple-choice problems to integrate key concepts. Special sections cover editing tips and punctuation, American English versus British English, and traditional writing versus digital writing.

First year law students are typically under a good deal of academic pressure, and profit from every available study aid and learning tool. This brand-new set of flash cards will help them through their most rigorous courses. The cards are divided into three categories: Criminal Law, Torts, and Contracts. Terms and questions are printed on card fronts with Black letter law with theory, elements, definitions, and explanations on the reverse sides. Each of the 4 1/2" by 2 3/4" flash cards is designed with a punch hole in one corner. The hole accommodates a metal key-ring-style card holder enclosed with the set. Using the holder, students can arrange the flash cards in any sequence that suits their study needs.

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