How to Write a Winning Scholarship Essay: 30 Essays That Won Over $3 Million in Scholarships, Third Edition
Examining the two basic components of scholarship competition—essays and interviews—this vital guidebook offers practical advice and real-life examples to guide students through the entire application process. A roundtable panel of judges and applicants supply inside information regarding the winning qualities
Introverted and shy, 14-year-old Leah Nells has lived her life alone, with only books to keep her company. As she starts 9th grade, she finds herself lost within the complicated social universe of high school — especially when she falls in love with a boy from her class. Under pressure from her parents, her classmates, and the whole noisy world, can she become the girl she wants to be?
Crossword Lists & Crossword Solver: Over 100,000 Potential Solutions
The frustration of a puzzle unsolved ends with this bumper crop of words and phrases that provide the keys to solving crosswords ranging from the merely tricky to the truly vexing. Entries are listed both alphabetically and by number of letters—up to 15—in categories such as volcanoes, fungi, and Gilbert and Sullivan.
Beading with Gemstones: Beautiful Jewelry, Simple Techniques
Beading doesn’t get more elegant than this, with such gleaming gems as amethyst, quartz, and lapis lazuli. Valérie MacCarthy—whose work graces the pages of high fashion magazines around the world—has created a magnificent collection of sophisticated, unique jewelry. The 30 projects include bracelets, earrings, necklaces and rings, and they tend to the playful and colorful.
The Little Book That Builds Wealth: The Knockout Formula for Finding Great Investments
In The Little Book That Builds Wealth, author Pat Dorsey—the Director of Equity Research for leading independent investment research provider Morningstar, Inc.—reveals why competitive advantages, or economic moats, are such strong indicators of great long-term investments and examines four of their most common sources: intangible assets, cost advantages, customer-switching costs, and network economics.
