Fur Real Friends Teacup Pups - Maltese
$24.99(USD)
Fashionable, fun and always ready to go, this Teacup Pup pet has an animated head and comes in its very own stylish carrier, so you can take your puppy with you wherever you go. And with fun sound effects, a moving head and poseable legs, this is one precious pooch with a cuteness factor you won't be able to resist! Puppy figure comes with a carrier and an adoption certificate. Requires 3 "AAA" batteries, included. Measures 4.25"L x 11"W x 7.5"H.
Dan in Real Life
Sondre Lerche$18.98(USD)
In the tradition of Simon & Garfunkel's
The Graduate and Cat Stevens' music for
Harold and Maude, Sondre Lerche's
Dan in Real Life finds the Norwegian sensation lending his coy, almost precious, touch to this movie's soundtrack. Several tracks are plucked from Lerche's back catalogue, including "Modern Nature" (2002's
Faces Down), the Elvis Costello-penned "Human Hands" (2006's
Duper Sessions), and "Airport Taxi Reception" (2007's
Phantom Punch). These and the seven instrumental cue tracks form the matrix surrounding the four originals, among them a smarmy, beautiful duet with Regina Spektor, whose dulcet voice plays ideal foil to Lerche's own. "I'll Be OK" mimics the aw-shucks charisma of every character lead actor Steve Carell plays, offering inspired proof of director Peter Hedges' wisdom in handing the project to Lerche. Elsewhere, a string-heavy cover of Pete Townshend's seminal "Let My Love Open the Door" provides a memorable highlight. Hedges postulates in the liner notes that perhaps the film was made "so more of the world can hear [Lerche's] music," and certainly, this album provides an enticing vehicle for newcomers to his wavering vibrato, saccharine falsetto, and all too genteel songwriting, though existing Lerche fans may lament the relative shortage of new material here.
--Jason Kirk
Marketing: Real People, Real Choices (5th Edition)
Michael R. Solomon$153.33(USD)
This reader-friendly marketing book conveys timely and relevant material in a dynamic presentation of how marketing concepts are implemented, and what they mean in the marketplace. It introduces marketing from the perspective of real people making real marketing decisions at leading companies every day. Learners will come to understand that marketing is about creating value—for customers, for companies, and for society as a whole-and they will see how that is accomplished in the real world.
A five-part organization covers making marketing value decisions, identifying markets and understanding customers' needs for value, creating the value proposition, communicating the value proposition, and delivering the value proposition.
For individuals interested in a career in marketing.
Calculated Industries 3405 Real Estate Master IIIX Real Estate Finance Calculator
$44.95(USD)
CALCULATED INDUSTRIES Real Estate Master IIIxThe ideal tool for new agents and professionals who dont require buyer qualifying functions. Calculate complete payment solutions, amortization combo loans, ARMs, rent vs buy comparisons and much more. Enter loan scenario in any order and quickly solve for PITI and other what ifs Features include: complete payment solutions including PITI and interest-only amortization with remaining balances, calculate combo loans (80:10:10, 80:15:5), bi-weekly loans, ARMs, easy rent vs buy comparisons and estimated tax savings, future value, property appreciation and more. Includes protective hard slide cover, quick reference guide, easy-to-follow users guide, long-life batteries, and full one-year warranty SuppliesNet item (CA405)
Fur Real Friends Teacup Pups - Yorkie
$24.99(USD)
Fashionable, fun and always ready to go, this Teacup Pup pet has an animated head and comes in its very own stylish carrier, so you can take your puppy with you wherever you go. And with fun sound effects, a moving head and poseable legs, this is one precious pooch with a cuteness factor you won't be able to resist! Puppy figure comes with a carrier and an adoption certificate. Requires 3 "AAA" batteries, included. Measures 4.25"L x 11"W x 7.5"H.
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality
Charles Murray$24.95(USD)
With four simple truths as his framework, Charles Murray, the bestselling coauthor of
The Bell Curve, sweeps away the hypocrisy, wishful thinking, and upside-down priorities that grip America’s educational establishment.
Ability varies. Children differ in their ability to learn academic material. Doing our best for every child requires, above all else, that we embrace that simplest of truths. America’s educational system does its best to ignore it.
Half of the children are below average. Many children cannot learn more than rudimentary reading and math.
Real Education reviews what we know about the limits of what schools can do and the results of four decades of policies that require schools to divert huge resources to unattainable goals.
Too many people are going to college. Almost everyone should get training beyond high school, but the number of students who want, need, or can profit from four years of residential education at the college level is a fraction of the number of young people who are struggling to get a degree. We have set up a standard known as the BA, stripped it of its traditional content, and made it an artificial job qualification. Then we stigmatize everyone who doesn’t get one. For most of America’s young people, today’s college system is a punishing anachronism.
America’s future depends on how we educate the academically gifted. An elite already runs the country, whether we like it or not. Since everything we watch, hear, and read is produced by that elite, and since every business and government department is run by that elite, it is time to start thinking about the kind of education needed by the young people who will run the country. The task is not to give them more advanced technical training, but to give them an education that will make them into wiser adults; not to pamper them, but to hold their feet to the fire.
The good news is that change is not only possible but already happening.
Real Education describes the technological and economic trends that are creating options for parents who want the right education for their children, teachers who want to be free to teach again, and young people who want to find something they love doing and learn how to do it well. These are the people for whom
Real Education was written. It is they, not the politicians or the educational establishment, who will bring American schools back to reality.
Twenty-four years ago, Charles Murray’s
Losing Ground changed the way the nation thought about welfare.
Real Education is about to do the same thing for America’s schools.
