The Complete Idiot's Guide to Study Skills


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Study smarter, not harder! Every high school and college student would love to know how to get the highest grades with the least amount of effort. This book gives students a guiding philosophy for every class, every time, laying the foundation for lifelong learning. With the wisdom gained from these tips, success stories from other students, and mini-assessments, they’ll be empowered to succeed in class preparation, reading comprehension, exam-taking, and more. • No one method fits every student, so included are many tried-and-true methods. • Useful for every subject, from foreign languages to mathematics, from high school through college and beyond. • Helps students find their particular learning styles.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Speed Reading


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Presents strategies and techniques designed to increase reading speed, and improve comprehension and retention of a variety of reading materials.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well


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Covers all elements of effective and grammatically-correct writing, including electronic formats, for any type of situation from research papers to business memos.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning French


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You're no idiot, of course. You appreciate wine and brie, can pronounce "croissant," and know that "bonjour" means hello. But when it comes to actually learning the language, you feel stranded on the Eiffel Tower with no way down. Don't strap on your parachute just yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning French, Second Edition makes mastering French fun and entertaining--instead of bogging you down with verb tenses and vocabulary lists. You'll feel confident about "parlaying" your new proficiency into conversations with native speakers. In this Complete Idiot's Guide, you get:




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Research Methods


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Presents the complete idiot's guide to collecting research including advice on drafting a document, summarizing and paraphrasing, primary and secondary sources, and plagiarism.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Nursing Entrance Exams


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- Provides preparation for all five nursing entrance exams. - Includes sample questions in each chapter, and two full-fledged practice exams.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creative Writing


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A fifty percent revision of a popular Complete Idiot's Guide that now, more than ever, offers readers a thorough, creative writing class in a book, with Dr. Laurie Rozakis as their teacher. The book is refocused to more of an academic approach. Readers can begin to unlock their creativity from the first page, with fabulous exercises that help them explore their talents and experiment with different genres and forms of writing, including: • •Short stories •Narrative nonfiction •Memoirs •Magazine articles •Poetry •Drama •Blogging and freewriting




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grammar and Style


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Provides information on grammatical rules and how to use them, with advice on adding variety to writing, and examples of the right and wrong way to say things.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conversational Japanese


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Provides an introduction to the language and culture of Japan, covering pronunciation, grammar rules, kanas, and vocabulary words, and offers advice for travelers.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to American Government


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Explains how the government works and the functions of its many parts, covering such topics as the system of checks and balances, the Constitution, and the division of state and federal powers.