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1) Liberal Arts
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Jesse, a 35-year-old New York college admissions adviser, is invited to his Midwestern alma mater to attend his favorite professor's retirement dinner, he quickly falls back in love with the university life. But when he meets 19-year-old student Zibby, the daughter of his professor's friends, he suddenly finds himself caught in a moral dilemma: does he pursue a relationship with this kindred spirit, or does he break her heart and return to the...
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Choosing a college and striking out on one's own is an exciting time that requires a big adjustment by both child and parent, but few parents will have as much difficulty relinquishing control over their daughter's life as Chicago police chief James Porter. A loving, but overprotective father, James wants his daughter Melanie to attend nearby Northwestern College. When she's waitlisted and called for an interview at Georgetown in Washington, D.C.,...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are aided on their quest by two teachers, a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric, whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.
Author
Series
Publisher
Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
Español
Description
"La joven Michelle creci̤ en el lado sur de Chicago en una familia muy unida. Le encantaba la escuela, obtener A's y trabaj̤ duro para abrir camino en las universidades de Princeton y Harvard. Luego, al comienzo de su carrera legal, conoci̤ a Barack Obama. Como primera dama, us̤ su plataforma para abogar por las mujeres y las nįas y contin͠a inspirando a muchas con su poderosa voz y sus libros m̀s vendidos. Este libro empoderador presenta ilustraciones...
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Lea S.A
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Invitada por dos universidades de mujeres, en octubre de 1928, para hablar sobre las mujeres y la ficci̤ n, Virginia Woolf prepar̤ una verdadera clase magistral sobre desigualdad de ǧ nero y de clase. La autora dialoga con libros que va sacando de la biblioteca, con la intenci̤ n de encontrar all̕ cù l pudo haber sido la raz̤ n por la que las bibliotecas no cuentan con autoras mujeres sino hasta el siglo XVIII. Virginia cuestiona, interroga,...
Author
Publisher
Conecta
Pub. Date
[2022].
Language
Español
Description
"El prestigioso ex negociador internacional del FBI Chris Voss, especializado en secuestros con rehenes, nos enseña un método de negociación rompedor: tácticas para negociaciones duras que son aplicables en múltiples aspectos de nuestras vidas. Rompe la barrera del no es un manual de negociación imprescindible desarrollado y perfeccionado a lo largo de la extraordinaria carrera de Chris Voss como negociador en secuestros con rehenes y como reconocido...
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