Barrons Educational Series

Supercars

Text and photographs present twenty-three kinds of racing cars, including the Aston Martin DB7, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, and Mercedes 500SL.

Inks and Washes

Barron's Art Handbooks are pocket-sized reference guides for art teachers and students. Heavily illustrated in color, the titles are divided into color-coded sub-series as follows: Purple, instruction in art media; Green, techniques and theory; Yellow, art history and movements; Red, art genres. This brand-new title, Inks and Washes, falls into the Purple category, explaining their application, both when used alone and in mixed-media art-works, and showing examples of artworks that have been created using these techniques.

Let's Play Ball

Finding a lost baseball is the only thing standing in the way of a perfect ball-playing day.

Doodle and Activity Advent Placemats

This ingenious doodle pad features tear-out, cardstock pages that double as placemats--one for each day of December up to the 25th! Each page features artistic prompts that will inspire children to get creative while they chow down and count down the days until Christmas.

Greek Life

Examines daily life in ancient Greece and discusses the mythology, art, medicine, and philosophy of the Greeks.

Submarines

Relates the history of submarines from the earliest experimental vessels to modern nuclear submarines, and describes their role in warfare and espionage.

Whiptail of Blackshale Trail

An iguana tells two friends a spooky tale about a mysterious creature.

Barron's Compact Guide to Colleges

This smaller and less expensive version of Barron's Profiles of American Colleges has been updated for the 2000-2001 school year. It describes approximately 400(?) colleges across the United States in profiles adapted from the larger book. The Compact Guide to Colleges mainly profiles schools that fall within Barron's top three categories on the academic competitiveness scale: Most Competitive, Highly Competitive, and Very Competitive.

Greek Life

Readers will discover the vivid contrasts between the ordinary lives of the citizens of Athens, the cradle of humanism, and Sparta, a neighboring authoritarian military citadel. Here too are illustrations and descriptions that convey a sense of the architecture of Greek cities, major Greek figures, the importance of the theater, the bitter wars raged with Persia, and more. Full color.

Pass Key to the ASVAB

Offers subject reviews, test preparation strategies, and model Armed Services Qualification Tests with all questions answered and explained.

Barron's NCLEX-RN

This brand-new set of more 408flash cards will help nursing students succeed on the National Council Licensure Examination, which certifies them as registered nurses. The cards are divided into two categories: 300 cards identify medications and their uses; and 100 cards present questions typical of those found on recent NCLEX-RN exams. Each medication card names a medication on the front and lists its uses, how it is administered, and its side effects on the back. The 100 test question cards present answers on their reverse side and cover topics that include safe care and environment, safety and infection control, health promotion and maintenance, and other subjects that nursing students will encounter when they take the exam. Each card has a small punch hole in one corner that accommodates an enclosed metal ring students can use to select and rearranged cards to fit their study needs.

Sequential Mathematics Course II

This computer software program is designed to make study and preparation for the New York State Regent Exam easier. It can be used in the classroom and at home by students. The Sequential Math Course II prorgam contains computerized versions of three complete Regents Exams with answers, handsome color graphics, and a timing feature to help students pace themselves. A copy of "Barron's Regents Exams and Answers" book in Sequential Math Course II is also enclosed to provide extra test preparation.

Barron's Regents Power Pack Biology

Russian Now!

By the Light of the Moon

Verses describe what can be seen, heard, and felt in the moonlight