Barron's Global History

Judi Kesselman-Turkel, Franklyn Peterson

Note-Taking Made Easy

Updated and revised edition As every student quickly learns, merely sitting through a class and paying attention is usually not sufficient to ensure good grades. The proper taking of good notes is essential. Note-Taking Made Easy tells why the student should take his or her own notes (rather than buying them or taping lectures), and tells exactly how to determine what is worth noting, whether during a lecture, classroom discussion, even from a book or during a meeting. The authors describe the two most successful methods of organizing notes--outlining and patterning--and provide shortcuts to really make note-taking easy, from shorthand devices to abbreviations. Special sections are devoted to taking notes from texts, fiction as well as nonfiction, and handling charts, graphs, and photos. A final chapter shows how to tie together notes from various sources. This STUDY SMART reference guide series, designed for students from junior high school through lifelong learning programs, teaches skills for research and note-taking, presents strategies for test-taking and studying, provides exercises to improve spelling, grammar, and vocabulary, and reveals secrets for putting these skills ...

Barron's Geometry

The brand-new "BarronA[a¬a[s Regents Exams and Answers: Geometry, " published just this past March, and "LetA[a¬a[s Review Geometry, "published in September 2008, are now available as a two-book set. Purchase of this two-book PowerPack gives buyers a savings of $2.99 as compared with the price of the books purchased separately.

Hugh M. Miller, Dale Cockell

HarperCollins College Outline History of Western Music

Prof. Hugh Miller's History of Music was first published in 1947, and quickly became a reference for students of music history worldwide. This thorough revision incorporates new knowledge on music, an updated 20th century section, and a brand new section about vernacular music. The book offers characteristics of form and style of multiple types of music from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Baroque period, the classical era, the romantic era, the 20th century, and popular music. Prepared for students by renowned professors and noted experts, here are the most extensive and proven study aids available, covering all the major areas of study in college curriculums. Each guide features: up-to-date scholarship; an easy-to-follow narrative outline form; specially designed and formatted pages; and much more.