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Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care |
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THE CLASSIC HANDBOOK -- COMPLETELY UP-TO-DATE For generations, parents across the world have relied on Dr. Spock's expert pediatric advice. Now, in this fully revised edition of his timeless bestseller, you'll find all the information you need to meet the changes and challenges of child-rearing in the new millennium -- including entirely new chapters about international adoption, reading aloud, multiple intelligences, autism, coping with terrorism and disasters, and other such topics as: • breast-feeding: the latest research, approaches, and techniques • common medical-care Q&A • talking to your child about sex, drugs, and disease • immunizations, vitamins, and nutrition • learning, behavioral, and/or physical disorders • dental and vision care • raising non-violent children,... |
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Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators |
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George Collison, et al |
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"Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators" is Atwood Publishing's latest title and one of your greates resources for distance education. It will help you build an online community and fuel online dialogue to create relationships between interactants. It will also provide you with a wide repertoire of strategies for sharpening your course's content and ways to fend off and avoid technological problems and roadblocks that you will invariably face during your class.
From the Publisher
The results of Concord Consortium's online teacher training, "Facilitating Online Learning" supplies you with a comprehensive analysis of online education and the strategies and techniques used in their online classes.
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Children's Journeys Through the Information Age |
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Sandra L. Calvert |
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Children's Journeys Through the Information Age by Sandra Calvert addresses many of the issues surrounding our culture's continuing immersion into technology, looking particularly at the current and emerging information technologies influencing children. Calvert poses questions about the effects of these technologies and discusses their meaning for parents, teachers, and policymakers. For instance, Calvert looks at specific software designs and mediums (i.e. TV, Diskette, CD-ROM) to explore how gender role, ethnic, and racial stereotypes are carried to intended audiences through implicit messages in these programs.
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder |
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Today's kids are increasingly disconnected from the natural world, says child advocacy expert Louv (Childhood's Future; Fatherlove; etc.), even as research shows that "thoughtful exposure of youngsters to nature can... be a powerful form of therapy for attention-deficit disorder and other maladies." Instead of passing summer months hiking, swimming and telling stories around the campfire, children these days are more likely to attend computer camps or weight-loss camps: as a result, Louv says, they've come to think of nature as more of an abstraction than a reality. Indeed, a 2002 British study reported that eight-year-olds could identify Pokémon characters far more easily than they could name "otter, beetle, and oak tree." Gathering thoughts from parents, teachers, researchers, environmentalists and other... |
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Be Prepared for the AP Computer Science Exam in Java |
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Maria Litvin |
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A Java edition of our popular test prep book for AP Computer Science prepares students for the AP CS exams in Java, starting 2004. Thorough review chapters cover all of the A- and AB-level material and the Marine Biology Simulation Case Study. Includes four complete practice exams, two A and two AB, with no overlap.
About the Author
Maria LitvinM has taught computer science and mathematics at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, since 1987. She is an Advanced Placement Computer Science exam reader and Question Leader and, as a consultant for The College Board, provides AP training for high school computer science teachers. Maria is a recipient of the 1999 Siemens Award for Advanced Placement for Mathematics, Science, and Technology for New England and of... |
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The Plug-In Drug |
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Marie Winn |
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After 25 years, Winn (Children Without Childhood) has completely revised and updated her landmark study of the influence of television on children and family life by incorporating findings based on recent research and investigating the impact of the home computer, the VCR, and the video game terminal. She has also shifted the focus from the TV programs children watch to the negative effects of television on children's play, imagination, and school achievement. Although Winn pinpoints many key shortcomings of television, this study is not argumentative; Winn instead aims to stress the quality of family life without television, to show educators and parents how to control the medium, and to offer practical suggestions on how to improve family life not dependent on television. This refreshingly candid and inviting... |
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Don't Bother Me Mom--I'm Learning! |
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Marc Prensky |
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Prensky debunks the accepted wisdom that video games are harmful to children. Instead, he contends that games can teach a multitude of skills, including problem solving, language and cognitive skills, strategic thinking, multitasking, and parallel processing. He cites research showing the benefits of games in teaching skills children will need in a twenty-first-century economy, pointing to the military use of games to teach strategy, laproscopic surgeons who play games as a "warm-up" before surgery, and entrepreneurs who played games growing up. Better yet, Prensky details positive attributes of popular games, including the controversial Grand Theft Auto, and addresses parent concerns about children becoming addicted, socially isolated, or developing aggression because of games. He offers recommendations for... |
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Children in the Digital Age |
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Sandra L. Calvert |
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“Editors Calvert, Jordan, and Cooking have collected an impressive group of contributions to fill the pages of this thought-provoking work....This is a very interesting book. Well researched and well written, many of the chapters point to research that still needs to be completed. As librarians, we need to be aware of not only what technologies children and adolecents are exposed to in a learning enviornment, but also what technologies they embrace for play. This awareness will allow us to plan for the future and make up better prepared to meet the expectations of our patrons.”–College & Research Libraries
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Access to digital technologies is rapidly changing how children experience media, and how technologies will impact children's development, and is... |
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Ping!: The Yahoo! Messenger Guide to All Things IM |
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Angela Gunn |
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More that 60% of teenagers love to use instant messaging. And, thanks to Angela Gunn, they're about to have more online fun than ever before.
Yahoo! is the #1 Internet brand globally, and millions of teens worldwide use their Instant Messenger. This eye-catching, official full-color guide is written just for them. It explains everything about the newest IM features, proper Netiquette, and the coolest ways to communicate with other users. Plus, it's got lots of input from real IMers, who reveal their most embarrassing IM moments, teach you the hippest phrases flying around in cyberspace, and offer dozens of useful tips. There's even a tear-out cheat sheet of hidden emoticons. Ping! That's the sound of your IM arriving--and now you know how to answer it in style.
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Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure |
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Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan (Illustrator) |
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Grade 3-5--Neuschwander retells "The Sword in the Stone" from a mathematical angle. Readers follow along with Sir Cumference and Lady Di of Ameter as their son Radius and his friend Vertex set out to find Edgecalibur. Filled with riddles and puns, the story is sure to delight students with some geometry background. Geehan's bright oil, acrylic, and pen-and-ink paintings include all the visual details that the text needs to help solve this geometrical mystery. If your students have enjoyed the first three books in the series, they will certainly want this one. Make sure to share these gems with your math teachers. The books can be used to support educational initiatives such as multiple intelligences, and students who are strong in verbal/linguistic areas will appreciate the integration of literature into... |
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Atlantis The Lost Empire: The Lost Games |
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Keri Facer |
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This book offers insights into how technology is used in the home, within families and amongst peer groups of young people. It highlights key areas of concern around issues of equality and access and questions how we can help certain disadvantaged groups vulnerable in the information society, and also considers technology use in young people via case studies and in the context of wider social and technological change. opens up a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the emerging field of children's 'techno-popular cultures'
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Game Over : How Nintendo Zapped an American Industry, Captured Your Dollars, and Enslaved Your Children |
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David Sheff |
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Despite its title, this overlong book is a generally admiring look at the operation and history of Nintendo, Japan's most successful company and the maker of that country's most lucrative cultural export. Given broad access to the videogame company's executives, Sheff ( The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono ) examines Nintendo's humble origins and growth. He recounts its gutsy entry into the U.S. market, its bruising tactics against competitors, its marketing brilliance and the controversy over its recent purchase of the Seattle Mariners baseball team. Unfortunately, Sheff's chronicle is choppy, overwhelmed by an excess of superfluous details and scene-setting, and weakened by his attempt to incorporate other computer-industry stories, such as that of the fall of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, into... |
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New Way Things Work |
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David Macaulay |
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"Is it a fact--or have I dreamt it--that, by means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time?" If you, like Nathaniel Hawthorne, are kept up at night wondering about how things work--from electricity to can openers--then you and your favorite kids shouldn't be a moment longer without David Macaulay's The New Way Things Work. The award-winning author-illustrator--a former architect and junior high school teacher--is perfectly poised to be the Great Explainer of the whirrings and whizzings of the world of machines, a talent that landed the 1988 version of The Way Things Work on the New York Times bestsellers list for 50 weeks. Grouping machines together by the principles that govern their actions rather than by their uses, Macaulay helps us... |
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Keri Facer |
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This book offers insights into how technology is used in the home, within families and amongst peer groups of young people. It highlights key areas of concern around issues of equality and access and questions how we can help certain disadvantaged groups vulnerable in the information society, and also considers technology use in young people via case studies and in the context of wider social and technological change. opens up a truly interdisciplinary perspective on the emerging field of children's 'techno-popular cultures'
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Popular Literacies, Childhood And Schooling |
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Jackie Marsh |
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Popular culture, media and new technologies are having an increased influence on the lives of children and young people, yet this is not adequately reflected in teaching and the literacy curriculum. This bold, forward-thinking text offers a clear rationale for the development of curricula and pedagogy that will reflect children and young people's out-of-school popular cultural practices.
By providing a sound theoretical framework and addressing popular culture and new technologies in the context of literacy teacher education, this book marks a significant step forward in literacy teaching and learning. It takes a cross-disciplinary approach, and brings together contributions from some of the world's leading figures in the field. Topics addressed include:
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Nicktoons Nick Tunes: PC-Powered Microphone and CD-Rom Game |
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Infogrames |
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The Bromeliad Trilogy : Truckers, Diggers, and Wings |
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Terry Pratchett |
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In a world whose seasons are defined by Christmas sales and Spring Fashions, hundreds of tiny nomes live in the corners and crannies of a human-run department store. They have made their homes beneath the floorboards for generations and no longer remember -- or even believe in -- life beyond the Store walls. Until the day a small band of nomes arrives at the Store from the Outside. Led by a young nome named Masklin, the Outsiders carry a mysterious black box (called the Thing), and they deliver devastating news: In twenty-one days, the Store will be destroyed. Now all the nomes must learn to work together, and they must learn to think -- and to think BIG. Part satire, part parable, and part adventure story par excellence, master storyteller Terry Pratchett’s engaging trilogy traces the... |
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Macmillan Dictionary for Children |
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Learning to use a dictionary is an important skill for young scholars, and MacMillan offers a great edition for 8 to 14 year olds. The Dictionary for Children is sensible, well designed, and illustrated with plenty of pictures. Each letter gets a mini-exploration of its role in sounds and spelling; for example, "B has only one sound in English, as in bad and both, but it is sometimes doubled as in rabbit. The letter B is also silent in some words such as climb, comb, or plumber." Definitions are clear but not oversimplified, and homonyms are identified so that spellers won't be confused: words that sound like flue "are flew and flu." The type is large enough to be readable, and the tone is serious but not pretentious. The... |
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Mindstorms |
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Seymour A. Papert |
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The New American Middle School: Educating Preadolescents in an Era of Change (3rd Edition) |
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Jon Wiles, Joseph C. Bondi |
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This thorough book addresses the wide array of middle school issues from an informed vantage point in the classroom. It projects a new era in intermediate education—where the power of new technologies makes it possible, for the first time, to individualize learning. A wealth of practical suggestions and ideas for teachers are offered throughout the book. The range of topics includes characteristics of pre-adolescent learners to curriculum, instructional strategies, organization and structure of the middle school, and learner assessment. There is a strong emphasis on the role of technology and standards in teaching and learning today. A valuable resource for anyone preparing to teach in the new American Middle School of the 21st Century.
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Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 17th Edition |
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Scott Mueller |
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Be a part of the best-selling Upgrading and Repairing series with the latest edition of the flagship book, Upgrading and Repairing PCs. Author Scott Mueller has taught thousands in his seminars and millions through his books, videos and articles. Since 1988, everyon from PC technicians and students to hobbyists, have turned to Scott Mueller's Upgrading and Repairing PCs books for help with computer problems. Upgrading and Repairing PCs, 17th Edition includes new and updated content covering the latest processors, motherboards, memory, and more, including a fully-loaded DVD with new video and reference material. Register this book at www.quepublishing.com after purchase for access to exclusive Upgrading and Repairing articles, sample chapters, and bonus video content!
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Online Activities for Kids |
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Preston Gralla |
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Surf your way to fun-filled adventure and school success in cyberspace! Want to join in the search for real-life aliens, take a virtual trip into the eye of a hurricane, and learn magic as you master mathematics? With Online Activities for Kids, the fun never stops and the learning just comes naturally. Where else can you build research skills while creating a family Web page, or learn about world geography while going on an Internet treasure hunt? Take a journey on the Underground Railroad. Turn your room into a world-class art museum. Build a dinosaur from fossils. This easy-to-use, step-by-step guide is bursting with imaginative projects like these and many more, including: Design your own roller coaster Relive a day in the life of a Civil War soldier Write a letter in a language you don’t... |
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Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition |
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Maneesh Sethi |
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You?ve played plenty of games. Now it?s time to create your own! "Game Programming for Teens, Second Edition" helps you develop the skills you need to create every element of your first video game?from graphics and animation to sound and music. You?ll even learn how to incorporate artificial intelligence. You don?t have to have any programming experience to get started. You?ll learn everything you need to know along the way using BlitzPlus, an easy-to-learn programming language that the author will teach you. By the end of the book, you will have created your first computer game. Game programming doesn?t have to be difficult. With a copy of this book and your own curiosity, you?re off to the perfect start!
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Maneesh Sethi is a student at Stanford University in... |
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Online Activities for Kids |
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Preston Gralla |
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Surf your way to fun-filled adventure and school success in cyberspace! Want to join in the search for real-life aliens, take a virtual trip into the eye of a hurricane, and learn magic as you master mathematics? With Online Activities for Kids, the fun never stops and the learning just comes naturally. Where else can you build research skills while creating a family Web page, or learn about world geography while going on an Internet treasure hunt? Take a journey on the Underground Railroad. Turn your room into a world-class art museum. Build a dinosaur from fossils. This easy-to-use, step-by-step guide is bursting with imaginative projects like these and many more, including: Design your own roller coaster Relive a day in the life of a Civil War soldier Write a letter in a language you don’t... |
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Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design for Learning |
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David H. Rose, Anne Meyer |
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As a teacher in a typical classroom, there are two things you know for sure: Your students have widely divergent needs, skills, and interests . . . and you're responsible for helping every one attain the same high standards. This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the principles and applications of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)--a practical, research-based framework for responding to individual learning differences and a blueprint for the modern redesign of education. The first part of Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age lays out the foundation of UDL, including neuroscience research on learner differences, the effective uses of new digital media in the classroom, and how insights about students who do not "fit the mold" can inform the creation of flexible curricula that help everyone learn... |
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Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder |
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Richard Louv |
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Today's kids are increasingly disconnected from the natural world, says child advocacy expert Louv (Childhood's Future; Fatherlove; etc.), even as research shows that "thoughtful exposure of youngsters to nature can... be a powerful form of therapy for attention-deficit disorder and other maladies." Instead of passing summer months hiking, swimming and telling stories around the campfire, children these days are more likely to attend computer camps or weight-loss camps: as a result, Louv says, they've come to think of nature as more of an abstraction than a reality. Indeed, a 2002 British study reported that eight-year-olds could identify Pokémon characters far more easily than they could name "otter, beetle, and oak tree." Gathering thoughts from parents, teachers, researchers, environmentalists and other... |
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Imagination and Play in the Electronic Age |
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Dorothy G. Singer |
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Dorothy G. Singer is Senior Research Scientist in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where she co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center. Jerome L. Singer is Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department at Yale University, where he co-directs the Yale Family Television Research and Consultation Center.
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Learning Computer Programming (With CD-ROM; CyberRookies Series) (Cyberrookies Series) |
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Mary E. Farrell |
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As part of the CyberRookies? series this book is written for aspiring programmers, and teaches basic programming skills that can be easily applied to any language including the key concepts of Loops, Strings, Array, Pointers, and more. Written by a high school programming teacher, Learning Computer Programming emphasizes the most relevant topics for beginners and pinpoints the essentials of programming success. There are so many programming languages in use today that it?s difficult to decide which one to learn, especially for beginning programmers. With this in mind, Learning Computer Programming: It?s Not About Languages focuses on ?programming? skills instead of specific languages. Languages will always change so to become an effective programmer, it?s important to understand the fundamentals before tackling a... |
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Final Fantasy VIII Official Strategy Guide |
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David Cassady |
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BradyGAMES-Final Fantasy VIII Official Strategy Guide Features: Detailed Walkthroughs, Boss Strategies, Item & Magic Lists, Complete Bestiary, and over 450 Full-Color Maps! The ONLY Official Guide!
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BradyGAMES-Final Fantasy VIII Official Strategy Guide Features: Detailed Walkthroughs, Boss Strategies, Item & Magic Lists, Complete Bestiary, and over 450 Full-Color Maps! The ONLY Official Guide!
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