Ken Bain

Ken Bain is President of the Best Teachers Institute and a former professor of history at Northwestern, Vanderbilt, the University of Texas, and New York University.

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	What the Best College Students Do	Bain, Ken	HARDCOVER	08/27/2012	$29.00
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On the Shoulders of Giants, by Umberto Eco, translated by Alastair McEwen, from Harvard University Press

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