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This two-book bundle is an essential handbook for any student or parent considering college. Learn why a degree is no longer a passport to success in today's job market.

This two-book bundle is an essential handbook for any student or parent considering university. Learn why a degree is no longer a passport to success in today's job market.

Award-winning author Bryan Prince portrays the experiences of slaves and former slaves in these compelling histories of the Underground Railroad and American Civil War.

Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island.

In the early to mid-19th century, Isaac Brown, a slave, was accused of the attempted murder of a prominent plantation owner, despite there being no evidence of his guilt.

The story of African Canadians who fled slavery in the United States but returned to enlist in the Union forces during the American Civil War.

A degree is no longer a passport to success in today’s job market. Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to college used to be a passport to future success, but that's no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Going to university used to be a passport to future success, but that’s no longer the case.

Two professors look at the mystique around universities and the consequences of “credentialism.” For decades, we have promoted the idea that a university degree is a passport to future career succ