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The negative of this site is you have to have iTunes software, but that's so very outweighed by the positives: this is where you can download lectures, interviews, even sports from Stanford University. You can even "subscribe" to get particular categories of interest. It's astounding, really, that this is such a special thing: surely all great universities should offer such a service! And indeed, some others do, including: Outside the U.S.: From This is True for 8 January 2006 Suggestions for further reading:
 By: Jeff Kolby List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $32.97 Editorial Review: Comprehensive, Rigorous Prep for the LSAT (Includes 4 official LSATs) To prepare properly for the LSAT, you must study problems that reflect the true LSAT format. The best way to do that is to study actual LSAT tests. Now, you can do that with this book! Master The LSAT contains detailed solutions to numerous actual LSAT questions, carefully selected to illustrate every type of question that has appeared on the test in the past several years, including thorough analysis of 4 official LSATs! These solutions will introduce you to numerous analytic techniques that will help you immensely not only on the LSAT but in law school as well. The LSAT is an aptitude test. Like all aptitude tests, it must choose a medium in which to measure intellectual ability. The LSAT has chosen logic. Although this makes the LSAT hard, it also makes the test predictable--it is based on fundamental principles of logic. 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