Survey of African American Dance and Its Contribution to the African Diaspora

Author(s): Vikki Baltimore-Dale

Survey of African American Dance is an informative panorama of the role of the African American in the development of dance in America. It identifies the influences and contributions of the African American movement aesthetic seen throughout the history of American Dance. Special focus is placed on ...

Principles of Macroeconomics: Understanding Our Material World

Author(s): Fred G Newbury, Dave Shorow, Gus Herring

Principles of Macroeconomics: Understanding Our Material World provides a fully integrated multi-modal format (printed text, if desired, as well as eBook, video, audio, animations, interactive exercises and more) to help guide your students through the challenging world of macroeconomics.Principles ...

A Citizen's Guide to Economics

Author(s): Cohick Mikel, James Richards, GIAN ARYANI

A Citizen’s Guide to Economics helps readers understand the economics that affects them as they go about their daily lives – training and learning, working and earning, providing for their family, planning for the future, starting up and running a business, and being good citizens.Written in an easy...

Business and Technical Communication: A Guide to Writing Professionally

Author(s): Maribeth Schlobohm, Christopher Ryan

Business and Technical Communication: A Guide to Writing Professionally provides a communication foundation for professionals in business and technical industries. This text aims to guide those whose roles do not exclusively require writing and editing but whose day-to-day responsibilities demand th...

The Architecture of Educational Frameworks

Author(s): PAMELA JEAN BALLARD SAWYER, ROSEMARY KARR, ELAINE ANN ZWEIG

The more proficient students are in critical thinking in college, the better they may be at decision-making and throughout life.The Architecture of Educational Frameworks offers guidance that encourages instructors from all disciplines to be comfortable teaching study skills for education, English, ...

Our World, Our Music

Author(s): Robert Elliott

Our World, Our Music relates historical and discipline-specific concepts to students’ existing knowledge gained through cultural participation. It addresses past and present, Western and non-Western societies and cultures, examining music in particular, the arts in general, and the societies that su...

Lifetime Physical Fitness: Assessments, Concepts, Prescriptions

Author(s): N Carolina Central Physical Education

This reader-friendly course balances theoretical concepts and labs.  It is a practical approach that helps the student build a solid foundation for:assessing fitness performanceproviding effective instruction in fitnessand providing practical training in each area of physical fitnesscardiorespirator...

Introduction to African American Studies: An African Centered Historiography of African American History and Culture

Author(s): Karla D. Kirk

Introduction to African American Studies: An African Centered Historiography of African American History and Culture provides a transformative exploration of African American history and culture through an African-centered lens. By prioritizing African perspectives, the book challenges traditional n...

Managing the Built Environment in Hospitality Facilities

Author(s): Dina Marie Zemke

Managing the Built Environment in Hospitality Facilities provides an introduction to managing hospitality buildings and grounds for non-technical managers – an ideal foundation for hospitality management students and emerging managers in the industry.The 2nd edition features shorter chapters to prov...

Practices and Techniques in Horticulture

Author(s): ALICIA ANN THOMAS, VIKRAM BRADLEY BALIGA, Ellen Peffley Harp, Cynthia Mckenney, Russell Plowman

The NEW 8th edition of Practices and Techniques in Horticulture has added some new exciting laboratory exercises as well as enhanced some of the previous activities. As students become more focused on the environment and sustainable plant production practices, we have evolved the book’s focus to inc...