Introduction to Communication Studies: Translating Scholarship into Meaningful Practice

Author(s): Alan Goodboy, Kara Shultz

New Second Edition Now Available!The field of communication studies is one of the most exciting disciplines to study…With research topics ranging from understanding relational maintenance and dating, to learning about nonverbal deception and lying, communication research has produced findings that m...

The Rabbi Wore a Fedora

Author(s): Arthur Gross-Schaefer

Rabbi Elijah Daniels experiences more than a little anxiety when he agrees to tour Germany. His good friend, Pastor Dan Winter, assures him it will be a good experience, and the Evangelical students he would accompany would benefit from a rabbi's perspective as they tour the country. The rabbi nonet...

An Introduction to Visual Communication: Understanding and Creating the Language We See

Author(s): Stan Alost

From There to Here

Author(s): William R Lamb

You can learn a lot from storms. They have a purpose, and without them rainbows have no meaning. From There to Here is an inspiring and candid story about one man's journey through life - from a child who met his parents at age 7 and found himself living alone at age 15 to becoming a PGA golf profes...

CH 1223-LC

Author(s): MSU Chemistry Department

Messages in Context: An Introduction to Human Communiction

Author(s): Dan Tinianow, Michael S. Fairley

Messages in Context: An Introduction to Human Communication presents a comprehensive survey of the field of communication studies, including a discussion of the basic models of communication; a thorough examination of messages and how they are processed; an introduction to the subdisciplines of comm...

The U.S. Healthcare System: An Introduction

Author(s): Adina Batnitzky, Daniel Hayes, Phillip E. Vinall

THE U.S. HEALTHCARE SYSTEM: AN INTRODUCTION provides readers with an introductory overview of the healthcare system in the United States, including its many components and the challenges created by the current system’s organization. The text defines healthcare; explores the evolution of healthcare’s...

Energy: Connecting Earth & Everyone

Author(s): David Marx

Energy is necessary to do anything.  We live in an era of unprecedented availability of energy sources that drive economies and make modern life possible and unprecedented uncertainty as policy decisions are being made and implemented.We are all dependent on the Earth and Sun to provide the resource...

An Introduction to Population Studies: Global Perspective

Author(s): Frank Trovato

Covering the field of population studies, An Introduction to Population Studies - Global Perspective consists of twelve chapters subdivided under five parts: (1) Population as a Scientific Discipline; (2) Demographic Composition; (3) Demographic Processes: Fertility and Mortality; (4) Demographic Pr...

Applied Computational Behavioral Science

Author(s): Aurel Coza

Applied Computational Behavioral Science is designed to familiarize the learner with the fundamentals of human behavior quantification, modeling, and prediction. Applications ranging from preventive medicine to shopping behavior and sport performance will be discussed in the context of concrete exam...