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The 21st Century American City: Race, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Urban Life

Author(s): Doreen Swetkis, Wendy A. Kellogg

New Edition Now Available! The 21st Century American City: Race, Ethnicity, and Multicultural Urban Life presents recent scholarship on race, ethnicity, and the American city to help students understand the current characteristics of urban areas. Using a multidisciplinary framework, the objective...

Socrates' Ghost: Essential Tales for Young Philosophers

Author(s): DAVID STEGALL

New Publication Now Available! Socrates’ Ghost: Essential Tales for Young Philosophers, is designed as an introduction to some of philosophy’s richest ideas, told through a set of fictionalized tales of some key philosophers in their youth. Within that creative retelling of philosophers’ youth, s...

Critical Approaches to Reading, Writing and Thinking

Author(s): Ric Baker, Vivian Beitman

College reading and writing is challenging. Students must take in a tremendous amount of information, make sense of it, and see how it fits into their understanding of the world. Moreover, modern students get their information from a wide variety of sources (Internet, print, media), so now perha...

Professional Communication for Today's Agriculturalists

Author(s): Lauri Baker, Audrey King, TIFFANY ROGERS-RANDOLPH

New Edition Now Available! Communication is an important aspect of all industries, but has an extreme importance to the agricultural industry. The average consumer is further removed from production agriculture than ever. Therefore, the industry needs professionals in all facets of the production...

Art Matters: Critical Thinking Through Visual Art

Author(s): JAN WALKER

Art Matters is a new approach to the study of art. Designed for beginners, Art Matters challenges the reader to experience art as a way to build a personal, creative skill set that will benefit them regardless of what career field they pursue. Understanding that creativity is a muscle we are all equ...

Teaching Reading and Language Arts: An Effective and High-Powered Approach

Author(s): Joyce Bowling

Research tells us that the teacher has the ability to make the difference in reading instruction, students’ reading ability, and also make a difference in the lives of their students. High-powered teachers are effective teachers who make a difference. They are also life-long learners who reflect, ma...