Intercultural Communication in Your Life

Author(s): Shawn Wahl, Jake Simmons, Jeffrey McCune, Jr.

Where groups of people gather, there is always an elephant in the room: difference.  Elephants are remarkable, complex creatures which take up much space. Likewise, matters of race, culture, and difference require creative and complicated conversations—which moves us beyond “we are all alike” or ...

General Psychology: The Science of the Mind

Author(s): Keisha Love, Nicole Martin, Tim Martin, Corinne McNamara, Lauren Taglialatela, Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Stacey Williams, Juliann Young

General Psychology: The Science of the Mind is a state-of-the-art introduction to the field of psychology that is written to the interests and needs of today’s students. More than just a textbook, General Psychology fuses a workbook within the framework of the text — encouraging students to not o...

The Sociological Outlook

Author(s): Aaron Thompson, Reid Luhman, Milan Andrejevich, Matthew Howell, SCOTT POWELL

Designed to fit in a myriad of different course formats, The Sociological Outlook maps out the sociological journey for students.  It is a text where the “classics” of sociology remain and the current status of society is reflected in statistics. The new tenth edition of The Sociological Outlook:...

Successful Hotel, Lodging and Resort Management: Delivering the Guest Experience

Author(s): Michael Collins, Gabriela Lelo De Larrea, Karima Lanfranco

Exceptional customer experiences and financial returns are interdependent, whether a lodging operation is a luxury resort and spa, or a select-service economy hotel. Successful Hotel, Lodging & Resort Management: Delivering the Guest Experience fully explores this synergistic relationship. Successfu...

Improving Reading: Strategies, Resources, and Common Core Connections

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski

Improving Reading is perhaps the most comprehensive, useful reading resource available. It is full of ideas for professionals who work with whole classes, individual students, or groups of students. The eight chapters correlate with the main components of a comprehensive reading curriculum and the C...

Your Interpersonal Communication: Nature/Nurture Intersections

Author(s): Timothy Mottet, Sally Vogl-Bauer, Marian Houser

The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed. – Carl Jung Your Interpersonal Communication: Nature/Nurture Intersections helps students better understand this “chemistry” by showing how an individual’s personality ...

Strategic Management for Hospitality & Travel: Today and Tomorrow

Author(s): Frederick DeMicco, Marvin J Cetron, Owen Davies

The world of hospitality and travel is rapidly changing. Sudden changes in the external environment can have an enormous impact literally overnight.Strategic Management for Hospitality & Travel: Today and Tomorrow focuses on strategy for companies during a time of prosperity and uncertainty. Written...

Social Entrepreneurship

Author(s): Kevin Rawls

Our society is looking for ways to bring together conscience and consumption. The rise of social entrepreneurship and social enterprises represents the growth of a business model that leverages market forces for sustained, positive, social impact.Social Entrepreneurship helps readers to understand t...

Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime

Author(s): Diana K. Ivy, Shawn Wahl

Designed to fuse a unique balance of theory and application, Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime translates academic material based on sound research and theory into meaningful applications for the reader to utilize throughout life.The publication extends learning activities by including What Wou...

History of Rock and Roll

Author(s): Thomas E Larson

Here’s your backstage pass to the history of rock and roll.Thomas Larson’s History of Rock & Roll connects music and the culture in which it interacted. Designed for the college non-music major, History of Rock & Roll fuses a text, website, and online music library to cover the music’s story of cont...