Acting: What to Do

Author(s): Judith Pender

Primarily targeting students who are working in Realism, Acting: What To Do provides a basis for work in all genres and styles in acting. This text provides material on both serious drama and comedy, and all the sub genres of Realism of the late nineteenth and twenty-first centuries. Acting: What To...

HIV/AIDS Through an Anthropological Lens

Author(s): Tiantian Zheng, Jack Wortman

HIV/AIDS Through an Anthropological Lens focuses on the global pandemic that has a profound impact on the world we are living in today. In many parts of the world, the infection has severely eroded the political, economic, and social fabric. This book provides an answer to how we can better understa...

Nutrition Basics Better Health & Performance: Customized Version designed for Concordia University

Author(s): Patricia Rehel

Take Charge of Your BodyNutrition Basics for Better Health & Performance is a book for nutrition courses taught at the introductory level. A minimum of scientific terminology is used and an emphasis is put on physical activity.This text covers a wide array of nutrition topics from basics about fats,...

ETHNIC STUDIES: An Introduction

Author(s): Gregory Yee Mark, Boatamo Mosupyoe, Brian Baker, Julie Figueroa

The new 4th Edition of ETHNIC STUDIES: An Introduction reflects the interdisciplinary nature of Ethnic Studies - the readings are drawn from academic fields in the humanities and social sciences. A few first-person narratives are also included, so we can get a sense of how individuals experience the...

Introduction to Political Philosophy

Author(s): Steven Barracca

New Edition Now Available! Introduction to Political Philosophy provides an accessible entree for college students to the important issues, concepts, and theories that comprise the on-going conversation of western political thought.  Rather than offer a comprehensive survey or thematic approach, ...

Nutrition & Health

Author(s): Melissa Gutschall

Nutrition and Health is designed to supplement any introductory nutrition course studying essential nutrients and the importance of good nutrition to health at various stages of life. The text is intended to guide the student in identifying key concepts with the use of topic outlines, project resour...

Something Bad Happened Last Night: The Study of the Victim's Role in the Criminal Justice System

Author(s): Cortney Fisher

Something Bad Happened Last Night: The Study of the Victim’s Role in the Criminal Justice System is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis of all crime victims and the various ways in which crime impacts crime victims. This text is an introductory exploration of crime victims, the impact of cri...

The Aspects of Contemporary Photographic Lighting

Author(s): Jesse Miller, Mark Zimmerman

The Aspects of Contemporary Photographic Lighting explores and explains how to work with lighting in photography in an effective way. Lighting has proven to be difficult for most beginners. Offering advice from personal experience, the author covers the many different aspects of lighting in photogra...

Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process

Author(s): Matt DeLisi

Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process showcases the ways that criminal justice systems operate according to the at times conflicting, and at times complementary, goals of crime control and due process. Criminal Justice: Balancing Crime Control and Due Process helps students im...

Democracy and Difference Through the Aesthetics of Film

Author(s): Richard Tahvildaran-Jesswein

Can we envision U.S. democratic politics in ways that both respect and transcend difference lines? In our response we draw from our own experiences and our own politics-regardless of whether clearly defined. For many, visual imagery, especially film, has been a significant contributor to the soci...