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History of the National Parks

Author(s): Sarah Diaz, Linda Lane

The national parks and National Park Service (NPS) serve a very important role in our country. These parks make up some of the most beautiful, unique, oldest, tallest, deepest, most pristine and most threatened places in the world. But they are more than just amazing places to visit. They serve a vi...

Life/Death: Dipping Our Toes in the Water

Author(s): Regina Easley Young, Bonnie Luft

Life /Death…dipping our toes in the water…, 2nd edition, authored by Bonnie Luft and Regina Easley-Young, is written in a practical and useful format with the hopes that it will provide beneficial and insightful information about the one universal experience that we all will share…death.  This book ...

Foundations of Computer Science: A Rigorous, Non-Programming Introduction

Author(s): Roy M Turner, Elise H. Turner

Foundations of Computer Science: A Rigorous, Non-Programming Introduction provides a non-programming, yet rigorous, introduction to computer science.  Although programming is an essential skill for a computer scientist, there are a plethora of good programming textbooks, and the field is much broade...

Detroit and Motown: The Rise and Fall of Two Giants

Author(s): EDWARD HIGGINS

In 1959, Barry Gordy, a twenty-nine year old wanna be boxer borrowed $800 to start a record company. Set against the civil rights movement alongside the decay of one of America’s most storied cities, Motown, Detroit’s History and Music, is the tale of how Motown effected the city of Detroit and how ...