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Design Appreciation: How Design Shapes Our Quality of Life and Our Ability to Live Sustainably

Author(s): Gregory H. Tew

New Third Edition Now Available!The human experience has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years through a series of design innovations. That story was a long, slow evolution until we learned to effectively utilize fossil fuels to power machines in the 1700s. From that point forward, our creativ...

Collaboration with Families and Communities, Second Edition

Author(s): Francis Wardle

COLLABORATION WITH FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES, SECOND EDITION, explores the ways the family, early childhood programs, and community can work collaboratively to maximize the child’s development and learning.  Incorporating theory and application, the text examines challenges that arise in early childh...

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 ...

Quicksilver: Adventure Games, Initiative Problems, Trust Activities and a Guide to Effective Leadership

Author(s): Project Adventure

Since Project Adventure began in 1971, thousands of teachers, health care professionals, PE instructors, corporate trainers, recreation specialists and others have attended Project Adventure workshops. These people have come away rejuvenated and eager to take back to their own programs the power and...