Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to Success

Author(s): Dianne Welsh

Entrepreneurial Family Business: From Survival to Success is a comprehensive look at the impactful elements surrounding family business and entrepreneurship throughout time. It emphasizes the importance of overlap between family, business, and ownership by utilizing story-telling techniques. By expl...

Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology

Author(s): Robert Rauber, John Walsh, Donna Charlevoix

The fifth edition can be found HERE  Extreme weather and climate events have impacted every region of the United States and many regions throughout the world during the five years since the publication of the previous edition of Severe and Hazardous Weather. The recent fires in California and Oregon...

The Musical Experience

Author(s): John Chiego, Joel S. Schnackel

The Musical Experience is a seamlessly integrated enhanced learning package that features a thematic approach to music appreciation— each theme is described along a historical timeline.Whether it is music to Celebrate, Music from the Stage, or Music for Mourning, the reader will associate the music ...

Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry

Author(s): Elizabeth Dobler

Reading the Web: Strategies for Internet Inquiry outlines web literacy in a user-friendly way that helps educators provide students with practical skills and strategies needed to approach the internet with discernment. One of the ways it accomplishes this is through the QUEST model: questioning, und...

Earth's Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes

Author(s): Ingrid A. Ukstins, David M Best

OUR PLANET IS A DYNAMIC PLACEGlobal pandemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclonic storms and many other natural hazards occur across our planet every day and have significant human impact. This textbook examines how normal processes of the Earth-atmosphere-hydrosphere-space systems result in ...

Diversity, Anti-Racism, and the College Experience

Author(s): Aaron Thompson, Joseph B Cuseo

Diversity, Anti-Racism, & The College Experience examines diversity, equity, and inclusion from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates historical, sociological, psychological, and political factors. Blending hard empirical data with poignant personal stories, the book provides research-base...

Humanity, Diversity, and The Liberal Arts: The Foundation of a College Education

Author(s): Joseph B Cuseo, Aaron Thompson

Summer reading programs for first-year students should be focused on the needs of those students. This book moves away from the paradigm of using general audience novels for summer reading programs. It is a high-impact book written by experienced first-year educators for this specific student audien...

Restaurant Management: A Best Practices Approach

Author(s): Frederick DeMicco, Cihan Cobanoglu, Joseph Dunbar, Robert Grimes, Chen Chen, James R Keiser

The Recipe for Success in Restaurant Management…Restaurant Management: A Best Practices Approach introduces the reader to the vast menu of opportunities available in the restaurant industry - from creating business plans to guest service, quality management, labor costs and beyond.Written by a diver...

Exploring the World of Plants: General Botany Laboratory Manual

Author(s): Amanda Chau

Exploring the World of Plants: General Botany Laboratory Manual by Amanda Chau:Is an excellent companion to Introductory Plant Science. Lab exercises are arranged to complement the lecture materials and provide hands-on experience to enhance student understanding of plant biology.Each lab exercise h...

Strategic Communications for PR, Social Media and Marketing

Author(s): Laurie J Wilson, Joseph Ogden, Chris Wilson

New Eighth Edition Now Available!Millennials, once the darlings of every marketing campaign, are now “old.” They have been replaced by Gen Zs. And we are already observing the unique behaviors and character traits of Gen Alpha, the first group to be born entirely in the 21st century.The metamorphosi...