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Thought Streams: Readings and Pedagogical Essays in Philosophy

Author(s): James A Montmarquet, Charles E. Bowie

Thought Streams combines classic readings in philosophy with some shorter pedagogical aids.  The readings are edited in such a way as to make texts like Plato’s Phaedo or Aristotle’s Ethics serve for one or two class periods.  To aid student use study questions are interspersed at appropriate points...

Western Religions

Author(s): Bruce A. McDonald

Religion has always been a hot topic in America, but until the past fifty years, it has mainly been on denominational lines—Roman Catholic v. Protestant, Methodist v. Baptist, Presbyterian v. Episcopalian, etc.  Other religions were often regarded as safely “over there”—beyond the oceans.  Of course...

Qualitative Communication Consulting: Stories and Lessons from the Field

Author(s): Craig Engstrom, Joshua Frye

Qualitative Communication Consulting is an innovative textbook. Each chapter tells a story that captures the rewards and challenges of consulting though qualitative lenses. Together, chapters cover the challenges of starting a consulting business, dealing with skeptical clients, explaining to collea...

Picturing Russia: A Research Guide to Russian Culture

Author(s): Alla Kourova

The present book is about understanding and studying Russian Culture. Picturing Russia: A Research Guide to Russian Culture can be used as a basic for further research of Russian culture by scholars of various disciplines and by students who are interested in cultural analysis.  The primary target a...

Beyond Harmony: An Introduction to Analysis of Form & Structure in Music

Author(s): Gabriel Fankhauser, William Harbinson

Aspiring professional musicians acquire knowledge of a number of diverse topics that fall under the broad heading of music theory. Following the study of harmony, music students typically apply and extend that knowledge to topics as diverse as form, counterpoint, instrumentation, composition, and tw...

Community College of Philadelphia: Chemistry 110 Lab Manual

Author(s): Michael Rathmill

Chemistry 110 Lab Manual is designed for a beginning chemistry course. All major topics that are found in an introductory chemistry course are covered with labs that are both interesting and work. Each lab has an Important Facts to Know, Procedure, Report Sheet, and Question sections. An Introductio...

The Pips of Child Life II: Early Play Programs in Hospitals

Author(s): Joan C. Turner, Civita A. Brown

The Pips of Child Life Series is essential material for child life and play specialists, health care professionals, students, educators, and scholars interested in the history of psychosocial care of children and families in hospitals. Designed for students majoring in early childhood, psychology...