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Research and Writing in the Social Sciences

Author(s): R. Eric Landrum

RESEARCH AND WRITING IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES is a useful and accessible handbook that helps social sciences students navigate their capstone course from beginning to end. The text presents instructions, tips, and tools for writing a solid research paper and explores design and ethical considerations ...

Doing the Transcultural Thing: Explorations in Living in the United States

Author(s): Michael W. Schwartz

Whether we are aware of it or not, every utterance we produce is an expression of who we are as individuals and what we believe. When we begin the process of learning an additional language, we are not only learning a new linguistic code (basic vocabulary and structures) that allow us to ask for dir...

Sociology: Beyond Common Sense

Author(s): Keith Durkin, Robert Carrothers

SOCIOLOGY: BEYOND COMMON SENSE introduces students to major foundational concepts in sociology while encouraging them to apply sociological analysis to understand their world. \C Wright Mills’ concept of the sociological imagination puts forward the idea that an individual’s personal experiences are...

13 Rules for ICU Nursing

Author(s): NICOLE SUNDERLAND

Learning how to be a nurse is often described as one of the most difficult learning curves a person can experience. After graduation, skills are acquired at a lightning pace. Patients are admitted to your unit, often needing specialized medicines, advanced breathing, or technology for monitoring. Ho...

Transcending Genre: An Introduction to the Elements of Creative Writing

Author(s): James Meetze, Adam Deutsch

TRANSCENDING GENRE: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVE WRITING introduces creative writing as a practice, a practical skill, and the essence of literary forms. Poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction are all discussed both as individual genres and as parts of our literary tradition. Studen...