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Public Speaking: A Bridge to Success

Author(s): Deirdre L. Simmons

Now more than ever, the world needs critical thinkers who are able to deliver an engaging message with clarity, verity and vitality. In the inclusionary and nuanced Public Speaking: A Bridge to Success, Simmons helps build the bridge from anxiety and trepidation for the diffident and discouraged bud...

Write It .5: A Process Approach to College Essays, with Readings

Author(s): Linda Strahan, Kathleen M Moore

The goal of Write It .5 is to introduce international and generation 1.5 students to the idea of academic argument and the academic essay form that they will encounter in many of their classes in American colleges and universities. The opening sections of the book help familiarize these students wit...

Popular Culture and Shaping Reality

Author(s): David LoConto

Theory historically has portrayed popular culture as a means of blinding and distracting the masses to the real problems occurring in the world today, thereby making them passive regarding change. Popular Culture and Shaping Reality provides a different explanation of popular culture and its impact ...

OpenStax Principles of Microeconomics 3e B&W paperback

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"Principles of Microeconomics 3e covers the scope and sequence of most one semester introductory microeconomics courses. The third edition takes a balanced approach to the theory and application of microeconomics concepts. The text uses conversational language and ample illustrations to explore econ...

The Fundamentals of Family and Consumer Sciences

Author(s): Lurline Whittaker

The Fundamentals of Family and Consumer Sciences is intended to be a comprehensive and up to date reference text for students of Family and Consumer Sciences, human development, family studies and nutrition.  This text will be a major source of information to health care professionals seeking to und...

More Than Just Words: Communication and Relationship Skills that Make a Difference

Author(s): Brent D Ruben, Watts Ruben

Communication is vital in every facet of our lives, and critical thinking about communication and social relations is an important developmental process. Children - like the rest of us - face daily challenges and with opportunities to become better communicators in their relations with family, frien...