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Cultures Around the World: An Ethnographic Reader
Author(s): Paul McDowell
Cultures Around the World: An Ethnographic Reader provides a starting point for 20 cultures. The descriptions of each culture are introduced to the reader with each chapter ending with recommended videos and literatures that lead to further resources. The main continents are represented including th...
Persistence of Vision: An Introduction to Film Appreciation
Author(s): Scott Pursley, Christopher Miller
Although cinematic storytelling shares many of the same elements as other art forms, film tells a story in a unique way. Concentrating on careful analysis of the formal aspects of specific films for each chapter, Persistence of Vision is an ideal text for both face-to-face and online introduction to...
Drafting: A Guide to Freshman Writing
Author(s): Stephanie Rosenquist-David, Jamie Geesling
Learning to write at the college level is a definite need for students in all disciplines. Whether you are a nursing, sociology, mathematics, or history major, at some point in your college career you will have to learn to write and to do so properly. Drafting: A Guide to Freshman Writing is a co...
Practical Universe: Observations, Experiments, Exercises
Author(s): Manfred Cuntz, Nilakshi Veerabathina, Levent Gurdemir
Practical Astronomy: Observations, Experiments, and Exercises has been in print for over twenty-five years. The progress in astronomy since that time, both regarding new observations and the development of new methods and techniques, is gigantic and almost beyond anybody’s comprehension. Practica...
A History of Art and Civilization: The Asian World
Author(s): Trudy McNair
Trudy McNair’s A History of Art and Civilization series provides comprehensive coverage of the art and cultural history of different regions and time periods throughout antiquity. The texts place art and societal movements in context, giving students a panoramic view of history and an understanding ...
Composing Poetry: A Guide to Writing Poems and Thinking Lyrically
Author(s): Gerry LaFemina
“What I assume, you too shall assume,” Walt Whitman writes in his famous “Song of Myself,” declaring fully what the art of poetry is all about. The writer of poetry invites the reader to join in the process of the poem, invites the reader into the musings of the poet. Poetry, then, is more than just...