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Language and Human Behavior: An Introduction to Topics in Linguistics

Author(s): Shahrzad Mahootian, Judith Kaplan-Weinger, Lewis Gebhardt, Richard W. Hallett

Language and Human Behavior: An Introduction to Topics in Linguistics explores language in an accessible way from an applied linguistics perspective. Specifically, students are introduced to the forms, social varieties, and functions of language, and how language is acquired, is organized in the bra...

Social Problems in the 21st Century

Author(s): Dorothy Weaver

An engaging and informative text for freshman or sophomore-level sociology majors or non-sociology majors at any point in their program, Social Problems in the 21st Century helps students bridge the gap between their individual experience and the wider social world. Grounding social problems in hist...

Pollyanna's Revenge: How Memory & Emotion Foster Happiness

Author(s): W. Richard Walker, Cory Scherer, Jessica Hartnett

It’s been said that the best revenge is a life well lived. Pollyanna's Revenge: How Memory and Emotion Foster Happiness explores people's ability to stay strong in the face of adversity, to bounce back after failure, and to thrive in the direst of circumstances. This text combines empirical evidence...