The Commitment-Based Teacher: Cultivating Professional Character for Lasting Impact

Author(s): Amy Hoaglund, Karen Birkenfeld

The Commitment-Based Teacher: Cultivating Professional Character for Lasting Impact introduces readers to the “The Eight Commitments of the Teaching Profession,” a set of foundational professional character principles developed by a team of teacher education faculty. The authors endeavor to share th...

Intimate Relationships: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?

Author(s): Tai J. Mendenhall, Elizabeth Jeanne Plowman, Lisa A. Trump

New Edition Now Available!Intimate Relationships: Where have we been? Where are we going? is an innovative text that focuses on the interpersonal dynamics of couples, and on the dynamics of couples in-context. We explore how intimate relationships evolve and develop – and how they succeed or fail. W...

Business Math for the office with Excel Applications

Author(s): Teresa B. Worthy, Leslie Dover Martin

Introduction to German from a Christian Worldview

Author(s): Alexandra Barnett

This textbook is designed to make learning to speak, write, and understand German an effective, time-efficient, and engaging process.Included are vocabulary, grammar, listening, writing, and speaking exercises to prepare you for assessments as well as to equip you for simple communication with Germa...

The Rabbi Wore Moccasins

Author(s): Arthur Gross-Schaefer

Rabbi Elijah Daniels is invited to a Native American sweat lodge ceremony, where he meets and befriends the leaders of the nearby Antchu community. When a spiritual leader confesses to the murder of his wife, the tribe asks the rabbi, who is also an attorney, to take his case. The rabbi’s concern ov...

Biological Basis of Behavior

Author(s): Josephine F. Wilson

BIOLOGICAL BASIS OF BEHAVIOR considers a wide range of biological functions that drive human behaviors. It examines the role of the nervous system, memory, attention, learning, consciousness, and behaviors associated with motivational states, such as sleep, temperature, eating, drinking, and sex. Th...

Discovering the Living Ocean: A Manual of Field and Laboratory Activities

Author(s): Paul Detwiler

Discovering the Living Ocean provides a suitable manual in marine biology that is engaging, easy to read, and relevant for nonscience majors in community college as well as for high school students who have no previous background in biology. This full-color publication includes activities that chall...

CHEM 1402: General Chemistry 2

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Supporting Children's Socialization: A Developmental Approach

Author(s): Kathryn E. Bojczyk, Bethanne Shriner, Michael Shriner

SUPPORTING CHILDREN’S SOCIALIZATION: A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH examines the various contexts of children’s socialization—including family, friends, school, and culture—by applying the Bronfenbrenner Ecological Model. This practical text will help explain what influences a child’s socialization; throu...

Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders: A Historical Community Overview

Author(s): Gregory Yee Mark, Marietess Masulit, Wendi Yamashita

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Historical Community Overview is rooted in the tenets and methodologies of Ethnic Studies and its commitment to community-based research and activism. It is a great introductory resource for Asian American Studies (AAS) and provides an overview of the history...