Human Resources Leadership in Hospitality

Author(s): Nicholas Thomas, John Walker

There is a distinct difference between managing a human resources team and leading it, and those in leadership positions must evolve with the industry.Human Resources Leadership in Hospitality addresses one of the biggest challenges that hospitality managers across the board express: finding and ret...

Communicating in Your Personal, Professional and Public Lives

Author(s): Sara Weintraub, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Kerry Byrnes

Communication is everywhere in our daily lives. Whether we are interacting with a friend or with a supervisor, in today’s society, the ability to communicate effectively is imperative. Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives covers a wide range of relevant topics that provide ...

Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice

Author(s): Mark Nagel, Richard Southall

New Third Edition Coming Soon! Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice bridges the theoretical-practical divide by providing students with practical perspectives on today’s sport management issues, based upon sound theoretical frameworks. Introduction to Sport Management introduces rea...

The Less-Is-More Handbook: A Guide to College Writing

Author(s): Larry G Edgerton

The Less-Is-More Handbook: A Guide to College Writing guides the reader through the basics of college writing. This handbook clearly and efficiently discusses a wide variety of topics, including thesis statements, essays, research papers, and editing. For this handbook of the basics, less is more.Fo...

Insights: A Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology

Author(s): Clair Ossian

Insights: A Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology presents a broad, general approach to core curriculum geology topics in physical geology. Insights is beneficial for geology majors and non-majors as a powerful tool covering basic geology. A significant advantage of Insights is its tight focus on e...

Spanish Reading Inventory

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Mayra C Daniel

Spanish Reading Inventory (Pre-Primer to Grade 8) is a collection of individually administered informal reading tests designed to help teachers and other professionals determine a student's reading proficiency in Spanish.  A series of word lists and passages ranging from the early stages of readi...

Visualization: Using Mental Images to Strengthen Comprehension

Author(s): Linda Zeigler, Jerry Johns

Visualization has not been a common word in most classroom reading programs. In recent years, however, the impact of visualization on student comprehension has gained greater awareness among reading educators. This compact, easy-to-use book helps teachers understand visualization and how to apply th...

Becoming Aware: A Text-Workbook for Human Relations and Personal Adjustment

Author(s): Katie Barwick-Snell, Velma Walker

Becoming Aware: A Text/Workbook for Human Relations and Personal Adjustment assists the reader in the process of becoming more aware of themselves and others through the most interactive learning process found in any textbook.Becoming Aware helps students explore, experiment, test, and apply the sch...

Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime

Author(s): Diana K. Ivy, Shawn Wahl

Designed to fuse a unique balance of theory and application, Nonverbal Communication for a Lifetime translates academic material based on sound research and theory into meaningful applications for the reader to utilize throughout life.The publication extends learning activities by including What Wou...

The Excellent Instructor and the Teaching of Dance Technique

Author(s): Nora Ambrosio

Dance educators have the responsibility to provide students with excellent and positive dance experiences.The Excellent Instructor & the Teaching of Dance Technique provides practical, detailed information that covers multiple facets of dance pedagogy. Author Nora Ambrosio uses her experience as dan...