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Applied Algebra

Author(s): Marian Anton, Karen Santoro

Applied Algebra is designed for a one semester course for students entering college at the developmental level. It enhances students’ algebraic, critical reasoning, and communication skills, and to promote a growth mindset towards learning. It provides a guided inquiry approach through collaborative...

Introduction to the World of Business

Author(s): John E. Mago, Jill Friestad-Tate

Regardless of discipline, individuals function in the business world on a daily basis, and therefore, need to understand how business works and how it applies to oneself.Introduction to the World of Business is an introductory business textbook designed with students and instructors in mind. It cove...

Introduction to Nanotechnology

Author(s): Eui-Hyeok Yang

Nanotechnology utilizes the unique physical properties of atoms, molecules, and other things measuring roughly 0.1–1000 nm. Nanotechnology may enable us to overcome limitations below our physical size limits. Nanotechnology converges many sciences and technologies at the nanometer scale, which requi...

Foundations of Computer Science: A Rigorous, Non-Programming Introduction

Author(s): Roy M Turner, Elise H. Turner

Foundations of Computer Science: A Rigorous, Non-Programming Introduction provides a non-programming, yet rigorous, introduction to computer science.  Although programming is an essential skill for a computer scientist, there are a plethora of good programming textbooks, and the field is much broade...

Detroit and Motown: The Rise and Fall of Two Giants

Author(s): EDWARD HIGGINS

In 1959, Barry Gordy, a twenty-nine year old wanna be boxer borrowed $800 to start a record company. Set against the civil rights movement alongside the decay of one of America’s most storied cities, Motown, Detroit’s History and Music, is the tale of how Motown effected the city of Detroit and how ...