More Than Talk: A Covenantal Approach to Everyday Communication

Author(s): Bill Strom, Divine Agodzo

More Than Talk: A Covenantal Approach to Everyday Communication introduces readers to everyday communication principles and practices from a Christian perspective.Featuring an invigorated commitment to social science, humanities, and biblical perspectives, the fifth edition of More Than Talk continu...

The Administration of Justice: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System in America

Author(s): Robert Aberle

The Administration of Justice: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice System in America, 6e is a comprehensive overview of Criminal Justice that is presented in a clear and understandable format. The text is designed to meet the needs of those students who are seeking to get a broad overview of the...

Contemporary Physical Science

Author(s): Innocent Aluka

Contemporary Physical Science introduces readers to the basic concepts of the physical processes occurring in our environment. It is designed and structured for beginning scientists, introductory science educators, and non-science majors enrolled in physical science to fulfill science requirements. ...

The Politics of Lookism in Global Workplaces: Physical and Personal Appearance Discrimination in the 21st Century

Author(s): Cynthia H. Sims

Lookism is a broad term used to describe physical appearance discrimination.  It is synonymous with beautyism and encompasses colorism, weightism, heightism, ageism, and ableism, each granting power and privilege to those who are considered physically appealing and assumed to be more intelligent, ca...

Contemporary Environmental Issues

Author(s): Michael Slattery

New Seventh Edition Now Available! Scientists say we are in a new stage of the Earth’s history, the Anthropocene, when we humans have become the globe’s principal agent of change. To begin a shift toward a “sustainable society,” significant action is required now on a range of issues. Fortunat...

Web Development with HTML5 and CSS

Author(s): Alec Fehl

Web Development with HTML5 and CSS assumes no previous coding experience and walks readers through the workflow of coding responsive and accessible web sites using current coding standards and best practices. The book is separated into three units, each culminating in a unit project. A preface and a...

Media Law: A Guide to Understanding Mass Communication Law

Author(s): Mark P. Hanebutt

The health of the American democracy in the 21st Century will depend largely upon the health of American media. Information is the lifeblood of a free republic. Yet, the internet and social media have provided media professionals with new legal challenges regarding privacy, security and credibility....

Public Speaking 3.0: Technology and 21st Century Presentations

Author(s): Sherwyn Morreale, Janice Thorpe

Public Speaking 3.0 is a turn-key, online course package that covers the scope of introductory public speaking and speech formation. It is tailored to the learning styles of today's students - concise enough to be comfortable using on a smartphone or tablet, but comprehensive enough to provide ample...

Descriptive Astronomy: A Conceptual Approach to Introductory College Astronomy

Author(s): Michael C LoPresto

Are you tired of having to cull through topics in a text that has far more information than can possibly be covered in a single semester? Are your students overwhelmed with all of the “extra” material that they need to sift through? Written by two instructors with nearly 50 years of combined t...

Rhetoric and Arguments: A Primer in Ethical Reasoning

Author(s): SHAUN DUKE, PRABIN LAMA

The goal of Rhetoric and Arguments: A Primer in Ethical Reasoning is to introduce students to the fundamentals of rhetoric and argumentation. Additionally, students will learn how to apply these concepts to everyday life, whether in their college classes, their job, or their personal life. The journ...