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Policing for the 21st Century: Realizing the Vision of Police in a Free Society
Author(s): Christine Gardiner, Matthew J Hickman
Policing for the 21st Century: Realizing the Vision of Police in a Free Society provides a thematic overview of policing and its role in American society. This text is unique in that it provides extensive information about how police identify community problems, the methods police use to respond to ...
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Thriving in High School and Beyond: Strategies for Academic Success & Personal Development
Author(s): Joseph B Cuseo, Aaron Thompson, Shane Shope, John Roush
Thriving in High School and Beyond: Strategies for Academic Success & Personal Development Equips students with a comprehensive set of specific, action-based strategies that identifies what to do to succeed in high school and beyond, accompanied by compelling reasons why to do itFocuses on the stude...
Earth's Natural Hazards: Understanding Natural Disasters and Catastrophes
Author(s): Ingrid A. Ukstins, David M Best
OUR PLANET IS A DYNAMIC PLACEGlobal pandemics, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, cyclonic storms and many other natural hazards occur across our planet every day and have significant human impact. This textbook examines how normal processes of the Earth-atmosphere-hydrosphere-space systems result in ...
Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology
Author(s): Robert Rauber, John Walsh, Donna Charlevoix
Extreme weather and climate events have impacted every region of the United States and many regions throughout the world during the five years since the publication of the previous edition of Severe and Hazardous Weather. The recent fires in California and Oregon were heartbreaking to watch. The num...
History and Tradition of Jazz
Author(s): Thomas E Larson
History and Tradition of Jazz is not just a story of jazz music and musicians, but the struggle to achieve, create, and invent for the sake of this musical art form. The publication features stories and legends of important events and people who shaped jazz history, while addressing how the music h...
The Musical Experience
Author(s): John Chiego, Joel S. Schnackel
The Musical Experience is a seamlessly integrated enhanced learning package that features a thematic approach to music appreciation— each theme is described along a historical timeline.Whether it is music to Celebrate, Music from the Stage, or Music for Mourning, the reader will associate the music ...
Public Speaking: Essentials for Excellence
Author(s): Shawn Wahl, LeAnn Brazeal, Mark Butland
By providing students theory and practical skills, Public Speaking: Essentials for Excellence prepares students to become effective public speakers in various speaking situations they may encounter in their lives (business presentations, tributes, eulogies, commencement addresses, small group, and m...
Introductory Plant Science: Investigating the Green World
Author(s): Cynthia Mckenney, Ursula K. Schuch, Amanda Chau
As concerns for our environment have increased globally, the study of plants has evolved to address these issues.The updated course content of the 2nd edition of Introductory Plant Science: Investigating the Green World introduces students to some of the NEW cutting edge discoveries and updates in n...
Criminal Law
Author(s): George Dery
The law touches everything, and each rule in the law affects each other.Criminal Law aims to exploit the love for storytelling to teach criminal law. This text offers insight into various solutions to legal problems by viewing cases and statutes from many jurisdictions, and brings home the immediacy...