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Mindful Communication

Author(s): Dalton A Kehoe

Mindful Communication is built around the idea that every conversation is important at two levels (1) the larger situation it's part of – how the social, and cultural backgrounds of the people talking may influence the way they talk, and (2) the needs and intentions of people as they speak to each o...

Encounters: Readings for Advanced Composition

Author(s): Mark Hall, William Epperson

Encounters: Readings for Advanced Composition features selections and an editorial viewpoint that is appropriate for advanced writing courses at Christian colleges or universities. The publication fosters critical inquiry and response by challenging students to examine their own assumptions; to a...

Peer Today, Peer Educator Tomorrow: Becoming a College Paraprofessional

Author(s): Page Keller, Lindy Coleman

You have been selected to serve in a critical role on your campus: as a leader of your peers. And a leader is an educator--one who shares knowledge learned through your own academic success, shares vital information and resources learned through training, and shares the skills of engaged listening, ...

Serving Sentences: Twelve Ways to Break Out a Better Writer

Author(s): Randy Koch

The aim of this book is simple: to provide students—regardless of their past writing experiences or current skills— specific, mostly objective techniques that can help them produce better writing. Students should not have to depend on nor should they necessarily trust the subjective opinions of othe...

Artist Management: The Relationship that Defines or Denies Success

Author(s): RUSH HICKS, DWAYNE OBRIEN

Artist Management: The Relationship That Defines or Denies Success brings the perspectives of both an artist’s personal manager and the artist to students. Of these roles—perhaps the two most divergent personality types—skillsets and perspectives must by necessity work the closest together to achiev...

Philosophy: Mirrors of the Human Mind

Author(s): JOSHUA LOTT

As its title suggests, Philosophy: Mirrors of Human Nature introduces the subject of philosophy by providing an historical survey of the most significant themes in the writings of many famous western thinkers, emphasizing their contributions to the idea of human nature and the extent to which each a...

Think, Read, Write: A Guide to Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

Author(s): Kimberley Hardin

The significance of Think, Read, Write: A Guide to Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing lies in the ordering of the words: think, read, write. You can’t do the last one without doing the first two. Using the cover picture as a metaphor, thinking is the soil, reading is the seed, and writing is th...