Introduction to Media Communication

Author(s): Jeff Spurlock

Whether you realize it or not, communication will continue to be a mainstay in our everyday lives.  Without it, life would not exist as we know it. Introduction to Media Communication introduces readers to the forms of communication and media that the world has been using daily since birth. Reade...

Music Taste or Waste: Critical Listening Skills for Students, Teachers, and Parents

Author(s): Stan L Breckenridge

The catalyst for Music Taste or Waste: Critical Listening Skills for Students, Teachers, and Parents resulted from many discussions with parents, teachers, and students, and others about their paucity of knowledge regarding today’s popular music scene as well as music in general. The spirit of this ...

Listening to Music Parameters

Author(s): John E. Brawand

Listening to Music Parameters, 2nd edition covers multiple topics of interest for students and its #1 goal is writing about music. Students love to listen to music, and the best thing that could happen is for them to start writing about it. Additionally, this second edition textbook offers tools for...

From Film to Page: How to Use Film Criticism to Make Your Writing Exceptional, Preliminary Edition

Author(s): Jonathan De Young

Introduction to Nonlinear Behavior of Structures

Author(s): Barry T. Rosson

The primary purpose of Introduction to Nonlinear Behavior of Structures is to give an introduction to the subject using only the virtual work method and to provide an understanding of nonlinear structural behavior without the need to consider the added complexities of the matrix analysis method or f...

Disasters That Shaped Emergency Management: Case Studies for the Homeland Security/Emergency Management Professional

Author(s): David McElreath, Adrian Doss, Robert Nations, Jeffrey M Van Slyke, Carl Jensen, Barbara Russo, Raymond Charles Tesiero III, Stefan Schulenberg, Leisa McElreath, Ashley Wellman, Ashley Lindsley

Tumults in Thinking: A Basic History of Western Philosophy from Pre-Socratics to Postmodernists

Author(s): Larry D. Harwood

The aim of these few pages is to present the history of philosophy in a concise manner and without the lengthy amplifications available in longer texts. The book presents a broad overview of philosophy, while providing significant details to indicate the complexity and rigor of the discipline throug...

Metabolic Nutrition: An Everyday Approach to Macronutrient Metabolism

Author(s): Deborah J. Good, Matthew W. Hulver, Angela S. Anderson

Unique to the market, Metabolic Nutrition: An Everyday Approach to Macronutrient Metabolism provides a less complicated and more applicable approach to learning about ATP and the multiple ways that cells can produce and use it.   Metabolic Nutrition presents what happens from the time one takes a...

Accelerated Arithmetic and Pre-Algebra: Making Math Meaningful

Author(s): Kimberly Van Horne-Bligh

Biblical Worldview Indicator

Author(s): Kevin Rawls, Kristen Hark

How does your school assess Biblical Worldview? Trying to determine the best method to assess Biblical Worldview can be a challenge, as there are a host of ideas and opinions on the topic. The Biblical Worldview Indicator (BWVI) cuts through some of the confusion to offer a clear model of Biblica...