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Management Principles and Practices

Author(s): PAUL THORNTON

Relying on the author’s experience as a consultant, executive coach, manager, and college professor, Management: Principles and Practices describes the core principles and practices that the best managers use to be both efficient and effective. Written in a simple, clear, and concise manner, the ...

Calculus

Author(s): Karl J Smith, Monty Strauss, Magdalena Toda

Calculus blends the best aspects of calculus reform along with the goals and methodology of traditional calculus. The format of this text is enhanced, but is not dominated by new technology. Its innovative presentation includes:  Conceptual Understanding through Verbalization  Mathematical C...

Macroeconomics: An Evolutionary Approach

Author(s): Max Gillman, Stephen T. Scheid

Principles of Macroeconomics: An Evolutionary Approach presents the development of Macroeconomic Theory from its split into Neoclassical and Keynesian during the Great Depressions to its current form after the Great Recession. By showing how crises led to the development of macroeconomic theory, and...

Social Problems in the 21st Century

Author(s): Dorothy Weaver

An engaging and informative text for freshman or sophomore-level sociology majors or non-sociology majors at any point in their program, Social Problems in the 21st Century helps students bridge the gap between their individual experience and the wider social world. Grounding social problems in hist...

Understanding Lifespan Development

Author(s): Christopher Stanley, Lauren Stanley

Understanding Lifespan Development is an excellent selection for college courses such as Lifespan Development, Developmental Psychology, and Human Behavior in the Social Environment. Some unique features make this book particularly attractive for instructors and students. Drawing on many years te...

Raising Our Voices, Communicating Our Existence

Author(s): Elizabeth Desnoyers-Cola

Raising Our Voices provides complete and thorough coverage of the study and practice of public speaking, the seventh edition offers students theory and practical skills, presenting public speaking as an art form for transactional communication between speaker and audience.   The goal of this t...

Content Area Literacy: An Integrated Approach

Author(s): Thomas W Bean, John Readence, Judith Dunkerly Bean

The 11th edition of Content Area Literacy focuses on developing 21st century learners who are adept at reading and critiquing multiple texts. Organized into two parts: Learning with Text and Technology and Teaching and Learning Strategies, this edition has a redesigned page format that provides teac...

World History Dictionary: A Student Guide

Author(s): Elliott Meyrowitz

New Third Now Available! As humans we have the unique ability to construct and make sense of our lives and social interactions by the use of language. Language permits humans to engage in abstract thought, i.e., to generalize, distinguish, analyze and hypothesize. Without language, we would not h...

Public Speaking and Civic Engagement

Author(s): LINDA MANNING

The public speaking tradition is embedded in the founding and functioning of democratic societies. Public Speaking and Civic Engagement introduces undergraduate students to principles and practices of effective oral presentations. Speeches from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries frame each chapter t...