Human Resources Leadership in Hospitality

Author(s): John Walker

There is a distinct difference between managing a human resources team and leading it, and those in leadership positions must evolve with the industry.Human Resources Leadership in Hospitality addresses one of the biggest challenges that hospitality managers across the board express: finding and ret...

The Less-Is-More Handbook: A Guide to College Writing

Author(s): Larry G Edgerton

The Less-Is-More Handbook: A Guide to College Writing guides the reader through the basics of college writing. This handbook clearly and efficiently discusses a wide variety of topics, including thesis statements, essays, research papers, and editing. For this handbook of the basics, less is more.Fo...

Foundations of Child and Youth Care

Author(s): Carol Stuart, Kristen Fryer

Foundations of Child & Youth Care explores the field of child and youth care, introducing unique perspectives, theories, and interventions in which the practice is grounded as well as emerging concepts essential to current practice. Foundations of Child & Youth Care:Describes foundational concepts w...

Business Basics & Perspectives

Author(s): Ahmed Rachdi, Gail Rathbun

New Edition Now Available!(Business Plan Project Guide included with publication) Business is a part of everyone’s life. We are all consumers of products and services as many of us invest in homes, cars, and education with the expectation of a return on our investments.Business Basics and Perspectiv...

Foundations of Special Education: Understanding Students with Exceptionalities

Author(s): Michael Fitzpatrick, Raschelle Neild, Penny Craig

This textbook introduces to the future educator theories, philosophies, and concepts surrounding educating students with exceptionalities. We examine the treatment and education of individuals with disabilities, significant litigation, and landmark legislation in special education including the  pri...

Win, Lose, or Draw

Author(s): Karen Holmes

Win, Lose, or Draw is a non-algebra based math course that fulfills a general education mathematics requirement. The class structure is discovery-based with students working in groups rather than lecture-dependent, appealing to students for whom math is not a strength.   The theme of the course invo...

We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Student Teams

Author(s): Scott Behson, Stephen Bear

We get it - you've been burned by team projects before. We Hate Team Projects! A Friendly, Useful Guide for College Student Teams provides practical advice and easy-to-use templates to help you avoid common team problems, do better work, have less stress, and have more fun.This guidebook provides a ...

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...

YOUR Career: Navigate Your Path to Career Success

Author(s): Kenneth Buckley, Jeffrey S. Stubbs, Michael C. Estepp

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Drugs, Brain, and Behavior

Author(s): John Salamone

It has been more than more than half a century since the “Psychopharmacology Revolution” swept through modern society, radically changing mental health practice, and altering the way people view psychiatric disorders. Large numbers of people in the US and other countries are now being treated with p...