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Author(s): Jack A Chambless
Some people would rather perform root canal surgery on a rabid wolverine than sit through a discussion of Federal Reserve policies.
Author(s): Susan D Marshall, Paul J Mcvety, Bradley J Ware
Success in today's food and beverage organizations requires a solid knowledge of industry trends, the ability to prepare cost-effective menus that appeal to guests' needs and wants, and the skills to develop and implement a concrete strategic fiscal plan to control costs and to manage sales. The Menu & The Cycle of Cost Control provides the reader with the knowledge necessary to accomplish these tasks and to become effective, contributing members of a management team.
Author(s): Jennifer Chambers, Anna Lori Hollen
Becoming a Culturally Competent Educator provides educators with a step-by-step guide to cultural competency in education. What does that look like? Being able to understand, communicate, and interact with people from various cultures. It covers Cultural Identities, Avoiding/Overcoming Bias, Inclusive Language, Intercultural Communication, Culturally Inclusive and Responsive Instructional Strategies, and much more!
Author(s): Mark Johnson
Have you ever asked these questions, “Why am I so afraid to speak? What does it take for me to overcome my fear and be a better speaker? How can I get a better response from my audience?” If you have, you need to know there is hope. There is most definitely a way to overcome your fear and be not only a good presenter, but a great one.
Author(s): Joyce Burstein, Gregory D Knotts
Reclaiming Social Studies for the Elementary Classroom is a new text that defines the core philosophy of viewing social studies from the cultural anthropological perspective. This perspective allows children to bring their own prior knowledge and experiences from their home culture to the social studies curriculum. This curriculum is a logical place to allow students the freedom to demonstrate learning through the arts. It is also a place where people show their cultural identities in celebration of traditions, ideals, rituals, and creative products.
Author(s): Maximo R Salaberry, Celina Nevarez, Catherine Barrette, Marisol Fernandez-Garcia
A culture-based, critical-thinking approach to learning and using Spanish in context.
Conectándonos is a culture-based first year textbook that focuses on the analysis of language in its cultural context. By combining a textbook and website, Conectándonos engages students from the very beginning in the development of productive abilities as proposed by the Council on the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning.
The third edition of Conectándonos:
Author(s): Kishore G Kulkarni
Principles of Macro-Monetary Economics, 6th Edition, by Kishore G. Kulkarni has been revised to infuse modern literature, ideas, theories and updated data. It is an easy-to-understand text with clear cut explanation of terms. Students will benefit from the simplicity and straight-forward analysis in this edition.
Author(s): Paul Gannon
Human society has never before faced challenges like the present. Population has more than doubled since 1970; currently over 7 billion and growing fast. Much of this growth occurs in regions with developing infrastructure, placing increasing demands on natural resources and taxing ecosystem services. Coupled with continued growth in more developed, and more demanding regions, global energy consumption is projected to increase nearly three-fold by mid-century.
Author(s): Elizabeth Jordan
Small Footprint Big Impact is an accessible, user-friendly, resource for non-majors who are interested in examining environmental problems and solutions. The book accelerates major environmental issues to the forefront of discussion and offers insight that enables students to think critically and make informed decisions about such issues. It comprehensively and candidly examines issues from both a scientific and social justice standpoint. Students learn the impact of human consumption and lifestyle on the planet, and who bears the brunt of it.
Author(s): David J. Bissonnette
Nutrition for Healthcare Professionals: An Introduction to Disease Prevention is an introductory nutrition textbook designed and written for students majoring in dietetics, nutrition, nursing, health sciences and medicine. This unique textbook does not follow traditional approaches to teaching nutrition; rather, it begins by describing the role of nutrition in human health from historical and contemporary perspectives.
