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Author(s): Jon M Nese, Lee M Grenci, David Babb
A current, thorough, conversational, and scientifically sound resource on meteorology.
A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology presents basic principles that enable students to gain a “thorough possession” of the underlying scientific principles of meteorology and to be able to think critically about them. This text shows how fundamental concepts fit together to form a conceptual pyramid that explains how the atmosphere really works. It shows students how to apply the concepts learned by offering examples based on real weather data.
Author(s): Ronald C. Arnett, Leeanne McManus, Amanda McKendree
We live in an age of ethical disputes, making conflict inevitable as we meet others with contrasting ethical positions and contrary communicative expectations. An ethical position held with conviction frequently generates conflict when one encounters another with a differing ethical standpoint embraced with equal assurance.
Conflict Between Persons: The Origins of Leadership conceptualizes communication and conflict as a pragmatically essential everyday education for future leadership.
Author(s): Alastair M Morrison, Xinran You Lehto, JONATHON DAY
Tourism System: a set of interrelated parts working together toward shared outcomes and goals.
The Tourism System, under the guidance of a new authoring team, have made this new 8th edition more global in scope through examples, cases, and approximately 120 Quick Trips.
The Tourism System:
Author(s): Shawn Wahl, Jake Simmons, Jeffrey McCune, Jr.
Where groups of people gather, there is always an elephant in the room: difference.
Elephants are remarkable, complex creatures which take up much space. Likewise, matters of race, culture, and difference require creative and complicated conversations—which moves us beyond “we are all alike” or “we all matter”—to understanding the significance of difference, as both a gift and a challenge.
Author(s): Clinton Allred, Karen Geismar, Nancy Turner
Nutrition: Real People, Real Choices is a research-driven text that has been developed and tested in response to and in partnership with more than 100 instructors across the country. It is also the product of feedback provided in survey data by hundreds of students. An extensive Instructor’s Manual and Test Bank are available as part of the fully integrated ancillaries. These ancillaries are designed to meet student learning objectives.
Author(s): Keisha Love, Nicole Martin, Tim Martin, Corinne McNamara, Lauren Taglialatela, Danelle Stevens-Watkins, Stacey Williams, Juliann Young
General Psychology: The Science of the Mind is a state-of-the-art introduction to the field of psychology that is written to the interests and needs of today’s students.
More than just a textbook, General Psychology fuses a workbook within the framework of the text — encouraging students to not only be passive readers of psychology, but also active “doers” of psychology.
General Psychology: The Science of the Mind:
Author(s): Aaron Thompson, Reid Luhman, Milan Andrejevich, Matthew Howell, SCOTT POWELL
Designed to fit in a myriad of different course formats, The Sociological Outlook maps out the sociological journey for students. It is a text where the “classics” of sociology remain and the current status of society is reflected in statistics.
The new tenth edition of The Sociological Outlook:
Author(s): Sara Weintraub, Candice Thomas-Maddox, Kerry Byrnes
Communication is everywhere in our daily lives. Whether we are interacting with a friend or with a supervisor, in today’s society, the ability to communicate effectively is imperative.
Communicating in Your Personal, Professional & Public Lives covers a wide range of relevant topics that provide a solid foundation of communication studies and highlight the importance of communication in every aspect of our lives.
Author(s): Mark Nagel, Richard Southall
Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice bridges the theoretical-practical divide by providing students with practical perspectives on today’s sport management issues, based upon sound theoretical frameworks. Introduction to Sport Management introduces readers to the complex nature of today’s sport industry and offers advice from sport-industry insiders.
Introduction to Sport Management: Theory and Practice:
Author(s): Wallace Rande, Byron Marlowe
The world of Beverage Management is expanding and changing at a rapid pace.
