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The Environment and You
by Norman ChristensenWelcome to a new introductory environmental science book that offers students a reliable science foundation and inspires them to connect the course to the choices they can make as citizens. It's about science-informed by decades of careful research by generations of scientists and presented in a manner non-science majors understand. It's about solutions--offering a fresh alternative to "doom and gloom" by emphasizing problem solving and scalable solutions so students can make more informed choices on actions to support the well-being of humans and the planet. It's about today's students--making navigating information, focusing, and learning easier for a wide range of students. It's written by a world-class scientist and dedicated teacher--author Norm Christensen was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is founding dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment, and has served as president of the Ecological Society of America. He is also a gifted teacher who has taught the introductory environmental science course for over 15 years and won a Distinguished Teaching Award. This package contains: The Environment and You
The Essay Connection: Readings for Writers
by Lynn Z. BloomTHE ESSAY CONNECTION is a provocative, timely collection of rhetorically arranged essays by professional and student writers. It stimulates critical thinking on ethical, social, and political issues, enabling users to make connections and write with an informed viewpoint. Essays range from the personal to the scientific and cover a variety of modes--narration, process analysis, comparison and contrast, and persuasion--to prompt users' interest in different disciplines and genres. Professionally written essays (by scientists, economists, and journalists, among others), as well as, user essays inspire and motivate readers. Unlike excerpts found in other readers, most essays are printed in their entirety, thus serving as better models for user writing. Throughout the text, Bloom offers practical, clear advice on writing that complements the essays. Rich visuals, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction provide a full set of models to bolster critical thinking, reading, and writing skills. The ninth edition offers more than 30 new essays to stimulate the readers' interest. An expanded argument casebook, as well as, new visuals, poems, and works of creative nonfiction and fiction build on the strengths of previous editions. New material on the Book Companion Website strengthens the readers' writing and reading comprehension skills.
The Essay Connection: Readings for Writers
by Lynn Z. BloomThe Essay Connection presents a provocative and timely collection of rhetorically arranged essays by professional and student writers that stimulate critical thinking on ethical, social, and political issues, enabling students to make connections and write with a more informed point of view. The essays range from the personal to the scientific and cover a variety of modes--including narration, process analysis, comparison and contrast, and persuasion--to prompt students' interest in different disciplines and genres. Both the professionally written essays (by scientists, economists, and journalists among others) and the student ones inspire and motivate students who are taking composition as a requirement. Most essays are printed in their entirety, serving as better models for student writing than the excerpts often found in other readers. Throughout the text, Bloom offers practical, clear advice on the art of writing that compliments the essays. In addition, rich visuals, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction provide a full set of models to bolster critical-thinking, reading, and writing skills. The Eighth Edition offers more than 30 new essays to stimulate students' interest. In addition, an expanded argument casebook as well as new visuals, poems, and works of creative nonfiction and fiction build on the strengths of previous editions, while new material on the Online Study Center for students strengthens students' writing and reading comprehension skills.
The Essay Connection: Readings for Writers (10th Edition)
by Lynn Z. BloomTHE ESSAY CONNECTION is a provocative, timely collection of rhetorically arranged essays by professional and student writers. It stimulates critical thinking on ethical, social, and political issues, enabling students to make connections and write with an informed viewpoint. Essays range from the personal to the scientific and cover a variety of modes--narration, process analysis, comparison and contrast, and persuasion--to prompt students' interest in different disciplines and genres. Professionally written essays (by scientists, economists, and journalists, among others) as well as student essays inspire and motivate students. Unlike excerpts found in other readers, most essays are printed in their entirety, thus serving as better models for student writing. Throughout the text, Bloom offers practical, clear advice on writing that complements the essays. Rich visuals, fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction provide a full set of models to bolster critical thinking, reading, and writing skills. The tenth edition offers 22 new selections to stimulate students' interest. An argument casebook as well as new visuals, poems, and works of creative nonfiction and fiction build on the strengths of previous editions. Material on the Book Companion Website strengthens students' writing and reading comprehension skills.
The Essential Brain Injury Guide
by Brain Injury Association of AmericaThis manual provides a body of knowledge that can be utilized in preparation for brain injury specialist certification.
The Essential Contract Law Casebook
by Craig SmithThis textbook is designed for use in the first year Contracts course offered in U.S. law schools. It is written in a straightforward method that doesn't "hide the ball" while including a wide and representative collection of precedent setting cases in the field of Contract Law.
The Essential Cosmic Perspective
by Jeffrey Bennett Mark Voit Nicholas Schneider Megan Donahue<P><P>A practical introduction to Astronomy with an emphasis on critical thinking about our place in the universe <P><P>This 8th Edition of Essential Cosmic Perspective provides readers without science backgrounds with a streamlined, cutting-edge introduction to astronomy. Built on a strong tradition of effective pedagogy and coverage, the text focuses on skill-building and includes group work exercises that require active participation. Dedicated to bringing an understanding of the universe, its scientific basis and its relevance to our lives, each chapter is written to specific learning goals that build an ideal learning path for readers. Aiming to foster a lifelong learning experience, the authors focus on key concepts, providing big picture context, promoting conceptual understanding, and preferring plain language to jargon. <P><P>The 8th Edition incorporates the latest scientific updates in the field of astronomy and includes new features that reinforce critical thinking and excite readers’ curiosity. New features such as Extraordinary Claims engage readers by presenting extraordinary claims about the universe and how they were either supported or debunked as scientists collected more evidence, reinforcing the process of science and how scientists think critically to evaluate them. My Cosmic Perspective establishes a personal connection between readers and the cosmos as they learn to think critically about the meaning of what they learn in their astronomy studies and beyond. Designed and written for a one semester course, this text shares many of the strengths of its more comprehensive best-selling sibling, The Cosmic Perspective.
The Essential Guide to Effect Sizes: Statistical Power, Meta-analysis, and the Interpretation of Research Results
by Paul D. EllisThis succinct and jargon-free introduction to effect sizes gives students and researchers the tools they need to interpret the practical significance of their results. Using a class-tested approach that includes numerous examples and step-by-step exercises, it introduces and explains three of the most important issues relating to the practical significance of research results: the reporting and interpretation of effect sizes (Part I), the analysis of statistical power (Part II), and the meta-analytic pooling of effect size estimates drawn from different studies (Part III). The book concludes with a handy list of recommendations for those actively engaged in or currently preparing research projects.
The Essential Guide to Writing & Language, Red Level
by Cynthia Clampitt Carol Francis Larkin Page-JacobsNIMAC-sourced textbook
The Essential Historiography Reader
by Caroline HoefferleThe Essential Historiography Reader, not only details the history of historical practice and explains historical theories and philosophies in language that is accessible to college undergraduates, it also provides excerpts to illustrate these historical approaches and help students to identify them in their own writing and in the writings of contemporary historians. The book is organized into two main parts. The first part traces the origins of contemporary American historical traditions to their roots in ancient Greece and explains how the profession of history emerged and developed in Europe and America through the nineteenth century. The second part focuses more specifically on historiographical developments the United States since the nineteenth century.
The Essential MBA
by Susan Anderson MillerFor help preparing for, and support during your MBA course, The Essential MBA brings together a comprehensive overview of the main subjects taught on MBA and business and management programmes in one book.<P><P> Each chapter is written by a specialized contributor and offers students a helpful introduction to each topic of study, including:<P> * Sections on research methods and study skills<P> * Further reading recommendations and questions for reflection<P> * A critical perspective of the subject matter and reviews of alternative approaches.<P> This text is an invaluable guide for MBA students, as well a useful introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students of business and management.<P> Susan Miller is Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Hull University Business School
The Essential World History (6th Edition)
by William J. Duiker Jackson J. SpielvogelExplore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. You can use the book's global approach and its emphasis on analytical comparisons between cultures to link events together in a broad comparative and global framework that places the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.
The Essential World History Volume 2: Since 1500 (6th Edition)
by William J. Duiker Jackson J. SpielvogelExplore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY, 6e. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. You can use the book's global approach and its emphasis on analytical comparisons between cultures to link events together in a broad comparative and global framework that places the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.
The Essential World History: Volume 1: To 1800
by William J. Duiker Jackson J. SpielvogelExplore common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. You can use the book's global approach and its emphasis on analytical comparisons between cultures to link events together in a broad comparative and global framework that places the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.
The Essential World History: Volume I: To 1800
by William J. Duiker Jackson J. SpielvogelExplore world history in a brief, balanced, highly readable overview that examines common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and identify key global regional patterns over time with THE ESSENTIAL WORLD HISTORY. This brief overview of world history covers political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help you gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. You can use the book's global approach and its emphasis on analytical comparisons between cultures to link events together in a broad comparative and global framework that places the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context.
The Essentials Of Technical Communication
by Elizabeth Tebeaux Sam DraggaIn today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fourth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise. Visit the book's free, open-access Companion Website at www.oup.com/us/tebeaux for additional student and instructor resources.
The Essentials of Early Education
by Carol GestwickiThis book is designed to be the ideal motivational tool for beginning teachers entering the field of early childhood education. The most comprehensive and challenging text available, Essentials of Early Education encourages students to be active participants in the decision making process of becoming early childhood teachers. All the phases of early childhood education are thoroughly covered in addition to defining all the aspects of a quality education and the teacher's role in education today.
The Essentials of Political Analysis (Fifth Edition)
by Philip H. PollockBuilding students' analytic abilities and developing their statistical reasoning with new data, fresh exercises, and engaging examples, this accessible introduction to the essential elements of political analysis walks students through the basics-measuring concepts, describing variables, formulating and testing hypotheses, controlling for alternative explanations, and interpreting graphic displays, and nearly 50 practical exercises motivate them to use their new skills with confidence.
The Essentials of Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes The Difference
by D. Ray Reutzel Robert B. CooterThe Essentials of Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference,Third Edition,by Reutzel and Cooter is the ideal hands-on personal guide for pre- and in-service K-8 teachers who want to make a critical difference in ensuring effective reading instruction for all students. It shows educators how, by thinking deeply about their teaching decisions, they can come to understand and meet the literacy needs of every student. The authors present seven pillars of effective reading instruction--Teacher Knowledge, Classroom Assessment, Evidence-Based Teaching Practices, Response to Intervention (RTI), Motivation and Engagement, Technology and New Literacies, and Family and Community Connections--that provide a logical and consistent structure for closely examining the essential elements that well-prepared literacy teachers know, understand, and are able to implement in the classroom.
The Essentials of Wine with Food Pairing Techniques: A Straightforward Approach to Understanding Wine and Providing a Framework for Making Intelligent Food Pairing Decisions
by John Peter LaloganesThis book combines a framework for understanding wine and making intelligent food pairing decisions. By emphasizing the basics of wine and the basics of food pairing techniques, it offers content that is relevant to novice and intermediate readers and restaurateurs.
The Ethical Life (2nd Edition)
by Russ Shafer-LandauA Compact Yet Thorough collection of readings in ethical theory and contemporary moral problems-at the best price