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Geography Alive! Regions and People
by Diane HartGeography is a field of study that tries to make sense of the world around us. It helps us understand how people, places, and environments came to be and how they affect each other. When geographers look at something on Earth, they ask questions. Where is it? Why is it there? How did it get there? How does it affect the people living there? How does it affect the natural environment in this area? That "something" could be as ordinary as a nearby factory. Or it could be as extraordinary as a distant, fire-belching volcano. To answer such questions, geographers look at the world in spatial terms
Comparative Politics
by Charles HausBalancing theory with application and now in a new, exciting full-color design, Dr. Hauss' COMPARATIVE POLITICS is the best-selling comprehensive text for the Introduction to Comparative Politics course. The book uses a unique theme?DOMESTIC RESPONSES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES?to introduce key concepts and examines the growing interdependence among strong and weak states through the discussion of 12 countries. The introduction establishes a comparative structure based on 5 themes that are treated as appropriate for each individual country in color-coded boxed features. The themes are conflict, democratization, economic liberalization, globalization, and challenges. The countries discussed are categorized by economic development, helping students develop their skills of comparison, synthesis and interpretation amongst countries of similar economic status. Students will gain an understanding of some of the most important general trends, an exposure to politics in a number of countries, and a desire to dig more deeply into this fascinating and exciting field of comparative politics.
World Geography Today
by David M. HelgrenWorld Geography Today is a guide to learning about the constantly changing world in which you live. This textbook will help you understand the study of geography and make sense of our complex world.
Life
by Sadava and H. Craig Heller and William K. Purves and David Sadava and David HillisCo-published by Sinauer Associates, Inc. , and W. H. Freeman and Company. Visit the Life, Eighth Edition preview site. LIFE HAS EVOLVED. . . from its original publication to this dramatically revitalized Eighth Edition. LIFE has always shown students how biology works, offering an engaging and coherent presentation of the fundamentals of biology by describing the landmark experiments that revealed them. This edition builds on those strengths and introduces several innovations.
Conceptual Physics
by Paul G. HewittThis seventh edition of the popular and exceptionally well written physics concept text with minimal mathematics contains new material sprinkled throughout, such as a treatment of measurements of the earth, moon, and sun by the early Greeks, capacitors, and more on rainbows. Individual sections have been clarified and updated. Problem sets are now at the end of most chapters. Most problems involve simple calculations that require minimal algebra skills. The text is profusely illustrated in full color with many helpful diagrams and down-to-earth examples. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Conceptual Physics
by Paul G. HewittThis seventh edition of the popular and exceptionally well written physics concept text with minimal mathematics contains new material sprinkled throughout, such as a treatment of measurements of the earth, moon, and sun by the early Greeks, capacitors, and more on rainbows. Individual sections have been clarified and updated. Problem sets are now at the end of most chapters. Most problems involve simple calculations that require minimal algebra skills. The text is profusely illustrated in full color with many helpful diagrams and down-to-earth examples. Annotation C. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Human Geography
by H. J. de Blij and Alexander B. MurphyAuthoritatively written by a geographer who has worked on every continent, Human Geography is sensitive to people of other cultures and from all walks of life. * Focuses on key geographic concepts and puts them in practical and current perspective. *
Holt Advanced Spanish, Curso dos Nuevas vistas
by Holt, Rinehart and Winston StaffNIMAC-sourced textbook
Biology
by Peter H. Raven and George B. Johnsonby Peter H Raven, George B Johnson, Kenneth A. Mason, Jonathan Losos, Susan Singer "Biology" focuses on evolution as a unifying theme. In revising the text, McGraw-Hill consulted with numerous users, noted experts and professors in the field. "Biology "is distinguished from other texts by its strong emphasis on natural selection and the evolutionary process that explains biodiversity. The new 8th edition continues that tradition and advances into modern biology by featuring the latest in cutting edge content reflective of the rapid advances in biology. That same modern perspective was brought into the completely new art program offering readers a dynamic, realistic, and accurate, visual program. AP Correlation Visit the Online Learning Center
Holt Biology (California edition)
by Peter H. Raven and George B. JohnsonIn the study of biology, certain broad themes emerge that both unify living things and help explain biology as a science. The word science comes from Latin for "to know." Science is a systematic process of inquiry. As you study the science of biology by reading this textbook, you will repeatedly encounter these themes.
Writing America
by David A. Jolliffe and Hephzibah RoskellyWe have designed Writing America: Language and Composition in Context AP* Edition so that it can be used as the foundational text in a course that emphasizes reading, writing, and analyzing texts. Writing America teaches reading as a dynamic, interactive process. It teaches writing as a craft, related to reading, that produces rich, purposeful, well-planned and well-executed texts. It teaches the structure and organization of texts, at the level of both the whole text and the sentence. It couches this instruction in an examination of vitally important works of American literature, art, and culture, accompanied by a study of contemporary pieces that unpack current thinking on the issues and themes raised by the historical works.
Glencoe Understanding Psychology
by Richard A. KasschauConnect complex psychological concepts to real life Understanding Psychologysimplifies complex psychological concepts for students. The program's philosophy is to make psychology relevant, fun, interesting, and approachable.Understanding Psychologyis an interactive book with hands-on activities, case studies, current issues, and readings about the field of psychology.
Glencoe Understanding Psychology
by Richard A. KasschauConnect complex psychological concepts to real life. Understanding Psychology simplifies complex psychological concepts for students. The program's philosophy is to make psychology relevant, fun, interesting, and approachable. Understanding Psychology is an interactive book with hands-on activities, case studies, current issues, and readings about the field of psychology.
Patterns for College Writing
by Laurie G. Kirszner and Stephen R. MandellLaurie Kirszner and Stephen Mandell, authors with nearly thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a knack for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, they provide students with exemplary rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections that balance classic and contemporary essays. Along with more examples of student writing than any other reader, Patterns has the most comprehensive coverage of active reading, research, and the writing process, with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough apparatus of any rhetorical reader, all reasons why Patterns for College Writing is the best-selling reader in the country. And the new edition includes exciting new readings and expanded coverage of critical reading, working with sources, and research. It is now available as an interactive Bedford e-book and in a variety of other e-book formats that can be downloaded to a computer, tablet, or e-reader. Read the preface.
Chemistry & Chemical Reactivity, Enhanced Review Edition
by John C. Kotz and Paul M. Treichel and Gabriela C. WeaverNIMAC-sourced textbook
Perspectives on American Politics
by William LasserA thematically rich reader, Perspectives on American Politics organizes up-to-date selections into four categories--Foundations, American Politics Today, Controversies, and View from the Inside. This range of perspectives expands students' understanding and knowledge of how the American system works. The text's thirteen chapters correspond with the most frequently assigned chapters of American Government textbooks, making it an ideal supplement to any core text.
