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Modern Poems: An Introduction to Poetry
by Robert O'Clair Richard EllmannAnthology designed for undergraduate poetry courses. Drawn from modern verse in English, covering Walt Whitman to the present.
A History of Europe, 1648-1815
by Maurice AshleyA college level textbook on the history of Western Europe, with additional references for follow-up reading.
Small Gas Engines: Fundamentals, Service, Troubleshooting, Repair, Applications (9th Edition)
by Alfred C. RothSmall Gas Engines provides practical information about the construction and operation of small two- and four-cycle gasoline engines. Detailed information about specific maintenance, lubrication, troubleshooting, service, rebuilding, and repair is presented. The text is written in clear, nontechnical language and includes information that is invaluable to anyone interested in servicing small gas engines.
The Essential Elements of Public Speaking (3rd edition)
by Joseph A. DevitoThe Essential Elements of Public Speaking is a concise, manageable exploration of the essential principles of public speaking, making a clear link between theory and practice. Listening; Speech Criticism; Selecting a Speech Topic, Purpose and Thesis; Audience Analysis; Using Supporting Materials and Visual Aids; Organizing, Wording and Delivering Speeches; Informing and Persuading Audiences; Special Occasion Speeches; and Presenting the Group's Thinking.
Human Communication: The Basic Course (11th edition)
by Joseph A. DevitoDeVito (Hunter College, City University of New York) looks at the concepts and principles that comprise all forms of communication. Emphasizing public speaking, interpersonal communication, and small group communication, the text is designed for introductory college courses in communication for students with little or no prior background in communication. A new series of boxes presents example speeches and speech outlines with suggestions for critical analysis.
Civilization in the West, Volume II: Since 1555 (6th edition)
by Mark Kishlansky Patrick Geary Patricia O'BrienCivilization in the West blends social and political history into a fascinating narrative that brings history to life. The authors tell a compelling story of Western Civilization that is enhanced by an image-based approach. "The Visual Record" chapter openers draw students in by illustrating a dominant theme of the chapter and exploring the dramatic changing contours of the West through standard maps, Map Discovery features and Geographical Tours of Europe. Discovering Western Civilization Online end-of-chapter Web site URLs make this the first Western Civilization book to include these resources.
A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings (4th Edition)
by Stephen WilhoitA Brief Guide to Writing from Readings teaches students how to write the most common papers assigned in college courses: source-based essays that summarize, analyze, critique, and synthesize. Comprehensive enough to serve as a primary text yet compact enough to serve as a supplement, this clear and concise writing guide teaches students how to critically read, clearly summarize, carefully respond to, and accurately quote or paraphrase texts. A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings, Fourth Edition, is a valuable teaching and reference tool that students of many disciplines will find useful for course work and for independent study. This text is an excellent teaching tool and reference guide to the most widely used documentation styles. NEW TO THIS EDITION · A new chapter, "Argumentative Synthesis" (Chapter 10), expands coverage of the definition and elements of an argument, including claims, grounds, and warrants. A new chapter, "Rhetorical Analysis" (Chapter 8), reinforces the rhetorical concepts, habituates students to reading and writing rhetorically, and features a rhetorical analysis of President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address. An expanded chapter on response essays (Chapter 6) includes suggestions for writing thesis statements ("openings") and concluding paragraphs ("closings"), and features sample essays. Two new Appendices, "Peer Review Guidelines" and "Revision Guidelines," offer brief action steps for which A Brief Guide is well known.
Ideas and Details: A Guide to College Writing (6th edition)
by M. Garrett BaumanA textbook focusing on the process of writing and the options available for students, rather than on the technicalities of language or composition. The fifth edition includes sample writing on current themes, more questions, the latest standards, and access to an online database. No date is noted for earlier editions. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Biology: Science for Life with Physiology
by Colleen Belk Virginia BordenThe author's experiences of the sciences life such as: Cells, metabolism, and life in the genetics.
American Social Welfare Policy: A Pluralist Approach (Fifth Edition)
by Howard Jacob Karger David StoeszThis best-selling text for policy analysis provides students with a comprehensive overview of social welfare policy in the United States while examining cutting-edge issues.
Applied Phonetics: The Sounds of American English (3rd edition)
by Harold T. EdwardsFor the third edition Edwards (communicative disorders and sciences, Wichita State U., Wichita, Kansas) has expanded the sections on dynamics of speech, American English dialects, and speech mechanism. As in earlier editions, the volume teaches the student to transcribe in the first part. The second part, which can be used as a reference work, contains an exhaustive resource for each of the sounds of American English. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Atkinson and Hilgard's Introduction to Psychology (15th edition)
by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema Barbara L. Fredrickson Geoff R. Loftus Willem A. WagenaarTextbook on the basic concepts of psychology.
Race, Class, and Gender: An Anthology (6th edition)
by Margaret L. Andersen Patricia Hill CollinsThis anthology introduces students to how race, class, and gender shape the experiences of diverse groups in the U.S. Introductory essays for each of the four sections stress the interconnectedness of these various types of difference. Each section concludes with some suggestions for further reading. The sixth edition contains 19 new readings dealing with such issues as affirmative action, immigration, and military rank.
The Humanities: Modernism and the Globalization of Cultures, 1900 to the Present
by Henry M. SayreThe Humanities by Henry M. Sayre helps the reader see the context and make the connections across the humanities by tying together the entire cultural experience through a narrative storytelling approach.
The Gargoyles of Notre Dame: Medievalism and the Monsters of Modernity
by Michael CamilleMost of the seven million people who visit the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris each year probably do not realize that the legendary gargoyles adorning this medieval masterpiece were not constructed until the nineteenth century.
Colonial Latin America (6th edition)
by Mark A. Burkholder Lyman L. JohnsonNow in its sixth edition, "Colonial Latin America" provides a concise study of the history of the Iberian colonies in the New World from their pre-conquest background to the wars of independence in the early nineteenth century. The new edition of this highly acclaimed text has been revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship, with particular emphasis on social and cultural history. It also features a new section on pre-Colonial Africa, to parallel coverage of pre-Colonial Spain and the Americas.
Mesoamerican Voices: Native-Language Writings from Colonial Mexico, Oaxaca, Yucatan, and Guatemala
by Matthew Restall Lisa Sousa Kevin TerracianoTranslated into English, these texts were written from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries by Nahuas from central Mexico, Mixtecs from Oaxaca, Maya from Yucatan, and other groups from Mexico and Guatemala. This collection provides college teachers and students access to important new sources for the history of Latin America and Native Americans. It is the first to present the translated writings of so many native groups and to address such a variety of topics, including conquest, government, land, household, society, gender, religion, writing, law, crime, and morality.
Rereading America: Cultural Contexts for Critical Thinking and Writing (5th edition)
by Gary Colombo Robert Cullen Bonnie LisleRereading America presents diverse political and cultural perspectives as grist for critical thinking. Many of the book's 73 selections are from groups that have been pushed to the margins of our society -- people of color, women, gays and lesbians.
Property Management (4th edition)
by Walter Roy Huber Arlette Lyons William H. PivarUnderstanding the use and meanings of the terminology found in this textbook is paramount to a successful career in the real estate property management field.
Critical Terms for Art History (2nd edition)
by Robert S. Nelson Richard Shiff"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain.
Boundaries: Readings in Deviance, Crime and Criminal Justice
by Ralph B. Mcneal Jr. Bradley R. E. WrightReadings in Deviance, Crime and Criminal Justice
Legal Writing in Plain English: A Text with Exercises
by Bryan A. GarnerAdmirably clear, concise, down-to-earth, and powerful-- unfortunately, these adjectives rarely describe legal writing, whether in the form of briefs, opinions, contracts, or statutes. In Legal Writing in Plain English, Bryan A. Garner provides lawyers, judges, paralegals, law students, and legal scholars sound advice and practical tools for improving their written work. The book encourages legal writers to challenge conventions and offers valuable insights into the writing process: how to organize ideas, create and refine prose, and improve editing skills. In essence, it teaches straight thinking-- a skill inseparable from good writing. Replete with common sense and wit, the book draws on real-life writing samples that Garner has gathered through more than a decade of teaching in the field. Trenchant advice covers all types of legal materials, from analytical and persuasive writing to legal drafting. Meanwhile, Garner explores important aspects of document design. Basic, intermediate, and advanced exercises in each section reinforce the book's principles. (An answer key to basic exercises is included in the book; answers to intermediate and advanced exercises are provided in a separate Instructor's Manual, free of charge to instructors.) Appendixes include a comprehensive punctuation guide with advice and examples, and four model documents. Today more than ever before, legal professionals cannot afford to ignore the trend toward clear language shorn of jargon. Clients demand it, and courts reward it. Despite the age-old tradition of poor writing in law, Legal Writing in Plain English shows how legal writers can unshackle themselves. Legal Writing in Plain English includes: *Tips on generating thoughts, organizing them, and creating outlines. *Sound advice on expressing your ideas clearly and powerfully. *Dozens of real-life writing examples to illustrate writing problems and solutions. *Exercises to reinforce principles of good writing (also available on the Internet). *Helpful guidance on page layout. *A punctuation guide that shows the correct uses of every punctuation mark. *Model legal documents that demonstrate the power of plain English.
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers (7th edition)
by Kate L. Turabian Wayne C. Booth Gregory G. Colomb Joseph M. WilliamsThis seventh edition of Turabian's "Manual" is a classic reference revised for a new age. It is tailored to a new generation of writers using tools its original author could not have imagined-- while retaining the clarity and authority that generations of scholars have come to associate with the name Turabian.
The U. S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
by John A. Nagl David H. Petraeus James F. Amos Sarah SewallWhen the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than they did about counterinsurgency. The U.S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual was written to fill that void. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning, the importance of decentralized decision-making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the key role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. The manual also emphasizes the paradoxical and often counter-intuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations: sometimes the more you protect your forces, the less secure you are; sometimes the more force you use, the less effective it is; sometimes doing nothing is the best reaction. An new introduction by Sarah Sewall, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, places the manual in critical and historical perspective, explaining the significance and potential impact of this revolutionary challenge to conventional U.S. military doctrine. An attempt by our military to redefine itself in the aftermath of 9/11 and the new world of international terrorism,The U.S. Army / Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual will play a vital role in American military campaigns for years to come.