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Select your format based upon: 1) how you want to read your book, and 2) compatibility with your reading tool. To learn more about using Bookshare with your device, visit the Help Center.

Here is an overview of the specialized formats that Bookshare offers its members with links that go to the Help Center for more information.

• Bookshare Web Reader - A customized reading tool for Bookshare members offering all the features of DAISY with a single click of the "Read Now" link.
• DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) - A digital book file format. DAISY books from Bookshare are DAISY 3.0 text files that work with just about every type of access technology that reads text. Books that contain images will have the download option of ‘DAISY Text with Images’.
• BRF (Braille Refreshable Format) - Digital Braille for use with refreshable Braille devices and Braille embossers.
• MP3 (MPEG audio layer 3) - Provides audio only with no text. These books are created with a text-to-speech engine and spoken by Kendra, a high quality synthetic voice from Ivona. Any device that supports MP3 playback is compatible.
• DAISY Audio - Similar to the DAISY option above; however, this option uses MP3 files created with our text-to-speech engine that utilizes Ivonas Kendra voice. This format will work with Daisy Audio compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream and Read2Go.
• EPUB - A standard e-book format that can be read on many tools, such as iBooks, Readium or others.
• Word - Accessible Word output, which can be unzipped and opened in any tool that allows .docx files

Let's Work Together (Little World Social Skills)

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Revista: Conversación sin barreras

Get students talking with Revista! This conversational, 6-lesson program includes readings and films specifically chosen to generate controversy and capture students' interest.

Mosaik 1: German Language and Culture

Mosaik is a new, multi-leveled German program designed to prepare your introductory students for the next level through authentic video, communicative tasks, and more.

Mosaik 2: German Language and Culture

Mosaik is a new, multi-leveled German program designed to prepare your introductory students for the next level through authentic video, communicative tasks, and more.

Mosaik 3: German Language and Culture

Mosaik is a new, multi-leveled German program designed to prepare your introductory students for the next level through authentic video, communicative tasks, and more.

Descubre: Lengua y cultura del mundo hispánico [Level] 1

As the newest edition of this successful series, Descubre ©2014 provides students with seamlessly integrated text and technology to enhance learning, motivate students, and promote life-long language learning.

Descubre: Lengua y cultura del mundo hispánico, [Level] 2

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Descubre: Lengua y cultura del mundo hispánico, [Level] 3

NIMAC-sourced textbook

Temas: AP® Spanish Language and Culture

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AP Spanish, Language and Culture Exam Preparation

A great complement to any AP® Spanish course, this program allows students the flexibility they need to gain experience with the different formats and sharpen their test-taking skills with content that maps precisely to new curriculum framework.

D'accord! Langue et culture du monde francophone, [Level] 1

D'accord!, this multi-leveled French program, provides seamlessly-integrated text and technology to excite and prepare your students for the world where multilingual communication and cultural understanding are necessities, not luxuries.

D'accord!: Langue et culture du monde francophone (Level #2)

Imagina: Curso intermedio de lengua española

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Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design

Architecture: Residential Drafting and Design provides comprehensive instruction for preparing architectural working drawings using traditional and computer-based methods. The text also serves as a reference for design and construction principles and methods. Its highly effective formatorganizes content around the design-building process, making the text easy to understand and appealing to students. The new edition of this text has been extensively revised and features new chapters covering sustainable design and building sections. New chapter features include Green Architecture, Employability, Problem Solving Case Study, and Curricular Connections to expand on chapter topics, explain currenttrends, and promote student interest. Each chapter contains sample test questions for the American Design Drafting Association (ADDA) Drafter Certification Test to help students work toward earning professional certification. The text has been enhanced with a new, colorful design and includes manynew detailed illustrations to explain topics. Each chapter includes objectives, key terms, Internet resources, review questions, and suggested activities for individuals or small groups. Many of the chapterend activities are designed to give students experience working with computer-aided draftingand design (CADD) systems.

Engineering Fundamentals: Design, Principles, And Careers

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Lifespan Development

NIMAC-sourced textbook <p><p> Lifespan Development is designed to help your students understand human growth and development across the lifespan. The text shows that all people go through similar stages of development. Young children learn to walk, talk, spell, jump, and tell jokes. Teens learn to become more independent. Adults take on more responsibilities for themselves and others. Throughout the lifespan, people continue to develop and change physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally. The text also includes strategies that promote lifespan health and wellness.

The Culinary Professional

NIMAC-sourced textbook <P><P>The first edition of The Culinary Professional rated high in user satisfaction. With this new, updated edition, authors and chefs John Draz and Christopher Koetke have continued to focus on the core content that provides students with the knowledge they need for a career in the culinary arts. Additionally, they have added chapters to address current industry topics: Sustainability in the Kitchen and Analyzing Cuisines.

Hospitality Services

Introduce your students to the world of hospitality! Hospitality Services presents an overview of the hospitality industry. The text discusses the various roles and responsibilities of workers in the five areas of hospitality--food and beverage, lodging, travel, tourism, and recreation. The basics of management and the business side of hospitality are also covered. In addition, the text provides an overview for business support areas, such as human resources, marketing, sales, and accounting. Chapters on career planning lead students through the steps of a job search and emphasize the skills needed for success in the workplace. * New chapters on the travel, tourism, and recreation industries have been added. * Profiles of fascinating and inspiring industry leaders show individual career progression, from entry level to top positions. * New features address environmental topics and business ethics. * Instructor's CD provides and student worksheets to reinforce learning.

Video Game Design: Instructor's Manual

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Using Google Apps

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Discovering Careers

Discovering Careers is designed to introduce students to the skills they will need to succeed in school, on the job, and on their own. By studying this text, students will be able to explore personal goals, interests, and aptitudes that will influence future life decisions. Through exploration of the career clusters and pathways, students will learn about the training and skills required to pursue their post-high school plans. This text helps students take their first steps toward making the most of their education while preparing for the future. - An emphasis is placed on planning a personal program of future study that students can carry into high school and beyond. - Career clusters are featured to provide awareness of the multitude of career choices available after high school. - Cross-curricular opportunities and connections are fostered throughout the text to provide realistic applications

Marketing Dynamics

Marketing Dynamics provides a well rounded introduction to the 4Ps--product, price, place, and promotion. Other essential topics, such as marketing research and target market identification, are also covered. College and career readiness activities covering writing, speaking, and listening are incorporated. Career Ready Practices are also included. * DECA activities are included in each of the 33 chapters to support leadership development. * The ongoing marketing plan provides a project-based, hands-on learning activity that builds at the end of each unit (data files are posted on the student companion website). * College and Career Readiness Portfolio activities provide students an opportunity to create a personal portfolio for use when exploring volunteer, education and training, or career opportunities.

Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing

Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing details the latest collision repair and refinishing techniques, as well as more traditional repair procedures. It presents both the theoretical and practical aspects of collision repair and refinishing, preparing students for a fast-paced workplace that is becoming increasingly technical. Organized around the NATEF Collision Repair and Refinish Task List, this comprehensive textbook includes information on MIG welding, HVLP spray painting, paintless dent repair, low-VOC finishes, paint matching, structural frame repair, detailing, and flexible plastic component repair, and estimating. Detailed chapters on mechanical systems, such as brake systems, cooling systems, and restraint systems, allow students to recognize and repair common types of mechanical damage. An extensive estimating chapter provides unsurpassed instruction on this vital task, walking students through the steps required to estimate specific types of damage. Auto Collision Repair and Refinishing is an indispensible resource for students preparing for a career in collision repair and refinishing, as well as experienced technicians preparing for the ASE collision repair and refinish certification tests.

Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

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Principles of Food Science (Fourth Edition)

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