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Presents a collection of recent peer-reviewed articles matched with practical teaching tools. The book encourages students to view home, school, and community partnerships through a broad lens. It addresses core aspects of the topic, creates additional insight through unique, realistic assignments and class activities, and encourages culturally responsive involvement.

A learner-centred, instructor-guided, integrated study skills primer that targets struggling high school students, underserved college students, and under-prepared entry level college students. Concise, accessible, and practical, the book uses specific task chains to help students assess themselves, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and recognise the study skills they need to master.

Helps us peek behind the familiar pages of the Bible to find historical, literary, and contextual information that bring new vibrancy to old words. Wayne Brouwer's premise is that the internal testimony of the Bible's earliest books assumes a structured, formative event between Israel and its God, known as the Sinai Covenant.

In the westernized world, human populations face diseases of slow accumulation such as diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. These modern diseases are caused by more than diet and exercise alone and are influenced by underlying inequalities that exist in Western societies. This book helps students and professionals understand the importance of social factors and how they affect population health.

Helps students make connections between political theory and the real world politics of 21st Century America. The readings are presented from the perspective that while the parameters of modern citizenship may have changed, the questions of the great political theorists remain as salient as ever.

Helps readers recognise and explore the nature of the religious phenomenon and its diverse expression across cultures. In a fresh, innovative approach, the book blends classical studies of religion with contemporary knowledge about the human mind and human behaviour.

An ideal supplemental text for any Environmental Geology course. The manual introduces users to environmental issues facing contemporary society, including the differing types of environmental problems (both natural and anthropogenic), their origins, effects, and potential remedies.

Offers readers a practical discussion of stress and how to cope with it. Filled with insights, suggestions, and strategies, the book addresses the perception and experience of stress, acute and chronic effects, and ways of managing it. The tone of the text is conversational, and the suggestions and strategies are practical and easily implemented.

Introduces the reader to the physical processes governing our planet and demonstrates how the multiple branches of science intersect to describe our world. Developed for a full term of lab work, this supplemental text gives the users hands-on, problem-solving experience by requiring the application of practical geologic concepts.

Offers a comprehensive study of the joint history of sports and the media from the early instances of athletic competition to today's multi-billion dollar industry replete with million-dollar players, marketing, advertising, and merchandising deals.

Provides an overview of the main environmental problems facing today's world. While many books on the environment place a heavy emphasis on political actors, processes, and institutions, Global Environmental Problems highlights not only environmental actors, but the causes of and potential solutions to environmental crises.

This text is designed to help students learn how to assess the health of employees and utilize this information to design, implement, and evaluate an appropriate public health program. It illustrates the importance of healthy employees for corporations and delivers different strategies for implementing successful public health programs.

Offers historical and contemporary perspectives on critical issues in the administration of justice and places these issues within a variety of theoretical and sociological contexts. The book focuses on each stage of the criminal justice system - police, courts, and corrections - and examines the way justice is administered differently to certain groups within the overall population.

Although women painters and sculptors have often been the focus of academic research, they have not been fully integrated into traditional lower-division art history surveys. Politically Incorrect celebrates women who met the challenge of being female professionals and succeeded as artists at a time when such accomplishments were not expected or encouraged.

Provides an understanding the world of the ancient Egyptians by introducing primary sources that cover a broader spectrum, both temporally and geographically, than most ancient Egyptian readers. The book includes maps, introductions to the readings to place them in context and enhance comprehension, discussion questions to be used in class or as writing assignments, and a glossary.

Emphasizes the value of effective vocal communication in both the professional and private spheres. The book presents the tools necessary to develop successful speaking skills. It provides exercises, drills, and basic information on inflection, intonation, and articulation, and addresses dialogue emphasis, gesture, oral interpretation, and emotional expression.

Designed for introductory courses, Introduction to Civil Engineering serves as both a textbook and a professional guide. It addresses all aspects of education and professional preparation for civil engineers, beginning with major technical areas and attributes and concluding with hiring opportunities.

Examines the contributions of African thinkers to epistemology and affirms that African-centered thought processes are systematic. Framed by an original introduction and conclusion, the selected readings draw upon notable thinkers to explore the role of the African Union in promoting peace, the nexus between African languages and mathematics, and philosophies born of human struggle.

Provides a compact but detailed analysis of significant genres, artists, and trends characterizing popular music's evolution after the emergence of rock & roll. It addresses the creative, economic, social, and political contexts of key creative and commercial transitions in the recording industry.

Developed for allied health professionals, this anthology offers a collection of readings on the uses, effects, and modes of actions of drugs. Rooted in human biology, the text familiarizes students with the structure of the body and features an organisation chart to help contextualize the material and the pharmaceutical remedies.

Thoughtfully examines the major functions of the criminal justice system and considers some relevant ethical implications. By including ethics, morality, and social justice as foundational concepts, this book serves to provide a sensitive and realistic view of the system to students newly introduced to the criminal justice discipline.

Provides practical and accessible advice to college students and pre-professionals on how to present effectively in a work environment. This book is a collaborative effort of the Communication Department at Southern Connecticut State University and represents their time-tested method of teaching students to design and deliver professional presentations to clients.

Uses primary source documents to explore how the Supreme Court shaped civil rights throughout America's history. The book gives students of American history the opportunity to examine excerpts from court decisions and consider their consequences. This work provides fascinating insight for general readers and anyone with an interest in this overlooked aspect of history.

Helps students explore the language and culture of Italy in a meaningful, up-to-date context. Readers engage in and learn from the story of two brothers who embark on an adventure across Italy and explore some of the most beautiful regions. An immersion text, the language, grammar, and cultural instruction come together seamlessly.

Helps students explore the language and culture of Italy in a meaningful, up-to-date context. Readers will engage in and learn from the story of a group of young artists who start their own company. An immersion text, the language, grammar, and cultural instruction come together seamlessly.

Makes use of ethical dilemmas confronting today's college students to build the skills they need to confront professional ethical dilemmas in a business environment. It presents ""College Situations"" that prompt questioning and critical thinking, and then asks students to apply what they have learned to ""Business Scenarios"".

Gives educators insight into the eight most widely researched instructional practices known to have a powerful impact on diverse student populations. The material serves as an effective bridge to the best practices that can be used consistently with students, regardless of placement.