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Thomas Jefferson noted in 1789 that ""Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government."" With that in mind, the task of this second edition of The Future of News is to explore whether today's news is intellectually closer to broccoli ... or bon bons.

Written in a conversational tone, the book is ideal for first courses in the subject. It emphasizes the application of basic ideas to improve understanding of the kinds of weather systems encountered on a daily basis.

A college-level anthology devoted to the history of crime and punishment. This volume offers a number of documents and articles on crime, criminality and punishment throughout history, including the ancient and medieval eras, and colonial through 21st century America. It is an ideal supplement for standard undergraduate and graduate textbooks on the history of criminal justice.

Provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, CAMINANDO also includes sample responses to aid in students' self-correction.

Provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, CAMINANDO also includes sample responses to aid in students' self-correction.

Provides Spanish language students with in-depth review and practice of intermediate-level grammar, as well as multiple opportunities for vocabulary development. Intended as a student workbook to complement the instructor's classroom presentation and oral practice, CAMINANDO also includes sample responses to aid in students' self-correction.

Delivers concise, yet insightful summaries of the crucial political systems and the ideas of prominent political philosophers throughout history. From Conservatism, to Monarchism, to Socialism, Introduction to Political Philosophy examines a wide range of influential political systems and illustrates how most societies around the globe exhibit a blend of systems.

Any student of acting must begin by reawakening his or her ability to play like a child. The Natural Actor focuses on stimulating this ability using simple, natural, easily understood techniques. Written from a position of emotional sensitivity and abundance, The Natural Actor will help any student who wishes to release the actor within and explore the creative self.

Takes a fresh approach to media critique by using a fictional character to guide the reader through an analytical journey of political and social satire. As the protagonist prepares to give a series of caffeine-fuelled lectures, he ruminates on everything from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and presidential satire to iconic political cartoonist Thomas Nast and South Park.

Provides a comprehensive overview of the phenomenon of religion. Based on over thirty years of teaching, this single, concise volume offers students of religion and religious philosophy everything they need to effectively learn about the study and practice of religion.

This inquiry and exploration-based workbook has been designed as a tool for pre-service and in-service mathematics teachers to use as a guidebook for "doing mathematics" and exploring mathematics topics in depth. The lessons chosen serve as a function-based approach that connects important topics in the secondary mathematics curriculum and act as a bridge to university-level mathematics.

A unique, stand-alone text for courses that connect service to the community to the acquisition of academic knowledge. The book begins with an explanation of service-learning. The three subsequent chapters discuss reflection, culture, and reciprocity, and how these apply to real-world service environments. Later chapters address the guiding issues of service-learning.

Gives readers an inside understanding of the range of factors that come into play in entertainment industry transactions. The book examines major areas of entertainment industry endeavour such as books, film, music, television, and theatre from the transactional side, while also looking at some of their other aspects, such as copyright, right of publicity, and negotiation.

Examines both music and musical composition, and the characteristics they share with science, mathematics and the natural world. Written for upper-division and graduate courses, the book shows students that music is part of an interdisciplinary collection of artistic modes of expression, and that these modes can be better understood in the context of what we observe in the real world.

This anthology allows some of the greatest philosophers, ancient and modern, to speak for themselves and directly to students through their own writings. Based on John Rawls's thesis that an appreciation of a philosopher requires that "the text must be respected", these passages are largely unedited, giving students deeper exposure to the ideas and perspectives of canonical figures.

Provides readers with an overview of the entire research process in an abbreviated and concise format. This text provides examples of quantitative analytical techniques based on SPSS and Excel to give readers the opportunity to execute research processes. It also gives readers the capability to analyse, gather, and interpret data to arrive at answers to research questions.

Explores African-centred research methodologies. Employing such methodologies would enable African communities to define their unique identities from their unique perspectives and would help offer a long-overdue challenge to entrenched European paradigms of Africans as the ""other.

Serves as an entry point for students into some of the most profound ideas of the ages. This collection of readings of sacred texts is drawn from the central canons of religious traditions from around the world. Selections from Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Native Traditions are compiled for their readability.

As the body of law grows increasingly complex, and the regulatory environment becomes more important to navigate, managers must have a strong grasp of the legal issues affecting the dealings between workers and employers. This text engages those issues and prepares students and future managers to understand, articulate, and apply legal concepts across all levels of management.

Employs an intersectional feminist approach to introduce students to the various ways feminist thinkers discuss gender, sexuality, sex, and more. The book encourages them to consider how these views may be manifested in their everyday surroundings from the classroom to the coffee shop.

Features outstanding articles that are directly related to the assignments required for credentialing. The material is organised into three primary sections covering administrative organisation, financial and legal issues, and childcare and educational programming.

Provides an introduction to the close and complex relationships between race and law, legal institutions, and legal personnel. The book combines original text with primary source documents such as judicial decisions and statutory materials. Historical, political, and linguistic analyses of legal materials are provided throughout.

Offers students a compelling, adventurous treatment of standard macroeconomic principles. The book takes an incentive-based, open-economy approach to Keynesian economics and challenges students to rethink policy approaches in order to tackle contemporary domestic and global economic challenges.