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Featuring a dynamic storytelling approach, this volume introduces students to ideas, theories, research, and major concepts in psychology through highly engaging and accessible narratives. The book is designed to pique students' interest, engage their natural curiosity in psychology, and help them immediately apply key learnings to their own lives.

Highlights four key aspects of race and racialization in the United States that perpetuate the concept of race and uphold the current racial hierarchy: understanding race and ethnicity, the social construction of race, white privilege, and racism and discrimination.

Examines stress from a social angle and explores how social connections can both cause and relieve stress. Readers learn how coping with social stress can involve giving way or yielding via compromise. Additionally, the text provides myriad ways to connect, communicate, and cultivate a sense of belonging.

With the Socratic method serving as a basis for exploration and examination, the carefully curated readings in this anthology help students better understand what we as humans assume, believe, favour, and hope. Throughout, students are encouraged to discover how questioning as a philosophical method opens a path to critical reasoning.

Contains the words of every president from Theodore Roosevelt onward. The book introduces readers to various ways of studying presidential rhetoric. This is the ideal anthology for courses in presidential rhetoric, American public address, and political communication.

Provides students with unique snapshots into the lives and resiliency of Indigenous peoples of the North American continent, commonly referred to as Turtle Island by Native Americans and First Nations peoples. The selected articles provide readers a glimpse into key historical events, survival strategies, and worldviews of Indigenous peoples.

Provides students with the opportunity to connect directly with pre-modern Middle East history via a selection of carefully curated primary sources. Through these documents, students are privy to the circumstances, challenges, values, thoughts, and worldviews of individuals who lived during this time period.

Provides readers with valuable information about how the counseling environment impacts the helping relationship, ways of delivering critical helping skills, and the necessity of understanding important treatment issues when working with clients and consumers.

Provides students with a collection of stories and anecdotes that promote insight into the myriad opportunities, challenges, and discoveries related to the art of directing. In Charge of the Roller Coaster will help readers experience the tapestry of what is involved in directing plays and other media.

Introduces readers to instructional ideas and approaches that have shown to be effective in supporting literacy development of students in grades 5 to 12. This is an ideal text for courses and programs in education, especially those with focus in literacy development.

Clearly communicates statistical competencies to students, allows for practice and evaluation, and arranges competencies in a hierarchy. The workbook employs a martial arts-inspired belt system, awarding students new achievement ranks after they've demonstrated mastery of key concepts and allowing them to proceed to the next level.

Gives readers foundational information on anatomy and physiology. The text explains all the major systems of the human body in a concise, accessible way that successfully prepares students for further study.

Introduces students to foundational concepts in chemistry with emphasis on real-world application. Throughout the text, students learn how the study of chemistry supports material science, forensics, medicine, and other disciplines. The volume includes 11 chapters that can be taught traditionally or in a non-linear fashion.

Provides students with an engaging exploration of one of the most influential ancient civilizations of the world. Through translated ancient text discussing historical events and social and cultural practices, readers learn about aspects of ancient Greece that are often overlooked.

Introduces students to foundational concepts in chemistry with emphasis on real-world application. Throughout the text, students learn how the study of chemistry supports material science, forensics, medicine, and other disciplines. The text is organized into 13 chapters that can be taught traditionally or in a non-linear fashion.

Examines the multifaceted nature of black family life. Grounded in family systems theory, the book provides readers with a unique lens through which to better understand the structures of, and processes within, black families.

Provides a scholarly exploration of the literature and themes of the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible and cognate Near Eastern materials. The text features interdisciplinary and methodological points of view from secular biblical scholars, offering a comprehensive point of entry to the study of the ancient world and the religious heritage of Judaism.

A comprehensive and unique ""how to"" guide covering every area of entertainment law including fundamental principles, detailed business models, legal foundations, contract terms, practical advice, and full legal citations for cases and statutes.

Introduces tools for integrating a variety of technologies into the classroom and shows students how to develop professional portfolios showcasing their use of these tools. The book outlines best practices for incorporating word processing, spreadsheets, and publishing applications into classroom instruction, along with information on using interactive electronic whiteboards, and mobile devices.

An aerospace-specific text that helps students master the fundamentals of vibration. Clear and concise, the book covers free and forced vibration response, steady state responses of single degree of freedom systems, and the multi-degrees of freedom systems. Other topics include dynamic stability as well as aeroelasticity, vibration absorber, and finite element modelling.

Helps students build confidence through the use of a five-step writing process of prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and presenting their final work. This developmental text covers only what is needed for guided lessons and activities. The short chapters feature targetted writing exercises that can be completed in class.

Designed to put statistics within reach of those who do not have strong mathematical backgrounds, A Non-Mathematician's Guide to Statistics is a friendly, conversational introductory textbook. The information, sample problems, and practice tests are ideal for those in any field that collects and processes data without requiring mathematical skills beyond algebra.

Offers a passionate exploration of the important role played by editing in the process of film-making and a functional guide to using editing most effectively. The book explains how an editor is, in many ways, responsible for the final rewriting of a script - and that editing is in reality a pictorial form of writing.

Introduces readers to theories, philosophies, strategies, methods, techniques, and lessons that have proven effective when applied to the field of healthcare management. The book shares insights from experienced hospital and healthcare leaders and prepares students for success in entry-level administrative positions and beyond.

Helps students think critically and dialectically about social policies that affect children and families. Based on the belief that no single policymaking position has all the answers, the book offers a model that reduces the tendency to present only one viewpoint. As they move through the text, readers use this model to evaluate the effectiveness of specific policies.

Steps away from the traditional chronological organisation of material and instead groups similar topics together, thus enabling students to better understand potentials and fields and the relationship between electricity and magnetism.

Teaches microeconomic concepts and theories in a concise, clear manner. Tis volume provides insight into the behaviour of three important economic agents - individuals, firms, and government - and discusses the interactions between these agents in a market economy. It explores how this behaviour is manifested across a wide variety of countries and cultures.

Provides students with a complete understanding of the essentials of the discipline and teaches them how to apply and practice them successfully. While many standard textbooks concentrate on explaining what public relations is, The Fundamentals of Public Relations also emphasizes how to conduct public relations and initiate successful public relations tactics.

Reveals the secrets behind the manipulation that is inherent in all brand advertising. This book offers readers a step-by-step guide to writing brand advertising for all media. Students learn about the history of brand advertising and its role in marketing, as well as the three major strategic theories of brand advertising; and learn how to think creatively and develop their own unique ""voices"".

Helps students communicate with confidence in their speaking and writing. The material facilitates self-discovery and critical thinking as students learn to assess the validity of their ideas and express them with clarity and integrity. This book helps students make the transition from college student to professional - communicating effectively and persuasively.