Böcker utgivna av Cognella, Inc

Multidisciplinary in nature and perspective, Tarred and Feathered... Again: The Ongoing Impact of the Racial Attacks on President Obama examines the racial attacks directed at Barack Obama during his tenure as a senator, and throughout his campaigns for the Democratic Party presidential nominee and the general election.

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.

Explores how business, when handled with integrity, can make a positive impact on society and its stakeholders. Students explore the role of business organisations in society and how businesses should conduct themselves with customers, employers, government entities, and more, in both local and international environments.

Provides students with hands-on, real-world forensic science experiences. The workbook offers ample opportunities to practice various tasks, processes, and procedures associated with forensic science, all while emphasizing the importance of handling evidence with care and integrity, from extraction at the crime scene to the courtroom.

Provides students with the essential knowledge and tools required to not only understand their own nervousness, but to leverage it to improve their public speaking skills. Managing Nervousness as a Public Speaker is ideal for courses in public speaking, and for any course where public speaking is essential.

Raises the reader's awareness of an important constitutional issue that has yet to receive significant attention despite its impact on contemporary life, law, and society. The book analyses how the vast expansion of private security has undermined citizens' constitutional rights to due process and equal protection.

Introduces readers to aspects of Arab culture while demonstrating how these facets intertwine to create a unique tapestry of identity, experience, and history. The book is well suited to courses in Middle East culture and history, politics, thought, literature, religion, and language, and courses in sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies.

Provides instructors of criminal justice research methods courses with effective teaching tools to better engage students and support classroom success. Featuring valuable insight and practical advice, this text is designed to help instructors create a classroom environment that is engaging and effective for their students.

Helps students read research in an informed and critical manner, evaluate its usefulness, and apply the results to their own work and lives. Dedicated to helping readers become proficient in finding information and resources that enable them to live and work more effectively, the book is both realistic and relevant.

Takes the study of sociology of health and illness to the next level by inspiring students to connect the dots between theory, policy, and practice. The anthology provides students with applied examples of theoretical concepts which encourage them to challenge the status quo and, in doing so, transform and advance the healthcare industry.

This comprehensive guide provides insight, information, examples, anecdotes, and supplemental materials to help instructors effectively develop their ability to competently and efficiently teach criminological theory to their students.

Combines both accounting and taxation within one book specific to commercial real estate. The book is relevant to students of real estate as well as investors, developers, brokers, lenders, accountants, lawyers, and others working in the commercial real estate industry.

Presents students with a comprehensive look into the myriad challenges that urban families face today. The book is ideal for undergraduate courses in family systems, social work, or child development.

Provides instructors of introductory corrections courses with effective teaching tools and practical advice to better engage students and support meaningful classroom experiences. Filled to the brim with useful information and valuable guidance, this volume is an ideal resource for instructors who are new to teaching courses in corrections.

Provides pre-service teachers with an overview of child maltreatment and their legal duty to report suspected offenses. The text identifies various types of child abuse, reveals common signs of mistreatment, provides instruction for reporting abuse, and offers advice for working with survivors of abuse.

Designed for education students and pre-service teachers, this book teaches readers how to implement the Writer's Workshop model in a college classroom. It also shares the author's unique teaching experiences to illuminate the challenges and successes that come with introducing the model to a course.

Provides students with an overview of musical acoustics, including waves and resonance, the auditory system and psychoacoustics, musical scales and members of the orchestral instrument families, room acoustics, audio technology, and data sonification.

Demonstrates to prospective teachers the importance of understanding child and adolescent development in order to be an effective teacher. The carefully selected readings within the anthology provide future educators with real-world teaching strategies to implement in the classroom at each level of child development.

To design structures in synergy with form and space requires creativity and informed intuition of structural principles. The objective of Structure and Design is to introduce structural principles as the foundation of creative design and demonstrate successful application through case studies.

A unique anthology that exposes students to the stories, songs, tales, and oral rituals that comprise the rich tapestry of Slavic folklore. The collection features translations of folktales collected during the nineteenth century, when Western Europe began to show distinct interest in the Slavic people and their storytelling traditions.

Provides students with a comprehensive exploration of professional communication disciplines including television, film, broadcast journalism, public relations, and more. Students gain a solid, scholarly, and practical understanding of careers in communication to better inform their professional choices, expectations, and practices.

Provides a succinct outline of Western history and its effect on the world from the time of the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Cold War. The book illustrates why students need to know about Western history and civilization and focuses attention on major periods and geographical areas.

This volume in a series of immersive and enlightening scholarly journals that focus on specific international regions with respect to their unique character, relevant international and intellectual property laws, and developing markets for media and entertainment. This volume takes readers to Belize, an English-speaking portal into Central America.

A foundational text for engineering and technology students. The clean, clear writing style supports readers as they engage with content on the fundamentals of mechanical, electrical, and thermal systems as well as the basics of scientific measurements, data representation and analysis, and unit conversions.

Teaches readers how to precisely construct investigative reports, whether for criminal, employment-policy, or employee-performance investigations. Dedicated to helping report-writers produce valuable extrinsic documentation, the book explains how to describe ""what happened and why"" in clear, concise terms.

A definitive resource for healthcare students and professionals in nursing, medicine, and the allied health sciences, providing a comprehensive overview and exploration of today's ethical and legal landscape in healthcare delivery.

Helps criminal justice undergraduates think through the myriad decisions related to pursuing a graduate or related degree. The text includes practical advice for developing key skill sets, including effective information retention, quality notetaking, communicating well through the written word, and more.

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.

An anthology comprised of classic and contemporary peer-reviewed journal articles related to sensation and perception, with special emphasis on vision. The collection provides students with instruction on how to read journal articles, comprehension questions to guide them through each article, and application questions to challenge their knowledge.

Introduces undergraduate college students to foundational concepts in genetics. The text provides in-depth coverage of the essential principles of genetics, from Mendel to molecular gene therapy, and reads like a story, guiding readers through each of these areas in an interesting, engaging, and enlightening way.