Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process, ASTRO is an engaging and accessible solution to accommodate the diverse lifestyles... of today's learners. ASTRO employs the same engaging writing style and logical conceptual presentation that has become a hallmark of Mike Seeds and Dana Backman's introductory astronomy texts.

This introductory paperback takes an informal approach to introducing "allowable stress" structures to users who need to understand basic structures... but don't necessarily plan to become engineers. The book does not cover calculus and complex theory yet provides students with the understanding of the fundamental structural concepts required of their respective professions. The book features nearly 400 high-quality graphics that help users grasp key concepts. This can be used as a professional resource for construction managers, architects, or anyone interested in construction technology.

Excellence in the classroom can be combined with excellence on the field. Help your students reach peak performance in class and in life with college... success topic coverage that has a specific focus on the unique challenges facing student athletes.

This book helps students succeed in composition by showing them: How to be effective students How to handle the most difficult challenges of academic... writing How to approach the most common writing assignments. How to pass a timed writing test William Murdick has a Ph. D. in rhetoric and is the author of three other writing textbooks, The Portable Business Writer (Houghton Mifflin, 1999), and The Portable Technical Writer (Houghton Mifflin, 2001), and College Writing: A First Course - Writing and Reasoning (Jain, 2006).Note on the Second Edition: This expanded Second Edition includes full-chapter treatments of the five-paragraph theme and the cause-effect essay.

The man called "Mr. Photojournalism" by the Washington Post here offers the most comprehensive book available on documentary photography, covering... the history and ethics of the craft as well as practical issues for anyone with a serious interest in photography.

With the skills of a playwright, the vision of a producer, and the wisdom of an experienced teacher, David Rush offers a fresh and innovative guide to... interpreting drama in A Student Guide to Play Analysis, the first undergraduate teaching tool to address postmodern drama in addition to classic and modern. Covering a wide gamut of texts and genres, this far-reaching and user-friendly volume is easily paired with most anthologies of plays and is accessible even to those without a literary background.Contending that there are no right or wrong answers in play analysis, Rush emphasizes the importance of students developing insights of their own. The process is twofold: understand the critical terms that are used to define various parts and then apply these to a particular play. Rush clarifies the concepts of plot, character, and language, advancing Aristotle’s concept of the Four Causes as a method for approaching a play through various critical windows. He describes the essential difference between a story and a play, outlines four ways of looking at plays, and then takes up the typical structural devices of a well-made play, four primary genres and their hybrids, and numerous styles, from expressionism to postmodernism.For each subject, he defines critical norms and analyzes plays common to the canon. A Student Guide to Play Analysis draws on thoughtful examinations of such dramas as The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Fences, The Little Foxes, A Doll House, The Glass Menagerie, and The Emperor Jones. Each chapter ends with a list of questions that will guide students in further study.

With the skills of a playwright, the vision of a producer, and the wisdom of an experienced teacher, David Rush offers a fresh and innovative guide to... interpreting drama in A Student Guide to Play Analysis, the first undergraduate teaching tool to address postmodern drama in addition to classic and modern. Covering a wide gamut of texts and genres, this far-reaching and user-friendly volume is easily paired with most anthologies of plays and is accessible even to those without a literary background.Contending that there are no right or wrong answers in play analysis, Rush emphasizes the importance of students developing insights of their own. The process is twofold: understand the critical terms that are used to define various parts and then apply these to a particular play. Rush clarifies the concepts of plot, character, and language, advancing Aristotle’s concept of the Four Causes as a method for approaching a play through various critical windows. He describes the essential difference between a story and a play, outlines four ways of looking at plays, and then takes up the typical structural devices of a well-made play, four primary genres and their hybrids, and numerous styles, from expressionism to postmodernism.For each subject, he defines critical norms and analyzes plays common to the canon. A Student Guide to Play Analysis draws on thoughtful examinations of such dramas as The Cherry Orchard, The Good Woman of Setzuan, Fences, The Little Foxes, A Doll House, The Glass Menagerie, and The Emperor Jones. Each chapter ends with a list of questions that will guide students in further study.

This guide is a quick reference to the various ways in which the courts have translated the text of the Federal Rules of Evidence. It is useful for... students enrolled in trial practice courses and clinics and is also helpful as an adjunct reference for students taking basic and advanced evidence courses.

This book provides practical advice to students who are learning to write according to the conventions in biology. Using the standards of journal... publication as a model, the author provides, in a user-friendly format, specific instructions on: using biology databases to locate references; developing sound reading strategies; paraphrasing for improved comprehension; writing for a particular audience with the appropriate tone; preparing lab reports or scientific papers, posters, and oral presentations with accepted format and content; self-evaluating drafts; and using peer and instructor feedback for professional development.

This book provides practical advice to students who are learning to write according to the conventions in biology. Using the standards of journal... publication as a model, the author provides, in a user-friendly format, specific instructions on: using biology databases to locate references; developing sound reading strategies; paraphrasing for improved comprehension; writing for a particular audience with the appropriate tone; preparing lab reports or scientific papers, posters, and oral presentations with accepted format and content; self-evaluating drafts; using peer and instructor feedback for professional development; and preparing oral presentations in PowerPoint.

This book puts the complex research findings and workings of the brain into plain, easy-to-understand terms. Find out why the adolescent brain... challenges the adult brain, what is ADD and how does it differ from AD/HD, how can you influence attention, learning and complex memory? The books answers your most popular questions such as: How can I increase my child's IQ? What is the new research on Autism and how does it differ from Asperger syndrome? A must-have for any educator or parent.

This book is designed to introduce students to the basics of accounting and may be used as a supplement for Business Associations, Corporations,... Securities, Partnership, Taxation, Corporate Finance, Not-for-Profit Corporations, or other business-related courses. A Student's Guide to Accounting for Lawyers provides students with an understanding of basic corporate financial statements, corporate distributions, share issuance, asset valuation, balance sheet interpretation, financial analysis, and financial statements of partnerships and not-for-profit corporations. In addition to textual discussion, the book includes: Examples and diagrams to illustrate basic accounting concepts;Real-life problems with full solutions;Clear explanations of ratio analysis;Discussion of the interrelationship between the accounting process and basic business operations and decisions; andFrequent cross-references and citations to pertinent Financial Accounting Standards and Opinions of the AICPA Accounting Principles Board.

New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien. A Students' Guide to African American Literature, 1760 to the Present is designed to... assist college students (and others) who are relative novices to the study of African American literature. Focusing on the prose tradition (from early autobiographical narratives to contemporary fiction), the author highlights themes, issues, and motifs peculiar to, and recurring in, African American literature, while providing students with more specific information on a number of key texts. Each chapter comes with suggestions for assignments and a selected bibliography for further research. The book also contains an appendix, which contains six student essays, as well as a useful glossary.