Clear. The Micro Economy Today introduces economics in clear, understandable language that engages all students. Core economic concepts are clearly defined and connected to real-world policy issues and current events. The consistent underlying themes of market vs. government, balanced perspec¬tives and policy focus help bring clarity to the economic issues students encounter every day. Cur…
As the authors of Contemporary World Regional Geography, we are pleased to bring you the third edition of Essentials of World Regional Geography. We created this text because many instruc¬tors teach under circumstances that make a shorter, streamlined text more desirable than the standard world regional text. It has its own unique features. In preparing this text, we adopted a fresh approach t…
The elusive eden charts the historical development of California, beginning with landscape and climate and the development of Native cultures, and continues through the census of 2010 and the election of Jerry Brown to his third term as governor. It portrays a land of remarkable richness and complexity, settled by waves of people with diverse cultures from around the world. Organized in ten par…
Context can make all the difference. Take those milk crates on the front cover, for example. By themselves, they're just milk crates—but grab a few more, arrange them in a certain pattern: suddenly they represent the American flag. The next time you look at the cover, will you see the crates, or pieces of the flag above? Government Matters seeks to put American Government in context for stud…
Align Your Physical Education Instruction with National Standards In an easy-to-read, fluent style, this expert author team brings you Instructional Strategies for Secondary School Physical Education, a comprehensive overview of secondary-level physical education teaching methods and program and curriculum design. This revision retains the strong theoretical background and focus on extensive…
This volume in the new Arthritis & Arthroplasty series offers expert guidance on everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approaches and techniques.
The tenth edition of d/ner/ca, Russia, and the Cold War traces U.S. foreign policies in general, and American-Russian relations in particular, from the pre-World War II years through the Cold War of 1945 to 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed. Chapters covering the post-1991 era describe what some expert observers see as a new Cold War emerging. Some of the additions in the new edition inclu…
Communication is one of the most popular college majors in the country, suggesting that students are interested in the way in which messages are created and exchanged. We are surrounded by media and media technology today that con¬tinually mediate our experiences with ourselves, with others, and with the broader group we identify as "society." We've moved from traditional "mass" media that ope…
The sixth edition of Biological Anthropology presents a concise introduction to the basic themes, theories, methods, and facts of bioanthropology. Written in an accessible style, this text demonstrates the integrity and nature of bioanihropology by using the scientific method as a theme throughout the book.
Behavior in Organizations is designed first and foremost to meet needs that other texts do not satisfy. It continues to take a hands-on, experiential approach to organizational behavior. The majority of the exercises, role-playing simulations, and cases were developed in and for management training workshops. Understanding human behavior in organizations is the heart of effective management.…
The Second Edition of Managing Operations Across the Supply Chain explains familiar operations management topics as viewed through a supply chain management perspective. This edition reiects key shifts in operations management, including transitions that demand new tools and ap¬proaches that address the demands and challenges businesses face today and will in the future. Three key shifts refl…
Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, capturing, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers,clients, partners, and society at large.
Communication WORKS takes a practical approach to communication with a focus on the ways culture, technology, social media, and ethical concerns both enrich and complicate our world. This edition applies a new critical thinking framework to help students understand, retain and apply communication concepts in their lives today, in the classroom, and in the working world. DIGITAL LEARNING SOLU…
State-of-the-art guidance on challenging issues in total knee arthroplasty and reconstruction! This volume in the new Arthritis & Arthroplasty series offers expert guidance on everything from patient selection and pre-operative planning to surgical approaches and techniques. 1. Covers arthroscopic debridement, patellofemoral maltracking, and other hot topics for the latest developments in…
Welcome to the fourth edition of American Democracy Now! In this program, we share our pas¬sion for politics while providing students with the foundation they need to become informed citizens in a rapidly changing democracy. In creating the first edition of American Democracy Now, we sought to merge our years of experience as classroom instructors and our desire to captivate students with the …
AFRESH PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Social psychology illuminates and clarifies the nature of human beings and their social world. It is a science that offers novel insights into the foundations of moral sentiments, the origins of violence, and the reasons people fall in love. It offers basic tools for understand¬ing how people persuade one another, why people trust each other and coopera…