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Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture (17 ed., Volume #1)
by Judith Coffin Robert Stacey Joshua Cole Carol SymesNew to the Western Civilizations team, master teachers and scholars Joshua Cole (University of Michigan) and Carol Symes (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) have integrated innovative pedagogical tools into the text to help students and instructors achieve their course objectives, while incorporating the latest scholarship into this highly readable, balanced, and beautifully written book.
Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Culture, Volume 2 (17th Edition)
by Judith Coffin Robert Stacey Joshua Cole Carol SymesNew to the Western Civilizations team, master teachers and scholars Joshua Cole (University of Michigan) and Carol Symes (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) have integrated innovative pedagogical tools into the text to help students and instructors achieve their course objectives, while incorporating the latest scholarship into this highly readable, balanced, and beautifully written book.
Western Civilizations: Their History & Their Culture (Brief Third Edition)
by Joshua Cole Carol Symes Judith Coffin Robert StaceyThis brief edition helps students think critically, retain key information, and make connections.
Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the World from the Beginnings of Humankind to the Present (Third Edition)
by Robert Tignor Jeremy Adelman Stephen Aron Peter Brown Benjamin Elman Stephen Kotkin Xinru Liu Suzanne Marchand Holly Pittman Gyan Prakash Brent Shaw Michael TsinWith the Third Edition, Worlds Together, Worlds Apart continues to offer a highly coherent, cutting-edge survey of the field, while becoming more streamlined and accessible for a wider range of students. The Third Edition offers a number of improvements over the first two.
Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior, And Instititutions (Second Edition)
by Mark S. Bonchek Kenneth A. ShepsleAnalyzing Politics makes the fundamentals of rational-choice theory accessible to undergraduates in clear, nontechnical language. <P><P>Through case studies, illustrations, and examples, the author provides students with the means to analyse a wide variety of situations. <P><P>The Second Edition has been thoroughly revised to include updated cases and examples, new problem sets and discussion questions, and new "Experimental Corner" sections at the end of many chapters, describing experiments from social science literature.
The Norton Introduction to Literature (Shorter 10th Edition)
by Alison Booth Kelly J. MaysThe Norton Introduction to Literature, Shorter Tenth Edition, includes a diverse selection of literature that fits any course, balancing exciting contemporary pieces with perennially popular classics. The Shorter Tenth Edition is more flexible, helpful, and innovative than ever, with new albums of thematically linked pieces, an expanded treatment of the contexts of literature, and in-text pedagogy and emedia features that hone students' reading, analytical, and writing skills.
Earth: Portrait of a Planet
by Stephen MarshakThis new edition will only enhance its success. It has been thoroughly revised to ensure current coverage of all major topics, especially earthquakes (including the disaster in Haiti in 2010), volcanoes, and climate change. The drawn art represents the state of the art and is both pedagogically innovative and a feast for the eyes. The Google Earth exercises provide virtual field trips to the entire world.
An Introduction to America's Music
by Richard Crawford Larry HamberlinRichard Crawford and Larry Hamberlin show how the lively interactions between the folk, popular, and classical spheres have made American music resonate with audiences around the world. Students will learn how to listen critically to eighty-eight pieces in all the major styles and genres, while gaining a clearer understanding of music's role in the history of American society, business, and technology.
Give Me Liberty! An American History Volume Two (3rd Edition)
by Eric FonerA clear, concise, up to date, authoritative history by one of the leading historians in the country. Give Me Liberty! is the leading book in the market because it works in the classroom. A single-author book, Give Me Liberty! offers students a consistent approach, a single narrative voice, and a coherent perspective throughout the text. Threaded through the chronological narrative is the theme of freedom in American history and the significant conflicts over its changing meanings, its limits, and its accessibility to various social and economic groups throughout American history. The Third Edition places American history more fully in a global context. The pedagogy is also enhanced in the Third Edition, with a Visions of Freedom feature in each chapter and more extensive end-of-chapter review exercises.
Research Methods in Psychology: Evaluating a World of Information
by Beth MorlingEven though few psychology majors end up pursuing a career as a researcher in the field, Morling (U. of Delaware) wants to enable them to become critical consumers of research. Rather than the typical research methods text emphasis on research production, she concentrates on tools for evaluating research claims. The text features a "Three Claims, Four Validities" framework for identifying and evaluating claims; learning activities; and overviews of descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, presenting research reports in APA style; statistical tables; and a glossary. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR (booknews. com)
Constitutional Law and Politics Volume One: Struggles for Power and Governmental Accountability
by David M. O’BrienConstitutional Law and Politics, Eighth Edition, has more material―including case excerpts, concurring and dissenting opinions, and topical introductions―than any other casebook. Each case is set in its historical and political context, with social and technological factors relevant to the study of Supreme Court rulings noted throughout. Special feature boxes make constitutional law come alive with additional insights on the history, context, and personalities behind Supreme Court deliberations and decisions. <p><p> New cases added for the Eighth Edition include: Boumediene v. Bush, about presidential power, detainees in the War on Terror, and the writ of habeas corpus; Medellin v. Texas, about presidential power, treaties, and federalism; Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, a landmark case about corporate contributions in federal elections and First Amendment rights; United States v. Williams, about regulating the Internet; Safford Unified School Dist. No. 1 v. Redding, about strip searches of students; and Herring v. United States, about the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule.
Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
by Joyce E. Chaplin Benjamin FranklinChaplin (early American history, Harvard U. ) presents an edition of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography that includes an introduction that explains the history of the autobiography within the larger history of the genre and the history of celebrity, new and expanded explanatory annotations, three maps, a guide to people mentioned in the text, and illustrations. It also presents the recently identified "Wagon Letters"; a "contexts" section that includes his journal entries from a 1726 voyage, pieces of correspondence, excerpts from writings on ambition, fame, and wealth, his views on self-improvement, and his last will; and a criticism section containing both contemporary, nineteenth-century, and recent opinions on Franklin, from Immanuel Kant to Edgar Allan Poe to D. H. Lawrence. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc , Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Volume 1 (3rd Edition)
by Eric FonerWritten as a companion to Foner's (history, Columbia U.) well-regarded American history survey textbook Give Me Liberty! this collection of 98 primary source documents reflects the fluid nature of definitions of freedom. Selections, some of which are excerpts, others reproduced in their entirety, span over 300 years of American history from the age of European exploration to Reconstruction. Organized chronologically, each document is preceded by a short introduction and followed by two study questions. Authors include Adam Smith, Noah Webster, Thomas Jefferson, fugitive slave Joseph Taper, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Robert Owen, Pontiac, and James Winthrop among others. This third edition has a new global focus and contains more than 40 documents not featured in earlier editions. The work has not been indexed. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Voices of Freedom: A Documentary History, Volume 2 (3rd Edition)
by Eric FonerThe Third Edition of Voices of Freedom includes documents reflecting the global dimension of American history and remains a comprehensive collection that offers a diverse gathering of authors and a wide breadth of opinion.
Principles Of Macroeconomics
by Lee Coppock Dirk MateerAn innovative instructor uses his tested insights and successful teaching practices to create a truly student-centered approach: real-world examples, pedagogy developed in his own classrooms, and problem solving tools that resonate with today's students.
The Little Seagull Handbook with Exercises (Second Edition)
by Richard Bullock Michal Brody Francine WeinbergThe Little Seagull Handbook offers the kind of succinct advice students need about grammar, punctuation, documentation, and the writing process-an in addition, it covers the kinds of writing they are most often assigned-reports, analyses, narratives, and more. The second edition includes unique help for students whose primary language is not English. Available in two versions-with and without exercises.
They Say / I Say: The Moves That Matter In Academic Writing 3rd Edition
by Gerald Graff Cathy Birkenstein"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and--new to this edition--writing about literature.
Sex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader
by Mindy Stombler Dawn M. Baunach Wendy Simonds Elroi J. Windsor Elisabeth O. BurgessSex Matters: The Sexuality and Society Reader has a strong sociological focus and a sex-positive perspective. With 38 new readings, Sex Matters covers a wide and diverse range of sexual experiences and identities and tackles controversial issues in a straightforward, nonstigmatizing manner. The editors mix qualitative and quantitative empirical pieces, sexual narratives and personalized accounts, cutting-edge research, and articles from the popular press for a wealth of content and diverse perspectives.
America
by David Shi George Tindall Erik Anderson Jonathan LeeLively yet concise, The Essential Learning Edition of America blends Shi and Tindall s unrivalled narrative style with innovative pedagogy to help students understand major historical developments and strengthen critical interpretive skills. Online adaptive learning tools enhance and assess students mastery of the core objectives from the text."
The Enjoyment of Music (Shorter 12th Edition)
by Kristine Forney Andrew Dell'Antonio Joseph MachlisThis shorter edition of The Enjoyment of Music continues to teach students how to listen and connect to any kind of music. After more than fifty years of successfully preparing students for a lifetime of informed listening, the Twelfth Edition raises the bar with an expanded repertory of appealing music, an exciting new listening and assessment pedagogy, and the richest and most user-friendly online resources available to students today.
Governing Texas (Second edition)
by Anthony Champagne Edward J. HarphamGoverning Texas, Second Edition, offers extensive, easy-to-use tools to help students understand the basics of Texas politics and compare Texas to other states, and to help instructors assess students on state-mandated learning outcomes.
We the People: An Introduction to American Politics 10th Edition
by Benjamin Ginsberg Theodore J. Lowi Margaret Weir Caroline J. TolbertWe the People is ideal for showing students that politics is relevant to their lives and that their participation in politics matters. The book engages students with contemporary topics, including polarization in government and digital politics, and presents information on these topics in the text. New features and resources also teach students to be more savvy consumers of real-world political information.
What's That Sound?: An Introduction To Rock And Its History (Fourth Edition)
by John Covach Andrew FloryThe leading text in the market, What s That Sound? strengthens students listening skills and deepens their understanding of rock, first and foremost, as music. New listening guides and author videos reinforce this classic strength, while also providing additional historical and cultural context that allows students to make connections between the music and the history
The Trial of Galileo: Aristotelianism, the New Cosmology, and the Catholic Church 1616-1633 (Reacting to the Past Series)
by Michael S. Pettersen; Frederick Purnell; Mark C. CarnesIn The Trial of Galileo the new science, as brilliantly propounded by Galileo Galilei, collides with the elegant cosmology of Aristotle, Aquinas, and medieval Scholasticism. The game is set in Rome in the early decades of the seventeenth century. Most of the debates occur within the Holy Office, the arm of the papacy that supervises the Roman Inquisition. At times action shifts to the palace of Prince Cesi, founder of the Society of the Lynx-Eyed, which promotes the new science, and to the lecture halls of the Jesuit Collegio Romano. Some students assume roles as faculty of the Collegio Romano and the secular University of Rome, the Sapienza. Others are Cardinals who seek to defend the faith from resurgent Protestantism, the imperial ambitions of the Spanish monarch, the schemes of the Medici in Florence, and the crisis of faith throughout Christendom. Some embrace the “new cosmology,” some denounce it, and still others are undecided. The issues range from the nature of faith and the meaning of the Bible to the scientific principles and methods as advanced by Copernicus, Kepler, Tycho Brahe, Giordano Bruno, and Galileo. Central texts include Aristotle’s On the Heavens and Posterior Analytics; Galileo’s Starry Messenger (1610), Letter to Grand Duchess Christina (1615) and Dialogue on the Two Chief World Systems (1632); the declarations of the Council of Trent; and the Bible. <p><p> Reacting to the Past is a series of historical role-playing games that explore important ideas by re-creating the contexts that shaped them. Students are assigned roles, informed by classic texts, set in particular moments of intellectual and social ferment. <p> An award-winning active-learning pedagogy, Reacting to the Past improves speaking, writing, and leadership skills, promotes engagement with classic texts and history, and builds learning communities. Reacting can be used across the curriculum, from the first-year general education class to “capstone” experiences. A Reacting game can also function as the discussion component of lecture classes, or it can be enlisted for intersession courses, honors programs, and other specialized curricular purposes.
They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing with Readings
by Gerald Graff Cathy Birkenstein Russel Durst"They Say / I Say" with Readings shows that writing well means mastering some key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") in order to set up one's own argument ("I say"). Templates help students make these moves in their own writing, and 50 readings demonstrate the moves and prompt students to think-and write.