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Mosby's Essential Sciences for Therapeutic Massage: Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, and Pathology (Fourth Edition)
by Sandy FritzThe fourth edition of this science essentials text for massage students features new full-color photos and illustrations along with an easy-to-read, conversational style that explains A&P concepts clearly. The book not only helps students learn the information they need to pass certification exams, but it also helps them see how scientific content applies to actual practice. This new edition also features a very enhanced Evolve resource package, along with new material on boosting your knowledge of nutrition and research two subjects of growing interest in the massage therapy profession.
Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage (Fifth Edition)
by Mark F. BeckThe Theory and Practice of Therapeutic Massage (5th edition) is the classic text in the massage industry including the essential knowledge and skills needed to become a successful, professional massage therapist, plus the essentials of anatomy and physiology. Essential topics to the industry such as ethics, hygiene, communication skills, and body mechanics are discussed. Full-color illustrations and photographs clearly illustrate techniques and procedures. Classical massage is expanded with clinical techniques including neuromuscular and myofascial techniques, and lymph massage, combined to better serve the client by following therapeutic procedures. Numerous career tracts are explored including massage in a spa environment and athletic massage. A new chapter discusses massage for special populations including pre-natal, infant, elder, critically ill, people with cancer, and hospice. The final chapter has been revised to cover business practices for finding employment or successful self-employment.
Fundamentals of Automotive Technology
by Cdx Automotive StaffBrought to you by CDX Automotive, the world's leading provider of interactive automotive training programs, Fundamentals of Automotive Technology: Principles and Practice serves as the centerpiece of an integrated teaching and learning system designed to fully support students and make life easy for instructors. Fundamentals of Automotive Technology: Principles and Practice covers crucial material for career and technical education, secondary/post-secondary, and community college students and provides both rationales and step-by-step instructions for virtually every non-diagnosis NATEF task. Each section provides a comprehensive overview of a key topic area, with real-life problem scenarios that encourage students to develop connections between different skill and knowledge components. Customer service, safety, and math, science, and literary principles are demonstrated throughout the text to build student skill levels. Chapters are linked via cross-reference tools that support skill retention, critical thinking, and problem-solving. Students are regularly reminded that people skills are as important as technical skills in customer service fields. Fundamentals of Automotive Technology: Principles and Practice is filled with tools and pedagogical features designed to maximize student absorption of course materials and reinforce classroom learning. These tools include:* NATEF Tasks, Knowledge Objectives, and Skills Objectives* Case studies that provide an overview of each chapter while stimulating student discussion and building interest in key topics* New pictures and illustrations designed specifically for this text* Skill Drills with written step-by-step instructions and visual summaries of important skills and procedures* Coverage of NATEF Applied Academic skills for math, science, and communication * Tables and figures that present essential data in a format suited to visual learners* Technician Tips that offer advice and on-the-job tricks of the trade* Caring for the Customer sections that highlight essential customer-service skills* Highlighted key terms to maximize retention* Review of key concepts at the end of every chapter to reinforce major concepts * ASE-type questions to prepare students for certification testing.
Weight Training for Life
by James L. HessonCengage Learning Activity Series From aerobics and yoga - to bowling, tennis, weight training, and more - Cengage Learning offers a complete line of activities texts to meet your teaching needs. Written for individuals of all skill levels and backgrounds, the Cengage Learning Activity Series goes beyond the mere fundamentals, showing students how to improve, excel, and simply get more enjoyment from their favorite physical activities. Practical, visual, and clear, the best-selling WEIGHT TRAINING FOR LIFE, Tenth Edition, prepares students to plan their own weight training programs for a lifetime of fitness. This text builds a solid foundation of current knowledge and practice in weight training for men and women of all ages and skill levels. It contains hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating exercises and proper techniques.
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
by Harvard Business ReviewThis text offers managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world.
Ethics and Professional Responsibility for Paralegals (Sixth Edition)
by Therese A. CannonThis book is written for paralegal students and working paralegals, and for lawyers who use the services of paralegals. It is intended for use primarily as a text but is also used by those in practice as a reference manual.
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World
by Steven E. BarkanThe founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the sociologists of the Chicago school was to use sociological knowledge to achieve social reform. A related aim of sociologists like Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and others since was to use sociological knowledge to understand and alleviate gender, racial, and class inequality. It is no accident that many sociology instructors and students are first drawn to sociology because they want to learn a body of knowledge that could help them make a difference in the world at large. Steve Barkan's Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World is designed for this audience. It presents a sociological understanding of society but also a sociological perspective on how to change society, while maintaining the structure and contents of the best mainstream texts.
California Real Estate Practice (Eighth Edition)
by William H. Pivar Lowell Anderson Daniel S. OttoCalifornia Real Estate Practice is the practical application of real estate knowledge to meet the needs of buyers, sellers, lessors, and lessees. It is a course in what to do for success in meeting these needs.
Engineering Graphics with SolidWorks 2013
by David C. Planchard Marie P. PlanchardEngineering Graphics with SolidWorks 2013 is written to assist technical school, two year college, four year university instructor/student or industry professional that is a beginner or intermediate SolidWorks user. The book combines the fundamentals of engineering graphics and dimensioning practices with a step-by-step project based approach to learning SolidWorks. The book is divided into two parts: Engineering Graphics and SolidWorks 3D CAD software.
Microsoft Office 2010: Introductory (Shelly Cashman Series)
by Gary B. Shelly Misty E. VermaatMicrosoft Office 2010: Introductory provides a project-based, step-by-step approach to teaching the Office 2010 applications.
Automotive Technology: Principles, Diagnosis, and Service (Fourth Edition)
by James D. HaldermanThis comprehensive textbook is divided into sections that correspond to the eight areas of certifications as specified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) and the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF). The areas of the ASE material certification test are listed in the objectives at the beginning of each chapter, and all laboratory worksheets are correlated to the NATEF Task List.
Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures: A Guide to the Invisible Art (Second Edition)
by John PurcellIn Dialogue Editing for Motion Pictures, Second Edition, John Purcell arms you with classic as well as cutting-edge practices to effectively edit dialogue for film, TV, and video.
Residential Hydronic Heating: Installation & Design (I=B=R Guide RHH)
by Air Conditioning Heating Refrigeration InstituteI=B=R Guide RHH, "Residential Hydronic Heating Installation & Design Guide," provides general information on the application and installation of hydronic water and steam systems for residential heating.
Internet Research (Sixth Edition)
by Katherine Pinard Donald Barker Melissa BarkerThis book is an ideal learning tool for a wide range of learners. It provides essential information about Internet research, including topics on search toolbars, intelligent search agents, and finding, evaluating and citing online sources.
Manual J: Residential Load Calculation (Seventh Edition)
by Hank RutkowskiThe first six sections of this manual outline a simple, accurate procedure which can be used to estimate the heat loss and heat gain for conventional residential structures. These sections form a module, specifically intended to provide step-by-step instructions on how to perform the Manual J calculations. Those who want to know more about the underlying assumptions and physical principles of the calculation procedures should look at Section 7 which defines the limitations of the procedure.
Macroeconomics
by William Boyes Michael MelvinDiscover the latest thinking of today's economists on important macroeconomic phenomena while developing a solid global understanding of macroeconomic principles with MACROECONOMICS, 9E. This book clearly illustrates the connections between key macroeconomic principles and today's actual business practices using a reader-friendly approach, memorable examples, and unique global emphasis. The latest macroeconomic statistics and developments as well as new coverage of recent events, such as the financial crisis and its global implications, ensure readers are familiar with contemporary applications of concepts. Proven learning tools and accompanying technology help clarify the macroeconomics concepts and applications that are most important for today's career and business success.
An Introduction to Politics
by T. M. SellThis textbook introduces students to the field of Political Studies. An Introduction to Politics is a little more brief, concise and in-between than similar textbooks currently on the market. Because this is usually a first-year course, overloading a textbook with too much minutiae of the ins and outs of politics can lead to students giving up on the book. Politics is a great story - the story of human existence. A successful textbook needs to tell that story.
Introduction to Psychology, Version 2.0
by Charles StangorCharles Stangor's Introduction to Psychology utilizes the dual theme of behavior and empiricism to make psychology relevant to intro students.
Sexuality and Our Diversity: Integrating Culture with the Biopsychosocial Version 1.0
by Marcus TyeSexuality and Our Diversity: Integrating Culture with the Biopsychosocial by Marcus Tye explores, with an integrated approach, the complex dimensions of biology, culture, psychology, sociology, history, and philosophy that explain human sexual diversity. While this text is primarily focused on the present, it also explores selected aspects of history to lend perspective to students that contemporary controversies have deep historical roots.
Survey of Economics Version 1.0
by Libby Rittenberg Timothy TregarthenThis Survey of Economics textbook is intended for the one-semester introductory economics course. Building on the pedagogy developed in their successful two-semester Principles of Economics textbook, Libby and Tregarthen cover topics that will give students the tools to understand the economics way of thinking.
Laptop Repair Complete Guide; Including Motherboard Component Level Repair!
by Garry RomaneoThis book will educate you on the Correct Process of Repairing The Entire Laptop, Including and concentrating more on Motherboard Repair Instruction, Screen Repairing, Component Level Diagnosing and Repairing. This is the 3rd Book Released By Author Garry Romaneo, The Worlds Leading Laptop Repair Technician, Author, and Consultant. The book will take you through the laptops disassembly process, Explaining in detail how to disassemble all laptops. You will then be taught all about Liquid Spills to Laptops. What to do, What not to do, How to Remove Liquid and How To Repair Any Damage from Liquid to parts or components. You will be shown all the various tools to be used in laptop repair both hand tools and electronic tools explained. This book will then explain the entire upper end repairing techniques. Replacing screens - how to- then it will show you in great detail how to disassembly the screen and repair or replace the LCD ccfl Bulb, the book will also discuss LED screens. You will be taught step by step how to solder a motherboard whether it is the components or the dc jack. The DC Jack Repair/Desoldering instructions are included. Most importantly, this book will teach you laptop motherboard repairing techniques. Learn to identify the parts and components on the motherboard, learn component replacement, motherboard testing techniques and more. This book also includes the authors Patented/Copyrighted and Trademarked Laptop Video Chip/GPU Motherboard Online Repair instruction. There is alot more included (Part Identification, Hard Drive Failure Issues etc. . . )so check it out now. Going Above And Beyond CompTia A+ Certification !!!
How to Prepare for the GED Test
by Christopher Sharpe Joseph ReddyThe 2014 GED exam has been revised extensively to reflect the world we live in today. The most noticeable change is that the test is now computer based--a transition that requires test-takers to have strong typing and computer skills. <P><P> The new exam covers additional topics in the Math and Science sections and includes "blended" subject matter within the sections, meaning test-takers will see science questions that require math to produce a numerical answer or social studies questions that require essay-writing skills and so forth. <P><P>Test-takers will also find all question types used on the new computer format. With such comprehensive changes in store for test-takers, it is fitting for Barron's to offer a book based on the 2014 exam. The new "How to Prepare for the GED Test" offers test-takers a guided approach to taking and passing the exam by building on the skills they already have. <P><P>Test-takers will benefit from the book's extensive subject reviews that cover all four of the new test sections: Social Studies Science Reasoning through Language Arts Mathematical Reasoning The book also includes diagnostic tests and two full-length practice exams with all questions answered and explained.
Real Estate Development: Principles and Process
by Mike E. Miles Marc A. Weiss Gayle L. Berens Mark J. EppliIdeal for anyone new to real estate development, the fourth edition of this bestselling book covers each stage of the process step by step, explaining the basics of idea conception, feasibility, planning, financing, market analysis, contract negotiation, construction, marketing, and asset management. Thoroughly updated, the book includes material on financing and marketing.
Quality and Performance Excellence: Management, Organization, and Strategy (Seventh Edition)
by James R. EvansDelivering cutting-edge coverage that includes the latest thinking and practices from the field, QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE, 7th Edition presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality and performance excellence using relevant, real-world illustrations and examples. The text thoroughly illustrates how these basic principles and methods have been put into effect in a variety of organizations. It also illustrates the relationship between basic principles and the popular theories and models studied in management courses. Excellent case studies focus on large and small companies in manufacturing and service industries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific.
Integrating Spirituality and Religion Into Counseling: A Guide to Competent Practice
by Craig S. Cashwell J. Scott YoungIn this book, experts in the field consider how spiritual and religious issues can be successfully incorporated into counseling in a manner consistent with client beliefs and practices. Designed as an introductory text for counselors-in-training and clinicians, it describes the knowledge base and skills necessary to effectively engage clients in an exploration of their spiritual and religious lives to further the therapeutic process.