This introductory women's studies reader offers a wide range of classic, conceptual, and experiential writings - over 105 selections in all. Chapter introductions provide background information on each chapter's topic, including explanations of key concepts and ideas and references to the subsequent reading selections. The anthology also offers ...
"Writing in a Visual Age" is the first composition rhetoric to make visuals an integral part of the writing process -- showing students how words, visuals, and design work together to create effective texts.
"Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology" uses a comprehensive, phylogenetic approach in emphasizing basic biological principles, animal form and function, and evolutionary concepts. This introductory lab manual is ideal for a one- or two-semester course. The new edition expertly combines up-to-date coverage with the clear writing ...
Children's science writer Susan E. Goodman traces a Manhattan location back through time to the Paleozoic era. Starting with a few short paragraphs of simple text describing the present, each two-page spread (lavishly illustrated with a full-color pastel painting) briefly describes the period, followed by a long leap backward. The second spread, ...
"Writing Now "helps students connect the visually rich texts they read every day with strategies for college writing. Focusing on six real-world genres -- memoirs, profiles, reports, position papers, evaluations, and proposals -- students learn to read words, images, and design with a critical eye, decoding the writer's choices about audience and ...
New sources of data, together with advances in theory, offer the opportunity for a fresh look at old and new questions. This book asks such questions as: did mercantilism cause the American Revolution?; was slavery profitable?; and what were the causes of the Great Depression?
When Hitler invaded Poland in 1939, Mary Berg was fifteen years old. From that time, until her arrival in the United States in 1944 by exchange through her mother's American citizenship, she kept a day-to-day record of her four years in the Warsaw Ghetto, confinement in a Warsaw prison, dispatch to the internment camp in Vittel, France, and ...
This text examines the development and practice of Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism and Christianity in Malaysia. Its analyses provide an insight into how established and charismatic religions fit into the framework of modernization and secularization throughout the world.
Eight animals--"ocho animales"--get together to whip up a cake in this book that features easy words in English and Spanish, making it ideal for non-Spanish speakers as well as Spanish speakers learning English. Full-color illustrations.
Spanish words (such as parque for park, gato for cat, and rana for frog) are presented in this story about a group of animals playing a game of baseball. Color illustrations accompany the text.
A striking but little recognized change in race relations during the past two decades has seen the declining levels of racial segregation in most of America's major metropolitan areas. More American cities are beginning to have black and white residents. An integral component of this decline in residential segregation has been the large-scale ...
A skillful mix of English and Spanish adds flair to this rhythmic picture book. Eight animal friends--"ocho animales"--head to the market to find their supper and then to the "baile" to dance the night away. Full-color illustrations.
Based on the experiences of cancer survivors and advice of experts in the field, this is the first book to deal with the many serious--but unexpected--problems faced by cancer survivors. This book, with its understanding, empathetic tone, will be a resource for the growing postcancer community.
Religion has permeated nearly every aspect of modern southern culture, with results that range from portraits of Jesus on black velvet to the soul-stirring orations of Martin Luther King Jr. In "Judgement and Grace in Dixie", Charles Reagan Wilson makes a lively appraisal of religion's influence on such expressions of regional life as literature, ...
Although the opinions of whites on issues of race and inequality have been examined in depth, the perceptions of blacks about these issues have been largely ignored. This book is a path-breaking analysis of black opinions about the sources of their inequality in American society and the appropriate means for redressing this imbalance. Using the ...
From basics to buzzwords, everything one needs to know about economics, its major theories and its leading thinkers can be found in this alphabetically arranged, lively and concise guide.
Law is a profession that requires the ability to read critically, write well, synthesize sources from research, and speak concisely and clearly. "American Legal English" was developed to help non-native speakers improve their ability to understand and communicate in English with their legal counterparts around the world. The text is an ...
Kung Shi Fair's wealthy father gives her everything she asks of him; but when she requests permission to marry, he learns too late the value of listening.
The Bible is the best road map any of us will ever have to finding direction, meaning and self-esteem. How to Feel Most Excellent! shows 10-12 year-olds how to use the Bible to make their walk with God the focus of their life.
An easy-to-read biography of the man whose prominent signature on the Declaration of Independence was indicative of his dedication to the revolutionary cause.
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