G. Tyler Miller's worldwide bestsellers have evolved right along with the changing needs of the diverse student population. Focused specifically on energizing and engaging materials for students, Miller and new coauthor Scott Spoolman have been at work scrutinizing every line - enhancing, clarifying, and streamlining to reduce word density as well ...
"The New Humanities Reader" is the cross-disciplinary anthology for first-year composition that has revolutionized the esteemed writing program at Rutgers University. This text requires students to make connections for themselves as they think, read, and write. Thousands of students have class tested the "new humanities" approach responded with ...
For an introductory, one/two semester, junior/senior level course in Probability and Statistics or Applied Statistics for engineering, physical science, and mathematics students. This example and exercise-rich exploration of both elementary probability and basic statistics places a strong emphasis on engineering and science applications, many ...
The first book to address the contributions of the thousands of unheralded sailors of African descent who served as navy mess attendants, officer's cooks, and stewards from the early 1930s and won respect in frontline combat when the war began.
Whether construction is your livelihood or you're just planning a home addition, you need to know the latest about materials, methods, and more. From locating the structure on the site to installing roof shingles, this book helps you make responsible decisions about every stage of building construction. Fully updated with information about ...
This guide will keep you cool. Like its earlier editions, this fully updated guidebook is packed with practical information on installing, servicing, maintaining, and trouble-shooting air-conditioning systems. Whether you're an AC professional, an independent repair technician, or a cost-conscious homeowner, everything you need is here. Clearly ...
What do the humanities have to offer in the twenty-first century? Are there compelling reasons to go on teaching the literate arts when the schools themselves have become battlefields? Does it make sense to go on writing when the world itself is overrun with books that no one reads? In these simultaneously personal and erudite reflections on the ...
Know how to put a chill in the air. Here at last is a reference manual devoted exclusively to refrigeration, both home and commercial. Beginning with the essential physics and math, it provides a complete course in maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing both new and vintage refrigeration systems for home and light industry. You'll find the ...
In this remarkable history of one of the most popular symphonic works of the modern period, Esteban Buch traces the complex and contradictory uses - and abuses - of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony since its premiere in 1824. Sensitive and fascinating, this account of the tangled political existence of the symphony is a rare book that explores the life ...
GenXers are assumed to be a thoroughly secular and apathetic group, but actually they attend church in roughly the same numbers as Baby Boomers. This book is the first to examine the myriad ways GenXers reinvent religion, from church services in dance clubs to sacred tattooing, Christian hardcores who worship in the mosh pit, and Gothic ...
Although the culture wars have preoccupied the nation for the past two decades, these impassioned debates about the function of education have produced few lasting institutional changes. Writing with wit and precision, Richard E. Miller shows why the system of higher education has been particularly resistant to reform. Unraveling stereotypes about ...
Despite the masses still lining up to enter mega-churches with ware-house-like architecture, casually dressed clergy, and pop Christian music, the "Post-Boomer" generation - those ranging in age from twenty to forty - is having second thoughts. In this perceptive look at the evolving face of Christianity in contemporary culture, sociologists ...
Epidemiology for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Professionals presents students with practical applications that incorporate up-to-date epidemiological findings into health promotion and disease prevention concepts. This comprehensive textbook establishes an operational understanding of the cause and control of disease not only for ...
GenXers are assumed to be a thoroughly secular and apathetic group, but actually they attend church in roughly the same numbers as Baby Boomers. This book is the first to examine the myriad ways GenXers reinvent religion, from church services in dance clubs to sacred tattooing, Christian hardcores who worship in the mosh pit, and Gothic ...
Why do some countries have better records for life expectancy and lower rates of disability than other countries? In Health Care Matters, Richard D. Miller Jr. and H. E. Frech III shed new light on this question. This pioneering study shows how health outcomes are affected by the consumption of pharmaceuticals and other health care services as ...
Coastal waters are important ecological systems and vital assets for many nations. Coastal waters are also complex, dynamic environments where a vast array of coupled biological, chemical, geological, and physical processes occurs over multiple time and space scales. The optical environment of coastal waters is particularly complex. There is ...
"That the emotional realities of teaching have changed significantly over the past decade is undeniable; "Doing Emotion" provides much needed guidance both on understanding these changes and on imagining a responsive pedagogy for these emotionally fraught times - a pedagogy grounded not in fear but in hope for better times." - Richard E. Miller ...
This work provides innovative ideas and practical guidelines for planning and designing facilities for the rapidly changing healthcare field. It explores contemporary and emerging trends in design for medical treatment, technology and delivery. It also presents a cross section of examples and case studies from around the country.
Among wealthy countries, levels of pharmaceutical consumption vary widely. Does greater consumption contribute to better health? This text addresses this question, providing analyses for policy-makers and concluding that increased consumption is effective in reducing mortality.
This revised and updated volume offers readers a selection of up-to-date information, designed to be of use to orthopaedic surgeons and physicians who must treat various foot and ankle problems in patients ranging in age from infancy to old age. Among the wide range of topics covered are: sports injuries, tumors, skin and nail disorders, the ...
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