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Explores the changes in Iranian identity that have taken place in ancient, medieval, and contemporary times. Students learn how this identity has been transformed from an abstract Zoroastrian order into a vibrant Shi'ite creed rooted in ancestor worship. This comprehensive volume is suited to courses in Islamic studies, particularly Shi'ite Islam, Iranian studies, and Iranian culture and identity.

Based on National Council of Teachers of Mathematics standards, this text aims to help early childhood educators understand developmentally appropriate pedagogy in order to promote children's knowledge and skills. This new edition provides information about how NCTM standards and Common Core Math Standards are aligned.

Based on Sacher-Masoch's own erotic adventures in the late 1860s, Venus in Furs is a groundbreaking account of mistress-slave roleplay, fetishism, and mutual seduction. Venus in Furs is Sacher-Masoch's revolutionary attempt to imagine a world without male privilege.

Designed to accompany the textbook of the same name, Workbook for the Fundamentals of Sound Science is filled with engaging activities that enable students to find and experience the common ground between physics and music.

Developed specifically for survey courses in United States history, In Liberating Strife: An American History Reader features scholarly yet accessible articles and book chapters on a variety of topics. Organised into three primary units that discuss political, economic, and social and cultural history and institutions, this inclusive text features diverse authors and voices.

An accessible reader for contemporary film students and a focused examination of what critical film theorists consider important today. The carefully curated readings featured in the anthology explore the codes and tropes through which auteurs tell their stories. The selections are organized into three sections: The Way We Feel; The Way We Look; and The Way We Decide.

Covers the essentials of college-level reading skills to prepare students to successfully read, comprehend, analyse, and retain information. The book features college-level readings from across the disciplines, and prepares students to engage with textbooks, academically-oriented journals, and other reading materials commonly used in college classrooms.

Examines social inequality through specific examples that illustrate how inequality functions overall and how this could be changed. The material provides historical context on the development of inequality and emphasizes the ways people perpetuate inequality in contemporary society.

Provides an overview of the government institutions and the politics of the keystone state. This book explains how Pennsylvania compares to other states on a wide variety of demographic and economic areas, and examines detailed statistics relating to election results and political trends, with an emphasis on the current party realignment.

Offers students a fresh and original answer to basic philosophical questions about human conduct. The book specifically argues against both ethical egoism and ethical relativism, the two most prevalent theories students hold when entering college. While the answer provided in the text is simple, putting it into practice requires skills of subtle discernment and nuance.

Based on the premise that successful marketing is equal parts art and science, Principles of Marketing introduces the basics of marketing in a clear, student-friendly way that's comfortable presenting demographic profiles in the same section as examples of clever advertising slogans.

A step by step guide to interpreting basic electrocardiogram (EKG) readings in adults. Students benefit from first understanding normal sinus rhythm, as well as basic dysrhythmias, and then applying this understanding to rhythms that are more advanced and difficult.

Features timeless primary sources that define the American vision of liberty, justice, and equality and document challenges to this vision. The readings address topics such as American liberal ideology, slavery, the military-industrial complex, and the results of seminal Supreme Court cases like the Dred Scott decision and Brown v. Board of Education.

Developed for introductory courses in argumentation and advocacy, Argumentation and Critical Thought introduces students to argumentation as a theory and as a practice. It clearly explains key concepts of argumentation and places it within the context of the larger field of communication studies.

It's time to take history personally. This unique text takes a personal approach to American history to get readers excited about their own roles in making history and empower them to make changes for the betterment of their country. With its non-traditional take on events and their impacts, Making History is a fresh alternative for survey courses in American history and historiography.

Helps students gain the writing skills needed to produce college level summaries, critiques, analyses, syntheses, and documented research papers, and provides instruction in analysis, argument, research techniques, and critical thinking skills. Smarter Writing is ideal for introductory composition courses. It is also an excellent text for writing courses for international students.

Features a novel, hands-on approach to the study of rhetorical devices. This book provides an examination of critical thinking; an introduction to philosophical writing, including how to write a paper; definitions and explanations of rhetorical devices; and a series of essays used to engage the reader in critical thinking and identifying devices.

Demonstrates how students can reach higher achievement when getting to choose what activities they prefer to reinforce the content being learned, while utilizing current technological applications and lessons that are tailored to their personal learning styles.

Collects some of the most important, provocative, and groundbreaking studies of mediation, communication, and culture. A Media Studies Reader traces the breadth and depth of media studies. Some papers collected here define the field. Others are less-known, but no less important. All mark out ways for understanding a territory.

Addresses the impact mass media have on American popular culture, and exposes the reader to a range of voices and perspectives on media issues and effects. The anthology helps students examine popular culture from both critical and empirical perspectives. In particular, students explore the persuasive effects of various new media.

The third volume in a three-volume calculus sequence by Tunc Geveci. The distinguishing features of the book are the focus on the concepts, essential functions and formulas of calculus and the effective use of graphics as an integral part of the exposition. Formulas that are not significant and exercises that involve artificial algebraic difficulties are avoided.

The second volume in a three-volume calculus sequence by Tunc Geveci. The distinguishing features of the book are the focus on the concepts, essential functions and formulas of calculus and the effective use of graphics as an integral part of the exposition. Formulas that are not significant and exercises that involve artificial algebraic difficulties are avoided.

The first volume in a three-volume calculus sequence by Tunc Geveci. The distinguishing features of the book are the focus on the concepts, essential functions and formulas of calculus and the effective use of graphics as an integral part of the exposition. Formulas that are not significant and exercises that involve artificial algebraic difficulties are avoided.

Just as The View brought the female perspective to television, The Female Factor brings the female voice to the college classroom. This book provides both the incentive and the direction for challenging, insightful, and inspiring discussions that will motivate women to become actively involved in creating a more peaceful world.

Books on mass media and society are often too elementary or too academic for upper-level undergraduate students.This anthology occupies the middle ground: The articles are both scholarly and readable. They represent various methodological approaches, including historical and critical/cultural studies, as well as qualitative and quantitative analyses.

Focuses on people and places impacted by disasters. Topics covered include "Social" GIS and disasters, spatial comparisons between disasters, spatial patterns in social and health vulnerability, post-disaster health, and neighbourhood scale recovery. The book draws heavily from experiences with Hurricane Katrina.