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Organic Chemistry I
Sridhar Budhi · Indiana Institute of Technology
Topics include bonding principles, intermolecular forces, nomenclature, isomerism, stereochemistry; synthesis and reactions of alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, alkyl halides, and functional groups. Addition, elimination, rearrangement and substitution mechanisms. Also an introduction to aromatic compounds, polymers, lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and nucleic acids.
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Business Law I Essentials
OpenStax · LibreTexts
Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. Business Law I Essentials may need to be supplemented with additional content, cases, or related materials, and is offered as a foundational resource that focuses on the baseline concepts, issues, and approaches.
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Chemistry 410 Laboratory Manual
Safiyyah Forbes and Patrick McKay · Skyline College
Survey of the principles of general, organic, and biochemistry. The physical and chemical properties of inorganic, organic, and biomolecules. Includes a study of equilibrium in chemical systems with special emphasis on chemical processes in the body. The laboratory component introduces qualitative and quantitative techniques of chemical study and manipulations with inorganic, organic, and biochemical reactions. Designed for Health Science and Allied Health majors.
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WTRM 201 Introduction to Water, Wastewater Technology
Catherine Miettinen Ames · Gavilan College
LibreTexts
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Humans R Social Media
Diana Daly, Jacquie Kuru, Nathan Schneider, Alexandria Fripp, and iVoices Media Lab · University of Arizona
Social media and humans exist in a world of mutual influence, and humans play central roles in how this influence is mediated and transferred. Originally created by University of Arizona Information scholar Diana Daly, this 2024 "living book" edition of Humans R Social Media welcomes additional authors and features contributions by students to help readers understand how we as humans shape social media, and how social media shapes our world in turn.
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MTH 210 Calculus I Honors
OpenStax · Monroe Community College
LibreTexts
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Introduction to Public Health
Fabiane Morales · Coastline College
LibreTexts
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An Introduction to Geology
Chris Johnson, Matthew D. Affolter, Paul Inkenbrandt, & Cam Mosher · Salt Lake Community College
This text is designed to give you a comprehensive introduction to Geology at no or very nominal cost. It contains both written and graphic text material, intra-text links to other internal material which may aid in understanding topics and concepts, intra-text links to the appendices and glossary for tables and definitions of words, and extra-text links to videos and web material that clarifies and augments topics and concepts.
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Small Business Management
Mary Ann Hughes Butts · College of Southern Nevada
CSN - MGT 103 - Small Business Management
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Administration and Management of Early Childhood Programs I
Julia Faumuina · Cerro Coso Community College
This is a remixed text of Administration 1: Programs in Early Childhood Education for use at Cerro Coso Community College, course CHDV 251. In the course, students are introduced to the administration of early childhood programs. The content covers program types, budget, management, regulations, laws, and the development and implementation of policies and procedures.
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Retail Management
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
The course was developed to align with the Western Association of Food Chains (WAFC) learning outcomes for their Retail Management Certificate. It is intended to be a capstone course and covers various aspects of retail management and store operations including merchandising, operations, layout, store organization, site location, and customer service.
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Interpretation of Metal Fab Drawings
Cameren Moran · Linn-Benton Community College
Interpretation of metal fab drawings deals with symbols added to blueprints in order to apply the correct weld to a specific application. It is important to understand that the basis of these symbols is blueprint reading. It is suggested you understand blueprints before reading this book.
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MATH 345 - Probability (Kuter)
Kristin Kuter · Saint Mary's College
LibreTexts
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Writing and Literature - Composition as Inquiry, Learning, Thinking, and Communication
Tanya Long Bennett · University of North Georgia
Writing and Literature builds a new conversation covering various genres of literature and writing. Students learn the various writing styles appropriate for analyzing, addressing, and critiquing these genres including poetry, novels, dramas, and research writing. The text and its pairing of helpful visual aids throughout emphasizes the importance of critical reading and analysis in producing a successful composition.
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SmartHistory of Art XIa - The Americas before 1500
Smarthistory · Smarthistory
SmartHistory of Art is a huge encyclopedia. This collection presents the material as individual volumes. Materials can be remixed and used as needed and new material included as it becomes available. The art of the Americas is presented as three volumes, pre-1500, Latin America and North America to 1900.
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The Crystal Ball - Instruction Manual I: Introduction to Data Science
Stephen Davies · University of Mary Washington
A perfect introduction to the exploding field of Data Science for the curious, first-time student. The author brings his trademark conversational tone to the important pillars of the discipline: exploratory data analysis, choices for structuring data, causality, machine learning principles, and introductory Python programming using open-source Jupyter Notebooks.
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Basic Engineering Science
Donald E. Richards · Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
This textbook is based on a different paradigm for organizing an engineering science core - a systems, accounting and modeling approach - that emphasizes the common, underlying concepts of engineering science. By focusing on the underlying concepts and stressing the similarities between subjects that are often perceived by students (and taught by faculty) as unconnected topics, this approach provides engineering students a foundational framework for recognizing and building connections.
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Becoming America - An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution
Wendy Kurant · University of North Georgia
The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you Becoming America: An Exploration of American Literature from Precolonial to Post-Revolution. Featuring sixty-nine authors and full texts of their works, the selections in this open anthology represent the diverse voices in early American literature. This completely-open anthology will connect students to the conversation of literature that is embedded in American history and has helped shaped its culture.
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The Death of Ivan Ilich
Gary R. Jahn · University of Minnesota
The Russian text of "The Death of Ivan Ilich" is presented for study in various formats: accompanied by an English translation; fully glossed, with explanatory and interpetive annotations; and supplemented by introductory remarks and an extensive bibliography.
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BPM 1010: Residential Property Management
A. Roberts · Prince George's Community College
This text is designed to prepare students to manage multi-family properties. The management of rental property is emphasized, but common interest realty associations and other residential property (manufactured and senior housing and single family homes) are also covered. Topics include forms and goals of ownership; leasing; human resource management; property operations; resident policies; marketing, budgeting and planning; legal and risk management; and government regulations.