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Oregon Writes Open Writing Text
Jenn Kepka · Linn-Benton Community College
This textbook guides students through rhetorical and assignment analysis, the writing process, researching, citing, rhetorical modes, and critical reading. Guided by Oregon's statewide college writing outcomes, this book collects previously published articles, essays, and chapters.
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Salud, Seguridad y Nutrición
Jennifer Paris · College of the Canyons
Este libro de texto constituye un recurso integral para promover la salud, la seguridad y el bienestar nutricional de los niños pequeños en entornos de educación infantil. Ofrece estrategias prácticas y fundamentos teóricos para orientar a educadores, cuidadores y administradores en la creación de entornos donde los niños puedan desarrollarse plenamente.
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Annotated Lysistrata
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A disenfranchised group intervenes to stop a war by striking and protest. In Aristophanes's play, this group was women, who used their religious and domestic roles, a sex-strike, and protests to bring opposing sides to the bargaining table. A timely play for considering the influence of protest in creating political and social change. Excellent companion pieces would include news coverage of sex-strikes around the world and of #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter, and Spike Lee's film, Chiraq.
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Art Appreciation
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This art appreciation textbook introduces students to the foundational tools needed to understand and analyze visual art. It begins with the elements and principles of design, guiding readers through formal analysis, representation, and the relationship between form and content. Building on this foundation, the text explores the evolving question of “What is art?” by examining art as cultural expression, communication, and aesthetic experience across historical periods.
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Math C185: Calculus II
Michael Everett · Coastline College
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Developmental Psychology (NWTC)
Rebecca Noble · Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
This text covers the comprehensive study of human growth and change throughout the lifespan, from conception to death. It includes detailed explorations of physical, emotional, cognitive, and social development, providing a thorough understanding of the various stages and aspects of human development.
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Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment
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Advanced Business Law and the Legal Environment provides students with context and essential legal concepts relating to the Uniform Commercial Code and various aspects of property law. The text provides the vocabulary and legal savvy necessary for business people to talk in an educated way to their customers, employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders — and to their own lawyers.
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English Composition
Karen Woodring · Harrisburg Area Community College
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Hist 121: History of the United States after 1865
JoAnn Conrad · Diablo Valley College
This text presents a multicultural history of the United States from 1865 to present. Students will explore social, political, cultural, and economic factors in the development of United States’ society. Topics will include the operation and the continuing evolution of local, state and federal governments and the experiences of groups from diverse backgrounds such as European Americans, Asian Americans, African Americans, Native Americans and Latino/a Americans.
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Spanish 1A: Beginning Spanish (2026)
Cristina Moon · Chabot College
Beginning Spanish 1A is the first half of a comprehensive introductory Spanish sequence, providing guidance and practice in reading, writing, listening to, and speaking Spanish. Each chapter includes thematic vocabulary, sequenced grammar instruction, numerous self-check drills and exercises, open-form communicative activities, scaffolded writing assignments, and reading passages exploring various aspects of life and culture in the Spanish-speaking world.
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General, Organic, and Biochemistry with Problems, Case Studies, and Activities
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Math 10: College Algebra
Leif Jordan · College of the Desert
This course examines the general concept of a function and function notation, as well as an in depth investigation of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, particularly their equations, graphs, and behavior. Applications of linear, quadratic and exponential models is included.
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Research Methods at IVC (Psychology 2)
Patricia Bellas · Irvine Valley College
This book was created for IVC's Psychology Department for Research Methods 6 units taught in 16 weeks, 8 weeks in the summer and is in alignment with IVC Course Outline of Record and meets curriculum standards.
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Introduction to Philosophy
Sondra Peron · Springfield Technical Community College
This Introduction to Philosophy: An Anthology is a collection of essential readings from a wide variety of contemporary writers and philosophers designed to help students unfamiliar with philosophy understand that they know more than they think. This OER asks students to think about how they think and how they know what they know. Students will start by challenging assumptions and flexing those critical thinking skills we all have—not just in an abstract way but in a practical, everyday way.
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Creating Literary Analysis
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Literary scholarship is guided by literary theories and expressed through writing; it doesn’t make sense to learn each in isolation. Literary theories are intellectual models that scholars use to understand stories, novels, poems, plays, and other texts. Different theories prioritize different historical, social, or methodological concerns. The authors believe students of literature should learn about many literary theories.
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Principles of Ecology
Teresa FriedrichFinnern · Norco College
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Global Women's Issues Women in the World Today
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We cannot solve global challenges unless women participate fully in efforts to find solutions. Female participation in the private sector is a crucial economic driver for societies worldwide. Economic security benefits every facet of a woman’s life, with positive effects on the health, education and vitality of families. Learn about women who are changing their societies for the better.
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Food and the Future Environment
Heather Karsten & Steven Vanek · Pennsylvania State University
The Future of Food is an introductory-level science course that emphasizes the challenges facing food systems in the 21st century, and issues of sustainability for agriculture and other food production activities, as well as the challenges posed by food insecurity and modern diets to human health and well-being.
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Inclusion, Education and Translanguaging
Julie A. Panagiotopoulou, Lisa Rosen, and Jenna Strzykala Eds. · LibreTexts
The idea for this text came about when we visited Ofelia García in New York in the fall of 2017 to observe and experience translanguaging live—in a mathematics lesson at a bilingual primary school in Queens—during a research visit. This was a special event for us because we had by then been dealing with the concept for years and were constantly confronted with the standard question of how translanguaging can be put into practice in the context of teacher education, congresses and conferences.
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EmpoWord - A Student-Centered Anthology and Handbook for College Writers
Shane Abrams · Ashland High School
EmpoWord is a reader and rhetoric that champions the possibilities of student writing. The textbook uses actual student writing to exemplify effective writing strategies, celebrating dedicated college writing students to encourage and instruct their successors: the students in your class. Through both creative and traditional activities, readers are encouraged to explore a variety of rhetorical situations to become more critical agents of reading, writing, speaking, and listening.