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MATH 241: Calculus 3
Justin Wyss-Gallifent · University of Maryland
In the contents: 3.04: Partial Derivatives
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Voces que cruzan fronteras: nuestra comunidad y la identidad multilingüe II
Nancy Domínguez-Fret and Megan Tzeitel Marshall · Northern Illinois University
Part Two of this textbook builds on the content, themes, and language development introduced in Part One. It draws on the stories and histories of the Latinx community in the Chicago area to engage students in further exploring language and identity while continuing to build on and expand their existing language skills. Its goal is to strengthen and support students’ linguistic and sociocultural connections to Spanish-speaking communities. Part Two can be used as a continuation of Part One or as
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An Introduction to the Theory of Numbers
Leo Moser · University of Alberta
In the contents: 1.01: Compositions and Partitions
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Solano Community College: Introduction to Criminal Justice
Alison S. Burke, David Carter, Brian Fedorek, Tiffany Morey, Lore Rutz-Burri, & Shanell Sanchez · Southern Oregon University
This course introduces students to the characteristics of the criminal justice system in the United States. Focus is placed on examining crime measurement, theoretical explanations of crime, responses to crime, components of the system, and current challenges to the system. The course examines the evolution of the principles and approaches utilized by the justice system and the evolving forces which have shaped those principals and approaches.
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Beginning Drawing
Laura Kramer · Palo Verde College
In the contents: 1.05: Themes of Art · 3.03: Exploring the Nuances of Line in Art- Line Quality Direction and Characteristics · 04: The Art Critique
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Nutrition for Nurses
Openstax · LibreTexts
Nutrition for Nurses is structured to support the flexible integration of nutrition content across both system-based and nursing competency-based curricula. It can be used whether nutrition is taught as a standalone course or part of another nursing course. The text emphasizes evidence-based practice and holistic assessment to facilitate the integration of nutritional awareness for pre-licensure nursing students in the provision of client-centered care.
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Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management
BC Cook Articulation Committee · BC Campus
Basic Kitchen and Food Service Management is one of a series of Culinary Arts open textbooks developed to support the training of students and apprentices in British Columbia’s foodservice and hospitality industry. Although created with the Professional Cook, Baker and Meatcutter programs in mind, these have been designed as a modular series, and therefore can be used to support a wide variety of programs that offer training in foodservice skills.
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Intermediate Drawing: Techniques and Content
Melissa Delaney · Coalinga College
In the contents: 1.07: Essential Techniques for Artistic Composition · 02: The Art Critique · 2.03: The Process of Evaluating Art
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Crop Adaptation and Improvement for Drought-Prone Environments
Ndjido A. Kane, Daniel Foncéka, and Timothy J. Dalton · Kansas State University
This book focuses on three important elements in the development of cereal and legume crops in semi-arid West Africa. The first section illustrates the socioeconomic factors that affect the food system for these crops with an overview of crop production and consumption in the region. The second section addresses the state of the art of phenotyping and the modeling of crop adaptation to dryland farming systems. The third section investigates the genetic diversity and improvement of dryland crops.
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Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy (Wargo)
Donald T. Wargo · Temple University
Economics for Life: Real-World Financial Literacy is designed to help soon-to-be college graduates start their "real lives" with a better understanding of how to analyze the financial decisions that they will soon have to make. Written in an easy-to-read, conversational style, this textbook will help students learn how to make decisions on saving and investing for retirement, buying a car, buying a home, as well as how to safely navigate the use of debit and credit cards.
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Humanities: Prehistory to the 15th Century
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
In the contents: 1.03: Paleolithic Cave Art and Venus Figurines · 8.04: Art Architecture and Military and Technological Developments
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Project Management
Adrienne Watt · BCCampus Open Textbooks
People have been undertaking projects since the earliest days of organized human activity. The hunting parties of our prehistoric ancestors were projects. Large complex projects such as the pyramids and the Great Wall of China were also projects. We use the term “project” frequently in our daily conversations. This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control, and closeout that all projects share.
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Business Calculus with Excel
Mike May, S.J. & Anneke Bart · Saint Louis University
In the contents: 6.02: Wire Frames Partial Derivatives and Tangent Planes
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Two Dimensional Design and Color
Michael Leonard · University of the Pacific
In the contents: 02: Art Elements and Principles of Design
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Combinatorics and Graph Theory
David Guichard · Whitman College
In the contents: 3.04: Partitions of Integers · 4.03: Partial SDRs · 5.04: Bipartite Graphs
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Studying and Living in the US, Low-Intermediate Novel and Textbook for University ESL Students
Amber Bliss Calderón · Portland State University
Each unit begins with a chapter of fiction about a teacher and students in one ESL class. Reading comprehension and reading skills exercises follow. Prefix and suffix vocabulary-focus exercises are included. Academic Word List vocabulary exercises help students build a strong foundation in both receptive and productive knowledge. The chapters in each unit expand on unit themes through non-fiction articles focusing on academic preparation, international experiences, and cultural adjustment.
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Global Femicide: Indigenous Women and Girls Torn from Our Midst (Anderson, Pete, Kubik, and Rucklos-Hampton)
Brenda Anderson, Shauneen Pete, Wendee Kubik, and Mary Rucklos-Hampton · University of Regina
This book underscores the common, interlocking effects of racism and sexism on Indigenous women. Family members, scholars and researchers, artists, activists and policy-makers provide their decade-long perspectives, providing testimony and evidence that sexualized and racialized violence is not only a product of historic colonization but continues to manifest in entrenched systems of colonization and global femicide. The analysis and the heart of all the authors is generously shared.
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Wellbeing in Educational Contexts
Susan Carter and Cecily Andersen · University of Southern Queensland
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An Inquiry-Based Approach to Abstract Algebra
Dana Ernst · Northern Arizona University
This free and open-source textbook is designed to used with an inquiry-based learning (IBL) approach to a first-semester undergraduate abstract algebra course. The textbook starts with groups (up to the First Isomorphism Theorem) and finishes with an introduction to rings (up to quotients by maximal and prime ideals). While the textbook covers many of the standard topics, the focus is on building intuition and emphasizes visualization.
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Exploring Chicano Cultural History
Melody Sowden · Coalinga College
In the contents: 11.04: Art and El Movimiento · 14.03: Political Participation and Voting Rights