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The Odyssey
Homer · translated by Samuel Butler
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is a fundamental work in the modern Western canon, being the oldest extant piece of Western literature, second to the Iliad. Scholars believe the Odyssey was composed near the end of the 8th century BC, somewhere in Ionia, the Greek coastal region of Anatolia.
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Introduction to Community Psychology
Leonard A. Jason, Olya Glantsman, Jack F. O'Brien, and Kaitlyn N. Ramian · DePaul University
In the contents: 5.02: Community Organizing Partnerships and Coalitions
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Business English for Success
Anonymous · LibreTexts
In the contents: 4.03: Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles · 08: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish · 10.03: Research and Investigation - Getting Started
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The Parallel Entrepreneur
Ryan Buckley · Diablo Valley College
Building a product on the internet is relatively easy these days. It’s the making money part that’s hard. I wrote this book to help you become parallel entrepreneurs faster than I did, and to encourage you to do so while you have the safety net of a day job. In writing this book, I interviewed dozens of entrepreneurs who have done it more successfully than I have. These entrepreneurs have at least two income streams generating $10,000 per month, and they’ve developed their companies both solo an
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Stand Up, Speak Out 3e
Jason Wrench, Anne Goding, Danette Ifert Johnson, and Bernardo Alexander Attias · Milne Library Publishing
Public speaking in the twenty-first century is both an art and a science that has developed over millennia. In a world bombarded by information, the ability to communicate ideas clearly and confidently is more essential than ever. Stand Up, Speak Out guides students through the speechmaking process, from audience analysis to the final presentation.
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Communicating with Purpose
Alexandra Briggs · Northampton Community College
How did humans develop the ability to communicate? What purpose does communication serve in our lives? Is it possible not to communicate? Answers to these historical, anthropological, and social-scientific questions provide part of the diversity of knowledge that makes up the field of communication studies. As a student of communication, you will learn that there is much more to the field than public speaking.
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The Psychology of Learning
Hartrisha Kaur Uchida · Irvine Valley College
This textbook is for a 3 unit psychology of learning for credit class at IVC. It is part of a Psychology ADT.
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Developmental Psychology Childhood-Adolescence (IVC Psyc/HD 7)
Hartrisha Kaur Uchida · Irvine Valley College
This course presents a study of the physical, cognitive, and psychosocial processes of human development from conception through adolescence. It introduces the theories, research, and applications that constitute the field of child development both typical and atypical, examining both traditional approaches and recent innovations. Topics address the physical, motor, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social areas of development.
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Principles of Pharmacology
Carl Rosow, David Standaert, & Gary Strichartz · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
In the contents: 1.10: Vasoactive Drugs II - Heart Failure
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ENTR 356: Bootstrap Marketing for Entrepreneurs
Sacramento City College
This course is designed to introduce students to the unique challenges of marketing in start-up organizations and to provide tips and techniques for launching and promoting a new business. Students learn about the evolving practice of marketing and the potential for entrepreneurial thinking. A key component of this course is the development of a complete marketing plan for a new business venture.
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COM 1090: Interpersonal Communication - Among Family, Friends and at Work
Joel Whitaker · Prince George's Community College
Study the fundamentals of communication and the arts to prepare for a future career or four-year program.
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Introduction to College Research
Walter D. Butler, Aloha Sargent, and Kelsey Smith · Pasadena City College, Cabrillo College, and West Hills Community College
In the contents: 06: Getting Your Research Started · 9.07: Scholarly Articles Magazine Articles and Newspaper Articles · 10.13: Citing- Websites Web pages Files Articles
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Food Safety Sanitation and Personal Hygiene
BC Cook Articulation Committee · BC Campus
Food Safety, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene 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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Geodiversity and Cultural Diversity: Current Public Issues in Physical Science
Likwan Cheng · City Colleges of Chicago
Designed for "PHY SCI 107: Current Public Issues in Physical Science" and presented as excerpts of original scholarly texts, this book's eight learning objects explore ancient human cultural developments in geological contexts through the lens of 21st century discoveries, collectively demonstrating that Earth's geodiversity shaped the world's human cultural diversity.
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Voces que cruzan fronteras: nuestra comunidad y la identidad multilingüe I
Nancy Domínguez-Fret and Megan Tzeitel Marshall · Northern Illinois University
Part One of this textbook draws on the stories and histories of the Latinx community in the Chicago area to engage students in exploring language and identity while building on and expanding their existing language skills. Its goal is to strengthen and support students’ linguistic and sociocultural connections to Spanish-speaking communities. This textbook can be used as a stand-alone curriculum or as a resource to enhance and expand an existing curriculum.
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Crawford Automation – A Guided Application of Structured Problem Solving
Stephen Thomson, Kevin Hollis, and Laurie Turnbull · Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and Conestoga College
This is a multimedia-enabled case in which students will be guided, by an industry expert, to apply structured problem-solving that addresses a typical supply chain problem, missing parts. What first appears as the issue may be a symptom of a root cause(s). The case utilizes videos, data files for analytics, audio recording, and videogame-style exercises to find the missing box of parts.
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Career and Life Planning
Graciela Martinez and Elizabeth Shaker · College of the Canyons
In the contents: 01: Getting Started- Creating Your Career and Life Planning Vision · 2.01: Getting Started With Careers Assessments
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Rings with Inquiry
Michael Janssen & Melissa Lindsey · Dordt University & University of Wisconsin-Madison
One of the concepts fundamental to the historical development of algebra is the notion of factorization; closely related questions that have driven the development of algebra over the centuries are: when does a polynomial equation have solutions in a particular number system, and is there a systematic way to find them? The goal of this book is to explore the idea of factorization from an abstract perspective.
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Case Studies in Community Psychology Practice - A Global Lens (Palmer, Rogers, Viola and Engel)
Geraldine L. Palmer, Todd L. Rogers, Judah Viola, and Maronica Engel · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.02: Cultural Development in Underrepresented Communities- Using an Empowerment and Citizen Participation Approach · 3.02: Lessons from Conducting an Equity-Focused Participatory Needs Assessment · 3.04: Showing up and Standing with- An Intersectional Approach to a Participatory Evaluation of a Housing First Program
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Calculus 2 - Fall 2026
Senorina Vazquez · Hartnell College
In the contents: 1.05: Integration by Parts · 1.06: Partial Fractions for Finding Algebraic Derivatives