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Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind
John Kroll · Kent State University
"Reporting and Writing with the Audience in Mind" provides journalism and public relations students with the skills needed to become professional communicators. It begins with basics such as news values, interviewing, the summary lede and the inverted pyramid. It includes formulas for common story types, such as speech stories and government meetings. The book introduces advanced concepts for longer stories, photography and multimedia. It concludes with guides to grammar, AP style and more.
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LibreTexts Construction Guide 3e
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MTH 104 Intermediate Algebra
Monroe Community College
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Introduction to Human Services (Pearce et al.)
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
This text provides a foundational understanding of the human services field, exploring its history, ethical principles, and the diverse roles professionals play in supporting individuals, families, and communities. This book examines key social issues, including poverty and personal hardships, while also addressing the evolving nature of family structures and social welfare systems.
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Food Product Development Lab Manual
Kate Gilbert & Ken Prusa · Iowa State University
A practical how-to illustrating the process of developing a new food product from ideation and formulation to processing and lastly commercialization. This book highlights the overall process and gives instructions for each of the steps along the way.
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High-Intermediate Academic Grammar for ESL Students
Rebecca Al Haider · Reedley College
This textbook was created for a high-intermediate academic grammar course for multilingual students. According to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), this textbook is at the B2 level. By the end of the course, students will recognize and demonstrate the appropriate use of high-intermediate grammar structures.
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Introduction to Library Research
justine munds · Clackamas Community College
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Principles of Sociological Inquiry – Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This text also provides balanced coverage of qualitative and quantitative approaches by integrating a variety of examples from recent and classic sociological research. The text challenges students to debate and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches. An important goal of this text is to introduce students to the core principles of social research in a way that is straightforward and engaging.
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Western Civilization 3e: A Concise History I
Christopher A Brooks · Portland Community College
This volume covers the origins of civilization in Mesopotamia c. 8,000 BCE through the early Middle Ages in Europe c. 1,000 CE and explores Mesopotamia, Egypt, Persia, Greece, Rome, the Islamic caliphates, and the early European Middle Ages.
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Introduction to Political Science Research Methods
Josue Franco · Cuyamaca College
This text surveys the research methods employed in political science. The textbook includes chapters that cover: history and development of the empirical study of politics; the scientific method; theories, hypotheses, variables, and units; conceptualization, operationalization and measurement of political concepts; elements of research design including the logic of sampling; qualitative and quantitative research methods and means of analysis; and research ethics.
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Information Literacy
Gess · Community College of Allegheny County
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A Compact Anthology of Multiethnic American Literature: Student Edition
Jennie Snow · Fitchburg State University
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Informal Calculus with Applications to Biological and Environmental Sciences
Tyler Seacrest · University of Montana Western
This book is an approachable introduction to calculus with applications to biology and environmental science. The text focuses on intuitive understanding of concepts, but still covers most of the algebra and calculations common in a survey of calculus course.
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Chemistry 142: Pre-General Chemistry
Laura Maki · Modesto Junior College
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Acoustics
Wikipedia · LibreTexts
Acoustics is the science that studies sound, in particular its production, transmission, and effects. The science of acoustics has many applications which are dependent upon the nature of the sound that is to be produced, transmitted or controlled. In the case of a desirable sound, such as music, the main application of acoustics is to make the music sound as good as possible.
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Logic of Organic Synthesis
R. Balaji Rao · Banaras Hindu University
A mastery over several such techniques enables the molecular architect (popularly known as organic chemist) to achieve the challenging task of synthesizing the myriade of molecular structures encountered in Natural Products Chemistry, Drug Chemistry and modern Molecular Materials. In this task, organic chemists are further guided by several ‘thumb rules’ that chemists have evolved over the past two centuries.
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Veterinary Preventive Medicine
Margaret Root Kustritz · University of Minnesota
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Liberté
Gretchen Angelo and Emmanuelle Remy · California State University, Los Angeles and Pasadena College
Liberté is a first-year college French textbook with a true communicative approach.
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The Stories Behind Social Statistics: Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Communication
Ezra Temko · Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
This text presents introductory social statistics concepts and techniques and how to use SPSS software.
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Inanimate Life
George M. Briggs · SUNY Geneseo
This book is a ‘botany book’ and the book is used in a course that is generally considered a ‘botany’ course. Most people associate ‘botany’ with plants but this is a book studies a number of things that are not considered plants, why include them? The reason has to do with history and with classification.