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COMS 105: Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Tammera Stokes Rice · College of the Canyons
This text examines the principles and practices of public speaking, communication theory, and techniques for public speaking. Includes speech organization, development, research, audience analysis, reasoning, and presentation skills for the development of informative and persuasive speeches. A primary goal is to help students become better speakers through providing the most important tool in public speaking within a clear sense of organization.
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CHEM 2300 - Introductory Organic Chemistry
Budhi · Eastern Wyoming College
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Scientific Computing
Peter Staab · Fitchburg State University
Solving problems is the essence of scientific computing. Many problems arise naturally from the sciences or mathematics and often to solve difficult problem relies on some computing resources. In a nutshell, this text is the blend of science, mathematics and computer science needed to solve problems. The intended audience for this text one who is interested in writing computer code that will solve a problem that you have.
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Readings on Roman Men and Women
Jessalynn Bird · Saint Mary's College Notre Dame
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2022 UC Merced MoSI
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Français 101
William J. Carrasco & Shahrzad Zahedi · Palomar College
This text is designed for the first semester of French. This elementary level course is a study of the French language and French-speaking cultures, with emphasis on the development of communicative skills and basic structures. Course combines in-class instruction and practice with self-paced study in the Language Laboratory. This beginning-level course is for students with no previous coursework in French.
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Vital Sign Measurement Across the Lifespan
Lapum et al. · Ryerson University
The purpose of this textbook is to help learners develop best practices in vital sign measurement. Using a multi-media approach, it will provide opportunities to read about, observe, practice, and test vital sign measurement.
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5.13.17: Sean Hill's "Distance Between Desires" (2013)
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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The Video Textbook of General Chemistry (Farmer)
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Welcome to The Video Textbook of General Chemistry. The map contains links to over 260 videos which discuss all the topics covered during a year-long general chemistry course. The videos are designed to be included into other Libretext projects and to help students understand general chemistry.
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Math 4A: Trigonometry (Stitz Zeager Remix)
Travis McDonald · Fresno City College
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Writing for Success
LibreTexts
Writing for Success is a text that provides instruction in steps, builds writing, reading, and critical thinking, and combines comprehensive grammar review with an introduction to paragraph writing and composition. Beginning with the sentence and its essential elements, this book addresses each concept with clear, concise and effective examples that are immediately reinforced with exercises and opportunities to demonstrate, and reinforce, learning.
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It’s About Them - Public Speaking in the 21st Century
Sara Kim, Douglas Marshall, June Pulliam, Victoria VanNest, and James Yeargain · LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
The target audience for this project and this textbook are dual enrollment students. Dual enrollment is the opportunity for a student to be enrolled in high school and college at the same time. A dual enrollment student receives credit on both their high school and college transcripts for the same course.
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Communication Beginnings - An Introductory Listening and Speaking Text for English Language Learners
Della Jean Abrahams · Portland State University
This textbook is designed for beginning-intermediate English language learners. It is composed of 7 chapters, each of which covers specific speaking and listening learning objectives and includes dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities. Each chapter includes listening and speaking components such as dialogues, interviews, discussions and conversation activities.
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Introduction to Environmental Science
Tara Jo Holmberg · Northwestern Connecticut Community College
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Persuasion
Nathan Miller · Cosumnes River College
This introductory course will examine historical and contemporary approaches to persuasive messages throughout time. It will also focus on the presentation of persuasive appeals, and learning to construct, deliver, and critique persuasive messages. Students will construct and deliver ethical persuasive messages directed toward a specific audience in front of a live audience or other pedagogically appropriate medium.
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Artificial Intelligence in Accounting
Catherina Wong · De Anza College
Explore how AI is reshaping accounting—from everyday workflows to professional judgment, ethics, and trust. Through practical applications and real-world scenarios, students learn to use, question, and evaluate AI as they prepare for the changing accounting profession.
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Atoms First - Introductory Chemistry for Science and Engineering
Craig Cavanaugh, Kathryn Mayer, Rebekah Stassinopoulos · Southwestern College
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Sociology 101 - K.Harrison - JJC
Kimberly Harrison · Joliet Junior College
Sociology is the study of social behavior or society, including its origins, development, organization, networks, and institutions. It is a social science that uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about social order, disorder, and change. Many sociologists conduct research that may be applied directly to social policy and welfare, while others focus primarily on refining the theoretical understanding of social processes.
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Structure & Reactivity I: Chemical Structure and Properties
Chris Schaller · College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Atoms, Compounds, Molecules, Intermolecular Attractions, Structure-Property Relationships
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Introduction to Financial Accounting
David Annand and Henry Dauderis · Athabasca University
Introduction to Financial Accounting, originally by D. Annand and H. Dauderis, is intended for a first course in introductory financial accounting. It has been extensively edited to reflects current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). A corporate approach is utilized versus beginning with a sole proprietorship emphasis and then converting to a corporate approach. The textbook focuses on core introductory financial accounting topics that match pre-requisite requirements for studen