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English Composition I
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
English Composition I covers all of the essential content about the writing process, rhetorical styles, and writing successfully for college. Students will learn about critical thinking, analysis, argumentation, reflection, and making sound rhetorical choices to write effective academic essays. Students will also learn about techniques for reading, interpreting, and utilizing a variety of sources in their writing.
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MCC: MTH 220 - Discrete Math
Judy Dean · Monroe Community College
MTH 220 Discrete Math is a foundational course (often for computer science/math majors) focused on logic, proofs, and non-continuous mathematical structures. Key topics include propositional logic, set theory, combinatorics, graph theory, functions, and proof techniques like induction and contradiction. The course emphasizes rigorous, abstract, and algorithmic thinking.
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Food Preparation Lab Manual
Erica Beirman and Kate Gilbert · Iowa State University
This lab book is intended for use in both the lab and kitchen. Each section of the book contains learning objectives, lab problems to be solved, recipes, questions, and observation charts for the input of data.
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Moving Pictures - An Introduction to Cinema
Russell Sharman · University of Arkansas
A free and open-source introduction to the art and science of moving pictures, offering in-depth exploration of how cinema communicates, and what, exactly, it is trying to say.
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Satyricon: Translation with Critical Introduction and Activities
Jessalynn Bird · Saint Mary's College (Notre Dame, IN)
THE SATYRICON. Latin original by Gaius or Titus Petronius. Translated by Alfred R. Allinson (Panurge Press, 1930), adapted and abridged by Jessalynn Bird, following chapter divisions and textual ellipses of C. Chinn. A reconstructed translation of the Satyricon, complete with critical introduction and footnotes. Questions and activities may be found as separate chapters.
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Culinary Medicine 2025e
Stavroula N. Antonopoulos et al. · University of Arizona
This peer-reviewed Culinary Medicine textbook is aimed at individuals and communities seeking to implement food-based disease prevention programs.
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Bad Ideas About Writing
Cheryl E. Ball & Drew M. Loewe ed. · West Virginia University
Bad Ideas About Writing counters major myths about writing instruction. Inspired by the provocative science- and social-science-focused book This Idea Must Die and written for a general audience, the collection offers opinionated, research-based statements intended to spark debate and to offer a better way of teaching writing. Contributors, as scholars of rhetoric and composition, provide a snapshot of and antidotes to major myths in writing instruction.
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Pre-Algebra II (Illustrative Mathematics - Grade 8)
Illustrative Mathematics · OpenUp Resources
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Quantitative Ecology - A New Unified Approach
Clarence Lehman, Shelby Loberg, & Adam Clark · University of Minnesota
Quantitative Ecology introduces and discusses the principles of ecology from populations to ecosystems including human populations, disease, exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity and global dynamics. The book also reformulates and unifies ecological equations making them more accessible to the reader and easier to teach.
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Frameworks for Academic Writing
Steve Poulter · Newman University
This text is quite different from any other textbook or writing system. First, it is designed for a wide range of writing abilities, from beginning to expert academic writers. Writers who are simply unfamiliar with academic writing patterns benefit from sentence-by-sentence templates, prompts, tutorials, and examples. We have successfully applied the system to all academic writers, from 3rd-graders to dissertation writers. Secondly, the book is designed for a wide range of teaching abilities.
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Accounting for Managers
Lumen Learning · LibreTexts
In Accounting for Managers, students learn the basic accounting principles needed to effectively make business decisions as a manager. The course begins with a review of basic math and accounting principles, ensuring students are prepared for the material that follows. Students will learn how to make financial decisions, including decisions around budgeting, financial statements, and cost and profit analysis.
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Calculus
Gilbert Strang & Edwin Herman · MIT & University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
The text guides students through the core concepts of calculus and helps them understand how those concepts apply to their lives and the world around them.
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SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Elijah Cooks · Prince George's Community College
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Biot 70: Introduction to Biotechnology - Lectures
Emalee MacKenzie · Irvine Valley College
This textbook introduces students to the rapidly growing field of biotechnology. Designed for community college students, this textbook explores the biological concepts, laboratory techniques, and technologies that serve as the foundation of modern biotechnology. Students will discover how biotechnology is applied in medicine, agriculture, environmental science, industrial manufacturing, and research to address real-world challenges and improve quality of life.
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MTH 95: Algebra 3
Math Department · Clackamas Community College
In this course, you’ll take an in-depth look at linear, quadratic, and rational relations, each with a focus on graphical properties, algebraic techniques, and real-world applications. Along the way, you’ll sharpen your number sense, deepen your critical thinking, and build the persistence to face new challenges head-on.
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MGF 1131: Mathematics in Context (FSW)
Cheban Acharya · Florida Southwestern State College
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Math 420: Differential Equations
Ron Breitenbach · Cosumnes College
This text is written for students in science, engineering, and mathematics who have completed single variable calculus. This course will cover the theory and the applications of the solutions of ordinary differential equations and systems of ordinary differential equations. The course will introduce students to various topics useful in the solution of differential equations including power series, Laplace transforms, matrices, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, and numerical methods.
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Persuasion
Karla Silva · College of the Sequoias
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Electric Circuits VI Experiments
Tony R. Kuphaldt · Bellingham Technical College
Learning electronic theory is all well and good, but like most real tasks, electronics is 20% theory and 80% practice. Just because a circuit works in a simulation does not mean it will work in real life. Take a look at some high-tech printed circuit boards (such as a motherboard) and you will quickly find strange layout techniques.
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Chem 1A: General Chemistry I
Julie Brown · Woodland Community College
This course is designed for students who need a rigorous treatment of general chemistry at the freshman-level college or university. This course will focus on topics including but not limited to the fundamental principles of inorganic chemistry; nomenclature of inorganic compounds, chemical formulas, equations, and reactions; stoichiometry; structure of atoms, ions, and molecules and periodic table; oxidation-reduction and acid-base reactions; equilibrium; and gas laws.