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A History of Designed Interiors
Michelle Ray · City College of San Francisco
Every design choice draws on cultural memory, whether consciously or unconsciously. Interior design choices are a reflection of cultural values that lay on a spectrum of aesthetic and functional considerations and are meant to support programmatic intention. Chapters introduce students to comparative studies of objects and elements of interior design through diverse historic examples, ultimately resulting in today's practice.
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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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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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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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English 002: Introduction to Literature
Jill Bonds · Coalinga College
ENG 002 introduces representative works from major genres, develops students' close reading and analytical writing skills, and promotes appreciation and critical understanding of the cultural, historical, and aesthetic qualities of literature.
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Italian Language and Culture II
Caterina Pieri · Oakland University
Thank you for choosing to browse the contents of Introduction to Italian Language and Culture II. This textbook is designed to support the instructional needs of anglophone college students approaching the study of Italian as a foreign language, and it illustrates some basic grammar and vocabulary that are commonly covered during a second semester of instruction.
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Risking It All
Cathy Thwing and student writers at Pima Community College · LibreTexts
Journalists risk their lives every day to bring important stories to us. In this section, we honor journalists who have been imprisoned or killed while doing this valuable work.
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Introduction to Religion
Mark Knockemus · Northeastern Technical College
This text is a comprehensive and accessible resource designed to explore the fundamental concepts, historical developments, and cultural significance of religion. It delves into the meaning of religion, the evolution of religious thought, key figures in religious history, and the intersection of religion with society, ethics, and personal experience. It presents religion not merely as a set of beliefs but as a dynamic and complex phenomenon that has shaped human civilizations.
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Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience
Joshua Farrington, Normal Powe, Gwendolyn Graham, Liusa Day, & Ogechi Anyanwu · Eastern Kentucky University
This text gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework. It offers sound interdisciplinary analysis of selected historical and contemporary issues surrounding the origins and manifestations of White supremacy in the United States.
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Civilización hispanoamericana
Elizabeth Small · SUNY Oneonta
Un recorrido por la historia y cultura de Hispanoamérica, diseñado para estudiantes de la lengua española a nivel intermedio.
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English Composition II: Rhetorical Methods Based
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
English Composition II is an expository writing course that helps students develop advance writing skills. The text also reviews and incorporates some of the same skills. This course teaches research skills by emphasizing the development of advanced analytical/critical reading skills, proficiency in investigative research, and the writing of persuasive prose including documented and researched argumentative essays. This course emphasizes on the research process and information literacy.
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Elementary Arabic
Ayman Mohamed and Sadam Issa · Michigan State University
This is an open textbook on Elementary Arabic for undergraduate students who are taking Arabic in their second semester. It addresses language structures in theme-based modules that cover the four language skills. The book can be used as a self-study resource or as the main textbook in beginning Arabic classes.
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BCC FL107 OER
Amanda Hadley and Kelsey Harper · Butler Community College
This course will enable the student to demonstrate cultural and communicative competence at the novice-mid level in Spanish in the presentational (writing and speaking), interpersonal (writing and speaking), and interpretative (listening and reading) modes of communication. The student will develop a critical awareness of differences and similarities between the home culture(s) and the target language culture(s).
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ATD Remixology
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Write-What-Matters
Liza Long, Amy Minervini, and Joel Gladd · College of Western Idaho, College of Western Idaho, and Lewis-Clark State College
Have you ever wished for a comprehensive source that would steer you in the right direction through all of your reading and writing assignments? This text aims to be that kind of guide. We included lessons, examples, exercises, and definitions for many of the reading and writing-related situations that you will encounter in your first-year writing courses as well as other subject-specific classes that require writing.
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Exploring Perspectives: A Concise Guide to Analysis
Anonymous · LibreTexts
This text's aim is to prepare any student to write analytical essays for the argument and persuasion courses. Specifically, the text's goal is to help give students a better understanding of how to discover, develop, and revise an analytical essay.
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Intermediate Spanish I (SPAN C180)
David A. Sanchez · Cerro Coso Community College
This intermediate-level Spanish textbook is designed for the first semester of Spanish for Heritage Students I (SPAN C180) at Cerro Coso Community College. It is intended for heritage speakers who have grown up with exposure to Spanish at home or in their communities and want to strengthen and expand their language skills in an academic setting. The text focuses on developing confidence, accuracy, and fluency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through engaging, culturally relevant mat
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In the Community - An Intermediate Integrated Skills Textbook
NorQuest College · LibreTexts
The textbook is aimed at Canadian Language Benchmarks levels 5/6. It aims are to: helps learners notice, learn, and practice English that will be helpful in your community gives learners practice in the four main language skills–listening, speaking, reading, and writing helps learners learn about intercultural skills helps learners develop some important essential skills can be used as an online textbook with interactive activities or downloaded, printed and used as a regular textbook.
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6.2: Reading and Responding to Drama
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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