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Math in Society: Mathematics for liberal arts majors
Cara Lee · Portland Community College Math Department · 2018
We dedicate this book to our students. May you have greater ease in paying for college and grow your proficiency and confidence in math.
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Philosophy and the Arts: A Textbook with Readings
Theodore Gracyk · Minnesota State Colleges and Universities · 2025
This book is an introduction to some influential theories in philosophy of art. It combines excerpts of historically important texts from European and American culture with explanations of the key ideas in those texts. The most recent of these texts dates from 1929.The overall organization is topical. Five topics have been selected. The chapters are relatively independent of one another and can be approached in any order.
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Navigating the Arts
Lucia Colombari; Catherine Juliano-Lykins · SHAREOK · 2024
Navigating the Arts delves into the visual elements and principles of design throughout art history and is tailored for classroom use. It aims to deepen students’ understanding of these concepts and their application across different artistic forms, fostering critical thinking and visual literacy. The accessible language, logical structure, clear objectives, and wealth of examples and images make this journal an ideal tool for everyone interested in developing class discussions on how to understand and interpret images.
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Huma 207: Exploring the Arts and Culture of the World
Karen Brown; Michal Yadlin · College of Western Idaho · 2024
Welcome to Humanities 207. This course is designed to introduce you to a broad range of the Humanities (encompassing History and Geography, Art and Architecture, Religion, Literature and the Performing Arts. This course meets CWI’s requirements for General Education’s GEM 5 (Humanistic and Artistic Ways of Knowing) and it meets the Research and Writing requirement for the General Studies Program. Additionally it can transfer to Boise State University’s degree program in Humanities and Cultural Studies as part of the University Foundations prerequisites.
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Exploring the Arts: A Brief Introduction to Art, Theatre, Music, and Dance
Doris Hall; Kimberly Berkeley; Nubia Khan · LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network
This textbook was created as part of the Interactive OER for Dual Enrollment project, facilitated by LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network and funded by a $2 million Open Textbooks Pilot Program grant from the Department of Education. This project supports the extension of access to high-quality post-secondary opportunities to high school students across Louisiana and beyond. This project features a collaboration between educational systems in Louisiana, the library community, Pressbooks technology partner, and workforce representatives. It will enable and enhance the delivery of open educational resources (OER) and interactive quiz and assessment elements for priority dual enrollment courses in Louisiana and nationally. Developed OER course materials will be released under a license that permits their free use, reuse, modification and sharing with others. 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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Garde Manger: A Guide to the Cold Kitchen
Marshall Welsh & William R. Thibodeaux · Finch Henry Job Corps Center & Nicholls State University
In the contents: 2.03: Measurement and conversion charts
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The Language of Medical Terminology
Lisa Sturdy and Susanne Erickson · NorQuest College
In the contents: 1.06: Identifying Word Parts in Medical Terms
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Flavors of the Saucier: Stocks, Sauces, and Soups
Amelie Zeringue and William R. Thibodeaux · Nicholls State University
With a fundamental knowledge of the variety of sauce making methods available, the chef can make his or her own decisions based on the needs of the clientele, the budget, and style of the restaurant. It is important for a chef to know how liquids, flavorings, and thickeners work and to explain traditional approaches and combinations that will provide the chef with technical guidelines and underlying aesthetic principles.
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Inferential Statistics and Probability - A Holistic Approach
Maurice A. Geraghty · De Anza College
Holistic or Eastern tradition analysis is less concerned with the component parts of a problem, mechanism or phenomenon but rather with how this system operates as a whole, including its surrounding environment. I believe it is possible to teach the concept of Inferential Statistics holistically. This course material is a result of that inspiration, and it was designed to supplement, not replace, a traditional course textbook or workbook.
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Real Analysis
Eugene Boman & Robert Rogers · Pennsylvania State University & SUNY Fredonia
The typical introductory real analysis text starts with an analysis of the real number system and uses this to develop the definition of a limit, which is then used as a foundation for the definitions encountered thereafter. While this is certainly a reasonable approach from a logical point of view, it is not how the subject evolved, nor is it necessarily the best way to introduce students to the rigorous but highly non-intuitive definitions and proofs found in analysis.
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APEX PreCalculus
Amy Givler Chapman, Meagan Herald, Jessica Libertini · Virginia Military Institute
This text is not intended to fully prepare students with all of the mathematical knowledge they need to tackle Calculus, rather it is designed to review mathematical concepts that are often stumbling blocks in the Calculus sequence. It starts basic and builds to more complex topics. This text is written so that each section and topic largely stands on its own, making it a good resource for students in Calculus who are struggling with the supporting mathemathics found in Calculus courses.
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Ancient Greek I: A 21st Century Approach
Philip S. Peek · Bowling Green State University
The text is built on three pillars: memory, analysis, and logic. Readers memorize the top 250 most frequently occurring ancient Greek words, the essential word endings, the eight parts of speech, and the grammatical concepts they will most frequently encounter when reading authentic ancient texts. Analysis and logic exercises enable the translation and parsing of genuine ancient Greek sentences, with compelling reading selections offering starting points for contemplation, debate, and reflection
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Graphic Design and Print Production Fundamentals
Graphic Communications Open Textbook Collective · BCCampus
In the contents: 1.02: William Morris and the Arts and Crafts Movement · 4.08: Working with a Spectrophotometer to Read Standard Colour Charts for Output Profiling
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Commonsense Composition
Crystle Bruno · CK-12
In the contents: 09: Parts of Speech · 9.02: Basic Parts of Speech · 10: Parts of the Sentence
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A World Perspective of Art Appreciation (Gustlin and Gustlin) 2.0
Deborah Gustlin and Zoe Gustlin · Evergreen Valley College
Appreciation of the visual arts goes beyond staring at a painting hanging on the wall of a museum—art is in everything and everywhere you look. Opening your eyes to the world of art is important in understanding the world around you. Art is more than pretentious museums only a few enter and comprehend. Learning how to appreciate art is a basic cultural foundation enabling people to critically analyze art, art forms and how cultures used art. All it takes to understand the art is to just look!
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Drawing Perspectives
Kristen Kennedy · Lemoore College
This textbook aims to help students improve their drawing skills and understand the significance of drawing in the arts. It provides a platform for students to explore intermediate skills and artistic concepts, enabling them to express themselves in art. The book bridges basic to advanced drawing skills and stresses the importance of building upon fundamental techniques to encourage creativity, personal style development, and a deeper understanding of artistic concepts.
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Introduction to Baking and Pastries
Tammy Rink & William R. Thibodeaux · Chef John Folse Culinary Institute
In the contents: 2.02: Measurement and Conversion Charts
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Academic Success
Bartlett et al. · University of Southern Queensland
Academic Success is designed to help students on their university journey. It is divided into four parts, each reflecting different aspects of a student’s tertiary experience. This open book ultimately aids students across all disciplines in achieving academic success at university.
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Implementing a One Address CPU in Logisim
Charles W. Kann III · Gettysburg College
This purpose of this monograph is to break the abstract understanding of a computer, and to explain a computer’s behavior in completely in mechanistic terms. It will deal specifically with the Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the computer, as this is where the magic happens. All other parts of a computer can be seen as just providing information for the CPU to operate on.
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Senior Internship: Advanced leadership Development
William R. Thibodeaux and Jean-Pierre Daigle · Nicholls State University
In the contents: 2.02: Measurement and Conversion Charts