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Understanding Sound From Ear to Engineer
Geoffrey Dunbar · Pasadena City College
Understanding Sound From Ear to Engineer takes readers on a complete journey from how sound is heard to how it is recorded, processed, and mixed in modern audio production. Covering topics from the auditory system and psychoacoustics to microphones, mixers, and digital workflows, this book blends science with real-world application. It equips aspiring audio professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to understand and shape sound in today’s audio industry.
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Music Appreciation II
Lumen · LibreTexts
Music appreciation is designed to teach students how to understand and describe the contexts and creative processes involved in music composition. Music appreciation classes also typically include information about the composers, the instruments and ensembles, and the different styles of music from an era.
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Spinning a Yarn: Creative Writing for the Soul (C-ID ENGL 200)
Brandy Wilds · Coalinga College
This text is designed to support an 8-week course that canvases different types of creative writing, giving students ample opportunity to develop their own literary voices.
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Grammar Anatomy (Brehe)
Steven Brehe · University of North Georgia
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts, providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use, Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library.
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Writing in College - From Competence to Excellence
Amy Guptill · The College at Brockport, SUNY
Writing in College: From Competence to Excellence is designed for students who have largely mastered the conventions of high-school level writing and are now rising to meet more the advanced expectations of college. Students will find in Writing in College a warm invitation to think of themselves as full, self-motivated members of the academic community.
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Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing I
Charles Lowe & Pavel Zemliansky · LibreTexts
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Herstory: A History of Women Artists
Deborah Gustlin & Zoe Gustlin · Evergreen Valley College
Herstory: A History of Women Artists is a remarkable and comprehensive textbook that offers a detailed and thorough exploration of the contributions of women artists throughout history. With ten chapters covering the earliest days of art to the present day, this resource is essential for students studying Art History and Gender Studies.
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Voci: Corso elementare di lingua e culture italiane I
Daria Bozzato, Chiara Benetollo, and Metello Mugnai · Haverford College
Voci is a communicative, approach-based textbook that aims to foster students’ comprehension, production, and interaction in Italian by keeping in mind different ways of learning. Every unit of Voci offers one or more cultural sections, “Cultura”. Given the level, these sections are gradually presented in Italian, since the main goal is not to exercise the reading and comprehension skills, instead to refine students’ intercultural competency.
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English Composition I: Rhetorical Methods–Based
Lumen Learning · Lumen Learning
This course is designed to introduce you to the writing, reading, and thinking skills you will need for success at the college level. The course will emphasize personal, reflective, and expository writing. It will also help you develop critical reading skills, which will assist you as you analyze specific writing techniques and strategies you can use to improve your own writing.
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An Introduction to Philosophy
Russ W. Payne · Bellevue College
This text presents philosophy to newcomers as a living discipline with historical roots. While a few early chapters are historically organized, the goal in the historical chapters is to trace a developmental progression of thought that introduces basic philosophical methods and frames issues that remain relevant today. Later chapters include philosophy of science and philosophy of mind, areas where philosophy has shown dramatic recent progress. This text then addresses ethics, broadly construed.
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The Open Anthology of Earlier American Literature
Kristen O'Dell Brumfield · Onondaga Community College
Is American literature defined by geographical boundaries? What is the difference between American literature and American history? How does the in-depth study of early American literature prompt us rethink representations of American culture today? In our global era, it is clear that past definitions of American literature must be revisited. This anthology moves to answer the question “what is American literature?” by framing the texts in new and provocative ways that fit the modern age.
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Fingerspelling - A Mindful Approach
Karla Johnston · Lake Tahoe Community College
This text shows us how to build a foundation of mindfulness and then ways of consciously and intentionally building our fingerspelling skills for the improvement of our ASL communication. We will tap into our innate desire and answer the question—how do we take a nuance of language, like fingerspelling, and with gentle persistent attention, strive toward clarity and understanding?
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Adaptive Apparel Design
Adaptive Apparel Design · Iowa State University
This instructional text and designer resources have been prepared to support those learning about adaptive apparel design. The text is easy for students, scholars, and designers to use, and is organized around the apparel design process: research, sketching, developing a sample notebook, mood or inspiration board, pattern work, first sample, and the completed ensemble. Users can read from beginning to end or jump into resources related to their current phase of design.
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Elements of Biblical Narrative - Analysis of the Red Sea Story
Harry Hagan · Archabbey of St. Meinrad in Indiana
This brief introduction (12,000 words) surveys the basic elements of narrative found in the Bible and uses the Red Sea Story (Exod 13:17–14:31) for its examples. The monograph concludes with an analysis of that story to show how the pieces work together to create the power of narrative.
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A World Perspective of Art Appreciation
Deborah Gustlin & Zoe Gustlin · Evergreen Valley College
Art appreciation is centered on the ability to view art throughout history, focusing on the cultures and the people, and how art developed in the specific periods. You cannot understand art without understanding the culture, their use of materials and sense of beauty. Art is also conveyed by the simple act of creating art for art’s sake. Every person is born with the innate desire to create art and similar to other professions, training is essential in honing skills to produce art.
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5.3: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins "The Yellow Wallpaper" (1892)
Heather Ringo and Athena Kashyap · City College of San Francisco
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Shaping a Nation - Women's Roles in US History
Melody Sowden · Coalinga College
History is often taught as a sequence of wars, presidencies, and legislative acts. However, this narrative frequently places women at the edges, as supporting characters or exceptional outliers. This book offers a different vantage point by centering the female experience. It proceeds from the conviction that women were not merely present in American history but were the architects of families, economies, and communities that formed the nation's foundation.
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English Composition- Connect, Collaborate, Communicate
Ann Inoshita, Karyl Garland, Kate Sims, Jeanne K. Tsutsui Keuma, & Tasha Williams · University of Hawaiʻi
This OER textbook has been designed for students to learn the foundational concepts for first-year college writing. The content of this textbook is aimed at helping students meet these learning objectives. This textbook contains five sections: (1) Success Skills for College Learning and Intellectual Growth, (2) The Writing Process, (3) Essay Structure, (4) Types of Essays, and (5) Research Skills.
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Introduction to Art History I
Cerise Myers, Ellen C. Caldwell, Alice J. Taylor, Margaret Phelps & Lisa Soccio · LibreTexts
This textbook, designed specifically for C-ID ARTH 110 and produced by a team of art historians working within the CCC system, curates scholarly resources into a coherent textbook with chapter introductions, a comprehensive glossary, and explanatory editors’ notes. Throughout, it acknowledges and explores the historiography of art history and brings in global connections to provide a broader, more diverse, and more inclusive survey of art history from the Paleolithic through Gothic periods.
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Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science
Hakob Barseghyan, Nicholas Overgaard, and Gregory Rupik · University of Toronto
Introduction to History and Philosophy of Science" offers a comprehensive exploration of the intricate relationship between scientific thought and its historical and philosophical underpinnings. Through a nuanced examination of key moments in the development of scientific inquiry, this book illuminates the dynamic interplay between empirical investigation, theoretical frameworks, and cultural contexts that have shaped our understanding of the natural world.