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Native Peoples of North America
Susan A. Stebbins · SUNY Potsdam
This text is intended to be an introductory text about the Native peoples of North America (primarily the United States and Canada) presented from an anthropological perspective. As such, the text is organized around anthropological concepts such as language, kinship, marriage and family life, political and economic organization, food getting, spiritual and religious practices, and the arts. Prehistoric, historic and contemporary information is presented.
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Fundamentals of Communication
LOUIS: The Louisiana Library Network · LibreTexts
Communication is central to every aspect of our lives, shaping how we connect, understand, and interact with the world around us. This textbook, Foundations of Communication, provides a comprehensive exploration of the principles and practices that define human communication in a variety of contexts. This textbook equips students with the foundational knowledge and critical thinking skills necessary to become effective communicators in an increasingly complex and interconnected world.
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GT-SS3: Intercultural Communication
Dustin Dunaway · Pueblo Community College
This text explores the link between culture and communication and will develop and/or enhance communication skills and the abilities appropriate to a multicultural society. Emphasis will be on understanding diversity within and across cultures. Relevant concepts include perception, worldview, context, ethics, language, and nonverbal communication.
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Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students
Renee J. LeClair · Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine
Cell Biology, Genetics, and Biochemistry for Pre-Clinical Students is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge across the disciplines of genetics, cell biology and biochemistry. This USMLE-aligned text is designed for a first-year undergraduate medical course that is delivered typically before students start to explore systems physiology and pathophysiology.
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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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Clinical Hematology Atlas: A Pictorial Guide for the Hematology Laboratory (Taylor and Doty)
Caroline Doty and Dawn Taylor · Oregon Institute of Technology
In Medical Laboratory Science (MLS) Hematology courses, students learn to evaluate normal and abnormal blood cell morphology through microscopic examination of blood smears. They learn to interpret results and correlate with other laboratory data to identify hematologic disorders. Note: this textbook is still evolving and should be considered a work in progress; new images will be added in the future.
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Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Social Life
Vera Kennedy · West Hills College Lemoore
The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology. Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such, it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels.
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CHEM 210 General Chemistry I
Sol Parajon Puenzo · Cañada College
This course is the first half of a two-semester sequence in general chemistry intended for students pursuing majors in physical sciences, biological sciences and engineering. The topics include atomic theory, stoichiometry, chemical bonding, thermochemistry, periodicity, molecular geometry, gas laws, solution stoichiometry, intermolecular forces and selected topics covering redox and acid-base reactions.
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Introduction to Curriculum for Early Childhood Education
Paris, Beeve and Springer · College of the Canyons
Welcome to learning about how to effectively plan curriculum for young children.
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World Regional Geography
Caitlin Finlayson · University of Mary Washington
This text approaches geography as experts understand the discipline, focusing on connections and an in-depth understanding of core themes. This thematic approach, informed by pedagogical research, provides students with an introduction to thinking geographically. Instead of repeating the same several themes each chapter, this text emphasizes depth over breadth by arranging each chapter around a central theme and then exploring that theme in detail as it applies to the particular region.
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Introduction to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Emily Pain · Grand Rapids Community College
This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and frameworks of the interdisciplinary field of Women, Gender, and Sexualities Studies. It unpacks the social construction of gender and sexuality, questions categories of difference and inequality, explores how systems of power are perpetuated in social institutions, and describes how advocates have engaged in efforts to address these inequalities.
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Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena
Alison D. Nugent, David Dacou & Shintaro Russell · University of Hawaii Manoa
This textbook serves as an introduction to atmospheric science for undergraduate students and is the primary textbook for the ATMO 200: Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena course at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. The book covers basic atmospheric science, weather, and climate in a descriptive and quantitative way.
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SOC 300: Introduction to Sociology
Block · Sacramento City College
In the contents: 1.02: Sociology as a Social Science
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AP US Government and Politics
Nina Sprouse · Mizzou Academy
In the contents: 1.04: Political Science as a Social Science
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Chemistry: Physical Principles
LibreTexts
Chemistry: Physical Principles, the textbook for CHM 135H, lays the foundation for understanding how the world works at the molecular level. Covering topics from gases and energy to chemical reactions and electrochemistry, it explores how atomic and molecular behaviour shapes everyday life and impacts all areas of science. It also helps develop the skills needed to solve chemical problems quantitatively, interpret results critically, and connect chemistry to real-world challenges.
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Adventures in Intercultural Communication
Angela Hoppe-Nagao & Kim Yee · Cerritos College
Adventures in Intercultural Communication offers an inviting, narrative approach to introduce core concepts and theories central to Intercultural Communication. The text frames intercultural communication as a dynamic, transactional process—one that shapes how we understand ourselves, relate to others, and navigate an increasingly interconnected world.
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Molecular Genetics 4606
Helen Chamberlin · The Ohio State University
Molecular Genetics is a comprehensive genetics course for molecular genetics majors or biological sciences majors with a genetics focus. Students will integrate genetic, biochemical, and cell-biological data to interpret the normal function of a gene, interpret how mutations affect gene function, and interpret interactions between different genes. Topics include all aspects of transmission genetics and gene biology, including DNA replication, transcription and translation.
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Cultural Anthropology
Evans · Lumen Learning
Physical anthropology is concerned with the biological and behavioral aspects of human beings, their related non-human primates and their extinct hominin ancestors. It is a subfield of anthropology that provides a biological perspective to the systematic study of human beings.
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Media, Society, Culture and You
Mark Poepsel · Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Media, Society, Culture, and You is an approachable introductory Mass Communication text that covers major mass communication terms and concepts including "digital culture." It discusses various media platforms and how they are evolving as Information and Communication Technologies change.
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Principles of Social Psychology
LibreTexts · LibreTexts
The goal of this book is to help you learn to think about social behaviors in the same way that social psychologists do. I believe you will find this approach useful because it will allow you to think about human behavior more critically and more objectively and to gain insight into your own relationships with other people. Social psychologists study everyday behavior scientifically, and their research creates a useful body of knowledge about our everyday social interactions.