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Grounded in the belief that social sciences research should have a direct connection to helping people and improving communities, this text explores how to achieve community engagement and community involvement to bring about positive change through research and action.

A dynamic anthology that, through a uniquely psychological lens, provides students with insight into the connection between humans and their environment. With each chapter, the author presents students with insight to the applicability of psychological concepts for holistically resolving sustainability problems.

Written to engage and inspire students with little or no previous experience in studio art or art history, the third edition of Approaches to Art: A New Introduction to Art History employs an accessible postmodern approach to a general education course, introducing readers to seminal works of art throughout time.

Demonstrates how the indigenous people of Amazonia have been subjected to a series of regional, national, and international socioeconomic and political processes that have shaped their lives. The text explores how extractive economies in Amazonia have provided periods of elite prosperity, but at the expense of the region's biocultural diversity.

Contains the words of every president from Theodore Roosevelt onward. The book introduces readers to various ways of studying presidential rhetoric. This is the ideal anthology for courses in presidential rhetoric, American public address, and political communication.

Through engaging scholarly essays written by various authors, American Popular Culture and the Beatles illuminates the synergetic relationship between American popular culture of the 1950s and 1960s and the iconic rock band The Beatles.

Provides students with unique snapshots into the lives and resiliency of Indigenous peoples of the North American continent, commonly referred to as Turtle Island by Native Americans and First Nations peoples. The selected articles provide readers a glimpse into key historical events, survival strategies, and worldviews of Indigenous peoples.

Provides students with a timely and valuable collection of articles, essays, and case studies regarding ethical challenges, expectations, and opportunities in public administration. Each chapter presents readers with an ethical dilemma to spark critical thought and self-reflection, an introduction to the featured readings, and a case study.

Provides students with a comprehensive overview of sports from ancient to contemporary times, chronicling how sports evolved into a multibillion-dollar industry. The book also demonstrates how modern sports, markets, and culture are intrinsically intertwined and constantly influence each other.

Provides students with engaging and enlightening readings that introduce them to contemporary Mesoamerica and illuminate the ways the past and present are constantly interacting within this landscape.

Provides students with the opportunity to connect directly with pre-modern Middle East history via a selection of carefully curated primary sources. Through these documents, students are privy to the circumstances, challenges, values, thoughts, and worldviews of individuals who lived during this time period.

Explores the myriad reasons social scientists conduct research and how published findings have the power to inform laws and social policies, influence therapeutic practices, and develop social theory. The text underscores the importance of quality research and the use of the scientific method to avoid the pitfalls of casual observation.

Identifies pertinent ethical challenges and ethically related risk-management issues that practitioners should consider when using digital technology to assist clients in need. The text illuminates how the use of technology is influenced by traditional ethics concepts, including informed consent, boundaries, and conflicts of interest.

Provides readers with valuable information about how the counseling environment impacts the helping relationship, ways of delivering critical helping skills, and the necessity of understanding important treatment issues when working with clients and consumers.

Provides students with a collection of stories and anecdotes that promote insight into the myriad opportunities, challenges, and discoveries related to the art of directing. In Charge of the Roller Coaster will help readers experience the tapestry of what is involved in directing plays and other media.

Presents a collection of activities and projects that can be used to supplement a course or serve as a standalone resource for writing technical documents. Through engagement in a variety of assignments, the text equips readers with the knowledge and practice they need to produce clear, research-based documents.

Provides readers with informative and valuable cases to help them improve their engagement, assessment, diagnostic, and treatment planning skills. The cases also serve to enhance the way readers think about their clients and practice in child and family welfare.

Provides readers with concise and straightforward definitions of nearly 3,000 concepts and terms used within the disciplines. Each word or term is ranked according to its likelihood to appear on a credentialing exam in counseling and separately ranked according to its likelihood to appear on a credentialing exam in human services.

Covers the basics of structural analysis and design in clear, practical terms. The book clarifies complex engineering topics through accessible, detailed examples and sample problems. Concise and to the point, Simplified Structural Analysis and Design for Architects is particularly suitable for undergraduate and graduate architecture courses and courses in structural technology.

Introduces readers to instructional ideas and approaches that have shown to be effective in supporting literacy development of students in grades 5 to 12. This is an ideal text for courses and programs in education, especially those with focus in literacy development.

Provides selections from Gloria Ladson-Billings' seminal works. Readers learn how Ladson-Billings has sought to improve the educational experience of multicultural student populations and how they, as educators, can continue her work through the development of culturally relevant pedagogy and the employment of critical practices in the classroom.

Invites students to critically examine the use of and assumptions about sex and gender while studying the various areas in which gender analysis is conducted. The reader features a collection of diverse articles that approach the study of gender, sex, and gender discrimination from a variety of perspectives.

Bridges the theories and knowledge of human service delivery with real-world practice. The text features myriad opportunities for critical reflection, new ideas, skill building, professional identity development, and learning from others.

Helps students cultivate the legal writing skills necessary to craft effective responses to the essay portion of the Florida Bar Exam. The text covers essential rules for a variety of subjects and equips students with tools and strategies for studying, memorizing, and retaining large amounts of information.

Clearly communicates statistical competencies to students, allows for practice and evaluation, and arranges competencies in a hierarchy. The workbook employs a martial arts-inspired belt system, awarding students new achievement ranks after they've demonstrated mastery of key concepts and allowing them to proceed to the next level.

Provides students with articles that introduce them to key concepts in sociology. Students learn how and why scholars study society, as well as how cultural systems, economics, systems of power, and art influence society and our everyday world.

Examines past, current, and future concerns regarding street and prison gang life in the United States. Gabe Morales combines his personal history, his experience serving in the criminal justice system, case studies, and the perspectives of other experts to paint a comprehensive and holistic portrait of American gangs and gang violence.

Features scholarly readings that familiarize students with the study of society, its focus on the sources and solutions of social problems, and how contemporary factors have facilitated engagement with new groups and social relationships.

Provides readers with a collection of both original writings and extant articles that speak to issues related to assessment, testing, measurement, and the accountability movement. The text encourages thoughtful consideration of the purpose of assessment, its link to student learning, and its impact on decision making within education.

Provides a broad overview of issues and concerns in American politics that are designed to be both accessible and relevant to students. The anthology encourages readers to think critically regarding political issues that directly affect them and cultivate new levels of political understanding and engagement.