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Thoroughly optimistic, A 21st Century Ethical Toolbox, Fifth Edition, invites students to approach ethical issues with a reconstructive intent--to make room for more and better options than the rigid "pro" and "con" positions that have developed around tough problems like abortion, climate change, and racism.

Accounting for Business provides a crystal clear, accessible introduction to the core accounting topics non-specialist students need to master, helping them to apply accounting concepts to real business decisions.

Engaging and lively, clear and practical, this is the most applied accounting for non-specialists book whose fully integrated case study emphasises the relevance of accounting to the world of business.

The Active Reader offers a practical, integrated treatment of academic reading and writing at the post-secondary level. Thirty thought-provoking readings that highlight a variety of disciplines and rhetorical patterns are accompanied by comprehension and analysis exercises that encourage students to apply critical thinking skills to their assignments.

Exceptionally clear and incisive, Administrative Law is the essential guide to understanding this challenging area of the law.

Adolescence, Seventh Edition, by Nancy J. Cobb.

Recognized as one of the leading texts in the field, the Seventh Edition of Cobb's Adolescence provides an up-to-date and thorough review of current research and theory. Praised for its accessible writing style, this book is distinguished by its comprehensive coverage of identity research, gender, ethnic diversity, and issues relevant to early versus late adolescence and emerging adulthood.

Written by a master teacher, Advanced Organic Chemistry presents a clear, concise, and complete overview of the subject that is ideal for both advanced undergraduate and graduate courses. In contrast with many other books, this volume is a true textbook, not a reference book.

Leading historian Dell Upton's Architecture in America reveals the dazzling richness of America's human landscape. It tells the complete story of American architecture, from pre-European conquest sites to the latest post-modern structures.  The text covers indigenous, folk, ethnic, and popular architectures like Chaco Canyon, the Brooklyn Bridge, and Native American houses while also exploring the great monuments of traditional histories lik...

American Criminal Procedure Today

American Government in Black and White: Diversity and Democracy, 7th Edition, is a unique introduction to American government that uses racial and ethnic equality as its underlying theme. Through the course of teaching students the standard topics about the American governmental system and politics, Authors Paula D. McClain and Steven C. Tauber address issues of inequality in major facets of government including the U.S. Constitution, key America...

American Horizons presents an opportunity to view the nation’s history as more than a mere sequence of events for students to memorize. Although adhering to a familiar chronological organization, its narrative style and structure provide the flexibility of shifting emphasis from time to time to the global aspects of American history. Although the story of the United States is always at the center, that story is told through the movement of people...

Explore the rich terrain of American popular music with the most complete introduction of its kind. With the sixth edition of the bestselling text American Popular Music: From Minstrelsy to MP3, Starr and Waterman help students hear more in the music around them with a cultural and social history of popular music.

American Women: A Concise History offers the most succinct narrative approach to US Women’s History, enriched by ample primary sources, and color maps and photos that offer students the most accessible and engaging introduction to the history of American women.

Revised and updated throughout, the fourth edition of Ancient Greece presents the political, social, cultural, and economic history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. Written by six leading authorities on the classical world, this captivating study covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era.

Challenging the stereotypes and myths that typically characterize students' understanding of antiquity, Ancient Mediterranean Civilizations: From Prehistory to 640 CE, Third Edition, focuses on continuity and connections, along with cultural diffusion and cultural diversity, to show how history is a cumulative process and that numerous similar themes recur in different times and places. The text also explores sensitive issues and debates includin...

Ancient Roman Civilization: History and Sources: 753 BCE to 640 CE integrates in a single volume both a historical narrative and parallel translated primary sources. The book's unifying theme of cultural confrontation--how the Romans interacted or engaged with a multitude of other Mediterranean, Asiatic, and African cultures--is interwoven throughout.

This title provides a comparative and integrative overview of how and why animals as diverse as insects and humans behave the way that they do, linking a diversity of behaviors and their adaptive functions to the brain, genes, and hormones, as well as to the surrounding ecological and social environments. Just as so many modern studies in animal behavior are taking advantage of neurobiological and molecular approaches, this book introduces these ...

Animal Physiology: an Environmental Perspective provides a broad review of animal physiology, demonstrating how an understanding of the physiology of animals in their natural habitats helps us to understand how and why animals evolved the way they did, as well as how we can protect them from the extreme effects of changes to their environments.

The digital resources for Animal Physiology, 5e address the following key issues faced by instructors:

1. Providing in-class lecture resources
2. Providing instructors with a comprehensive test bank for assessment
3. Engaging students via self-assessments
4. Engaging students through interactive layered figures

A unique alternative to more traditional, encyclopedic introductory texts, Anthropology: What Does It Mean to Be Human?, Fifth Edition, takes a question-oriented approach that incorporates cutting-edge theory and new ways of looking at important contemporary issues such as power, human rights, and inequality. With a total of sixteen chapters, this engaging, full-color text is an ideal one-semester overview that delves deep into anthropology witho...

Anthropology takes a holistic approach that emphasizes critical thinking, active learning, and applying anthropology to solve contemporary human problems. The organization of each chapter around compelling questions engages students in the material and invites them to participate in the investigation of ideas. Building on the classical foundations of the discipline, the book shows students how anthropology is current and relevant by connecting it...

The only introductory anthropology book adapted for Canadian students, Anthropology, 3Ce continues to follow a question-oriented approach that illuminates major concepts in the field while also helping students see the relevance of anthropology in today’s world. With a mix of international and Canadian examples, this textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the four major subfields of anthropology — biological anthropology, archaeology, li...

Applied Ecology shows students how an understanding of ecological theory can be used to address the important issues facing ecologists today. Its problem-solving approach reflects the reality of using ecological tools in applied contexts, while highlighting the underlying theories so the link between theory and practice is clear.

Applying Critical Thinking to Modern Media is the only book that teaches critical thinking skills by applying them to the consumption of modern media. Author Lewis Vaughn emphasizes the habits of mind that are prerequisites for making sense of today's media landscape--reasonable skepticism, metacognition, overview perspective, openness, intellectual humility, and responsibility--and develops these dispositions by showing students how to apply cri...

Revised and updated in its sixth edition, Approaches to Social Research is a rigorous yet clear and engaging introduction to research methods. Covering all of the fundamentals in a straightforward, student-friendly manner, it is ideal for undergraduate- and graduate-level courses across the social sciences and also serves as an indispensable guide for researchers. Striking a balance between specific techniques and the underlying logic of scientif...

This textbook for the prehistory course in archaeology introduces the archaeological past from approximately seven million years ago through later politically complex stories. The author does not attempt to discuss every archaeologically important site and development in prehistory and early history, but instead presents key issues from earlier prehistory and then organizes the chapters on politically complex societies using a similar framework. ...

A comprehensive history of the Civil War based on fresh research, written by an eminent scholar, and complemented by digital learning resources designed expressly for college students.

Art and Design Fundamentals is a contemporary introduction to art and design that emphasizes ideation and critical thinking. Written for visual learners, the text offers thorough yet succinct coverage of both traditional topics and new technologies, with diverse visual examples and a wealth of projects and resources that help students hone the skills they need to produce exceptional work in a dynamic field.

Art of the Non-Western World is an in-depth, contextual exploration of the art of the larger world outside of the Western Tradition. It covers the arts: painting, sculpture, pottery, graphic arts, and architecture of Asia, the Americas, Africa, Austrailia, and the Pacific Island.

As the Romans Did offers a rich, revealing look at everyday Roman life. It provides clear, lively translations of a fascinating array of documents drawn from Latin and Greek source material--from personal letters, farming manuals, medical texts, and recipes to poetry, graffiti, and tombstone inscriptions. Each selection has been translated into readable, contemporary English. Extensive annotations, abundant biographical notes, maps, appendices, c...

Unlike textbooks that emphasize the memorization of facts, Asking Questions About Cultural Anthropology: A Concise Introduction, Third Edition, teaches students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues as an anthropologist might. This approach demonstrates how anthropological thinking can be used as a tool for deciphering everyday experiences. The book covers the essential concepts, terms, and history of cultural anthropo...

Atkins' Physical Chemistry is widely acknowledged by both students and lecturers around the globe to be the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry.

Basic Post-Tonal Theory and Analysis gives students a thorough, clear, and methodical introduction to post-tonal music theory and its application to music composed since 1900. Designed for students studying post-tonal music at the end of a required theory sequence or taking a stand-alone upper-division course, the text provides basic theoretical tools and offers multiple opportunities for reinforcement and application in the form of theoretical a...

Basic Vision: An Introduction to Visual Perception demystifies the processes through which we see the world. Written by three authors with over 80 years of research and undergraduate teaching experience between them, it leads the reader through the intricacies of visual processing, with full-colour illustrations on nearly every page.

A clear, user-friendly, and inspiring guide to developing essential critical thinking skills, with unique practitioner and student interviews to help students appreciate how vital critical thinking is in an academic, professional, and personal context.

Beginning Research in Political Science takes a learn-by-doing-approach to guide students through all of the steps needed for their own original projects. Each chapter builds from the previous chapter with step-by-step instructions that guide students towards the project's completion. The text features recent data from the World Values Survey and instructional SPSS Statistics software tutorials, along with a variety of features reflecting its con...

The only book to offer an up-to-date and in-depth coverage of key model systems to illustrate the fundamental principles of behavioral neurobiology.

A concise, stimulating introduction to the fundamental biomolecules in cells and organisms, and the exciting ways biochemistry could be used to solve global problems, both now and in the future.

Integrated coverage of biochemistry and molecular cell biology, focusing on the essential principles that underpin modern life sciences.

Biochemistry: The Molecular Basis of Life is an intermediate, one-semester text written for students on degree pathways in Chemistry, Biology, and other Health and Life Sciences. Aimed at students with one unit of Organic Chemistry, it focuses on essential biochemical principles that underpin the modern life sciences, and offers the most balanced coverage of chemistry and biology of any text on the market. The text equips students with a complete...

Biological Psychology, Second Edition, is centered around the tenets of effective presentation, accessible writing to all students regardless of their level of scientific preparation, and engaging storytelling which brings the context of the brain's design and psychology to life.

Biological Psychology 2e offers research and clinical case studies, contemporary real-world examples, and research techniques to effectively draw readers into the compel...

By telling the whole story of how a disease develops, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated, Biology of Disease provides students with the integrated understanding of both the molecular and clinical aspects of diseases that they will need to succeed as practising biomedical scientists.

The introductory biological statistics text with the best online resources and software support for bioscience students needing to integrate statistics into their studies and apply it in their research.

Biomedical Science Practice gives a comprehensive overview of the key laboratory techniques and professional skills that students need to master. The text is supported throughout with engaging clinical case studies, written to emphasize the link between theory and practice, providing a strong foundation for beginning biomedical science students.

Black Liberation from Reconstruction to Black Lives Matter is a module in Oxford University Press’s new series, Debating American History. This series embraces an argument-based model for teaching history and encourages students to participate in a contested, evidence-based discourse about the human past. The series rejects the idea of history as an undisputed narrative and instead presents the past as understood through the direct engagement wit...

Brain and Behavior 2e is a new kind of textbook for the emerging fields of cognitive and behavioral neuroscience.

This textbook tells the story of the human brain in a logical and meaningful way. Through the use of overarching principles rather than lists of facts, Brain and Behavior highlights what we understand about the function of the brain as well as what we have yet to learn.

Brain and Behavior 2e illustrates current thinking in the field a...

This is the concise version of Bart Ehrman’s The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings, which is the #1 best-selling New Testament book in the market. This book condenses and simplifies The New Testament for instructors who do not have time to teach the unabridged version of the text. Ehrman’s exceptionally engaging writing brings the story of the New Testament to life for students, and the book’s introduction f...