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Lone Star Politics: Theories, Concepts, and Political Activity in Texas blends the history of political activity in the state with theories that underlie and explain this activity. Through classic and contemporary political literature, students learn about the unique political culture that exists in Texas and how governments at various levels function within it. Students explore topics such as the evolution and impact of the Texas Constituti...

Contemporary Practices in Architectural Drawing and Illustration: Volume I is the first textbook in a two-volume series that helps students better understand and embrace the importance of both hand-drawn and digital drawings in architecture, engineering, and construction. Volume I provides students with an introduction to the history, theory, and process of architectural drawing and emphasizes the importance of a deliberate drawing process and...

An Introduction to Media Law and Ethics equips future journalists with a fundamental foundation of legal knowledge while underscoring the importance of journalism in preserving a democratic society. During the course of 15 chapters, students learn about the ethical tenets of journalism and the character and courage needed to pursue them in an increasingly litigious world. The book explains the legalities of defamation and invasion of privacy...

Foundations of Clinical Mental Health Counseling: Professional and Clinical Issues surveys an array of issues and challenges every clinical mental health counselor (CMHC) needs to be familiar with to develop their professional identity and succeed in practice. The opening chapter offers an overview of relevant issues needed to begin the development of a professional identity as a CMHC, including credentials held, professional memberships, ac...

Personal Finance: The Basics provides students with an approachable, comprehensive guide for developing critical skills related to finance and money management. Students learn how to establish a budget that will help them accomplish their financial goals. Chapters address filing taxes, accessing financial services, applying for and using credit, and the consideration of large purchases, including a car or home. Students learn the basics of h...

Readings in World Civilization: Primary Sources in Ancient and Early Medieval History provides students with a carefully curated collection of articles that explore key events and ideas that have shaped our world. The anthology includes 39 readings from a variety of sources, including The Holy Bible, The Rosetta Stone, The Art of War, The Histories of Herodotus, The Odyssey, History of the Franks, The Life of Mohammad, The Fourth Crusade, an...

Fundamentals of Economics: A Book of Readings provides students with an engaging collection of articles that introduce them to key concepts and ideas in economics. The opening chapter features readings that define economics and provide students with key definitions and an overview of basic concepts within the field. Additional chapters address basic macro concepts, demand and supply, elasticity, production and cost, pure competition, pure mo...

At no time in U.S. history have young people been confronted by such an array of positive and negative influences and opportunities. The recent coronavirus pandemic, in particular, has adversely impacted the behavioral health of young people by disrupting normal school, family, interpersonal, and social norms. In this text, the authors respond to recent calls from practitioners, policymakers, and the public to increase the use of effective pre...

Investigating and Prosecuting Corruption: An Anthology features a collection of curated readings that help students learn about the history of corruption in the United States and around the world. The book educates readers regarding the specific legal meaning of corruption and reviews the framework of laws used to combat corruption nationally and internationally. The opening chapter provides students with an overview of public corruption and...

What's the best way to prepare pre-health professionals for the turbulent health care sector? Recognize that population health concepts, skills, and competencies will help ensure students' success. Population Health: Practical Skills for Future Health Professionals equips both pre-clinical and management students with a broad and detailed overview of the essential elements of population health. Introductory chapters explain the role and purp...

International Marketing: Winning in the New Global Economy introduces students to scholarship and insight that are critical for the success of modern international marketers and business professionals. The opening chapter examines the current state of the global economy taking into account the political, societal, and economic changes that have impacted individuals, businesses, and the ways in which we work. Additional chapters explore histo...

The sixth edition of the best-selling Counseling Children and Adolescents offers readers a comprehensive exploration of the practice of counseling young clients. The book introduces several theories that have proven effective with young clients, then couples that information with developmentally and culturally appropriate interventions and counseling techniques. Additional chapters explore working with children who are historically disenfran...

Mag-Filipino Tayo: Beginning Filipino is a conversational text for students with little or no knowledge of the Filipino language. Students learn vocabulary and grammar and develop speaking skills through oral and written activities, exercises, illustrations, and photos. Students explore loan words from English and Spanish. They gain a firm understanding of how verbs in Filipino focus on aspect rather than tense. They discover the specific in...

Globalism, Tribalism, and the Quest for Pluralism: Media's Changing Impact explores and explains the inherent tension throughout history between humankind's global and tribal impulses. The text describes globalization as an outlook that can imply a cooperative, outreaching, embracing attitude and tribalization as a perspective characterized by a more inward-turning, identity-oriented, tradition-based way of thinking. It connects a healthy bala...

Anthropology in the Making: A Reader provides students with a collection of essays that trace the discipline of anthropology over the past 20 years through the editor's personal experiences as a student and a lecturer. It features a timely perspective that considers contemporary intersectionalities of gender, generational differences, nationalities, traditional and cultural inheritances, and our individual experiences. Readers learn what anthr...

Don't Dismiss My Story: The Tapestry of Colonized Voices in White Space provides readers with a historical account of white-centered power dynamics and dominance in elementary, secondary, and higher education and the legacy of failure and hopelessness experienced by non-white students, faculty, and administrators. The book deeply examines the constructs of white privilege and entitlement and provides readers with a transformative framework to ...

Process learning is a concept that emphasizes the how, rather than the what. It encourages learners to try without fear of failure and provides educators with greater opportunities to promote higher-level thinking and problem-solving skills. Process Learning: It's Not About the Product, It's About the Journey provides future and in-service educators with a complete introduction to process learning as a teaching methodology. Readers learn how...

A continuation of the authors' previous textbook, Second Semester Calculus for Students of Mathematics and Related Disciplines furthers students' learning and understanding of critical mathematical concepts. The text explores more advanced integration strategies, further limit techniques, improper integrals, infinite sequences and series, polar and parametric curves, conic sections, and two-dimensional vectors. It well prepares students to s...

Advertising and Promotion: What the Student Sees presents the main points of organizing an advertising campaign, examples of advertising that have become revered as classics, media planning, and insight into careers in advertising and marketing industries. As students learn more about marketing and advertising concepts and strategies, they are challenged to see the big picture and the big idea of a campaign that can achieve marketing goals and...

Filling a gap in academic literature, U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies, examines how first ladies are uniquely positioned to influence American society, public policy, politics, diplomacy, and life in the White House. The textbook explores the development and evolution of the role of the first lady, their initiatives and substantive contributions, rhetorical activities, and their lasting legacies throughout U.S. history...