Reference | Writing; Style Manuals

Language Arts & Disciplines | Composition & Creative Writing | Academic

Language Arts & Disciplines | Publishing

Health, Mind & Body | Psychology & Counseling | Reference

Psychology, Psychological literature, Publishing, Social sciences, Social science literature

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (Sixth Edition), is the style manual of choice for writers, editors, students, educators, and professionals in the social and behavioral sciences. It provides invaluable guidance on all aspects of the writing process--from the ethics of authorship to the word choice that best reduces bias in language. This sixth edition has been updated. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association  is well-known for its authoritative and easy-to-use reference and citation system, and offers guidance on choosing the headings, tables, figures, and tone that will result in strong, simple, and elegant scientific communication.

The only textbook written for undergraduates by teachers of the course, this bestseller presents the most current concepts in an experimental context, conveying the excitement of scientific discovery, and highlighting important advances while providing unsurpassed pedagogical support for the first-time learner.  The new edition is thoroughly updated, including most notably the new chapter on innate immunity.

• Professional & Technical | Medical
• Textbooks | Medicine & Health Sciences

Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN®  Examination   has been called "the best NCLEX exam review book ever."  With this text and accompanying CD, you'll find everything you need to review for the NCLEX exam!  Questions consistently test the critical thinking skills necessary to pass today's NCLEX exam. 

FEATURES INCLUDE:  Complete content review and over 4,500 NCLEX examination-style questions--in the book as well as on the CD. For each question you get the correct answer, as well as a complete rationale for all responses, and a test-taking strategy  to help you develop techniques for locating the correct response.  Each question includes a page reference to an Elsevier textbook to allow for further research and study. NCLEX examination-style review questions in quiz, study, or exam mode.  Diagnostic pre-test; audio and video questions; and audio review summaries.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL:   All alternate item-format questions are included, with multiple response, prioritizing, fill-in-the-blank, figure/illustration, chart/exhibit, and audio questions to prepare you for the wide variety of question types on the NCLEX-RN examination. Organization by nursing content area provides a logical, effective review to use throughout your nursing program. Pyramid Terms define key terms at the beginning of each major unit or chapter. Pyramid Points within each chapter highlight content that is important in preparing for the NCLEX-RN examination. Pyramid to Success sections provide an overview of major units or chapters and specific content related to the latest NCLEX-RN examination test plan. Pharmacology is emphasized with 13 pharmacology chapters, a medication and intravenous calculation chapter, and a pediatric medication calculation chapter to reflect this priority content on the NCLEX exam. Introductory chapters cover preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam, test-taking strategies, the NCLEX-RN exam from a student's perspective, and transitional issues for the foreign-educated nurse. A comprehensive exam consists of 265 questions that cover all content areas in the book and mirror the percentages identified in the NCLEX-RN examination test plan. A companion CD allows practice in quiz, study, or exam modes, with questions selected from content area, integrated process, category of client need, or alternate item-format type. Completely updated content is based on the new NCLEX-RN examination test plan, effective April 2010. A total of 4,500 questions ensure that you're thoroughly prepared for the content covered on the NCLEX-RN Exam. New chapter on physical assessment highlights the key components of physical examination and health history often encountered on the NCLEX exam. Audio and video questions on the companion CD provide experience with these new types of questions before the exam. Unique! Audio review summaries included on the CD cover the three core areas of pharmacology, fluids and electrolytes, and acid-base balance. Expanded coverage of prioritization, delegation, and nursing leadership and management provides critical information for these growing areas of nursing. Unique! Priority Nursing Actions boxes outline and explain clinical emergent situations requiring immediate action, including detailed rationales and textbook references to help strengthen your prioritizing skills in clinical and testing situations. Pyramid Alert boxes highlight important nursing concepts to help you focus on the content that is most frequently tested on the NCLEX examination. Automatic software updates on CD make it easy to check for changes and updates throughout the life of the edition.

It's easy to see why Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-RN®  Examination   is the book of choice for NCLEX examination review.

Computers & Internet | Programming | C | Language
Computers & Internet | Programming | Languages & Tools
Computers & Internet | Software
Textbooks | Computer Science | Programming Languages

C Programming Language (2nd Edition) presents a complete guide to ANSI standard C language programming. Written by the developers of C, this new version helps readers keep up with the finalized ANSI standard for C while showing how to take advantage of C's rich set of operators, economy of expression, improved control flow, and data structures. This 2nd edition has been completely rewritten with additional examples and problem sets to clarify the implementation of difficult language constructs.

Textbooks | Social Sciences
Nonfiction | Social Sciences
Nonfiction | Current Events | Poverty

People in poverty face challenges virtually unknown to those in middle class or wealth--challenges from both obvious and hidden sources. The reality of being poor brings out a survival mentality, and turns attention away from opportunities taken for granted by everyone else. If you work with people from poverty, some understanding of how different their world is from yours will be invaluable. Whether you're an educator--or a social, health, or legal services professional--this breakthrough book gives you practical, real-world support and guidance to improve your effectiveness in working with people from all socioeconomic backgrounds. Since 1995, A Framework for Understanding Poverty (4th Edition) has guided hundreds of thousands of educators and other professionals through the pitfalls and barriers faced by all classes, especially the poor. Carefully researched and packed with charts, tables, and questionnaires, this text not only documents the facts of poverty, it provides practical yet compassionate strategies for addressing its impact on people's lives.

The Bestselling Text is Completely Updated and Better than Ever!

The Third Edition of the bestselling text  Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches, by John W. Creswell, enables readers to compare three approaches to research-qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods-in a single research methods text. The book presents these three approaches side by side within the context of the process of research from the beginning steps of philosophical assumptions to the writing and presenting of research. Written in a user-friendly manner, Creswell's text does not rely on technical jargon. He cuts to the core of what a reader needs to know to read and design research in part by showcasing ideas in a scaffold approach so that the reader understands ideas from the simple to the complex.

Key updates to the Third Edition:

• Presents the preliminary steps of using philosophical assumptions in the beginning of the book
• Provides an expanded discussion on ethical issues
• Emphasizes new Web-based technologies for literature searches
• Offers updated information about mixed methods research procedures
• Contains a glossary of terms
• Highlights research tips throughout the chapters incorporating the author's experiences over the last 35 years

 The Instructor's Resource website is listed in the book. This resource site includes:   

• Sample Syllabi
• PowerPoint Slide Sets
• Sample Student Proposals
• Suggested Studies Published in Journal Articles
• Application Activities and Tutorial
• Peer-Feedback Group Activities
• Study Design Group Activities
•  And more!

Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-680, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Windows 7, Configuration certification.This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs to give you the skills and expertise you can use on the job.Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. This official study guide covers installing, upgrading, and migrating to Windows 7; configuring network connectivity, applications, and devices; implementing backup and recovery; configuring User Account Control (UAC), mobility options, and new features such as DirectAccess and BranchCache; and managing system updates.Then assess yourself using the 200 practice questions on CD, featuring multiple customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Now in its third edition, Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most comprehensive reference available for strength and conditioning professionals. In this text, 30 expert contributors explore the scientific principles, concepts, and theories of strength training and conditioning as well as their applications to athletic performance.

Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning is the most-preferred preparation text for the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam. The research-based approach, extensive exercise technique section, and unbeatable accuracy of Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning make it the text readers have come to rely on for CSCS exam preparation.

The third edition presents the most current strength training and conditioning research and applications in a logical format designed for increased retention of key concepts. The text is organized into five sections. The first three sections provide a theoretical framework for application in section 4, the program design portion of the book. The final section offers practical strategies for administration and management of strength and conditioning facilities.

• Section 1 (chapters 1 through 10) presents key topics and current research in exercise physiology, biochemistry, anatomy, biomechanics, endocrinology, sport nutrition, and sport psychology and discusses applications for the design of safe and effective strength and conditioning programs.
• Section 2 (chapters 11 and 12) discusses testing and evaluation, including the principles of test selection and administration as well as the scoring and interpretation of results.
• Section 3 (chapters 13 and 14) provides techniques for warm-up, stretching, and resistance training exercises. For each exercise, accompanying photos and instructions guide readers in the correct execution and teaching of stretching and resistance training exercises. This section also includes a set of eight new dynami...

Textbooks | Humanities | Literature | Creative Writing & Composition
Reference | Writing
Reference | Words & Language

The popular, brief rhetoric that treats writing as thinking, Writing Analytically, 6th Edition, offers a series of prompts that lead you through the process of analysis and synthesis and help you to generate original and well-developed ideas. The book's overall point is that learning to write well means learning to use writing as a way of thinking well. To that end, the strategies of this book describe thinking skills that employ writing. As you will see, this book treats writing as a tool of thought--a means of undertaking sustained acts of inquiry and reflection.

The book that demystifies academic writing, teaching students to frame their arguments in the larger context of what else has been said about their topic–and providing templates to help them make the key rhetorical moves. The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said (“they say”) to set up one’s own argument (“I say”). The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing.

The Second Edition includes a new chapter on reading that shows students how to read for the larger conversation and two new chapters on the moves that matter in the sciences and social sciences. line drawings.

Textbooks | Humanities | Literature | Language Arts & Disciplines | Creative Writing & Composition
Textbooks | Humanities | Literature | Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric
Reference | Writing
Reference | Words & Language

The best-selling college rhetoric for nearly 25 years, The St. Martin's Guide to Writing  has achieved an unparalleled record of success by providing practical innovations for the ever-changing composition course. Comprehensive yet flexible, "The Guide's" acclaimed step-by-step guides to each type of writing offer sure-fire invention strategies to get students started, combined with thorough advice on critical reading, working with sources, and careful revision. Axelrod and Cooper's class-tested guidance on visual rhetoric, online teaching and learning, and more is available for instructors who incorporate these topics into their courses -- but not intrusive, for those who don't. The new edition has been re-engineered to reflect and build on the actual writing processes of students and does even more to prepare them for the writing they will do in other college courses.

• Science | Biological Sciences
• Textbooks | Science & Mathematics | Biology

Highlighting an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry, this text focuses on the organizing power of evolution combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is student friendly and current.

Committed to Excellence. This edition continues the evolution of Raven & Johnson's Biology. The author team is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost. We have integrated new pedagogical features to guide the student through the learning process. This latest edition of the text maintains the clear, accessible, and engaging writing style of past editions with the solid framework of pedagogy that highlights an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry that have made this a leading textbook for students majoring in biology. This emphasis on the organizing power of evolution is combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is student friendly and current. Our author team is committed to producing the best possible text for both student and faculty. The lead author, Kenneth Mason, University of Iowa, has taught majors biology at three different major public universities for more than fifteen years. Jonathan Losos, Harvard University, is at the cutting edge of evolutionary biology research, and Susan Singer, Carleton College, has been involved in science education policy issues on a national level.

Textbooks | Business & Finance | Economics | Macroeconomics
Nonfiction | Economics | Macroeconomics
Business & Investing | Popular Economics

The #1 Principles of Economics textbook in the world continues to be innovative while teaching students in a clear, unbiased way. The 19th edition of Economics builds upon the tradition of leadership by sticking to 3 main goals: Help the beginning student master the principles essential for understanding the economizing problem, specific economic issues, and the policy alternatives; help the student understand and apply the economic perspective and reason accurately and objectively about economic matters; and promote a lasting student interest in economics and the economy.

• Business & Investing | Management & Leadership | Management
• Business & Investing | Management & Leadership | Negotiating
• Textbooks | Business & Finance | Management

Essentials of Negotiation 5e  is a condensed version of the main text, Negotiation, Sixth Edition. It explores the major concepts and theories of the psychology of bargaining and negotiation, and the dynamics of interpersonal and inter-group conflict and its resolution. Twelve of the twenty chapters from the main text have been included in this edition, several chapters having been condensed for this volume. Those condensed chapters have shifted from a more research-oriented focus to a more fundamental focus on issues such as critical negotiation subprocesses, multiparty negotiations, and the influence of international and cross-cultural differences on the negotiation process.