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Offers a complete introduction to the music industry from the initiation of production to distribution of the final product. Each chapter is related to a popular film about the industry, making the content student-friendly and highly accessible and creating a cycle of fictional rock cinema linked to informative text.

Introduces readers to both realpolitik and neo-liberalism. However, rather than focusing on only one as the proper framework for analyzing international events, the text presents readers with a comparative ethos, and stresses the value of choosing the most appropriate framework for analysis in a particular situation.

Explores the ways art has been an integral part of architecture and building since prehistory. Readers learn what architectural art is, why it is used, and how it is created. They become familiar with different forms of architectural art including painting, sculpture, mosaics, and the decorative arts. They also learn about the often hidden myths and symbolism in architectural art.

Designed for courses that use the ""flipped"" method, A Primer of Flipped Plant Biology prepares students to learn by presenting pre-lecture concepts and information for use in conjunction with clickers. Because students enter class ready to apply and develop what they have learned from the text, concepts can then be fully mastered during class sessions.

Introduces readers to African perspectives on colonization. The book uses stories passed down orally from one generation to another to unveil a new dimension of history. These stories combined with historiography give readers a comprehensive understanding of how the first Chimurenga, or war of independence, was strategized and implemented.

Offers readers a wide selection of primary sources chosen for both their cultural importance and their potential to spark student interest in Asian religious traditions. The reading selections typify specific cultural idioms, yet speak to global human themes that prompt debate and discussion.

A well-rounded text based on the Total Person approach, Human Relations IS Your Business addresses basic concepts in the area of human relations with the added benefit of including skills that encourage and enhance positive relationships. Topics include cultivating self-awareness and self-disclosure, building self-esteem and positive attitudes, and improving communication skills.

The fourth volume in a four-part Mandarin Chinese primer series. The series offers well-chosen, high-interest topics for oral activities, lively situational dialogues, important grammatical structures, and select usages of modern Chinese. It also provides entertaining, culturally informative readings, supplementary vocabulary lists, and two-way vocabulary glossaries.

Teaches the basic concepts needed to master C++, illustrating every building block of the programming language. The book provides practical information such as style guidance, debugging, and real-world, coherent programming advice. The material is accessible to those new to the language, and adds information and techniques for those who are already experts in C++ programming.

Used in conjunction with the main textbook, the Activity Manual for Introduction to Kinesiology provides outstanding, accessible, hands-on application of the concepts of kinesiology. This manual provides instructors with laboratory experiences that involve all the students in the introductory class, as well as activities for individual students in programs that do not offer lab sections.

Race is an idea that dominates culture and continues to generate societal tensions. But what really are human races? Are races meaningful in a biological sense? What is the significance of the variety of human skin and hair colours? Beyond Race answers these questions and provides the most recent scientific studies on human genetic groups and on the origins of the human family tree.

Addresses issues associated with the physical and geological processes of the Earth, the sustainability and fragility of the Earth's resources, and the interplay between health, industrial activities, and environments. It combines mineralogy, medicine, and the environmental, life, and political sciences to develop solutions to ease human suffering from geological toxicity.

Explores the entwined nature of religion and politics in the history and construction of the US. Using the text, students are empowered to deeply explore common ideas and narratives about religion and politics in the US. Its contents are designed to provoke conversation and critical thinking about the impact of religious ideas and actions on the geopolitical self-identity of the country.

Often considered separate and distinct disciplines, readings in this book demonstrate that there is considerable overlap between management and leadership, both in theory and practice. The materials chosen for the text reflect the author's experience as a business manager, followed by many years an educator at the university level and a business school dean at three major universities.

Examines what people need from nature, how we acquire natural resources to meet those needs, and how the choices of resource acquisition affect both nature and humans. The material covers concepts from natural science and other fields that are involved in issues of environmental design and problem solving.

Pays long overdue attention to the most popular cultural art form practiced by recent generations of Filipina/o American youth. A pioneering work, this anthology features the voices of artists, scholars, and activists to begin a dialogue on Filipina/o American youth culture and its relationship to race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class.

Provides a comprehensive introductory overview of subject matter related to exploration of the solar system. After an initial discussion of energy, power, and the atom, the book explores the Sun and its impact on planets and the space environment, the conditions in space, the fundamentals of space travel, and planetary destinations.

This comprehensive volume is a resource for every manager who belongs to social organizations. By helping readers understand specific cultural identities, the text enables them to become multicultural, multinational managers who build their own cultural philosophies and match their corporate fitness to different business environments.

Expands the discussion of social issues such as the drug market and illegal immigration into the economic realm. The topics are chosen to help students develop a better understanding of economics and enhance their ability to engage in true economic thought.

Prime Time: The Game of Television is a role-playing simulation of America's television business. This book is the players' manual to that simulation. It provides the rules, facts, and procedures through which students assume the roles of producer, network executive, and advertiser. Over the course of a semester, students live the history of television.

Presents an impassioned yet reasoned examination of how the burgeoning prison boom and problematic forms of policing marginalize African-Americans in American society. The anthology takes a critical look at America's criminal justice system and related institutions.

Introduces students to the business of media in all its forms - print, electronic, the Internet, and mobile. Readers will learn about prospective markets and audiences, the sales process, selling cross-platform, and calculating and closing the sale. The book closes with chapters on legal and ethical issues.

Centred around practical, engaging themes, the Elementary Italian Student Activities Manual is designed to accompany the textbook Elementary Italian. The activities manual features homework assignments and supplemental exercises suitable for first year students of Italian.

Introduces students to important concepts and techniques in introductory physics. The book focuses on exploring major concepts in depth through exciting, detailed examples. The material is organised into twelve carefully selected chapters. Astute chapter titles immediately engage students and relate the physics concepts to something familiar and accessible.

A resource for those interested in gaining a better understanding of vegetables and learning the best methods for producing vegetable crops in home gardens. The book presents important concepts in home gardening, including composting, soil improvement, fertilizer use, pest management, and season extension practices.

Provides readers with a solid foundation in theories regarding cognitive influences on the interpersonal communication process. The book also enhances understanding of how these theories can be practically applied.

The four book series Technology in Our Time thoughtfully examines a broad range of topics and issues central to the study of new media. Volume one explores emerging forms of self identification, self expression, and relationship formation in the online world.

Provides a collection of readings, interviews, historical surveys, visual analyses, and theoretical discussions on the relationship between photography and film. The book provides an interdisciplinary, theoretical framework and a historical context for understanding the full impact of media on contemporary culture.

Patrick Hunt has taught a postgraduate course on the history of wine at Stanford University and has lectured at wineries and related venues around the world. Among over 100 published articles, he has also elsewhere written articles on global wine history and mythology as well as written and published twelve prior books.