Samovar/Porter/McDaniel’s COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CULTURES, 10th Edition, details of the importance of intercultural communication skills. World-wide examples explain the complexity of communicating across cultures and which components need to be understood to be successful. Topics include understanding communication, culture and the role of history, religion, concepts of family and identity formation, professional contexts and ethics. The text personalizes themes and demonstrates the relevan...

Poole’s "Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction, Cengage International Edition", 5th, emphasizes a vectors approach and prepares students to transition from computational to theoretical mathematics. Balancing theory and applications, the conversational writing style combines traditional presentation with student-centered learning. Theoretical, computational, and applied topics are presented in a flexible, integrated way. Stressing geometric understanding before computational techniques, vect...