A market-leading text, Microeconomics presents economic theory in the context of real, data-driven examples, and then helps you develop your intuition through hallmark Solved Problems. The text places emphasis on modern theories, such as industrial organization theory, game theory, and transaction cost theory, which are useful in analyzing actual markets. At the same time, a step-by-step problem-based learning approach demonstrates how to use microeconomic theory to solve business problems an...

Precisely aligned for the AP® Environmental Science Course

Environmental Science for the AP® Course was built from the ground up specifically to suit the needs of the AP® Environmental Science course. Friedland and Relyea integrate AP® content, exam prep, and science practices throughout this comprehensive college-level textbook to provide you with the resources you and your students need to be successful in AP® Environmental Science. In this fourth edition, the authors have precisely al...

Life is engaging, active, and focused on skills.

The digital update to the 12th edition of Life: The Science of Biology features fully updated text content that works in conjunction with a powerful online suite of materials in Achieve to support the mission of Life by teaching students the skills and understanding of experimentation and data they need to succeed in introductory biology and ultimately in their future science careers. By engaging students with active discovery, a sharp focus on...

Drawing on an impressive roster of experts in the field, Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Fifth Edition offers an ideal resource for computer course curricula as well as a user-friendly personal or professional reference. Focusing on geometric intuition, the book gives the necessary information for understanding how images get onto the screen by using the complementary approaches of ray tracing and rasterization. It covers topics common to an introductory course, such as sampling theory, te...

As one of the few teaching books that looks at fieldwork in the broadest of contexts, this book provides a strong foundation in the fundamentals of fieldwork within social research. It not only teaches theory but puts into practice planning, designing, conducting and sharing social research.Â

This book explores a broad range of perspectives on change management, encouraging critical reflection and making sense of a complex field of theories. The unique approach is based around three key perspectives of change: how, what and why.

This book sets out the core principles for social justice in the psychological therapies, from theory to practice in the therapy room, and beyond.

Written specifically to support those undertaking practice educator awards that meet the staged requirements of the Practice Educator Professional Standards, this book will provide invaluable guidance and support to social workers who are new to a practice education role.

An expert and accessible exploration of the increasing number and influence of authoritarian regimes. It explains the realities of recent trends to ‘autocratization’, the tools these regimes use, what we can do to resist, and why we might even allow ourselves some optimism.

Diese Einfuhrung bietet einen UEberblick uber die Entwicklung der deutschen Sprache vom Althochdeutschen bis zum Fruhneuhochdeutschen mit Ausblicken auf die jungere Sprachgeschichte und die Gegenwartssprache. Soweit es fur das Verstandnis heutiger oder historischer Sprachformen notwendig ist, wird auch das Germanische und Indogermanische einbezogen. Der Autor stellt die Sprachentwicklung auf den verschiedenen Ebenen dar: Laut und Schrift, Bildung von Woertern und Wortformen, Wortschatz, Synta...