Every decision is an economic decision.

Principles of Microeconomics 2e by Betsey Stevenson (University of Michigan), and Justin Wolfers (University of Michigan) emphasises that every decision is an economic decision. The authors’ focus on useful economics uses compelling explanations and real-life examples to help students develop and apply economic intuition to their everyday decisions. They provide a thoroughly fresh take on a wide range of foundational topics in an engaging presentation...

Emphasizing the interconnected nature of environmental geology and the multidimensional processes of the Earth, this highly anticipated new edition of Merritt's classic text provides a balanced approach to environmental issues and builds an informed student understanding with case studies, conceptual explanations, and relevant presentation of material. By far the most concise book for its course, it remains the only textbook to use an earth systems approach to exploring how the Earth works, t...

In Our Iceberg is Melting, a simple fable about penguins encapsulates vital truths about embracing change and illustrates how adaptability can yield prosperity, while resistance can lead to peril, in an ever-changing world. The penguins are living happily on their iceberg as they have done for many years. Then one curious penguin discovers a potentially devastating problem threatening their home – and pretty much no one listens to him.

The characters in this fable are like people we recogni...

Nominated as one of the 2019 Thinkers50 Radar group

Research shows that self-awareness is the meta-skill of the 21st century – the foundation for high performance, smart choices, and lasting relationships. Unfortunately, we are remarkably poor judges of ourselves and how we come across, and it’s rare to get candid, objective feedback from colleagues, employees, and even friends and family. We can ALL learn to be more self-aware.

Integrating hundreds of studies with her own research and wo...

The Social Animal 12e

The Social Animal is a CLASSIC text used in social psychology classes for almost 50 years and a powerful introduction to the field for countless students across the U.S. and the world.

The new edition of this venerable text retains Elliot Aronson's clear, engaging narrative voice, while adding the scholarly insights of a new coauthor—his son, New York University professor, Joshua Aronson. With a combination of the research and scholarship of the most distinguished fath...

At just 15 chapters, Essentials of Environmental Science is ideal for a one-semester course. It takes the same non-biased approach as its parent text, teaching students to think critically about data presented. In addition to being briefer, Essentials is even more accessible placing less emphasize on math calculations. The coverage of ecology, agriculture, energy, and water has also been streamlined to provide a more focused treatment of the science concepts.

Explores chemical properties and uncovers relationships between elements in a less mathematical way.

This bestselling text gives students a less rigorous, less mathematical way of learning inorganic chemistry, using the periodic table as a context for exploring chemical properties and uncovering relationships between elements in different groups. The authors help students understand the relevance of the subject to their lives by covering both the historical development and fascinating contemp...

The most accessible Krugman/Wells text, now in Achieve.

When it comes to explaining fundamental economic principles by drawing on current economic issues and events, no one is more effective than Nobel laureate and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and co-author, Robin Wells. In this modular text, Krugman and Wells’ signature storytelling style helps readers understand economic concepts in the real world. Instead of long, traditional chapters of traditional length, this version presents...

GO DIGITAL WITH LAUNCHPAD

Behavioral statistics—as it’s actually practiced today

Using Macmillan's highly touted LaunchPad to deliver superior content online, the brief version of Nolan and Heinzen’s text introduces students to the role of statistics in the behavioral sciences today. It is a thoroughly up-to-date presentation written specifically for behavioral science students, anchored by real-world stories, a highly visual approach to presenting data, helpful mathematical and formul...

While there are many great research articles, good books, and provocative policy analyses related to the economics of education, these materials are often written to influence the policy process and not necessarily for students with limited knowledge of the underlying policies and the economic framework. This textbook is intended to serve as a foundation for a broad-based course on the economics of education. Its goal is to provide an overview of economics of education research: to lay out th...