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Advancing the Autonomous Work Force 4.0 : The Ultimate Lean Organization

Groenteman, Frank; Andrews, Phillip, 2019.



Date Published:2019

Women and Freedom in Early America



Date Published:1997

Modernization: The Transformation of American Life, 1600-1865

Brown, Richard D.


Reprint of l976 ed. Published New York: Hill and Wang, 1976.
Date Published:1976

Introduction to Policing

Cox, Steven M.


Scaramella's name appears first on the earlier edition. pt. I. Foundations of policing -- 1. Policing in America -- Brief overview of the roles and functions of police in society -- The concept of police -- Size and scope of the Law Enforcement sector -- Levels of policing -- State Police -- Special Jurisdiction Police -- Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs -- Auxiliary/Reserve/Special Police -- Conservation Police Officers, Game Wardens -- Tribal Police Officers -- 2. A brief history of police in the United States -- Evolution of American policing : an overview -- Early history of policing -- The Political Era -- The Reform Era -- Policing in the 1960s and 1970s -- The Community Policing/Problem Solving Era (1980-Early 21st Century) -- Areal Policing -- Reassurance Policing -- Intelligence-Led or Intelligence-Based Policing -- Terrorism-Oriented Policing -- Diversity in police services -- 3. Police organization and administration : an overview -- Organizational structures -- Police hierarchy and the pyramid -- The paramilitary structure -- Functional design -- Operations Division -- Patrol -- Investigations -- Administrative or Staff Services Division -- Place design -- Time design -- Future organizational designs -- Police organizations in context -- Change in police organizations -- Police leadership -- Police chiefs -- Police Unions, professionalism, and accreditation -- Police Unions and collective bargaining -- Police professionalism -- Police Unions and professionalism -- Accreditation. pt. II. Police operations -- 4. Recruitment and selection of police officers -- Recruitment and selection -- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) -- The Americans With Disabilities Act -- Entry-level recruitment and selection -- Status tests -- Physical tests -- Mental tests -- Psychological tests -- Tests of morality -- Background investigations -- Tests of ability to communicate -- Supervisory recruitment and selection -- Assessment centers -- Recruitment and selection of police chiefs -- 5. Police training and education -- Police training -- Types of training -- Basic recruit training -- Field training -- In-service training -- Training and police leaders -- Training effectiveness -- Purposes of training -- Who should conduct police training? -- Police education -- Police educational requirements -- College education and police performance -- Higher education and the police : a continuing controversy -- 6. Police work : operations and functions -- Basic police functions -- Order maintenance -- Investigations and Forensic Science -- Styles of policing -- Patrol strength and allocation -- Types of patrol -- Patrol innovations -- Evaluation of police performance -- Police and the media -- Media relations programs -- 7. Contemporary strategies in policing -- Community policing -- The LEMAS Survey -- Problem-oriented policing and COP -- Research on community and problem-oriented policing -- Criticisms of community policing -- Changes and innovations in policing strategies -- Intelligence-led policing -- Situational crime prevention -- Hot-spot policing -- Directed patrol -- Differential response policing -- Saturation patrol and crackdowns -- Third-party policing -- Evidence-based policing -- Pulling levers policing -- Broken windows policing -- CompStat -- Incident Command Systems -- Dual career ladder -- Procedural Justice policing. pt. III. Police conduct -- 8. The police culture -- The police subculture -- Danger, authority, and efficiency -- The police personality : myth or reality? -- Stresses and strains of police work -- The personal costs of police work -- Task demands -- Role demands -- Role ambiguity -- Interpersonal demands -- Physical demands -- Forms of police stress -- Stages of stress -- Burnout -- Stress and police families -- Police shootings and critical incidents as a source of stress -- Attempts to combat police stress -- Dealing with stress in police organizations -- 9. Law, court decisions, and the police -- The First Amendment -- The Second Amendment -- The Fourth Amendment -- Probable Cause and Reasonableness -- Searches and seizures with and without a warrant -- Police stops -- Police searches incident to arrest -- Consent searches -- The Fifth Amendment -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Exclusionary Rule -- Police use of force -- The Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and terrorism -- 10. Discretion, ethics, and accountability in policing -- Police discretion -- Biased enforcement and racial profiling -- Controlling discretion and encouraging ethical behavior -- Commitment to the importance of ethical decision making -- Improved hiring practices -- Elimination of quotas -- Intolerance of malfeasance -- In-car video cameras -- Positive media relations -- Ethics in policing -- Police accountability -- Professionalism and the police -- ch. 11. Police misconduct -- The background of police misconduct -- Types of misconduct -- Corruption of authority -- Kickbacks -- Shakedowns -- Bribery -- Opportunistic theft -- Protection of illegal activities -- Causes and consequences of police misconduct -- Nonfeasance -- Drug-related corruption -- Noble Cause corruption -- Physical and emotional abuse -- Emotional abuse and psychological harassment by police officers -- Excessive use of force -- Misconduct: management and administrative issues -- Correcting and preventing misconduct. pt. IV. Contemporary issues in policing -- 12. Policing in a multicultural setting -- Policing in a multicultural and multiethnic society -- Police-community relations -- Human relations in policing -- Police -- Minority encounters -- Police public relations -- Citizen complaints -- Police-media relations -- The police and public in multicultural relations -- Cultural diversity and awareness training -- Police responsiveness and accountability -- The role of community members in multicultural relations -- Women and minorities in policing -- Women in policing -- Policewomen as viewed by the public, their supervisors, and male officers -- Factors affecting the performance of policewomen -- Recruiting female officers -- Minority police officers -- Black police officers -- Hispanic police officers -- Asian police officers -- Gay and lesbian police officers -- Recruiting and retaining minorities as police officers -- 13. Technology and the police -- Computers -- Video cameras : safety and accountability -- Eavesdropping technology -- Computers and cameras -- drones -- Crime mapping and CompStat -- Cell phones/smart phones -- Fingerprints, DNA, and other biological identifiers -- Police use of speed detection devices or systems -- Body armor and weapons -- Police weapons -- 14. Terrorism, Homeland Security, and global issues -- Transnational crime -- Organized crime -- White-collar crime -- Terrorism -- Homeland Security and the police response -- Department of Homeland Security -- The USA Patriot Act -- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Statute -- First Responder preparedness and the role of the public -- 15. Private and contract police -- History and background -- The development of the Modern Security Era -- Security today -- Terrorism and modern private security operations -- Private and contract security personnel -- Private detectives and investigators -- Security guards and gaming surveillance officers -- Licensure -- Employment -- Executive protection services -- Public police and private security. pt. V. Looking ahead -- 16. The future of policing in America -- The changing police role -- Research and planning as police functions -- Changing the police image -- Community and problem-oriented -- Civilianization -- Accreditation -- Lateral Entry -- Training -- Education -- Police leadership -- Private and contract security personnel -- Technological changes in policing -- Clarifying the police role -- Predictive policing -- The role of community policing -- Intelligence-led policing and terrorism -- Terrorism laws. Note continued.
Date Published:2014

Scaramella's name appears first on the earlier edition. pt. I. Foundations of policing -- 1. Policing in America -- Brief overview of the roles and functions of police in society -- The concept of police -- Size and scope of the Law Enforcement sector -- Levels of policing -- State Police -- Special Jurisdiction Police -- Sheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs -- Auxiliary/Reserve/Special Police -- Conservation Police Officers, Game Wardens -- Tribal Police Officers -- 2. A brief history of police in the United States -- Evolution of American policing : an overview -- Early history of policing -- The Political Era -- The Reform Era -- Policing in the 1960s and 1970s -- The Community Policing/Problem Solving Era (1980-Early 21st Century) -- Areal Policing -- Reassurance Policing -- Intelligence-Led or Intelligence-Based Policing -- Terrorism-Oriented Policing -- Diversity in police services -- 3. Police organization and administration : an overview -- Organizational structures -- Police hierarchy and the pyramid -- The paramilitary structure -- Functional design -- Operations Division -- Patrol -- Investigations -- Administrative or Staff Services Division -- Place design -- Time design -- Future organizational designs -- Police organizations in context -- Change in police organizations -- Police leadership -- Police chiefs -- Police Unions, professionalism, and accreditation -- Police Unions and collective bargaining -- Police professionalism -- Police Unions and professionalism -- Accreditation. pt. II. Police operations -- 4. Recruitment and selection of police officers -- Recruitment and selection -- Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action -- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) -- The Americans With Disabilities Act -- Entry-level recruitment and selection -- Status tests -- Physical tests -- Mental tests -- Psychological tests -- Tests of morality -- Background investigations -- Tests of ability to communicate -- Supervisory recruitment and selection -- Assessment centers -- Recruitment and selection of police chiefs -- 5. Police training and education -- Police training -- Types of training -- Basic recruit training -- Field training -- In-service training -- Training and police leaders -- Training effectiveness -- Purposes of training -- Who should conduct police training? -- Police education -- Police educational requirements -- College education and police performance -- Higher education and the police : a continuing controversy -- 6. Police work : operations and functions -- Basic police functions -- Order maintenance -- Investigations and Forensic Science -- Styles of policing -- Patrol strength and allocation -- Types of patrol -- Patrol innovations -- Evaluation of police performance -- Police and the media -- Media relations programs -- 7. Contemporary strategies in policing -- Community policing -- The LEMAS Survey -- Problem-oriented policing and COP -- Research on community and problem-oriented policing -- Criticisms of community policing -- Changes and innovations in policing strategies -- Intelligence-led policing -- Situational crime prevention -- Hot-spot policing -- Directed patrol -- Differential response policing -- Saturation patrol and crackdowns -- Third-party policing -- Evidence-based policing -- Pulling levers policing -- Broken windows policing -- CompStat -- Incident Command Systems -- Dual career ladder -- Procedural Justice policing. pt. III. Police conduct -- 8. The police culture -- The police subculture -- Danger, authority, and efficiency -- The police personality : myth or reality? -- Stresses and strains of police work -- The personal costs of police work -- Task demands -- Role demands -- Role ambiguity -- Interpersonal demands -- Physical demands -- Forms of police stress -- Stages of stress -- Burnout -- Stress and police families -- Police shootings and critical incidents as a source of stress -- Attempts to combat police stress -- Dealing with stress in police organizations -- 9. Law, court decisions, and the police -- The First Amendment -- The Second Amendment -- The Fourth Amendment -- Probable Cause and Reasonableness -- Searches and seizures with and without a warrant -- Police stops -- Police searches incident to arrest -- Consent searches -- The Fifth Amendment -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- The Exclusionary Rule -- Police use of force -- The Patriot Act, Homeland Security, and terrorism -- 10. Discretion, ethics, and accountability in policing -- Police discretion -- Biased enforcement and racial profiling -- Controlling discretion and encouraging ethical behavior -- Commitment to the importance of ethical decision making -- Improved hiring practices -- Elimination of quotas -- Intolerance of malfeasance -- In-car video cameras -- Positive media relations -- Ethics in policing -- Police accountability -- Professionalism and the police -- ch. 11. Police misconduct -- The background of police misconduct -- Types of misconduct -- Corruption of authority -- Kickbacks -- Shakedowns -- Bribery -- Opportunistic theft -- Protection of illegal activities -- Causes and consequences of police misconduct -- Nonfeasance -- Drug-related corruption -- Noble Cause corruption -- Physical and emotional abuse -- Emotional abuse and psychological harassment by police officers -- Excessive use of force -- Misconduct: management and administrative issues -- Correcting and preventing misconduct. pt. IV. Contemporary issues in policing -- 12. Policing in a multicultural setting -- Policing in a multicultural and multiethnic society -- Police-community relations -- Human relations in policing -- Police -- Minority encounters -- Police public relations -- Citizen complaints -- Police-media relations -- The police and public in multicultural relations -- Cultural diversity and awareness training -- Police responsiveness and accountability -- The role of community members in multicultural relations -- Women and minorities in policing -- Women in policing -- Policewomen as viewed by the public, their supervisors, and male officers -- Factors affecting the performance of policewomen -- Recruiting female officers -- Minority police officers -- Black police officers -- Hispanic police officers -- Asian police officers -- Gay and lesbian police officers -- Recruiting and retaining minorities as police officers -- 13. Technology and the police -- Computers -- Video cameras : safety and accountability -- Eavesdropping technology -- Computers and cameras -- drones -- Crime mapping and CompStat -- Cell phones/smart phones -- Fingerprints, DNA, and other biological identifiers -- Police use of speed detection devices or systems -- Body armor and weapons -- Police weapons -- 14. Terrorism, Homeland Security, and global issues -- Transnational crime -- Organized crime -- White-collar crime -- Terrorism -- Homeland Security and the police response -- Department of Homeland Security -- The USA Patriot Act -- Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Statute -- First Responder preparedness and the role of the public -- 15. Private and contract police -- History and background -- The development of the Modern Security Era -- Security today -- Terrorism and modern private security operations -- Private and contract security personnel -- Private detectives and investigators -- Security guards and gaming surveillance officers -- Licensure -- Employment -- Executive protection services -- Public police and private security. pt. V. Looking ahead -- 16. The future of policing in America -- The changing police role -- Research and planning as police functions -- Changing the police image -- Community and problem-oriented -- Civilianization -- Accreditation -- Lateral Entry -- Training -- Education -- Police leadership -- Private and contract security personnel -- Technological changes in policing -- Clarifying the police role -- Predictive policing -- The role of community policing -- Intelligence-led policing and terrorism -- Terrorism laws. Note continued.

Date Published:2014

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : a savage journey to the heart of the American dream

Thompson, Hunter S.


Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1976.
Date Published:1998

Colonial America, 1607-1763

Ward, Harry M.


pt. 1. The founding of British North America: The Atlantic frontier ; The Chesapeake colonies ; New England ; The completion of colonization -- pt. 2. Economic life: Land and agriculture ; Industrial life ; Trade and empire -- pt. 3. Transplanted Europeans and Africans: The new immigration ; Colonists in bondage ; Black slavery: life and resistance -- pt. 4. Society and community: Women, children, and family ; Social structure and leisure ; The urban challenge -- pt. 5. Liberty and order: Government and politics ; Criminality and radical counterculture ; Toward the Bill of Rights ; Colonial rebellions -- pt. 6. Cultural enlightenment: Religion ; Science and the arts ; Literature and the diffusion of knowledge -- pt. 7. From colony to country: The frontier and Indians ; The colonial wars ; The rise of an American nationality.
Date Published:1991

pt. 1. The founding of British North America: The Atlantic frontier ; The Chesapeake colonies ; New England ; The completion of colonization -- pt. 2. Economic life: Land and agriculture ; Industrial life ; Trade and empire -- pt. 3. Transplanted Europeans and Africans: The new immigration ; Colonists in bondage ; Black slavery: life and resistance -- pt. 4. Society and community: Women, children, and family ; Social structure and leisure ; The urban challenge -- pt. 5. Liberty and order: Government and politics ; Criminality and radical counterculture ; Toward the Bill of Rights ; Colonial rebellions -- pt. 6. Cultural enlightenment: Religion ; Science and the arts ; Literature and the diffusion of knowledge -- pt. 7. From colony to country: The frontier and Indians ; The colonial wars ; The rise of an American nationality.

Date Published:1991

Assisted Death in Europe and America : Four Regimes and Their Lessons

Lewy, Guenter, 1923-


Introduction -- Why assisted death has become an important public policy issue -- The euthanasia and assisted suicide underground -- The aims of this study -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands -- The path to legalization -- The law of 2002 decriminalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Empirical data on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide : who, when, why, where, and how? -- Problems in the practice of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide : failure to report cases of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Ending life without explicit request of the patient -- Termination of life in pediatric cases -- Assisted death for patients with mental suffering -- Can palliative care eliminate the need for assisted death? -- The Dutch regime of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide assessed -- Voluntary euthanasia in Belgium -- How Belgium legalized euthanasia -- The law on euthanasia of May 28, 2002 -- The practice of euthanasia since 2002 -- Assisted suicide in Switzerland -- Exit - German Switzerland Association : for a humane death -- Exit - Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignita¿¿e/Suisse Romande -- Dignitas -- Other right-to-die organizations -- The public debate on assisted suicide -- Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon -- A legal obstacle course -- The Death With Dignity Act (DWDA) -- Years of physician-assisted death -- Criticism and problem areas -- Assisted death as a last resort -- Lessons from four regimes of assisted death -- A model statute for physician-assisted suicide -- Dilemmas and promise of legalized assisted death.
Date Published:2011

Introduction -- Why assisted death has become an important public policy issue -- The euthanasia and assisted suicide underground -- The aims of this study -- Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide in the Netherlands -- The path to legalization -- The law of 2002 decriminalizing euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Empirical data on euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide : who, when, why, where, and how? -- Problems in the practice of euthanasia and physician assisted suicide : failure to report cases of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide -- Ending life without explicit request of the patient -- Termination of life in pediatric cases -- Assisted death for patients with mental suffering -- Can palliative care eliminate the need for assisted death? -- The Dutch regime of euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide assessed -- Voluntary euthanasia in Belgium -- How Belgium legalized euthanasia -- The law on euthanasia of May 28, 2002 -- The practice of euthanasia since 2002 -- Assisted suicide in Switzerland -- Exit - German Switzerland Association : for a humane death -- Exit - Association pour le droit de mourir dans la dignita¿¿e/Suisse Romande -- Dignitas -- Other right-to-die organizations -- The public debate on assisted suicide -- Physician-assisted suicide in Oregon -- A legal obstacle course -- The Death With Dignity Act (DWDA) -- Years of physician-assisted death -- Criticism and problem areas -- Assisted death as a last resort -- Lessons from four regimes of assisted death -- A model statute for physician-assisted suicide -- Dilemmas and promise of legalized assisted death.

Date Published:2011

Pollock


Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Based on Jackson Pollock : an American saga / by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Special features: Ed Harris commentary; "making-of" documentary; Charlie Rose interview with Ed Harris; deleted scenes; filmographies; theatrical trailers; production notes; scene selections; link to official website. "Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt; before long, Pollock's life threatens to explode"--Container.
Date Published:2001

Widescreen format (aspect ratio 1.85:1). Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. Based on Jackson Pollock : an American saga / by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith. Special features: Ed Harris commentary; "making-of" documentary; Charlie Rose interview with Ed Harris; deleted scenes; filmographies; theatrical trailers; production notes; scene selections; link to official website. "Fellow artists and lovers Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner are at the center of New York's 1940's art scene, but as Krasner neglects her work to push Pollock's career forward, Pollock begins to unravel emotionally. Pollock and Krasner escape to the country to marry, and soon, Pollock creates the work that makes him the first internationally-famous modern painter in America. But with fame and fortune comes a volatile temper and severe self-doubt; before long, Pollock's life threatens to explode"--Container.

Date Published:2001

Writing First: With Readings : Practice in Context

Kirszner, Laurie G.


Includes index. 1. Writing and college success -- Writing paragraphs and essays -- unit 1. Focus on paragraphs -- 2. Writing a paragraphs -- 3. Testing your paragraph -- unit 2. Patterns of paragraph development -- 4. Exemplification -- 5. Narration -- 6. Description -- 7. Process -- 8. Cause and effect -- 9. Comparison and contrast -- 10. Classification -- 11. Definition -- 12. Argument -- unit 3. Writing essays -- 13. Writing an essay -- 14. Testing your essays -- 15. Introductions and conclusions -- 16. Patterns for essay development -- unit 4. Research -- 17. Writing a research paper -- Revising and editing your writing -- unit 5. Writing effective sentences -- 18. Writing simple sentences -- 19. Writing compound sentences -- 20. Writing complex sentences -- 21. Writing varied sentences -- 22. Using parallelism -- 23. Using words effectively -- unit 6. Solving common sentence problems -- 24. Run-ons -- 25. Fragments -- 26. Subject-verb agreement -- 27. Illogical shifts -- 28. Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- unit 7. Understanding basic grammar -- 29. Verbs : past tense -- 30. Verbs : past participles -- 31. Nouns and pronouns -- 32. Adjectives and adverbs -- 33. Grammar and usage for ESL writers -- unit 8. Understanding punctuation, mechanics, and spelling -- 34. Using commas -- 35. Using apostrophes -- 36. Understanding mechanics -- 37. Understanding spelling -- Becoming a critical reader -- unit 9. Reading essays -- 38. Reading critically -- 39. Readings for writers -- Exemplification -- Narration -- Description -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Classification -- Definition -- Argument.
Date Published:2012

Includes index. 1. Writing and college success -- Writing paragraphs and essays -- unit 1. Focus on paragraphs -- 2. Writing a paragraphs -- 3. Testing your paragraph -- unit 2. Patterns of paragraph development -- 4. Exemplification -- 5. Narration -- 6. Description -- 7. Process -- 8. Cause and effect -- 9. Comparison and contrast -- 10. Classification -- 11. Definition -- 12. Argument -- unit 3. Writing essays -- 13. Writing an essay -- 14. Testing your essays -- 15. Introductions and conclusions -- 16. Patterns for essay development -- unit 4. Research -- 17. Writing a research paper -- Revising and editing your writing -- unit 5. Writing effective sentences -- 18. Writing simple sentences -- 19. Writing compound sentences -- 20. Writing complex sentences -- 21. Writing varied sentences -- 22. Using parallelism -- 23. Using words effectively -- unit 6. Solving common sentence problems -- 24. Run-ons -- 25. Fragments -- 26. Subject-verb agreement -- 27. Illogical shifts -- 28. Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- unit 7. Understanding basic grammar -- 29. Verbs : past tense -- 30. Verbs : past participles -- 31. Nouns and pronouns -- 32. Adjectives and adverbs -- 33. Grammar and usage for ESL writers -- unit 8. Understanding punctuation, mechanics, and spelling -- 34. Using commas -- 35. Using apostrophes -- 36. Understanding mechanics -- 37. Understanding spelling -- Becoming a critical reader -- unit 9. Reading essays -- 38. Reading critically -- 39. Readings for writers -- Exemplification -- Narration -- Description -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Classification -- Definition -- Argument.

Date Published:2012

Roadmap to Diversity and Educational Excellence



Date Published:2014

Recollections of the Early Republic: Selected Autobiographies


John Ball, 1794-1884 -- Daniel Drake, 1785-1852 -- Julia Anne Hieronymus Tevis, 1799-1879 -- Charles Ball, 1785 -1837 -- Chester Harding, 1792-1866 -- Lucy Fletcher Kellogg, 1793-1878 -- Chauncey Jerome, 1793-1868 -- Allen Trimble, 1783-1870 -- Harriet B. Cooke, 1786-post-1858 -- Alfred M. Lorrain, 1790-1860.
Date Published:1997

Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles : a novel

George, Margaret.



Date Published:1992

Medicinal Plants of the Heartland

Kaye, Connie.



Date Published:1997

The St. Martin's Guide to Writing

Axelrod, Rise B.,


Published in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes indexes. Includes access to e-pages that accompany the text. Introduction: thinking about writing -- pt. I. Writing Activities: Remembering an event ; Writing profiles ; Explaining a concept ; Finding common ground ; Arguing a position ; Proposing a solution ; Justifying an evaluation ; Speculating about causes ; Analyzing stories -- pt. II. Critical Thinking Strategies: A catalog of invention strategies ; A catalog of reading strategies -- pt. III. Writing strategies: Cueing the reader ; Narrating ; Describing ; Defining ; Classifying ; Comparing and contrasting ; Arguing ; Analyzing visuals ; Designing documents ; Writing in business and scientific genres -- pt. IV. Research Strategies: Planning a research project ; Finding resources and conducting field research ; Evaluating sources ; Using sources to support your ideas ; Citing and documenting sources in MLA style ; Citing and documenting sources in APA style -- pt. V. Writing for assessment: Essay examinations ; Writing portfolios -- pt. VI. Writing and Speaking to Wider Audiences: Oral presentations ; Working with others ; Writing in your community.
Date Published:2013

Published in Boston, Massachusetts. Includes indexes. Includes access to e-pages that accompany the text. Introduction: thinking about writing -- pt. I. Writing Activities: Remembering an event ; Writing profiles ; Explaining a concept ; Finding common ground ; Arguing a position ; Proposing a solution ; Justifying an evaluation ; Speculating about causes ; Analyzing stories -- pt. II. Critical Thinking Strategies: A catalog of invention strategies ; A catalog of reading strategies -- pt. III. Writing strategies: Cueing the reader ; Narrating ; Describing ; Defining ; Classifying ; Comparing and contrasting ; Arguing ; Analyzing visuals ; Designing documents ; Writing in business and scientific genres -- pt. IV. Research Strategies: Planning a research project ; Finding resources and conducting field research ; Evaluating sources ; Using sources to support your ideas ; Citing and documenting sources in MLA style ; Citing and documenting sources in APA style -- pt. V. Writing for assessment: Essay examinations ; Writing portfolios -- pt. VI. Writing and Speaking to Wider Audiences: Oral presentations ; Working with others ; Writing in your community.

Date Published:2013

The Reshaping of Everyday Life, 1790-1840

Larkin, Jack, 1943-


"A busy, bustling, industrious population" -- Rhythms and limits of life -- "Comfortable habitations": houses and the domestic environment -- "The masks which custom had prescribed": intimate life -- "The whole population is in motion": the experience of travel -- "The practice of music" -- "Occasions to meet together": the social world. The years between the patrician leadership of George Washington and the campaign that elected William Henry Harrison marked a period of startling changes in American life. However, most American were enmeshwed in the myriad ordinary concerns of their lives, and although deeply affected by the great events of the time, their concern with them was intermittent. Jack Larkin describes the often gritty texture of life as these Americans experienced it, weaving the disparate threads of everyday life into the rich, complicated tapestry of American history during this transitional period.
Date Published:1988

"A busy, bustling, industrious population" -- Rhythms and limits of life -- "Comfortable habitations": houses and the domestic environment -- "The masks which custom had prescribed": intimate life -- "The whole population is in motion": the experience of travel -- "The practice of music" -- "Occasions to meet together": the social world. The years between the patrician leadership of George Washington and the campaign that elected William Henry Harrison marked a period of startling changes in American life. However, most American were enmeshwed in the myriad ordinary concerns of their lives, and although deeply affected by the great events of the time, their concern with them was intermittent. Jack Larkin describes the often gritty texture of life as these Americans experienced it, weaving the disparate threads of everyday life into the rich, complicated tapestry of American history during this transitional period.

Date Published:1988

The Lion & the Mouse

Pinkney, Jerry.


In this wordless retelling of an Aesop fable set in the African Serengeti, an adventuresome mouse proves that even small creatures are capable of great deeds when she rescues the King of the Jungle.
Date Published:2009

The mists of Avalon

Bradley, Marion Zimmer.



Date Published:1982

City of Fallen Angels

Clare, Cassandra.


As mysterious murders threaten the new peace between Shadowhunters and Downworlders, only Simon, the Daylighter vampire, can help bring both groups together.
Date Published:2011

Jackson County - White River Oral History Program

Robert Craig, Ollie Burton, Kaneaster Hodges, Jr



Date Published:

Core Curriculum for Medical-Surgical Nursing

Craven, Heather



Date Published:2016