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Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals
Copyright Year: 2009
Contributors: Baranoff, Brockett, and Kahane
Publisher: Saylor Foundation
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This book is intended for the Risk Management and Insurance course where Risk Management is emphasized.
(4 reviews)
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World
Copyright Year: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the sociologists of the Chicago school was to use sociological knowledge to achieve social reform. A related aim of sociologists like Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and others since was to use sociological knowledge to understand and alleviate gender, racial, and class inequality.
(25 reviews)
Sustainability, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributor: Larson
Publisher: Saylor Foundation
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This book is suited for the Entrepreneurship or Innovation course with an emphasis on Sustainability or for a course devoted entirely to Sustainability.
(8 reviews)
The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributors: Ball, Hill, and Scott
Publisher: Saylor Foundation
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The Basics of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry by David W. Ball, John W. Hill, and Rhonda J. Scott is for the one-semester General, Organic and Biological Chemistry course. The authors designed this textbook from the ground up to meet the needs of a one-semester course. It is 20 chapters in length and approximately 350-400 pages; just the right breadth and depth for instructors to teach and students to grasp.
(26 reviews)
The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributors: Lau and Johnson
Publisher: Saylor Foundation
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Terence Lau & Lisa Johnson's The Legal and Ethical Environment of Business is a book for today's student, who expects learning to be comprised not only of substance, but also of interactive exercises and multimedia. This book streamlines the presentation of material to ensure that every page is relevant, engaging, and interesting to undergraduate business students, without losing the depth of coverage that they need to be successful in their academic journeys and in their professional careers. This is not Legal Environment of Business (LEB) ”light.“ Rather, this is LEB without risk of students' eyes glazing over in boredom or from lack of comprehension. This is LEB presented in an exciting way, where every page is interesting to students and relevant to real life.
(3 reviews)
Light and Matter
Copyright Year: 2010
Contributor: Crowell
Publisher: Benjamin Crowell
License: CC BY-SA
This is an introductory text intended for a one-year introductory course of the type typically taken by biology majors, or for AP Physics B. Algebra and trig are used, and there are optional calculus-based sections.
(2 reviews)
American Government and Politics in the Information Age
Copyright Year: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
This text is a comprehensive introduction to the vital subject of American government and politics. Governments decide who gets what, when, how (See Harold D. Lasswell, Politics: Who Gets What, When, How, [New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936]); they make policies and pass laws that are binding on all a society's members; they decide about taxation and spending, benefits and costs, even life and death.
(13 reviews)
General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications
Copyright Year: 2011
Contributors: Averill and Eldredge
Publisher: Saylor Foundation
License: CC BY-NC-SA
The overall goal of the authors with General Chemistry: Principles, Patterns, and Applications was to produce a text that introduces the students to the relevance and excitement of chemistry.
(10 reviews)
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking
Copyright Year: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
Stand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speaking features two key themes. First it focuses on helping students become more seasoned and polished public speakers, and second is its emphasis on ethics in communication. It is this practical approach and integrated ethical coverage that setsStand up, Speak out: The Practice and Ethics of Public Speakingapart from the other texts in this market.
(57 reviews)
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization
Copyright Year: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing
License: CC BY-NC-SA
World Regional Geography: People, Places and Globalization is designed for students to experience and study as much of the world as possible within a limited amount of time. It gives students the fundamental concepts and the latest data regarding world places in a concise, easy-to-read format.
(8 reviews)