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    Read more about Tea Time Linear Algebra Explorations in Mathematics - 2nd Edition

    Tea Time Linear Algebra Explorations in Mathematics - 2nd Edition

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    Contributor: Brin

    Publisher: Leon Q. Brin

    License: CC BY-SA

    This creation is an all-purpose open source textbook for linear algebra classes of all ilks. Inside you will find a complete and engaging introduction to linear algebra, making it a perfect primary resource for classroom study.

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    Read more about Reading the Bible as Literature: A Journey

    Reading the Bible as Literature: A Journey

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    Contributor: Ondich

    Publisher: Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

    License: CC BY-NC-SA

    The Bible is one of the most published books in human history. It is also one of the most misquoted, misunderstood and misused books in human history. This happens because people are not always aware that the Bible is not a book, it is a collection of diverse writings. The Bible might even be called an anthology, and it will include everything from poetry to genealogy, pithy sayings to architectural mandates, mythology to letters. Knowing what one is reading helps one understand the ideas in the writings. We read letters in the context of who wrote them and who received them. We read sermons understanding the speaker's perspective may differ from the listener's perspective. So this text is an attempt to give historic, literary, geographical and cultural context to a complex and often poorly understood set of materials. This is very much an ebook, and needs to be used in that format. Pdfs and other printed versions will lose a great deal of the content.

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    Read more about Mathematics for Biomedical Physics

    Mathematics for Biomedical Physics

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    Contributor: Wadehra

    Publisher: Wayne State University Library System

    License: CC BY

    Mathematics for Biomedical Physics is an open access peer-reviewed textbook geared to introduce several mathematical topics at the rudimentary level so that students can appreciate the applications of mathematics to the interdisciplinary field of biomedical physics. Most of the topics are presented in their simplest but rigorous form so that students can easily understand the advanced form of these topics when the need arises. Several end-of-chapter problems and chapter examples relate the applications of mathematics to biomedical physics. After mastering the topics of this book, students would be ready to embark on quantitative thinking in various topics of biology and medicine

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    Read more about The American Journalism Handbook: Concepts, Issues, and Skills - 1st Ed.

    The American Journalism Handbook: Concepts, Issues, and Skills - 1st Ed.

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    Contributor: Zamith

    Publisher: UMass Amherst

    License: CC BY-NC

    This book is designed to help us understand the many changes to U.S. journalism and imagine new futures for it – futures in which it can serve as an even more useful tool for promoting a well-functioning society. But, before we can imagine new futures, we must take a step back and examine the institution of U.S. journalism through a critical and in-depth lens. This book aims to offer just that. It provides a conceptual foundation for understanding the development, logic, and practice of journalism in the United States; describes some of the key challenges, tensions, and opportunities it has faced, is facing, and will likely face; and offers guidance to help individuals develop the skills needed engage in impactful journalism.

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    Read more about The International Journalism Handbook - 1st Ed.

    The International Journalism Handbook - 1st Ed.

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    Contributor: Zamith

    Publisher: University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries

    License: CC BY-NC

    International journalism is crucial to our understanding of the world beyond our own borders. This book is designed to explain key theories and concepts that allow us to understand the general practice of journalism around the world, and to illustrate some of the challenges that arise from practicing journalism in those contexts. It begins by providing a theoretical foundation that helps us understand why international journalism matters and the key forces that shape what it looks like; highlights some of the key challenges to bearing witness to developments, sourcing information, and simply doing 'the job' of journalism; and describes important similarities and differences in how journalism is imagined and performed in different regions of the world.

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    Read more about Reading Rhetorical Theory

    Reading Rhetorical Theory

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    Contributor: Hallsby

    Publisher: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing

    License: CC BY-NC

    This is a textbook that was originally designed for a 3000-level large lecture course on “Rhetorical Theory” at the University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities. An interdisciplinary tradition, rhetorical theory describes how speech, representation, and power are managed by techniques and technologies of communication. The plan of this book moves from rhetoric as an art of speech to rhetoric as a technology of power. The early chapters provide definitions and context for rhetoric as speech, middle chapters (e.g., on signs, symbols, visual images, argumentation, and narrative) describe rhetoric as representation, and the concluding chapters (e.g., on settler colonialism, secrecy, and digital rhetoric) elaborate on rhetoric as a technology of power. Of course, there is considerable overlap across these areas: the chapter on “rhetoric and ideology” sets the stage for later understandings of rhetoric as power; the chapter on “the rhetorical situation” hearkens back to the introductory understanding of rhetoric as speech. The book includes (audio and/or video) recordings with each chapter, as well as guidelines for proposed written assignments. Students using this resource should gain a thorough understanding of what rhetoric is, how it was practiced historically and today, and the ways that rhetoric wields an invisible influence over contemporary public and political life. Additionally, this book is designed for use across a variety of modalities, including in-person, online (synchronous/asynchronous), and hybridized formats. Additional resources (PowerPoint slides, quiz/exam questions) are also available to confirmed instructors upon request.

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    Read more about Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts

    Nursing: Mental Health and Community Concepts

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    Contributors: Christman and Ernstmeyer

    Publisher: Chippewa Valley Technical College

    License: CC BY

    This textbook is an open educational resource with CC-BY licensing developed specifically for prelicensure nursing students. The e-book and downloadable versions are free. Affordable print versions are published in collaboration with XanEdu and available on Amazon and in college bookstores.

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    Read more about Where Does Art Come From?

    Where Does Art Come From?

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    Contributor: McCurdy

    Publisher: Mavs Open Press

    License: CC BY

    Who am I? What is beautiful? Where do babies come from? These questions populate our lives and inform our perceptions of the world. Explore these questions according to the expressions of artists from all over the world. Go beyond Western art to consider where art comes from and how it impacts all of us.

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    Read more about Basic Algebra with Applications - 6th Edition

    Basic Algebra with Applications - 6th Edition

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    Contributor: Zaigralin

    Publisher: Ivan G. Zaigralin

    License: CC BY-SA

    Basic Algebra with Applications

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    Read more about Para vivir con salud

    Para vivir con salud

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    Contributors: McKnight and Kuhnheim

    Publisher: Kathryn Joy McKnight and Jill Kuhnheim

    License: CC BY-NC

    We are asking anyone who adopts this webbook or uses portions of it in their teaching to please let us know at this link (click here).

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