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Introductory Calculus for the Natural Sciences

Michel Helfgott and Darrell Moore

This textbook is intended for first-year college students in biology, chemistry, or physics. Its most distinctive feature is the central role played by applications to the natural sciences. Considering that nowadays students have access to graphing calculators that can solve complicated integrals, little or no space has been devoted in the book to integrals that require subtle changes of variables. Rather, we choose to concentrate on the basic techniques of integration and stress the solution of applied problems, especially those that use real data. We envision a calculus course where students not only learn to calculate derivatives or solve integrals, but are also able to discuss the validity of a model and estimate parameters.
Walking the Line: Country Music Lyricists and American Culture

Thomas Alan Holmes and Roxanne Harde

Contents:
Introduction: "Walking the line" : the Dixie Chicks and the making of country lyricists / Thomas Alan Holmes and Roxanne Harde --
"Nobody Knows but Me" : Jimmie Rodgers and the body politic / Taylor Hagood --
Cindy Walker, Lyle Lovett, and the West / Thomas Alan Holmes --
"Help your brother along the road" : Hank Williams and the humane tradition / Steve Goodson --
JC : Johnny Cash and faith / Thomas Alan Holmes --
Religious doctrine in the mid-1970s to 1980s country music concept albums of Willie Nelson / Blase S. Scarnati --
Grace to catch a falling soul : country, gospel, and evangelical populism in the music of Dottie Rambo / Douglas Harrison --
Loretta Lynn, Appalachian storyteller and autobiographer / Laura Grace Pattillo --
"Branded" man : Merle Haggard's romance of the outlier / Thomas Alan Holmes --
Townes Van Zandt : " Now here's what this story's told" / Pete Falconer and James Zborowski --
Wildness, eschatology, and enclosure in the songs of Townes Van Zandt / Michael B. MacDonald --
"Where it counts I'm real" : the complexities of Dolly Parton's feminist voice / Samantha Christensen --
"Sin City" : Gram Parsons and the "Christ-haunted South" / Clay Motley --
Weeping willows and long black veils : the country roots of Roseanne Cash, from Scotland to Tennessee / June Skinner Sawyers --
"They draft the white trash first 'round here anyway" : Steve Earle's American boys / Roxanne Harde.
Varieties of Tone: Frege, Dummett and the Shades of Meaning

Richard D. Kortum

In clear and lively prose that avoids jargon, the author carefully and systematically examines the many kinds of subtly nuanced words or word-pairs of everyday discourse such as 'and'-'but', 'before'-'ere', 'Chinese'-'Chink', and 'sweat'-'perspiration', that have proven resistant to truth-conditional explanations of meaning.
English Language Arts, Introductory Kit

Pamela J. Mims

A systematic, year-long language arts curriculum for middle and high school students.
Teaching to Standards: English Language Arts

Pamela J. Mims, Angel Lee, Tracie-Lynn Zakas, Diane M. Browder, and L. Bastian

Research demonstrates high effectiveness with teaching skills that align to grade-level standards.

This curriculum provides materials at three literacy levels: object/photo, symbols, and text. Skill areas include persuasive writing, elements of story grammar, and research endeavors. The authors adapted 15 popular works (like Holes, Number the Stars, and Dragonwings) into simplified text with repeated story lines and symbol supports. Genres include fiction, nonfiction, plays, and poetry.

The 32 progressive lessons are scripted and incorporate evidencebased teaching procedures. They are organized into four units: Change, Values and Decision Making, Social Justice, and Global Awareness. These themes help students grasp the big ideas as well as specific ELA skills.

The curriculum seamlessly integrates traditional formats, like books and manipulatives, with the software and iPad app. This blended approach helps you to teach all students effectively and creates an engaging learning process. In the software and app, students explore eight works of literature through a five-step instructional sequence: preview, vocabulary, read the book, comprehension questions, and story sequence.

The curriculum now comes with two new components, including the consumable Daily Writing Journal Student Workbook and the Task Analysis Teacher Extension Book.

Curriculum Includes: The Implementation Guide, Alignment to Standards booklet, two Teacher’s Guides, one Assessment Response Book, one Student Response Book, Right On Readers 1 and 2, one Daily Writing Journal Student Book, one consumable Daily Writing Journal Student Workbook, graphic organizers, 250 teaching cards, PDFs on disc with a classroom license for printouts, a Task Analysis Teacher Extension Book, and the Access Language Arts Software and iPad App.

Curriculum Plus Includes: the Teaching to Standards: ELA Curriculum plus a total of 10 consumable Daily Writing Journal Student Workbooks, the GoWorksheet Maker iPad App, a set of GoWorksheet activities, samples of communications overlays, four sets of the Right On Readers, and one copy of Holes, We Beat the Street, The Outsiders, Number the Stars, and Dragonwings.
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice

Wendy M. Nehring, American Nurses Association, and Nursing Division of the American Association on Mental Retardation

"Last published in 2004, this new second edition contains up-to-date information for practitioners committed to providing a continuum of services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID/D) across the lifespan." --nursebooks.org
The Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929: Can You Sing Or Play Old-Time Music?

Ted Olson

The Johnson City Sessions were held in Johnson City, Tennessee in October 1928 and October 1929. This work "...marks the first time these recordings have been assembled in any format. Collectively, these 100 songs and tunes are regarded by scholars and record collectors as a strong and distinctive cross-section of old-time Appalachian music just before the Great Depression. The four CDs gather every surviving recording from the sessions, while the accompanying 136-page LP-sized hardcover book contains newly researched essays on the background to the sessions and on the individual artists, with many rare and hitherto unpublished photographs, as well as complete song lyrics and a detailed discography." -- Back cover.

Ted Olson (East Tennessee State University) and Tony Russell are the re-issue producers.
In The Nick of Time: How Joseph S. Hall Discovered The Truth About "Appalachian English" And Rescued Smoky Mountain Music, To Boot

Ted Olson and Steve Kemp

This is the story of how the music in the Grammy Nominated "Old-Time Smoky Mountain Music" CD was originally recorded and includes historical insights into the language spoken in the Smoky Mountains.

An excerpt from "Smokies Life" magazine produced by Great Smoky Mountains Association, official non-profit partner of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Bark Like a Dog!: Outrageous Ideas for Actors

Herb Parker

This book, a short and easy read with common sense coaching and easy to follow exercises, takes beginning acting students through techniques and improvisations that will help them overcome perhaps their greatest fear: making “The Big Choice.” Using sound examples from classical as well as contemporary plays, Herb Parker makes it easier for the theatrical neophyte by making the case that a play is “about human beings caught in an outrageous situation, caused by love.”

“Actor, director, teacher Herb Parker has given us a splendid new book about acting. He analyzes this ancient art in clear, precise, engaging prose while dispensing acute, methodical and perceptive advice. Brilliant actor that he is, Herb understands the craft, the exceptional director gently leads the actor toward a fully realized performance and the thoughtful, caring teacher explains it all to the reader (student). This is the book of acting you need and one you will cherish.”
Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs

Jasmine R. Renner

Many hands, light work -- Chasing two antelopes, at the same time -- The boat, the leader and the water -- A child crawls, then stands -- The monkey, a jump and a tree -- A tree is cut down -- Moving the elephant in one day -- The tree, over the top and the earth -- an army, a sheep, and a lion -- Bundle of sticks are unbreakable.

Children like it simple, powerful and compelling, don't they? The "spirit" of this book makes leadership lessons for kids simple, powerful yet compelling. This "treasure trove" of illustrated stories from African Proverbs is filled with compelling leadership lessons for children all over the world. This book is written for children in every nation whose little minds are curious, who love to explore new and different worlds and who love to listen to stories. "Inspiring Kidz Leadership Lessons from African Proverbs" contains the Proverb, the Story, the Lesson and the country. Proverbs and sayings are found in almost every culture in the world and so not only will children respond to its meaning but adults will find it enriching. In this children's leadership book, the sayings of African proverbs form the basis of the leadership lesson. Not only will you read it and hear it. Your child(ren) will glean life-long leadership nuggets and lessons from it. Stories are like magic, taking us everywhere: backwards, forwards or happening right in the present time, transporting us to many places and situations we might never go. There is a world of wisdom contained in each proverb and we can learn a lot about children's Leadership Lessons from them. So sit down with your toddler, infant, child or children and teach them these simple, profound and compelling leadership lessons through African Proverbs and storytelling. It is hoped that at the very least, proverbs can be a source of entertainment if not a learning tool to teach and entertain your child.
Kidogo Kidogo Inajaza Pot

Jasmine R. Renner

"Kidogo Kidogo Inajaza Pot" ni hadithi moyo-joto kuhusu usugu na uamuzi wa kijana mdogo ambaye seti nje kujaza sufuria na maji na kuingiza kupitia tabia mbaya ya kupata kazi kufanyika. Yeye unaweka kukamilisha kile kinachoonekana kuwa kazi haiwezekani kwa kujaza sufuria kwa maji kidogo kidogo na kuwapa maji kwa watoto ambao walihitaji zaidi. Na changamoto nyingi juu ya njia yake na msaada wa Wasamaria wengi nzuri, thamani masomo juu ya ujasiri usugu, na uvumilivu ni alionyesha kwamba thrill, kuburudisha na kuimarisha mtoto wako au watoto. Kuja na sisi kama sisi kuanza safari hii thrilling ya kujaza sufuria kidogo kidogo na kufanya ndoto ya ajabu kweli kwa ajili ya watoto wengi.

"Little by Little fills the Pot" is a heart-warming story about the persistence and determination of a boy who set out to fill a pot with water and to maneuver through odds to get the jobs done. He sets out to accomplish what appeared to be an impossible task by filling the pot with water little by little and giving the water to children who needed it the most. With many challenges and the assistance of so many good Samaritans, valuable lessons on patience, perseverance and persistence are demonstrated that will thrill, entertain and enrich your child.
Wisdom Essentials For Successful Living

Jasmine R. Renner

Preface -- A note to the reader -- A word about wisdom essentials -- Wisdom is best : think and live wisely -- Make insight your priority -- Buy wisdom, education and insight -- Good things come out of wisdom -- Wisdom's cry and call to everyone -- Intelligence outranks muscles -- Don't assume you know it -- Your face mirrors your heart -- Finding wisdom has much gain -- A warning against a life of crime -- Favor : how to obtain favor for successful living -- Speak out for justice -- Walk with the wise -- A whack on the heads of fools -- One who knows much says little -- If you quit listening -- Warning against adultery -- Warning against foolish acts -- The value of hard work -- The king's protocol -- Children listen to your father -- Wisdom and foolishness throw a party -- A honest life is worth it -- Fear of God expands your life -- The path of a good leader -- Manage your energy, attention and time -- Do your best : prepare for the worst -- Thirty sterling principles to live by -- Without good direction people lose their way -- A God-shaped life -- Sift and weigh every word -- Everything has a place and a purpose -- The right words at the right time -- Fools recycle silliness -- Hodge-podge of wise principles -- Four mysteries -- Four intolerables -- Four dignitaries -- Fall small wonders -- A good wife -- Start with God -- Learn it by heart -- The final word.

"At the core of your being you truly want an enriching and fulfilling life. There are many ways to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is designed to help you find the right way to experience a good life. Wisdom Essentials for Successful Living is written so that we'll all know how to live well and right. It is written so that we will understand what life means and where it's going. It is essentially a manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair. It is a practical book for everyday people stumbling through life. It will teach the inexperienced the ropes and hopefully give young people a grasp on reality. There is something in this book for everyone. There's something in the manual for seasoned men and women. There is still a thing or two for the experienced to learn. There is fresh insight broken down in simplicity to probe and penetrate the rhymes and seasons of your life..."
You Cannot Chase Two Antelopes at The Same Time

Jasmine R. Renner

"You Cannot Chase Two Antelopes at the Same Time" will teach your child(ren) the invaluable lesson of determination and focus. This heart-warming story about the courage and determination of a little boy and his sister who set out to chase two antelopes unsuccessfully, extracts in a vivid illustrative style, the important character trait of determination and focus. The little boy and girl set out to accomplish an impossible task and try different approaches, but to no avail. They finally figured out that in life some pursuits are too delicate to focus on multiple things at the same time. The vivid imagery of antelopes and their incredible sense of swiftness will thrill, entertain and motivate your children.
You Must Climb the Tree If You Want to Eat The Fruits

Jasmine R. Renner

"You Must Climb The Tree If You Want to Eat The Fruits" will teach your child or children the invaluable lesson of hard work and persistence. It teaches children about the invaluable lesson of hard work and persistence in order to partake of good things. In this story, Roland sets out to climb an age old tree called "Vine Grove." Vine Grove was full of juicy, tempting and ripe fruits. Day after day, Roland sat under the tree and dreamt about eating the fruits. He thought it was impossible to climb the tree because it was a very big tree. Twice he attempted to climb the tree but he fell down and could not reach the fruits. Roland became desperate to eat of its fruits. Finally one day, Roland embarks on this life changing journey of climbing the tree and eating the fruits on the tree.
Restoration and Renewal Devotional: Thanksgiving Edition

Jasmine R. Renner and Anita Ricker

Restoration and Renewal! Does that sound familiar? If you desire constant inspiration in your journey to total restoration and renewal this thanksgiving season, this devotional is for you. This devotional looks up!! It conveys through anecdotes, stories, wisdom applications and Godly life-principles this simple but powerful truth. Be thankful always! This is not just as a seasonal devotional for thanksgiving, it is a priceless gift to the reader activating a genuine heart of gratefulness as a lifestyle in the process of restoration and renewal. Come along with us as we take you along this incredible journey of restoration and renewal.
Becoming Melungeon: Making an Ethnic Identity in the Appalachian South

Melissa Schrift

Appalachian legend describes a mysterious, multiethnic population of exotic, dark-skinned rogues called Melungeons who rejected the outside world and lived in the remote, rugged mountains in thefarthest corner of northeast Tennessee. The allegedly unknown origins of these Melungeons are part of what drove this legend and generated myriad exotic origin theories. Though nobody self-identified asMelungeon before the 1960s, by the 1990s "Melungeonness" had become a full-fledged cultural phenomenon, resulting in a zealous online community and annual meetings where self-identified Melungeons gathered to discuss shared genealogy and history. Although today Melungeons are commonly identified as the descendants of underclass whites, freed African Americans, and Native Americans, this ethnic identity is still largely a social construction based on local tradition, myth, and media.

In Becoming Melungeon, Melissa Schrift examines the ways in which the Melungeon ethnicidentity has been socially constructed over time by various regional and national media, plays, and other forms of popular culture. Schrift explores how the social construction of this legend evolved into a fervent movement of a self-identified ethnicity in the 1990s. This illuminating and insightful work examines these shifting social constructions of race, ethnicity, and identity both in the local context of the Melungeons and more broadly in an attempt to understand the formation of ethnic groups and identity in the modern world."
This Distracted and Anarchical People: New Answers For Old Questions About The Civil War-Era North

Andrew L. Slap

While most of the fighting took place in the South, the Civil War profoundly affected the North. As farm boys became soldiers and marched off to battle, social, economic, and political changes transformed northern society. In the generations following the conflict, historians tried to understand and explain the North's Civil War experience. Many historical explanations became taken for granted, such as that the Union Army was ideologically Republican, northern Democrats were disloyal, and German Americans were lousy soldiers. Now in this eye-opening collection of eleven stimulating essays, new and important information is unearthed that solidly challenges the old historical arguments. The essays in This Distracted and Anarchical People range widely throughout the history of the Civil War North, using new methods and sources to reexamine old theories and discover new aspects of the nation's greatest conflict. Many of these issues are just as important today as they were a century and a half ago. What were the extent and limits of wartime dissent in the North? How could a president most effectively present himself to the public? Can the savagery of war ever be tamed? How did African Americans create and maintain their families? This Distracted and Anarchical People highlights the newest scholarship on a diverse array of topics, bringing fresh insight to bear on some of the most important topics in history today--such as the democratic press in the antebellum North, peace movements, the Union Army and the elections of 1864, Liberia and the U.S. Civil War, and African American veterans and marriage practices after Emancipation..
This Distracted and Anarchical People: New Answers for Old Questions About the Civil War-Era North

Andrew L. Slap and Michael T. Smith

While most of the fighting took place in the South, the Civil War profoundly affected the North. As farm boys became soldiers and marched off to battle, social, economic, and political changes transformed northern society. In the generations following the conflict, historians tried to understand and explain the North's Civil War experience. Many historical explanations became taken for granted, such as that the Union Army was ideologically Republican, northern Democrats were disloyal, and German Americans were lousy soldiers. Now in this eye-opening collection of eleven stimulating essays, new and important information is unearthed that solidly challenges the old historical arguments. The essays in This Distracted and Anarchical People range widely throughout the history of the Civil War North, using new methods and sources to reexamine old theories and discover new aspects of the nation�s greatest conflict. Many of these issues are just as important today as they were a century and a half ago. What were the extent and limits of wartime dissent in the North? How could a president most effectively present himself to the public? Can the savagery of war ever be tamed? How did African Americans create and maintain their families? This Distracted and Anarchical People highlights the newest scholarship on a diverse array of topics, bringing fresh insight to bear on some of the most important topics in history today'ssuch as the democratic press in the antebellum North, peace movements, the Union Army and the elections of 1864, Liberia and the U.S. Civil War, and African American veterans and marriage practices after Emancipation.
Treating Sex Offenders: An Evidence-Based Manual

Jill D. Stinson and Judith V. Becker

This structured yet flexible manual presents an innovative group treatment approach that targets deficits in self-regulation—a central problem for sex offenders. Safe Offender Strategies (SOS) comprises 10 evidence-based modules that teach participants the skills to desist from problem behaviors, manage their emotions and impulses, and break unhealthy relationship patterns. Motivational enhancement and validation techniques are woven throughout this collaborative treatment. SOS can be used with a range of clients—including high-risk offenders and those with mental illness or intellectual disabilities—in institutional or outpatient settings. Fifteen reproducible forms and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.
The Dreaded Thirteenth Tennessee Union Cavalry : Marauding Mountain Men

Melanie Storie

A chronicle of the history and activities of the 13th Tennessee Union Cavalry during the Civil War.
Overcoming Adversity in Academia: Stories from Generation X Faculty

Elwood Watson

This collection of essays written by seventeen Generation X academics passionately, provocatively, and eloquently demonstrates the personal issues, conflicts, and triumphs that are definitive of this generation. These essays define the voice of an often overlooked and ignored demographic.
The Plays of Samuel Beckett

Katherine Weiss

Beckett remains one of the most important writers of the twentieth century whose radical experimentations in form and content won him the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969. This Critical Companion encompasses his plays for the stage, radio and television, and will be indispensable to students of his work.

Challenging and at times perplexing, Beckett's work is represented on almost every literature, theatre and Irish studies curriculum in universities in North America, Europe and Australia. Katherine Weiss' admirably clear study of his work provides the perfect companion, illuminating each play and Beckett's vision, and investigating his experiments with the body, voice and technology. It includes in-depth studies of the major works Waiting for Godot, Endgame and Krapp's Last Tape, and as with other volumes in Methuen Drama's Critical Companions series it features too a series of essays by other scholars and practitioners offering different critical perspectives on Beckett in performance that will inform students' own critical thinking. Together with a series of resources including a chronology and a list of further reading, this is ideal for all students and readers of Beckett's work.
Juvenile Justice

John Whitehead and Steven Lab

Juvenile Justice: An Introduction is a student-friendly analysis of all aspects of the juvenile justice system. The book covers the history and development of the juvenile justice system and the unique issues related to juveniles, including police interaction, court processes, due process, movements toward diversion and deinstitutionalization, and community intervention. This book also examines particular issues within juvenile justice, such as female delinquency, gang delinquency, and the use of the death penalty and Life Without Parole with juveniles. Evidence-based suggestions for successful interventions and treatment are included, with a focus on performing cost-benefit analyses of what works versus what is ineffective with juveniles. The book concludes with a look to the future of the juvenile court, including the real possibility of abolition. Provides an engaging introduction to all aspects of the Juvenile Justice system in America. This seventh edition builds on a trusted and well-known textbook with new material on key issues such as sexting, bullying, social media, and the issues of non-delinquent youths. Robust offerings for students include study questions, discussion questions, "What You Need to Know" sections in each chapter, key terms identified, online case study questions, and links to relevant websites. Instructors are provided with helpful test question banks, lesson plans, sample syllabi, Power Point lecture slides, and links to useful websites. Glossary consolidates key terms with definitions. © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Justice, Crime, and Ethics

Michael Braswell, Belinda Rodgers McCarthy, and Bernard J. McCarthy

"The seventh edition of this criminal justice text on ethics has been updated with new case studies and exercises, new chapters on ethics in police training and interrogation, and expansions and revisions throughout. Material is grouped under sections on ethical issues in policing, ethics and the courts, ethical issues in corrections, ethical issues in crime control policy and research, and ethics and the future. Specific topics discussed include how police officers learn ethics, legally permissible but unethical conduct, guidance for lawyers, types of restorative justice programs, ethics and prison, and the Ford Pinto case. The text is geared towards undergraduates in criminology programs and offers lists of key concepts, text boxes, and discussion questions among its learning features."--SciTech Book News