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Key Elements of Green Chemistry

Green chemistry/ in addition to being a science/ it is also a philosophy and nearly a religion. Attendance at American Chemical Society Green Chemistry & Engineering Conferences will instill such an ideal into any attendant because of the nearly universal appeal and possibilities in this novel approach to radicalizing the business of doing science and engineering.
Keys to Understanding the Middle East

This book is intended for readers who have never studied the Middle East/ or experts who may wish to fill gaps in their knowledge of the region from other disciplines. Whether for establishing or deepening one's knowledge of the region/ these fundamentals are important to know. The languages/ cultural/ religious ...Read More
Korean Through Folktales

Korean Through Folktales consists of four chapters and each centers on a famous Korean folktale. The lessons and values that famous folktales teach are embedded and permeated in various aspects of the Koran culture. Using folktales in the curriculum will provide an engaging way to expose students to a slice ...Read More
Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology: Discovering the Unseen World Through Hands-On Investigation

The exercises in this laboratory manual are designed to engage students in hand-on activities that reinforce their understanding of the microbial world. Topics covered include: staining and microscopy/ metabolic testing/ physical and chemical control of microorganisms/ and immunology. The target audience is primarily students preparing for a career in the health sciences/ however many of the topics would be appropriate for a general microbiology course as well.
Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology

This textbook is a comprehensive lab manual for the core curriculum Introductory Geosciences classes with both informational content and laboratory exercises. Topics include basic laws and theories in Geology/ the Earth's interior and plate tectonics/ water and climate change/ igneous rocks and volcanoes/ and earthquakes.
La lingüística hispánica: Una introducción

Editoras: Paige Wilson/ Margaret Saine/ y Anna Traini Este libro/ todavía en desarrollo/ se dirige a estudiantes de español en universidades estadounidenses y pretende ofrecer una breve y simple introducción a la lingüística hispánica. Incluye conceptos básicos de la lingüística/ brinda ensayos que abarcan temas de interés social conectando la ...Read More
Land Use

This text explores the laws governing the use of land. Sometimes narrowly focused/ often intensely local/ land use regulation may give the impression of a highly specialized field with small stakes. The text is divided into three parts: First/ we will survey the ordinary/ local administrative scheme of land use ...Read More
Languages and Worldview

Asking and answering questions about what culture entails and examines the fundamental properties and intertwining nature of language and culture. This text explores linguistic relativity/ lexical differences among languages and intercultural communication/ including high and low contexts. Changes to a variety of OER works were made by Manon Allard-Kropp in ...Read More
Large Animal Surgery – Supplemental Notes

This textbook includes basic principles of large animal surgery and anesthesia/ how to apply those principles to cases and situations/ and discover ways of finding answers when you don’t remember the information/ are presented with cases that aren’t “textbook” and/or things don’t go as planned.
Launch! Advertising and Promotion in Real Time

Launch! Advertising and Promotion is written for advertising and promotion courses taught to students in the business school and journalism & mass communication students. This textbook is the first of its kind to teach advertising concepts by reverse engineering a real advertising campaign from beginning to end. In April 2007/ ...Read More
Law 101: Fundamentals of the Law

Law 101: Fundamentals of Law/ New York and Federal Law is an attempt to provide basic legal concepts of the law to undergraduates in easily understood plain English. Each chapter covers a different area of the law. Areas of law were selected based on what legal matters undergraduates may typically encounter in their daily lives. The textbook is introductory by nature and not meant as a legal treatise.Facebook
Law for Entrepreneurs

Law for Entrepreneurs is an up-to-date textbook that covers the broad spectrum of legal issues that entrepreneurs must understand when starting and running a business. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating ...Read More
Law of Commercial Transactions

Law of Commercial Transactions is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students who engage in commercial transactions must understand. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday events ...Read More
Law of Wills

The purpose of this casebook is to train law students to think and act like probate attorneys. This book is meant to be used in conjunction with the author's book on the law of trusts. This book's focus is problem-solving and legal application; the book includes numerous problems/ so law ...Read More
Law School Materials for Success

The first year of law school is/ for many people/ one of the most significant transitions of their adult life. Law school demands a lot as it helps you make the transition from your prior identity as student (or as some other occupational role) to your new identity as an ...Read More
Leading with Cultural Intelligence

Organizations in the 21st century are in need of culturally intelligent managers and leaders. The pressure to build authentic global networks and to cultivate an appreciation and respect for cultural differences and similarities has driven cultural intelligence to the forefront of diversity and inclusion work. Preparing today's students to be ...Read More
Learning Statistics with R: A tutorial for psychology students and other beginners

Learning Statistics with R covers the contents of an introductory statistics class/ as typically taught to undergraduate psychology students/ focusing on the use of the R statistical software. The book discusses how to get started in R as well as giving an introduction to data manipulation and writing scripts. From ...Read More
Learning to Learn Online

Learning to Learn Online helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning environment and your role as a learner within it. As you come to understand yourself as an self-directed learner/ you will also be introduced to effective learning strategies: time management for online learners/ information management/ professional communication/ and reading strategies. Welcome to your online learning journey!
Legal Aspects of Corporate Management and Finance

Legal Aspects of Corporate Management and Finance is an up-to-date textbook that covers key legal issues relating to corporate management and finance. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students by relating law to everyday ...Read More
Legal Aspects of Marketing and Sales

Legal Aspects of Marketing and Sales is an up-to-date textbook that covers legal issues that students who will work in marketing or with marketing managers must understand. The text is organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. The authors take special care to engage students ...Read More
Le Littéraire dans le quotidien

Le Littéraire dans le quotidien is an open textbook for use in French courses. The Literary in the Everyday represents a new pedagogical approach to reading and writing at the lower levels and is applicable to all languages. Teachers of foreign languages besides French can read about the approach in the Teacher's Guide. Go to Google Drive for individual chapters. Additionally/ the Foreign Languages & The Literary in the Everyday (FLLITE) Project/ a joint initiative of COERLL and CERCLL/ two national foreign language resource centers/ offers open resources for professional development in the publication of CC licensed FLLITE lessons in any language.
Let's Get Writing!

This introduction is designed to exemplify how writers think about and produce text. The guiding features are the following: Every good piece of writing is an argument. Everything worth writing and reading begins with a specific question. Improving skills takes practice/ feedback/ and re-thinking/ redoing/ revising. The layout of our ...Read More
Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español - Segunda edición

Leyendas y arquetipos del Romanticismo español is an introduction to nineteenth-century Spanish literature with a thematic focus on legends and archetypes. It presents Romanticism in the context of nineteenth-century literary and social movements. It is designed as a first anthology for intermediate Spanish students at American universities. Although brief/ it ...Read More
Liberté

This French book is aimed at a first-year college student. Its features include: Each chapter is built around communicative strategies. Clearly defined objectives in communi- cation/ culture/ and grammar are given at the start of each chapter/ and summary exercises at the end allow students to measure their mastery of ...Read More
Liberty/ Equality and Due Process: Cases/ Controversies/ and Contexts in Constitutional Law

This Casebook is intended to be used in a course which concentrates on Constitutional Rights and centers the Fourteenth Amendment. It can be used in a first year Law School course with a title such as “Liberty/ Equality/ and Due Process/” as it is at CUNY School of Law/ an ...Read More
Libro Libre: Beginning Spanish

One of the most important things we can do to hold ourselves accountable for our learning is to engage in goal setting and metacognition—a fancy term for thinking about the way we think and learn. The goals we set should be specific and achievable. Something like “Speak Spanish” is too broad/ we need to focus on the steps we need to take to get there and the signs that we will see as proof of our progress.
Lies/ Damned Lies/ or Statistics: How to Tell the Truth with Statistics

This is a first draft of a free (as in speech/ not as in beer/ [Sta02]) (although it is free as in beer as well) textbook for a one-semester/ undergraduate statistics course. It was used for Math 156 at Colorado State University–Pueblo in the spring semester of 2017.
Lifespan Development: A Psychological Perspective - Second Edition

This textbook introduces the idea of lifespan development from a psychological perspective.