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Biochemistry: Free For All

We are happy to welcome you to our second Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook/ Biochemistry Free For All. Biochemistry is a relatively young science/ but its rate of growth has been truly impressive. The rapid pace of discoveries/ which shows no sign of slowing/ is reflected in the steady increase in the size of biochemistry textbooks. Growing faster than the size of biochemistry books have been the skyrocketing costs of higher education and the even faster rising costs of college textbooks. These unfortunate realities have created a situation where the costs of going to college are beyond the means of increasing numbers of students.
Biofundamentals 2.0

Our goal is to present the key observations andunifying concepts upon which modern biology isbased; it is not a survey of all biology! Onceunderstood/ these foundational observations andconcepts should enable you to approach any biologicalprocess/ from disease to kindness/ from a scientificperspective. To understand biological systems we need toconsider them from two complementary perspectives;how they came to be (the historic/ that is/ evolutionary) and how their structures/ traits/ and behaviors areproduced (the mechanistic/ that is/ the physicochemical).
Biology - 2e

Biology 2e is designed to cover the scope and sequence requirements of a typical two-semester biology course for science majors. The text provides comprehensive coverage of foundational research and core biology concepts through an evolutionary lens. Biology includes rich features that engage students in scientific inquiry/ highlight careers in the ...Read More
Biotechnology Foundations - 2nd Edition

Given the broad definition of biotechnology applications and products/ it is easy to see how there is enormous overlap within the fields of cellular biology/ microbiology/ chemistry/ and biomedical engineering. It is the goal of this textbook to provide foundational knowledge to begin building your biotechnology toolkit and enter an ...Read More
Blueprint for Success in College and Career

Blueprint for Success in College and Career is a remix of four previously existing OER (Open Educational Resources): A Different Road To College: A Guide For Transitioning To College For Non-traditional Students by Alise Lamoreaux/ How to Learn Like a Pro! by Phyllis Nissila/ Foundations of Academic Success: Words of ...Read More
Blueprints: Creating/ Describing/ and Implementing Designs for Larger-Scale Software Projects - version 2.2

Blueprints is a concise yet comprehensive coverage of Object-Oriented Analysis and Design concepts/ suitable for a second programming course in Computer Science. It introduces and teaches application development in a command-line environment/ and assumes basic expertise with the Java programming language.
Body Physics: Motion to Metabolism

Body Physics sticks to the basic functioning of the human body/ from motion to metabolism/ as a common theme through which fundamental physics topics are introduced. Related practice/ reinforcement and Lab activities are included. See the front matter for more details. Additional supplementary material/ activities/ and information can be found at: https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/bpsupmat/
Book of Proof - Third Edition

This is a book about how to prove theorems. Until this point in your education/ you may have regarded mathematics primarily as a computational discipline. You have learned to solve equations/ compute derivatives and integrals/ multiply matrices and find determinants; and you have seen how these things can answer practical ...Read More
Boundless Economics

This catalog contains educational content originally curated by Boundless. In collaboration with the Boundless team/ Lumen Learning imported these OER courses to the Lumen Platform/ to ensure they remain freely available to the education community after Boundless ceased operations. Lumen maintains the Boundless content in the same condition it was provided to us. Courses may contain issues with formatting/ accessibility/ and the degree to which content remains current/ accurate/ and complete.
Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy

Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy makes grammar accessible to general and specialist readers alike. This book provides an in-depth look at beginner grammar terms and concepts/ providing clear examples with limited technical jargon. Whether for academic or personal use/ Brehe’s Grammar Anatomy is the perfect addition to any resource library. Features: Practice exercises at the end of each chapter/ with answers in the back of the book/ to help students test and correct their comprehension Full glossary and index with cross-references Easy-to-read language supports readers at every learning stage
Bridges: United States Academia for First-Generation and International College Students

Bridges introduces students to a wide range of concepts/ institutions/ histories/ and artifacts of United States college and university life. After discussing these items in easy-to-scan/ concise/ nuance-free prose/ this textbook then offers useful lists/ templates for writing and speaking in different discourses and situations/ thought-provoking questions and activities for ...Read More
British Columbia in a Global Context

This first year Geography textbook takes a holistic approach to Geography by incorporating elements of physical/ human and regional geography/ as well as bringing in methods and perspectives from spatial information science.. This textbook applies a fundamental geographical approach to understanding our globally changing world by looking at local processes ...Read More
British Literature I Anthology: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature I: From the Middle Ages to Neoclassicism and the Eighteenth Century. Featuring over 50 authors and full texts of their works/ this anthology follows the shift of monarchic to parliamentarian rule in Britain/ and the heroic ...Read More
British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond

The University of North Georgia Press and Affordable Learning Georgia bring you British Literature II: Romantic Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond. Featuring 37 authors and full texts of their works/ the selections in this open anthology represent the literature developed within and developing through their respective eras. This ...Read More
Building Information - Representation and Management: Fundamentals and Principles

The book presents a coherent theory of building information/ focusing on its representation and management in the digital era. It addresses issues such as the information explosion and the structure of analogue building representations to propose a parsimonious approach to the deployment and utilization of symbolic digital technologies like BIM.
Building Maintenance & Construction: Tools and Maintenance Tasks

Building Maintenance & Construction: Tools and Maintenance Tasks introduces and develops knowledge of basic building maintenance tools and materials/ applied skills and techniques/ industry health and safety standards/ and preventive maintenance and troubleshooting practices required by employers for entry-level positions in the building trades and facilities maintenance fields.
Building Strategy and Performance

This book uses a balanced blend of frameworks and illustrations to teach you how to tackle the challenge of driving performance into the future. Kim Warren takes special care with this new textbook/ Building Strategy and Performance/ to ensure that it delivers instruction on how to deliver strategy powerfully over ...Read More
Business Communication for Success

Business Communication for Success (BCS) provides a comprehensive/ integrated approach to the study and application of written and oral business communication to serve both student and professor. This series features chapters with the following elements: Learning Objectives Introductory Exercises Clear expectations/ relevant background/ and important theories Practical/ real-world examples Key ...Read More
Business Computers 365

Intro to Computer Applications or Business Computers for Office 365
Business English for Success

Business English for Success is a creative solution to a common challenge across Business Communication courses: Business English or Business Presentations? Some classes place an equal emphasis on oral and written communication. If that's the case for you check out our text Business Communication for Success. If/ however/ your class ...Read More
Business Ethics

Business Ethics is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of the single-semester business ethics course. This title includes innovative features designed to enhance student learning/ including case studies/ application scenarios/ and links to video interviews with executives/ all of which help instill in students a sense of ethical awareness and responsibility.
Business Information Systems: Design an App for That

We set out to design an introductory course governed by four themes: Give students a good idea of what a career in MIS looks like by doing MIS. Enhance the professionalism of deliverables by teaching design and usability concepts. Promote creativity by assigning projects that demand it. Teach students about ...Read More
Business Law and the Legal Environment

Our goal is to provide students with a textbook that is up to date and comprehensive in its coverage of legal and regulatory issues—and organized to permit instructors to tailor the materials to their particular approach. This book engages students by relating law to everyday events with which they are ...Read More
Business Law I Essentials

Business Law I Essentials is a brief introductory textbook designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of courses on Business Law or the Legal Environment of Business. The concepts are presented in a streamlined manner/ and cover the key concepts necessary to establish a strong foundation in the subject. ...Read More
Business Math: A Step-by-Step Handbook

Business Mathematics was written to meet the needs of a twenty-first century student. It takes a systematic approach to helping students learn how to think and centers on a structured process termed the PUPP Model (Plan/ Understand/ Perform/ and Present). This process is found throughout the text and in every ...Read More
Business Plan Development Guide

This textbook and its accompanying spreadsheet templates were designed with and for students wanting a practical and easy-to-follow guide for developing a business plan. It follows a unique format that both explains what to do and demonstrates how to do it.
Calculo diferencial e integral

Esta comunidad tiene como fin construir un texto base/ que pretende ser la puerta de entrada al mundo de las matemáticas superiores y sus aplicaciones en el campo de las Ciencias de la Ingeniería.
Calculus

Published in 1991 by Wellesley-Cambridge Press/ the book is a useful resource for educators and self-learners alike. It is well organized/ covers single variable and multivariable calculus in depth/ and is rich with applications. Prof. Strang has also developed a related series of videos/ Highlights of Calculus/ on the basic ideas of calculus.