For courses in Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing About Biology. Developing the tools to effectively write about biologyTeaching biology and strong writing skills simultaneously is a challenge, especially when students exhibit a range of abilities. The Ninth Edition of A Short Guide to Writing about Biology provides tools to strengthen student writing and reinforce critical thinking.

Written by a prominent biologist, this best-selling guide teaches students to express ideas clearly and ...

This is a condensed companion text to Technical Communication, offering a brief guide to practical strategies for technical communication.

*A New York Times Notable Book*

*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice*

*A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year*

Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colorful sounds: the hair dryers at his mother's beauty parlor, black mamba bicycle bells, mechanics in Nairobi, the music of Michael Jackson-all punctuated by the infectious laughter of his brother and sister, Jim...

Worldwide Destinations: The Geography of Travel and Tourism is a unique text that explores tourism demand, supply, organisation and resources for every country worldwide. The eighth edition is brought up to date with features such as: An exploration of current issues such as climate change, overtourism, expedition cruises, film tourism, economic and cultural impacts of tourism. New and updated case studies throughout.

More emphasis on South-east Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Online resour...

Writing about Literature is a practical guide to interpreting works of literature and to planning, composing, and documenting papers about literature. Students will find help with forming and supporting an interpretation, avoiding plot summary, integrating quotations from a literary work, observing the conventions of literature papers, and using secondary sources. Writing about Literature also includes two sample student essays — one that uses only a primary source and one that uses primary...

A concise title that connects students to the field of developmental psychology

This title connects students to the field of developmental psychology in an engaging, accessible, culturally inclusive way. With just 15 concise chapters and an epilogue this text is the right length for a single term. Throughout this brief presentation, students will encounter an extraordinary range of research breakthroughs, theories, practices, and stories, all conveyed in Berger’s signature narrative voice. ...

A Super Quick guide to developing your information literacy skills, from identifying and evaluating sources to challenging misinformation and fake news.

A freewheeling black comedy bound up in cultural confusion, political insanity, and environmental catastrophe.

Technical Communication prepares students to make the leap from writing in college to writing in a variety of workplace settings and contexts.

Proven advice for an evolving field Technical Communication prepares you to be a strong technical writer outside the classroom, giving you the tools to adapt to changing professional contexts. Full of clear, practical advice and real-world examples, the thirteenth edition shines a light on the challenges of writing in different contexts across a variet...