Product Description: Understanding and Interaction in Clinical and Educational Settings examines the interplay of interaction, reasoning, setting, and culture that affects the creation of understandings. By analyzing and comparing routine activities and information resources in clinics and classrooms, Barry Saferstein identifies the components of interactions that enhance or limit understanding...read more

Surveys the evolution of the empire of the Incas from the first settlement more than ten thousand years ago to the time of the Spanish conquests

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to move our field's discussion beyond issues of diversity in the practice of technical communication, which is certainly important, to include discussions of how race and ethnicity inform the production and distribution of technical communication in the United States...read more

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to move our field's discussion beyond issues of diversity in the practice of technical communication, which is certainly important, to include discussions of how race and ethnicity inform the production and distribution of technical communication in the United States...read more

Product Description: Signs are critically important in all forms of activity, including business, because they establish what it is to be human. Without signs we could not think, we could not communicate what we think and we could not ensure that we collaborate together in our work, home and leisure...read more

Product Description: Practical Business Math Procedures is a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and applications of mathematics to personal and commercial business problems. The text uses basic arithmetic and problem solving techniques and illustrates their use in retailing, interest and loans, banking, payroll, taxes, investments, insurance, and a variety of other business situations...read more

Product Description: The Eleventh Edition of Practical Business Math Procedures, Brief provides innovative learning tools and real-world examples that will support, engage, and motivate business math students in the classroom. The goal of the 11th edition is to personalize the learning experience for all business math students to promote engagement, achievement, and lifelong learning...read more

Product Description: Practical Business Math Procedures is a comprehensive introduction to the concepts and applications of mathematics to personal and commercial business problems. The text uses basic arithmetic and problem solving techniques and illustrates their use in retailing, interest and loans, banking, payroll, taxes, investments, insurance, and a variety of other business situations...read more

Product Description: Intercultural Communication in the Global Workplace, 4/e by Beamer and Varner addresses the issues of culture and communication within the context of international business. The text provides examples of how cultural values and practices impact business communication...read more

Product Description: Business is now conducted on a global scale. Learning how to communicate and interact across national and cultural boundaries is a key to success. This book discusses the issues affecting international business and how business functions are adapted for specific regions and cultures to facilitate effective working relationships "Work With Anyone Anywhere is a very practical tool and one I'll keep handy...read more

Surveys the evolution of the empire of the Incas from the first settlement more than ten thousand years ago to the time of the Spanish conquests (view table of contents)

Product Description: Analyzing the impact of the current recession on the major industrial center of the West Midlands, this study shows how the seeds of decline were present as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The authors trace the economic evolution of the area through the examination of demographic patterns, housing characteristics, and local government policies in order to offer explanations for the contracting industrial base...read more