Pay for Play How the Music Industry Works, Where the Money Goes, and Why by Wayte, Larry

Table of Contents: “…History and Structure of the Music Industry -- Church and Court Patronage -- Public Concerts and Celebrity -- Music Printing -- Tin Pan Alley and Music Publishing -- How does the Publishing Industry Work? …”
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Opening Eyes onto Inclusion and Diversity by Carter, Susan, Abawi, Lindy, Lawrence, Jill

Table of Contents: “…Introducing the key ideas -- Differing childhoods: Transgressing boundaries through thinking differently -- Celebrating diversity: Focusing on inclusion -- Opening eyes onto diversity and inclusion in early childhood education -- Fostering first year nurses’ inclusive practice: A key building black for patient centred care -- Positioning ourselves in multicultural education: Opening our eyes to culture -- Creating an inclusive school for refugees and students with English as a second language or dialect -- Opening eyes to vision impairment: Inclusion is just another way of seeing -- Setting the scene: The importance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural perspectives in education (the danger of the single story) -- Conclusion…”
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Chemistry of Cooking by Rodriguez-Velazquez, Sorangel

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Project Management by Watt, Adrienne

Table of Contents: “…Project Completion -- 19. Celebrate! -- Appendix 1: Project Management PowerPoints -- Appendix 2: Chapter Questions -- Appendix 3: Chapter Audio Files -- About the Author -- Versioning History…”
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Mastering Strategic Management by Edwards, Janice, Ketchen, Dave, Short, Jeremy

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1 -- Mastering Strategy: Art and Science -- Defining Strategic Management and Strategy -- Intended, Emergent, and Realized Strategies -- The History of Strategic Management -- Understanding the Strategic Management Process -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2 -- Leading Strategically -- Vision, Mission, and Goals -- Assessing Organizational Performance -- The CEO as Celebrity -- Entrepreneurial Orientation -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 -- Evaluating the External Environment -- The Relationship between an Organization and Its Environment -- Evaluating the General Environment -- Evaluating the Industry -- Mapping Strategic Groups -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 -- Managing Firm Resources -- Resource-Based Theory -- Intellectual Property -- Value Chain -- Beyond Resource-Based Theory: Other Views on Firm Performance -- SWOT Analysis -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 -- Selecting Business-Level Strategies -- Understanding Business-Level Strategy through “Generic Strategies” -- Cost Leadership -- Differentiation -- Focused Cost Leadership and Focused Differentiation -- Best-Cost Strategy -- Stuck in the Middle -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 -- Supporting the Business-Level Strategy: Competitive and Cooperative Moves -- Making Competitive Moves -- Responding to Competitors' Moves -- Making Cooperative Moves -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 -- Competing in International Markets -- Advantages and Disadvantages of Competing in International Markets -- Drivers of Success and Failure When -- Competing in International Markets -- Types of International Strategies -- Options for Competing in International Markets -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8 -- Selecting Corporate-Level Strategies -- Concentration Strategies -- Vertical Integration Strategies -- Diversification Strategies -- Strategies for Getting Smaller -- Portfolio Planning and Corporate-Level Strategy -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9 -- Executing Strategy through Organizational Design -- The Basic Building Blocks of Organizational Structure -- Creating an Organizational Structure -- Creating Organizational Control Systems -- Legal Forms of Business -- Conclusion -- Chapter 10 -- Leading an Ethical Organization: Corporate Governance, Corporate Ethics, and Social Responsibility -- Boards of Directors -- Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility -- Understanding Thought Patterns: A Key to Corporate Leadership? …”
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Tacitus, Annals, 15.20­-23, 33­-45. Latin Text, Study Aids with Vocabulary, and Commentary by Owen, Mathew, Gildenhard, Ingo

Table of Contents: “…Commentary -- Section 1: Annals 15.20–23 -- (i) 20.1–22.1: The Meeting of the Senate -- (ii) 22.2: Review of striking prodigies that occurred in AD 62 -- (iii) 23.1–4: Start of Tacitus' account of AD 63: the birth and death of Nero's daughter by Sabina Poppaea, Claudia Augusta -- Section 2: Annals 15.33–45 (AD 64) -- (i) 33.1–34.1: Nero's coming-out party as stage performer -- (ii) 34.2–35.3: A look at the kind of creatures that populate Nero's court – and the killing of an alleged rival -- (iii) 36: Nero considers, but then reconsiders, going on tour to Egypt -- (iv) 37: To show his love for Rome, Nero celebrates a huge public orgy that segues into a mock-wedding with his freedman Pythagoras -- (v) 38–41: The fire of Rome -- (vi) 42–43: Reconstructing the Capital: Nero's New Palace -- (vii) 44: Appeasing the Gods, and Christians as Scapegoats -- (viii) 45: Raising of Funds for Buildings -- 5. …”
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An Introduction to African and Afro-Diasporic Peoples and Influences in British Literature and Culture before the Industrial Revolution by Elmore, Jonathan, Halpin, Jenni

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A Concise Introduction to Logic by DeLancey, Craig

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EmpoWord A Student-Centered Anthology & Handbook for College Writers by Abrams, Shane

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Cornelius Nepos, 'Life of Hannibal' Latin Text, Notes, Maps, Illustrations and Vocabulary by Mulligan, Bret

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Introduction to Sociology by Conerly, Tonja R., Holmes, Kathleen, Tamang, Asha Lal

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WAC Partnerships Between Secondary and Postsecondary Institutions

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