Books published by Cengage Learning, Inc

A step-by-step guide to the fundamental skills of nutritional counseling strategies and protocol, complimented by action-based worksheets and practical case studies. It provides a solid foundation of counseling and education principles, opportunities to practice new skills, and knowledge of evaluation methodologies.

Intends to help you use astronomy to understand science - and use science to understand what we are. This text will help you answer two fundamental questions: What are we? And how do we know?

Helps readers see how interesting and exciting experimental and nonexperimental research can be. This book begins with tips and strategies for generating research ideas, moves to selecting measures and participants, and then offers an examination of research strategy and design.

Written to appeal to a broad range of readers interested in a college-level introduction to biological or physiological psychology, this book provides readers with a foundational understanding of the structure and function of the nervous system and its relationship to both typical and disordered human behavior.

Emphasizes the fundamental role the molecular world plays in your daily life. By clearly identifying and explaining connections between the molecular world and microscopic world, this book helps you understand the major scientific, technological, and environmental issues affecting our society.

Packed with the information, examples, and problems you need to learn to "think like a chemist," this title is designed to help you become an independent problem-solver. It begins with coverage of the atom and proceeds through the concept of molecules, structure, and bonding.

Helps you learn chemistry actively along with study assignments. This edition integrates new features such as technological resources, coached problems, and enhanced art and photography. Each chapter includes an Everyday Chemistry section that illustrates how chemistry is applied in daily life.

Presenting content in such a way that students develop the critical reasoning and problem-solving skills that are needed in an ever-changing technological world, the authors emphasize fundamental concepts as they progress through the five divisions of physical sciences: physics, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, and geology.

Intended for the one- or two-semester course required of Education majors, this book offers future teachers a comprehensive mathematics course designed to foster concept development through examples, investigations, and explorations.

Helps you grasp the important themes, perspectives, and theories of the field. This collection of the most enduring works in organization theory, written by distinguished theorists, describes what organization theory is, how it has developed, and how its development has coincided with events and changes in other fields.

Helps you understand contemporary events and emerging global trends. Centering on the international developments, this title encourages you to form your own opinions about the pressing security, economic, and environmental problems of the twenty-first century.

Provides you with a comprehensive tour of the world's great artistic traditions.

Provides you with a comprehensive illustrated tour of the world's great artistic traditions.

Provides you with a comprehensive tour of the world's artistic traditions. This book also provides a cultural backdrop for each of the covered periods and geographical locations, and incorporating artists and art forms - all reproduced according to the highest standards of clarity and color fidelity.

Focuses on beauty and wellness. This resource provides students with the foundation in the principles and skills needed to master the science and art of cosmetology. It also features over 750 photos and a fresh layout.

Helping you find your voice, this book helps you build the skills you need to become a more effective communicator. It incorporates the communication research as it presents a pragmatic introduction to the concepts, principles, and skills of interpersonal communication.

Packed with applications that are relevant to your daily life, this book features trendsetting art to help you understand key biological concepts. It helps you develop an understanding of biology and the process of science while you build the critical-thinking skills you need to succeed.

Organized by diets rather than by organ systems or disease states, this title distinguishes itself through rich pedagogical features. It provides core nutrition concepts and up-to-date clinical content at a level that is accessible to the range of health care team members who are responsible for a client's nutrition needs.

A friendly guide that teaches the fundamentals of computer programming using Just BASIC.

Offers a comprehensive, balanced coverage of victimology.

Uses a historical approach to bring philosophy to life through lively narratives, engaging illustrations, and a student-friendly writing style. This textbook guides students through the lives and works of history's greatest philosophers, drawing from both canonical primary sources and the latest philosophical critiques.

Focuses on problem-solving and full-code examples to vividly demonstrate the how and why of applying programming concepts and utilizing C++ to work through a problem.

Equips readers with the skills and practical understanding to meet the management challenges of a new century. In this book, readers delve into the fundamentals of human behavior in today's organizations. It balances classic management ideas with thorough coverage of the many OB developments and contemporary trends.

Treating writing as thinking, this title delivers a sequence of specific prompts that teach students across the curriculum how the process of analysis and synthesis is a vehicle for original and well-developed ideas. It treats writing as a tool of thought - a means of undertaking sustained acts of inquiry and reflection.

Packed with examples and illustrations, this book delivers the ideal introduction to machine tool industry, equipping readers with an understanding of fundamental and intermediate machining skills. It is aligned with the National Institute of Metalworking Skills (NIMS) Machining Level I Standard.

Provides a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to financial management, focusing on value creation, risk management, and effectively managing cash flows, the international aspects of financial management, the ethical context of managerial decision-making, and the increased impact of the Internet in business practice.

Provides an introduction to computer concepts and skills, which maps to the newest Computing Core Certification (IC3) standards. This book covers Computing Fundamentals, Key Applications, and Living Online - everything your students need to be prepared to pass the IC3 exam, and finish the course as confident computer users.

Features material reflecting the automotive technology and industry best practices. In addition to incorporating NATEF Collision Repair and Refinish Program Standards and Task Lists, this book provides information on working with hybrid and electric vehicles, using environmentally friendly water-based paints, and other methods and materials.

Prepares student programmers for success by teaching them the fundamental principles of developing structured program logic. This book offers a language-independent approach to programming, with a distinctive emphasis on modern conventions.