Books published by Cengage Learning, Inc

Provides coverage that implements the 2014 National Electrical Code[registered]. This book offers detailed explanations as it guides you step by step through the critical tasks and responsibilities that face today's professional residential electricians in both new construction and existing homes.

Features dozens of applications that emphasize the real-world relevance of economics for students through interesting news articles, realistic case studies, and engaging problems.

Maintaining the exposition, precise presentation, this title focuses on interesting and relevant concepts, and teaching package that is the extensive in the industry, it can be the perfect complement to your teaching.

Provides the tools you need to become a counselor. This book covers a variety of topics, ranging from the general principles of cultural diversity to how to work with clients from various cultures.

Combining thorough instruction with the powerful multimedia tools you need to develop a deeper understanding of general chemistry concepts, this book emphasizes the visual nature of chemistry, illustrating the close interrelationship of the macroscopic, symbolic, and particulate levels of chemistry.

Designed to equip students with the inspiration and knowledge they need to make a difference solving environmental issues, this book provides introductions to the multiple environmental problems that we face and balanced discussions to evaluate potential solutions.

Features, an easier to understand presentation, a lab manual/workbook, updated photos and illustrations, and the up-to-date coverage available.

Offers comprehensive coverage of emerging online business strategies, up-to-the-minute technologies, and the developments from the field that equips readers with a solid understanding of the dynamics of this fast-paced industry.

Offers coverage of the world's civilizations. This book includes focused treatment of topics throughout history that covers every epoch and follows general patterns and processes, while illuminating history through specific examples and an emphasis on social and cultural topics.

Covers cognitive neuroscience, attention and consciousness, perception, memory, knowledge, representation, language, problem solving and creativity, decision making and reasoning, cognitive development, and intelligence. This book provides a "from lab to life" approach that covers theory, lab and field research, and applications to everyday life.

Offers an introduction to the human services profession. Based on the authors' extensive experience as practitioners, educators, and researchers, this text defines human services, reviews the historical development of the field, provides an overview of the profession, and emphasizes the skills needed to succeed as a human services practitioner.

Provides the comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals of nutrition and nutrition therapy for an introductory course. This title includes chapters that focus on "normal" nutrition, including digestion and metabolism, vitamins and minerals, and life cycle nutrition.

Written within a bio-psychosocial framework, this book covers the specific ages-stages of adult development and aging. It focuses on "positive aging" and the gains and losses people experience across adulthood.

Helps you grasp the details of litigation practice, covers the litigation process in a range of contexts, and demonstrates the relationship of litigation to other legal specialties. This book includes sample documents that familiarize you with the documents you can encounter in the litigation law office.

With a combination of cases, readings, hypotheticals, and dilemmas, this book illustrates the decision-making process and why good leaders often make questionable choices.

Presents a long tradition of accuracy, thoroughness, and consistent coverage of the latest issues and emerging trends.

Details how to organize as well as manage effective project teams, from planning and scheduling to cost management. This title helps you learn the keys to effective communication both within and outside a team and see firsthand how project management is applied in the workplace with this edition's cases and new real-world vignettes.

Contains readings that cover centuries of thought and wisdom. This book includes various issues in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of mind, and ethics.

Integrates the use of spreadsheets and graphing calculators with instructions for Microsoft Excel and the TI-83. This book has an accompanying website that provides several interactive tutorials, exercises, and online support.

Provides what students need to strengthen their interpersonal, group, public speaking, and media literacy skills - and demonstrates the value of communication in their own lives. This book is packed with interactive, online study tools that assist your students as they explore human communication and become confident and effective communicators.

Covering topics such as hybrid vehicles, GPS systems and fuel injection systems, the latest edition of this title has been updated to reflect new developments in the field of automotive technology.

Offers a comprehensive guide to the care and husbandry of small animals. This book introduces you to the basics of the small animal industry, including the history, safety concerns and care and welfare of these animals before diving into the specifics of each, with chapters covering dogs, cats, reptiles, birds, fish and exotic species.

Reflecting the policy and practice changes, this title delivers a thorough examination of human services - providing students with an insightful, realistic portrayal of the field. Using a multidisciplinary approach, it offers an overview of the helping field, its available programs, and the practical skills workers can employ.

Featuring topics such as competence to stand trial, the insanity defense, expert forensic testimony, analysis of eye witness identification, criminal profiling, and many others, this book gives a comprehensive overview of psychology's contributions to the legal system, and the many roles available to trained psychologists within the system.