Books published by Cengage Learning, Inc

The question at the center of the seventeenth edition of The Irony Of Democracy is "How democratic is American society?" While most American government books address politics from a pluralist perspective, this book approaches the subject using an elitist perspective. It helps readers understand why the U S government works as it does.

Organized around the central theme of homeostasis - how the body meets changing demands while maintaining the internal constancy necessary for all cells and organs to function, this book helps you appreciate the integrated functioning of the human body.

Features coverage of key principles of international relations, providing a thorough introduction to the discipline while avoiding excessive detail and complexity. This book explores essential concepts such as power politics, war and democracy, human nature, free trade, inequality, globalization, humanitarian intervention, and terrorism.

Presenting the law of contracts in an understandable and organized manner, this book helps you master the details of contract formation, determining the applicable law, unenforceable contracts and breach of contract. It addresses impact of Article 2 of the UCC, federal preemption, and the UN's Convention on the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

Suitable for allied health majors, this title emphasizes the applications of chemistry.

Helps you master the basics of psychopharmacology. Concise yet comprehensive, this counseling text covers the basic principles of psychopharmacology, commonly prescribed psychotropic drugs for adults, and psychotropic medications prescribed to children. It also addresses psychological, cultural, and social issues related to psychopharmacology.

Ever wonder why you have the number of friends that you do? Would a tax on soda really reduce obesity? What is going on with the financial problems in Greece? Is a tax rebate is better than a tax bonus? This book answers these questions.

Prepares readers for the realities of practicing therapy. This book engages readers in an active learning process, introducing family therapy theories using theory-specific case conceptualization and treatment planning.

Focuses on law enforcement managers and supervisors, their jobs, and the complicated interrelationships between members of the law enforcement team and the communities they serve. This book begins with a general overview of the policing profession to provide context for later discussions of the role of managers within the field.

With a focus on how to conduct a family assessment for case intervention, this practical guide offers a step-by-step approach to family practice. It includes family case studies that demonstrate the process of assessment and selected interventions for working with diverse families.

Renowned for its clear presentation of grammar, this book equips you with the tips and tools you need to succeed in dynamic, cross-platform, multi-media writing environment. It combines straightforward explanations and examples with quick and accurate answers to common grammar and usage questions, problems and potential pitfalls.

New to the 9th edition, the Laboratory Manual is a valuable tool designed to enhance your lab experience. Lab activities, objectives, materials lists, step-by-step procedures, illustrations, and review questions are commonly found in a Lab Manual.

Featuring content from National Geographic and TED, this title offers four-level, integrated skills World English series that brings stories about our planet and compelling ideas from around the world to the classroom.

Informed by extensive data and research, this text provides an in-depth, scholarly examination of serial murderers and their victims, including profiles of some of the most prominent murderers of our time.

A concise, streamlined paperback that reflects the latest developments from the field, BASICS OF RESEARCH METHODS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND CRIMINOLOGY, Fourth Edition combines a conversational writing style with Michael G. Maxfield's expertise in criminology and criminal justice. In fewer than 400 pages, this popular, student-friendly text introduces you to the core of criminal justice research using the most current, real data available. It features coverage of such key topics as ethics, causation, validity, field research, research design, and more. The Fourth Edition includes expanded coverage of qualitative research and interviewing, focus groups in criminological research, and snowball sampling, as well as additional examples of student research. Balancing coverage of both qualitative and quantitative methods, the text is packed with real-world examples, practical applications, and Internet research exercises that help you "get" the basics of research methods.

PROGRAM EVALUATION, 6th Edition helps readers learn how to evaluate services and programs that they will encounter in their professional practice. In the process of learning evaluation techniques and skills, readers will become proficient at critically analyzing evaluation studies conducted by others. The authors present and simplify all the essentials needed for a critical appreciation of evaluation issues and methodology. The book's clear writing style and clear presentation of concepts, as well as the its hands-on and applied focus, will guide readers on how to gather evidence and demonstrate that their interventions and programs are effective in improving clients' lives. This edition's up-to-date coverage includes a greater number of references to current literature, emphasizing that consulting the literature is an important step in recognizing, developing, and evaluating evidence-based practice or research-informed practice.

Brings the world to the classroom like never before through new and updated topics, video, and visuals from National Geographic. This book helps teachers learners to think and read critically to encourage a generation of informed global citizens.

Introduces future educators to technology and digital media. This book helps teachers learn about the trends in technology and how to integrate these concepts into their classroom using a variety of practical applications to successfully teach the generation of digital students.

Part of the Reading Explorer series, this title includes topics, video, and visuals from National Geographic. It teaches learners to think and read critically to encourage a generation of informed global citizens.

Features tear-out review cards for students and instructors and a consistent online offering with Enhanced CourseMate that includes an eBook in addition to a set of interactive digital tools. This title offers expanded coverage on technology and social media, online grammar tools, real world examples, and quizzes and games to make reviewing fun.

Written specifically for counselors-in-training, this practical new text features an engaging writing style with real-life cases and applications. AN ADVANCED LIFESPAN ODYSSEY FOR COUNSELING PROFESSIONALS, 1st Edition, covers the typical lifespan topics, but with a focus on developmental issues you'll encounter as a counseling professional -- and the strategies and techniques to deal with them. Case studies and discussions of current issues anchor the material in the real world. Reflections from parents and current counselors further enhance the text's applied emphasis, giving you ideas for how to integrate the theories and other information into real-life practice. This is a book you'll want to keep on hand long after you leave the course.

Presenting a balanced, and modern approach to US History, this book uses three themes in a unique approach to show how the United States was transformed, in a relatively short time, from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the most powerful industrial nation on earth.