Books published by Cognella, Inc

Offers readers the kind of real-world knowledge that professional investigators use to conduct investigations into organised crime. Designed to serve as both a textbook and a guidebook for investigative field work, the text focuses on information that will be immediately applicable in the working world.

Focuses on critical information and provides opportunities for exploring art and artists with suggestions for further research. This volume introduces the four principal elements of art objects, encourages students to think about art as an important human behaviour, and prompts them to view art as a way of engaging with people, their times, and their place in the world.

Offers a response to the recent paradigm shift in the field of language acquisition. The book launches the field of communication sciences and disorders by identifying major shortcomings in the traditional field of speech and hearing sciences. This text pinpoints numerous issues that have been missed or ignored in the contemporary clinical published writings.

With its shared focus on the management of small businesses and the financial well-being of individuals, this book covers everything needed to successfully run a business or increase personal wealth. All material is rooted in real-world business practices and presented in a clear, concise, and accessible way.

Provides students with a concise synopsis of the Catholic and Franciscan ethical traditions. The chapters examine the two separately, yet also show how they are historically entangled and related and how together they create a rich, multi-dimensional ethical framework.

"Why do we need to study chemistry? Simply because chemistry is life. From its very first chapter, General Chemistry raises readers' awareness of how chemistry permeates every aspect of daily life, from the attraction between two people to the role of kinetics in traffic. The book moves the study of chemistry past the purely scientific and abstract, making it fresh, relevant, and relatable. The material includes Dalton's Theory of Atomic Matter and explorations of chemical reactions stoichiometry, and thermochemistry. Students will also learn about gases, quantum mechanics, electron spin, valence electrons, and the principles of molecular orbital theory. General Chemistry motivates students to embrace chemistry by teaching them the many chemical reactions carried out in their own bodies. It shows links between physics and biology that explain the many processes of life. The book is suitable for introductory chemistry courses for both science majors and non-majors. Narayan Hosmane has been teaching general chemistry for decades, beginning at Virginia Tech (1979-1982) and followed by Southern Methodist University (1982-1998). He has taught at Northern Illinois University since 1998 and currently teaches chemistry as it relates to daily life events. He is the Distinguished Research Professor and the Inaugural Board of Trustees Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Illinois University. After earning his Ph.D. from Edinburgh University, Dr. Hosmane was a postdoctoral fellow at Queen's University in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His research interests include the synthetic and structural chemistry of polyhedron boron cage biomolecules. He is the recipient of numerous research grants, including funding from the National Science Foundation and the Petroleum Research Fund. Dr. Hosmane is a fellow of the Royal Society of Chemists and the American Institute of Chemists. He was recently selected to receive a 2015 Distinguished Faculty Award by Northern Illinois University for his service, and the first to receive the award while still active in research, teaching, and service to the university."

Introduces learners to the complexities of effective leadership, organisational behaviour, and strategic planning. Over the course of the book the material addresses leadership types and functions, organisational change, capacity building, strategic planning, a three dimensional leadership model, and three ""E's"" of leadership - emotional intelligence, empowerment, and ethics.

The discovery-based Constructing Numbers helps students synthesize material from elementary analysis, linear algebra, algebraic structures, and geometry while providing perspective on how mathematical thought has developed. By actively participating in the exercises and proofs, students learn how the material progresses in a logical way.

Provides a straight-forward, realistic examination of hard-core issues that affects the lives of students today. While thoroughly grounded in traditional principles and concepts, the text effectively addresses current social issues such as income inequality, social stratification, race relations, health disparities, and digital age functioning.

The follow-up text to Smart Start-Up Essentials: An Introduction to Effective Entrepreneurship. This second book in the series helps new entrepreneurs make the transition to becoming managers and leaders. The book addresses the most essential issues for effectively managing start-ups, and ensuring that new businesses survive.

Brings together under represented voices and perspectives to address an array of topics through the experiences of those with multiple, intersecting marginalized identities. The issues presented speak to what is relevant today through the voices of women, people of colour, sexual minorities, and people with disabilities.

Provides a comprehensive overview of adolescent psychology. The book uses a problem-based learning format to engage students, facilitate learning and retention, and foster critical thinking skills. Real World, Real Challenges uses a fresh, applied approach and encourages readers to confront the real world problems young people face in contemporary society.

Expands on the works of a man who spent three decades working for social justice as an activist, scholar, and public servant. Recognising that more than forty years later his work is still current and relevant, this book examines the role of Dr. Harry Edwards in fighting against racial injustice in the field of sport.

A learner-centred, instructor-guided, integrated study skills primer that targets struggling high school students, underserved college students, and under-prepared entry level college students. Concise, accessible, and practical, the book uses specific task chains to help students assess themselves, identify their strengths and weaknesses, and recognise the study skills they need to master.

In the westernized world, human populations face diseases of slow accumulation such as diabetes, stroke, and heart disease. These modern diseases are caused by more than diet and exercise alone and are influenced by underlying inequalities that exist in Western societies. This book helps students and professionals understand the importance of social factors and how they affect population health.

Helps students make connections between political theory and the real world politics of 21st Century America. The readings are presented from the perspective that while the parameters of modern citizenship may have changed, the questions of the great political theorists remain as salient as ever.

Helps readers recognise and explore the nature of the religious phenomenon and its diverse expression across cultures. In a fresh, innovative approach, the book blends classical studies of religion with contemporary knowledge about the human mind and human behaviour.

An ideal supplemental text for any Environmental Geology course. The manual introduces users to environmental issues facing contemporary society, including the differing types of environmental problems (both natural and anthropogenic), their origins, effects, and potential remedies.

Offers readers a practical discussion of stress and how to cope with it. Filled with insights, suggestions, and strategies, the book addresses the perception and experience of stress, acute and chronic effects, and ways of managing it. The tone of the text is conversational, and the suggestions and strategies are practical and easily implemented.

Introduces the reader to the physical processes governing our planet and demonstrates how the multiple branches of science intersect to describe our world. Developed for a full term of lab work, this supplemental text gives the users hands-on, problem-solving experience by requiring the application of practical geologic concepts.