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Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 ebooks? The changing foliage, cooler temperatures, and fall holidays energize many people to cook, bake, and share their favorite dishes with family and friends. Enjoy this collection of recipe books from cultures around the world and get inspiration for your latest culinary creation!

Comfort Food

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 ebooks? October is officially Spooky Season, so let’s get into the spirit with books about the paranormal, occult, and downright scary. 

Spooky Season

Did you know that the South College Library offers students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 ebooks? This month's theme is Remember September, where we explore themes of nostalgia, memory, and vintage in contemporary culture and society. Start with these books of poetry, history, fashion, and medicine and then dive into the library's ebook collection to find more!

Remember September

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Global Health: Geographical Connections by Anthony C. Gatrell 
This book explores the geographical dimensions of global health, examining the connections between health, place, and governance. Using diverse case studies, it analyzes issues like health inequalities, infectious disease spread, environmental health impacts, and climate change, with a focus on how these challenges disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries. It emphasizes the crucial role of cross-border geographical processes in understanding and addressing global health issues. 

The Way Forward by Kevin Aldridge 
Transform your organization into a place of healing and support. The Way Forward provides a step-by-step guide to integrating Trauma Responsive Care (TRC) into the very fabric of your corporate culture, especially when serving individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Kevin Aldridge shows you how to foster safety, connection, and control—not just for those you serve, but for your staff as well. Building on The Way Through, this book empowers you to implement TRC and create lasting change. 

The Jon Boat Years by Jim Mize 
Delightful tales of hunting and fishing, family, friends, dogs, and precious time well spent. Nationally recognized and award-winning writer Jim Mize captures the true essence of sport and living life to the fullest in this collection of stories about his outdoor escapades. In tales spanning more than five decades, Mize invites readers into carefree days hiking through the Colorado Rockies with a fly rod and leisurely casting poppers to bluegill on small southern ponds. Mize's humorous stories entertain and return readers to their own turkey hunting or creek-fishing excursions. Black-and-white drawings from artist Bob White illustrate stories filled with laughter, quiet contemplation, and wonder 

Fatal Jump by Leslie Reperant 
"Fatal Jump" explores how animal pathogens jump to humans, causing pandemics. Most jumps fail, but rare successes lead to devastating diseases. The book examines pathogens from various animals, including rats, bats, and mosquitoes, and their impact. Dr. Leslie Reperant investigates how factors like environmental change and population dynamics fuel pandemics. She discusses mysteries like monkeypox's spread and COVID-19's impact on measles control. The book emphasizes understanding the global connections between human and environmental health. Ultimately, "Fatal Jump" urges a shift from a human-centric view to a holistic understanding of disease emergence. 

Selling From Your Comfort Zone by Stacey Hall 
This book challenges the notion that successful sales require compromising personal values. It proposes a "comfort zone" approach, emphasizing authentic connection and problem-solving over pushy tactics. Stacey Hall introduces the Alignment Marketing formula, blending traditional sales skills with relationship-building techniques. This method encourages alignment with personal values, the product, and the prospect, fostering confidence and energy. It acknowledges gender-based sales differences, integrating both male-driven results and female-driven connection. By gently expanding comfort zone boundaries, salespeople can navigate challenges with resilience. This approach aims to bring meaning to the sales role, leading to satisfaction and success. Ultimately, the book demonstrates that genuine connection and alignment are key to achieving stellar sales. 

Social Processes of Online Hate by Joseph B. Walther and Ronald E. Rice 
This book analyzes how online social dynamics drive the expression and spread of hate. International experts examine diverse forms of online hate—including abuse, antisemitism, and radicalization—to reveal the social factors and platform features that enable them. It offers novel approaches for understanding these phenomena and is essential reading for researchers in sociology, criminology, media studies, and related fields. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Coach the Person, Not the Problem: A Guide to Using Reflective Inquiry by Marcia Reynolds 

From a pioneer in coaching, Marcia Reynolds offers a practical guide to mastering reflective inquiry. By shifting the focus from asking questions to actively listening and mirroring clients' thoughts, coaches can spark deeper self-awareness and inspire transformative insights. This book provides essential techniques and strategies to help coaches create a safe space for clients to explore, grow, and achieve their full potential. 

Back Exercise: Stabilize, Mobilize, and Reduce Pain by Brian Richey

Struggling with back pain? Back Exercise offers a solution. It combines clear explanations of spinal anatomy with self-assessment techniques and targeted exercises to improve mobility, stability, and reduce pain. Tailored plans for common conditions like disc herniation and stenosis help you take control of your back health for the long term. 

Blitz Hospital: True Stories of Nursing in Wartime London by Penny Starns 

Blitz Hospital offers a poignant glimpse into the lives of medical staff at St. Thomas’ and The London hospitals during the Blitz. As London bore the brunt of German air raids, these hospitals became battlegrounds of a different kind. Through diaries, letters, and reports, the book reveals the extraordinary courage and resilience of doctors and nurses who tirelessly treated the wounded and dying. This gripping narrative sheds light on the human cost of war and the enduring spirit of those who cared for others during one of history’s darkest hours. 

Social Robotics and the Good Life: The Normative Side of Forming Emotional Bonds with Robots by Janina Loh & Wulf Loh 

Robots as social companions in close proximity to humans have a strong potential of becoming more and more prevalent in the coming years, especially in the realms of elder day care, child rearing, and education. As human beings, we have the fascinating ability to emotionally bond with various counterparts, not exclusively with other human beings, but also with animals, plants, and sometimes even objects. Therefore, we need to answer the fundamental ethical questions that concern human-robot-interactions per se, and we need to address how we conceive of »good lives«, as more and more of the aspects of our daily lives will be interwoven with social robots. 

A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project, Third Edition by Karen Roush 

A Nurse's Step-By-Step Guide to Writing a Dissertation or Scholarly Project, Third Edition, is a straightforward how-to guide. This book is intentionally concise because, let's be honest, the last thing a busy candidate needs is another unwieldy, doorstop-sized book. Packed with practical steps and tools, this fully updated third edition will help you plan, document, organize, and write your dissertation or scholarly project. Don't go it alone; let author and fellow dissertation survivor Karen Roush help you get from square one to DONE.  

Unofficial Guide to Radiology: 100 Practice Abdominal X-Rays by Daniel Weinberg et al. 

The Unofficial Guide to Radiology: 100 Practice Abdominal X Rays is the sequel to The Unofficial Guide to Radiology, which has been recommended by the Royal College of Radiologist and won awards from the British Institute of Radiology and the British Medical Association. This book teaches systematic analysis of Abdominal X Rays. The layout is designed to make the book as relevant to clinical practice as possible; the X-rays are presented in the context of a real-life scenario. The reader is asked to interpret the X-ray before turning over the page to reveal a model report accompanied by a fully color annotated version of the X-ray. Uniquely, all cases provide realistic high quality X-Ray images, are annotated in full color, and are fully reported, following international radiology reporting guidelines. This means the X-Rays are explained comprehensively, but with clear annotation so that a complete beginner can follow the thinking of the expert. This book has relevance beyond examinations, for post graduate further education and as a day-to-day reference for professionals. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Leading with Love and Laughter: Letting Go and Getting Real at Work by Zina Sutch & Patrick Malone 

Leadership is often seen as a set of skills, not a human connection. Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone argue that effective leadership requires love and laughter. Science supports this, showing that empathy and positive emotions lead to better decisions and motivation. However, traditional leadership training focuses on technical skills, neglecting emotional intelligence. The authors emphasize the importance of caring for employees and fostering a positive work environment. By leading with love and laughter, leaders can build stronger teams, improve performance, and boost morale. 

Taking Care of Our Own: When Family Caregivers Do Medical Work by Sherry N. Mong 

Mixing personal history, interviewee voices, and academic theory from the fields of care work, the sociology of work, medical sociology, and nursing, Taking Care of Our Own introduces us to the hidden world of family caregivers. Using a multidimensional approach, Sherry N. Mong seeks to understand and analyze the types of skilled work that family caregivers do, the processes through which they learn and negotiate new skills, and the meanings that both caregivers and nurses attach to their care work. Taking Care of Our Own is based on sixty-two in-depth interviews with family caregivers, home and community health care nurses, and other expert observers to provide a lens through which in-home care processes are analyzed, while also exploring how caregivers learn necessary procedures. Further, Mong examines the emotional labor of caregiving, as well as the identities of caregivers and nurses who are key players in the labor process and gives attention to the ways in which the labor is transferred from medical professionals to family caregivers. 

The Remote Worker's Handbook: How to Work Effectively from Anywhere by The Staff of Entrepreneur Media & Jason R. Rich 

Remote work offers unparalleled flexibility and freedom. Top companies like Apple, Amazon, and UnitedHealth Group are embracing hybrid and remote models, allowing you to shape your career around your lifestyle. The Remote Worker's Handbook provides the essential tools and strategies to thrive in this new era of work. Learn how to master remote work, from effective time management techniques and virtual communication strategies to building strong professional relationships online. Discover how to optimize your workspace, whether it's a dedicated home office or a co-working space, and leverage the power of cloud-based tools, virtual calendars, and free services to boost productivity. With The Remote Worker's Handbook, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to navigate the remote work landscape, advance your career, and unlock your full potential. 

Art Therapy with Veterans by Rachel Mims 

This informative guide explores the use of art therapy in various settings to support military veterans. With contributions from diverse experts, the book offers valuable insights into the effectiveness of this approach, including its use in addressing military sexual trauma, moral injury, and countertransference. By highlighting successful programs and providing practical guidance, this resource empowers therapists to offer essential support to veterans and inspire the development of future initiatives in military communities. 

Carrying On: Another School of Thought on Pregnancy and Health by Brittany Clair 

In the 21st century, expecting parents are overwhelmed by conflicting advice. Carrying On offers a unique perspective, tracing the origins of common pregnancy practices. By exploring the historical context of prenatal vitamins, weight gain guidelines, ultrasounds, and birth plans, the book empowers parents to make informed decisions. It provides the necessary context to navigate the complexities of modern pregnancy care and challenges conventional wisdom. 

Data & Analytics for Instructional Designers by Megan Torrance 

Data and Analytics for Instructional Designers equips instructional designers with the tools to harness the power of data. By exploring key concepts, data specifications, and learning metrics, this book provides a practical guide to using data to design, improve, and evaluate learning experiences. Whether you're a seasoned professional or just starting out, this book offers clear explanations, real-world examples, and actionable steps to help you make data-driven decisions and enhance the effectiveness of your learning programs. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

What You Need to Know About the Flu by R.K. Devlin 

What You Need to Know About the Flu offers a concise overview of influenza, exploring both historical and contemporary aspects of the virus. Seasonal flu causes significant illness, hospitalization, and death annually. Influenza can also lead to epidemics and pandemics. Experts warn of the potential for a new, deadly flu strain. This book is part of Greenwood's Inside Diseases and Disorders series, which offers concise, informative volumes on various health conditions. Each book begins with a list of top 10 questions and follows a standardized structure. In addition to basic information, the books delve into less common but important issues. Case illustrations highlight key themes and provide analysis and recommendations. 

Equity in Data: A Framework for What Counts in Schools by Andrew Knips et al. 

Rethinking Data advocates for a more equitable approach to data in education. The book challenges the traditional view of students as mere data points, arguing that their unique experiences, perspectives, and aspirations are valuable data in themselves. The authors propose a framework to create an equitable data culture. This framework involves expanding our understanding of data to include qualitative information like student voices and experiences. It also emphasizes the importance of strengthening our knowledge of data principles and overcoming the fear often associated with data. Additionally, the book calls for decolonizing data collection and analysis to center marginalized voices and challenge systemic biases. Ultimately, the goal is to transform data into meaningful action that improves student outcomes. 

What Is Cognitive Psychology? by Michael R. W. Dawson 

What Is Cognitive Psychology? delves into the fundamental theoretical underpinnings of cognitive psychology, an area often overlooked in contemporary textbooks. Beginning with a clear explanation of information processing, Michael R. W. Dawson explores how experimental psychologists infer mental processes and the scientific rigor necessary to understand rule-based symbol manipulation. By establishing a solid foundation in cognitive architecture, Dawson offers a fresh perspective on the nature of cognition. This book bridges the gap between traditional cognitive psychology and emerging fields like cognitive neuroscience, providing a deeper understanding of how the mind works. 

Leading with Empathy: Supporting People in a Hybrid World by Carolyn Reily & Bob Thomson 

Focusing on empathy as a key tool, this book examines the impact of hybrid working on staff mental health and how business leaders, managers, coaches and mentors can create a positive and motivated hybrid workforce. Part of the Business in Mind series, it is for anyone who is managing remote workers, whether individuals or teams. As the world of work has changed drastically since the Covid-19 pandemic with more staff working from home, the importance of nurturing staff well-being is more important than ever. Even though businesses are seeing the benefits of working at home, it can also create challenges. With the latest research and studies, this book explores practical ideas for finding the right working model and how to develop an appropriate leadership style. Uniquely, it discusses the neuroscience of stress to identify ways to improve workers’ mental health and inform how managers can use this to create a positive work environment. 

HR Unleashed!!: Developing the Differences That Make a Difference by Steve Browne 

Packed with heartfelt personal and professional anecdotes about his own journey to HR excellence, the bestselling author of HR on Purpose!! and HR Rising!! inspires and challenges HR professionals to do their best work while transforming the lives of people, organizations, and the world. 

Inventing Elvis by Mathias Haeussler 

Elvis Presley, a cultural icon of the 20th century, initially defied American norms with his rebellious music and provocative performances. This book explores his global transformation from a teenage rebel to a symbol of American culture, influenced by the Cold War era. It delves into his time as a G.I. soldier in West Germany, where he became a patriotic figure, and examines the double-edged sword of his fame, which both elevated and challenged American ideals. Through Elvis's journey, the book offers a captivating narrative of changing American identities, highlighting the power of popular music and consumerism in shaping the nation's image on the global stage. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Taste as Experience by Nicola Perullo 

Taste as Experience puts the pleasure of food at the center of human experience. It shows how the sense of taste informs our preferences for and relationship to nature, pushes us toward ethical practices of consumption, and impresses upon us the importance of aesthetics. Eating is often dismissed as a necessary aspect of survival, and our personal enjoyment of food is considered a quirk. Nicola Perullo sees food as the only portion of the world we take in on a daily basis, constituting our first and most significant encounter with the earth. Perullo has long observed people's food practices and has listened to their food experiences. He draws on years of research to explain the complex meanings behind our food choices and the thinking that accompanies our gustatory actions.  

Art and Expressive Therapies Within the Medical Model: Clinical Applications by Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff & Morgan Gaydos 

Art and Expressive Therapies Within the Medical Model explores how to best collaborate across disciplines as art and expressive therapists continue to become increasingly prevalent within the medical community. This collection of diverse chapters from seasoned practitioners in the field introduces readers to art therapy interventions across a variety of artistic approaches, patient demographics, and medical contexts, while paying special attention to new approaches and innovative techniques. This is a cutting-edge resource that illustrates the current work of practitioners on a national and global level while providing a better understating of the integration of biopsychosocial approaches within art and expressive therapies practice. 

Families’ Values by R. Urbatsch 

One of the central questions in politics is from where people derive their tastes and opinions. Why do some people embrace the free market, while others prefer an interventionist state? From where do preferences for a vigorous foreign policy or for sterner policing of moral issues come? As has been shown, political preferences may be influenced by perceived benefits, the media, or public intellectuals, but less is known about the influence of family on political attitudes. Some mechanisms of family influence are well-known: people tend to share their parents’ political philosophies, while those with young children have heightened concern for child-related policies such as education. But family dynamics are likely to have far richer and more varied effects on political attitudes than those traditionally considered. Families’ Values considers the ways that the everyday behaviors of family members systematically and unconsciously influence political preferences. For example, does having a mother who works outside the home lead children, when grown-up, to have more liberal ideologies? Or might having a son who could potentially be drafted into the armed forces influence a parent to become a pacifist? Drawing on surveys from the United States and the United Kingdom, R. Urbatsch looks at the ways in which parents, siblings, birth order, gender, and socioeconomics influence opinions on issues from war to the welfare state, to abortion. Through compelling analysis, he demonstrates that our family relationships play an enormously crucial and multi-faceted role in the way that we experience, learn about, and practice politics. 

Leadership for Learning by Carl Glickman & Rebecca West Burns 

Leadership for Learning equips school leaders (preK-12) to unlock teacher potential and drive student success. This revised edition draws on the authors' experience to provide a comprehensive guide for fostering teacher growth. Leaders will learn to tailor professional development for each teacher's needs, ensuring it directly improves student learning. The book delves into effective observation, assessment, and evaluation techniques, empowering leaders to provide valuable feedback. Building strong relationships with teachers is a core focus, emphasizing the importance of understanding individual needs and fostering well-being. Glickman and Burns highlight the art of stretching teachers' skills by using the right interpersonal approach. Furthermore, the book equips leaders to seize "teachable moments" with immediate feedback. Packed with detailed scenarios, case studies, and practical strategies, Leadership for Learning offers a roadmap for school leaders to cultivate a thriving community of educators, ultimately creating exceptional learning environments for all students. 

Radio Empire by Daniel Ryan Morse 
Initially created to counteract broadcasts from Nazi Germany, the BBC's Eastern Service became a cauldron of global modernism and an unlikely nexus of artistic exchange. Directed at an educated Indian audience, its programming provided remarkable moments: Listeners in India heard James Joyce reading from Finnegans Wake on the eve of independence, as well as the literary criticism of E. M. Forster and the works of Indian writers living in London. In Radio Empire, Daniel Ryan Morse demonstrates the significance of the Eastern Service for global Anglophone literature and literary broadcasting. He traces how modernist writers used radio to experiment with form and introduce postcolonial literature to global audiences.  

The American Stamp by Laura Goldblatt & Richard Handler 

More than three thousand different images appeared on United States postage stamps from the middle of the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth. Limited at first to the depiction of a small cast of characters and patriotic images, postal iconography gradually expanded as the Postal Service sought to depict the country's history in all its diversity. This vast breadth has helped make stamp collecting a widespread hobby and made stamps into consumer goods. Examining the canon of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stamps, Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler show how postal iconography and material culture offer a window into the contested meanings and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship. They argue that postage stamps, which are both devices to pay for a government service and purchasable items themselves, embody a crucial tension: is democracy defined by political agency or the freedom to buy? The changing images and uses of stamps reveal how governmental authorities have attempted to navigate between public service and businesslike efficiency, belonging and exclusion, citizenship and consumerism. Stamps are vehicles for state messaging, and what they depict is tied up with broader questions of what it means to be American. Goldblatt and Handler combine historical, sociological, and iconographic analysis of a vast quantity of stamps with anthropological exploration of how postal customers and stamp collectors behave. At the crossroads of several disciplines, this book casts the symbolic and material meanings of stamps in a wholly new light. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Haunted : On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds by Leo Braudy 

An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that created them. Leo Braudy, a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, has won accolades for revealing the complex and constantly shifting history behind seemingly unchanging ideas of fame, war, and masculinity. Continuing his interest in the history of emotion, this book explores how fear has been shaped into images of monsters and monstrosity. From the Protestant Reformation to contemporary horror films and fiction, he explores four major types: the monster from nature (King Kong), the created monster (Frankenstein), the monster from within (Mr. Hyde), and the monster from the past (Dracula). Drawing upon deep historical and literary research, Braudy discusses the lasting presence of fearful imaginings in an age of scientific progress, viewing the detective genre as a rational riposte to the irrational world of the monstrous.  

The Knowledge Seeker: Embracing Indigenous Spirituality by Blair Stonechild 

Blair Stonechild shares his sixty-year journey of learning-from residential school to PhD and beyond-while trying to find a place for Indigenous spirituality in the classroom. Encouraged by an Elder who insisted sacred information be written down, Stonechild explores the underlying philosophy of his people's teachings to demonstrate that Indigenous spirituality can speak to our urgent, contemporary concerns. 

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary by Richard A. Tennant & Marianne Gluszak Brown 

This unique reference can help users locate a sign whose meaning they have forgotten or help them find the meaning of a new sign they have just seen for the first time. It organizes more than 1,900 ASL signs by 40 basic handshapes and includes detailed descriptions on how to form these signs to represent the different English words that they might mean. ASL students can begin to track down a sign by determining whether it is formed with one hand or two. Further distinctions of handshape, palm orientation, location, movement, and other nonmanual body signals help them pinpoint their search while also refining their grasp of ASL syntax and grammar. A complete English word index provides the option of referring to an alphabetical listing of English terms to locate an equivalent sign or choice of signs.  

Eyes to See: The Astonishing Variety of Vision in Nature by Michael Land 

Vision is the sense by which we and other animals obtain most of our information about the world around us. Darwin appreciated that at first sight it seems absurd that the human eye could have evolved by natural selection. But we now know far more about vision, the many times it has independently evolved in nature, and the astonishing variety of ways to see. The human eye, with a lens forming an image on a sensitive retina, represents just one. Scallops, shrimps, and lobsters all use mirrors in different ways. Jumping spiders scan with their front-facing eyes to check whether the object in front is an insect to eat, another spider to mate with, or a predator to avoid. Mantis shrimps can even measure the polarization of light. Animal eyes are amazing structures, often involving precision optics and impressive information processing, mainly using wet protein - not the substance an engineer would choose for such tasks. In Eyes to See, Michael Land, one of the leading world experts on vision, explores the varied ways in which sight has evolved and is used in the natural world, and describes some of the ingenious experiments that researchers have used to uncover its secrets. He also discusses human vision, including his experiments on how our eye movements help us to do everyday tasks, as well as skilled ones such as sight-reading music or driving. He ends by considering the fascinating problem of how the constantly shifting images from our eyes are converted in the brain into the steady and integrated conscious view of the world we experience. 

Performing Math by Andrew Fiss 

Performing Math tells the history of expectations for math communication—and the conversations about math hatred and math anxiety that occurred in response. Focusing on nineteenth-century American colleges, this book analyzes foundational tools and techniques of math communication: the textbooks that supported reading aloud, the burnings that mimicked pedagogical speech, the blackboards that accompanied oral presentations, the plays that proclaimed performers’ identities as math students, and the written tests that redefined “student performance.” Math communication and math anxiety went hand in hand as new rules for oral communication at the blackboard inspired student revolt and as frameworks for testing student performance inspired performance anxiety. With unusual primary sources from over a dozen educational archives, Performing Math argues for a new, performance-oriented history of American math education, one that can explain contemporary math attitudes and provide a way forward to reframing the problem of math anxiety. 

Dog Photography: How to Capture the Love, Fun, and Whimsy of Man's Best Friend by Margaret Bryant  

Award-winning photographer Margaret Bryant makes capturing dog portraits look easy—but anyone who has aspired to take portraits of a four-legged friend knows it is a skill that is hard-won. In fact, creating memorable dog portraits requires more than a good camera and a squeaky toy. Dogs need to feel comfortable before they reveal their personalities. To get them comfortable, a photographer needs to recognize when a dog is stressed and when a dog is relaxed. In this book, Bryant teaches photographers how to recognize subtle but important dog behaviors and provides tips to help them modify their own behavior to “talk” back to the dog and set the stage for great dog portraiture. After providing tips for helping a dog to relax, Bryant moves on to share techniques for posing individual dogs and groups. She includes myriad images to share inspiring ideas that help to showcase the personality of the pet. She also offers ideas for getting the dog's attention and getting reactions and desired behaviors on cue. Finally, she offers both simple and elaborate ideas for setups that might be used when photographing dogs. With the tips in this book, photographers will have the skills they need to handle and pose dogs to make great sales. 

Did you know that the South College Library provides students, faculty, and staff access to over 100,000 eBooks? Find eBooks related to your academic studies, personal interests, and self-improvement. Do you enjoy reading fiction books? The library’s collection includes novels, collections of short stories, and poetry too.  

Problem Solving by Eleni Makri 

Problem-Solving: Insights, Challenges, and Approaches by Eleni Makri offers a compelling look at the evolving definition and theory of problem-solving. The book highlights how these advancements are driving new research in tackling problems today and in the future. Makri emphasizes the importance of considering various factors beyond just theory and research. This holistic approach empowers individuals, teams, and communities to develop more effective problem-solving strategies, ultimately leading to positive transformations and shared success. This work skillfully integrates diverse research and theoretical perspectives on problem-solving. It not only provides valuable insights but also paves the way for a future of open science and innovation in this crucial field. 

Social Security by Orville Copeland 

Social Security: Benefits and Special Programs by Orville Copeland dives into the details of the Social Security program in the United States. It explains how benefits are calculated based on past earnings and explores survivor benefits for spouses and families. The book also addresses the reasons for potential reductions in benefits due to government pensions or prior employment not covered by Social Security. 

Concussions in Athletics by Eric Hall & Caroline Ketcham 

Sports related concussions are a growing concern for everyone involved in athletics. Leading experts are working together to improve concussion education, assessment, and treatment for athletes of all levels. Concussions can significantly impact academic performance in addition to physical ability. Healthcare professionals are constantly refining best practices while researchers explore long-term outcomes and new approaches to recovery. This book brings together concussion experts to share the latest evidence-based practices. It also explores the challenges of returning to both play and academic activities, recognizing that recovery is not a one-size-fits-all process. As new information emerges, concussion management continues to evolve with the primary goal of protecting athlete health and safety. This book offers a current overview of concussion management and explores cutting-edge topics in this ever-changing field. 

Digital Kids by Martin L. Kutscher 

For many children and teens daily Internet use is the norm - but where should we draw the line when it comes to digital media usage? This handy book lays out the essential information needed to understand and prevent excessive Internet use that negatively impacts behavior, education, family life, and even physical health. Martin L. Kutscher, MD analyses neurological, psychological and educational research and draws on his own experience to show when Internet use stops being a good thing and starts to become excessive. He shows how to spot digital addictions and offers whole family approaches for limiting the harmful effects of too much screen time, such as helping kids to learn to control their own Internet use. He tackles diverse questions ranging from the effects of laptops in the classroom and reading on a digital screen, to whether violent videogames lead to aggression. The author also explains how ADHD and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) can make you more susceptible to Internet addiction, suggesting practical strategies to suit these specific needs. Discussing both the good and bad aspects of the internet, this book tells you everything you need to know to help children and young people use the internet in a healthy, balanced way. 

Amazon: Managing Extraordinary Success in 5-D Value by Benjamin Wall 

Benjamin Wall's book offers a framework for managing value across all crucial business relationships. He explores how Amazon's extraordinary success stems from three key value dimensions: a dominant supply chain, a well-optimized online ecosystem, and a focus on after-sales experiences. Wall delves into the unique managerial approach of Amazon, where each department operates based on a distinct dimension of value, both internally and externally. By understanding and replicating these dimensions, managers can enhance their own internal processes and achieve similar external successes. 

Teeth: The Story of Beauty, Inequality, and Struggle for Oral Health in America by Mary Otto 

In Teeth, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America's silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden connections between tooth decay and stunted job prospects, low educational achievement, social mobility, and the troubling state of our public health. Otto's subjects include the pioneering dentist who made Shirley Temple and Judy Garland's teeth sparkle on the silver screen and helped create the all-American image of ‘pearly whites'; Deamonte Driver, the young Maryland boy whose tragic death from an abscessed tooth sparked congressional hearings; and a marketing guru who offers advice to dentists on how to push new and expensive treatments and how to keep Medicaid patients at bay. In one of its most disturbing findings, Teeth reveals that toothaches are not an occasional inconvenience, but rather a chronic reality for millions of people, including disproportionate numbers of the elderly and people of color. Many people, Otto reveals, resort to prayer to counteract the uniquely devastating effects of dental pain. Otto also goes back in time to understand the roots of our predicament in the history of dentistry, showing how it became separated from mainstream medicine, despite a century of growing evidence that oral health and general bodily health are closely related.