Why are some products and ideas talked about more than others? Why do some articles make the most emailed list? Why do some YouTube videos go viral? Word-of-mouth. Whether through face-to-face conversations, emails from friends, or online product reviews, the information and opinions we get from oth[...]

Never Highlight a Book Again! Just the FACTS101 study guides give the student the textbook outlines, highlights, practice quizzes and optional access to the full practice tests for their textbook.[...]

"Digital Compression for Multimedia" captures in a single reference the current standards for speech, audio, video, image, fax and file compression. It is intended for engineers and computer scientists designing and implementing compression techniques, system integrators, technical managers, and res[...]

Explores the beliefs and practices of neo-paganism and witchcraft, more generally known as Wicca. Imported to the US from the UK in the late 1960s, this study shows how it absorbed the social concerns of the time, such as feminism, environmentalism and a mistrust of authority.[...]

This project-based guide is a blueprint for service learning--from getting started to assessing the experience--and integrates the K-12 Service-Learning Standards for Quality Practice. It provides ideas for incorporating literacy into service learning and suggestions for creating a culture of servic[...]

This exciting new book is about the narrative turn in sociology, an approach that views lived experience as constructed, at least in part, by the stories that people tell about it. The book is organized around four themes family and place, the body, education and work, and the passage of time that t[...]

"Tricky Video" contains easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions on how to create fantastic moving images, and special effects, using just a mobile phone or digital camera. It comes with a clapper board - a must for any budding director.[...]

A celebrated adventurer shares his own approach to life to encourage readers to overcome fear and seek out memorable experiences, in an uplifting, step-by-step handbook that shows readers how to shed inhibitions, confront one's fears, pursue their dreams, and test their limits by creating and pursui[...]