With readings incorporated throughout the text and a focus on learning across the curriculum, Investing in Your Education provides a unique solution for higher-level student success courses. Students make significant investments in going to college--investments in time, money, and intellect. This text focuses on providing students with the tools and strategies they need to capitalize on those investments. By aligning lessons in academic and life skills with readings from textbooks, journals, magazines, web sites, and other news sources, this text exposes students to a broad range of disciplines they will likely encounter in their college career, and offers the opportunity to apply study skills to related readings.
Deciding on a major can be a challenge. This workbook guides undecided students as they search for majors--and, ultimately, careers--that match their goals, interests, strengths, and learning styles.Flexible and user-friendly, the text allows students to pick and choose exercises that address their own personal interests, and covers topics not found in other student success books. Thirty-five activities speak to a diverse group of students with different learning styles. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Have you ever thought about having cosmetic surgery? It is a very personal choice. Over 15 years ago, at age 16, I had cosmetic surgery on my face-a nose reduction and chin implant. I weave my personal story throughout the book as I share what I've learned, along with research, history, and statistics, and discussion questions.
The Prodigal Cowboy by Kathleen Eagle A brewing political scandal in her South Dakota hometown could make TV reporter Bella Primeaux's career. Then she uncovers a possible connection between her breaking story and Ethan Wolf Track. The rugged rebel with a cause has matured into a man with desires that match her own – a passion primed and ready to ignite! In high school Ethan was Bella's unrequited crush. Now he's ready to take control of his life, starting with winning the big mustang competition she's been sent to cover. If only she could keep her mind on work when the sexy cowboy's around! But Ethan's guarding some secrets of his own. Digging up the past could send Bella's career into overdrive...or cost her a future with the man she loves. Out Of Bounds by Ellen Hartman Former basketball star Wes Fallon owes his brother everything. So when Deacon asks him to track down some missing charitable donations, Wes is onto it. For the first time, the accident that ended his career looks like a godsend...until Wes meets Posy Jones. Posy is unlike any woman he's ever met. She's beautiful, intelligent and can hold her own on the court. But she's clearly keeping something from him. As he digs deeper into the missing funds, his gut tells him that she has something to do with it. Will he be forced to choose between the woman he's falling for, and the brother he would risk anything for?
Betsy Blossom Brown is a coming-of-age story about a young girl who journeys from being an observer of life to a participant. Her seemingly idyllic life with her privileged South Carolina family is turned upside down, revealing truths and disarming pretensions. She's independent, opinionated, and brave. Uncertainty enters her life when she and her mother move to the Appalachian region until, through a series of unsettling events; she sheds her uncertainty and learns to embrace life. The graphite illustrations help to understand the depth of Betsy Blossom Brown, as she sketches her way through life recognizing her mild Asperger syndrome, without letting it curb her appetite for life.
Rachel Carson—scientist, author, and environmentalist Rachel Carson was always fascinated by the ocean. As a child, she dreamed of it and longed to see it. As a young woman, she felt torn between her love for nature and her desire to pursue a writing career. Then she found a way to combine both. Rachel had a talent for writing and talking about science in a way that everyone could understand and enjoy. With her controversial book, Silent Spring, Rachel Carson changed the way we look at our planet. Contains black-and-white illustrations. “Kudlinski has admirably captured the driving force of spirit of a shy but courageous woman in a succinct, respectful approach.” —Booklist About the Women of Our Time series: International in scope, the Women of Our Time series of biographies cover a wide range of personalities in a variety fields. More than a history lesson, these books offer carefully documented life stories that will inform, inspire, and engage.
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