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A Cry of Kings: Six Greek Dramas in Modern English edited and translated by Frederick Williams of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1999.

ISBN 0-87563-894-5

List Price $19.95

Translations originally made for the stage, where they have all been tried, and consequently revised: Sophocles' Electra, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone; and Euripides' Women of Troy and Alcestis.  The language is straightforward and fresh, and accessible for newcomers to the Greek clasics.  Each play is accompained by an introduction, and there is a pronouncing glossary of Greek names that occur in the plays.  Ideal for courses in mythology, drama, and Greek literature in translation.

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Root Awakenings: Vocabulary Development Using Classical Word Roots, by Craig Sirles, DePaul University, 1997.

ISBN 0-87563-581-4.

List Price $14.95

This book is an ideal basic text for courses devoted primarily to vocabulary enrichment and word history. It may also be used in First-year composition and rhetoric classes as well as in developmental college reading-and-writing skills courses. Because the pacing of the material and test difficulty can be readily adjusted to different learning levels, Root Awakenings is also highly suitable for accelerated college-preparatory classes at the secondary school level.

Included is stystematic coverage of nearly 400 classical word elements, along with creative and stimulating exercises and questions.

Instructors manual available.

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The New Testament: A Manual for College Students by Wayne W. Mahan, Northern Arizona University, 1997.

ISBN 0-87563-722-1

List Price $11.95

This presentation of Biblical scholarship is written for college students, not for Biblical scholars.  Moreover, it recognizes that a course on The New Testament may be the only such course many college students will take, their only exposure to Biblical scholarship.  The purpose of this book is therefore to give students the best of this scholarship in a concise (111 page) uncomplicated book they can understand, remember and think about.

Introductory Symbolic Logic Without Formal Proofs, by George Schedler, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Sixth Revised Edition, 1993.

ISBN 0-87563-449-4

List Price $16.60

This introductory logic text presents methods that involve the use of very few rules in a way that maximizes the chance that students will grasp, remember and apply outside the course and in their lives.  It offers the students the method of truth-trees on a step-by-step basis, and in a context of real world issues in which principles of correct reasoning are so important.

Logical Methods:  A Text-Workbook for a General Education Course in Logic by Elizabeth R. Eames, S. Morris Eames, and John A. Broyer, Third Edition, 1993.

ISBN 0-87563-463-X

List Price $18.80

This text-workbook is designed for a general education course in logical methods, and it can be used as a self-sufficient text, or it can be used as a suplementary aid to some other textbook.  It includes exercises graduated from simple to complex witha n appropriate explanation of each step involved.

Speech and Hearing Science: Anatomy and Physiology Study Guide/Workbook by Eileen Zemlin and W. R. Zemlin, 1997.

ISBN 0-87563-730-2

List Price $25.80

This study guide/workbook is used by future professionals in speech, language, and the physical sciences. It follows closely the text written by W. R. Zemlin but can be used with any text designed to reveal the variability and complexity of the speech and hearing mechanisms and develops an appreciation of how much there is about the structures and their functions.

An Introduction to Cinematography by John Mercer, 1979.

ISBN 0-87563-168-1

List Price $14.80

For over two decades this text has served a multitude of beginning film makers and is currently being used by over one hundred schools. Clear succinct language, numerous easy-to-follow diagrams, and an index for quick reference have made this volume an outstanding introductory text. It has been called `the best technical primer available'.

The three main sections of the book are Silent Cinematography, Producing Sound Films, and Film in Television. Though oriented basically to 16 mm, attention is given to the use of Super 8.

The third edition of this widely used book includes additional material on perspective, color negative, the master shot, script breakdown, shooting schedules, sound mixing, and color print genealogy. It also has many minor revisions which serve to update the text, a re-arrangement of certain sections, and an expanded bibliography.

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The Informational Film by John Mercer, Southern Illinois University, 1981.

ISBN 0-87563-197-5

List Price $6.80

Over the history of film, the overwhelming majority of those works have not been feature films by major studios.  This book addresses this majority with an emphasis on the kinds of learning they produce.  It is intended for students in media design and film production courses, their teachers, and for researchers and filmmakers.
 

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Empowering Parents, Families, Schools and Communities During the Early Childhood Years by Kevin J. Swick, University of South Carolina, 2004.

ISBN 1-58874-400-0

List Price $26.80

Early childhood educators need to craft and use responsive concepts and strategies in involving parents, families, and communities in strengthening chidren's early learning and development.  Constructs that are integral to this process: empowerment, partnership, ecological framework, at-risk and special needs.  Empowerment aims to enable parents, families, and communities to gain more control over the settings in which all human beings grow and develop.  It is this concept of empowerment that is used throughout the book.

Recurring features in each chapter in the book include "capsules" that open each chapter with a brief overview of key ideas; specific objectives for each chapter; case application activities that invite the reader to apply concepts presented; summative discussions, and listings of relevant web sites and references.

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An Early Childhood School-Home Learning Design: Strategies and Resources by Kevin J. Swick, University of South Carolina, 1992.

ISBN 0-87563-395-1

List Price $6.80

This publication presents a comprehensive design for carrying out an early chilchood school-home curriculum with intensive involvement of parents.  It represents over twenty years of parent-teacher partnership research.  In particular the focus is on working with parents of children who are at-risk in the kindergarten/primary grades, but the strategies presented have merit for use throughout the school program.  These involvement strategies have prove successful with parents of various backgrounds and needs.

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Discerning Art:  Concepts and Issues by George W. Hardiman and Theodore Zernich, Editors, 1988.

ISBN 0-87563-327-7

List Price $27.80

This book begins with the statement that "it is probable that more nonsense has been written about aesthetics than about anything else."  The reason is that any valid discussion of aesthetics must reflect two qualities -- artistic sensibility and a turn for clear thinking.  This collection of papers by authors from Arnheim and Barzun to Weitz and Zernich is a testament to respect for and facility with both those qualities.

Exercises in French Phonics by Francis Nachtmann, 1981.

ISBN 0-87563-215-7

List Price $6.80

This is a classic book that has been used at high schools and Universities throughout the United States and Canada for over 20 years. This 79-page book gives excellent practice in matching the correct sounds to the French spellings.

The material in this book can be covered in small installments of five to ten minutes throughout the year. Continual review is, of course, important. This book has been around for several decades for a reason--it is effective!

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Conversar para aprender by Jeffrey Oxford, University of North Texas, 1999.

ISBN 0-87563-942-9

List Price $19.95

This conversational text is primarily intended for intermediate level Spanish conversational classes. The text focuses on frequently discussed topics such as family, school, work, entertainment, etc.

This is a university level text that provides for increasing Spanish proficiency, self-reliance in non-native, real life situations, and the ability for the student to practice genuine situations.

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German Source Readings in the Arts and Sciences edited by James McGlathrey and Lathrop Johnson, 1979.
Spiral binding Price List $18.80

This 292-page anthology contains approximately 100 passages from 765 German authors. It attempts to provide both a sampling and a survey of the creative ideas and artistic inspiration which have affected not only German but all of European culture.

It is designed for use by first-semester through fourth-semester college students.

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See also Root Awakenings: Vocabulary Development Using Classical Word Roots.