The Raven & Johnson's Biology author team is committed to continually improving the text, keeping the student and learning foremost. The integrated pedagogical features expand the students' learning process and enhance their learning experience. This latest edition of the text maintains the clear, accessible, and engaging writing style of past editions with the solid framework of pedagogy that highlights an emphasis on evolution and scientific inquiry that have made this a leading textbook for students majoring in biology. This emphasis on the organizing power of evolution is combined with an integration of the importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics to offer our readers a text that is student friendly and current. Additionally, with McGraw Hill Connect, powerful digital tools augment instruction by helping students think more critically, develop quantitative and graphing skills and apply their knowledge in a laboratory setting. Connect Virtual Labs can be implemented in a hybrid or fully online setting to help students prepare for the wet lab and strengthening their lab experience.

A concise and engaging biology text for biology majors, Understanding Biology 4e partnered with Connect emphasizes fundamentals concepts to help students better understand biology and focus on developing scientific skills. This approach utilizes the Vision and Change guidelines of Core Concepts and Core Skills while helping students begin the process of becoming a scientist.

As the radio voice of the Calgary Flames from 1980 until his retirement in 2014, Peter Maher has witnessed more than his fair share of Flames action up close and personal--from the 1989 Stanley Cup championship to the individual brilliance of stars like Lanny McDonald, Al MacInnis, Theo Fleury, and Jarome Iginla. Through singular anecdotes only Maher can tell as well as conversations with current and past players, If These Walls Could Talk: Calgary Flames provides fans with a one-of-a-kind, insider's look into the great moments, the lowlights, and everything in between. No Flames fan will want to miss this book.

Photographing London is the definitive photo-location and visitor guidebook to London, invaluable to both visitors and locals alike. Explore London's famous landmarks and hidden gems with award-winning photographer and London local, George Johnson. Over 400 locations are described - illustrated with over a thousand stunning images - showing you where to take the best photographs in London with tips and techniques on how to improve your photography. Each location, from Buckingham Palace to St Paul's Cathedral, is described showing the best viewpoints for photography with street maps, written directions, postcodes and nearest tube stations, making it easy to find your way about. As well as all the famous landmarks you'll be led down cobbled alleyways to old pubs, secret gardens and old parts of London that even locals don't know about. Historical details give an interesting back story to each location. If you are interested in street photography, George shares his secrets. Areas covered include: The City and London Bridge, Borough, The Southbank & Westminster, St James's & Victoria, Battersea, Belgravia and Chelsea, Hyde Park, Kensington Palace, Kensington and Knightsbridge, Little Venice, North Kensington and St John's Wood, Camden & Regent's Park, Covent Garden, Fitzrovia & Kings Cross, Barbican, Temple & St Paul's Cathedral.

The Living World is often considered a studentfavorite, focusing on concepts rather than terminology and technicalinformation. It features a straightforward,conversational writing style and a wide variety of media assets to enhance thecontent of the textbook. Every chapter of this 11th edition focuses directly onthe relevance of its content to today's students. The 11th edition of TheLiving World includes contributions and pedagogy from new coauthor, Dr.Joel Bergh.

Johnson's Essentials of The Living World text is written with an emphasis on the "how" and "why" of Biology, focusing on concepts rather than terminology and technical information. Utilizing a clear, straightforward writing style, the text helps students apply scientific principles to daily life. The 7th edition includes contributions and pedagogy from new coauthor, Dr. Joel Bergh.

The NFL’s best players, all in one action-packed volume. Over a century after the formation of the American Professional Football Conference, the precursor to the National Football League, pro football continues to excite and captivate millions of fans across the globe. At the core of the NFL is its legendary players — the incredible athletes who have thrown, caught, run, tackled and kicked their way into the annals of sports history. NFL Heroes presents the best of the best in pro football. From the pioneers, to the current stars, to the alltime legends that occupy the Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, they’re all here, including: Tom Brady, Jim Brown, Jerry Rice, Dick Butkus, Johnny Unitas, Deacon Jones, Reggie White, Joe Montana, Antonio Brown, Walter Payton, Aaron Donald, Lawrence Taylor, Dan Marino, Terry Bradshaw, Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre, Roger Staubach, Rob Gronkowski, LaDainian Tomlinson, Deion Sanders. Featuring 100 riveting stories and over 120 photos of the game’s best, this updated, second edition of NFL Heroes is a must-read for any fan of America’s favourite sport.

Hace casi un siglo, en un abarrotado despacho del Observatorio de Harvard, una mujer brillante, hoy casi olvidada, descubrió el secreto de la inmensidad del universo.Su nombre es Henrietta Swan Leavitt y, en los días en que a las mujeres les estaba prohibido tener carreras científicas, era lo que se conocía como una "calculista" -una calculadora humana de números- que, luchando contra una salud muy débil, descubrió una nueva ley que transformaría la cosmología.Usando la ley de Leavitt, el legendario astrónomo Edwin Hubble demostró que había estrellas –y galaxias enteras- más allá de la Vía Láctea, y que el universo, como ahora sabemos, es inmensurablemente grande.Con la gracia y habilidad que le han convertido en uno de los más distinguidos escritores científicos de la actualidad, George Johnson contrasta astutamente la magnitud del descubrimiento de Leavitt con la tranquila obscuridad de su corta vida. Antes de Hubble, Miss Leavitt es tanto un relato brillante de cómo medimos el universo como la emotiva historia de un genio olvidado.