New Release Books by Thomas Gordon

Phonics for Kids STUDENT BOOK1

Step-by-step explanations and applications of principles, methods, and skills pertaining to effective, rewarding pedagogy based on a nonauthoritarian, nonpermissive, and mutually respectful teacher-student relationship. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Vitruvius on Architecture is an exceptional accomplishment: a study as relevant to the present as Vitruvius's was to his own day (and to architecture since) and a remarkable twenty-first-century embodiment of "lively mental energy.""--Jacket.

The most comprehensive beef cattle book available today, Beef Production and Management Decisions is written to allow readers to understand the structural, regional, economic, and management changes and issues confronting the current beef industry. Emphasizing management principles for the industry and each of the segments of production and the processing chain, this book covers the structural changes in the industry, the creation of profitable marketing systems, and the impacts of international trade of beef and beef products. It also deals with the biological and economic principles needed to understand beef cattle productivity, providing an approach to management of information, an understanding of the past, and preparation for the the future of the beef cattle industry. This book is appropriate reading for beef cattle producers (seedstock, cow-calf, stocker, and feedyard), agri-business professionals that sell goods and services to the industry, and government agency personnel whom affect agriculture.

L.E.T. has changed countless corporations and private businesses-including many Fortune 500 companies-with its down-to-earth communication and conflict resolution skills. Now, this indispensable source has been newly revised with updated research and timely case studies.

For freshman-level courses in Introductory Animal Science. This highly acclaimed, best-selling introduction to animal science explores the depth and breadth of both the livestock and poultry industries. It provides a sound overview of the biological principles of animal science (e.g. reproduction, genetics, nutrition, consumer products, etc.), and offers comprehensive coverage of the practical areas of breeding, feeding, and management of major farm animal species.

Step-by-step explanations and applications of principles, methods, and skills pertaining to effective, rewarding pedagogy based on a nonauthoritarian, nonpermissive, and mutually respectful teacher-student relationship

In this groundbreaking book, the authors outline the principles and techniques of Synergistic Selling, a program that enhances the relationship between seller and buyer. Stressing the roles of collaboration, cooperation, and communication, they examine why listening to clients and making it easy to buy works better than a hard sell.

Teaches communication skills to doctors and medical practitioners that will improve relationships with patients and increase effectiveness of treatment programs.