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“Family Policy in Focus: Harnessing the Power of Practical Reasoning for Effective Advocacy and Change” offers an in-depth exploration of how practical reasoning can be utilized to shape effective family policies. This book bridges the gap between theoretical knowledge and real-world applications, emphasizing the importance of ethical considerations, stakeholder engagement, and evidence-based decision-making in policy development. By drawing on multidisciplinary insights and global perspectives, the book provides a practical reasoning framework for addressing complex family issues and fostering meaningful change. It highlights the roles of key figures like Marjorie Brown and Beatrice Paolucci in shaping the Family & Consumer Sciences discipline and underscores the importance of adaptability and collaboration in crafting policies that are inclusive, equitable, and responsive to the evolving needs of families. Through practical reasoning, stakeholders can develop informed, ethical, and effective strategies to support and empower families in diverse contexts.

 

Custom textbook for BIOL 1404 at Texas Tech University.

A book about open-source software for librarians.

The import from a Microsoft Word document into Pressbooks can remove many elements of the original document, including formatting, organization, and styling. This guide includes practices to ensure you get the most out of your original document, and don’t have to format your book twice!

‘Core Principles of Marketing’ is a derivative of (i) ‘Principles of Marketing’ (authored by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing edition, 2015 under CC BY-NC-SA – this book was adapted from a work originally produced in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution) and (ii) ‘Introducing Marketing, First Edition, 2011’ (authored by John Burnett – this book was published under The Global Text Project, funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland under CC BY).  This adaptation has not significantly altered or updated the original work from the two source textbooks mentioned above, except for the changes mentioned below under the ‘Copyright’ section. This work, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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This Guide is meant to be the handbook for using Pressbooks effectively to produce books. Pressbooks is a simple tool, but it’s powerful too, and harnessing that power requires some learning.

This Guide should cover the basics of Pressbooks, including how to quickly get a book into Pressbooks and out the other end as a beautifully designed PDF (for print) or ebook (MOBI for Kindle, or EPUB for Apple, Kobo, Nook and others).

You will also find here resources for various features or special formatting, including how to place images, create footnotes, or put in pullquotes.