Text and Academic Authors Association Announces 2012 Texty, McGuffey Awards
Online, March 14, 2012 (Newswire.com) - The Text and Academic Authors Association announced it has awarded 14 textbooks 2012 Textbook Excellence Awards (Texty) and four textbooks 2012 William Holmes McGuffey Longevity Awards (McGuffey).
The Texty is awarded to recognize excellence in current textbooks and learning materials, while the McGuffey is awarded to recognize textbooks and learning materials whose excellence has been demonstrated over time.
The awards will be presented during an awards luncheon at the Text and Academic Authors Association's 25th Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA on June 8-9, 2012. The Awards luncheon will be held on Saturday, June 9. http://www.taaonline.net/2012TAAConference
2012 Texty Award winners (College):
Information Systems: A Manager's Guide to Harnessing Technology, 2nd ed., by John Gallaugher, published by Flat World Knowledge,
(College, Accounting/Business/Economics/Management)
Positive Child Guidance, 7th ed., by Darla Ferris Miller, published by Cengage Learning/Wadsworth, (College, Communication/Education/Performing Arts/Visual Arts)
Intermediate Mechanics of Materials, 2nd ed., by J. R. Barber, published by Springer Science + Business Media, (College, Computer Science/Engineering)
Vibration Control of Active Structures, 3rd ed., by Andre Preumont, published by Springer Science + Business Media, (College, Computer Science/Engineering)
Flexible Multibody Dynamics, 1st ed., by Olivier Bauchau, published Springer Science + Business Media, (College, Computer Science/Engineering)
Energy Resources and Systems, 1st ed., by Tushar K. Ghosh and Mark A. Prelas, published by Springer Science + Business Media, (College, Computer Science/Engineering)
Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, 1st ed., by Steven E. Barkan, published by Flat World Knowledge, (College, Humanities/Social Sciences)
Invertebrate Medicine, 2nd ed., by Gregory Lewbart, published Wiley-Blackwell, (College, and Life Sciences)
Essentials of Medical Language, 2nd ed., by David M Allan and Karen D. Lockyer, published by McGraw-Hill, (College, Life Sciences)
Applied CALC, 1st ed., by Frank Wilson, published by Cengage Learning, (College, Mathematics/Statistics)
Linear Optimization: The Simplex Workbook, 1st ed., by Glenn H. Hurlbert, published by Springer Science + Business Media LLC, (College Mathematics/Statistics)
Essentials of Oceanography, 10th ed., by Alan Trujillo and Harold Thurman, published by Pearson, (College, Physical Sciences)
2012 Texty Award winners (El-Hi):
Law Made Fun Through Harry Potter's Adventures, 1st ed., by Karen Morris and Bradley Carroll, published by CreateSpace, (El-Hi, Humanities/Social Sciences)
3-book series: Big Ideas Math A Common Core Curriculum (Green, Red, Blue), 1st ed., by Ron Larson and Laurie Boswell, published by Big Ideas Learning, LLC, (El-Hi, Mathematics/Statistics)
2012 McGuffey Award winners (College):
Positive Child Guidance, 7th ed., by Darla Ferris Miller, published by Cengage Learning/Wadsworth, (College, Communication/Education/Performing Arts/Visual Arts)
Calculus: An Applied Approach, 9th ed., by Ron Larson, published by Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, (College, Mathematics/Statistics)
New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, 15th ed., by June Jamrich Parsons and Dan Oja, published by Cengage Learning [originally published by Course Technology], (College, Computer Science/Engineering)
2012 McGuffey Award winners (El-Hi):
A History of US Series, 3rd ed. Revised & 4th ed., by Joy Hakim, published by Oxford University Press, Inc., (El-HI, Humanities/Social Sciences)
Learn more about TAA's Texty and McGuffey Awards at http://www.taaonline.net/awards