TAA awards seven Textys, three McGuffeys for 2006
Seven textbooks have been selected for 2006 Textbook Excellence Awards (Textys) and three textbooks have been selected for 2006 William Holmes McGuffey Awards (McGuffeys) in 2006, TAA announced.
Two textbooks, Criminology, A Sociological Approach, by Steve F. Barkan, and Criminal Justice: Mainstream & Crosscurrents, by John R. Fuller, tied for the college level humanities/social sciences Texty. All the winners were college level.
The awards will be presented at the TAA Awards Banquet July 7 in Orlando during the association's annual convention. Each author, including co-authors, and the book's editor or publisher, will receive a plaque.
TAA thanks the judges for volunteering their time to judge the entries.
The Texty winners for 2006 are:
Humanities/Social Sciences
(2
winners in this college category)
Criminology,
A Sociological Approach, 3rd Ed.
Author: Steve F. Barkan
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing
Frank Mortimer, Executive Editor
(2nd
winner)
Criminal Justice: Mainstream & Crosscurrents, 1st Ed.
Author: John R. Fuller
Publisher: Pearson/Prentice Hall Publishing
Frank Mortimer, Executive Editor
Physical Sciences
Basic Chemistry,
1st Ed.
Author: Karen Timberlake
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings/Pearson Education
James Smith
Accounting/Business/Economics/Management
The Financial
System and the Economy: Principles of Money and Banking, 4th
Ed.
Authors: Maureen Burton and Ray Lombra
Publisher: Thomson/South-Western
John Carey, Sr. Marketing Manager, Economics
Computer Science/Engineering
Computer
Organization and Architecture, 7th Ed.
Author: William Stallings
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Tracy Dunkelbergen, Executive Editor
Communication/Education/Performing Arts/Visual Arts
Internet
Surf and Turf Ð Revealed: The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair
Use, Finding Media, 1st Ed.
Authors: Barbara Waxer and Marsha Baum
Publisher: Thomson Course Technology
Joy Stark, Marketing Manager
Mathmetics/Statistics
Integrated
Calculus: Calculus With Precalculus and Algebra, 1st Ed.
Author: Dr. Laura Taalman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Leonid Tunik, Sponsoring Editor
The McGuffey winners for 2006 are:
Language/Literature
Puntos
de partida: An Invitation to Spanish, 7th Ed.
Authors: Thalia Dorwick (and inactive authors: Marty Knorre,
Ana Maria Perez Girones, William Glass, Hildebrando Villarreal)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Christa Harris, Senior Sponsoring Editor
Mathematics/Statistics
Calculus,
8th Ed.
Authors: Ron Larson, Bob Hostetler and Bruce Edwards
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Elizabeth Kassab, Editorial Associate
Computer Sciences
Understanding
Operating Systems, 4th Ed.
Authors: Ida M. Flynn and Ann McHoes
Publisher: Thomson Course Technology
Alyssa Pratt, Senior Product Manager
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