Category: E-Books

In A City on a Lake: Urban Political Ecology and the Growth of Mexico City (PDF), the esteemed Professor Matthew Vitz tracks the environmental and political history of Mexico City and explains its transformation from a forested, water-rich environment into a smog-infested megacity plagued by environmental problems and social inequality. Vitz

Behavioral neuroscience encompasses the disciplines of neurobiology and psychology to study mechanisms of behavior. This volume Ethical Issues in Behavioral Neuroscience (PDF) provides a contemporary overview of the current state of how ethics inform behavioral neuroscience research. There is a dual emphasis on ethical challenges in experimental animal approaches and

Contract Law and Theory (2013) 5th Edition is a theoretical exploration of Contract Law has very practical implications. By focusing initially on theory, law students develop a framework for predicting and analyzing the outcome of contract disputes. Working from that framework, college students gain an understanding of the lawyer’s drafting

Completely revised to match the more traditional sequence of course materials, Thermodynamics: Concepts and Applications, 2nd Edition, (PDF) provides the fundamental principles and methods of thermodynamics using an engaging and clear style and a wealth of end-of-chapter problems. It includes five new chapters on topics like psychrometry, mixtures, chemical equilibrium,

Wired Youth, 2nd Edition, (PDF) provides a research-based analysis of the online social world of adolescence, integrating additional research findings that have appeared during the last decade. Mesch and Talmud take a realistic, sociological approach to online adolescents’ communication, showing how online sociability is implanted in the larger social structure