Category: E-Books

Does being virtuous make you happy? In Sacrifice Regained: Morality and Self-Interest in British Moral Philosophy from Hobbes to Bentham, (PDF), Roger Crisp explores the answers to this ancient question offered by the so-called ‘British Moralists’, from Thomas Hobbes, around 1650, for the next two hundred years, until Jeremy Bentham. This

Computer Science: An Object-Oriented Approach Using C++, (PDF) has two primary objectives: to impart the basic principles of programming as outlined in the ACM curriculum for a CS1 class and to teach the fundamental constructs of the C++ language. While C++ is a professional and complex language our experience has

Since its 1st edition, Cunningham and Gilstrap’s Operative Obstetrics 3rd edition (PDF) has provided clinicians with clear, step-by-step, detailed guidance for every major surgical procedure performed in current obstetrical practice. Emphasizing the scientific underpinnings of clinical obstetrics, this trusted classic is enhanced by more than 670 illustrations (most in full

Physics and Technology of Sustainable Energy, Illustrated Edition, (PDF) explores the science and technologies required for renewable energy. It explores the properties of the earth’s atmosphere for transmitting light in from the sun and mediating the discharge of infrared energy from the ground, a part that has an effect on

Pioneers of Psychology, A History (PDF) tells the stories of the women and men who have created our understanding of what it means to be human. The authors clarify major themes and controversies in psychology’s history through carefully designed stories of real people, their personal journeys and their intellectual insights.