Category: E-Books

Managing Universities (PDF) asks how modern universities are managed and organized, and questions whether 30 years of university reforms have led to stronger managerial structures and leadership control. Moreover, it asks whether current organizational and decision-making structures can be described by public reform policies. The ebook offers an empirically grounded,

Hormones, Brain and Behavior, 3rd Edition (PDF) offers a state-of-the-art overview of hormonally-mediated behaviors, including an extensive discussion of the effects of hormones on fish, insects, birds, rodents, amphibians, and humans. Entries have been carefully designed to provide a valuable source of information for researchers and students in neuroendocrinology and

Motivates readers with a top-down, layered approach to computer networking. Unique among computer networking textbooks, the popular Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach 7th edition (PDF) by James Kurose and Keith Ross builds on the expert authors’ long tradition of teaching this complex subject through a layered approach in a “top-down

Violence: The Enduring Problem, 3rd edition, (PDF) provides an interdisciplinary and reader-friendly exploration of the patterns and correlations of individual and collective violent acts using the most contemporary research, theories, and cases. Responding to the fear of extensive violence in the world, authors Alex Alvarez and Ronet Bachman address the

Endocrinology 4th edition – with all the authority of Harrison’s In Harrison’s Endocrinology 4th edition (PDF), featuring a superb compilation of chapters related to endocrinology derived from Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine, 19th Edition (including content from the acclaimed Harrisons DVD), this concise, full-color clinical companion delivers the latest knowledge