Category: E-Books

Complex Systems is a new domain of science studying how parts of a system give rise to the collective behaviors of the system, and how the system interrelates with its environment. Ecological Sustainability, (PDF) examines the complex systems involved in environmental sustainability and explores the technologies involved to help lessen

Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History 2nd Edition (PDF) combines a chronological and historical approach to the study of music, film, and sound with an emphasis on building good listening skills. Through accessible and engaging analyses and exercises, this ebook, Hearing the Movies 2nd edition, covers all

This textbook, Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Social Choices (PDF) offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, uses these measures to

Discover academic habits that will assist in college and beyond as From Inquiry to Academic Writing: A Text and Reader, 4th Edition, (PDF) establishes strategies for cross-curricular thinking and writing. From Inquiry to Academic Writing 4th edition teaches college students about academic culture and how to read, think, and write

In Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases (PDF) we provide a summary and discussion on the progress in the understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms of microbial host interactions in human diseases. Only lately have we started to appreciate the role of the microbiome in health and disease. Change