Category: E-Books

A unique sociological introduction to the field of criminology with award-winning coverage that highlights issues of ethnicity, gender, race, and social class Steven Barkan’s Criminology: A Sociological Understanding, 7th Edition, (PDF) provides a sociological perspective on criminal justice and crime by treating social inequality and social structure as central themes

Connect Essential MIS Concepts to Everyday Life. Essentials of MIS 12th edition (PDF) takes an in-depth look at how today’s businesses use information systems and technologies to achieve corporate objectives. Current real-world business cases illustrate how companies have identified and ultimately solved key business challenges using information technologies and systems.

Political Geology, (PDF) explores the emerging field of political geology, an area of study devoted to understanding the cross-sections between politics and geology. It considers how geological forces such as volcanoes, earthquakes, and unstable ground are political forces and how political forces have an influence on the earth. Together the

Ice Mechanics for Geophysical and Civil Engineering Applications, (PDF) offers the tools and concepts of ice mechanics, along with examples of their application in the fields of glaciology, civil engineering, and climate research in cold regions. It begins with an account of the most important physical properties of sea and

The Global Leadership Challenge, 3rd Edition, (PDF/ePub/AZW3) first examines the phenomenon of global business and then analyses what is different about global business and thus what is uniquely required to be a successful global leader. It lays out how companies can develop victorious global leaders and what individuals can do