Category: E-Books

Research suggests that future influenza pandemics are inevitable as strains of the virus mutate in new ways. With this uncomfortable reality in mind, this ebook, Pandemics, Publics, and Narrative (PDF) examines how the general public experienced the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus outbreak by bringing together stories about individuals’ perception of

Santrock’s Children, 13th Edition, (PDF) provides an overview of children’s development, from biological beginnings through early childhood, infancy to adolescence. By highlighting the connections among different aspects of development, the textbook helps students to better understand the concepts covered. With the help of several experts in the field, Dr. Santrock

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy, 2nd Edition, (PDF) argues against the legalization of voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide on the view that, even if they were ethically defensible in particular ‘hard cases’, neither could be successfully controlled by law. It maintains that the experience of legalization in the Belgium, Netherlands,

This ebook is a self-contained introduction to the three main families that we face in analysis – normed spaces, metric spaces, and inner product spaces– and to the operators that change objects in one into objects in another.  With a focus on the fundamental properties defining the spaces, this ebook guides readers

DSM-V broke new ground in May of 2013, labeling a new disorder called “behavioral addiction.” Clinicians instantly wanted to know: how is a behavioral addiction different from an impulse control disorder? What are the criteria for determining that some behaviors are addictions instead of impulses? What, if anything, does this