Category: E-Books

Extensively reorganized and rewritten, the new Evolution 4th edition (PDF) — featuring a new coauthor: Mark Kirkpatrick (The University of Texas at Austin) — offers additional expertise in evolutionary genomics and genetics, the fastest-developing area of evolutionary biology. Directed toward an undergraduate audience, the PDF etextbook emphasizes the interplay between

Psychoanalysis is often associated with Sigmund Freud, but this comparison ignores the wide range of clinical practices, observational methods, general theories, and cross-pollinations with other disciplines that characterize contemporary psychoanalytic work. Central psychoanalytic concepts to do with unconscious motivation, primitive forms of thought, defence mechanisms, and transference form a backbone

Behavioral Pharmacology of Neuropeptides: Oxytocin (PDF) collects leading-edge expert reviews in the oxytocin field and will be of interest to a broad scientific audience ranging from social neuroscience to clinical psychiatry. The part of the neuropeptide oxytocin in social behaviors is one of the earliest and most important discoveries in

Dubrin’s Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior, 6th Edition (PDF) is a concise, yet applied, textbook that integrates concise explorations of organizational behavior with managerial insight, self-assessment, skill development, and prescription. Designed basically for instructors who supplement their instruction, this text is also perfect for short courses, executive education programs, and exceptional

Introducing Medical Anthropology: A Discipline in Action 3e (PDF) offers students with the first exposure to the developing field of medical and health anthropology. The narrative is guided by merging themes. First, health-oriented anthropologists are very engaged in the process of helping, to changing degrees, to change the world around