Category: E-Books

Rock Slope Engineering: Civil Applications 5th edition (PDF) covers the design, investigation, excavation, and remediation of man-made rock cuts and natural slopes, primarily for civil engineering applications. It presents design information on structural geology, shear strength of rock, and groundwater, including weathered rock. Slope design methods are discussed for planar,

Media & Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication 11e (PDF) is the #1 introduction to mass communication textbook, is at the forefront of this dynamic course’s ever-changing world, addressing the most current issues of our time, such as the proliferation of fake news, the #metoo movement, the use and abuse

The new Anna Leon-Guerrero’s Social Problems: Community, Policy, and Social Action, 6th edition (ePub/PDF) goes beyond the typical presentation of contemporary social problems and their consequences by emphasizing the effectiveness and importance of community involvement to achieve real solutions. With a really upbeat and bright tone, this thought-provoking textbook challenges

The Present-day Introduction to Deep Reinforcement Learning that Combines Theory and Practice Deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) integrates deep learning and reinforcement learning, in which artificial agents learn to solve sequential decision-making problems. In the last decade deep RL has attained remarkable results on a range of problems, from single

Smith’s Organic Synthesis, 4th Edition, (PDF) provides a reaction-based approach to this important branch of organic chemistry. Updated and accessible, this eagerly-awaited revision offers a comprehensive foundation for graduate students coming from disparate backgrounds and knowledge levels, to provide them with critical working knowledge of basic reactions, stereochemistry and conformational