Category: E-Books

Why do human beings find some tone combinations consonant and others dissonant? Why do we make music using only a small number of scales out of the billions that are possible? In the ebook Music as Biology: The Tones We Like and Why (PDF), author Dale Purves shows that rethinking

Nineteenth Century Art, 5th Edition, (PDF) maintains its hallmark attention to issues of class and gender, racism and Eurocentrism, reception and spectatorship, popular and elite culture, and the question of the canon. The new updated 5th edition is more student-friendly, with new chapter reviews to show the big picture, discussion

The insects: structure and function has been the standard textbook in the field since the first edition published over forty years ago. Building on the strengths of Chapman’s original textbook, this long-awaited, The Insects 5th edition (PDF) has been expanded and revised by a team of eminent insect physiologists, bringing

The latest classic 12th edition in the highly respected Cole/Swokowski precalculus series maintains the elements that have made it so popular with students and instructors alike: its exposition is clear, the time-tested exercise sets present a variety of applications, its neat layout is appealing, and the difficulty level of problems

Popular author Jackson Spielvogel has helped more than one million university and college students learn about the present by discovering the past. Spielvogel’s engaging narrative weaves the politicalsocial, religious, intellectual, economic, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as unforgettable as it is instructive. Western