Category: Non Fiction

Shoemaker’s Juvenile Delinquency, 3rd Edition, (PDF)  is a comprehensive and timely introduction to justice, crime and young people, with a focus on theory and practice. The third edition retains the general structure of the second edition and includes updates throughout, including new information on the impact of race and gender

Reaching Your Potential: Personal and Professional Development 4th edition (PDF) takes a holistic approach to helping college students take control of their lives and improve their self-belief. The textbook is organized around the 4 areas of intellectual, emotional, physical and social potential. Through a process of self-examination and learning, students

This ebook, Progress in Materials Science and Engineering (PDF) presents recent advances made in materials science and engineering within Russian academia, particularly groups working in the Ural Federal University District. Topics explored in this volume include structure formation analysis of complicated alloys, non-ferrous metals metallurgy, composite composed materials science, and

Recent Advances in Computational Mechanics and Simulations: Volume-II, Nano to Macro (PDF) offers selected papers from the 7th International Congress on Computational Mechanics and Simulation held at IIT Mandi, India. The papers discuss the development of mathematical models showing physical phenomena and relating modern computing methods and simulations to analyse them. The studies

What is cultural anthropology, and how can it explain or even help resolve contemporary human problems? Luis A. Vivanco and Robert L. Welsch’s Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity, 2nd Edition, (PDF) uses a questions based approach for teaching college students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues