Category: Non Fiction

The Printed Book in Contemporary American Culture, (PDF) discovers the cultural functions the printed book performs in the digital age. It explores how the use of and attitude toward the book form have transformed in light of the digital revolution of American media culture. Positioned at the crossroads of American

Measuring exergy losses in the energy supply system of buildings shows the potential for energy improvement, which cannot be exposed using conventional energy analysis. Thermoeconomics integrates economic and thermodynamic analysis by implementing the concept of cost (an economic concept) to exergy, as exergy is a thermodynamic property suitable for this

Discrete Mathematics With Applications, 5th Edition, Metric Version, (PDF) explains complex, abstract concepts with clarity and precision and gives a strong foundation for computer science and upper-level mathematics courses of the computer age. Expert author Susanna Epp provides not only the major themes of discrete mathematics, but also the reasoning

A Textbook of Community Nursing, 2nd edition (PDF) is a comprehensive and evidence-based introduction covering the full range of professional topics, including professional approaches to public health, care, eHealth, therapeutic relationships and the role of community nursing in mental health. The new 2nd edition has been updated throughout, including new

From the innovative partnership of W. H. Freeman and Scientific American comes this one-of-a-kind introduction to the science of biology and its effect on the way we live. In Biology for a Changing World, 2nd Edition, (PDF), two veteran educators and a science journalist explore the main ideas of biology through a number