Category: Non Fiction

The Matrix of Race: Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality (PDF/Mobi) for ethnic and race relations courses, is written by 3 leading scholars — Rodney D. Coates, Abby L. Ferber, and  David L. Brunsma — and reflects a very contemporary way of looking at minorities, race, and intergroup relations. Older textbooks use

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

Hall’s Tony Harrison: Poet of Radical Classicism (PDF) is the first book-length study of the classicism of Tony Harrison, one of the most important contemporary poets in England and the world. It argues that his unique and politically radical classicism is inextricable from his core notion that poetry should be

For introductory courses in computer concepts, digital literacy, or computer literacy, often including instruction in Microsoft Office.  Using tech to teach technology! Best-selling Technology in Action Complete, 16th Global Edition, (PDF) uses practical content and hands-on projects to involve university students in computing tasks and skills they can implement at

Gilbert Strang’s textbooks have changed the entire approach to learning linear algebra — away from abstract vector spaces to specific examples of the 4 fundamental subspaces: the column space and nullspace of A and A’. Strang’s new Introduction to Linear Algebra, 5th edition, (PDF) has become more than a textbook