Category: Non Fiction

The printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery–these are all nice concepts. However, where do they come from? What sort of environment breeds them? What sparks the flash of brilliance? How do we generate the breakthrough technology that pushes forward our lives, our society, our culture? Author Steven

Adolescence and adolescent states of mind have rarely captured so much attention publicly, nor have they stimulated so much anxiety and disturbance privately. This long acknowledged, problematic, temporary world between childhood and adulthood is especially fraught, these days, with the offensives and pressures of contemporary culture and modern technology. The

Provides a broad view of the current state and history of scholarship on the art of the ancient Near East This ebook, A Companion to Ancient Near Eastern Art (PDF) covers the aesthetic traditions of Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Iran, and the Levant, from Neolithic times to the end of the Achaemenid

Alternative Dispute Resolution, 5th edition, (Mobi/PDF) updates and reassesses the “Big 3” of dispute resolution, negotiation, and mediation. Arbitration chapters offer coverage of new key cases, including DIRECT TV and Concepcion. New note materials raise serious questions about these cases and challenge the idea that there exists a national policy

An engaging, research-based introduction to modern social psychology. A breakthrough textbook that maintains its relevance and exceptional approach edition after edition, The Social Animal 12th edition (PDF) provides you a brief, gripping introduction to modern social psychology. Through lively presentations of important research, vivid narrative, and intriguing examples, Elliot Aronson