Category: Non Fiction

This etextbook is intended for a 1-semester CS1 course sequence. The Brief Version contains the first 18 chapters of the Comprehensive Version. The first 13 chapters are appropriate for preparing the AP Computer Science exam. A fundamentals-first introduction to basic programming techniques and concepts. Designed to support an introductory programming course,

More than ever, successful argumentation is a vital part of academic success–and has an abundance of real-world applications. But learners don’t benefit when they are bogged down with technical abstraction and jargon. Through Practical Argument, 4th Edition, (PDF), bestselling authors Stephen Mandell and Laurie Kirszner make argumentative writing accessible with

The popular Programming and Problem Solving with C++, 6th Edition, (ePub/PDF) remains the flawless introduction to C++, object-oriented programming, and software development available. Well-known author team Nell Dale and Chip Weems are careful to include all topics and rules put forward by the ACM/IEEE to make this textbook ideal for the one- or two-term CS1

From best-selling author Kelly Rainer, and coauthors, Brad Prince and Hugh Watson, Management Information Systems, 4nd Edition, (PDF) encourages active learning like no other text on the market. Each chapter is comprised of tightly coupled concepts and section-level student activities that transport your students from passively learning about IS to

Banking, Lending and Real Estate (ePub/PDF) deals directly with the return/risk multiple trade-offs coming out of the thoroughly intertwined relationship between banking and real estate. The authors explore how banks could accept a more proactive approach to make the most of their, mostly ‘long only’, exposure to real estate, and