Category: Non Fiction

Authorship’s Wake: Writing After the Death of the Author (PDF) examines the aftermath of the 1960s critique of the author, epitomized by Roland Barthes’s essay, “The Death of the Author.” This critique has given rise to a body of writing that confounds generic distinctions separating the literary and the theoretical.

The design of structures in general, and prestressed concrete structures in particular, requires considerably more information than is contained in building codes. A sound understanding of structural behaviour at all stages of loading is essential. This textbook presents a detailed description and explanation of the behaviour of prestressed concrete members

Translated into seven languages, Cotton and Williams’ Practical Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 7th edition (PDF) has for the last 25 years been the basic primer for endoscopy around the world, providing concise, clinical and practical guidance on the basics of endoscopy practice, from patient positioning and safety, how to carry different endoscopic

In Matthew’s passion narrative, the ethnoracial personality of Jesus comes into intense focus. The repetition of the title “King of the Judeans” focuses the politics of ethnicity and race. Irrespective of the explicit use of terminology, prior scholarship has understood the title curiously in non-ethnoracial ways., The Politics of Race

The new, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Procedures in Gastroenterology: An Illustrated Guide 2nd edition (PDF) provides a comprehensive overview of procedures for the gastrointestinal tract. The volume describes the contraindications, indications, and precise method of a procedure, under normal anatomical conditions and when the gastrointestinal tract is surgically altered. In addition