Category: Textbooks

Argument through problem-solving Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 11th Edition, (PDF) has maintained its reputation as a front-runner in argumentation through 10 editions, and that’s no accident. Authors Bean, Ramage,  and Johnson illustrate argument as a process of inquiry and a way of persuasion — not as a pro/con

Rice and Wilson’s Gateways to Understanding Music(PDF) explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical music, jazz, popular music, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music-making to the newest, the chronological narrative considers music from a global rather than a Eurocentric perspective.

Animal Influenza Virus: Methods and Protocols, 3rd edition, (ePub/PDF) aims to offer new and updated methods on animal influenza viruses together with more advanced protocols that will guide the reader in designing research. Chapters describe influenza in peridomestic animals, marine mammals, savian influenza, equine influenza, hemagglutination, swine influenza, genome sequencing,

Structured to meet the needs of today’s students by providing a uniquely positive perspective on aging, Adult Development and Aging, The Canadian Experience, (PDF) challenges readers to examine their own ageism and to consider the benefits as well as the losses people experience across adulthood. This first truly Canadian edition

Providing a wealth of perceptions on African modern and Modernist art from the mid-nineteenth century to the present, A Companion to Modern African Art, (PDF) features essays by African, North American, and European authors who evaluate the work of individual artists together with exploring broader themes like discoveries of new