Category: Textbooks

Human Behavior and the Social Environment, Micro Level 3rd edition (PDF) draws on a resilience model to explore the dynamics of human behavior across the life span. Psychological, Biological, and spiritual dimensions are covered. Illustrations and vignettes from social work, literature, philosophy, psychology, and current events highlight the turning points

Euthanasia, Ethics and Public Policy, 2nd Edition, (PDF) argues against the legalization of voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide on the view that, even if they were ethically defensible in particular ‘hard cases’, neither could be successfully controlled by law. It maintains that the experience of legalization in the Belgium, Netherlands,

The Enigma of Max Gluckman, (ePub/PDF) examines one of the most powerful British anthropologists of the twentieth century. South African–born Max Gluckman was the initiator of what became known as the Manchester School of social anthropology, a prominent figure in the anthropology of anticolonialism and conflict theory in southern Africa,

Art History 5th Edition (PDF) continues to balance formal analysis with contextual art history in order to involve a diverse student audience. Authors Michael Cothren and Marilyn Stokstad, both scholars as well as teachers, share a common vision that survey courses should be filled with as much enjoyment as learning,

The field of human resource development (HRD) has emerged as one of the most dynamic and multifaceted areas of business and management for both academics and practitioners. Human Resource Development: A Concise Introduction (PDF) is an engaging and succinct PDF textbook that deals with HRD at a basic introductory level,