Category: Textbooks

An introduction to public policy that helps college students learn how to think critically about politics. Thomas Dye’s Understanding Public Policy 15th edition (PDF) provides an introduction to the study of public policy, as well as an overview of the models that political scientists use to describe and explain political

This thought-provoking ebook, The Biology of Beauty: The Science behind Human Attractiveness, (PDF) explores the science behind human attractiveness—the proportions, ratios, and other factors that to a large extent determine what we find “beautiful.” It’s said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but the latest scientific research

Though the difficulties many students face when learning chemistry have been known and explored for years, there is no consent on how best to assist and assess their learning. Over the last ten years, the availability of a range of technological innovations that are aimed to improve student learning and

Mechanical Ventilation in Emergency Medicine (PDF) discusses mechanical ventilation in emergency settings, covering the management of patients from the time of intubation until transfer to the ICU. It offers an introduction to key concepts of physiology pertinent to mechanical ventilation along with a review of the core evidence-based principles of

Smith’s A Q&A Approach to Organic Chemistry, (PDF) is an ebook of leading questions that starts with atomic orbitals and bonding. All-important topics are covered, including bonding, nomenclature, conformations, stereochemistry, acids and bases, oxidations, substitution, elimination, acyl addition, acyl substitution, reductions, enolate anion reactions, the Diels–Alder reaction and sigmatropic rearrangements,