Category: Textbooks

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.

Brief. Affordable. Visual. Juvenile Delinquency, 3rd Edition, (PDF) offers an affordable, thought-provoking look at the criminal justice system that uses eye-catching visuals and clear writing to get your students straight to the vital concepts. The focus is on delinquency across the life course. By stressing on the core concepts, students

With an author team equally at home in the classroom, in the lab, or on the bestseller list, Introducing Psychology, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is a textbook written to keep students turning the pages. It provides expert coverage of psychology’s scientific foundations, but talks with students in a style that’s anything

For courses in Literature for Composition, Writing About Literature, and Introduction to Literature. Great literature as a way of learning writing and critical-thinking skills Great literature is always captivating, always new – why not use it to improve your writing skills and improve critical thinking? Literature and the Writing Process,

A balance of science and story, with a focus on the people doing biology now. Written by a science journalist and teachers with more than thirty years experience in the classroom, Biology Now (PDF) skillfully combines core biology concepts with popular science stories of real people doing science today. These