Category: Textbooks

This singular reference, Handbook of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work Practice and Research (PDF) explores religion and spirituality as a vital, though often misconstrued, a lens for building a better understanding of and empathy with clients. A diverse palette of faiths and traditions is compared and contrasted (occasionally with

Science Stories 6th edition (PDF) helps preservice and in-service teachers contextualize what it “looks like” to engage their class students in meaningful science experiences. Using narratives about science teaching and learning in real-world classrooms, this textbook demonstrates important content, learning, and strategies in action. Author Janice Koch’s approach guides teachers

Biology: The Essentials, 2nd Edition, (PDF) represents what the market has come to recognize as Mariëlle Hoefnagels’ student-friendly and distinct writing-style. Mariëlle presents the latest information through “What’s the Point?”, “Why We Care”, and “Burning Questions” ―pedagogical tools designed to show to readers, and her own students, that biology is

Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology (PDF) describes and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, operationalization of variables, causation, sampling, validity, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, and reliability. For each approach, the ebook addresses the procedures and issues involved,

The Soils of the USA, (PDF),  gives an overview of the properties, distribution, and function of soils in the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, and its Caribbean territories. It explains the history of soil surveys and pedological research in the U.S., and offers general descriptions of the country’s geology, climate and