Category: Textbooks

Understanding the Religions of the World (PDF) provides a new approach to the study of religion which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead assists students understand how religions actually ‘work’. Including all the main faith traditions, it merges historical context, contemporary beliefs and practices, and original theory, with

Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes, (PDF) deals with post-Cold War processes of autocratization, that is, system change towards autocracy. While these processes are increasing in number and frequency, autocratization remains a comparatively understudied phenomenon, especially its latest manifestations. In this volume, the authors provide one of the first cross-regional

Now reflecting a greater emphasis on today’s multidisciplinary approach to care, Critical Care Handbook of the Massachusetts General Hospital, 6th Edition, (PDF) remains your go-to guide for practical, comprehensive, and current information on medical and surgical critical care. The user-friendly, outline format is made for quick reference, providing reliable, hospital-tested protocols that

This ebook, Learning & Behavior, 8th Edition, (PDF), reviews how animals and humans learn and how their behaviors are changed as a result of learning. It describes the most important principles, controversies, theories, and experiments that pertain to learning and behavior that are applicable to diverse species and different learning

A Practical Guide to Personal Conditioning (PDF) presents a safe and scientific approach to exercise programming, prescription, and nutrition. Appropriate for an array of personal training and fitness courses, it provides readers with the information and resources necessary to develop an exercise and nutrition plan specifically designed and tailored to