Category: Textbooks

Gets them engaged. Keeps them engaged. Best-selling author Robert Blitzer’s Developmental Mathematics (PDF) use of realistic applications instantly piques college students’ curiosity about the presence of mathematical concepts in the world around them. These applications are apparent throughout the entire program – from his friendly writing style, awesome relatable examples,

Understanding the Religions of the World: An Introduction offers a new approach to the study of religions which moves away from the purely descriptive and instead helps college students understand how religions actually ‘work’. Covering all the main faith traditions, it combines contemporary beliefs and practices, historical context, and original

This best-selling Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study, 10th edition, (PDF) expertly explores concepts of diversity, identity, and inequality as it introduces students to race, gender, class, and sexuality in the United States. The thoroughly revised and updated 10th edition features 38 new readings. New

In Asia, where authoritarian-developmental states have proliferated, social control and statehood are heavily contested in borderland spaces. As an outcome, in the post-Cold War world, borders have not only redefined Asian mobilities and mobilities and incomes, they have also rekindled neighboring relations and raised questions about security and citizenship. The

A. Javier Treviño, working with a panel of experts, thoroughly examines all aspects of social problems, providing a contemporary and authoritative introduction to the field. In the eBook Investigating Social Problems, 2nd edition, (PDF), every chapter is written by a specialist on that particular topic and the unique, contributed format