Category: Textbooks

Written by four leading teachers and scholars, Introduction to Sociology, 11th Edition, (PDF) offers an authoritative introduction to fundamental concepts, major theories, and present research in a modernized, easy-to-navigate format. A uniform four-part chapter structure makes the reading manageable without letting go of coverage. At the end of each and

Lisa J. Green’s African American English: A Linguistic Introduction (PDF) caused something of a sensation when it was first published in 2002. Here we have a rigorous, detailed examination of the grammar, lexicon, and sociolinguistics of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) written by a native speaker, and moreover of a lesser

A. Townsend Peterson, one of the forerunners of ecological niche modeling, offers a synthesis that illuminates new and more helpful infectious disease mapping methods. His work, Mapping Disease Transmission Risk, (PDF) – the peak of twelve years of refinement – breaks new ground by incorporating biogeographic and ecological factors with

Earth Science for Civil and Environmental Engineers (PDF) introduces engineering students to the fundamental principles of applied Earth science, emphasizing how modern soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeology, geomorphology, seismology, and environmental geochemistry affect geotechnical and environmental practice. Main geological topics of engineering relevance including soils and sediments, groundwater, rocks, and

Following in the tradition of the first 6 editions, the goal of this successful, issues-based etextbook, Chemistry in Context 7th edition (PDF), is to establish chemical principles on a need-to-know basis for non-science majoring students, enabling them to learn chemistry in the context of their own lives and significant issues