Category: Textbooks

Child abuse and neglect (CAN) continues to be a serious public health problem in the United States, affecting approximately 19% of victims and costing approximately $124 billion to society. When a child is removed from their parent’s custody due to parental abuse or neglect, the child is sometimes placed in

Updated to reflect today’s political climate, the Introduction To Comparative Politics 7th edition (PDF) offers a country-by-country approach that allows college students to fully examine differences and similarities among countries and between and within political systems. Each chapter offers an analysis of political challenges and changing agendas within countries and

In this PDF etextbook, Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function 7th edition, the authors present a logical framework for understanding contemporary organic chemistry. This framework emphasizes that the structure of an organic molecule determines how that molecule functions, be it with respect to its physical behavior or in a chemical reaction.

Finding and using legal resources effectively is a vital skill for lawyers. This comprehensive, elegant but brief guide, Legal Research in a Nutshell, 13th Edition, (AZW3/PDF) includes research procedures using major online services, free Internet resources, and library materials. Numerous websites are discussed and placed in context for effective and

Patterns of World History: Volume 1: To 1600 (PDF) offers a distinct framework for understanding the global past through the study of origins, adaptations and interactions. Authors Peter von Sivers, Charles A. Desnoyers, and George Stow — each specialists in their own respective fields — examine the full range of