Category: Textbooks

A very widely used ebook, John Santrock’s Life-Span Development, 17th Edition (PDF) continues to impress many. As a master teacher, John Santrock connects current research with real-world application, helping college students see how developmental psychology plays a role in their own personal lives and their future careers. Through an integrated

Full coverage of materials and mechanical design in engineering, Mechanical Engineers’ Handbook, Volume 1, 4th Edition (PDF) provides a quick guide to specialized areas you may encounter in your work, giving you access to the basics of each and pointing you toward trusted resources for further reading, if needed. The

Experimental and theoretical study of the mechanical behavior of structures under load Analysis of Engineering Structures and Material Behavior (PDF) is a textbook covering introductory and advanced topics in structural analysis. It opens with an introduction to the topic, before covering fundamental concepts of strain, stress, and information about mechanical

Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for Writers 8th edition (PDF) teaches college students to write and read critically about popular culture by giving them a conceptual framework to do it: semiotics, a field of critical theory developed specifically for the interpretation of culture and its

Now in Exploring Medical Anthropology, 4th Edition, (PDF) provides a brief and engaging introduction to medical anthropology. It offers competing theoretical perspectives in a balanced fashion, emphasizing points of conflict and convergence. The author’s personal research experiences and concrete examples are used to describe some of the discipline’s most important