Category: Textbooks

This textbook, Culture and the Politics of Welfare: Exploring Societal Values and Social Choices (PDF) offers an in-depth examination of the influence of culture on welfare states. It suggests new ways in which cross-national differences in culture might be measured and, using a range of approaches, uses these measures to

Why Translation Matters (ePub/Mobi) debates for the cultural importance of translation and for a more nuanced and encompassing appreciation of the translator’s role. As the praised translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, “My intention is to encourage a new consideration of a sphere of literature that is usually ignored,

This textbook Theoretical Physics 2: Analytical Mechanics (PDF) offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to analytical mechanics, one of the core components of undergraduate physics courses. The ebook starts with a thorough introduction into Lagrangian mechanics, detailing Hamilton’s principle, d’Alembert principle, and conservation laws. It continues with an in-depth explanation

Following real people and real science, Environmental Science for a Changing World 2nd edition (PDF) provides a unique context for showing college students how science works and how to think critically about environmental issues. Chapters don’t just include interesting stories — every chapter is an example of science journalism at

Introduction to Managerial Accounting, 7th edition (PDF) by Brewer/Garrison/Noreen is based on the market-leading textbook, Managerial Accounting, by Garrison, Noreen and Brewer. Garrison’s Introduction to Managerial Accounting 7e PDF is a briefer, more accessible, and thoroughly college-student-friendly etextbook that satisfies the basic needs of the managerial accounting student without unnecessary