Category: Textbooks

In Writing Anthropology (PDF), fifty-two anthropologists reflect on scholarly writing as both commitment and craft. These short essays include a wide range of territory, from genre, ethnography, and the politics of writing to affect, storytelling, authorship, and scholarly responsibility. Anthropological writing is more than communicating findings: anthropologists write to tell

As the flaws of purely synthetic approaches to biochemical discovery and development are becoming more obvious, a resurgence of interest in the chemistry of natural products as sources for new compounds is occurring. An exclusive approach to natural products chemistry, Botanical Miracles: Chemistry of Plants That Changed the World (PDF)

Forest Products and Wood Science: An Introduction, 7th Edition, (PDF) provides a fully updated and revised review of the forest products industry. This classic text includes a comprehensive review of the subject and offers a thorough understanding of the anatomical and physical nature of wood. The authors highlight its use

Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 12e (PDF) highlights the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to all students’ lives. With personal reflection, wit, and illuminating examples, best-selling author James Henslin stimulates college students’ sociological imaginations so they can better perceive how the pieces of different society fit together.

Berkowitz’s Pediatrics: A Primary Care Approach, 5th edition (PDF) is the reference of choice for pediatric residents, pediatricians, and medical students. The newly expanded and revised 5th edition provides clear, practice-oriented guidance of the core knowledge in pediatrics. Comprehensive coverage of hundreds of topics ranging from temper tantrums and thumb-sucking