Category: Textbooks

American Law in a Global Context: The Basics (PDF) is an elegant and erudite introduction to the American legal system from a global perspective. It covers the law and lawyering tools taught in the first year of law school, explaining the underlying concepts and techniques of the common law used

This ebook, An Anthropology of Learning: On Nested Frictions in Cultural Ecologies (PDF) has one explicit purpose: to present a new theory of cultural learning in organisations which combines practice-based learning with cultural models – a cognitive anthropological schema theory of taken-for-granted connections – tied to the everyday meaningful use

Ecocollapse Fiction and Cultures of Human Extinction (PDF) evaluates 21st-century realistic speculations of human extinction: fictions that imagine future worlds without interferences of interplanetary travel, as-yet uninvented technology, or other science fiction elements that offer hope for rescue or long-term survival. Climate change fiction as a type of apocalyptic and

While there are several investigations of the impact English has put on Spanish, the reverse language contact scenario has received relatively little attention. The Influence of Spanish on the English Language since 1801, (PDF) sheds light on the Spanish influence on the English vocabulary since 1801, proposing the first systematic analysis

Intimate Relationships, 3rd edition, PDF, covers both classic and current material in a brief yet thorough and rigorous manner. Chapters range from attraction to love, attachment to jealousy, sexuality to conflict—all written in a personal, warm and engaging voice. Topics are viewed from an interdisciplinary perspective firmly rooted in research. Examples