Category: Textbooks

John Paul Stevens: Defender of Rights in Criminal Justice, (PDF) explores the judicial opinions and criminal justice policy influence of Justice John Paul Stevens, the U.S. Supreme Court’s most productive opinion author in his 35-year career on the nation’s highest court. Though Justice Stevens, a Republican appointee of President Gerald

Biographies in the History of Physics, (PDF) sheds new light on the biographical method in the history of physics by including the biographies of scientific objects, concepts, and institutions. What is a biography? Can biographies also be written for non-human subjects like scientific instruments, concepts, or institutions? The respective chapters

Packed with the relevant information, great examples, and problems you need to learn to “think like a chemist,” Chemistry: An Atoms First Approach 2nd edition (PDF) is designed to help college students become independent problem-solver. The ebook begins with coverage of the atom and proceeds through the concept of structure,

Nursing Research: Generating and Assessing Evidence for Nursing Practice, 10th Edition, (PDF) has been updated to include new methodological progress and, to the extent possible, essential examples used to show concepts will be from articles issued in 2013 to 2015. The organizational structure presented in the 9th edition will be

Strategic Human Resources Planning for Academic Libraries: Information, Technology and Organization (PDF) provides an in-depth discussion of human resources as a strategic element of a library organization, especially as competencies change and staffing needs. The ebook focuses on the impact of human resource practices in a library setting, discussing several