Category: Textbooks

What is cultural anthropology, and how can it explain or even help resolve contemporary human problems? Luis A. Vivanco and Robert L. Welsch’s Cultural Anthropology: Asking Questions About Humanity, 2nd Edition, (PDF) uses a questions based approach for teaching college students how to think anthropologically, helping them view cultural issues

Higgin and Solomon’s engaging and widely used textbook, The Big Questions: A Short Introduction to Philosophy 9th Edition (PDF) encompasses philosophy’s central ideas in an accessible, approachable manner. You will discover timeless “big questions” about the self, justice, God, and other significant topics, gaining the context you require for an

Argument through problem-solving Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings, 11th Edition, (PDF) has maintained its reputation as a front-runner in argumentation through 10 editions, and that’s no accident. Authors Bean, Ramage,  and Johnson illustrate argument as a process of inquiry and a way of persuasion — not as a pro/con

Comprehensive and extensive, Democratic Law in Classical Athens (PDF) provides a new perspective for seeing a legal system that was democratic in a way only the Athenians could achieve. The democratic legal system made by the Athenians was completely controlled by ordinary citizens, with no lawyers, judges, or jurists involved.

While physics can seem challenging, its true quality is the sheer simplicity of fundamental physical theories — concepts and theories that can enrich your view of the world around you. COLLEGE PHYSICS 10th edition (PDF) provides a clear strategy for connecting those theories to a consistent problem-solving approach, carefully reinforcing