Category: Textbooks

Food and Culture, 7th Edition, (PDF) is the market-leading textbook for cultural foods courses, offering current information on the health, food, culture, and nutrition habits of the most common racial and ethnic groups living in the United States. It is designed to help chefs, health professionals, and others in the

Multimodal Behavioral Analysis in the Wild, (PDF) delivers state-of-the-art behavioral signal processing using different data modalities, with a particular focus on recognizing the strengths and limitations of current technologies. The ebook focuses on audio and video modalities, while also stressing emerging modalities, such as an accelerometer or proximity data. It

Structural Analysis 9th edition (PDF) is intended for use in Structural Analysis courses. It is also suitable for individuals planning a career as structural engineer. Structural Analysis 9e provides college students and readers with a clear and thorough presentation of the theory and application of structural analysis as it applies

For courses in Cryptography, Computer Security, and Network Security. Keep pace with the fast-moving field of cryptography and network security Stallings’ Cryptography and Network Security: Principles and Practice, 8th Edition, (PDF) introduces students to the captivating and evolving field of cryptography and network security. In an age of hackers and

Autocratization in post-Cold War Political Regimes, (PDF) deals with post-Cold War processes of autocratization, that is, system change towards autocracy. While these processes are increasing in number and frequency, autocratization remains a comparatively understudied phenomenon, especially its latest manifestations. In this volume, the authors provide one of the first cross-regional