Category: Textbooks

Calvin Schermerhorn’s stimulating study observes the development of modern American capitalism through the window of the nineteenth-century interstate slave trade. The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, 1815-1860, (PDF) follows ships and money as well as enslaved human beings to show how slavery was a national business

This award-winning science ebook uses the latest findings from brain-imaging technology and neuroscience research to take you on a journey into the human brain. Brain MRI scans and CGI illustrations reveal the brain’s anatomy in unprecedented detail. Step-by-step sequences unravel and simplify the complex processes of brain function, such as

The new edition of the hugely successful Ross and Wilson Anatomy & Physiology in Health and Illness, 13th Edition, (PDF) continues to bring its readers the core essentials of human biology presented in a clear and straightforward manner. Completely updated throughout, the ebook now comes with improved learning features including

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries reflect a period of remarkable intellectual vitality in British philosophy, as personalities such as Hobbes, Hume, Locke, and Smith attempted to explain the origins and supporting mechanisms of civil society. Their insights continue to educate how political and moral theorists think about the world in

Te Linde’s Operative Gynecology, 12th Edition, (PDF) remains your authoritative resource on the comprehensive perioperative care of gynecologic patients. New features in this edition include a primer on anesthesia, a practical review of pediatric gynecology, a chapter on positioning for pelvic surgery and a section on the use of surgical instruments.