Category: Textbooks

Lisa J. Green’s African American English: A Linguistic Introduction (PDF) caused something of a sensation when it was first published in 2002. Here we have a rigorous, detailed examination of the grammar, lexicon, and sociolinguistics of African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) written by a native speaker, and moreover of a lesser

This ebook is a self-contained introduction to the three main families that we face in analysis – normed spaces, metric spaces, and inner product spaces– and to the operators that change objects in one into objects in another.  With a focus on the fundamental properties defining the spaces, this ebook guides readers

Race, Immigration, and Social Control, (PDF) discusses the issues surrounding ethnicity, race and immigrant status in U.S. policing, with an exceptional focus on immigrant groups’ perceptions of the police and factors that form their attitudes toward the police. It focuses on the views of three rapidly growing yet understudied ethnic

A practical application-based guide to adult mechanical ventilation This trusted guide, Essentials of Mechanical Ventilation, 3rd edition (PDF) is written from the perspective of authors who have more than 75 years of experience as educators, clinicians, authors, and researchers. Featuring chapters that are focused, concise, and practical, this ebook is

The updated Basic Concepts of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing 8th Edition (PDF) of this respected learning textbook delivers the clinically essential content psychiatric and mental health nurses need to practice with confidence. Spanning the continuum of care, this edition will help you excel in a range of settings, improve client and