Category: Textbooks

A global perspective of security issues integrated with broad practical coverage of crime prevention strategies. Private Security Today (PDF) includes topical coverage that includes the evolution of security, through the present, to the future of the field. To give readers a look at the various issues contemporary security professionals face,

The most trusted and widely used brief anthology of world literature, The Norton Anthology of World Literature, Vol. 2, Shorter 4th Edition, (PDF) retains and expands the most popular works from the last edition while providing exciting new selections and new translations of major works. As always, the Norton Anthology

This is no normal textbook. With its highly visual features, revamped design, and concise coverage, Essential Communication, 2nd Edition, (PDF)  is a practical, interactive guide for students. Self-quizzes and exercises help all students reflect on their own communication patterns and improve their skills. Emphasized on the fundamentals, each element of

Principles of Financial Engineering, 3rd Edition, (PDF) is a highly acclaimed textbook on the complex and fast-paced subject of financial engineering. This updated 3rd edition describes the “engineering” elements of financial engineering instead of the mathematics underlying it. It shows how to use financial tools to accomplish a goal rather

The authors Tabarrok and Cowen describe their best selling textbook Modern Principles of Economics, 3rd Edition, (PDF) like this: Understand Your World. See the Invisible Hand. That’s the tagline of Modern Principles and our teaching philosophy. Nobel laureate Vernon Smith put it this way: “At the heart of economics is a