Category: Textbooks

Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials, 2015th Edition, (PDF) is intended for graduate engineering students who want to improve their knowledge of composite structures behavior. An innovative mechanical formulation to treat nonlinear orthotropic behavior of composite materials is offered in this ebook. It also studies different formulations that

The revolutionary guide to modern leadership in architectural practice Leading Collaborative Architectural Practice, (PDF) is the leadership handbook for today’s construction and design professionals. Recognized by the American Institute of Architects, this ebook describes the collaborative approach to leadership that is becoming increasingly dominant in modern practice; gone are the

From the ebook’s trademark “toolkit” approach to the new chapter on the Environment and Sustainability, all features of Ken Guest’s Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, 3rd Edition, (PDF) work together to motivate college students to use the tools of anthropology to see the world in a novel way and to come to class

Films achieve their effects with sound as well as images. An ideal textbook for introductory film music courses Hearing the Movies: Music and Sound in Film History (PDF) brings music into the context of sound, and sound into the context of the whole film. The textbook explores film sound in

Perfectionism has been found to play an important yet complex role in sport, dance, and exercise. This collection, The Psychology of Perfectionism in Sport, Dance and Exercise (ebook) provides an up-to-date and comprehensive account of theory, research findings, measurement, and practitioner issues associated with perfectionism, providing students with insights into