Category: Textbooks

From top authorities, this significantly revised and expanded handbook is a highly regarded reference in a swiftly growing field. Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications, 3rd edition (PDF),  thoroughly explores the conscious and unconscious processes by which people manage their behavior and emotions, control impulses, and strive toward desired

This dynamic and refreshed Keeping the Republic 8th edition (PDF) revitalizes the twin themes of power and citizenship by adding to the imperative for college students to navigate competing political narratives about who should get what, and how they should get it. The exploding possibilities of the digital age make

Ways of Knowing in HCI (PDF) brings together both traditional and new research methods in Human Computer Interaction (HCI). Research methods include observations and interviews, ethnography, grounded theory, and evaluation of digital traces of behavior. Readers will attain an understanding of the type of knowledge every method provides, its disciplinary

Explore the changing nature of the West – The West: Encounters and Transformations 5e (PDF) examines the changing nature of Western civilization — helping college students to understand how the definition of the ‘West’ has both transformed and evolved throughout history. Focusing on the central theme of cultural encounters, authors

This thought-provoking ebook, The Biology of Beauty: The Science behind Human Attractiveness, (PDF) explores the science behind human attractiveness—the proportions, ratios, and other factors that to a large extent determine what we find “beautiful.” It’s said that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” but the latest scientific research