Category: Textbooks

A historical survey of the western humanities in a single-volume textbook. Adventures in the Human Spirit 7th edition (PDF) provides a balanced introduction to the major arts, philosophy, and religion. Appropriate for students with little background in the arts and humanities, this single-volume textbook approaches the humanities by focusing on

This advanced undergraduate textbook, Advanced Calculus of a Single Variable, (PDF), is centered on a one-semester course on single variable calculus that the author has been teaching at San Diego State University for several years. The goal of this classroom-tested book is to deliver a complicated discussion of the concepts

Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge 4th Edition (PDF) teaches nursing students current issues, the history of healthcare informatics, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications. This comprehensive downloadable textbook includes the building blocks of informatics through complicated topics such as bioinformatics, data mining, and system development. The

Reviews the properties and applications of photo-elastic, acousto-optic, electro-optic,magneto-optic, and photorefractive materials. Crystal Optics: Properties and Applications (PDF) deals with the basic physical properties and applications of photo-elastic, acousto-optic, electro-optic, magneto-optic, and photorefractive materials. It also provides up-to-date information on the design and applications of various optoelectronic devices based on these

The ebook that professors trust to get college students thinking analytically about the American government now does more than any other text to assist students to understand the quantitative data they face in the course and in political news. American Government: Power and Purpose, Core 14th Edition, (PDF) also implements