Category: Textbooks

Highly regarded for its concise clarification of the complexities of World War II, this ebook, World War II: A Short History, 5th edition (PDF) illuminates the course, origins, and long-range effects of the war. It provides a balanced account that analyzes both the Pacific and European theaters of operations and

Aboriginal peoples in Canada have varied cultures but share common political and social challenges that have contributed to their experiences of health and illness. This collection discusses the origins of mental health and social problems and the development of culturally responsive approaches to services and health promotion. Healing Traditions (PDF)

Written within a bio-psychosocial framework, Cavanaugh and Blanchard-Fields’ best-selling etextbook Adult Development and Aging 7th edition (PDF), covers the specific ages-stages of adult development and aging. In its unparalleled coverage of current theory and research, the authors draw clear connections between application and research. The ebook’s focus on “positive aging”

Temporality (PDF) comes as part of a broader project the first editor is developing in collaboration with the other two, targeting critically to articulate the central philosophical issue of time and temporality with Cultural Psychology and relevant areas in its frontier. Similarly, to the former milestone in this effort—Otherness in

Stephen Mandell and Laurie Kirszner, authors with thirty years of experience teaching college writing, know what works in the classroom and have a skill for picking just the right readings. In Patterns for College Writing, 14th Edition, (PDF) they provide students with excellent rhetorical models and instructors with class-tested selections