Category: Textbooks

An important addition to contemporary scholarship on Plautine and Plautus comedy provides new essays and fresh insights from leading scholars. A Companion to Plautus (PDF) is a collection of original essays on the celebrated Old Latin period playwright. A brilliant comic poet, Plautus moved beyond writing Latin versions of Greek plays

The origin of this ebook, Safe Design and Construction of Machinery: Regulation, Practice and Performance (ePub/PDF) is the compelling evidence that a high proportion of machinery-related injuries and deaths are attributable to serious and genuine risks originating within machine construction and design. This trend continues despite significant legal obligations, notably

Undoubtedly, the applications of polymers are numerous and rapidly evolving. Technology is continually changing and quickly advancing as polymers are needed to solve a variety of day-to-day challenges leading to improvements in quality of life. The Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, 3 Volume Set (in PDF) presents state-of-the-art development and research

The leading downloadable textbook in the U.S. survey course. Eric Foner’s Give Me Liberty! An American History 5th edition (PDF), volume 2 is the #1 book in the U.S. history survey course because it works in the classroom. A single-author etextbook by a leader in the field, Give Me Liberty!

Race, Immigration, and Social Control, (PDF) discusses the issues surrounding ethnicity, race and immigrant status in U.S. policing, with an exceptional focus on immigrant groups’ perceptions of the police and factors that form their attitudes toward the police. It focuses on the views of three rapidly growing yet understudied ethnic