Category: Textbooks

Offering a comprehensive, research- and theory-based approach to sexuality counseling, Sexuality Counseling: Theory, Research, and Practice, (PDF) is an accessible and engaging ebook that is grounded in an integrative, multi-level conceptual framework that talks about the various levels at which individuals experience sexuality. At every level (physiological, psychological, developmental, gender

Sugarcane Biorefinery, Technology and Perspectives, (PDF) offers the reader with a current view of the global scenario of sugarcane biorefinery, beginning a new expectation on this important crop from a sustainability, chemical and energy point-of-view. The ebook explores the existing biorefinery platforms that can be used to change sugarcane to

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

Modern analytical theories of fatigue combined with a knowledge of processing effects on metals make up the complete basis for designing machine parts that are free from unanticipated failure. Fatigue Design: Life Expectancy of Machine Parts (PDF) offers the tools and the information needed for optimal design. It stresses practical

The Challenge of BRIC Multinationals, (ePub/PDF) explores a number of idiosyncratic elements in the internationalization strategies of BRIC MNEs and, especially, in their relationship with home country policies: 1. The theoretical challenge: do we need different or more particular theories of EMNEs to assess the phenomenon of BRIC multinationals? 2.