Category: Textbooks

The 1st part of this ebook, Introduction to Cryptography: Principles and Applications 3rd edition (PDF) covers the key concepts of cryptography on an undergraduate level, from digital signatures and encryption to cryptographic protocols. Essential techniques are demonstrated in protocols for key exchange, electronic elections, user identification and digital cash. In the 2nd part,

Cordner’s Police Administration, 9th Edition, (PDF) examines police administration from multiple perspectives: a systems perspective (stressing the interrelatedness among units and organizations); a traditional, structural perspective (management functions, administrative principles, and the importance of written guidelines); a human behavioral viewpoint (the human element in organizations); and a strategic management perspective

Exploring Sociology, A Canadian Perspective, 3rd Edition, (PDF)  is a “students first” resource written with visionary students in mind, and with their help. Michelle Webber and Bruce Ravelli and, the authors of Exploring Sociology, believe that theory offers the foundation for sociology and that students need to examine both classical and

In the 1940s, American movies changed. Flashbacks began to be used in outrageous, unpredictable ways. Soundtracks flaunted voice-over commentary, and characters might pivot from a scene to address the viewer. Incidents were replayed from different characters’ viewpoints, and sometimes those versions proved to be false. Films now plunged viewers into

This ebook Project Management for Facility Constructions: A Guide for Engineers and Architects, 2nd edition, (PDF) describes principles, quantitative methods, and techniques for planning, financing, and managing projects to develop a variety of constructed facilities in the fields of power, oil & gas, infrastructure, architecture, and the commercial building industries.