Category: Textbooks

Gain a solid understanding of how information-theoretic approaches can inform the design of more secure information systems and networks with this authoritative textbook titled ‘Information Theoretic Security and Privacy of Information Systems‘ (PDF). With a particular focus on theoretical models and analytical results, leading researchers to show how techniques derived

The Matrix of Race: Social Construction, Intersectionality, and Inequality (PDF/Mobi) for ethnic and race relations courses, is written by 3 leading scholars — Rodney D. Coates, Abby L. Ferber, and  David L. Brunsma — and reflects a very contemporary way of looking at minorities, race, and intergroup relations. Older textbooks use

The “Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition” (in PDF) is the style manual of choice for editors, writers, students, and educators. Although it is specifically designed to help writers in the social sciences and behavioral sciences, anyone who writes non-fiction prose can benefit from its guidance. The

This multidisciplinary collection explores ways in which established and emerging scholars comprehend and theorize resistance and decolonization in their own fields of work, from political to education and social studies, to medicine, psychology and beyond. In this time of transformed global spiritual awakening, indigenous communities are reconsidering ways of knowing

Mechanics of Materials, 8th Edition, (PDF) offers a precise presentation of subjects illustrated with several engineering examples that engineering students understand and relate to theory and application. The tried and true methodology for handing out material gives students the best opportunity to succeed in this course. From the comprehensive examples,