Category: Textbooks

New Speakers of Minority Languages: Linguistic Ideologies and Practices (PDF) represents the first collection specially devoted to New Speaker Studies, concentrating on language ideologies and practices of speakers in a range of minority language communities. Over thirteen chapters, it employs the new speaker lens to investigate not only linguistic issues,

The new 2nd edition of the popular survey of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the era of Alexander the Great. A Companion to the Ancient Near East, 2nd edition, (PDF) explores the history of the region from 4400 BCE to the Macedonian conquest of the Persian Empire

Human Genome Informatics: Translating Genes into Health, (PDF) explores the most commonly used electronic tools for interpreting genomic information into clinically meaningful formats. By evaluating and comparing interpretation methods of whole-genome data, the ebook discusses the possibilities of their application in translational and genomic medicine. Topics such as translation algorithms,

 An Introduction to Community & Public Health, 9th Edition, (PDF) offers the latest trends and statistics in community health. With a focus on developing the knowledge and skills necessary for a career in health education, this best-selling introductory textbook includes such topics as epidemiology,  program planning, minority health, community organization,

Unlike the majority of construction project management textbooks out there, Management of Construction Projects: A Constructor’s Perspective, 2nd edition (PDF) takes a distinctive approach by setting itself in the context of a single and real-world construction project throughout and also by looking at construction project management from a different, i.e.