Category: Textbooks

The Operating System Concepts 10th edition (PDF) has been revised to keep it up-to-date and fresh with contemporary examples of how operating systems function, as well as enhanced interactive elements to improve learning and the college student’s experience with the material. It combines instruction on concepts with real-world applications so

A practical introduction to FPGA prototyping and SoC design This is the successor edition of the popular FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples textbook. It trails the same “learning-by-doing” approach to teach the basics and practices of HDL synthesis and FPGA prototyping. The new 2nd edition uses a rational series of

This ebook, Architectured Materials in Nature and Engineering: Archimats (PDF) deals with a group of architectured materials. These are hybrid materials in which the constituents (even strongly dissimilar ones) are combined in a given geometry and topology to provide otherwise conflicting properties. The hybridization presented in the ebook occurs at

Cultural Anthropology: Global Forces, Local Lives, 3rd edition (PDF) presents all the key areas of cultural anthropology as well as providing original and nuanced coverage of current and cutting-edge topics. An exceptionally clear and readable introduction, it helps college students understand the application of anthropological concepts to the contemporary world

The languages of Western Asia belong to a variety of language families, including Indo-European, Semitic, Kartvelian, and Turkic, but share numerous features on account of being in areal contact over many centuries. This volume, The Languages and Linguistics of Western Asia: An Areal Perspective (PDF) presents descriptions of the modern