Category: Textbooks

The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience: Dissatisfaction and Dissent, (PDF) adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contributors, who demonstrate a range of international perspectives, analyze how hip-hop is employed to express dissent and

Every second, a new person is subjected to tuberculosis (TB). Every untreated TB-infected person will infect 10-15 people every year. After the success of its predecessor, this new edition of Raviglione’s Tuberculosis: The Essentials, 4th Edition, (PDF) examines the new discoveries and observations of the main aspects of the disease.

Should employers be allowed to require drug testing? Should there be warning labels on fast foods? This introductory textbook teaches you basic concepts of biology in the context of critical issues. The Biology: Concepts And Applications 10th edition (PDF) was developed in partnership by authors Cecie Starr, Christine A. Evers,

Examining the intersection of music, neuroscience, and psychology Music, Thought, and Feeling, 2e (PDF) surveys the quickly growing field of music cognition and explores its most interesting questions. Supposing minimal background in music or psychology, the ebook begins with an overview of the major theories on how and when music

Why Translation Matters (ePub/Mobi) debates for the cultural importance of translation and for a more nuanced and encompassing appreciation of the translator’s role. As the praised translator Edith Grossman writes in her introduction, “My intention is to encourage a new consideration of a sphere of literature that is usually ignored,