Category: Textbooks

Fundamentals of Structural Engineering 2nd edition (PDF) is an updated etextbook which provides a balanced, seamless treatment of both classic, analytic methods and contemporary, computer-based techniques for conceptualizing and designing a structure. New to the 2nd edition are treatments of geometrically nonlinear analysis and limit analysis based on nonlinear inelastic analysis.

A Contemporary Classic Classic, yet contemporary; theoretical, yet applied — McClave & Sincich’s Statistics 13th global edition (PDF) gives you the best of both worlds. This textbook offers a trusted, comprehensive introduction to statistics that emphasizes inference and integrates real data throughout. The expert authors stress the development of statistical

From the ebook’s trademark “toolkit” approach to the new chapter on the Environment and Sustainability, all features of Ken Guest’s Essentials of Cultural Anthropology, 3rd Edition, (PDF) work together to motivate college students to use the tools of anthropology to see the world in a novel way and to come to class

Adolescent Dating Violence: Theory, Research, and Prevention, (PDF) condenses the course, risk/protective factors, concerns, and treatment/prevention of adolescent dating violence. Dating violence is defined as physical, psychological, sexual, and cyber behavior meant to cause physical, emotional, or social harm to a current or former intimate partner. The ebook discusses the