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.

Cheese: Chemistry, Physics and Microbiology, 4th Edition, provides a comprehensive overview of the chemical, physical, microbiological, biochemical, and physico-chemical aspects of cheese, taking the reader from rennet and acid coagulation of milk, to the role of cheese and related foods in addressing public health issues. The work addresses the science from

Climate Change and the Future of Democracy (PDF) will survey past and present struggles to democratize international institutions and will advance the argument that a new degree of accountability and transparency on a global scale is necessary to address the risk of climate change. The volume will evaluate how global

Drawing on cutting-edge research, up-to-the-minute examples, and the latest data, Essentials of Sociology, 7th Edition, (PDF) powerfully shows how a sociological imagination can make us more caring members of our social world, better citizens, and more useful future workers. (NEW) “Employing Your Sociological Imagination” includes the practical value of sociology