Introduction to Human Ecology

Author(s): George F Clark

Introduction to Human Ecology is a reader designed to accompany the course of the same name at Rutgers University and similar courses offered elsewhere. It provides articles illustrating basic human ecological concepts such as ethnocentrism, the commons, and cost-benefit analysis, offers a sample of...

Introduction to Architectural History: Understanding the History of the Building Next Door

Author(s): Gayle Goudy

Introduction to Architectural History: Understanding the History of the Building Next Door is an undergraduate survey of Western architecture from the ancient world to the twenty-first century.  The turn-key course package uses canonical buildings and engineering marvels to understand the structures...

Exploring Geospatial Technology

Author(s): RICK BUNCH, Elisabeth Nelson, James Nelson

New Third Edition Now Available! Written by authors with backgrounds in GIScience and computer technology, Exploring Geospatial Technology presents the basic tenets that undergird the geospatial technologies of cartography, GIS, and remote sensing using an historical perspective as the link that ...

Green Harvest: An Introduction to Biology

Author(s): Michael Farabee

Throughout history, plants and photosynthetic organisms have continuously transformed Earth. Green Harvest: An Introduction to Biology guides students to a better understanding of “the study of life”. Not only is the text beneficial to science majors, but also to non-science majors as they will b...

How Drugs Influence Behavior: A Neuro-Behavioral Approach

Author(s): Jaime Diaz

The profound effect that certain drugs have on behavior has ignited popular curiosity and has prompted a scientific search for the brain mechanisms that might be altered with drugs. Written by Jaime Diaz, an active neuroscientist, the new third edition of How Drugs Influence Behavior: A Neuro-Beh...

Sparks: A Reader to Energize Writing

Author(s): Donna Stevenson

Human Communication in the Digital Age

Author(s): Linda Webster

A Student's Introduction to Political Analysis

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Introduction to the Humanities: An Outline Guide

Author(s): Sarah Satterfield

Introduction to Humanities: An Outline Guide is the outgrowth of many years of teaching Humanities at the collegiate level. Students are often overwhelmed by the amount of material in Humanities texts. Introduction to Humanities: An Outline Guide is a synthesis and reduction of this material. The te...

Microbiology Mysteries

Author(s): CRAIG FENN

Biology, health care, and medicine are all fields of investigation and discovery. To diagnose and treat any disease, health care workers must compile and translate information to arrive at the best possible conclusion for each patient. That is the goal of this textbook. In each chapter are myster...