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#Gender

by Sarah L. DeWard

#Gender is an interactive textbook that provides up-to-date information about today’s gender-related hot-button topics. Students will learn practical ways in which gender informs our individual lives and societal structures. In addition, readers are provided talking points to help them become conversational in present day issues around gender and…

A Practical Sociology

by Reba J. Parker

This concise text, via application, and engagement, tells the sociological story compellingly while noting key concepts, terms, and theories.

Abnormal Psychology: Clinical and Scientific Perspectives, Sixth Edition

by Charles Lyons et al.

Abnormal Psychology, from BVT Publishing, is a concise yet comprehensive textbook with all of the content required for a primary text for students in undergraduate Abnormal Psychology or Psychopathology courses. It provides a thorough (and critical) overview of the official system for classifying mental disorders - the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…

American Foreign Policy

by Mark R. Brawley

This text explores theories of comparative foreign policy by testing them across examples from American foreign policy from the 1890s to the present. Students will learn about how American foreign policy is made, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the major theoretical approaches we employ to describe, predict and prescribe policy.

An Introduction to State and Local Politics

by Tom Brunell et al.

While often neglected in the study of American government, state and local politics are crucial to understanding the wide range of policies that affect citizens' everyday lives. An Introduction to State and Local Government provides students with the information they need to understand the world around them with a focus on concise explanations of key…

Bones, Stones and Human Evolution

by Thomas Morgan

Bones, Stones & Human Evolution combines text, images, videos and embedded questions to introduce you to the essentials of evolutionary anthropology.

Canadian Business Law: A British Columbia Perspective

by Kenneth Wm. Thornicroft, Tamra Alexander & Pat Papadeas

"Canadian Business Law: A British Columbia Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of business law and operations, emphasizing a legal risk management perspective. Through British Columbia-specific resources and references, readers will gain a working knowledge of both Canada’s and British Columbia’s legal systems, as well as key concepts across…

Children and Families: A Social Work Practice Perspective

by Tamika Baldwin-Clark, PhD, LCSW-S, LCDC et al.

This textbook seeks to introduce and elaborate on a few of the variety of significant topics in the child welfare field, including substance use and mental health, teenage parenting, and military families. This book can be used as a starting point for broadening one’s horizons in this specialization. It offers a global perspective to help professionals…

Cognitive Psychology, A Student’s Handbook, 8th Edition UK

by Michael W. Eysenck et al.

Taylor and Francis: The fully updated eighth edition of Cognitive Psychology: A Student’s Handbook provides comprehensive yet accessible coverage of all the key areas in the field ranging from visual perception and attention through to memory and language. Each chapter is complete with key definitions, practical real-life applications, chapter summaries…

Criminal Law

by Daniel K. Maxwell

The purpose of this book is to give the reader an overall understanding of criminal law in the United States. This text covers most of the basics that similar books provide but does so in a more straightforward manner. This book is written using language that is easy to understand and terms currently used in the industry. This text is created to help…

Criminology

by Tim Newburn

Taylor and Francis: Comprehensive and accessible, Tim Newburn’s bestselling Criminology provides an introduction to the fundamental themes, concepts, theories, methods and events that underpin the subject and form the basis for all undergraduate degree courses and modules　in Criminology and Criminal Justice.

Essentials of Psychology, Sixth Edition

by Stephen Franzoi

Essentials of Psychology, from BVT Publishing, is a concise yet comprehensive textbook with all of the content required to teach a typical Introduction to Psychology course. This Top Hat version contains everything you need for before, during, and after class. Students can read fully customizable chapters with built-in active learning components and…