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Prose Fiction: An Introduction to the Semiotics of Narrative

This concise and highly accessible textbook outlines the principles and techniques of storytelling. It is intended as a high-school and college-level introduction to the central concepts of narrative theory – concepts that will aid students in developing their competence not only in analysing and interpreting short stories and novels/ but ...Read More
Psychology

Psychologyis designed to meet the scope and sequence for the single-semester introduction to psychology course. For many students/ this may be their only college-level psychology course. As such/ this textbook provides an important opportunity for students to learn the core concepts of psychology and understand how those concepts apply to ...Read More
Psychology as a Biological Science

This textbook provides standard introduction to psychology course content with a specific emphasis on biological aspects of psychology. This includes more content related to neuroscience methods/ the brain and the nervous system. This book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs. Please note that the publisher requires you to login to access and download the PDF.
Psychology as a Social Science

This textbook provides standard introduction to psychology course content with a specific emphasis on social aspects of psychology. This includes expanded content related to social cognition/ aggression/ attraction and similar topics. This book can be modified: feel free to add or remove modules to better suit your specific needs.Please note that the publisher requires you to login to access and download the textbooks.
Psychology: The Science of Human Potential

The first chapter provides an overview of the textbook and reviews the history of psychology and its methodology. Psychology is described as a science studying how hereditary (nature) and experiential (nurture) variables interact to influence the thoughts/ feelings/ and behavior of individuals. The remainder of the text will be organized ...Read More
Public Health Ethics: Global Cases/ Practice/ and Context

Introducing public health ethics poses two special challenges. First/ it is a relatively new field that combines public health and practical ethics. Its unfamiliarity requires considerable explanation/ yet its scope and emergent qualities make delineation difficult. Moreover/ while the early development of public health ethics occurred in a western context/ ...Read More
Python for Everybody: Exploring Data Using Python 3

I never seemed to find the perfect data-oriented Python book for my course/ so I set out to write just such a book. Luckily at a faculty meeting three weeks before I was about to start my new book from scratch over the holiday break/ Dr. Atul Prakash showed me ...Read More
Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences

This 125-page course textbook/ entitled Quality Assurance & Regulatory Affairs for the Biosciences/ was created by Jack O'Grady/ M.S./ professor at Austin Community College. This textbook accompanies the course BITC 1340: Quality Assurance for the Biosciences.
Quantitative Ecology: A New Unified Approach

Quantitative Ecology introduces and discusses the principles of ecology from populations to ecosystems including human populations/ disease/ exotic organisms/ habitat fragmentation/ biodiversity and global dynamics. The book also reformulates and unifies ecological equations making them more accessible to the reader and easier to teach.
Quantitative Problem Solving in Natural Resources

This text is intended to support courses that bridge the divide between mathematics typically encountered in U.S. high school curricula and the practical problems that natural resource students might engage with in their disciplinary coursework and professional internships.
Quantitative Research Methods for Political Science/ Public Policy and Public Administration (With Applications in R) - 3rd Edition

The focus of this book is on using quantitative research methods to test hypotheses and build theory in political science/ public policy and public administration. It is designed for advanced undergraduate courses/ or introductory and intermediate graduate-level courses. The first part of the book introduces the scientific method/ then covers ...Read More
Reading With My Eyes Open: Embracing the critical and the personal in language pedagogy

Untangling the various approaches to language teaching and their history/ Gerdi Quist maps recent thinking in language studies at university. Using an interdisciplinary theoretical framework/ drawn from educational philosophy/ cultural studies/ intercultural studies and language pedagogy/ the author discusses the many tensions and currents in contemporary language teaching. The author ...Read More
Recorridos

The language of the Siglo de Oro can be an insurmountable barrier for many readers. This textbook provides historical information/ narrative techniques/ lists of characters/ themes and key words before they begin to read each chapter of Don Quixote. While reading/ vocabulary glossed in comprehensible Spanish appears in the margin opposite challenging words. Cultural references and proverbs from the work facilitate a deeper understanding. Each chapter contains checks for understanding and ends with activities to build vocabulary. It includes required chapters 1-8/ 10/ 17 and 74 for AP classrooms.
Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements

Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist Identify Plants and Plant Requirements is an adaptation of KPU HORT 1155 Introduction to Plant Materials Lecture Notes. It is an editable/ open access learning resource with interactive web based experiences customized for horticulture students studying plant identification. This first edition supports student achievement of the ...Read More
Relational Databases and Microsoft Access

This text is a free introductory text that introduces MS Access and relational database design. The motivation is to support a second-year course on database systems which/ to the student/ is either a service course providing an introduction to database concepts/ or/ as a prerequisite for more advanced study in the field.
Relativity Lite: A Pictorial Translation of Einstein’s Theories of Motion and Gravity

Relativity Lite is designed for courses like my 100-student General Astronomy sequence. Relativity Lite translates the mathematical equations conventional relativity texts rely upon into pictures that are readily understood and contain within them the mathematical essentials. This new book would provide the comprehensive coverage needed to understand/ in sufficient depth/ these three linked areas of our reality.
Research Methods in Psychology - 2nd Canadian Edition

The present adaptation constitutes the second Canadian edition and was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University) and I-Chant A. Chiang (Quest University Canada) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Revisions include the following: Chapter 1: Added a description of the “Many Labs Replication ...Read More
Research Methods in Psychology - 4th American Edition

This fourth edition (published in 2019) was co-authored by Rajiv S. Jhangiani (Kwantlen Polytechnic University)/ Carrie Cuttler (Washington State University)/ and Dana C. Leighton (Texas A&M University—Texarkana) and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Revisions throughout the current edition include changing the chapter and section numbering ...Read More
Research Methods in Psychology - New Zealand Edition

This textbook is an adaptation of the Research Methods in Psychology that is available on this site in US and Canadian editions. This New Zealand edition is an adaptation to the New Zealand context. The main changes are in Chapters 1 and 3 and the spelling/ grammar/ and terminology are changed throughout. This textbook is adopted at the University of Waikato in our 200-level research methods in psychology class.
Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context

Welcome to Resonances: Engaging Music in Its Cultural Context! Although this book is intended primarily for use in the college music appreciation classroom/ it was designed with consideration for independent learners/ advanced high school students/ and experienced musicians. That is to say/ it includes enough detail that expert guidance is not required and is written using broadly-accessible language. At the same time/ it addresses advanced topics and positions music as a serious object of study.
Responsible Innovation: Ethics/ Safety and Technology

This textbook is based on the MOOC Responsible Innovation offered by the TU Delft. It provides a framework to reflect on the ethics and risks of new technologies. How can we make sure that innovations do justice to social and ethical values? How can we minimize (unknown)risks?The book explains: The ...Read More
Risk Management for Enterprises and Individuals

This book is intended for the Risk Management and Insurance course where Risk Management is emphasized. When we think of large risks/ we often think in terms of natural hazards such as hurricanes/ earthquakes or tornados. Perhaps man-made disasters come to mind such as the terrorist attacks in the U.S. ...Read More
Rome and Beyond: A Latin Curriculum

Lindsay Samson, Holly Sypniewski, Halford Haskell, and Mary Hamil Gilbert
Safety/ Health/ and Nutrition in Early Childhood Education

Early childhood is a critical time in development. Many outcomes/ both positive and negative/ have their beginnings in these years. It is vital that children’s health and safety be protected. High-quality early care and education programs can play a valuable role in improving outcomesfor children.
Sales and Leases: A Problem-based Approach

Sales and Leases is a coursebook for a 3-credit course in personal property sales and leases – the subject matter of UCC Articles 2 and 2A. Adjustments could be made for other credit allocations and chapters can be used on a stand-alone basis. The course is designed so that students ...Read More
Scientific Inquiry in Social Work

As an introductory textbook for social work students studying research methods/ this book guides students through the process of creating a research project. Students will learn how to discover a researchable topic that is interesting to them/ examine scholarly literature/ formulate a proper research question/ design a quantitative or qualitative ...Read More
Semiconductor Devices: Theory and Application

The goal of this text/ as its name implies/ is to allow the reader to become proficient in the analysis and design of circuits utilizing discrete semiconductor devices. It progresses from basic diodes through bipolar and field effect transistors. The text is intended for use in a first or second ...Read More
Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination

This Chapter will address the current protections that are available to lesbian/ gay/ bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) individuals who allege they have been victims of employment discrimination. The Chapter's primary focus will be on federal statutory law/ particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the focus ...Read More