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Torts: Cases/ Principles/ and Institutions

This is the Fifth Edition of Torts: Cases/ Principles/ and Institutions/ a casebook for a one-semester torts course that carves out a distinctive niche in the field by focusing on the institutions and sociology of American tort law. The book retains many of the familiar features of the traditional casebook/ ...Read More
Tout un Monde: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Intermediate French

This book is intended for use with intermediate level college French classes. Its multidisciplinary approach introduces students to topics and vocabulary associated with fields such as medicine/ advertising/ travel/ business/ agriculture/ and relationships.
Trademark Law: An Open-Source Casebook Version 6.0

Trademark Law: An Open-Source Casebook is a free/ “open” textbook designed for a four-credit trademark course/ which is what I teach at NYU School of Law. Model syllabi for four-credit and three-credit courses are available in the Faculty Resources section of this website.
Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice - 2nd Edition

Transitions to Professional Nursing Practice provides a pivotal learning experience for students transitioning from an associate degree education to a baccalaureate degree. Content includes a broad overview of the nursing profession/ the role of accrediting and professional organizations with a strong focus on the American Nurses Association’s foundational documents. The ...Read More
Transition to Higher Mathematics: Structure and Proof - Second Edition

This book is written for students who have taken calculus and want to learn what “real mathematics" is. We hope you will find the material engaging and interesting/ and that you will be encouraged to learn more advanced mathematics. This is the second edition of our text. It is intended ...Read More
Transition with Purpose: Pathways from English Language to Academic Study

This Open Access Textbook will guide students through their English language to academic degree studies. Part one of this textbook is a guide for moving from ESL study to academic study at Portland State University. It includes the resources students will use to understand policies and processes governing their degree ...Read More
Trauma Informed Behaviour Support: A Practical Guide to Developing Resilient Learners

If we want to impact the world of children who have experienced trauma then we must change not only ourselves and our classroom/ but we must change our schools/ our organisations/ and our systems of care for children. We must all speak out for these children who have no voice ...Read More
Trauma-Informed School Practices: Building Expertise To Transform Schools

This textbook represents the combined insight and experience of Morton/ a k12 educator/ and Berardi/ a psychotherapist/ both of whom are also university educators with extensive work experience serving districts and their teachers seeking to incorporate trauma-informed principles into their school culture and classroom. The authors identify that the field ...Read More
Trigonometry

This trigonometry textbook is different than other trigonometry books in that it is free to download/ and the reader is expected to do more than read the book and is expected to study the material in the book by working out examples rather than just reading about them. So this ...Read More
Trigonometry

The precursors to what we study today as Trigonometry had their origin in ancient Mesopotamia/ Greece and India. These cultures used the concepts of angles and lengths as an aid to understanding the movements of the heavenly bodies in the night sky. Ancient trigonometry typically used angles and triangles that were embedded in circles so that many of the calculations used were based on the lengths of chords within a circle. The relationships between the lengths of the chords and other lines drawn within a circle and the measure of the corresponding central angle represent the foundation of trigonometry - the relationship between angles and distances.
Tutorials of Visual Graphic Communication Programs for Interior Design

This book is for the beginning level of both architecture and interior design students who learn computer graphic communication software. The author developed multiple tutorials to teach three computer graphic applications/ AutoCAD/ Revit/ and Enscape. AutoCAD is an essential computer drafting software which is 2D drawing software. Revit is a Building Information Modeling software/ which is 3D based modeling software. Lastly/ Enscape is a real-time rendering/ animation/ and virtual reality plug-in for users' 4D experiences.
Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals

Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions. Guiding principles related to minimizing radiation exposure and requesting the most appropriate imaging examination are addressed.Static images are enhanced by the ability to access images stored and displayed on an Html-5 compatible/ Dicom image viewer that simulates a simple Picture Archive and Communication system (PACS). Users can also access other imaging from the Dicom viewer (ODIN)/ beyond the basic curriculum provided/ to further advance their experience with viewing diagnostic imaging pathologies.
Understanding Basic Music Theory

Although it is significantly expanded from "Introduction to Music Theory"/ this book still covers only the bare essentials of music theory. Music is a very large subject/ and the advanced theory that students will want to pursue after mastering the basics will vary greatly. A trumpet player interested in jazz/ ...Read More
Understanding Document Accessibility

With much of the world gone digital/ learning to create documents that are accessible to everyone is becoming a necessary skill. Intended for a general audience/ this free resource reviews a wide range of document authoring applications/ including the tools they contain for creating accessible documents/ and tests them to ensure they do not contain potential barriers. Learn how to create accessible word processed documents/ spreadsheets/ presentation slides/ and PDF documents/ among others/ so they are accessible to everyone.
Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication

According to the author/ the world did not need another introductory text in mass communication. But the world did need another kind of introductory text in mass communication/ and that is how Understanding Media and Culture: An Introduction to Mass Communication was birthed. The only question was: What would be ...Read More
Understanding Music: Past and Present

Understanding Music: Past and Present is an open Music Appreciation textbook co-authored by music faculty across Georgia. The text covers the fundamentals of music and the physics of sound/ an exploration of music from the Middle Ages to the present day/ and a final chapter on popular music in the United States.
Unfolding the Mystery of Life/ Biology Lab Manual for Non-Science Majors

This laboratory manual is intended for use in a biology laboratory course taken by non-science majors/ pre-biology/ and pre-allied health majors. Laboratory exercises provide students with experience in basic laboratory skills/ gathering and organizing data/ measuring and calculating/ hypothesis testing/ analysis of data/ writing/ and laboratory safety. The skill sets are designed to promote the development of critical thought and analysis. Students work with living and preserved specimens/ and laboratory reagents and equipment.
United States Copyright Law

This Intellectual Property Supplement from eLangdell Press contains the text of federal laws and regulations in the area of copyright/ trademarks and patents. The editors have endeavored to gather all relevant laws/ rules and regulations. This collection is intended to be used primarily as a statutory supplement for law students ...Read More
United States Patent Law

This Intellectual Property Supplement from eLangdell Press contains the text of federal laws and regulations in the area of copyright/ trademarks and patents. The editors have endeavored to gather all relevant laws/ rules and regulations. This collection is intended to be used primarily as a statutory supplement for law students ...Read More
United States Securities Law

The United States Securities Code and Regulations appear in Title 15 of the United States Code and Title 17 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This publication was made with data provided by the United States government on the Office of Law Revision Counsel as well as the eCFR.
United States Trademark Law

This Intellectual Property Supplement from eLangdell Press contains the text of federal laws and regulations in the area of copyright/ trademarks and patents. The editors have endeavored to gather all relevant laws/ rules and regulations. This collection is intended to be used primarily as a statutory supplement for law students ...Read More
University 101: Study/ Strategize and Succeed

Welcome to university! Whether this is your first time in post-secondary education/ or whether you are returning to studies/ you’re arriving with some goals you want to achieve. Perhaps you are taking a focused program to lead you into your desired career. Perhaps you are exploring courses in different areas/ ...Read More
University Physics I: Classical Mechanics

This is a “minimalist” textbook for a first semester of university/ calculus-based physics/ covering classical mechanics (including one chapter on mechanical waves/ but excluding fluids)/ plus a brief introduction to thermodynamics. The presentation owes much to Mazur’s The Principles and Practice of Physics: conservation laws/ momentum and energy/ are introduced before forces/ and one-dimensional setups are thoroughly explored before two-dimensional systems are considered. It contains both problems and worked-out examples.
University Physics Volume 1

University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics/ sound/ oscillations/ and waves. This textbook emphasizes connections between between theory and application/ making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigor inherent in the subject. Frequent/ strong examples focus on how to approach a problem/ how to work with the equations/ and how to check and generalize the result.
University Physics Volume 2

University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics/ sound/ oscillations/ and waves. Volume 2 covers thermodynamics/ electricity and magnetism/ and Volume 3 covers optics and modern physics. This textbook emphasizes connections between between theory and application/ making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigor inherent in the subject. Frequent/ strong examples focus on how to approach a problem/ how to work with the equations/ and how to check and generalize the result.
University Physics Volume 3

University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 1 covers mechanics/ sound/ oscillations/ and waves. Volume 2 covers thermodynamics/ electricity and magnetism/ and Volume 3 covers optics and modern physics. This textbook emphasizes connections between between theory and application/ making physics concepts interesting and accessible to students while maintaining the mathematical rigor inherent in the subject. Frequent/ strong examples focus on how to approach a problem/ how to work with the equations/ and how to check and generalize the result.
Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the Cyber Domain - Second Edition

Unmanned Aircraft Systems are an integral part of the US national critical infrastructure. The authors have endeavored to bring a breadth and quality of information to the reader that is unparalleled in the unclassified sphere. This textbook will fully immerse and engage the reader / student in the cyber-security considerations ...Read More
U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2020

This textbook is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise; rather/ it is intended to be far more useful than that for beginning tax law students by equipping the novice not merely with unmoored detail but rather with a rich blueprint that illuminates the deeper structural framework on which that ...Read More