"Reveals social behavior motives, and bridges the person and the social situation." A unique integrated approach to social behavior, "Social Psychology, 6/e "invite readers to consider the interplay of influences inside and outside the person in social situations. The authors emphasizes how social p[...]

For undergraduate and graduate economics majors who are enrolled in an Intermediate Microeconomics course. A book that provides a treatment of microeconomic theory that stresses the relevance and application to managerial and public policy decision making.[...]

London's suspense thriller focuses on the fine distinction between state- justified murder and criminal violence in the Assassination Bureau--an organization whose mandate is to rid the state of all its enemies.[...]

This extraordinary text offers a proven combination of scholarship from an insightful economist and a renowned American historian. It recounts the development of capitalism and the age of machines through the voices of business leaders, working people, inventors, and an unusual cast of presidents, g[...]

Robert Trivers is one of the leading figures pioneering the field of sociobiology. For Natural Selection and Social Theory, he has selected eleven of his most influential papers, including several classic papers from the early 1970s on the evolution of reciprocal altruism, parent-offspring conflicts[...]

In a time of dazzling scientific progress, how are we to separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? Touching on everything from Deepak Chopra's "quantum alternative to growing old" and "free energy" machines to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station. [...]

This new combination volume of three-books-in-one, dealing with the topic of artifacts in behavioral research, was designed as both introduction and reminder. It was designed as an introduction to the topic for graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and younger researchers. It was designed as a[...]

This text brings together important ideas on the model-based approach to sample survey, which has been developed over the last twenty years. Suitable for graduate students and professional statisticians, it moves from basic ideas fundamental to sampling to more rigorous mathematical modelling and da[...]

Nearly 2 million Americans develop a healthcare-associated infection each year, and some 100,000 of them die as a result. Such infections are highly preventable, particularly through the adoption and implementation of evidence-based methods for reducing patient infection at the point of care. In cas[...]