Books Worth Reading On LiveCarta
Find the most popular books for every subject in the LiveCarta Catalog. There’s something for everyone, whether you’re looking for study materials for you and your students or trying to learn more on a particular topic. Our collection is made up of mostly open-source and low-cost books, with some having additional offerings for customizable content. Check out our selection below.
Law
TEXAS OIL AND GAS LAW: CASES AND MATERIALS
by Jacqueline L. Weaver, Bret Wells
Price: $60.00
Texas Oil and Gas Law: Cases and Materials is an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of the state of the law in the nation’s largest oil and gas producing state. The book contains all the landmark cases that have shaped the substantive law in Texas, edited to highlight their holdings and their implications for future cases and for the practice of oil and gas law.
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History
Essentials of Linguistics
by Catherine Anderson
Price: Free
This Open Educational Resource brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic video lectures about the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics), supplemented with discussion of psycholinguistic and neurolinguistic findings.
Arts
Mr. Karr, Would You Teach Me How to Drive a Double Bass?
by Michael Klinghoffer
Price: $20.00
Calling all music enthusiasts looking for innovative, practical, and inspiring advice on how to approach the bass both technically and musically, this book along with its notated examples, pictures, and instructional videos will offer many valuable lessons and will be a great resource for teachers, students, and performers alike.
The book is devoted to the technique and philosophy of Michael Klinghoffer’s mentor, Gary Karr. This glimpse into Karr’s magical legacy is meticulously laid out in a comprehensive yet playful manner. You will learn many valuable tricks that teachers have only verbalized until now.
Computer Science
High Performance Computing
by Charles Severance, Kevin Dowd
Price: Free
The purpose of this book has always been to teach new programmers and scientists about the basics of High Performance Computing. This book is for learners with a basic understanding of modern computer architecture, not advanced degrees in computer engineering, as it is an easily understood introduction and overview of the topic.
Medicine and Health
Human Nutrition
by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Food Science a Cheryl Gibby, William Meinke,
Price: Free
This open access textbook was developed as an introductory nutrition resource to reflect the diverse dietary patterns of people in Hawai‘i and the greater Pacific. Using the ‘ōlelo no‘eau, or Hawaiian proverb, stated above, we believe that the principles of nutrition should be taught through the context of our communities and environments.
Business
Project Management
by Adrienne Watt
Price: Free
This book covers the basics of project management. This includes the process of initiation, planning, execution, control and close out that all projects share.
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