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Junior extension: words and numbers

15 selected units on vocabulary, word formation, arithmetic and percentages. Intended for confident English readers with teacher or dictionary support. These selections do not reclassify the full books as junior textbooks.

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Questions in philosophy

Explore arguments, knowledge, ethics, mind, religion and aesthetics through six introductory philosophy books. Start with a topic that interests you; listening is available only where the chapter shows a listening option.

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Mathematics and computing

A route from arithmetic and everyday mathematics to functions, statistics, algorithms and open source collaboration. Check each book's prerequisites; the algorithms text assumes programming experience.

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forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic

P. D. Magnus

English · Version 1.4 [171229], 29 December 2017 · 2017

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Greek and Latin Roots: Part I - Latin

Peter L. Smith (Estate)

English · Sixth edition (adapted), 2016; iReadAll reading adaptation v2, 2026 · 2016

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Greek and Latin Roots: Part II - Greek

Peter L. Smith (Estate)

English · Sixth edition (adapted), 2016; iReadAll reading adaptation v2, 2026 · 2016

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Health Case Studies

Glynda Rees, Rob Kruger and others

English · Version 1.2 (5 December 2017) · 2017

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Introduction to Philosophy: Aesthetic Theory and Practice

Yuriko Saito, Ruth Sonderegger and others

English · Version 1.1, 31 January 2022; iReadAll illustrated reading adaptation v1, 2026 · 2022

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Introduction to Philosophy: Epistemology

Guy Axtell, Brian C. Barnett (Book Editor and Chapter Author) and others

English · Version 1.1 (3 December 2021) · 2021

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Introduction to Philosophy: Logic

Bahram Assadian, Matthew Knachel and others

English · Version 1.2.1 (22 August 2021) · 2020

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Java, Java, Java: Object-Oriented Problem Solving

Ralph Morelli, Ralph Walde

English · Third edition, open source release (2017) · 2017

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Learning Statistics with R

Danielle Navarro

English · Version 0.7.1, 7 October 2026 (Quarto PDF) · 2026

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Math in Society - Edition 2.5

David Lippman

English · Edition 2.5 · 2017

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Network quality control

Peter J. G. Teunissen

English · Second edition (2024) · 2024

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Object-Oriented Reengineering Patterns

Serge Demeyer, Stéphane Ducasse and others

English · First Open-Source Edition; revised September 2009; PDF version 2013-11-27 · 2008

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OpenIntro Statistics

David Diez, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel and others

English · Fourth edition, tablet PDF updated 12 August 2019 · 2019

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Pharo By Example 5

Stéphane Ducasse, Dimitris Chloupis and others

English · Pharo 5 edition, 29 September 2018 · 2018

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Precalculus: An Investigation of Functions

David Lippman, Melonie Rasmussen

English · Edition 2.3, July 2022 · 2022

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Principles of Financial Accounting

Christine Jonick

English · 2017 original PDF · 2017

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