Geotechnical engineering is the science that explains mechanics of soil and rock and its applications to the development of humankind. It includes, without being limited to, the analysis, design and construction of foundations, slopes, retaining structures, embankments, roadways, tunnels, levees, wharves, landfills and other systems that are made of or are supported by soil or rock. Click here for details.
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Basic Soil Mechanics by
The 4th Edition of this respected work provides a new examination of the approaches to understanding soil behaviour and the presentation of theories and models to be used in solving practical problems and design. The unifying approach of critical state theory plays a more central role in this edition.
Principles of Geotechnical Engineering by 
Earth Pressure and Earth-Retaining Structures, Third Edition by 