A Lopez: 57 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of cassava Volume 2
Genetics, breeding, pests and diseases
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
Originating in South America, cassava is now grown in over 100 countries around the world. It is the third most important source of calories in the tropics after rice and maize. Its caloric value, as well as its ability to tolerate dry conditions and poor soils, makes it a key food security crop in...
Phosphorus-Based Polymers
From Synthesis to Applications
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2014
Phosphorus-containing (co)polymers are gaining wide appeal for many uses, from healthcare and medicine to energy and environmental applications. Phosphorus-Based Polymers is the first book dedicated to this topic and provides a comprehensive overview of the different polymers and their uses.
The...
by Greg Lopez, Bridget Welsh, John Funston
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Prominent scholars across the political divide and academic disciplines analyze how the dominant political parties in Malaysia and Singapore, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and the People’s Action Party (PAP), have stayed in power. With a focus on developments in the last decade and...
by Dominique Tabutin, Collectif, Hélène Pagezy
Language: French
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Les comportements associés à la fécondité sont révélateurs des manières par lesquelles les sociétés assurent au mieux leur pérennisation en gouvernant la succession des générations. Leur étude minutieuse découvre un ajustement inattendu de la fécondité aux conditions ambiantes lorsque...
Historia general de México.
Versión 2000
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 9, 2018
La presente Versión 2000 es una nueva edición de la Historia general de México, preparada por el Centro de Estudios Históricos de El Colegio de México. En esta ocasión se incorporan, por primera vez desde la aparición original de la obra en 1976, varios cambios importantes, entre los que destacan...
A Matter of Words
21 Short Stories
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
From Scout Media comes A Matter of Words—the first volume in an ongoing short story anthology series featuring authors from all over the world.
In this first installation, no limits were set on genre, allowing the authors to lead the reader to destinations unknown. From the outer limits of...
by Ramon Garcia-Hernandez, Michel Lopez-Franco, Edgar N. Sanchez
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2017
This book provides a decentralized approach for the identification and control of robotics systems. It also presents recent research in decentralized neural control and includes applications to robotics. Decentralized control is free from difficulties due to complexity in design, debugging, data gathering...
Educating through Popular Culture
You're Not Cool Just Because You Teach with Comics
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
This edited volume serves as a place for teachers and scholars to begin seeking ways in which popular culture has been effectively tapped for research and teaching purposes around the country. The contents of the book came together in a way that allowed for a detailed examination of teaching with...
Energy Sprawl Solutions
Balancing Global Developmand Conservation
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
Over the next several decades, as human populations grow, the demand for energy will soar. But renewable energy sources have a large energy sprawl—the amount of land needed to produce energy—which can threaten biodiversity. In Energy Sprawl Solutions, scientists Joseph M. Kiesecker and David Naugle...
Latinas in American Politics
Changing and Embracing Political Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016
The challenges that women face as political candidates can be compounded by race. In the case of Latinas, stereotypes as well as national media coverage and labeling of “Latino” issues potentially creates an electoral burden for Latina candidates at the local, state, and national level. The intersection...
by Camilla A. Montoya, Julieta V. García, Veronica Carrera
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
Silencing Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Cultural Biases in Leadership is an edited volume containing eight chapters, each a real-life account from a Latina in a leadership position in the United States. These women discuss how their professional goals may conflict with their culture’s expectations...
The Ugly Duckling
Tales and Stories for Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Age: 8-9 years old Reading Level: 3rd gradeThe best illustrated fairytales for children!Once upon a time was a mother duck who was admiring her newborns. One of the eggs had not hatched yet and she began to worry. She continued to sit on it and, one fine day, the egg cracked and a strange duckling...
Cinderella
Tales and Stories for Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Age: 8-9 years old Reading Level: 3rd gradeThe best illustrated fairytales for children!Once upon a time was a beautiful and kind girl. After her mother died, her father remarried with a mean woman who had two daughters of her own: Drizella and Anastasia. All three of them treated the young girl as their...
Three Little Pigs
Tales and Stories for Children
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
Age: **8-9 years old ** Reading Level: 3rd grade
The best illustrated fairytales for children!
Once upon a time were 3 little pigs who had decided to leave their parents' house and live on their own. After a few days of wandering in the forest, they followed their mother's advice and...