Anne David: 113 books
Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1
Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
Sugarcane is the source of over three quarters of the world’s sugar, and is grown widely in the tropics and sub-tropics. Despite rising demand, average yields have not increased significantly, partly because of continued vulnerability to pests and diseases. In addition, cultivation has been seen...
Syncing the Americas
José Martí and the Shaping of National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
The essays in this collection reflect two of Martí’s key observations during his time in the United States: first, how did he, an exile living in New York, view and read his North American neighbors from a sociocultural, political and literary perspective? Second, how did his perception of the...
by Alison Bodkin, Jason Del Gandio, Julia Handschuh
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Human degradation of the environment has been documented by scholars across a range of disciplines: the global temperature of the planet continues to rise, abandoned industrial sites stain once vibrant communities, and questions about the purity of our water and foods linger. In the shadow of these...
Shame and Modernity in Britain
1890 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2017
This book argues that traditional images and practices associated with shame did not recede with the coming of modern Britain. Following the authors’ acclaimed and successful nineteenth century book, Cultures of Shame, this new monograph moves forward to look at shame in the modern era. As such,...
Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema
Traces of a Lost Decade
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
The 1940s is a lost decade in horror cinema, undervalued and written out of most horror scholarship. This collection revises, reframes, and deconstructs persistent critical binaries that have been put in place by scholarly discourse to label 1940s horror as somehow inferior to a “classical” period...
Histories of Crime
Britain 1600-2000
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2010
Providing a rounded and coherent history of crime and the law spanning the past 400 years, Histories of Crime explores the evolution of attitudes towards crime and criminality over time. Bringing together contributions from internationally acknowledgedexperts, the book highlights themes, current issues...
by Anne Murphy, David Chan
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014
This new volume of Methods in Enzymology continues the legacy of this premier serial with quality chapters authored by leaders in the field. Methods to assess mitochondrial function is of great interest to neuroscientists studying chronic forms of neurodegeneration, including Parkinson's, Alzheimer's,...
by WPaD, Mandy White, Chris Benedict
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2018
It's a Holiday Hootenanny! In this anthology, you will find more than just Christmas stories. WPaD is proud to present our favorite fiction from holidays all year round, from Halloween to Arbor Day, ranging from sentimental to a bit on the dark side. An entertaining read for any season.
Suggestibility in Legal Contexts
Psychological Research and Forensic Implications
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
A comprehensive survey of the theory, research and forensic implications related to suggestibility in legal contexts that includes the latest research.
Provides a useful digest for academics and a trusted text for students of forensic and applied psychology
A vital resource for legal practitioners...
Italian Women Writers, 1800–2000
Boundaries, Borders, and Transgression
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2014
Italian Women Writers, 1800–2000: Boundaries, Borders, and Transgression investigates narrative, autobiography, and poetry by Italian women writers from the nineteenth century to today and considers the topics of boundaries and borders in their writings. This book takes into consideration known,...
Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education
Experiences of Teaching and Learning in Australian Offshore Programs
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Enhancing Quality in Transnational Higher Education explores issues and questions concerning the provision of quality teaching and learning in university programs delivered ‘offshore’. The focus of the book is on what makes for a good and successful education in the context of transnational programs...
Psychotherapy in the Wake of War
Discovering Multiple Psychoanalytic Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2013
Psychotherapy in the Wake of War presents the ways in which differing views of various psychoanalytic schools and traditions—spanning developments for more than one hundred years—may affect theoretical and technical issues in psychoanalytic treatments. Colleagues representing different traditions...
Achieving sustainable cultivation of soybeans Volume 2
Diseases, pests, food and other uses
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2018
Soybeans are one of the most widely-grown crops in the world. As the world’s main source of vegetable protein, they have a wide range of food and non-food uses. Current yields need to increase significantly to meet growing demand but in a way that reduces input use, does not damage the environment...
Crowdsourcing for Speech Processing
Applications to Data Collection, Transcription and Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Provides an insightful and practical introduction to crowdsourcing as a means of rapidly processing speech data
Intended for those who want to get started in the domain and learn how to set up a task, what interfaces are available, how to assess the work, etc. as well as for those who already...