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There are significant pressures from climate change and air pollution that forests currently face. This book aims to increase understanding of the state and potential of forest ecosystems to mitigate and adapt to climate change in a polluted environment. It reconciles process-oriented research, long-term...

After two decades, data processing has finally, and probably forever, found its niche among civil engineering and construction (CEC) professionnals, through word processors, digitizing tables, management software, and increasingly via drawing software and computer-aided design (CAD), recently, robots...

José Julián Martí Pérez  fue un político republicano democrático, pensador, escritor, periodista, filósofo y poeta cubano, creador del Partido Revolucionario Cubano y organizador de la Guerra del 95 o Guerra Necesaria, llamada así a la Guerra de Independencia de Cuba. Perteneció al movimiento literario del modernismo.

In Jordan, between censorship, repression and election rigging, political activism is limited – despite the democratic opening glimpsed in 1989. In this important new book, Pénélope Larzillière charts the path of longstanding activists in Jordan and shows how opposition movements there have shifted...

This book presents a new theory for why political regimes emerge, and why they subsequently survive or break down. It then analyzes the emergence, survival and fall of democracies and dictatorships in Latin America since 1900. Scott Mainwaring and Aníbal Pérez-Liñán argue for a theoretical approach...

This book, first published as Selling Water by the River in 1972, is a practical and inspirational manual for all who wish to practice Zen. Rōshi P.T.N.H. Jiyu-Kennett, the founder and former abbess of Shasta Abbey, expertly combines an introduction to the basic tenets of Buddhism with original translations of the teachings of Zen Masters Dōgen and Keizan.

The ability to complete meaningful tasks and goals effectively and efficiently is the ultimate ingredient to unlocking the life you want. Success hunts down the individual who makes increased productivity their main aim. By mastering the Seven Keys shared in this book, you will double your rate and...

This is the first volume to appear under the joint editorship of J.P. Hirth and F.R.N. Nabarro. While Volume 11 concentrated on the single topic of dislocations and work hardening, the present volume spreads over the whole range of the study of dislocations from the application by Kléman and his...

Aging is a natural phenomenon that is peculiar to all living things. However, accumulating findings indicate that senescence could be postponed or prevented by certain approaches. Substantial evidence has emerged supporting the possibility of radical human health and lifespan extension, in particular...

Based on the Commonwealth Harvard Alcohol Research and Teaching Program, this clinically oriented work is designed to give internists and primary care practitioners the knowledge and skills necessary to recognize and care for patients with alcoholism.

(Re)découvrez le succès de Pénélope Bagieu pour faire le plein de petites histoires et péripéties tour à tour drôles, émouvantes et tout à fait fascinantes. Pénélope vit dans un minuscule appartement à Paris, en compagnie de son chat, de sa collection de chaussures et de ses tracas...

Envuelta en un ambiente onírico mezclado con humedad fluvial, entre grumos de un oscuro pasado de brujería y veneración a abominables entes ultraterrenos, Arkham muestra sus centenarias entrañas en un viaje temporal donde se van sucediendo destinos inexorables e inevitables encuentros, libros...

Zwei Freunde, der ungarische Schriftsteller Péter Nádas und der schwedische Journalist Richard Swartz, suchen 1989 in einem vier Tage dauernden Gespräch wechselseitig zu ergründen, welchen verschiedenen Prägungen sie unterworfen waren, durch die sie sich als "Ostmensch" und "Westmensch"...

Durante una fiesta en el palacio de Westminster, una bella dama de compañía es asesinada. Su compañero de baile, un joven escritor, es acusado del crimen, tan insólito como inexplicable... Con La amapola de Westminster**, Pérez de Antón nos traslada a la Inglaterra medieval y nos envuelve...