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Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2

Achieving sustainable cultivation of maize Volume 2

Cultivation techniques, pest and disease control

by Alam Sher, Xiaoli Liu, Jincai Li
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

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Book cover of Rethinking Human Evolution
by Richard G Delisle, Fabrizzio McManus, John de Vos
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2018

Contributors from a range of disciplines consider the disconnect between human evolutionary studies and the rest of evolutionary biology. The study of human evolution often seems to rely on scenarios and received wisdom rather than theory and methodology, with each new fossil or molecular analysis...
Book cover of Gramsci and Education
by Paula Allman, Estanislao Antelo, Ursula Apitzsch
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2002

Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) is one of the major social and political theorists of the 20th century whose work has had an enormous influence on several fields, including educational theory and practice. Gramsci and Education demonstrates the relevance of Antonio Gramsci's thought for contemporary educational...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1

Achieving sustainable cultivation of sugarcane Volume 1

Cultivation techniques, quality and sustainability

by Dr Louis Jean Claude Autrey, Salem Saumtally, Asha Dookun-Saumtally
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...
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Considering Marijuana Legalization

Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions

by Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, Mark A. R. Kleiman
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015

Marijuana legalization is a controversial and multifaceted issue that is now the subject of serious debate. In May 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill requiring the Secretary of Administration to produce a report about various consequences of legalizing marijuana. This resulting report...
Book cover of Achieving sustainable cultivation of wheat Volume 2
by Prof. Peter J. Gregory, Mukesh Meena, Sreejith Aravindakshan
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017

Wheat is the most widely cultivated cereal in the world and a staple food for around 3 billion people. It has been estimated that demand for wheat could increase by up to 560% by 2050. There is an urgent need to increase yields in the face of such challenges as climate change, threats from pests and...
Book cover of Command Decisions
by Peter G. Hilton JD, Dr. James A. Kholos
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2015

There are approximately 1,077,520 private security guards employed in the United States (Bureau of Labor Statistics), with approximately 700,000 sworn police officers. The training for security officers can be a little as 8 to 40 hours prior to them being employed or assigned to a work location....
Book cover of Und noch viel weiter! Ein SF-Abenteuer-Paket auf 1200 Seiten
by Alfred Bekker, W. K. Giesa, Hendrik M. Bekker
Language: German
Release Date: August 17, 2019

Und noch viel weiter! Ein SF-Abenteuer Paket Expeditionen zu fernen Welten, die Begegnung mit Alien-Kulturen, galaktische Kriege zwischen Sternenreichen von unermesslicher Weite – darum geht es in den Science Fiction Abenteuern dieses Buches. Die Bestimmung des Menschen liegt im Kosmos und...
Book cover of Tapping into The Wire

Tapping into The Wire

The Real Urban Crisis

by Peter L. Beilenson, MD MPH, Patrick A. McGuire
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012

Did Omar Little die of lead poisoning? Would a decriminalization strategy like the one in Hamsterdam end the War on Drugs? What will it take to save neglected kids like Wallace and Dukie? Tapping into 'The Wire' uses the acclaimed television series as a road map for exploring connections between inner-city...
Book cover of Globalizing Critical Theory
by James Bohman, Jacques Derrida, Nancy Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2005

Across a spectrum of academic disciplines, the topic of globalization is at the forefront of contemporary efforts to understand a dynamically changing world society. How might critical social theory respond creatively to the challenge of thinking and theorizing globalization in its full complexity?...
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Seeing Judaism Anew

Christianity's Sacred Obligation

by Norman Beck, Rosann Catalano, The Christian Scholars Group on Christian-Jewish Relations
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2005

In September 2002, twenty-one prominent Catholic and Protestant scholars released the groundbreaking document "A Sacred Obligation," which includes ten statements about Jewish-Christian dialogue focused around a guiding claim: "Revising Christian teaching about Judaism and the Jewish...
Book cover of Debugging Game History

Debugging Game History

A Critical Lexicon

by Mikael Jakobsson, Nick Montfort, Erkki Huhtamo
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016

Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games. Even as the field of game studies has flourished, critical historical studies of games have lagged behind other areas of research. Histories have generally been...
Book cover of Heroes Reborn - Collection 2
by Duane Swierczynski, Keith R. A. DeCandido, Peter J. Wacks
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016

HEROES REBORN - EVENT SERIES The Heroes Reborn event series consists of six short thrillers based on the fascinating characters and rich mythology of NBC's world-wide hit TV series "Heroes", and the highly anticipated "Heroes Reborn". The new season picks up five years after the...
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Imaginarium 2012

The Best Canadian Speculative Writing

by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Carolyn Clink, Amal El-Mohtar
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012

Orphan children destroy their nasty superintendent and create a clockwork replacement; a professor publishes a list of known vampires, but doesn’t get it quite right; a military drone achieves sentience—and an unfortunate conscience; self-replicating humanoid robots fall in love with humans; an...
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