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The Ingenious Edgar Jones
Set in nineteenth-century Oxford, and shot through with a powerful sense of magic, Elizabeth Garner's new novel will appeal both to fans of historical fiction and to the huge Susanna Clarke/Philip Pullman fanbase. In nineteenth-century Oxford, an extraordinary child is born - Edgar Jones, a porter'... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2009 -
Nightdancing
A couple fall in love at first sight - a magical encounter. They search for a home, and soon they are building a charmed life together on the fringes of Wimbledon Common. But when summer arrives, and with it, two gregarious neighbours, their haven is transformed. In the course of lazy days of sun... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
The Ingenious Edgar Jones
Set in nineteenth-century Oxford, and shot through with a powerful sense of magic, Elizabeth Garner's new novel will appeal both to fans of historical fiction and to the huge Susanna Clarke/Philip Pullman fanbase. In nineteenth-century Oxford, an extraordinary child is born - Edgar Jones, a porter's... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2007 -
Gender, Climate Change and Livelihoods: Vulnerabilities and Adaptations
by Margaret Alston • Salim Momtaz • Elizabeth Bryan • Muhammad Asaduzzaman • Nahid Rezwana • Aden Aw-Hassan • Elisabeth Garner • Patricia E. Perkins • Agnes Babugura • Bipasha Baruah • Abderrahim Bentaibi • Quinn Bernier • Yvonne Braun • Boubaker Dhehibi • Diana Hummel • Zobaidul Kabir • Edward Kato • Francis Mwesigye • Dina Najjar • Balikisu Osman • Elizabeth Opiyo Onyango • Shahreen ShehwarThis book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries. It examines how climate change affects women and men in distinct ways, and what the implications are for earning income and accessing the natural, social, economic, and ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Gender and Rural Globalization: International Perspectives on Gender and Rural Development
by Anne Cassidy • Monika Agarwal • Mark Riley • Margaret Alston • Janet Momsen • Wendy Harcourt • Sally Shortall • Heather Sangster • Jessica Duncan • Berit Brandth • Angela Calvo • Megan Canning • Francesca Alice Centrone • Majda Cernic Istenic • Chrysanthi Charatsari • Elisabeth Garner • Donatella Greco • Marit S. Haugen • Susie Jacobs • Lori Ann McVay • Ilona Matysiak • Peter Mollinga • Angela Mosso • Caoimhe Ni Dhonaill • Nargiza Nizamedinkhodjayeva • Carolyn Sachs • Susanne Stenbacka • Margreet van der Burg • Chiara ZanettiThis book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalising world that fundamentally impacts on the structure of agricultural life in rural areas and urban-rural relations. It analyses the development of rural gender relations in specific places around the world and looks into the ef... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
The Avocado: Botany, Production and Uses (Botany, Production and Uses)
by Peter Hofmann • Richard Litz • Jonathan Crane • André Ernst • Carlos Balerdi • Alejandro Barrientos Priego • Mary Arpaia • Ben Faber • Rodrigo López-Gómez • Uri Lavi • Elizabeth Dann • Andre Chanderbali • Pilar Gil • Lindy Coates • Mark Hoddle • Edward Evans • Derek Donkin • Carol Lovatt • Greg Douhan • Emanuel Lahav • Victor Albert • John Bower • Jay Bost • Martín Aluja • Lauren Garner • Araceli Barceló-Muñoz • Gary BenderAlthough the avocado has been cultivated and consumed for more than 9000 years in its native Latin America, world production and trade have only developed over the past few decades, and now exceed 3.5 million tonnes. The avocado is now widely traded between warmer and colder countries as a result o... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Avocado
by Peter Hofmann • Richard Litz • Anthony W Whiley • Jonathan Crane • André Ernst • Carlos Balerdi • Alejandro Barrientos Priego • Mary Arpaia • Ben Faber • Rodrigo López-Gómez • Uri Lavi • Elizabeth Dann • Andre Chanderbali • Pilar Gil • Lindy Coates • Bruce Schaffer • Mark Hoddle • Edward Evans • Derek Donkin • Carol Lovatt • Greg Douhan • Emanuel Lahav • Victor Albert • John Bower • Jay Bost • Martín Aluja • Lauren Garner • Araceli Barceló-Muñoz • Gary Bender • B Nigel WolstenholmeAlthough avocado has been cultivated and consumed for more than 9000 years near its centre of origin in Latin America, world production and trade has increased dramatically over the past few decades. The avocado is now a widely traded fruit between warmer and colder countries as a result of the glob... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Being Bodies (Conjunctions #69)
by Maud Casey • Edward Carey • Rick Moody • Bradford Morrow • Kyoko Mori • Peter Orner • Elizabeth Gaffney • Nomi Eve • Stephen O'Connor • Sallie Tisdale • Carole Maso • Michael M. Weinstein • Aurelie Sheehan • Anne Waldman • Dina Nayeri • Forrest Gander • Rosamond Purcell • Jessica Reed • Mary Caponegro • Rachel Blau DuPlessis • Bin Ramke • Sejal Shah • Samantha Stiers • Kristen Posehn • Alan Rossi • Gregory Norman Bossert • Fern Seiden • Jorge Ángel Pérez • Jean Osman • Emily Geminder • Michael IvesThe human body is admired, displayed, and dissected in this eclectic collection of stories, poems, and essays from Rick Moody, Edward Carey, and more. Being Bodies is an exploration of the complex circumstances of our flesh-and-blood existence. Our bodies dance; they’re inked; they contain prosthet... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017