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Net Zero, Food and Farming: Climate Change and the UK Agri-Food System (Earthscan Food and Agriculture)
by Neil WardThis book examines the implications of the net zero transition for food and farming in the UK and how these can be managed to avoid catastrophic climate change in the crucial decades ahead. For the UK to meet its international obligations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, nothing short of a r... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023 -
A Region in Transition: North East England at the Millennium (Urban and Regional Planning and Development Series)
by John Tomaney • Neil WardThe UK has now joined a Europe-wide trend towards more devolved forms of government (e.g. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland Assemblies). In the context of this general trend towards regionalizm as a focus for public policy and as a source of cultural and political identity, an interdisciplinary ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2001 -
The Differentiated Countryside: Cross-continental Perspectives On The Differentiated Countryside And Its Regulation (Routledge Studies in Human Geography #Vol. 3)
In the wake of BSE, the threat to ban fox hunting and Foot and Mouth disease, the English countryside appears to be in turmoil. Long-standing uses of rural space are in crisis and, unsurprisingly, political processes in rural areas are marked by conflicts between groups, such as farmers, environment... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003 -
Spaces of Work: Global Capitalism and Geographies of Labour
Spaces of Work is an accessible examination of the role of labour in the modern world. The authors critically assess the present condition and future prospects for workers through the geographies of place, space and scale, and in conjunction with other more commonly studied components of the global... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2004 -
Armed Struggle In Palestine: A Political-military Analysis
Bard O'Neill investigates the Palestinian guerrilla movement and assesses the probability that the fedayeen will achieve their aim of liberating Palestine-including Israel-by means of protracted revolutionary insurgency. His analytic framework incorporates several factors that have a critical bearin... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1979 -
Insurgency In The Modern World
While all instances of insurgency have elements in common, the circumstances that precipitate them and the forms they take vary immensely. The editors of this book synthesize the literature on insurgency to provide an analytical framework that outlines categories of insurgent movements (secessionist... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1981 -
Gene Regulatory Networks
Gene regulatory networks play a vital role in organismal development and function by controlling gene expression. With the availability of complete genome sequences, several novel experimental and computational approaches have recently been developed which promise to significantly enhance our abilit... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
Finding Our Way: Love and Law in The United Methodist Church
by Rueben P. Job • Kenneth H. Carter • Melvin G. Talbert • John K. Yambasu • J. Michael Lowry • Gregory V. Palmer • Hope Morgan Ward • Rosemarie Wenner • Neil M. AlexanderQuestions and conflict about homosexual practice and the church abound. We encounter media reports of same-gender unions and clergy trials. This leads to talk in congregations and district preacher's meetings, in the hallways at district, conference and general church gatherings, and in the delibera... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
Comparative Perspectives on Early School Leaving in the European Union (Routledge Research in International and Comparative Education)
Early School Leaving in the European Union provides an analysis of early school leaving (ESL) in nine European Union countries, with a particular focus on young people who were previously enrolled in educational institutions inside and outside mainstream secondary education. The comparative approach... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
The Myriad Legacies of 1917: A Year Of War And Revolution
This book explores the ramifications of 1917, arguing that it was a cataclysmic year in world history. In this volume, thirteen scholars reflect on the myriad legacies of the year 1917 as a year of war, revolution, upheaval and change. Crisscrossing the globe and drawing on a range of disciplinary a... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Piano for leisure, series 3, first grade
by Benny Andersson • Mark Gibson • Andrew Lloyd Webber • Georges Bizet • Australian Music Examinations Board • Sonny Chua • Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky • Bjorn Ulvaeus • Steven Baker • Neil Diamond • Fischer, Johann Caspar Ferdinand • Jane Stavrinoudis • Kay Hicks Ward • Martini, Johann-Paul-Aegidius • Catherine RollinAMEB's popular piano syllabus... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Molecular Methods in Plant Disease Diagnostics: Principles and Protocols
by Jennifer Hodgetts • Jenny Tomlinson • James Woodhall • Susan Seal • Maja Ravnikar • Rick Mumford • Adrian Fox • Neil Boonham • Juerg Frey • Ian Adams • Bart van de Vossenberg • Rachel GloverUsing molecular methods for plant disease diagnosis provides diagnosticians with a number of advantages over more traditional methods. They can allow the identification of morphologically similar species, for example, or the detection of infection prior to symptom formation. Not only can molecular t... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
REWAS 2016: Towards Materials Resource Sustainability
by Diran Apelian • Brajendra Mishra • Neale R. Neelameggham • John Howarter • Elsa Olivetti • Anne Kvithyld • Christina E. Meskers • Jeffrey S. Spangenberger • Bart Blanpain • Randolph E. KirchainTopics covered in REWAS 2016 include: Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Ferrous & Non-ferrous Metals Processing Understanding & Enabling Sustainability - (Rechargeable) Batteries Enabling & Understanding Sustainability - Rare Earth Element Applications Enabling & Understanding Sustainabilit... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume 4: Volume 4: The Bacteroidetes, Spirochaetes, Tenericutes (Mollicutes), Acidobacteria, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Dictyoglomi, Gemmatimonadetes, Lentisphaerae, Verrucomicrobia, Chlamydiae, and Planctomycetes (Bergey's Manual Of Systematic Bacteriology (springer-verlag) Ser.)
by James T. Staley • Noel R. Krieg • Wolfgang Ludwig • William B. Whitman • Daniel Brown • Bruce J. Paster • Naomi Ward • Brian P. Hedlund • Aidan ParteIncludes a revised taxonomic outline for the phyla Bacteroidetes, Planctomycetes, Chlamydiae, Spirochetes, Fibrobacteres, Fusobacteria, Acidobacteria, Verrucomicrobia, Dictyoglomi, and Gemmatimonadetes based upon the SILVA project as well as a description of more than 153 genera in 29 families. Incl... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
Residential Child Care: Prospects and Challenges
by Claire Cameron • Christine Barter • Brigid Daniel • Jane Scott • Harriet Ward • Andrew Kendrick • Ruth Emond • Laura Steckley • Malcolm Hill • Jo Dixon • Janet Boddy • Lynne Hunter • Kirsten Stalker • Aileen Barclay • Judy Furnivall • Irene Stevens • Joe Francis • Roger Bullock • Van Beinum • Teresa O'NeillResidential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people. Contributors examine important aspects of residential care work, and address the concerns about the poor outcomes for young people leaving ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Mfecane Aftermath: Reconstructive Debates in Southern African History
by John Wright • Simon Hall • Norman Etherington • Andrew Manson • Neil Parsons • Dan Wylie • Carolyn Hamilton • Thomas Dowson • Elizabeth Eldredge • Jan-Bart Gewald • Guy Hartley • Margaret Kinsman • John Omer-Cooper • Jeff Peires • Christopher Saunders • Alan WebsterThe idea that the period of social turbulence in the nineteenth century was a consequence of the emergence of the powerful Zulu kingdom under Shaka has been written about extensively as a central episode of southern African history. Considerable dynamic debate has focused on the idea that this perio... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1995 -
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases
by Neil Gaiman • Dave Eggers • Scott Turow • Salman Rushdie • Michael Cunningham • Louise Erdrich • Geraldine Brooks • David Handler • Ann Patchett • Meg Wolitzer • Elizabeth Strout • Timothy Egan • Jonathan Lethem • Jacqueline Woodson • Rabih Alameddine • Lauren Groff • Victor Lavalle • Jennifer Egan • Aleksandar Hemon • Anthony Doerr • William Finnegan • Jesmyn Ward • Sergio De La Pava • George Saunders • Marlon James • Andrew Greer • Yaa Gyasi • Brit Bennett • Morgan Parker • Moriel Rothman-Zecher • Steven Okazaki • Li Yiyun • Hector Tobar • Moses Sumney • Viet Nguyen • C. J. Anders • Brenda Childs • Adrian LeBlancTo mark its 100-year anniversary, the American Civil Liberties Union partners with award-winning authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman to bring together many of our greatest living writers, each contributing an original piece inspired by a historic ACLU case. <P><P>On January 19, 1920, a small ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Asperger Syndrome and Employment: Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
by Chris Mitchell • Alexandra Brown • Dean Worton • Luke Beardon • Neil Shepherd • John Biddulph • Anne Henderson • Stephen William Cornwell • Stuart Vallentine • Vicky Bliss • Emma Beard • Genevieve Edmonds • Giles Harvey • Philip Bricher • Pj Hughes • Stephen Jarvis • Mark HaggartyEmployment is an important part of a healthy, balanced and fulfilling life but less than 20 per cent of people with Asperger Syndrome (AS) are in work at any one time. The adults with AS in this book explore the issues surrounding employment, providing advice and insights for others with AS, as well... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2008 -
Life's Work: Alan Alda
by Alan Alda • Leslie A. Perlow • Pankaj Ghemawat • Daniel Mcginn • Adi Ignatius • Robert C. Pozen • Greg Welch • Erin Meyer • Robert S. Kaplan • Elizabeth J. Altman • Jill Avery • Sandra J. Sucher • Eunice Eun • Matthew Preble • Forest Reinhardt • Ethan S. Bernstein • Michael W. Toffel • Ryan W. Buell • Andrei Hagiu • Constance N. Hadley • Alison Beard • Oliver Sng • Melanie Whelan • Kimberly A Whitler • Neil A. Morgan • D. Eric Boyd • Caren Fleit • S. P. Kothari • Melissa A. Schilling • Ginni Rometty • Joe TripodiBest known for playing Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series "M*A*S*H," actor Alan Alda is also a director, scriptwriter, book author, science-show host, and founder of two organizations that help people improve their communications skills. In this interview, he shares his insights on the value of the imp... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Life's Work: Alan Alda
by Alan Alda • Leslie A. Perlow • Pankaj Ghemawat • Daniel Mcginn • Adi Ignatius • • Robert C. Pozen • Greg Welch • Erin Meyer • Elizabeth J. Altman • Sandra J. Sucher • Eunice Eun • Matthew Preble • Forest Reinhardt • Michael W. Toffel • Andrei Hagiu • Constance N. Hadley • Alison Beard • Erik Simanis • Duncan Duke • Oliver Sng • Melanie Whelan • Kimberly A Whitler • Neil A. Morgan • D. Eric Boyd • Caren Fleit • S. P. Kothari • Melissa A. Schilling • Ginni Rometty • Joe TripodiBest known for playing Hawkeye Pierce on the TV series "M*A*S*H," actor Alan Alda is also a director, scriptwriter, book author, science-show host, and founder of two organizations that help people improve their communications skills. In this interview, he shares his insights on the value of the imp... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
Insects as Animal Feed: Novel Ingredients for Use in Pet, Aquaculture and Livestock Diets
by David Drew • William Clark • Amanda Beard • Andrew Salter • Michael Dickinson • Marc Kenis • Hanna Bjone • Angela Booth • John Brameld • Syrine Chaalala • Faki Chabi • Olivia Champion • Chistophe Chrysostome • Victor Clottey • Kalifa Coulibaly • Emilie Devic • Virginia Emery • Norbert Erokotan • Thomas Farrugia • Mark Finke • Mohamed Gastli • Adin Y. Bloukounon-Goubalan • Kerensa Hawkey • Antoine Hubert • Gabriel Koko • Liz Koutsos • Lars-Henrik Lau Heckmann • Sean Mason • Helen Massey O'Neill • James McCulloch • Daniel Murta • Judith Nelson • Emmanuel Nkegbe • Noel Obognon • Dennis Oonincx • Tim Parr • Rajmond Percze • Sètchémè Pomalégni • Liz Quigley • Santos Rojo • Birgit Rumpold • Aliou Saïdou • Istvan Sandor • Fernand Sankara • Katharina Unger • Maureen Wakefield • Luke Wheat • Keiran WhitakerThe global drive towards sustainability and improved animal health means there is a greater need for development of novel functional ingredients for the feed industry. As the requirements for protein for livestock feed and human consumption grows, the use of insect products as animal feed has gained... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2021 -
Knowing Him by Heart: African Americans on Abraham Lincoln
by Frederick Douglass • James Smith • Julius Lester • Barack Obama • Clarence Thomas • Langston Hughes • Benjamin Quarles • John Hope Franklin • Daisy Bates • Elizabeth Keckley • Mary Frances Berry • Richard Carwardine • James Weldon Johnson • Paul Laurence Dunbar • T. Thomas Fortune • James Oakes • Douglas L. Wilson • Charles Chesnutt • Gwendolyn Brooks • W. E. Du Bois • George Washington • Vincent Harding • Jackie Robinson • Sojourner Truth • Henry Johnson • St. Clair Drake • Thomas Hamilton • Michael Burlingame • Matthew Pinsker • Kelly Miller • Elizabeth Thomas • Rodney O. Davis • Hannah Johnson • Walter White • John Proctor • Claude McKay • Booker T Washington • Martin Delany • Robert Hamilton • Henry Louis Gates • Henry Highland Garnet • Edna Greene Medford • Alice Dunbar-Nelson • Thurgood Marshall • Gerald J Prokopowicz • John R Sellers • Jennifer L Weber • H. Ford Douglas • Jabez P Campbell • Henry McNeal Turner • Daniel Alexander Payne • Philip A Bell • Edward M Thomas • Alfred P Smith • Frances Ellen Harper • George B Vashon • Thomas Strother • Ezra R Johnson • Alexander T Cps • Alexander T Augusta • Jeremiah B Sanderson • Osborne P Anderson • Thomas Morris Chester • James H Hudson • Robert Purvis • Leonard A Grimes • Jeremiah Asher • John Willis Menard • Henry African Civilization Society • William Florville • Thomas R Street • John H Morgan • Mattild Burr • Amos G Beman • Richard H Cain • Jean Baptiste Roudanez • Arnold Bertonneau • George E North Carolina Freedmen • Don Carlos Rutter • George E Stephens • James W.C Pennington • S. W. Africano" • Annie Davis • S. W. Chase • Isaac J Hill • Alexander H Newton • Jacob Thomas • Angeline R Demby • Henry O Wagoner • George W Le Vere • Paul Trevigne • Thomas N.C Liverpool • H Cordelia • Emmanuel K Love • William S Scarborough • John Mercer Langston • Peter H Clark • Ews Hammond • Charles W Anderson • Harriet Tubman • Julius F Taylor • Ida B Wells-Barnett • Archibald H Grimke • Elizabeth Keckly • William A Sinclair • Jesse Max Barber • Mary Church Terrell • Reverdy C Ransom • William Monroe Trotter • Maude K Griffin • Hightower T Kealing • Silas X Floyd • George L Knox • Thomas S Inborden • George W Henderson • William Pickens • Etta M. Cottin • John M Gandy • Fred R Moore • Sylvanie F Williams • Harry C Smith • James H Magee • James L Curtis • John W. Bowen • Cora J Ball • Thomas Nelson Baker • Josephine Silone Yates • William H Lewis • John H Murphy • Robert R Wright • Theophile T Allain • Oliva Ward Bush-Banks • Richard W Gadsden • Edward A Johnson • Hubert H Harrison • Carter G Woodson • Robert R Moton • Georgia Douglas Johnson • Lamar Perkins • Samuel A Haynes • William E Lilly • Robert L Vann • William Lloyd Imes • Eugene Gordon • Arthur W Mitchell • Grace Evans • Aaron H Payne • Roscoe Conkling Simmons • Joel A Rogers • Mary McLeod Bethune • Ella Baker • Luther Porter Jackson • Willard Townsend • Ralph J Bunche • Roy Wilkins • Mordecai W Johnson • Carl J Murphy • Martin Luther King • Edith Sampson • Charles H Wesley • Julius Malcolm X • Lerone Bennett • Henry Lee Moon • John H Sengstacke • Norman E. Hodges • Arvarh E. Strickland • Barbara Jeanne FieldsThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2023