Tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. Like other crops, tea cultivation faces a number of challenges. With the challenge of climate change and the competition for scarce resources, th
In the midst of PC police, low-budget holiday movies, and mandatory in-law time, the only “Christmas spirit” on many minds is the spirit that comes in a flask.Enter The Christmas Virtues. Harried humb
This book offers a unique insight on the main far-right actors and ideological trends that push, on both sides, for reshaping the Europe-Russia relations and for the emergence of a new pan-European il
Examining recent trends in agroecology that view the field as a transdisciplinary and participatory process, this edited volume actively addresses actors and social processes at different geo-politica
This book accounts the Reagan administration’s development and execution of the grand strategy that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union, emphasizing the coordinated use of diplomatic, inform
This superb, full-colour, visual revision aid has been designed specifically to candidates of the Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) examination. It is also an invaluable diagnostic aid fo
This book arose out of a multi-disciplinary project funded by the National Science Foundation designed to study the interconnections between land, agriculture, and pre-European contact Hawaiian cultur
This work focuses on complementary crystallographic and spectroscopic areas of dynamic structural science, from papers presented at the 46th NATO sponsored course in Erice, Sicily 2013. These papers
Analysis Techniques for non-Experimental Data: An Introduction discusses five different quasi-experimental study designs: propensity score matching; instrumental variables; the regression discontinuit
Made famous through the paintings of Swiss artist Karl Bodmer, the North American expedition of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832–34 was the first scientific exploration of the Misso
The tenth edition of this dictionary has been thoroughly revised since the 2001 ninth edition. Listings include generic names of fungi, families and orders, characteristics and descriptive terms. More
Over the past 20 years, the focus of protecting the genetic diversity of crop plants has shifted from preserving specimens in seed banks--ex situ--to farms and reserves--in situ. It was in this contex
