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Farming across Borders
A Transnational History of the North American West
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Farming across Borders uses agricultural history to connect the regional experiences of the American West, northern Mexico, western Canada, and the North American side of the Pacific Rim, now writ large into a broad history of the North American West. Case studies of commodity production and distribution,...
REWAS 2016
Towards Materials Resource Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Proceedings from a 2016 sustainability symposium
Information from REWAS 2016 proceedings were collected and published in REWAS 2016: Towards Materials Resource Sustainability. This collection covers the proceedings of the symposium sponsored by the Recycling and Environmental Technologies Committee;...
by Mary Chamberlain, Pamela Dean, James E. Fogerty
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2006
Originally intending to produce the first comprehensive scholarly reference guide to the antecedents, practices, and theory of oral history, the editors have gone even further, creating a highly readable and useful tool for scholars, students, and the general public. Covering the vast scope of this...
Teaching Management
A Field Guide for Professors, Consultants, and Corporate Trainers
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2006
How can every management class be a dynamic, unforgettable experience? This much-needed book distils over half a century of the authors' combined experience as university professors, consultants, and advisors to corporate training departments. In a lively, hands-on fashion, it describes the fundamental...
The Take-Action Guide to World Class Learners Book 1
How to Make Personalization and Student Autonomy Happen
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Your blueprint to entrepreneur-minded schooling
This inspiring guide from internally respected expert Dr. Yong Zhao provides the most complete information available on designing twenty-first century schools poised to leapfrog into the future! In this follow up to World Class Learners, Zhao...
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2
Animal breeding and nutrition
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Pig meat is the most widely-consumed meat in the world. Previous growth in production has relied, in part, on more intensive systems. In meeting rising demand, these systems face challenges such as the ongoing threat of zoonotic diseases, the need to improve feed efficiency in the face of rising costs,...
by S.E. Jorgensen, Heinz Loffler, Walter Rast
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2005
Presents readers with an overview of lake management problems and the tools that can be applied to solve probelms. Lake management tools are presented in detail, including environmental technological methods, ecotechnological methods and the application of models to assess the best management strategy.
by A.H. Neilson, D. Mackay, S. Paterson
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
Environmental Chemistry is a relatively young science. Interest in this subject, however, is growing very rapidly and, although no agreement has been reached as yet about the exact content and limits of this interdisciplinary discipline, there appears to be increasing interest in seeing environmental...
An Introduction to Ministry
A Primer for Renewed Life and Leadership in Mainline Protestant Congregations
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2015
An Introduction to Ministry is a comprehensive and ecumenical introduction to the craft of ministry for ministers, pastors, and priests that make up the mainline denominations in the United States. Ecumenically-focused, It offers a grounded account of ministry, covering areas such as vocation, congregational...
Back to Work
Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Over the last decade, significant global and regional forces including changes in technology, trade patterns, and business practices, with a steady shift in value added production and employment toward knowledge-intensive activities and services such as finance, the hospitality industry, and the retail...
The Truth About Big Medicine
Righting the Wrongs for Better Health Care
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
Many Americans believe that their healthcare is second to none. Most patients, therefore, fail to appreciate the flaws and dangers present while receiving medical care. In fact, the American health care industry is one of the great tragedies of this country, which is now being brought to its knees...
by Zimbell House Publishing, E. W. Farnsworth, Ben Fine
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
The trials and tribulations of settling the western half of America over a hundred and fifty years ago are legendary. With the numerous mountain ranges came the inevitable need for the settlers to cross them. This premise is what prompted Zimbell House to create this anthology.
The Mountain...
by S. E. Lee
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2011
WHEN tall, pale, and strikingly beautiful Morgaine of Cornwall, raised to be queen and ruler, discovers that a newly discovered male half-brother is to be named heir in her stead, she vows to do whatever it takes to regain her place of power and status, the crown that is hers by right of blood. But...
by José Maria Eça de Queirós
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: December 15, 2009