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Children's & YAMarch 2019Timothy's walks
by Devi Ananda/mary-des-ailes
The child grows up and discovers the world. His grandmother marvels at the discoveries to be made together. A poetic text to express the beauty of the world, in simple and tasty words. A bilingual text to also let hear the music of Mauritian Creole.
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September 2023Managing Risk in Agriculture
A Development Perspective
by Ashok K. Mishra, Subal C. Kumbhakar, Gudbrand Lien
The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk and choices of risk management strategies when designing policies to support production agriculture. The book includes chapters on three themes: understanding risk attitudes and preferences; using experimental economics to measure risk, preferences, and risk management strategies; and understanding climate change, risk, and risk management. The book critically examines the currently held beliefs about risk preference, attitudes, and empirical estimation of risk management strategies, emphasizing developing and emerging economies (DEE). "The agricultural development space is an inherently risky one and this welcome collection belatedly helps to plug an important hole." Jock R. Anderson, Emeritus Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, Armidale, Australia "Over time, agricultural production practices have evolved, as have the markets and value chains for food and agricultural products. A constant consideration, however, and one that continues to define agriculture worldwide, is risk. The risks that impinge on agriculture come in all shapes and sizes. Of course, production risks are ubiquitous. But so are market risks. And the same is true for macroeconomic and financial risks and the risks associated with an evolving climate. This book will be a valuable, comprehensive resource for any applied economist desiring to understand the risk management principles relevant to modern food and agricultural systems." Matthew Holt, Prof. and head of the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
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December 2023Key Questions in Clinical Farm Animal Medicine, Volume 3
Therapy, Prevention and Control of Disease
by Tanmoy Rana, Manoj Kumar Ahirwar, D Sai Bhavani, P Rama Devi, G.S. Harita, Babu Lal Jangir, K. Sindhu, Deepika Lather, Alok Mishra, Vikas Nehra, P. Ramesh, Abhishek Pathak, G. S. Haritha, R. S. Sethi, Dr Nasrul I. Shaikh, Brejesh Singh, Amita Tiwari, Shivangi Udainiya
Providing well over 1,500 questions to test your knowledge of clinical farm animal medicine, the book has been produced in a convenient format so that it can be used at any time in any place. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction to the topic before providing relevant multiple-choice questions. Covering clinical veterinary medicine for common livestock species, this book includes questions about: - diseases of the haemolymphatic and immune system; - metabolic, genetic, neonatal and deficiency diseases; - poisoning. Including a full chapter covering emergency and critical care, this self-test resource for students provides a convenient and useful current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge.
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October 2019Ubuntu Relational Love
Decolonizing Black Masculinities
by Devi Dee Mucina
Ubuntu is a Bantu term meaning humanity. It is also a philosophical and ethical system of thought, from which definitions of humanness, togetherness, and social politics of difference arise. Devi Dee Mucina is a Black Indigenous Ubuntu man. In Ubuntu Relational Love, he uses Ubuntu oratures as tools to address the impacts of Euro-colonialism while regenerating relational Ubuntu governance structures. Called “millet granaries” to reflect the nourishing and sustaining nature of Indigenous knowledges, and written as letters addressed to his mother, father, and children, Mucina’s oratures take up questions of geopolitics, social justice, and resistance. Working through personal and historical legacies of dispossession and oppression, he challenges the fragmentation of Indigenous families and cultures and decolonizes impositions of white supremacy and masculinity. Drawing on anti-racist, African feminist, and Ubuntu theories and critically influenced by Indigenous masculinities scholarship in Canada, Ubuntu Relational Love is a powerful and engaging book.
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Public speaking guidesAugust 2012Taming Your Public Speaking Monkeys
by Dee Clayton
A Godsend for anyone who’s ever suffered that dread of speaking in public!’ If, like almost everyone, you’re petrified of public speaking, the last thing you want is a lecture! And there lies the brilliance of this unique book’s genuinely innovative approach to the issue: Dee Clayton makes the process of overcoming those negative voices in your head (Your ‘Public Speaking Monkeys!’) and becoming an effective speaker lighthearted and fun! A Godsend for anyone who’s ever suffered that dread, Dee’s refreshingly simple yet amazingly effective multiawardwinning approach has already helped thousands to overcome their fears and become effective and confident public speakers. Significantly, the author’s keenly aware that for most of us, effective public speaking isn’t necessarily an end in itself but a means to other ends for example Dee has already helped company directors to persuade more successfully, doctors to win more funding, mediators to influence international decisions and all kinds of business people to fulfil their potential. What’s more, this is a genuinely practical guide! Unlike most ‘self help’ books on the topic (or any other), this one doesn’t just tell you what to do; in her chatty, good-humored style, Dee explains exactly how, sharing her own experiences and coaxing the reader through a programme that doesn’t just work it even makes public speaking enjoyable! Taming Your Public Speaking Monkeys® works so well because its easy, enjoyable style is underpinned by Dee’s solid, real-life experience of speaking publicly to tens of thousands of people first in her highly successful twenty-year marketing career (communicating for UK household brands such as Jacob’s Creek, Pizza Hut and Jammie Dodgers to name but a few) and now as a public speaking training specialist. Equally vitally, the book draws heavily upon the NeuroLinguistic Programming (NLP) techniques and insights in which Dee is a highly experienced Trainer and Master Practitioner. Taming your Public Speaking Monkeys® is a rare find: a self-help book that really helps and best of all the results come to you quickly and stick with you for life!
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RANI RUDRAMA DEVI
by Alekhya Punjala
Rani Rudrama Devi, a thirteenth century Kakatiya warrior ruler was an able administrator, the boldest of warriors, an indomitable conqueror, an adorable daughter and a loving mother. Besides having immense love for their motherland, women like Rani Rudrama Devi have shown great strength and conviction in their own selves. This title has been published under women pioneers.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentTHE NAMASTE EFFECT
Expressing Universal Love Through the Chakras
by Nischala Joy Devi
The Namaste Effect guides us to tap into our higher consciousness through the subtle energy centers known as chakras, to connect with each other and eventually the entire globe. Each chapter introduces, explains, treats and gives practices for a chakra. Namaste, a word used in many cultures, says that coming from a place of love and oneness connects us with others. Nischala Joy Devi was a monastic disciple of Swami Satchidananda for over 20 years and is an international advocate for yoga and its subtle uses for mental, spiritual and physical healing.
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To Design Landscape
Art, Nature & Utility
by Catherine Dee
To Design Landscape sets out a distinctively practical philosophy of design, in accessible format. Based on the notion that landscape design is a form-based craft addressing environmental processes and utility, Dee establishes a framework for approaching such craft with modesty and ingenuity, using the concept of "aesthetics of thrift". Employing numerous case studies-as diverse as Hellerup Rose Garden in Denmark; Bloedel Reserve, Bainbridge Island, USA; Rousham Gardens, Oxfordshire, UK and Tofuku-ji, in Kyoto, Japan - to illustrate her ideas, the book is a beautiful portfolio of Dee's drawings, which are both evocative and to the point. The book begins with a 'Foundations' section, which sets out the basis of the approach. 'Principles' chapters then elaborate eleven significant considerations applicable to any design project, regardless of context and scale. Following on, 'Strategies' chapters reinforce the principles, and suggest further ways of designing, adaptable to different conditions. Dee ends with a focus on 'Elements', case studies and verb lists providing sources for the designer to consider how the components - vegetation, water, terrain, structures, soils, weather, and the sky - might be engaged, mediated and joined. Catherine Dee’s book is for all those who would craft landscape, from the gardener, to the professional landscape architect, to the student of design
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Lifestyle, Sport & LeisureA Cat's Life: Dulcy's Story
by Dee Ready
A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story is the powerful and perceptive story of the life of a beloved cat—told from the cat’s point of view. During their years together, Dulcy and her human learn to communicate on a level deeper than language and to comfort one another with affectionate routines that deepen their bond until they become one in their love. Their song of acceptance and bravery will pierce the heart of anyone who has ever felt close to an animal. The 25th Anniversary Edition of A Cat’s Life: Dulcy’s Story contains not only the original story, as given by Dulcy to her human, but also a Reflection by her human—Dee Ready. In the Reflection, Dee explains the wondrous way Dulcy gave her the book and the long and arduous path to its publication. A Cat’s Life is Book #1 in the Dulcy Series. Book #2, written both by Dulcy and her human, is entitled A Cat’s Legacy: Dulcy’s Companion Book.
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Bet on Talent
by Dee Ann Turner
When it comes to running a business, the most important decisions a leader makes are not about products or locations—they’re about people. For more than thirty years, Dee Ann Turner has been recruiting, selecting, and retaining some of the best talent in the restaurant business. Now she’s ready to share her secrets on how to build, sustain, and grow an organizational culture that attracts extraordinary talent and consistently delights customers, regardless of your industry. In Bet on Talent, Turner shows you how to· create a remarkable company culture · select, sustain, and steward talent· nurture internal relationships· grow organizational loyalty that encourages customer loyalty· instill the practice of servant leadership within your organization· treat everyone with honor, dignity, and respectand much more
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Crush Your Career
by Dee Ann Turner
We all know someone who is dissatisfied with their career but feels trapped in their current trajectory. What’s not always clear is how they got there or, more importantly, how we can avoid the same fate as we develop our own careers. In a competitive job market, we need concrete, field-tested advice to help us ace the interview, land the job, and launch a career we love. Enter Dee Ann Turner. After more than three decades leading teams and coaching staff members at Chick-fil-A, she knows what it takes to build a fulfilling career. In this practical, hands-on book she reveals the secrets of - finding a job- preparing for an interview- conquering the first 90 days- managing work relationships- overcoming mistakes- adding value to your team- and so much more Anyone entering the job market or hoping to make a transition in their career—along with the parents, teachers, college counselors, or career counselors who coach them—will find invaluable, hard-won advice on how to create a work life you love.
