Vanny Gani
The Awakening of the Stars, a novel in the mystical fiction category & Aerial Roots a drama and comedy about the author grandmother.
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A publisher dedicated to promote the works by Cambodian female authors. Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
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September 2021Kamala Harris
Ein Porträt
by Marie-Astrid Langer
Im suffragettenweißen Anzug tritt Kamala Harris am 7. November 2020 auf die Bühne in Wilmington, Delaware, als erste Vizepräsidentin der Vereinigten Staaten. Ihre Worte gehen um die Welt, sie selbst wird zur Ikone … Die US-Korrespondentin Marie-Astrid Langer gibt Einblick in die entscheidenden Momente auf dem Lebensweg von der Einwanderertochter zur mächtigsten Schwarzen Frau in Washington. Ihre Mutter aus Indien, ihr Vater aus Jamaika, beide zum Studieren in das Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten gekommen, beide in der Bürgerrechtsbewegung aktiv, und so bekommt Kamala Harris den Kampf für Gleichberechtigung vom ersten Tag an in die Wiege gelegt. Als Grenzgängerin zwischen der harten Realität der Schwarzen Communities und den linken Eliten Kaliforniens entwickelt sie früh ihr politisches Denken, ihr Engagement, ihren Ehrgeiz. Und mit einer Vision von Freiheit, Toleranz und Gerechtigkeit, tief geprägt von der afroamerikanischen Geschichte, macht sie sich an einen unvergleichlichen Aufstieg, der mehr als einmal an den Widersprüchen und Ungleichheiten eines Landes zu scheitern droht.
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March 2022Kamala Harris
Little People, Big Dreams. Deutsche Ausgabe | Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahre
by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Lauren Semmer, Svenja Becker
Kamalas Mutter kam aus Indien, der Vater aus Jamaika. Schon als Kind begleitete sie ihre Eltern zu Demonstrationen der Bürgerrechtsbewegung. Das hat sie geprägt. Neben Politik und Wirtschaft studierte sie noch Jura. Sie wollte Anwältin werden, um sich beruflich für eine gerechtere Welt einzusetzen. Das tat sie auch als Politikerin – im amerikanischen Senat und jetzt als Vizepräsidentin neben Joe Biden. Sie ist die erste Frau in diesem zweitwichtigsten Amt in den USA. Und sie wird nicht die letzte sein. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Menschen: Jede dieser Persönlichkeiten, ob Künstlerin, Pilotin oder Wissenschaftler, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen.
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Biology, life sciencesJuly 2015Abiotic Stresses in Crop Plants
by Edited by Usha Chakraborty,Bishwanath Chakraborty
Based on the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of tolerance of commonly encountered abiotic stresses in nature, this book covers the effect of increasing temperature, flood, drought, salinity, ozone and heavy metals such as arsenic and cadmium on plants. It discusses how these abiotic stresses can be managed in a cost-effective and eco-friendly way by utilising the alleviating mechanisms of microbes. Written in three sections, it considers each stress and their alleviation methods in detail, providing a rounded and vital resource on the subject for researchers and students of crop stress, management and biology.
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October 2007The Given Child
The Religions’ Contributions to Children’s Citizenship
by Herausgegeben von Nayar, Usha S.; Herausgegeben von Wyller, Trygve
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January 2019Addiction, Second Edition
by Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D. and Christine Adamec; Foreword by Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director, The Saban Research Institute; Director, USC Neuroscience Graduate Program
Addiction affects millions of people throughout the United States, and the numbers are growing. But what exactly is this phenomenon? Is it a physical or psychological illness? A poor choice? Or a medical disease? The United States' two biggest addictions, cigarettes and alcohol, cost our health care system more than $100 billion every year, and in recent years opioid addiction has spread and claimed thousands of lives. Addiction, Second Edition explores the mechanics of addiction, its root causes, and how it touches the lives of every member of society, including users, nonusers, and friends and relatives of users. This eBook also explains addiction as a medical and behavioral phenomenon, defines drug use and behaviors that can reach compulsive levels, and illustrates various ways to treat addictions.
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January 2019Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition
by Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D. and Christine Adamec; Foreword by Pat Levitt, Ph.D., Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, and Director, The Saban Research Institute; Director, USC Neuroscience Graduate Program
Depression and bipolar disorder are part of a group of mental illnesses called mood disorders. People with these conditions may experience unusual and extremely low or elevated moods as well as unpredictable mood swings. These disorders can also affect one's physical well-being. For many years people who suffered from mood disorders such as depression or bipolar disorder were stigmatized for their problems. Most doctors and medical scientists now believe that these illnesses are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain and can be treated with medication and talk therapy. Depression and Bipolar Disorder, Second Edition provides the basic facts needed to understand the different types of depression and related disorders and what defines them, including the typical symptoms, possible causes, and current treatments.
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Agronomy & crop productionJune 2013Biofuel Crops
Production, Physiology and Genetics
by Kossonou Guillaume Anzoua, Surinder S Banga, Gary Stephan Banuelos, Natalie S Betts, Sujata Bhargava, T K Biswas, Serge Bracconnier, Rachel A Burton, Caitlin S Byrt, Isabel S Carvalho, M Czako, Karaj Singh Dhillon, Ismail Dweikat, C Eynck, N K Fageria, K C Falk, Naser Farrokhi, J G Isebrands, John H Fike, Leslie H Groom, Anna Hale, S Hemaiswarya, Ratikanta Maiti, Kurt H Johnsen, Eric J Jokela, Masazumi Kayama, Bill Kovarik, C Ganesh Kumar, Christopher Q Lan, L Marton, Steven E McKeand, P J Minogue, L A C Moraes, A Moreira, K Muthukumarappan, C Dana Nelson, Eric Obeng, David J Parrish, Jagannath Vishnu Patil, Gary F Peter, Somashekhar Punnuri, R Raja, P Srinivasa Rao, R Ravikumar, Belum V S Reddy, Donald L Rockwood, Robert B Rummer, Pratik Satya, Ralph E. H Sims, Hari P Singh, S Wani, Peer M Schenk, Holger Schuhmann, A V Umakanth, Ryan P Viator, Martin Weih, C M J Williams, Toshihiko Yamada. Edited by Bharat P Singh.
Providing comprehensive coverage on biofuel crop production and the technological, environmental and resource issues associated with a sustainable biofuel industry, this book is ideal for researchers and industry personnel. Beginning with an introduction to biofuels and the challenges they face, the book then includes detailed coverage on crops of current importance or with high future prospects, including sections on algae, sugar crops and grass, oil and forestry species. The chapters focus on the genetics, breeding, cultivation, harvesting and handling of each crop.
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June 2024Sustainable Ecological Restoration and Conservation in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan Region
A Comprehensive Review
by Zhanhuan Shang, Allan Degen, Devendra Gauchan, Madan Koirala, Muhammad Khalid Rafiq, Awais Iqbal, Binyu Luo, Dawei Zhang, Diwakar Adhikari, Dongmei Li, Furbe Lama, Haonan Guo, Hui Xu, Huma Ali, Jalal Hayat Khan, Jiayi He, Jie Lian, Mei Huang, Monika Ghimire, Narayan Prasad Gaire, Peipei Liu, Qinghui Fang, Ramesh Prasad Sapkota, Ramesh Raj Pant, Rashila Deshar, Ritika K.C, Rui Zhang, Rukhsanda Aziz, Srijana Khanal, Tianyun Qi, Udhab Raj Khadka, Usha Rai, Usman Ali, Wenyin Wang, Xiaoping Jing, Yamuna Ghale, Youyan Liu, Zhen Peng, Zhiqiang Dang
The years 2021 to 2030 have been designated as "The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration". Ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation efforts face unprecedented challenges, especially in developing countries and areas, such as the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region. This huge HKH region, which includes areas in eight separate countries (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, India, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan), is a biodiversity hotspot with a vast array of ecosystems, landscapes, peoples and cultures. It is known as one of 'the pulses of the world'. However, the HKH is also the world's largest and poorest mountain region, where landscapes and environments have been severely damaged as a result of climate change and human activities. Coordinating conservation and restoration policies, sharing knowledge and funds, and maintaining livelihoods are major challenges and are in urgent need of improvement. This book details the past and current ecological problems in the HKH region, and the threats and challenges that ecosystems and local people face. It pays special attention to developments of transformative adaptations and presents examples of sustainable conservation and ecological restoration management practices. Three primary questions are addressed: (1) Do the existing conservation strategies of international organizations and government policies really protect ecosystems and solve biodiversity problems? (2) Can these management measures be one-time solutions? and (3) What is the strategic framework and scenario prognosis for the future based on the historical trajectory of ecological conservation and restoration in the region? This book is essential reading for ecologists and conservation biologists involved in large-scale ecological restoration projects, along with practitioners, graduate students, policy makers and international development workers.
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Life and Art of Kamala Das New Perspectives
by Rajan Lal
There is no denying the fact that no single authority howsoever exploratory he/she may be can explore all the possible aspects, dimensions and perspectives in a work of art. Research always eludes leaving some unknown and unexplored possible domains and avenues in that discipline of art. It is also imperative to say that much work has been done on Kamala Das and her poetry and a couple of books written on her poetry are also available. Books like Kamala Das and Her Poetry by A. N. Dwivedi, Kamala Das: A Critical Spectrum edited by Rajeshwar Mittapalli and Pier Paolo Piciucco, Kamala Das by Devindra Kohli, Expressive Form in the Poetry of Kamala Das by Anisur Rahman, and Endless Female Hungers by Vrinda Nabar are written on Kamala Das’s poetry. Each of the authors has tried his/her level best to explore something new and unique in his/her surveyed work. But something still evades to be explored. Without minimizing the importance of these works and employing their traverses and explorations, the book in hand is unique in the sense that it explores the new perspectives and new dimensions in the poetry of Kamala Das. She has stormed the stereotypical and hackneyed set-up of the Indian mind and yet, has won both, the regard and the interest of the readers who appreciate her genuine spirit. Being an incorrigible optimist and outrageous rebel, she dares to shake and break the mirrors and barriers of orthodox social patterns. No reader dislikes her, including those who attack her openness and extravagance of courage and those who criticize her for appearing what she is. Critically speaking, what was rejected and called indecent and insane under a fake façade of bourgeois morality and respectability by the previous generation comprising Aurobindo, Toru Dutt, Vivekananda, R. N. Tagore and Sarojini Naidu was embraced and hugged by Mrs. Das blurring all traditional and socio-cultural taboos and barriers imposed by hegemonic patriarchy. Along with its new perspectives, this book also examines some select prose works of Kamala Das including My Story, A Doll for the Child Prostitute and Alphabet of Lust, since scanty of attention towards her prose works has been given. Thus, this book is designed for the literary enthusiasts including teachers and the taught, researchers and common readers.
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FictionJanuary 2018The Escapists of J. Mullick Road
by Usha Ananda Krishna
‘Usha Ananda Krishna has a sparkling way with language.’ In the aftermath of a bizarre confrontation with Kalol Mondal—a small-time hustler and Party goon—Pinaki Bose, a timid Bengali babu, bumbles into the ambit of the savagely brilliant architect, Biren Roy. Dazzled by Biren’s breadth of vision and utter contempt for the conventional, he commissions him to design a country house—committing the whole family’s savings to it. But Biren, paralyzed by his grand ideals and his passion for perfection, is slowly sinking into a drunken torpor. And Pinaki, ignorant of the Party’s involvement in all land deals, must endure not just Kalol Mondal’s ominous presence while buying his plot, but more worryingly, his infatuation with Pinaki’s young daughter. Set in the bleak Communist Calcutta of the 1980s, The Escapists of J. Mullick Road is a wry meditation on a fabled city in physical and moral decline. Usha Ananda Krishna’s subtly witty but compassionate take on the disparate lives that entwine over the building of a house is a tour de force of modern literary writing.
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Self-help & personal developmentGANESHA: The Elephant that Taught Me How to Change
by Keiya Mizuno
A SERIES TOTAL OF OVER 4 MILLION COPIES Sold in Japan! "Lemme be my clearest. I see your future, and believe me, you're not gonna like it. Are you seriously gonna keep going on like that? I can help you change, but only if you're up for it." People say ordinary is fine. And that it's important to embrace the small things in life. But is that really what you want? Are you aiming for an "ordinary" life? These are the questions to be answered by this "ordinary" man with an "ordinary" job living his "ordinary" life. When so-called Ganesha the elephant god appears one day, it takes some time for the man to realize that, though in baby steps, he is able to change. This book humorously portrays Ganesha and his lessons in which there are specific actions to take, some easily done, others being a bit of a challenge. Though very skeptical at first the man gradually sees, and you will as well, that these lessons start influencing his perspective, his attitude, his emotions, and ultimately, his outcomes. Quit sitting around and hoping for happiness. Take Ganesha's lessons with you. Seek a better version of yourself, and pursue the life you want!
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September 2020The Golden Rhino
by Griffin Shea
Never Mashamba’s 12th birthday couldn’t go worse. His father, the scientific genius Dr. Mashamba, is shot and wounded by poachers. But the criminals are really after the hybrid rhino calf Sipho, which his father crossbred against all odds. The Mashambas must flee Zimbabwe for a game farm in South Africa, where Dr Mashamba can recuperate and Sipho can get the care he needs. Never soon realises that Sipho is in danger, but his father doesn’t pay attention to his fears. Who exactly is after Sipho the rhino calf, and why? Can Never trust his new friends, Becks and Dumisani? And what does a mysterious Ganesh pendant — the only thing Never has from his birth family — have to do with all this?
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Agriculture & farmingJanuary 2014Commercial Flowers
by Anil Kumar Singh
Floriculture is one of the fastest-growing sectors of commercial agriculture world-wide with many highly profitable crops. Cultivation of flowers more pragmatic endeavor than other crops. Every day novel variety, new colour in any ornamental flower crop not only fascinates us but also gives a thrust to know more about their breeding technologies. Creation of diversity of new and domesticated flower crops by public and private sector flower breeders brings a fascination towards its breeding technology. The students while dealing with the breeding and biotechnology of flowers then they must required a base knowledge. Therefore emphasis has been given to present the book in its easiest form so that anyone can understand it without losing interest from it. It has been designed to cover all the aspects of breeding, the basic objectives, different breeding methods, methodology for improvement of specific crops, stress resistance, quality improvement, mutagenesis, genetic engineering and biotechnology.
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FictionBajind
by Ganesh Manugade
Bajind is a historical novel with a special element, that of secret. Sakharam, the karbhari of dhangarwadi, leaves for raigad. He wants to meet the mighty shivaji maharaj. During this short journey, they all luckily meet khandoji, a great fighter and a skilled detective. Our trio is not aware of khondaji’s qualities. He promises a meeting with the mighty king. This book also has many angles. The daughter of shirke sardar falls in love with khondoji. The rivalry between shivaji maharaj and shirke is very well known. Shirke is also a rival of kadamb. Bahirji naik, the greatest detective of the time and the core part of shivaji maharaj’s intelligence department, attacks the shirkes. There is also a fight between baji and the moghul sardar husenkhan. Baji is well aware of the language of all living things including plants, animals and birds. At the time of his death, he shares his knowledge with bajind, his disciple. The novel consists of many such twists and turns. It keeps us stuck to one place. The incidences penned down have their own speed. They do not allow us to linger anywhere. We get carried away with the plot, the story, the scheme, the presentation, the words, the vigour, vitality and valour. Through this book, we get to know more about the witty bahirji naik and his intelligence team. It also helps us to realise how well-established was the swarajya. Bajind is a novel which would break many barriers in our minds. It allows us to take a peep into history and learn more about the bravery of our own soldiers and their strong patriotism.
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FictionJanuary 2019Bright Matter
Close Fiction
by Sina Kamala Kaufmann
What if men were forced to be female for a day? What if a global wealth tax turned into an addictive game for the super-rich? Bright Matter can be read as a humanistic manifesto between hope and surrender. 13 stories that explore unconventional behaviour and introduce new kinds of borders with huge media acclaim. Each story is a brief, tight twist on the modern world, its contradictions, and the personal struggle to find direction within it. Funny, absurd, tragic, unexpected. These visions of utopian social innovations for the future nonetheless remain closely tied to our present daily lives and ever-never-changing human nature. The narratives open up unthinkable paths; traveling down them may, at times, feel like sex in space. Not as technically constructed as the work of Ted Chiang, and not as pessimistic about human nature as Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, Kaufmann’s stories target a growing audience of individuals who feel doubt about themselves and about the future. Without giving pre-formatted answers, she takes doubts and desires seriously and explores different possible ways forward. Without any media spending, the book has been widely recognised and has already received a number of excited reviews. The 13 stories in Bright Matter address the questions we all carry around with us: what the hell is going on? And: where are we going? Sample translations into English available.
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August 2007The Treasure in Your Heart
Yoga and Stories for Peaceful Children
by Sydney Solis
Help create peaceful children and a peaceful world with this book that teaches the universal wisdom of yoga philosophy using multicultural, interfaith stories to bring peace and character education to children and families. This book, for teachers and parents to share with children, has 26 teaching tales culled from the world's many faith traditions. It features such gems as "Mohammad and the Cat" (about kindness), "Brahma's Tears" (about unity), "Calming the Storm" (about courage), and "Conejito and the Wax Doll" (about anger management). Plus, there are many stories from African, Buddhist, Jewish, and Sufi traditions as well. This book also focuses on meditation and relaxation-for children to improve health and literacy-and features follow-up activities and the classic Storytime Yoga method of including yoga poses scripted with the stories!
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Health & Personal DevelopmentJuly 2017It's Buddha Time: An evening yoga ritual for parents and children; finding peace at last
An evening yoga ritual for parents and children; finding peace at last
by Daniela Heidtmann, Teresa Heilmann, Maren Engel, Lara Schmelzeisen
It’s Bed Time - It’s Buddha Time An evening spent mindfully, content children who are happy to go to bed,a calm end to the day and some relaxi ng time to yourself.Out of reach? Not at all, thanks to your evening yoga ritual. “Muuuuum, where are you?!” A standard afternoon with my three kids: arguments over mathshomework, the older two are bickering, the little one didn’t nap, the cathas a fev er. We have to visit the orthodontist, the vet and take my eldestto scouts, but my “real work” begins when they’re all in bed. I’m a yogateacher and every day, I practice strategies to prevent the chaos fromengulfing me and to help myself reach my inner sanctuary. Would you liketo join me? With the help of yoga, Buddha’s wisdom, and meditation, you too canbetter weather the whirlwinds of your life and find the calm in the eye ofthe storm. With a smile on your lips and hand in hand with yourchildren . This book will show you how!
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Sustainable agricultureMay 2017Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture
by P.Suresh Kumar, Manish Kanwat:, P.D. Meena:,Vinod Kumar & Rajesh A. Alone:
This book to comprehensively present the standard methodologies for studying the impacts of climate change on agriculture, measuring and developing inventories of greenhouse gas emission, and analyzing the vulnerabilities and mitigation options. The book describes the methodology in a simple and lucid way so that a researcher can adopt it in field studies. Individual chapters are dedicated to subjects such as quantification of climate change impacts on crops in controlled and field conditions, impacts of climate change on water resources, soil fertility, erosion and carbon sequestration, insects, pests, weeds, microbes and diseases; greenhouse gas emission assessment, assessment of regional vulnerability to climate change, selection of crop. The book converted its 23 chapters into four sections. The 1st Section deals with recent mitigation strategies developed by the scientists to reduce the effect of climate changes and promote the Sustainable Agriculture by different ways viz., Role of Marker in Development of Climate Resilient Varieties. Section 2 deals with the conservation agriculture and mitigation strategies, Biofertilizers helps in development of sustainable agricultural practices. Section 3 deals with impact of climate change on pest scenario across the crops and has given insight on possible avoidance of pests. Final sections deals with the agroforestry and how they can minimise their affect of climate change. Finally Section 4th deals with Impact of climate change crop and livestock sectors and strategies for mitigation and adaptation. Role of ICT and extension agencies on framing policies and effective dissemination of technologies were discussed.
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Agriculture & farmingMay 2016Climate Change and Environment
Concepts and Strategies To Mitigate Impacts
by Devesh Sharma & K.C.Sharma
The book comprises of topics on concepts of climate science and strategies to mitigate the impacts. The book therefore, covers topics of wider areas such as urbanization, coping strategies, water resources, watershed, land use patterns, atmospheric deposition, agriculture, carbon footprint etc. The book provides comprehension on which the researchers in the field may on which they can build up understanding on issues to be addressed. The articles are designed to interpret experiments, observations from the field and theory to understand the subject of climate change and its impacts.
