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Promoted ContentDecember 2023
The Coconut
Botany, Production and Uses
by Stephen W Adkins, Julianne Biddle, Amirhossein Bazrafshan, Sundaravelpandian Kalaipandian
The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the world's most important palms, and contributes significantly to the income and livelihood of many people in tropical countries. Widely referred to as the 'tree of life', coconut has been used as a source of food, drink, oil, medicine, shelter and wood for around 500 years. Every part of the coconut palm can be utilized. The demand for coconut fruit and its products has increased recently as people have become aware of its nutritional and health benefits, especially those of coconut water and virgin coconut oil. This book covers all aspects of coconut including origins and diversity; ecophysiology; production in a changing climate; pests and diseases; harvest and postharvest management; breeding and genetics; as well as the current and future status of coconut as an economic crop. This book is a key resource for researchers and students in horticulture, plant science and agriculture, and those interested in the production of tropical crops, and practitioners in the coconut industry.
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Promoted ContentThe ArtsJanuary 2018
The Flower of Evil: Illustration Art of Aubrey Beardsley
by by Aubrey Beardsley Edited by Wei Junlin
This title collects illustrations, posters, and design works of Aubrey Beardsley, the characteristic illustrator in the 19th century. It is the most complete collection of his works in China, edited by Mr. Wei Junlin, painter and researcher of Beardsley.
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Trusted PartnerMarch 2019
Coco Chanel
Little People, Big Dreams. Deutsche Ausgabe | Kinderbuch ab 4 Jahre
by María Isabel Sánchez Vegara, Ana Albero, Svenja Becker
Coco Chanel wuchs in einem Waisenhaus auf und entdeckte dort ihre Begabung für Nadel und Faden. Später verdiente sie ihr Geld als Sängerin, kreierte extravagante Hüte und wurde schließlich eine international gefeierte Modedesignerin. Little People, Big Dreams erzählt von den beeindruckenden Lebensgeschichten großer Persönlichkeiten: Jede dieser Frauen, ob Künstlerin, Pilotin oder Wissenschaftlerin, hat Unvorstellbares erreicht. Dabei begann alles, als sie noch klein waren: mit großen Träumen. Für welches Alter sind diese Bücher gedacht? Für Babys das perfekte Geschenk zur Begrüßung in eine Welt voller Träume! Und Eltern werden in schlaflosen Nächten von diesen Büchern dazu ermutigt, das Vorlesen zu einem selbstverständlichen Teil des Lebens zu machen. Kleinkinder werden von den Illustrationen verzaubert sein – sie werden zahlreiche Dinge entdecken. Auch sind die Bücher großartige „Vokabeltrainer“! 3- bis 5-Jährige werden alles, Illustrationen und Texte, geradezu in sich aufsaugen! 6-, 8- und 10-Jährige haben ein ausgeprägteres Verständnis für die Illustrationen und die Bedeutung der Geschichte – es geht nicht nur darum, sich selbst zu akzeptieren und die eigenen Zukunftsträume zu verwirklichen, sondern auch darum, andere so zu akzeptieren, wie sie sind. Später: Die Bücher sind gute Geschenke zu jedem Anlass, denn die Träume der Kindheit können das ganze Leben lang Wirklichkeit werden.
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Trusted PartnerApril 2022
Coco Stolperbein
by Jörg Hilbert, Jörg Hilbert
Frau Richtig und Herr Wichtig leben friedlich und freundlich nebeneinanderher – alles hat seine Ordnung: Der Rasen gestutzt, das Auto richtig geparkt, sauber ist es sowieso. Bis eines Tages das Dach ausgebaut wird und eine neue Familie einzieht: Die Stolperbeins, samt Katze und Tochter Coco. Und die bringt in der wunderbaren Ordnung von Frau Richtig und Herrn Wichtig so einiges durcheinander … Mit Reimen, die ins Ohr gehen, erzählt der Kinderbuchautor Jörg Hilbert vom Zusammenleben in unserer bunten Gesellschaft, von Akzeptanz und von Freundschaft.
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Trusted PartnerMay 2022
Coco Chanels Riviera
Vom Lieben, Leben und Überleben an der Cote d'Azur
by Anne de Courcy, Elke Link
Reichtum, Weltpolitik, Genie, Macht, Lebenshunger und Stil: An der französischen Riviera der 30er Jahre vereinen sie sich. Glamouröser Mittelpunkt ist Gabrielle Chanel, ursprünglich aus ärmsten Verhältnissen stammend. Ihre Zielstrebigkeit hat sie reich und berühmt gemacht, in ihrem Landhaus La Pausa empfängt sie Politiker wie Winston Churchill, Schriftsteller wie Bertolt Brecht, Filmmagnaten, Maharadschas, Prinzen, Künstler, Stars. Und alle feiern sich und das Leben. Für den 1. September 1939 ist die Eröffnung der ersten Filmfestspiele von Cannes angesetzt; Marlene Dietrich ist extra mit Ehemann und Liebhaber angereist. Doch dann marschiert die deutsche Wehrmacht in Polen ein. Selbst den vergnügungssüchtigsten Sommergästen wird klar, was das bedeutet. Und nach Jahrzehnten des Triumphes wird Gabrielle Chanel plötzlich nicht mehr die allerrühmlichste Rolle in der Geschichte spielen. . . Auch wenn die Daten, Schauplätze und Begegnungen sorgfältig recherchiert und belegt sind, ist Coco Chanels Riviera so anekdotenreich erzählt, werden die Schicksale so raffiniert miteinander verknüpft, dass man das Buch wie einen spannenden Gesellschaftsroman liest, der noch einmal die Höhepunkte einer Ära beschwört, ehe es zur Katastrophe kommt.
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Trusted PartnerMay 2022
Coco Chanels Riviera
Vom Lieben, Leben und Überleben an der Cote d'Azur
by Anne Courcy, Elke Link
Reichtum, Weltpolitik, Genie, Macht, Lebenshunger und Stil: An der französischen Riviera der 30er Jahre vereinen sie sich. Glamouröser Mittelpunkt ist Gabrielle Chanel, ursprünglich aus ärmsten Verhältnissen stammend. Ihre Zielstrebigkeit hat sie reich und berühmt gemacht, in ihrem Landhaus La Pausa empfängt sie Politiker wie Winston Churchill, Schriftsteller wie Bertolt Brecht, Filmmagnaten, Maharadschas, Prinzen, Künstler, Stars. Und alle feiern sich und das Leben. Für den 1. September 1939 ist die Eröffnung der ersten Filmfestspiele von Cannes angesetzt; Marlene Dietrich ist extra mit Ehemann und Liebhaber angereist. Doch dann marschiert die deutsche Wehrmacht in Polen ein. Selbst den vergnügungssüchtigsten Sommergästen wird klar, was das bedeutet. Und nach Jahrzehnten des Triumphes wird Gabrielle Chanel plötzlich nicht mehr die allerrühmlichste Rolle in der Geschichte spielen. . . Auch wenn die Daten, Schauplätze und Begegnungen sorgfältig recherchiert und belegt sind, ist Coco Chanels Riviera so anekdotenreich erzählt, werden die Schicksale so raffiniert miteinander verknüpft, dass man das Buch wie einen spannenden Gesellschaftsroman liest, der noch einmal die Höhepunkte einer Ära beschwört, ehe es zur Katastrophe kommt.
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Trusted PartnerInsecticide & herbicide technologyAugust 1996
Illustrations of Quarantine Pests for Europe
by Edited by I M Smith, Anne S Roy
This book is a companion volume to Quarantine Pests for Europe, published originally in 1992 by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) and CAB INTERNATIONAL (CABI) for the European Union. The previous book provides information on identity, hosts, geographical distribution, biology, detection and identification, means of movement and dispersal, pest significance, phytosanitary measures and a bibliography for all the quarantine pests listed by EPPO and the European Union, but does not contain any illustrations. A second edition of Quarantine Pests for Europe will be published at the end of 1996. The present book contains approximately 400 colour illustrations, most of them new in relation to the very first illustrations of the EPPO Data Sheets which appeared in Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin in the 1980s. The book covers most of the quarantine pests listed by EPPO and the European Union, including those which have been added to the quarantine lists since 1992. Thus it will be compatible with the second edition of the volume of text data sheets. The quarantine pests concerned are either not present in the Euro-Mediterranean region, or only present to a limited extent and submitted to official control measures. The sequence of presentation is as for the text volume, i.e. insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, parasitic plants. Within each chapter, the pest illustrations appear in alphabetical order. An index including scientific names and synonyms is included at the end of the book. Accompanying text is presented in both English and French. Although it has not been possible to illustrate every listed quarantine pest, this book provides a unique collection that will help phytosanitary inspectors, plant health officers, and others working in the field of plant quarantine, or plant protection in general, to recognize and identify quarantine pests. The book is published by EPPO in association with CABI, and is available for sale exclusively through CABI.
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Trusted PartnerExhibition catalogues & specific collectionsMarch 2011
Mary Kelly
Projects, 1973–2010
by Edited by Dominique Heyes-Moore
Mary Kelly, we are told, was not a feminist artist, but a feminist who made art. Designed to accompany a major retrospective at the Whitworth Art Gallery, this book contains essays and interviews which show the implications of that distinction and also the legacy of feminists and feminism in relation to art. Challenging and beautiful, Kelly's artworks address questions of sexuality, identity and historical memory in the form of large-scale narrative installations. The works are agilely discussed in contributions by some of the luminary feminist art scholars of our time, including Janet Wolff, Laura Mulvey, Carol Mavor and Amelia Jones, making this collection an essential new text in the discourse on art, feminism, psychoanalysis and representation.
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Trusted PartnerMedia studiesJune 2014
Show me the money
The image of finance, 1700 to the present
by Edited by Paul Crosthwaite, Peter Knight and Nicky Marsh
What does money really stand for? How can the abstractions of high finance be made visible? Show me the money documents how the financial world has been imagined in art, illustration, photography and other visual media over the last three centuries in Britain and the United States. It tells the story of how artists have grappled with the increasingly intangible and self-referential nature of money, from the South Sea Bubble to our current crisis. Show me the money sets out the history and politics of representations of finance through five essays by academic experts and curators, and is interspersed with provocative think pieces by notable public commentators on finance and art. The book, and the exhibition on which it is based, explore a wide range of images, from satirical eighteenth-century prints by William Hogarth and James Gillray to works by celebrated contemporary artists such as Andreas Gursky and Molly Crabapple. It also charts the development of an array of financial visualisations, including stock tickers and charts, newspaper illustrations, bank adverts and electronic trading systems.
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Trusted PartnerHorticultureJanuary 2008
Encyclopedia of Fruit and Nuts
by Edited by Jules Janick, Robert E Paull
Ever wanted to know the genus name for a coconut?Intended for all your research needs, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive collection of information on temperate and tropical fruit and nut crops. Entries are grouped alphabetically by family and then by species, making it easy to find the information you need. Coverage includes palms and cacti as well as vegetable fruits of Solanaceae and Curcurbitacea. This book not only deals with the horticulture of the fruit and nut crops but also discusses the botany, making it a useful tool for anyone from scientists to gardeners and fruit hobbyists.
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Trusted PartnerJune 2018
Die allerbeste Prinzessin
by Poznanski, Ursula / Illustrated by Büchner, SaBine
An innovative & different princess story! • The three princesses love to quarrel • Original and incredibly witty • Written by Ursula Poznanski and stunning illustrations by Sabine Büchner • Translation Grant! Bianca, Violetta and Rosalind are three adorable princesses. But they share a tiny quirk: they love to argue! One day a visitor asks for entrance into the castle. Prince Waldomir doesn’t enjoy hunting dragons anymore and rather prefers to get married know. Of course each princess is convinced to be the best choice and the prince’s one and only. So a rat race is launched before they have even met the puny prince for the first time…
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Trusted PartnerNon-graphic art formsMay 2012
The 'do-it-yourself' artwork
Participation from Fluxus to New Media
by Edited by Anna Dezeuze
Viewers of contemporary art are often invited to involve themselves actively in artworks, by entering installations, touching objects, performing instructions or clicking on interactive websites. Why have artists sought to engage spectators in these new forms of participation? In what ways does active participation affect the viewer's experience and the status of the artwork? Spanning a range of practices including kinetic art, happenings, environments, performance, installations, relational and new media art from the 1950s to the present, this critical anthology sheds light on the history and specificity of artworks that only come to life when you - the viewer - are invited to 'do it yourself.' Rather than a specialist topic in the history of twentieth- and twenty-first century art, the 'do-it-yourself' artwork raises broader issues concerning the role of the viewer in art, the status of the artwork and the socio-political relations between art and its contexts.
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Trusted PartnerHorticultureApril 2009
Mango
Botany, Production and Uses
by Edited by Richard E Litz
The Mango is one of the oldest cultivated fruit crops, having been grown in India for at least 4000 years. Mango is the most important fruit crop of Asia and its annual production is exceeded worldwide only by Musa, citrus, grapes and apples. The last decade has seen a rapid growth of mango production, mainly due to expansion into new growing regions but also to the adoption of modern field practices and cultivars. A wide range of fresh, mango cultivars are now consumed worldwide and are available year round. The Mango: Botany, Production and Uses, published in 1997, represented the first comprehensive examination of all aspects of modern mango production and research. Developing upon the successful first edition, this book incorporates a discussion of significant advances in mango research that have contributed to improved production and will be highly relevant for researchers and growers alike.
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Trusted PartnerAgriculture & related industriesDecember 1998
Distribution Maps of Quarantine Pests for Europe
by Edited by I M Smith, L M F Charles
This book is an essential companion volume to Quarantine Pests for Europe, 2nd Edition and Illustrations of Quarantine Pests for Europe. The three titles are the result of collaboration between CABI and EPPO in the compilation of data on the pests of phytosanitary significance for the European and Mediterranean region. This present publication provides updated geographic distributions of over 350 pests for which data sheets and illustrations are already available. A map is provided for each pest showing the current world distribution graphically. This is supported by a list of the countries and provinces in which the pest has been recorded with a coded indication of its current status. Coverage extends to insects, mites, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses and parasitic plants. The pests concerned are either entirely absent from the European and Mediterranean region (A1 list) or have a restricted distribution (A2 list). Text within the book is provided in both English and French.
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Trusted PartnerPhotography & photographs2019
I feel guilty when I throw away food. Grandma used to tell me about Holodomor (Famine of 1933)
by Andrii Dostliev, Lia Dostlieva, introduction by Serhiy Zhadan
Post-photographic research, which explores traces of a traumatic historical event in everyday practices and in contemporary landscape and tests the limits of photography as a medium in trauma representation. The starting point of this project was the personal sense of guilt which accompanies the acts of throwing food away. This feeling is common in contemporary Ukrainian culture and originates in our postmemory - it was imprinted into our generation’s behavioral patterns by the stories of our grandparents - survivors of the man-made famine of 1932-33 in Soviet Ukraine called the Holodomor, which killed millions. The ink prints document the thrown-away food while fragments of found black-and-white photographs of unrecognisable landscapes demonstrate the lack of the famine’s traces in the landscape – unlike many collective traumas which have exact geographic locations and present in the landscape in the form of ‘places of memory’.
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Trusted PartnerBotany & plant sciencesDecember 1999
Diseases of Banana, Abaca and Enset
by Edited by David R Jones
This book provides a comprehensive guide to the large number of diseases, disorders and injuries that can cause severe economic losses to banana, plantain, abaca and enset crops. Most of the diseases are described and illustrated in colour, making the book valuable as a diagnostic tool. It also provides information on the fungi, bacteria, viruses, nematodes and abiotic factors involved in the diseases/disorders described. Information is provided on the origin and classification of banana, the safe movement of Musa germplasm and banana breeding, including possibilities for genetic engineering for disease resistance.
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Trusted PartnerLimnology (freshwater)November 2001
Waste Composting for Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture
Closing the Rural-Urban Nutrient Cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa
by Edited by Pay Drechsel, Dagmar Kunze
Rapid urbanization has created a major challenge with regard to waste management and environmental protection. However, the problem can be ameliorated by turning organic waste into compost for use as an agricultural fertilizer in peri-urban areas. This is especially significant in less developed countries, where food security is also a key issue. This book addresses these subjects and is based on papers presented at a workshop held in Ghana by the International Board for Soil Research and Management (IBSRAM, now part of the International Water Management Institute) and FAO. Special reference is given to Sub-Saharan Africa, with acknowledgement to experiences from other parts of the world. Contributing authors are from several European, as well as African, countries.
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Trusted PartnerForestry & silviculture: practice & techniquesJuly 2005
Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar
by Edited by Ming H Pei, Alistair R McCracken
In recent years there has been increased interest in growing willow and poplar trees, as fast-growing species that have several purposes, including use as biofuels for energy production. However, silviculture of these trees has been constrained by diseases such as Melampsora rusts. This book provides a comprehensive review of over two decades of extensive study of the rust diseases affecting willow and poplar. It provides insights into the population biology of Melampsora rusts in Europe, China, India and Chile, the genetics of their resistance, and their interaction with their hosts. The book offers information essential to the development of effective and sustainable disease control measures including the use of willow genotype mixtures and biological control agents.
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Trusted PartnerForestry & related industriesJune 1999
Tree Ring Analysis
Biological, Methodological and Environmental Aspects
by Edited by Rupert Wimmer, Roland E Vetter
The analysis of tree rings has been critically important in all kinds of environmental studies including forest decline, ecological prognosis on a large scale and climate trends for the past decades to millennia. It may also provide important knowledge for forest management and the forest product industry. This book has been developed from an IUFRO meeting in Washington State, USA in July 1997 and describes the latest achievements and challenges in tree ring research from around the world.
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Trusted PartnerHorticultureNovember 2007
Citrus Genetics, Breeding and Biotechnology
by Edited by Iqrar Khan
This multi-authored book provides a comprehensive review of citrus breeding, including relevant genetics, molecular biology and biotechnology. Topics discussed include origin and Taxonomy, hybridization and see procedures, triploid breeding, mutation breeding, selection for fruit traits, tree characters and disease resistant, rootstock breeding, soil adaptation, nucellar embryony, cytogenetics, mapping, gene cloning, chromosome transfer technology, haploidy, flow cytometry and somaclonal variation.