Buttercup Publishing, a UK-based publishing company, is a distinguished and prominent name in the publishing industry. We work towards our mission of 'cultivating reading habits' in children, with our distinctive and exceptional range of books, available for different age groups.
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Founded in September 1992, Nanmeebooks is one of the leading publishers in Thailand, which publish both fiction and non-fiction for people at all ages licensed from around the world. We are known for educational books for children and youth literature including Harry Potter. Our outstanding and bestselling titles are including books from J.K. Rowling, Paolo Coelho, Yu Hua, Yi Zhongtian, Dr. Tom Wu and Nobel writer Mo Yan. We are also honored to publish the work of HRH Princess Sirindhorn, as well as various Nobel Prize literatures.
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From the ethics of slaughtering farmed livestock to the practical guidelines that must be put in place to maximise animal welfare, this book combines scientific evidence with down-to-earth practical advice for government and private industry managers, veterinarians and animal welfare practitioners.
This book is a documentary work recording history of the Nanjing Massacre survivors. Through the testimony of the few still living survivors and a large number of detailed and meticulous historical archives, this book has fully restored scenes of daily life and stories of Nanjing citizens before and after the Nanjing Massacre. With complete and abundant details, it brings to light the profound disasters caused by Japanese aggression and atrocities.
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Parasitoid wasps are cosmopolitan, numerous and enormously diverse with probably one million or more species worldwide, most of which occur in moist tropics. The ecological importance of this group of insects is enormous although perhaps most evident in their major roles in the control of insect pest populations. In natural ecosystems they are integral in regulating populations of a vast number of insects, and therefore are key players in terrestrial food webs. Knowledge of their biology is still very poor because the current state of taxonomy is still in its infancy in many parts of the world. In this book, we provide an overview of the more than 30 families of parasitoid wasps that are found in the 11 countries in South East Asia. Particular emphasis is given to the most commonly encountered and reared, and those used as natural enemies in biological control programmes. In addition, outlines of the biology, ecology and behaviour of each family and important subfamily are presented. The current state of taxonomy in the region is summarised using distribution maps. Other chapters cover basic morphology, terminology and identification, collecting and rearing in the tropics, food web construction, and the molecular revolution in identification of difficult taxonomic groups. All groups are photographically illustrated. This book will be of value to professional entomologists, academics, entomology students and the growing body of amateur entomologists and insect photographers.
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R is a freely available, open-source statistical programming environment which provides powerful statistical analysis tools and graphics outputs. R is now used by a very wide range of people; biologists (the primary audience of this book), but also all other scientists and engineers, economists, market researchers and medical professionals. R users with expertise are constantly adding new associated packages, and the range already available is immense.This text works through a set of studies that collectively represent almost all the R operations that biology students need in order to analyse their own data. The material is designed to serve students from first year undergraduates through to those beginning post graduate levels. Chapters are organized around topics such as graphing, classical statistical tests, statistical modelling, mapping, and text parsing. Examples are based on real scientific studies, and each one covers the use of more R functions than those simply necessary to get a p-value or plot.The book walks the reader through the data analysis process, starting with very simple plots, and continuing through more complex analyses and programming. It shows how to deal with issues such as error messages that can be confronting for beginners, in order to set students up for a successful scientific career using R.Collectively the authors have a vast amount of teaching experience which they apply here to make the passage into R programming as gentle and easy as possible, whilst guiding the reader to tackle quite complicated programming. Table of contents 1: How to Use this Book 2: Installing and Running R 3: Very Basic R Syntax 4: First Simple Programs and Graphics 5: The Dataframe Concept 6: Plotting Biological Data in Various Ways 7: The Grammar of Graphics Family of Packages 8: Sets and Venn diagrams 9: Statistics: Choosing the Right Test 10: Commonly Used Measures and Statistical Tests 11: Regression and Correlation Analyses 12: Count Data as Response Variable 13: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) 14: Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) 15: More Generalised Linear Modelling 16: Monte Carlo Tests and Randomisation 17: Principal Components Analysis 18: Species Abundance, Accumulation and Diversity Data 19: Survivorship 20: Dates and Julian Dates 21: Mapping and Parsing Text Input for Data 22: More on Manipulating Text 23: Phylogenies and Trees 24: Working with DNA Sequences and other character data 25: Spacing in Two Dimensions 26: Population Modelling Including Spatially Explicit Models 27: More on “apply” Family of Functions – Avoid Loops to get More Speed 28: Food webs and simple graphics 29: Adding Photographs 30: Standard Distributions in R 31: Reading and Writing Data to and from Files
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Worum handelt es sich eigentlich bei dieser eigenartigen Gesellschaftsform, die wir als »Kapitalismus« bezeichnen? Nancy Fraser und Rahel Jaeggi stellen uns im so intensiven wie kontroversen Gespräch seine verschiedenen historischen Formen vor, die stets auf der Trennung von Ökonomie und Politik, Produktion und Reproduktion, menschlicher Gesellschaft und Natur beruhten. Dabei verwerfen sie althergebrachte Vorstellungen vom Wesen des Kapitalismus und wie dieser zu kritisieren sei. Stattdessen liefern sie präzise Diagnosen der gegenwärtigen Krisen und Aufstände und analysieren die Handlungsspielräume linker Politik.
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Die bekannte Philosophin Nancy Fraser untersucht eine Reihe von neueren Ansätzen kritischer Gesellschaftstheorie in Frankreich, Amerika und Deutschland und im Hinblick auf die Theorie und Praxis der Frauenbewegung. Ziel ist die Ausarbeitung einer kritischen Theorie, die als Reflexion der politischen Praxis an praktischen Eingriffsmöglichkeiten orientiert ist. Eine solche Gesellschaftstheorie definiert Fraser als »Selbstverständigung der Zeit über ihre Kämpfe und Wünsche«, wobei der Kampf gegen die Unterdrückung der Frau im Mittelpunkt steht. Getreu der Prämisse, daß sich eine kritische Gesellschaftstheorie von den traditionellen Denkgebäuden durch ihre Orientierung an der politischen Praxis (und nicht durch ein epistemologisches Merkmal) unterscheidet, arbeitet Fraser sowohl die methodisch und inhaltlich relevanten Einsichten neuerer Gesellschaftstheorien als auch ihre systematischen Grenzen, blinden Flecke und Leerstellen heraus. Ihre Arbeiten situieren sich einerseits in der Nachfolge der sogenannten »Poststrukturalisten« und sind andererseits der Kritischen Theorie von Jürgen Habermas verbunden. Beide Positionen werden einer kritischen Lektüre hinsichtlich des Geschlechterverhältnisses unterzogen.
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In diesem Band wird jene heute breitgeführte Diskussion fortgesetzt, die sich im Rahmen der politischen Philosophie mit dem Begriff der Anerkennung und seinem Verhältnis zur Gerechtigkeitstheorie beschäftigt. Nancy Fraser vertritt die These, daß eine politisch-philosophische Konzentration auf die Anerkennungsbegrifflichkeit die Folge hat, die nach wie vor brisanten Umverteilungsfragen in den Hintergrund treten zu lassen; demgegenüber möchte Axel Honneth zeigen, daß sich Fragen der Verteilungsgerechtigkeit normativ besser klären lassen, wenn sie im Rahmen eines hinreichend ausdifferenzierten Anerkennungskonzeptes reformuliert werden. Die durch diese Entgegensetzung gekennzeichnete Fragestellung wirft eine Reihe von politischen, gesellschaftstheoretischen und normativen Fragen auf, die in diesem Band kontrovers behandelt werden.
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Worum handelt es sich eigentlich bei dieser eigenartigen Gesellschaftsform, die wir als »Kapitalismus« bezeichnen? Nancy Fraser und Rahel Jaeggi stellen uns im so intensiven wie kontroversen Gespräch seine verschiedenen historischen Formen vor, die stets auf der Trennung von Ökonomie und Politik, Produktion und Reproduktion, menschlicher Gesellschaft und Natur beruhten. Dabei verwerfen sie althergebrachte Vorstellungen vom Wesen des Kapitalismus und wie dieser zu kritisieren sei. Stattdessen liefern sie präzise Diagnosen der gegenwärtigen Krisen und Aufstände und analysieren die Handlungsspielräume linker Politik.
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Angesichts der gegenwärtigen ökonomischen, ökologischen und sozialen Krisen zeichnet sich ab, dass die Wachstumsdynamik moderner Gesellschaften nicht mehr stabilisierend wirkt, sondern selbst zum Krisentreiber geworden ist. In diesem Band diskutieren die Philosophin Nancy Fraser und die Soziologen Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich und Hartmut Rosa, was dies für die Gegenwart und die Zukunft der Demokratie bedeutet und welche Konzeptionen und Wege hin zu einer demokratischen Transformation vorstellbar sind. Aus ihrer demokratietheoretischen Perspektive intervenieren Viviana Asara, Banu Bargu, Ingolfur Blühdorn, Robin Celikates, Lisa Herzog, Brian Milstein, Michelle Williams und Christos Zografos.
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Angesichts der gegenwärtigen ökonomischen, ökologischen und sozialen Krisen zeichnet sich ab, dass die Wachstumsdynamik moderner Gesellschaften nicht mehr stabilisierend wirkt, sondern selbst zum Krisentreiber geworden ist. In diesem Band diskutieren die Philosophin Nancy Fraser und die Soziologen Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich und Hartmut Rosa, was dies für die Gegenwart und die Zukunft der Demokratie bedeutet und welche Konzeptionen und Wege hin zu einer demokratischen Transformation vorstellbar sind. Aus ihrer demokratietheoretischen Perspektive intervenieren Viviana Asara, Banu Bargu, Ingolfur Blühdorn, Robin Celikates, Lisa Herzog, Brian Milstein, Michelle Williams und Christos Zografos.
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Why is the so-called “coolness” of sadness currently fading? Why is sadness increasingly being medicalized? Why is sadness the most humane of all feelings? And: can animals be sad? Twelve conversations with philosophers, psychiatrists, experts in cultural studies, and psychoanalysts focus on sadness from different perspectives – and they have something positive to say about this emotion. Target Group: For non-specialists and experts – everyone who is interested in the broad spectrum of human sadness
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This new book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is the first to address a range of theoretical issues relating to mass tourism; - Uses a wide selection of case studies to translate theory into practice, covering the historical rise and fall of UK seaside resorts, the increase in Chinese tourism, conflict between different mass tourism groups, destination transformation from mass to niche tourism, and specific problems facing cruise ships; - Is written by a range of international, established authors to give a global perspective on the subject. Finishing with a speculative chapter identifying potential future trends and challenges, this book forms an essential resource for all researchers and students within tourism studies. ; Section 1: Introduction1: Introduction: Mass Tourism in a Small WorldSection 2: Theoretical Approaches to Mass Tourism2: Mass Tourism Does Not Need Defending3: The Morality of Mass Tourism4: The Political Economy of Mass Tourism and its Contradictions5: A Theoretical Approach to Mass Tourism in Italy6: Sustainability and Mass Tourism: A Contradiction in Terms?7: Mass Tourism and the Environment: Issues and DilemmasSection 3: Historical Studies of Tourism Development8: The Dynamics of Tourism Development in Britain: The Profit Motive and that ‘Curious’ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the ‘Butlinization’ of Tourism10: Decline Beside the Seaside: British Seaside Resorts and Declinism11: Mass Tourism and the US National Park Service System12: Transport and Tourism: The Perpetual LinkSection 4: Case Studies in Modern Mass Tourism13: Mass Tourism and China14: Mass Tourism in Thailand: The Chinese and Russians15: Mass Tourism in Bulgaria: The Force Awakens16: Mass Tourism in Mallorca: Examples from Calivià17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Malta’s Quest from Mass Beach to Niche Heritage Tourism19: Cruise Ship Tourism in the Caribbean: The Mess of Mass TourismSection 5: The Future20: Conclusion: Mass Tourism in the Future
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"Huang Ni Street" is Can Xue's debut novel. The work describes people on a street and many things on Huangni Street. Huangni Street is always dirty, even the rain is gray. Can Xue made a detailed description of this street, but this description is different from the description of ordinary writers, with a big jump in thinking and no consistent storyline. There are simple characters and simple stories. Can Xue's first novel constructed Can Xue's very significant writing characteristics later, and these rich images give readers a very special reading experience. Can Xue breaks the usual thinking and framework of traditional novels, and has the typical characteristics of Can Xue from the beginning.
