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Swapna O Satya
by Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe
Goethe started writing his auto biography 'Dichtung and Wahrheit' at the age of 60 and finished the book, when he was 80.
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August 2013Is The Torch Passing? Resistance and Revolution in China & India
by Robert Weil
Building on his extensive studies of China and the struggle for socialism, Robert Weil examines the revolutionary and popular movements in India. Through his analysis we witness the courage, endurance, and persistence of the Indian and Chinese people, as a basis for our revolutionary optimism. He also foresees the possibility of popular movements and Maoists in both countries joining forces to fight their common enemy and win. Anyone who is seriously concerned about the future of these two great nations should read: Is the Torch Passing? Pao-yu of Economics Emerita at Marygrove College Detroit, Michigan, USA Robert Weil unfolds the dialectical relation between the concept of social transformation and revolutionary praxis and once again with persuasive argument reaffirms the import of people’s struggles in realizing just political governance. A must read for activists,students and researchers of social movements and critical studies in social science. Swapna Banerjee-Guhsa,Professor of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai A Clear, direct account of the revolutionary tradition in China and India, placing the Cultural Revolution and Naxalbari in the line of the Paris Commune and October. Will help cut through the maze of postcolonial and ‘end oh history’ ideologies. Saroj Giri, Associate Professor of Political Science, Delhi University, New Delhi.
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Literary FictionUntil You Get Caught
by ian cassidy
As the 40th anniversary approaches new information about the infamous Birmingham Pub Bombings has come to light. Ian Cassidy’s latest novel Until You Get Caught contains sensational new material about the notorious events of 21st November 1974. Daisy the innocent heroine of Ian Cassidy’s latest novel unwittingly stumbles upon the terrorists’ preparations and finds herself caught up in the fallout from her mother’s passionate affair with the leader of the bomb gang. Including details that only an insider could know Until You Get Caught is a vivid and moving account of a young woman’s attempt to answer the question: How can you love a man capable of that? All that and coming of age in Birmingham in the 1980s. Finally the 'true' story can be told
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GardeningOctober 2017Basics of Horticulture
3rd Revised and Enlarged Edition
by K.V. Peter
The present revised edition has 16 chapters including 10 appendices. 42 scientists from seven Institutes, States Agricultural Universities and 2 organizations have contributed to the 3rd revised edition. A village market has now all kinds of vegetables, fruits, tubers and ornamentals which vouch for progress in the science and art of horticulture. Many educated youth are taking up Horticulture as a profession. Basic sciences like physiology, biochemistry, molecular biology and biotechnology, bioinformatics and economics are adding to the understanding of horticultural crops. New To 3rd Edition: 1. 5 chapters of floriculture and landscaping 2. Information on newly released varieties of all horticulture crops 3. Colour photographs 4. Updated data and references
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Computing: generalJune 2015A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation System
Implications and Importance of System Architecture
by David E. Liddle and Lynette I. Millett, Editors; Committee to Review the Enterprise Architecture, Software Development Approach, and Safety and Human Factor Design of the Next Generation Air Transportation System; Computer Science and Telecommunications Board; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Research Council
The Next Generation Air Transportation System's (NextGen) goal is the transformation of the U.S. national airspace system through programs and initiatives that could make it possible to shorten routes, navigate better around weather, save time and fuel, reduce delays, and improve capabilities for monitoring and managing of aircraft. A Review of the Next Generation Air Transportation provides an overview of NextGen and examines the technical activities, including human-system design and testing, organizational design, and other safety and human factor aspects of the system, that will be necessary to successfully transition current and planned modernization programs to the future system. This report assesses technical, cost, and schedule risk for the software development that will be necessary to achieve the expected benefits from a highly automated air traffic management system and the implications for ongoing modernization projects. The recommendations of this report will help the Federal Aviation Administration anticipate and respond to the challenges of implementing NextGen.
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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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Microbiology (non-medical)January 2022Functional Foods
Processing and Packaging
by Tanweer Alam, Saket Kushwaha, Arun Kumar & Sahar Masud
To provide better understanding of use, benefits, significance and impact of functional food ingredients on human health and to disseminate the recent developments in such a rapidly expanding field, this book has been compiled and edited. There are seventeen chapters in this book which not only cover many aspects of functional foods and bioactive compounds from various natural sources and its impacts, but also discuss on sources and applications of natural antioxidants, probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics. The contributing authors are experts in their respective fields. This book will be of interest to a wide spectrum of professionals from food scientists and technologists, nutritionists, biochemists, and engineers to entrepreneurs worldwide. It will also serve as a unique reference for food scientists for the R&D departments of food companies that are working with functional foods and ingredients. Additionally, it will serve as a source of basic information for college and university students majoring in food science and technology, food processing, and engineering. Readers will obtain sound scientific knowledge about various aspects of nutraceuticals and functional foods or food ingredients, fermented functional food, various natural bioactive compounds and antioxidants.
