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2018Activating the Knee
120 exercises for osteoarthritis and after joint placement, injuries and surgery
by Joachim Merk and Thomas Horstmann
Activating the Knee provides 120 exercises to stretch, strengthen and improve mobility, with detailed photographs and clear instructions. They can be combined to create a personalized exercise program.
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Health & Personal DevelopmentHeal Knee Pain
by Zhang Fu
This book is a collaborative work of experts in strength, body building, rehabilitation training and sports medicine. It is a manual for knee protection, functional training and injury recovery, offering practical and comprehensive guidance for athletes. The writer intends to share his own experience of healing knee pain with readers. 内容简介 力量、体能、体形、康复训练专家与运动医学专家的鼎力之作，膝关节保健、功能性训练与伤后康复训练手册，实用、全面的运动者有效护膝指南！作者以亲身经历与万千读者一起见证“终结膝痛”！
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FictionAugust 2018The Language of Go Chess
by Chu Fujin
This is a story about Chinese Go chess.The protagonist Xiao Wang lives in the North Lane. Go chess connects his life with other chess players such as Jiang Chong, Liu Yun, Tao Song, Chen Xiaodong and Chang Shuo. Through this novel, we see the modern life, the modern psychology and the modern society of China.
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Business, Economics & LawApril 2022Peer-to-peer Accommodation and Community Resilience
Implications for Sustainable Development
by Anna Farmaki, Dimitri Ioannides, Stella Kladou
The growth of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation has been remarkable. However, the rapid expansion of the phenomenon has yielded several concerns over its potentially negative impacts on the economic, social and environmental levels. These impacts are highlighted in policy agenda as an emerging problem encountered by many urban destinations experiencing a boom in P2P accommodation. Specifically, concerns have been raised over the impact of the growth of P2P accommodation on local housing markets, residents' well-being and the environment as a result of the touristification of residential areas. In fact, P2P accommodation has been accused of fuelling the 'overtourism' problem that several destinations face. This edited book addresses the need to examine the P2P accommodation phenomenon from a sustainability lens. In particular, through a collection of chapters focusing on diverse cases, the book considers P2P accommodation from the economic, social, environmental and regulatory dimension of sustainability.
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Science & MathematicsJanuary 2021Tropical Tuber Starches
Structural and Functional Characteristics
by S N Moorthy, M S Sajeev, R P K Ambrose, R J Anish
This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge relating to the morphological, structural, and functional characteristics of tuber starches, particularly in relation to their applications in food and industry. In recent years there has been significant progress and extensive research conducted on tropical root starches and especially on some of the lesser known tuber crop starches. There has also been a shift towards using biomaterials in place of synthetic materials in various applications. As researchers investigate the availability of natural products with similar properties, starch has been identified as a reliable alternative to these synthetic materials. Reflecting the growing body of research, Tropical Tuber Starches: - Explores the structure, properties and applications of tropical root and tuber starches (cassava, sweet potato, aroids, yams and other minor tuber crops) - Includes a chapter on the methodology for starch characterisation - Covers patents on starch-based products and the commercial potential of tropical root starches A valuable resource for researchers and students, plant breeders, and commercial producers working with, or considering working with, tropical tuber starches. Table of Contents 1: Introduction - Tropical Tuber Crops and Their Importance 2: Starch - General Considerations 3: Cassava 4: Sweet Potato 5: Aroids 6: Yams 7: Other Starches 8: Starch Modifications 9: Applications of Tuber Starches 10: Characterization and Analysis of Starches 11: Conclusions and Future Prospects
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureDecember 2024Tilapia
Aquaculture, Biology and Health Management
by Kim Thompson, Craig A. Shoemaker, David C Little, Alastair Hamilton, Alvin C. Camus, Andrew P. Shinn, Annette Boerlage, Benjamin R. LaFrentz, Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Channarong Rodkhum, D. Allen Davis, Darci Carlos Fornari, De-Hai Xu, Divya Divya, Esteban M. Soto, Francis Murray, Gustavo Ramirez Paredes, Ha Thanh Dong, Halina Sobolewska, Hetron M. Munang’andu, Ian Goulding, Janina Costa, Joke van der Giessen, Jorge del-Pozo, Junning Cai, Matt J. Griffin, Mona Dverdal Jansen, Nopadon Pirarat, Olga L. M. Haenen, Partho Pratim Debnath, Ram C Bhujel, Roger S. V. Pullin, Ruth Zadoks, Saengchan Senapin, Sonia Rey Planellas, Taylor I. Heckman, Thomas P. Loch, Waldemar Rossi, Jr, Warren Turner
Tilapia are a group of cichlid fish endemic to tropical freshwater in Africa, Jordan and Israel, that are extremely nutritious and in high global demand. They are a popular species to farm because of their relative ease of culture, their tolerance to relatively high stocking densities, large size, rapid growth and palatability. As a thorough exploration of tilapia aquaculture, this book emphasizes the significance of this group of fish and discusses the crucial elements of tilapia farming, including their reproductive and genetic characteristics, the various cultivation systems employed and the emerging governance of the practice. It also addresses important health management issues, focusing on nutrition, immunology, and animal welfare and extensively analyses the diseases that afflict tilapia, how they are diagnosed and what potential zoonotic hazards exist. The value of the book includes: Contributing to the wider understanding of tilapia aquaculture and the importance of the species to global food security. Providing an in-depth discussion on tilapia fish health, including major diseases, nutrition, immunology and disease prevention. Giving detailed insights into tilapia genetics, production systems, and reproduction. Written by an international team of experts to advance the long-term, sustainable growth of the global aquaculture industry, this book is a comprehensive and essential resource for anyone involved in or learning about tilapia farming.
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May 2007Paris, Joyce, Paris
by Djuna Barnes, Karin Kersten, Kyra Stromberg
»Ein Liebhaberbändchen zum Mit-sich-Herumschleppen (nicht nur in Paris), zum Fotos-Anschauen (Paris, wie es einmal war, von unnachahmlichem Zauber), zum Sich-Freuen, daß es solche Bücher noch gibt.« BuchJournal
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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Biography & True StoriesMarch 2022Body Work
The Radical Power of Personal Narrative
by Melissa Febos,
In this bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and writing guide, Melissa Febos tackles the emotional, psychological, and physical work of writing intimately while offering an utterly fresh examination of the storyteller's life and the challenges it presents. How do we write about the relationships that have formed us? How do we describe our bodies, their desires and traumas? What does it mean to have your writing, or living, dismissed as "navel-gazing"-or else hailed as "so brave, so raw"? And to whom, in the end, do our most intimate stories belong? Drawing on her journey from aspiring writer to acclaimed author and writing professor-via addiction and recovery, sex work and academia-Melissa Febos has created a captivating guide to the writing life, and a brilliantly unusual exploration of subjectivity, privacy, and the power of divulgence. Candid and inspiring, Body Work will empower readers and writers alike, offering ideas-and occasional notes of caution-to anyone who has ever hoped to see their true self reflecting back from the open page.
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2022Coping Better with Cancer Therapy
Improved quality of life with the right vitamins and minerals
by Uwe Gröber and Prof. Dr. Klaus Kisters
Cancer patients often suffer from malnutrition. Not only do they lack energy-providing macronutrients such as protein, fats and carbohydrates, they particularly lack the micronutrients that regulate the metabolism. Micronutrients such as vitamin D, selenium, L-carnitine, omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin C significantly contribute to supporting the immune system of cancer patients, reducing inflammatory processes, alleviating the side effects of cancer therapy, and improving their quality of life. This patient guide provides information about the relationship between cancer, malnutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, the influence of cancer therapeutics on micronutrient balance, and how cancer patients can support their therapy and improve their quality of life with a controlled intake of micronutrient
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Science & MathematicsFebruary 2025Assemblages of cancer
Experiences and contexts of breast cancer in the UK, France and Italy
by Cinzia Greco
Assemblages of cancer illustrates the tensions in the experiences and context of breast cancer in Western Europe. Breast cancer is presented as a success story in oncology, especially in countries with advanced, universal healthcare systems. At the same time, individual experiences are shaped by uncertainty, local variability of healthcare provisions, and the need for patients to assemble information about the treatments, knowledge on healthcare systems navigation, and different processes of meaning-making to manage the uncertainty and variability characterising individual outcomes. The book explores both how individual bodies and experiences are transformed by different local medical practices, institutions and discourses of breast cancer and how patients need to find their own way in these contexts. Assemblages of cancer is based on ten years of ethnographic work with patients and medical professionals in the UK, France and Italy.
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2020The Cancer Patient in the Pharmacy
Advisory knowledge for pharmacy practice
by Edited by Dr. Dorothee Dartsch
The decision for cancer treatment has been taken and now a difficult time begins for the cancer patient: complex treatment regimens, side effects, fear. As a trusted confidant and competent point of contact in primary care, the pharmacist is called upon to play a key role. This collection of up-to-date articles provides support in the management of side effects from nausea to cardiotoxicity, gives assistance in interpreting warning signs of complications and highlights particular groups of patients such as pregnant women, geriatric, cachectic or palliative patients.
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March 2025Unter den Sternen von Paris
Roman | Ein romantischer Wohlfühlroman, der das Herz berührt
by Karolina Schützer, Nora Pröfrock
Eine Stadt, die Herzen verbindet – und eine Frau auf der Suche nach sich selbst Unter dem funkelnden Sternenhimmel von Paris versucht Sophia ihr Leben neu zu ordnen: Nach einer schwierigen Scheidung und dem Verlust ihres Traumjobs als TV-Journalistin steht sie an einem Wendepunkt. Als sie unerwartet das Erbe ihrer Großmutter in Form einer kleinen Bar im Quartier Latin antreten soll, wird Sophia in eine Welt hineingezogen, die absolut nichts mit ihrem bisherigen Leben zu tun hat. In der Bar Le Lulu trifft sie auf den charmanten, aber geheimnisvollen Louis, einen alten Freund ihrer Großmutter, und beginnt, die vielen Geheimnisse ihrer Familie zu entdecken. Während sie tiefer in die Geschichte ihrer Großmutter eintaucht, erkennt sie, dass Paris mehr für sie bereithält, als sie jemals gedacht hätte – vielleicht sogar eine zweite Chance auf die Liebe.
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October 2008Die Geheimnisse von Paris
Vollständige Ausgabe. Zwei Bände in Kassette
by Eugène Sue, Helmut Kossodo, Helmut Kossodo
Paris 1838: Ein geheimnisvoller deutscher Herzog kämpft in den verrufensten Gegenden der Stadt für Gerechtigkeit, denn im Labyrinth der nächtlichen Gassen treiben so allerhand finstre Gestalten ihr Unwesen. Eugène Sue (1804-1857) gehört zu den meistgelesenen Autoren des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Geheimnisse von Paris wurden bei Erscheinen 1843 schlagartig zum Bestseller. Einer der spannendsten und furiosesten Romane der europäischen Literatur!
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September 2012
Paris. Eine Liebe
Erzählung
by Urs Faes, Nanne Meyer
Milde Septembertage in Paris: Nach fast dreißig Jahren kehrt Eric zurück in die Stadt, von der er einmal gehofft hatte, sie würde ihm die Erfüllung bringen. Statt dessen brachten ihn die Tage mit Claudine an den Rand der Verzweiflung – Claudine mit ihren hellen, fast weißblonden Haaren, die Hände in den Taschen ihres grünen Mantels vergraben. Jetzt scheint eine Wiederbegegnung möglich. Und es stellt sich die Frage, ob »einer nicht genauso aus dem besteht, was er nicht gelebt hat, wie aus dem, was durch Zufall seine Wirklichkeit geworden ist«. -- Mit Zeichnungen von Nanne Meyer.
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The ArtsJanuary 2014Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters
Li Xiaocong—Pastel Porcelain
by He Xiangqin
This set of book introduces 52 artists who were conferred “Chinese Arts and Crafts Master”. They all have their unique skills with outstanding contributions. Each book has an interview with the master to show the unique technique and design concept to the readers.
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The ArtsJanuary 2013Chinese Arts and Crafts Masters
Yin Xiuyun—Cloisonne Enamel
by Yang Weihua
This set of book introduces 54 artists who were conferred “Chinese Arts and Crafts Master”. They all have their unique skills with outstanding contributions. Each book has an interview with the master to show the unique technique and design concept to the readers.
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Die tollen Fowleys und ihre Freunde
by Rosa Raacz
Die tollen Fowleys und ihre Freunde Vor ein paar Jahren machte ich Urlaub auf dem Bauernhof meines Sohnes. Meine beiden Enkelkinder waren ungefähr sechs oder sieben Jahre alt. Sie wussten, dass ich gerne Geschichten erzähle, und jeden Abend, bevor sie schlafen gingen, erzählte ich ihnen von den Tieren auf ihrer Farm. Sie wollten immer mehr hören ... Die Geschichten handelten von Fluffy dem Hühnchen, seinem Freund John Ernest der Schildkröte, Hi-Ho dem Pferd, Gideon der Ziege, und den anderen – kurz gesagt, ein fröhlicher Haufen! Ich kehrte nach Hause zurück und erhielt ein paar Tage später einen Brief von meiner Schwiegertochter, in dem ich gebeten wurde, die Geschichten aufzuschreiben, damit sie ihren Kindern vorlesen konnte. Und so entstand dieses Buch. Alle, die Winnie the Pooh, Der Wind in den Weiden, Der Hobbit, und all diese wundervollen Bücher unserer Kindheit geliebt haben, werden auch dieses Buch lieben und ein paar Stunden Unterhaltung genießen, unabhängig vom Alter. Ich schreibe seit über fünfzig Jahren; Einige meiner Arbeiten wurden bereits veröffentlicht, andere sind noch in Vorbereitung. Ich habe mit der Veröffentlichung dieses Buches gewartet, bis ein passender Illustrator gefunden wurde. Ich hatte das Glück, mit Miss Friedman zusammenzuarbeiten, die es geschafft hat, die Charaktere der Geschichten auf einzigartige Weise zu personalisieren. Viel Spaß! Ihre Rosa Raacz
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Technology, Engineering & AgricultureNovember 2019Tropical Roots and Tuber Crops, 2nd Edition
Cassava, sweet potato, yams and aroids
by Vincent Lebot
Root and tuber crops are important to agriculture, food security and income for 2.2 billion people in developing countries. These species produce large quantities of dietary energy and have stable yields under difficult environmental conditions. This second edition of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops is an authoritative treatment of four important root and tuber crops: cassava. sweet potato, yams, and aroids. The same format is followed for each crop: Origin and History, Taxonomy and Botany, Breeding and Genetics, Developmental Physiology, Agronomy, Pests and Diseases, Post-Harvest Quality and Marketing. This new edition reviews the scientific literature produced during the last decade and presents major technical advancements. Modern molecular tools have been used to clarify the phylogeny, taxonomy and origin of these species. Similar advances have been made in physiology, agronomy, pathology and product chemistry. It is essential reading for students, researchers and horticulturists.
