Rachel Amphlett
USA Today bestselling author Rachel Amphlett is the creator of over 25 crime thrillers. Rachelâs titles are available for consideration to all parties interested in licensing IP.
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Buttercup Publishing Ltd.
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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January 2021Practical R for Biologists
An Introduction
by Donald Quicke, Buntika A Butcher, Rachel Kruft Welton
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 âapplyâ Family of Functions â 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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October 2023Parasitoid Wasps of South East Asia
by Buntika A Butcher, Donald Quicke
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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January 2020Rachel Carson, Updated Edition
by Marie-Therese Miller
Rachel Carson was a nature lover since childhood. As an adult, she became a marine biologist and wrote award-winning books about the ocean, capturing the imagination of her readers with her poetic descriptions of the sea and its inhabitants. But it was her book Silent Spring that thrust Carson and the hazards of using pesticides into the national consciousness. Silent Spring sounded the alarm about the threat chemical pesticides posed to wildlife and made people sensitive to the ways they impacted the earth. Carsonâand her bookâare often credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement. Rachel Carson, Updated Edition illustrates how this writer was able to bring national attention to a growing environmental crisis.
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November 2017The Lake of Fire
by Donald Willerton
Mogi Franklin and his sister Jennifer are delighted to be attending a high school science conference in New Mexico amidst a hundred thousand acres of meadows, mountains, rivers, and volcanoes far older than recorded time. But their focus quickly changes when they learn of the disappearance fifty years ago of a plane with two hundred pounds of plutoniumâand of the terrorist nations vying today to find it in those same mountains.Soon, they are engulfed in a complex web of Russian spies, government lies and deceit, an old box full of clues, and the real possibility that the shipment bound decades ago for nearby Los Alamos national laboratory is indeed hidden tantalizingly close to their conference center.Puzzling over the mystery, Mogi sets out with some friends on a backpacking trip to a remote lake. Too late they realize their mistake, as a minor forest fire suddenly explodes into the most dangerous blaze in the state's history, trapping Mogi and the others right in its path. They're fighting for their lives in this fifth book of the Mogi Franklin Mysteries, and if he's going to come up with a way out, he'd better do it fast!
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January 2017Meine Cousine Rachel
Roman
by Daphne du Maurier, Brigitte Heinrich, Christel Dormagen
Seit dem Tod seiner Eltern lebt Philipp bei seinem wohlhabenden Vetter Ambrose in Cornwall â bis der langjĂ€hrige Junggeselle auf einer Florenzreise ĂŒberraschend heiratet. In Briefen erzĂ€hlt Ambrose Philipp von seinem EheglĂŒck mit Rachel. Mit der Zeit jedoch werden die Briefe seltener, die Inhalte verwirrender. Eines Tages trifft ein beunruhigender Hilferuf aus Italien ein: Ambrose ist an einem rĂ€tselhaften Leiden erkrankt und fĂŒhlt sich von Rachel bedroht. Philipp reist alarmiert nach Florenz, doch er kommt zu spĂ€t: Ambrose ist tot, und von der jungen Witwe fehlt jede Spur ... bis Rachel vor Philipps TĂŒr in Cornwall steht. Und sie ist ganz anders, als er erwartet hĂ€tte: humorvoll, intelligent und zurĂŒckhaltend. Mehr und mehr verfĂ€llt Philipp der schönen Frau, doch plötzlich erkrankt auch er ⊠Ein faszinierender und dramatischer Spannungsroman, jetzt in neuer Ăbersetzung.
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January 2017Meine Cousine Rachel
Roman
by Daphne Maurier, Brigitte Heinrich, Christel Dormagen
Seit dem Tod seiner Eltern lebt Philipp bei seinem wohlhabenden Vetter Ambrose in Cornwall â bis der langjĂ€hrige Junggeselle auf einer Florenzreise ĂŒberraschend heiratet. In Briefen erzĂ€hlt Ambrose Philipp von seinem EheglĂŒck mit Rachel. Mit der Zeit jedoch werden die Briefe seltener, die Inhalte verwirrender. Eines Tages trifft ein beunruhigender Hilferuf aus Italien ein: Ambrose ist an einem rĂ€tselhaften Leiden erkrankt und fĂŒhlt sich von Rachel bedroht. Philipp reist alarmiert nach Florenz, doch er kommt zu spĂ€t: Ambrose ist tot, und von der jungen Witwe fehlt jede Spur ... bis Rachel vor Philipps TĂŒr in Cornwall steht. Und sie ist ganz anders, als er erwartet hĂ€tte: humorvoll, intelligent und zurĂŒckhaltend. Mehr und mehr verfĂ€llt Philipp der schönen Frau, doch plötzlich erkrankt auch er ⊠Ein faszinierender und dramatischer Spannungsroman, jetzt in neuer Ăbersetzung.
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Children's & YAOctober 2021The Lost Smile
by Nadia L. King / Nelli Aghekyan
When Zaytoon wakes up feeling sad, she goes on a search to find her smile. From the kitchen to the garden, Zaytoon searches high and low,and eventually discovers her smile â itâs smiling at her from her reflection in the window! The Lost Smile is beautifully illustrated colourful picture book that demonstrates the importance of accepting our emotions. Zaytoonâs journey shows children itâs okay to be sad and reassures young readers that sadness can be temporary. Themes include cultural diversity, emotional intelligence, family life and the importance of connecting with nature and animals.
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Business, Economics & LawMay 2017Mass Tourism in a Small World
by David Harrison, Richard Sharpley, Hazel Andrews, Julio Aramberri, Gregory Ashworth, Raoul Bianchi, Sue Bleasdale, Kelly Bricker, Jim Butcher, Erik Cohen, David T. Duvall, Martin Farr, John Heeley, Andrew Holden, Stanislav Ivanov, Heather Jeffrey, Gabriele Manella, Chris Ryan, Asterio Savelli, Hongdi Shen, John E Tunbridge, David Weaver, Paul F Wilkinson
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 âCuriousâ Alliance of Private Capital and the Local State9: From Holiday Camps to the All-inclusive: the âButlinizationâ 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 CaliviĂ 17: Tunisia: Mass Tourism in Crisis?18: From Blue to Grey? Maltaâs 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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November 1983Das Lied der Rachel
Mit einem Nachwort von Miguel Barnet. Aus dem Spanischen ĂŒbersetzt von Wilhelm Plackmeyer. Das Nachwort von Miguel Barnet ĂŒbersetzte Monika LĂłpez aus dem Spanischen
by Miguel Barnet, Wilhelm Plackmeyer, Miguel Barnet
»Rachel«, eine mit allen Wassern gewaschene VarietĂ©sĂ€ngerin, strebt frĂŒh nach Höherem, ohne es jedoch zu erreichen. »La bella de Alhambra« schwelgt in BanalitĂ€ten und Kitsch, ist â mit liberalen EinschrĂ€nkungen â Rassistin, weil ihre Kundschaft rassistisch ist, orientiert sich an Horoskopen, beschĂ€ftigt sich mit fliegenden Untertassen. Ihr Bericht lĂ€Ăt die stickige AtmosphĂ€re der »belle Ă©poque« des vorrevolutionĂ€ren Cuba nachempfinden, vermischt die Schilderung der klassischen StraĂenschlachten zwischen einheimischen und französischen ZuhĂ€ltern im Viertel San Isidro, des Rassenkrieges von 1912 und der »toten Zeit« zwischen den Zuckerrohrernten mit Kosmetikkniffen, Theaterklatsch und dem tĂ€glichen Leben der Unterwelt. Nach der Revolution von 1959 entwickeln sich die Dinge ungĂŒnstig fĂŒr »Rachel«: die »HĂ€user«, die sie mittlerweile in besagtem Viertel besitzt, werden liquidiert, ihre Karriere als »freie Unternehmerin« ist beendet.
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Mind, Body, SpiritGODTALK
Experiences of Humanityâs Connections with a Higher Power
by Neale Donald Walsch
Begin Your Conversation with God Donât look now, but God is talking with you. In fact, God is never not talking with you! Neale Donald Walsch, author of the Conversations with God book series, invites you to be present to life and the experience of your talks with God. He shares how the Divine talks to you in a hundred ways across a thousand moments, using feelings, words, images, ideas, metaphors, and events that can change your life. Feel the wonder as Neale Donald Walsch, along with our sacred storytellers, share their talks with God, including those of:âą a woman who was reassured her health condition would be healedâą an exhausted single mom whose message reaffirmed her belief that God heard her prayersâą a scientist whose conversation with the presence of God dramatically changed his lifeâą a teacher who received a message to help her connect with her students Experience your own conversations, empowered by intention and discernment, as Neale shares the six-step process he uses in his own conversations with God. Discover profound, yet simple, insights into what you can do to deepen the dialogue once you become tuned into God talking to you. Be prepared to be surprised and delighted by your communications with the Divine!
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Humanities & Social SciencesJanuary 2018The History of Nanjing Massacre
by Edit by Zhang Jianjun,Zhang Sheng
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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May 2020The Slaughter of Farmed Animals
Practical ways of enhancing animal welfare
by Temple Grandin, Michael Cockram
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.
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A Partir de Rien
by Ron Adam
A Partir de RienUn thriller apocalyptique par Ron Adam Tout comme dans les tragĂ©dies grecques, lâAmĂ©rique va droit Ă la collision inĂ©vitable avec lâultime menace : la combinaison fatale de lâIslam fanatique avec les armes nuclĂ©aires et les ressources Ă©nergĂ©tiques les plus riches du monde. Le 11 septembre 2001, Osama Bin Laden a dĂ©montrĂ© au monde comment on pouvait aisĂ©ment retourner les dollars amĂ©ricains et la technologie des Etats-Unis et les utiliser comme un boomerang frappant droit au cĆur de lâAmĂ©rique. Il est Ă la fois facile et terrible dâimaginer ce qui peut arriver si un tel zĂšle fanatique rĂ©ussit Ă sâĂ©quiper de la puissance monstrueuse des armes nuclĂ©aires.Un coup dâĆil rapide Ă la carte montre que les Etats-Unis ont appris la leçon et que les guerres en Afghanistan et en Iraq doivent juste refermer le cercle autour de la menace vĂ©ritable â lâIran.A Partir de Rien vous entraĂźne dans le tourbillon qui balaie le monde, depuis une guerre locale dans le Golfe Persique, en passant par un coup dâĂ©tat militaire en Russie - la nouvelle ancienne alliĂ©e de lâIran â jusquâĂ un vĂ©ritable holocauste nuclĂ©aire.L'Ă©quipe d'un sous-marin amĂ©ricain, constituĂ©e d'hommes uniquement, qui sans le vouloir, a jouĂ© un rĂŽle actif dans la destruction de lâhumanitĂ©, dĂ©couvre au lendemain de la catastrophe que câest sur ses Ă©paules quâincombe dâaccomplir la tĂąche opposĂ©e â recrĂ©er la race humaine â A Partir de Rien. AprĂšs neuf mois passĂ©s sous lâeau, ils vont Ă©merger vers une Ăźle lointaine du Pacifique sur laquelle les conditions peuvent de nouveau supporter la vie. EquipĂ©s des technologies les plus sophistiquĂ©es, ils emportent avec eux deux douzaines dâovaires fertilisĂ©s congelĂ©s, qui sont chacun destinĂ©s Ă devenir une nouvelle Eve, et qui, ensemble, constitueront les mĂšres dâune nouvelle humanitĂ©.Cependant les « Adams » sont malheureusement trop nombreux sur cette Ăźle ! Plus dâune centaine dâhommes attendent impatiemment que les 24 petites filles grandissent pour mĂ»rir et devenir des femmes, et le combat pour prendre contrĂŽle de cette prĂ©cieuse « ressource » est par consĂ©quent inĂ©vitable.Ces hommes dĂ©couvrent que la nature humaine ne peut ĂȘtre changĂ©e. MĂȘme aprĂšs la guerre ultime qui a tout dĂ©truit, lâhomme continuera Ă se servir de la force pure pour obtenir ce quâil veut et pour rĂ©soudre les disputes.En dĂ©pit de sa trame pessimiste, le livre est essentiellement optimiste et est guidĂ© par la foi dans la loi de lâhistoire : il se peut que les bons doivent souffrir et payer un lourd tribut mais, Ă la fin du compte, ils gagneront.Lâauteur : un pilote de chasse, officier naval et ingĂ©nieur supĂ©rieur de Hi-Tech. Ron Adam a menĂ© une carriĂšre militaire impressionnante, du service dans un sous-marin et un torpilleur de la marine israĂ©lienne en passant par lâaviation israĂ©lienne comme pilote de chasse, capitaine sur un porte-avions, instructeur de vol et officier du personnel de guerre Ă©lectronique. PossĂ©dant un diplĂŽme dâingĂ©nieur en Ă©lectronique, Adam a dirigĂ© un programme de dĂ©fense de 1,2 milliards de dollars et a Ă©galement fondĂ© trois entreprises start-up dans le high-tech. Aujourdâhui, Adam est ingĂ©nieur-conseil supĂ©rieur dans les industries aĂ©ronautiques et il partage son temps entre la technique de haut niveau et lâĂ©criture de livres et de scĂ©narios. Il est mariĂ© et a trois enfants.
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LOGIC â A First Course
by Prof. A. Blum
LOGIC â A First Course Prof. A. Blum A rigorous first course in logic for students of philosophy. The book aims to teach a natural deduction technique and to give a thorough intuitive understanding of the metatheory of elementary logic. Prof. Blum, one of Israelâs leading philosophical logicians, has published over 40 articles on logic and related subjects in international journals, and is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Bar-Ilan University. 192 pages, 16.5X23.5 cm
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June 2006Sturmnacht
Die dunklen FĂ€lle des Harry Dresden
by Butcher, Jim / Ăbersetzt von Langowski, JĂŒrgen
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September 2009Bluthunger
Die dunklen FĂ€lle des Harry Dresden
by Butcher, Jim / Ăbersetzt von Langowski, JĂŒrgen
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September 2007Grabesruhe
Die dunklen FĂ€lle des Harry Dresden
by Butcher, Jim / Ăbersetzt von Langowski, JĂŒrgen
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July 2009Silberlinge
Die dunklen FĂ€lle des Harry Dresden
by Butcher, Jim / Ăbersetzt von Langowski, JĂŒrgen
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May 2009Feenzorn
Die dunklen FĂ€lle des Harry Dresden
by Butcher, Jim / Ăbersetzt von Langowski, JĂŒrgen
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July 2020Kudos
Roman | Eine weibliche Odyssee im 21. Jahrhundert
by Rachel Cusk, Eva Bonné
Was verbergen wir, indem wir uns zeigen? Und warum wissen wir am wenigsten ĂŒber das, was uns am meisten bewegt? Rachel Cusk ist die spannendste Schriftstellerin unserer Zeit und Kudos der Abschluss ihres Meisterwerks, ein lebenskluger, beziehungsreicher Roman, erzĂ€hlt mit schlichter Eleganz und abgrĂŒndigem Witz. Faye ist Schriftstellerin und unterwegs, ihren neuen Roman vorzustellen. FĂŒr sie scheint diese Reise lebensentscheidend. Nicht nur hofft sie, endlich die ihr gebĂŒhrende öffentliche Anerkennung zu finden, sie sucht vor allem Abstand zu einer privaten Katastrophe. Sie begegnet Kollegen, die sich um Kopf und Kragen reden, sie bestreitet BĂŒhnengesprĂ€che, in denen man ihr nicht zuhört, und sie gibt Interviews, ohne wirklich selbst zu Wort zu kommen. Doch je mehr sie sich auf die anderen einlĂ€sst, umso deutlicher wird Faye, was jenseits all der Geschichten und Fiktionen liegt, mit denen die Menschen sich fast obsessiv wappnen. Die Konsequenz, die Faye fĂŒr sich daraus zieht, ist einleuchtend â fĂŒhrt sie aber geradewegs zurĂŒck in die Bodenlosigkeit ihrer persönlichen Situation.
