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Colmena Editores is an independent Peruvian publishing house based in Lima and founded in 2012. Since its inception, it has prioritized the publication of classic authors.
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Veterinary medicine: large animals (domestic / farm)January 2010Paratuberculosis
Organism, Disease, Control
by Edited by Marcel A Behr, Desmond M Collins.
Paratuberculosis, also referred to as Johne's disease, affects cattle, goats, sheep, buffalo, deer and other ruminants. It is common worldwide and responsible for significant economic losses in the dairy industry. Recent advances in detection, vaccination and microbial genetics make this a timely book that examines the epidemiology of paratuberculosis, the organism that causes the disease, and practical aspects of its diagnosis and control. It also addresses the link between paratuberculosis in the food chain and human health implications, including Crohn's disease. This authoritative text is an essential resource for large animal veterinarians, livestock industry personnel and those involved in the dairy and meat industries, as well as microbiologists, researchers and students in these fields.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMay 2023Creating character
Theories of nature and nurture in Victorian sensation fiction
by Helena Ifill
This book explores the ways in which the two leading sensation authors of the 1860s, Mary Elizabeth Braddon and Wilkie Collins, engaged with nineteenth-century ideas about personality formation and the extent to which it can be influenced either by the subject or by others. Innovative readings of seven sensation novels explore how they employ and challenge Victorian theories of heredity, degeneration, inherent constitution, education, upbringing and social circumstance. Far from presenting a reductive depiction of 'nature' versus 'nurture', Braddon and Collins show the creation of character to be a complex interplay of internal and external factors. Drawing on material ranging from medical textbooks, to sociological treatises, to popular periodicals, Creating character shows how sensation authors situated themselves at the intersections of established and developing, conservative and radical, learned and sensationalist thought about how identity could be made and modified.
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Hospital infectionsNovember 1997Occupational Blood-borne Infections
Risk and Management
by Edited by Christopher H Collins, D A Kennedy
Many health professionals may be exposed to, and undertake the collection and handling of blood or its products, whether it be for analysis and diagnosis or more specifically for transfusion. Other workers in a variety of public services, such as the police and community care, also routinely encounter situations in which exposure to blood through such incidents as needle stick injuries is a serious issue. This timely book describes the diversity of risks faced within these differing settings and sets out the methods by which these risks can be reduced or managed. The authors describe the various blood-borne disease-causing agents and their epidemiology, including hepatitis B, C and D, HIV viruses and bacterial, protozoal and helminthic organisms. Prevention of infection is discussed thoroughly and existing standard procedures are reviewed. Detection, decontamination and post-exposure procedures are also examined. This book is an essential resource for all physicians, general practitioners, nursing and dental staff and laboratory workers who collect and handle blood. It is important reading for all those undertaking medical training, especially those studying for postgraduate qualifications in pathology, infection control and microbiology. It is also a valuable reference source for all public service workers such as the police, prison officers, and community and social workers.
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Agriculture & related industriesJuly 2005Agriculture as a Producer and Consumer of Energy
by Edited by Joe Outlaw, Keith Collins, James Duffield
Recent concerns about energy security in the US have drawn greater attention to agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy. Agriculturally-derived energy sources such as ethanol, biodiesel, biomass, and windpower presently supply between 0.3% and 0.5% of the energy consumed in the US. Organized into two parts, the first section of this book examines agriculture's role as a producer and consumer of energy, the integration of biomass energy into the US energy systems, a policy overview, and outlooks for energy production and consumption. The second section is a compendium of current research including the economic viability of ethanol and biodiesel; energy conservation and efficiency in agriculture; new methods and technologies; and environmental impacts and considerations.
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Literature & Literary StudiesOctober 2023Reading David Foster Wallace between philosophy and literature
by Allard den Dulk, Pia Masiero, Adriano Ardovino
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Tourism industryOctober 2008Tourism Society's Dictionary for the Tourism Industry
by Edited by Verite Reily Collins
This dictionary is a handy reference covering everyday terms used within the tourism, travel, leisure and airline sectors. The dictionary provides an overview of terminology used within these global industries, complete with explanations for industry-specific terms and helpful annotated diagrams to illustrate travel related information, such as seating plans and airline tickets. It is a useful introduction for those new to studying or working in tourism and related industries. " Covers travel-related facts on over 130 countries, including capital cities, currencies and languages " Includes airline and airport codings for major airlines and airports worldwide " Lists the Phonetic Radio Alphabet as used by pilots and other transport professionals. " Provides a selection of interesting words and idioms useful for guides, tour managers and those compiling itineraries Find updated definitions here
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Tourism industryDecember 1997Leisure Management
Issues and Applications
by Edited by Michael F Collins, Ian S Cooper
The World Leisure and Recreation Association (WLRA) held its fourth World Congress in Cardiff, Wales, in July 1996. The overall theme was “Leisure and the Quality of Life In the 21st Century”. At the congress, the Management Commission, the newest of WLRA’s Commissions, attracted 78 papers in the management and access theme, from 16 countries.This book presents edited and revised versions of 18 of the most significant papers from the management section of the congress. The papers are diverse in topic, focus and geography, but demonstrate the vigour and developing nature of management studies in leisure, both of an applied and theoretical nature. Two themes in particular are developed: issues, such as access to leisure services, pressures of visitor numbers on rural areas, and contracting out of services to the private sector; and applications of different theories and approaches to managing leisure resources and customers. Case study material is presented from locations as diverse as Australia, Brazil, Canada, Spain and the UK. Overall, the book will be invaluable as supplementary reading for students of leisure studies and for lecturers, researchers and practitioners in leisure management.
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August 2019Marcel Proust und die Frauen
18. Publikation der Marcel Proust Gesellschaft
by Barbara Vinken, Sprenger Ulrike, Ulrike Sprenger
Ohne die Frauen ist Prousts Schreiben nicht zu verstehen. Bereits in der Eingangsszene der Recherche ist Imagination mit Weiblichkeit verknüpft, wenn der Träumer eine Frau halluziniert, die aus einer falschen Lage seines Schenkels heraus geboren wird, so wie Eva einer Rippe Adams entsprungen ist. Schließlich identifiziert sich der Erzähler selbst mit einer Frau, wenn er mit dem Buch, das er im Begriff zu schreiben ist, »schwanger« geht. Das Weibliche ist so nicht nur Bestandteil des Romans, sondern konstitutiv für Prousts Schreiben selbst, das man eine écriture au féminin nennen könnte.Wie kein anderer vor und nach ihm erforscht Proust zudem das Rätsel weiblichen, genauer lesbischen Begehrens. Albertine ist kein Mann in weiblicher Verkleidung, sondern Figur des Femininen par excellence – Figur des Flüchtigen, Opaken, Fragmentarischen und somit Inbegriff von Prousts Modernität. Der vorliegende Band versammelt die Beiträge des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Symposions, das die Marcel Proust Gesellschaft 2017 in München veranstaltet hat. Nicht nur biografische Quellenforschung, sondern Prousts weibliches Schreiben und sein Schreiben des Weiblichen stehen im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchungen.
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Soil science, sedimentologyJuly 2006Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments
Measurement, Modelling and Management
by Edited by Philip N Owens, Alison J Collins
This book reviews the major achievements recently made in soil erosion and sediment redistribution research and management, and identifies future requirements. The book presents work from key players in river basin soil erosion and sediment redistribution from sources to sinks, field to riverbank, from academia to policy and industry. It examines the developments made in three themes - measurement, modelling and management - and covers a variety of scales (in both time and space) and geographical locations.
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Children's & YAJune 2019Die Unausstehlichen & ich - Das Leben ist ein Rechenfehler (Band 1)
by Walder, Vanessa / Korthues, Barbara
The Unbearables & Me – Life‘s an Error in Calculation (Vol. 1) A rebellious young girl who has seen it allAn isolated boarding school in the mountains with a dark secret5 particular friends One shared plan to escape … - A defense apology, written as a report using swear words (crossed out) - absolutely authentic and touching, yet funny! - A first-person narrative in report style about an unusual topic that will get under your skin! - Illustrated in b/w (20%) Together, we’re unbearable… Eleven-year-old foster kid Enni gets transferred to a secluded, damn boring boarding school and soon stumbles across secrets, involving the entire staff and somehow revolving around twelve-year-old Dante and a long forgotten accident.
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October 1998Der Soldat James Ryan
Der Roman zum Film nach dem Drehbuch von Robert Rodat
by Collins, Max A
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Literature & Literary StudiesDecember 2022Shakespeare, memory, and modern Irish literature
by Nicholas Taylor-Collins
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May 2003Marcel Proust – Orte und Räume
Elfte Publikation der Marcel Proust Gesellschaft
by Angelika Corbineau-Hoffmann, Marcel Proust Gesellschaft
Jetzt, da das Werk Marcel Prousts geschlossen in neuer deutscher übersetzung vorliegt, kann auch der deutsche Leser dessen gesamte Dimensionen erfassen und ausschreiten. Marcel Proust, Romancier der Zeit, ist zugleich ein Romancier des Raumes: Orte und Räume – Zimmer, Lebensräume, Ziele von Reisen – finden in einer räumlichen Konzeption des Werkes ihre Entsprechung: Auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Zeit ist ein Gebäude, oder mit Prousts Bild: eine Kathedrale der Erinnerung. Marcel Proust – Orte und Räume enthält die Beiträge des Leipziger Symposions der Marcel Proust Gesellschaft vom 5. bis 8. Juli 2001.
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October 2021A Manual for Agribusiness Value Chain Analysis in Developing Countries
by Benjamin Dent, Ray Collins
Value Chain Analysis (VCA) diagnoses the current state of a value chain and makes recommendations to improve its effectiveness and efficiency. Applying VCA in developing countries is very often subject to limited time and funding. This manual shows how VCA principles can be applied under such circumstances. It explains how to undertake an affordable VCA that still generates valid data and so produces recommendations that will have impact. The manual has four parts: Part 1: Our Approach to Value Chain Thinking - sets out the principles and practice of taking a value chain approach. Part 2: Conducting Value Chain Analysis - covers planning a VCA, conducting consumer research, interviewing, analysing, creating recommendations and reporting. Part 3: Case Studies - illustrates successful VCAs with case studies e.g. Ghanaian pineapples and Kenyan indigenous chicken. Part 4: Further Reading and Biographies The practical style and content will make this manual accessible to a wide audience: NGO practitioners; government policymakers and extension officers; private sector managers and consultants; and academics for teaching and researching.
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Tourism industryApril 2010Tourism and Visual Culture, Volume 1
Theories and Concepts
by Edited by Peter M Burns, Catherine A Palmer, Jo-Anne M Lester.
Tourism is an essentially visual experience: we leave our homes so as to travel to see places, thus adding to our personal knowledge about, and experience of, the world. The study of tourism as a complex social phenomenon, beyond simply business, is increasing in importance, and by providing an examination of perceptions of culture and society in tourism destinations through the tourist's eyes, this book discusses how destinations were, and are, created and perceived through the 'lens' of the tourist's gaze.
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July 2018Collins geheimer Channel 1 - Wie ich endlich cool wurde
Comic-Roman
by Zett, Sabine / Illustriert von Zapf
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Mycology, fungi (non-medical)January 1984A Monograph of the Choanephoraceae
by Edited by Paul M Kirk
Mycological monograph on the Choanphoraceae
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February 1986Zeit und Erinnerung in Marcel Prousts »A la recherche du temps perdu«
Ein Beitrag zur Theorie des Romans
by Hans Robert Jauß
Jauß’ Interpretation von Marcel Prousts »À la recherche du temps perdu« macht die unsichtbare Chronologie, die wiederkehrenden Motive oder Figurationen der Zeit und damit die im Horizont der ersten Lektüre noch verborgene Architektonik des ganzen Zyklus transparent.
