Avocado is native to the New World, originating in southern Mexico, Central America and the West Indies. The fruit has long been used as a food by Native Americans in these regions and was know by the Aztecs as “ahuacatl”. Avocado was first mentioned in print in the report Suma de Geographia by Martin Fernandez de Enciso, published in Spain in 1519 (Popenoe and Zentmyer 1997). He observed t…
A comprehensive, richly illustrated overview of the world's diverse religious faiths features more than four hundred full-color, captioned photographs and illustrations, along with profiles of key religious figures--from Jesus Christ and Mohammed to Buddha and Krishna--along with explanations of religious iconography, and a discussion of the rituals, practices, and beliefs of each faith.
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring this breathtakingly beautiful country.Trek across the frozen blue ice of Glaciar Perito Moreno, admire splendid colonial architecture in Cordoba, marvel at the mighty Iguazu Falls or explore Buenos Aires' historic Plaza de Mayo: everything you need to know is …
The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Turkey. Browse the lively bazaars of Istanbul, laze on Bodrum''s picturesque bays or stroll around the incredible rock formations of Cappadocia: everything you need to know is clearly laid out within colour-coded chapters. Discover the best of Turkey with t…
Whether you want to unleash your inner cowboy on the ranches, take in the truly spectacular sight of the Grand Canyon or test your luck in Las Vegas, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that the Southwest USA and National Parks has to offer. Distinguished by its red sandstone mesas, cactus-studded deserts and towering rock arches, the Southwest USA's dramatic landsc…
The present work contains records of the Christian Arabic Bible translations and Bible commentaries that are kept at the Department of Asian and African Studies at the British Library. Many of these manuscripts have previously been described in various catalogues, yet with different levels of detail. The main problem, however, for those interested in the material is to navigate through all thes…
This key new introduction, by one of the leading exponents in the field, explains in clear and accessible language the historical and theoretical origins of post-colonial theory. Acknowledging that post-colonial theory draws on a wide, often contested, range of theory from different fields, Young analyzes the concepts and issues involved, explains the meaning of key terms, and interprets the wo…
DK Eyewitness Travel's full-color guidebooks to hundreds of destinations around the world truly show you what others only tell you. They have become renowned for their visual excellence, which includes unparalleled photography, 3-D mapping, and specially commissioned cutaway illustrations. DK Eyewitness Travel Guides are the only guides that work equally well for inspiration, as a planning t…
Legitimacy is a common theme in political and social research. It is conventionallyseen to play a fundamental role in any political system. Discussions of what it doesto social and political life have occupied deep minds in sociology, philosophy, andpolitical science.¹ Yet the most commonly stated reason to care about legitimacy inpolitical analysis comes down to a belief about its effects. Le…
The euro, the common European currency adopted in 1999, is now entering its thirddecade. The euro is unique in at least two ways. First, a large number of independentcountries, EU member states, have handed over responsibility for their monetarypolicy to an independent central bank, the European Central Bank (ECB), whilemaintaining domestic control overfiscal policy. Second, the euro, to the be…
his research was funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation as part of the research award for Sharon Macdonald’s Alexander von Humboldt Professorship, and was carried out at the Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage (CARMAH) at the Department for European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. I also received financial support from the Ge…
Each morning before sunrise an army of traders arrive at their desks,switch on their screens, and start fielding calls. On most days, the flow oftrades that pass through their hands represents the normal activity of anever-deepening, globally interdependent financial market. These traderscoordinate a complicated international marketplace, where orders usu-ally come from institutional investors …
When Si Zheng, the Shaanxi regional military commissioner, was a young man, he organized many young men of ill repute into a “righteous brother-hood.” If one member was attacked, they would combine forces and take revenge. Zheng had beaten to death a man at a singing loft in the provincial capital.1 The owner was powerless to apprehend him, and Zheng escaped. They seized a certain Mr. Liu, …
Following a successful period working in the colonial capital of Batavia ( Jakarta), Prawiradinata, a young and ambitious clerk in the indigenous civil service, was transferred to a new post in Purwakarta, a small town in Java’s interior. His enthusiasm about his career advancement quickly evaporated when he discovered that beyond the capital, …
Aphotograph presents the bourgeois family idyll in Léopoldville. The father,sit-ting in an armchair in the foreground, dominates the livingroom scene. He iswearingawhiteshirt and tie, polished leather shoes and trousers withacreasein them. His elbowsresting on the arms of the chair,heisengrossed in theVoixdu Congolais,anewspaper for thevernacular elite published by theBelgian Con-go’sGeneral…
Information and background for travelers and expatriates includes a brief history and description of the country, along with facts about the food, language, culture, and pastimes to help the "shocked" function in society, business, and residence.
Information and background for travelers and expatriates includes a brief history and description of the country, along with facts about the food, language, culture, and pastimes to help the "shocked" function in society, business, and residence.
With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a bestselling series of culture and etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the world. For anyone at risk of culture shock, whether a tourist or a longterm resident, CultureShock! provides a sympathetic and fun-filled crash course on the do's and don'ts in foreign cultures. Fully updated and sporting a fresh new look, the…
Today, South Korea is an economic, technological and entertainment superpower. How, as a country, did they rebound from war, poverty and political unrest? And how can that success be replicated in other cultures? The answers can, in fact, be found by understanding Korean customs, values and beliefs. Author Boye Lafayette De Mente identifies the unique qualities that comprise the Korean identity…
This book is a comprehensive treatment of the ancient prophetic phenomenon as it comes to us through biblical, Near Eastern, and Greek sources. Once a distinctly biblical concept, prophecy is today acknowledged as yet another form of divination and a phenomenon that can be found all over the ancient Eastern Mediterranean. Even Greek oracle, traditionally discussed separately from biblical and M…
The book Plant Pathogens and Principles of Plant Pathology offers a comprehensive introduction to the scientific basis of the field. It aims to provide readers with a thorough understanding of the subject by presenting the material in a systematic manner and using suitable examples. The book also strives to provide readers with up-to-date information, and it achieves this goal by incorporating …
Being fooled or conned can happen to anyone; It doesn't matter how intelligent, old, rich, or famous you are. Whether you have been scammed in business, swindled out of money, betrayed by a friend, relative, or coworker, or cheated on by a spouse, rest assured you are not alone. The world is full of these most toxic people--liars. You can never be sure if people are lying until you analyze t…
Warriors’ Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experiences compares the representations of soldiers’ wives in ancient Greek epic poetry and tragic drama with the experiences of modern-day military spouses. In examining the figures of Penelope, Clytemnestra, Andromache, and Tecmessa—as represented by Homer and the fifth-century-bce Athenian tragedians—alongside contemporary evidence for …
One of the only books to discuss all vertebrates, the fourth edition of Vertebrate Endocrinology has been completely reorganized and updated to explore the intricate mechanisms that control human physiology and behavior as well as that of other vertebrate animals. Perfect for students in endocrinology, zoology, biology and physiology, it allows readers to gain both an understanding of the intri…
Like most people of my generation, I first came across Theo Hermans’s work when I read The Manipulation of Literature: Studies in Literary Translation, the widely celebrated and agenda-setting volume he edited in 1985. Routledge’s reprint of the volume in 2014 seems to be based on a scan of the original, which was typed by his late wife Marion, probably on an electric typewr…
The leading text on human physiology for more than four decades?enhanced by all new video tutorials A Doody’s Core Title for 2024 & 2022! For more than four decades, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology has been helping those in the medical field understand human and mammalian physiology. Applauded for its interesting and engagingly written style, Ganong’s concisely covers every impo…
Have you ever read a manga comic in English or watched a dubbed or subtitled movie on Netflix? Or maybe you’ve even tried subtitling one of your favourite anime or K-drama programs yourself? Perhaps you’ve helped a friend or family member who speaks another language to fill out a form, decipher an email, or communicate with someone else? Or used a tool such as Goog…
Ideal for all health care professionals who evaluate, diagnose, treat, or refer patients with endocrine disease or disorders, Manual of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fifth Edition , brings together nearly 150 global authorities who share their knowledge and expertise on endocrine disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. Using a concise outline format, this thoroughly updated manual prese…
In its 15 chapters, this edited volume explores translation-related training in institutional settings on a global scale. It is divided into three parts which cover the following: (1) Competences expected and/or required on the part of institutional translators and surveyed by several survey exercises, (2) Practices of translator training at university level, and (3) actual Practices …
This Festschrift, Arabic in Context, is a tribute to the remarkable scholarly legacy of the Reverend Professor Martin R. Zammit. It celebrates his extensive contributions to the fields of Semitic Studies, Arabic linguistics, and comparative Semitic philology. Spanning decades of dedicated research and teaching, Professor Zammit’s career has been marked by a profound engagement with the Arabic…
How relevant is the concept of war today? This book examines how notions about war continue to influence how we conceive legal rights and obligations. It considers situations that recognize the significance of a Declaration of War or a State of War, both domestically and internationally. It outlines how the institution of War was abolished in the 20th century and replaced with a ban on the use …
The sudden and tragic death of Princess Diana caused the world to reflect on how much this singular woman meant to us all. This new edition of her life story -- which includes Diana's personal recollections in her own words, as well as an account of the events surrounding her death -- poignantly strengthens her hold on our hearts. From her fairy-tale wedding and the births of her two wonderful…
The Japanese occupation of both British Borneo – Brunei, Sarawak and North Borneo – and Dutch Borneo in 1941 to 1945 is a much understudied subject. Of particular interest is the occupation of Dutch Borneo, governed by the Imperial Japanese Navy that had long-term plans for ‘permanent possession’. This book surveys Borneo under Western colonialism, examines pre-war Japanese interests in…
Life, Earth, Colony explores the ideas, life, and historical significance of German zoologist turned geographer Friedrich Ratzel (1844–1904), famous for developing the foundations of geopolitical thought. Ratzel produced a remarkable body of work that revolutionized the study of space, movement, colonization, and war. He also served as a source of intellectual inspiration for national sociali…
Unfortunately, language barriers still hamper cross-lingual communication andthefreeflowofknowledgeandthoughtacrosslanguagecommunitiesandcontinuetobe unbreachable in many situations. While multilingualism is one of the key culturalcornerstones of Europe and signifies part of what it means to be and to feel European,no EU policy has been proposed to address the problem of language barriers.Artif…
Tim Ingold is one of the world’s leading anthropologists. Over the past five decades, he has not only advanced thinking and research within the discipline of anthropology but also made significant contributions to a wide range of debates in both the arts and human-ities and the natural sciences. Characterised by a series of highly original attempts t…
InÓláfs saga helgachapters 112–113, a part ofHeimskringla(c. 1230), the Icelandicwriter and chieftain Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241) narrates the story about theChristian king Óláfr Haraldsson (St Óláfr) (r. 1015–1028, 30) and the pagan chief-tain (hersir) Guðbrandr.1When Guðbrandr learned the news, that King Óláfr had come to Lóar in Guð-brandsdalar, in Norway, and was forcing …
This book has two main aims. First, the book will discuss various modes ofstudying and defining the medieval self. This will encompass a wide range ofsource material from Scandinavia,c. 800–1500, such as archaeological, archi-tectural and artistic, documentary and literary sources, and runic inscriptions.The second main aim of the book will be to discuss what processes and practi-ces the self…
This book, together with the game that forms part of it, tellsan important part ofthe story of Shikha Ecovillagein rural eastern India. The chosen focus of the story is water management. There are two reasonsfor this: firstly, in times of worsening climate change the use of freshwater is a major challenge, in India as well as in other parts of the world. Secondly, the story of water management …
This introductory chapter explains why organic waste composting is con-sidered as one of the best examples to demonstrate the benefits of nexus thinking. Current literature is rich with information covering various aspects of composting process. However, it mainly represents two distinct fields: waste from the manage-ment point of view and soil/agriculture from the nutrient recycling point of v…
Landscape architecture participates in development. Whether that participation isself-reflective or uncritical, complicit or compromised, this discipline has had signif-icant impacts on development practice and academia that are often unacknowledgedoutside what is otherwise a relatively narrow professional field. In the ways land-scapes are planned and studied, for instance, both geographic inf…
Root, tuber, and banana (RT&B) crops play a critical role in food and nutrition security in developing countries, increasingly so in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). They have great potential to contribute to alleviate poverty, improve health and nutrition, and enhance the resilience of smallholder farmers to climate change. However, RT&Bs are characterized by unique chal…
Bananas and plantains are among the most important staple food crops for peopleliving in tropical and subtropical countries. They are herbaceous monocots belong-ing to the genusMusa; most are seedless, polyploid, sterile and clonally propagated.The majority of banana and plantains are consumed locally.Vegetatively propagated crops (VPCs) such as banana pose unique problemscompared to cereals be…
This fourth edition provides new and updated protocols on plant cell, tissue, and organ cultures. Chapters are divided into five parts that cover topics from general methodologies, statistical analysis and contamination control, highly specialized techniques, and laborious process of measuring the epigenetics changes in tissue cultures. Written in the highly successful Methods in Molecular Biol…
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, one of the great masterpieces of the Christian canon, today continues to offer some of the most accessible and insightful guidance for going on retreat -- whether as a part of a group or by oneself. Based on the rich fruit of St. Ignatius' own meditations and practice, this guide for spiritual perfection has been treasured and faithfully used for centuri…
According to the 2018/2019 survey on Drug use in Secondary Education in Spain (ESTUDES), alcohol consumption is widespread among secondary education students. Almost 80% (77.9%) reported consuming alcohol at least once in their lifetime (76.3% in men and 79.4% in women), 77.5% consumed it sometime during the past year (74.1% in men and 77.5% in women), and 58.5% reported doing so sometime in th…
Alcohol caused 6.7% of all disability-adjusted life years (i.e., years of life lost due to premature mortality plus years lost to disability stemming from alcohol) in the Americas in 2016. The Americas had some of the highest rates of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the world. In 2016, nearly 1 in every 12 adults (8.2%) in the Americas met criteria for an al…
What makes drinking unique in comparison to other risk factors is that the costs to society from these second-hand effects are by several estimates more extensive than the direct costs to the drinkers. This was found in a recent Swedish parliamentary inquiry2, and similar conclusions have been published from other countries, e.g. Scotland and Australia. Another type of evidence comes from the …
Alcohol, whether you drink or not, is a commonly used drug you may interact with as a health professional in your community. The Alcohol and Health Series provides an opportunity to learn about alcohol from many different angles. This resources focuses on alcohol and the human body. Alcohol is a legally available drug in Alberta for those over 18 years old. Alcohol’s chemical name is ethanol …
From Book 1: Previously published as Ancient Science, Secret History contains 150 pages of new material. It is the definitive edition in a new format. The Secret History of The World and How To Get Out Alive is the definitive book of the real answers where Truth is more fantastic than fiction. Laura Knight-Jadczyk, wife of internationally known theoretical physicist, Arkadiusz Jadczyk, an exper…