Agriculture

Have you ever wondered why we eat wheat, rice, potatoes and cassava? Why we routinely domesticate foodstuffs with the power to kill us, or why we chose almonds over acorns? Answering all these questions and more in a readable and friendly style, this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399966221Author Nic LampkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 280Imprint The Organic Research CentrePublisher The Organic Research CentreWeight(grams)...

Written for senior undergraduate and graduate students, Animal Nutrition Science introduces the fundamental topics of animal nutrition, in a treatment which deals with terrestrial animals in general. Addressing a wider range of topics than the standard...

BACKYARD POULTRY MEDICINE AND SURGERY An expanded edition that explains the diagnosis and treatment of backyard poultryYou can look to Backyard Poultry Medicine and Surgery, Second Edition for practical veterinary information on the treatment of poultry...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781292393261Page Count 80Imprint PearsonPublisher PearsonWeight(grams) 425gDimensions(mm) 310mm * 240mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780357858509Imprint Cengage ELTPublisher Cengage Learning, Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781292394152Page Count 176Imprint PearsonPublisher Pearson Education (US)Weight(grams) 550gDimensions(mm) 298mm * 210mm * 12mm

The identification and assessment of threats provides an essential basis for the selection, design, and implementation of nuclear security measures. For nuclear material and other radioactive material that is under regulatory control, and associated...

This book ventures to describe Augustine of Hippo's understanding of demons, including the theology, angelology, and anthropology that contextualize it. Demons are, for Augustine as for the Psalmist (95:5 LXX) and the Apostle (1 Cor 10:20), the "gods of...

From its invention to the internet age, photography has been considered universal, pervasive, and omnipresent. This anthology of essays posits how the question of when photography came to be everywhere shapes our understanding of all manner of...

'Lilliput', in this dual biography, is the world of literary magazines in Australia between the 1940s and the 1980s. Here Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith, of the journals Meanjin and Overland, were determined, driven visionaries. Both were very...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956444004Author Adam GoodfellowFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint Nicole Golding and Adam GoodfellowPublisher Nicole Golding and Adam...

Agricultural history has enjoyed a rebirth in recent years, in part because the agricultural enterprise promotes economic and cultural connections in an era that has become ever more globally focused, but also because of agriculture's potential to lead...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648703058Author DayspringFormat PaperbackImprint DayspringPublisher DayspringWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 168mm * 109mm * 15mm

The interwar period has left a deep impression on later generations. This was an age of crises where representative democracy, itself a relatively recent political invention, seemed unable to cope with the challenges that confronted it. Against the...

This collection of essays treats a topic that has scarcely been approached in the literature on Hebrew and Hebraism in the early modern period. In the seventeenth century, Christians, especially Protestants, studied the Mishnah alongside a host of Jewish...

Respect plays a prominent role in contemporary moral philosophy, as well as our every-day moral thought. Ordinary discussion about morality is often framed in terms of demands for respect or complaints about being disrespected, yet basic questions about...

for SATB unaccompanied This uplifting anthem sets the Invocation text from Carmina Gadelica. McDowall's beautiful melodies flow and intertwine, decorated by scotch snaps that reflect the text's origin. Suitable for services or concerts. Also published...

Gender, Performance, and Authorship at the Abbey Theatre argues for a reconsideration of authorship at the Abbey Theatre. The actresses who performed the key roles at the Abbey contributed original ideas, language, stage directions, and revisions to the...

On Arid Ground focuses on the relationships between empire and environment in Central Asia, using environmental history to examine the practice of Russian imperialism in Turkestan at the end of empire, from the 1860s until 1916. It reveals for the first...

Most food and fiber crops are produced from seed. This means that the world's population is dependent on annual seed production for its food supply. Vegetable seed production is much different and more challenging than production of grain crops. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781977126634Author Emily RaijFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Pebble BooksPublisher Pebble BooksWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 221mm * 170mm * 5mm

This essential handbook for advanced student and practising plant pathologists has been thoroughly reorganised and updated since publication of the second edition in 1983. New features include the rearrangement of topics to facilitate use, and 44 short...

Our understanding of the historical ecology of European forests has been transformed in the last twenty years. Bringing together key findings from across the continent, Europe's Changing Woods and Forests: From Wildwood to Managed Landscapes provides a...

The Brassica genus contains diverse and economically important species and crops, for example, Brassica oleracea including cauliflower to kohlrabi, B.rapa including pak choi to mizuna, and aquatic crucifers such as watercress. These provide humankind...

Including information on cattle, pigs, poultry, sheep, and goats, and exotics like bison, rabbits, elk, and deer How can anyone from a backyard hobbyist to a large-scale rancher go about raising and selling ethically produced meats directly to...

Primary Agriculture is an integral part of the school curriculum in most countries of the Caribbean. This revised edition of the Caribbean Primary Agriculture series provides technological updating of the various units and topics which are...

Planted forests, although only seven per cent of the world's forest resources, have superseded naturally regenerating forests as the principal source of industrial wood products. Lessening the pressure for wood production, tree planting has released...

Drawing on the latest research in archaeozoology, archaeology, and molecular biology, Animals as Domesticates traces the history of the domestication of animals around the world. From the llamas of South America and the turkeys of North America, to the...

The updated, authoritative guide to sports field management that includes the latest developments in, and on, the field The revised and updated Third Edition of Sports Fields: Design, Construction, and Maintenance continues to offer a comprehensive...

2003 - Julian Steward Award - Anthropology & Environment Section, American Anthropological Association2002 - A CHOICE Outstanding Academic BookHow Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science. Zapotec farmers...

Forest management auditing is expanding from its traditional focus on forest management, stewardship and Chain of Custody certification to more innovative topics such as ecosystem services, forest carbon credits, Non-Wood Forest Products, wood energy and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800621435Author Lewis H ZiskaFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint CABI PublishingPublisher CABI PublishingWeight(grams) 953g

The production of Agaricus bisporus is a major, world-wide, highly mechanized process. Healthy crops are essential if yields, quality and profitability are to be maintained. Pests and diseases are a major cause of crop losses and this book covers their...

Written by one of America's preeminent labor historians, this book is the definitive account of one of the most spectacular, captivating, complex and strangely neglected stories in Western history-the emergence of migratory farmworkers and the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840334036Author Una Flora CochraneFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingWeight(grams) 180gDimensions(mm)...

An outstanding and currently the only comprehensive handbook for the coffee-professional. 40 authors from the leading coffee-growing countries present the most recent technologies applied to coffee husbandry. The book features 900 carefully selected...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781922435668Author Michael BartonFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Book Bound StudiosPublisher Book Bound StudiosWeight(grams) 195gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788863881967Author Ludovico EinaudiPage Count 52Imprint Volonte & Co.Publisher Volonte & Co.Weight(grams) 223g

Underwater Archaeology: The NAS Guide to Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive summary of the archaeological process as applied in an underwater context. Long awaited second edition of what is popularly referred to as the NAS HandbookProvides...