Download or read book Psammic Peinobiomes written by Joseph Alfred Zinck and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book represents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding soil–landscape–vegetation relationships and, specifically, the ecophysiology of plant communities developing on sandy soils of very low fertility that are subject to seasonal flooding. It provides an overview of the white sand ecosystems within the Amazon basin, and focuses on the forest and herbaceous (meadows) vegetation growing on the dystrophic sandy soils of the upper Negro and Orinoco river basins. Several chapters describe physiographic aspects of the study area using integrated remote sensing and in situ sampling. By doing so they attain a comprehensive description of the origin and evolution of soils and landscapes, an advanced classification of soils, and a mapping of the geographic distribution of psammophilous vegetation. This volume also provides a phytosociological classification of extensive forested areas, and a detailed description of the structure and diversity of little-known herbaceous formations.It targets professionals in the fields of ecology, ecophysiology, geomorphology, soils, vegetation, and the environmental sciences. The information it offers may be of significant use to researchers, protected area planners, and environmental policy makers.

Download or read book Strong Like Water written by Laila Tarraf and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laila Tarraf was the Chief People Officer for Peet’s Coffee and Tea, the iconic Berkeley coffee roaster that launched the craft coffee movement in America, but she had a secret: she was failing in the most important relationships in her life. Yes, she was a strong and effective business leader, the successful daughter of immigrants, and the mother of a toddler; but she was also disconnected from her own feelings and had little patience for the feelings of others. All that changed when life handed her a trifecta of losses: her husband died of an accidental drug overdose, and her parents' deaths followed in quick succession. Laila had spent her life leading from the head, convinced that any display of vulnerability would make her soft. What she didn’t expect was that soft would turn out to be strong. As she reconnected to her heart, one painful step at a time, something remarkable happened: she became a better leader, a better mother, and a better person. Her heart turned out to be the true source of her power, at home and at work. This is a book about healing, about waking up, about learning who you are—who you really, truly are at the core—and reclaiming and embracing all the pieces of yourself you long ago abandoned in the name of survival. Women longing for balance will discover a path to infusing our leadership and relationships with love, compassion, and authenticity.

Download or read book In Art as in Life written by Ilario Colli and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-10-15 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described as “a major achievement for any writer” and having “the potential to become one of the seminal works of our time”, Ilario Colli’s bold first work, In Art as in Life ventures into territory few modern culture theorists dare to cover. Learned yet imminently accessible, In Art as in Life delights with its sumptuous language and its profound ideas. Its effortless navigation through 1,700 years of literature, music and the visual arts leads the reader to a startling conclusion: the contemporary Postmodern aesthetic, like the moral relativism that spawned it, is not – as it’s often claimed to be – a sign of a robust, self-confident creative culture, but rather the primary artistic symptom of a metaphysically ailing civilisation; one still recovering from the demise of moral absolutism and still struggling to find meaning in its wake. What people have said about In Art as in Life: “In Art as in Life would represent a major achievement for any writer. It contains numerous ideas of genuine originality, the likes of which we rarely come across. I believe it will prove a real contribution to the wider understanding of our culture.” - Robert Gibbs, former publisher, Limelight Magazine "An outstanding achievement for a young academic...possessing a superbly crafted argument.” - Dr. David Symons, Professor, University of Western Australia School of Music “...conceptually original and profound, and exquisitely well written.” - Dr. Victoria Rogers, Professor, Edith Cowan University

Download or read book The Elder Scrolls Zaneta s Chronicles written by A. L. Zuniga and published by Brass God Productions, Inc. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zaneta, an extraordinarily unique Khajiit living on the island of Vvardenfell, has her peaceful world turned upside down when her family—the most important part of her life—is violently attacked. With her husband murdered and her children missing, Zaneta makes the courageous decision to go after them herself. Traversing across a country full of political turmoil and on the brink of an unknown epidemic, Zaneta presses on to discover where her loved ones have been taken. Her magic, skills, and morals are pushed to their breaking point as she struggles to hang on to the very foundation of who she is. But when it comes to her children, she'll do whatever it takes to find them—no matter the consequences.

Download or read book The Papercutter written by Cindy Rizzo and published by Bella Books. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply polarized and ungovernable United States of America has separated into two nations—the God Fearing States (GFS) and the United Progressive Regions (UPR). Judith Braverman, a teenager living in an Orthodox Jewish community in the GFS, is not only a talented artist accomplished in the ancient craft of papercutting, she also has the gift of seeing into peoples’ souls—and can tell instantly if someone is good or evil. Jeffrey Schwartz has no love for religion or conformity and yearns to escape to the freedom of the UPR. When he’s accepted into an experimental pen pal program and paired with Dani Fine, an openly queer girl in the UPR, he hopes that he can finally find a way out. As danger mounts and their alarm grows, Judith embeds a secret code in her papercuts so that she and Jeffrey can tell Dani what’s happening to Jews in the GFS without raising suspicions from the government. When the three arrange a quick, clandestine meeting, Jeffrey is finally faced with the choice to flee or to stay and resist. And Judith is reeling from a pull toward Dani that is unlike anything she has ever felt before. Content note: the book contains one brief memory of sexual assault of a male teen by another male teen. Book 1 of The Split Series.

Download or read book Governing Cities written by Madeleine Pill and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our urban world, cities are where most of us experience how our economies and societies are organised and the inequalities which result. This textbook introduces ideas, theories, concepts and examples to help us understand the political and policy challenges of governing cities, centred on the principal challenge of how to make our cities more equitable. It poses critical questions – about how cities are governed, by whom, according to what values, and for whom – and draws from a wide range of urban scholarship. The ‘how’ covers urban politics and the policy instruments which result. The ‘by whom’ addresses power relations within and beyond the city and the tensions between different priorities and values. The ‘for whom’ centres equity and the role of citizens and collective action in how we are governed. In addressing these questions, the book provides an overview of the core theories of urban politics and governance, thinks about what happens at different scales, and examines new forms of citizen activism which herald alternatives for cities. It is a unique introduction to students, policymakers and practitioners who want to understand and seek to improve urban politics and policy.

Download or read book Don t Let the Music Die written by Annmarie Boyle and published by Dahlia Media. This book was released on 2021-06-18 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s never forgotten. She wishes she could. After nearly a decade paying her dues, radio host Avery Lind is on the cusp of making her dreams come true. When the ‘on-air’ sign lights up, her award-winning radio show will be broadcast across the nation and every lonely night, forgotten friendship, and failed relationship will have been worth it. That is until the past she thought she’d outrun saunters into her studio—on the biggest day of her life. Musician Matt Taylor has spent the last nine years proving ‘the platinum effect’—that blonds do, in fact, have more fun. At least that’s what everyone thinks. In truth, all he wants is a chance to prove he’s more than pretty packaging. When the perfect opportunity lands in his lap, he’s ready to show the world the real Matt Taylor. Until he recognizes the woman behind the microphone. Her hair and name are different, but there’s no mistaking her. Her eyes have been imprinted on his heart since the day she left him—with no explanation. The chemistry between them still crackles like radio static—on and off air. But as they grow close once again, Avery is left with one question: will she have to reveal her secret to get a second chance with the man she’s never forgotten? Don’t Let the Music Die is the second book in the Storyhill Musicians contemporary romance series. If you like steamy, swoony workplace entanglements then you’ll love this second-chance romance.

Download or read book Sophia Lethe Talks Doxodox Down written by Robert Oventile and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a long history of dialogue-poems: Sir Philip Sidney, William Butler Yeats, Sylvia Plath, and Emily Dickinson. Oventile and Florian are working that side of the street today but with a lot more octane. In love with language and blessed with a sense of humor, these two poets entertain, enlighten, and expand everyone's horizons. --Ron Koertge, author of more than a dozen books of poetry, has poems in two volumes of Best American Poetry and is a 2017 Pushcart Prize winner. Koertge is also the author of the poem "Negative Space," short-listed for a 2018 Oscar in Animated Short Films. --- Sophia Lethe Talks Doxodox Down tells of Doxodox's not quite requited amorous entanglement with Sophia Lethe. The story takes the form of brief poetic dialogues between the two. Each dialogue exercises a specific trope, the name of which lends the given dialogue its title. Doxodox implores; Sophia Lethe demurs. Though their standoff becomes infernal, the two maintain their mordant and sometimes lewd humor as they muse on the possibilities and impossibilities of desire, life, and fate. Doxodox persists to the end, but does Sophia Lethe ever actually fall for him? Sophia Lethe Talks Doxodox Down by Robert Savino Oventile and Sandy Florian conducts the reader on a boisterous tour of tropes to the heart of a vertiginous folie à deux.

Download or read book The Whale Who Felt a Little Blue written by Isla Wynter and published by . This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some days, Luka the blue whale doesn't feel happy at all. He gets angry, he's sad, he cries until the ocean is salty. His friend Jenny wants to help Luka, but how? Luckily, a wise mermaid might know what to do... This lovingly illustrated picture book gently introduces children to the symptoms of depression and gives advice on how to help others who're feeling blue. This book is recommended for: Children with parents, siblings, friends or relatives suffering from depression Children who show symptoms of depression and low mood Adults of any age who want a simple and relatable insight into what it's like to have depression.

Download or read book The Story of Christmas written by Alexa Tewkesbury and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless retelling of the story of Christmas, from award-winning children's author Alexa Tewkesbury.

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Download or read book Sprog A Novel of Bomber Command written by Malcolm Kelly and published by Sprog. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sprog: a rookie airman, forced to learn by doing. Summer, 1941. They come from different places, and different lives, but they share a dream: to fly. Eager to join the war in the skies over Europe, thousands of young men flock to Canada from all over Britain and the Commonwealth, and the United States - all hoping to earn their pilots' wings. Before taking to the air, they must endure the challenges of the British Air Commonwealth Training Plan, which quickly turns them from boys into men, and from civilians into soldiers. Sprog takes us from Bomber Command's war, to the retreat from France, and to the peaceful but dangerous skies of Canada where these young men will discover themselves, and their destinies.

Download or read book The Girl with the Fierce Eyes Volume 2 written by Shunsuke Sorato and published by Sanpaku Eyes. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amane's school life was improving...until the annual school cultural festival came along.

Download or read book The Calabrian Way written by Michael Martino and published by . This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Calabrian Way is a collection of authentic Southern Italian recipes which our two mothers, Franceschina Martino and Delma DeRose have been cooking, from memory since they were children. Both were born in the small hilltop town of Fagnano Castello, Calabria and later immigrated to Australia to start a better life. They settled in the Mareeba, Dimbulah district in Far North Queensland and worked on tobacco farms along with their husbands and children. All through our childhood and young adult life, we marvelled at how food appeared on the table at every lunch and dinner but not really appreciating the efforts or the behind the scenes action which took place in the kitchen, nor the preparation needed sometimes days before. All this they did willingly and with love, never tiring and always glad to feed the masses who turned up for Sunday lunch.Franceschina and Delma did not know each other in Fagnano, but through the marriage between 2 of their children, Michael and Maria, a special bond developed and so their journey continues now with two joined families. With the traditional wood fired oven in the back shed, they fast became renowned for making the best Pitta e` Pane in Mareeba. It soon became apparent to us that all these traditional recipes would one day be lost if not recorded. To date most of these recipes are made from experience, knowing by touch and taste if enough of any one ingredient is sufficient. Along with the actual ingredients it was crucial to document the way the food is prepared and worked to create the special shapes.We felt it was important to tie the recipes back to their origins and interleave images and thoughts of Fagnano Castello within the book. These images and inspirational quotes serve to remind us all that life can sometimes get too complicated and we should slow down, reflect and most importantly, enjoy the food from the heart.Michael Martino was born in Fagnano Castello, Calabria Italy and immigrated with his sister and Mother, Franceschina Martino to Australia in 1965. Franceschina and her husband, Pasquale Martino settled in Mareeba and worked on the tobacco and sugar cane farms in the region. With his strong attachment to the traditional Italian way of life and new found opportunities in Australia he continues to enjoy the best of both worlds. He is a practicing Architect in Far North Queensland and has a deep sense of gratitude for his upbringing and is proud to have retained his traditional heritage. Maria Ernestina DeRose was born in 1964 in Dimbulah, Far North Queensland Australia where she spent all her childhood on her parent's tobacco farm. Her parents, Irio Cleto DeRose and Delma Pompea DeRose also immigrated from Fagnano Castello in 1950 and 1951 and through that background Maria grew up knowing and experiencing the old Italian traditions. As a young girl she was always in the kitchen helping her mother and learning the old recipes. As an adult she continues to practice the old ways of living and aims to share her cooking experience with all her friends.Michael and Maria are married with two children, Francesca and Gabriel Pasquale who they hold dear to their hearts. They have journey back to Italy and especially Fagnano Castello, on numerous occasions to bond with their relatives and to experience the true Calabrian Way.Southern Italian cooking, traditional Calabrian recipe, Italian travel experiences, authentic Italian recipes, Italian food, The Calabrian Way is a testament to our gratitude and our special way of thanking our Mothers for persevering with the old traditional ways. We hope to carry on with their legacy and introduce the world to our special little place we often all home... Calabria.

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