Download or read book The Hot Countries written by Timothy Hallinan and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back when Poke Rafferty first arrived in Bangkok to write a travel guide, some of the old-timers in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road helped him make sense of the city. Now these men—many of whom have been living in Southeast Asia since the Vietnam War—have grown old and, in some cases, frail. When a talkative stranger named Arthur Varney turns up at the Expat Bar, they accept him without suspicion, failing to see that he’s actually using them to get to Poke. Varney wants two things: money Poke doesn’t have and a person Poke is unwilling to hand over. It quickly becomes apparent that there’s nothing Varney won’t do to secure his goals. As his actions threaten the foundation of Poke’s life in Thailand, the aging men of the Expat Bar discover that they might still be a force to reckon with.
Download or read book Foreign to Familiar A Guide to Understanding Hot And Cold Climate Cultures written by Sarah A. Lanier and published by . This book was released on 2004-02-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foreign to Familiar is a splendidly written, well-researched work on cultures. Anyone traveling abroad should not leave home without this valuable resource! I highly recommend it as required reading for cross-cultural workers. Sarah Lanier's love and sensitivity for people of all nations will touch your heart. This book creates within us a greater appreciation for our extended families around the world and an increased desire to better serve them. - Dr. Kingsley A. Fletcher President, Hope for Africa, Inc. [on back cover].
Download or read book Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology written by George Michael James Giles and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-09-16 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Climate and Health in Hot Countries and the Outlines of Tropical Climatology" by George Michael James Giles. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Download or read book The Hot Countries written by Timothy Hallinan and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man named Arthur Varney shows up in the Expat Bar on Patpong Road, unquestioningly accepted into its group of aging gents. But he's using them to find Poke Rafferty; Varney wants money Poke doesn't have and a person Poke won't hand over. As his actions threaten both Poke and his best friend, Arthit, the men of the Expat Bar - long sidelined from active life - discover that they may still be a force to reckon with.
Download or read book Poultry Production in Hot Climates written by N. J. Daghir and published by CABI. This book was released on 2008 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives an overview of the poultry industry in the warm regions of the world and covers research on breeding for heat resistance. And highlights some of the findings on nutrient requirements of chickens and turkeys.
Download or read book Sustainable Houses and Living in the Hot Humid Climates of Asia written by Tetsu Kubota and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-21 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides information on the latest research findings that are useful in the context of designing sustainable houses and living in rapidly growing Asian cities. The book is composed of seven parts, comprising a total of 50 chapters written by 53 authors from various countries, mainly in the Asian region. Part I introduces vernacular houses in different Asian countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Nepal, China, Thailand and Laos. Parts II and III then explore in depth indoor adaptive thermal comfort and occupants’ adaptive behavior, focusing especially on those in hot-humid climates. Part IV presents detailed survey results on household energy consumption in various tropical Asian cities, while Part V analyses the indoor thermal conditions in both traditional houses and modern houses in these countries. Several real-world sustainable housing practices in Asian cities are reviewed in the following part. The final part then discusses the vulnerability of expanding Asian cities to climate change and urban heat island. Today, approximately 35-40% of global energy is consumed in Asia, and this percentage is expected to rise further. Energy consumption has increased, particularly in the residential sector, in line with the rapid rise of the middle class. The majority of growing Asian cities are located in hot and humid climate regions, and as such there is an urgent need for designers to provide healthy and comfortable indoor environments that do not consume non-renewable energy or resources excessively. This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in sustainable house design in the growing cities of Asia.
Download or read book Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates written by Tom Robbins and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2003-06-17 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “As clever and witty a novel as anyone has written in a long time . . . Robbins takes readers on a wild, delightful ride. . . . A delight from beginning to end.”—Buffalo News Switters is a contradiction for all seasons: an anarchist who works for the government; a pacifist who carries a gun; a vegetarian who sops up ham gravy; a cyberwhiz who hates computers; a man who, though obsessed with the preservation of innocence, is aching to deflower his high-school-age stepsister (only to become equally enamored of a nun ten years his senior). Yet there is nothing remotely wishy-washy about Switters. He doesn’t merely pack a pistol. He is a pistol. And as we dog Switters’s strangely elevated heels across four continents, in and out of love and danger, discovering in the process the “true” Third Secret of Fatima, we experience Tom Robbins—that fearless storyteller, spiritual renegade, and verbal break dancer—at the top of his game. On one level this is a fast-paced CIA adventure story with comic overtones; on another it’s a serious novel of ideas that brings the Big Picture into unexpected focus; but perhaps more than anything else, Fierce Invalids is a sexy celebration of language and life. Praise for Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates “Superb.”—New York Post “Dangerous? Wicked? Forbidden? You bet. . . . Pour yourself a bowl of chips and dig in.”—Daily News, New York “Robbins is a great writer . . . and definitely a provocative rascal.”—The Tennessean “Whoever said truth is stranger than fiction never read a Tom Robbins novel. . . Clever, creative, and witty, Robbins tosses off impassioned observations like handfuls of flower petals.”—San Diego Union-Tribune
Download or read book Observations on the Diseases in Long Voyages to Hot Countries and Particularly on Those which Prevail in the East Indies written by John Clark and published by . This book was released on 1792 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Weather in the Imagination written by Lucian Boia and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The weather has always been a topic of conversation; it is probably the most common dialogue between human beings. We often fear the weather, yet out apparent dread of it is puzzling, since we generally adapt to it remarkably well. The Weather in the Imagination investigates the theories, scenarios and psychoses caused by climate. These fall into three main categories: anthropological and psychological; historical; and catastrophic. The weather has long served as a means of explaining human diversity: other people are different because they live under different skies. Climate has also been used to explain the dynamic of the historical process, the rise of certain civilizations and the stagnation and regression of others. Catastrophe is also invoked in theories of the weather: what could destroy a civilization - or arouse the fear of humanity's total extinction - more effectively than a climatic disaster? The prototype of this kind of upheaval is the pre-biblical Flood, one of the most gripping and influential myths the human imagination has ever produced. Lucian Boia does not take sides in the current debates about climate; he does not exaggerate or play down global warming and its consequences, or try to forecast the weather of the future. What he does tell is a story that runs parallel with the 'true' story of climate and its future: the story of a human imagination that has been stimulated, baffled, infuriated and, from time to time, terrified by the weather." -- Blackwells.
Download or read book Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country written by Walter Chichele Plowden and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Travels in Abyssinia and the Galla Country written by Walter Chicele Plowden and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Manufacture of Dry Wines in Hot Countries written by Frederic Theodore Bioletti and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Entry Strategies for International Markets written by Franklin R. Root and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1998-10-23 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sage Advice on Going Global Root's perspective is extremely insightful, and clearly the work of one who knows his topics from personal experience. It encapsulates what some of us have taken decades to learn through trial and error. --Larry D. Bouts, president, International Division, Toys-R-Us, Inc. The North American Free Trade Agreement, the new European common market, and the opening of Eastern Europe--among other recent geopolitical developments--have created unprecedented opportunities for American companies seeking to enter foreign markets. This guide offers executives practical advice, recently updated and expanded, on deciding which markets to enter, choosing a product for international distribution, designing an entry strategy, and developing an effective international marketing plan.
Download or read book Importing Inputs for Climate Change Mitigation The Case of Agricultural Productivity written by Mr.Rodrigo Garcia-Verdu and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-02-04 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper estimates agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) in 162 countries between 1991 and 2015 and aims to understand sources of cross-country variations in agricultural TFP levels and its growth rates. Two factors affecting agricultural TFP are analyzed in detail – imported intermediate inputs and climate. We first show that these two factors are independently important in explaining agricultural TFP – imported inputs raise agricultural TFP; and higher temperatures and rainfall shortages impede TFP growth, particularly in low-income countries (LICs). We also provide a new evidence that, within LICs, those with a higher import component of intermediate inputs seem to be more shielded from the negative impacts of weather shocks.
Download or read book Greater Britain A Record of Travel in English Speaking Countries written by Charles Wentworth Dilke and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Greater Britain a record of travel in English speaking countries during 1866 and 1867 Sixth edition written by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diseases of Warm Countries written by Botho Scheube and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
