E-book Urbanization in Indonesia

Indonesia has recently achieved a key milestone: the percentage of population living in urban areas has now passed 50 per cent. As this percentage is expected to keep increasing, we can safely conclude that never again will the majority of Indonesia’s population live in rural areas. Instead, the majority will be living in a range of urban settlements, such as small towns, larger towns, cities…

E-book Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific Region

Satya Nandan was a close friend of me and my family for over four decades. He and I worked together for many years which included productive months at the Third United Nation’s Convention on the Law of the Sea (unclos) negotiations. Satya was a skilled diplomat who made many substantive contributions to the peaceful order of the oceans.1 His contributions were comparable to just a few oth…

E-book Police Code of Silence in Times of Change

This book explores the contours of the code of silence and provides policy recommendations geared toward creating an environment less conducive for police misconduct. It responds to the recent calls for police reform, in the wake of the perceived illegitimacy of police actions and the protection that the code of silence seems to provide to the police officers who violate the official rules. Usi…

E-book Against the Fetishisation of Plural Time

This book raises three interlinked questions: first, how to do a social history of time; second, what are the ways in which it can be done without succumbing to the usual, and at times inevitable, pull of some of the useful binaries in which most of the historical accounts of time have been written; and third, how, as a result of overcoming some of these binaries, do we go beyond simply sta…

E-book Linear Algebra

In broad terms, vectors are things you can add and linear functions are functions of vectors that respect vector addition. The goal of this text is to teach you to organize information about vector spaces in a way that makes problems involving linear functions of many variables easy. (Or at least tractable.) To get a feel for the general idea of organizing information, of vectors, and of linea…

E-book Basic Biology : An Introduction

Earth’s most incredible feature is the presence of life. The probability of life existing is so small that it is remarkable to exist at all, yet we take it for granted every day. We are surrounded by life everywhere we turn. Plants grow in our gardens, paddocks and forests; birds sit on our power lines; spiders inhabit the corners of our homes; ants find their way into our kitchens; bacteria …

E-book The Nature Connection Handbook

Research shows that the closer we get to nature, the happier we are, the more worthwhile life seems, and the more we are willing to take action to help our wildlife and the environment. In the context of the problems our climate and wildlife are facing, closer relationships with nature are more necessary than ever before. A population that has a close relationship with nature and recognises the…

E-book Firefighting Equipment & Handtools

Firefighters rely on tools and equipment to successfully accomplish many tasks. In order to respond and work in high stress situations, it is essential that all firefighters have an exceptional understanding of not only the tools available, but how to maintain and operate them in a safe and effective manner. Emphasis is placed on the firefighter during the fire academy to know every aspect of t…

E-book Sheep Production Manual : A Guide for 4-H Leaders and Beginning Farmers

Sheep originated in the mountains of central Asia and were among the first animals to be domesticated 10,000 years ago. These wild sheep did not look much like domesticated sheep. They had coarse hair instead of wool and were much bigger than most domestic sheep today. Gradually, the domestic sheep evolved from their wild ancestors. After many generations, theircoarse hair was replaced by soft …

E-book Bears

This status survey and conservation action plan describes the status and conservation needs of the eight bear species of the world. These species currently live in more than 65 countries/autonomous regions in four continents. They are a diverse group of large mammals living in a variety of habitats from tropical rainforests to arctic ice. Bears are the umbrella species in most of the ecosystems…

E-book Black Bear Ecology

This contains information about black bear ecology.

E-book Stars and Galaxies

Galaxies come in a range of colours and sizes. In spiral galaxies such as the Milky Way, most stars are in a thin disc. The disc of the Milky Way has a radius of about 15 kpc, and contains ? 6 × 1010M of stars. The disc stars rotate around the centre of the galaxy on nearly circular orbits, with rotation speed vc ? 220 km s?1 almost independent of radius r (unlike themotion of planets in the …

E-book Mysteries of the Sun

We, in the early 21st century, know that the Sun is a star, composed mostly of hydrogen, at the center of the Solar System, and with planets orbiting around it. But ancient people didn’t have access to the same tools we have today. Their understanding about the Sun was far more concerned with the day-to-day needs of living. As such, their notions have influenced the way we (still) think of t…

E-book Violent Impacts How Power and Inequality Shape the Concussion Crisis

Concerns regarding brain injury in sport have escalated into what is often termed a “concussion crisis,” fueled by high-profile lawsuits and deaths. Although athletes are central figures in this narrative, they comprise only a small proportion of the people who experience brain injuries, while other high-risk groups—including victims of domestic violence and police brutality—are all too…

Pohon Kepemimpinan : Being Responsible and Professional

Topik kepemimpinan ini selalu relevan dan dibutuhkan di berbagai bidang: bisnis, pemerintahan, organisasi sosial, pendidikan, dan kehidupan keluarga walaupun dalam skala yang berbeda-beda, tetapi umumnya orang ingin menjadi pemimpin yang baik. Seseorang menjadi pemimpin melalui proses, pemimpin yang kuat tidak lahir begitu saja. Kepemimpinan itu dikembangkan, dasar-dasarnya mungkin telah ditana…

E-book Mathematical Thinking. An Involution for Architects

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E-book Sunflower : An Alternative Crop for Tennessee Producers

Tennessee producers are interested in crops that can be grown to diversify and/or complement their current cropping systems that include corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat. There is a growing demand for birdseed, and sunflower is an important component of that feed, either as a sole ingredient or in a blend with other seeds such as millet, corn, sesame, sorghum, wheat and oats. Sunflower oil is u…

E-book Illinois : Soybean Production Guide

The opportunity to increase soybean yields is at the fingertips of every soybean farmer in Illinois. It begins with understanding the needs of the soybean, the environment it prefers, adopting the best agronomic practices and stacking technology to optimize yield. Improving soybean production on your farm requires a systematic approach. Make sure you account for the entire production system –…

E-book Cooking Guide for Soldiers

Food is fuel for one of the most sophisticated machines in the world – your body! Properly fueling your body means eating plenty of fresh fruits/vegetables, whole grains, beans, and moderate amounts of lean protein and healthy fats. Many soldiers are busy and rely on food that comes from a restaurant (fast-food, take-out, or sit-down). You may also be eating more convenience foods or pre-pack…

E-book Corpse Crusaders External Review of Whole Manuscript E-book The Zo…

In the popular imagination, zombies are scary, decomposing corpses hunting down the living. But since the 1930s, there have also been other zombies shambling across the panels of comic books—zombies that aren’t quite what most people think zombies should be. There have been zombie slaves, zombie henchmen, talking zombies, beautiful zombies, and even zombie heroes. Using archival research in…

E-book Who is prepared for the new digital age? Evidence from the EIB Invest…

In the fight against the Coronavirus, digital technology is playing an unprecedented role in the maintenance of daily life and economic and social activities, as well as the recovery of industries and business activities. The Coronovirus-pandemic could become a tipping point for digitalisation - a dawn of a new era - by accelerating the maturity of digital technology: What was once a ‘nice to…

E-book Cooking Demonstration Guide

This Guide provides guidance, on how cooking demonstrations can be implemented most effectively so that optimal impact on improved nutrition is achieved, especially for women of reproductive age and children aged 6-23 months. Optimal complementary feeding of the children helps to ensure proper infant growth and development and prevent malnutrition. Inappropriate complementary feeding practices …

E-book Digital Ecologies

In an era of mass extinction, climate emergency, and biodiversity collapse, what role do digital media have in securing liveable futures? To what extent are digital media mitigating or intensifying environmental crises? And what theoretical, empirical, and methodological frameworks are needed to make sense of emerging digital ecologies? In a context where digital media are reshaping the futures…

E-book Leveraging Digital Innovation Lessons for Implementation

Digital technologies offer unprecedented opportunities for organizations to realize efficiency gains and explore new lines of business. However, their integration into existing corporate structures and routines hardly materializes without frictions and the need for organizational adaptation. This collection of corporate narratives assembles best practice cases of companies – ranging from star…

E-book Media Use in Digital Everyday Life

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. As digital technologies have become ever more ingrained in society, Media Use in Digital Everyday Life asks how our relationship with media has changed. After the proliferation of smartphones, social media and ubiquitous connectivity, what has happened to the ways we navigate across social domains and structure …

E-book Beijing : Foreign Investment Guide

Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, is also the national political center, cultural center, international exchange center, and scientific and technological innovation center. It takes the lead domestically and even globally in multiple strategic emerging industries, and gathers rich resources of technology, finance, culture, talents and international elements. The city is be…

E-book Digital Entrepreneurship Impact on Business and Society

This open access book explores the global challenges and experiences related to digital entrepreneurial activities, using carefully selected examples from leading companies and economies that shape world business today and tomorrow. Digital entrepreneurship and the companies steering it have an enormous global impact; they promise to transform the business world and change the way we communicat…

E-book Critical Digital Art History Interface and Data Politics in the Post-…

Digital Art History has often aligned itself with the practical concerns of digital technology and the responsibilities of art institutions and associated institutional roles such as collection managers, information specialists, curators, and conservators. This emphasis on practicalities and implementation, while undeniably important, has often meant that there is little room for critical exami…

E-book China Guide Book

By and large China is safe, but petty crime is on the increase and tourists are particularly vulnerable. Take precautions and use common sense, particularly at night, and particularly around the tourists areas and in crowded places like markets. Try not to carry large amounts of money or obvious symbols of wealth, and keep your wallet or purse out of sight (back pockets are a big no no). Pickpo…

E-book The Rough Guide to Beijing

As the capital of one of the world’s most dynamic economies, the bold modernity of Beijing (??, b?ij?ng) should take nobody by surprise. And yet it’s hard not to be overawed by the sheer dynamism of this brash, gaudy, elegant, charming, filthy and historic city: whether partying to punk in a club, admiring the bizarre modern architecture spiking the skyline, or pushing your way through the …

E-book Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan The Development of the Fem…

Women and Public Life in Early Meiji Japan focuses on women’s activities in the new public spaces of Meiji Japan. With chapters on public, private, and missionary schools for girls, their students, and teachers, on social and political groups women created, on female employment, and on women’s participation in print media, this book offers a new perspective on nineteenth- and early twentiet…

E-book Olympic Summer Games Villages from Paris 1924 to Rio 2016

The Olympic Village is today a key element in the organisation and success of the Games. It brings together the world’s athletes in a unique location, and offers them an accommodation solution adapted to their needs during the final phase of their preparation. It is the fruit of an evolution process inseparably linked to that of the Olympic Games. Already in Antiquity, in order to take part i…

E-book Olympics 2020

The 2020 Summer Olympics, branded as Tokyo 2020 was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 08 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 07 September 2013. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 09 August 2020, the event was postponed…

E-book Astrology and Zodiac Signs

This book includes information about astrology and astrologys ystem; Hindu, Chinese and Western.In addition,it is mostly focused on the features of zodiac signs and elements of zodiacs.

E-book A Grower's Guide to Organic Apples

Many New York fruit growers have expressed interest in producing for the organic sector, where prices are relatively high and demand is increasing. However, reliable sciencebased information for commercial organic tree fruit production in cool humid regions such as the Northeastern United States has been difficult to find. This production guide compiles and distills information from university…

E-book Creativity in Education International Perspectives

Creativity has become a buzzword across all disciplines in education and across all phases, from early years through to tertiary education. Although the meaning of creativity can change vastly depending on the global educational setting, it is impossible to ignore the applicability and relevance of creativity as an educational tool, philosophical framework and pedagogical approach. Through case…

E-book The 21st Century Ladz Continuity and Changes among Marginalised Young…

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online. School-to-work transition studies have a rich sociological history that has traditionally focused on marginalised young men, until recently. Returning the focus to the most marginalised working-class young within a contemporary context, The 21st Century Ladz explores changing ideas of manhood, masculinities and …

E-book Peer Relationships at School New Perspectives on Migration and Diversity

Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity in young people’s peer relationships. The book challenges culturalist understandings of social cohesion, highlighting the divisive impacts of neoliberalism, from pervasiv…

E-book The Enduring Legacy External Review of Whole Manuscript

Enduring Legacy describes a multifaceted paradox—a constant struggle between those who espouse a message of hope and inclusion and others who systematically plan for exclusion. Structured inequality in the nation’s schools is deeply connected to social stratification within American society. This paradox began in the eighteenth century and has proved an enduring legacy. Mark Ryan provides h…

E-book Community Development and Schools

This book lays out the promise and potential of schools as community-building institutions. It explores the challenges faced in incorporating schools into broader community development policy, and also recognizes the changing demographics of schools and their need to integrate with economic development policy in order to promote broader community development. The book includes chapters on tax a…

E-book Translating Human Right in Eucation

The 2006 United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) is the first human rights treaty to explicitly acknowledge the right to education for persons with disabilities. In order to realize this right, the convention’s Article 24 mandates state parties to ensure inclusive education systems that overcome outright exclusion as well as segregation in special educat…

E-book An Introduction to Butterly Watching

Butterfly watching is taking the country by storm! Naturalists for years have marveled at the beauty, grace and value of these wonders of nature and the increasing numbers of people now going into the field to look for butterflies demonstrates their charisma. The development of close­focusing binoculars has allowed modern butterfly enthusiasts a luxury not afforded their predecessors — the a…

E-book Philosophy and Leadership Proposal review An Evolution of Leadersh…

Philosophy and Leadership is an ambitious exploration of leadership's philosophical underpinnings from antiquity to the AI-driven future. The book journeys through history, gleaning insights from eminent philosophers and contextualizing their teachings to leadership. The book's foundational premise lies in the symbiosis of philosophy and leadership. Philosophy provides the "why""that drives the…

E-book Samurai with Telephones External Review of Whole Manuscript Anachron…

What is going on when a graphic novel has a twelfth-century samurai pick up a telephone to make a call, or a play has an ancient aristocrat teaching in a present-day schoolroom? Rather than regarding such anachronisms as errors, Samurai with Telephones develops a theory of how texts can use different types of anachronisms to challenge or rewrite history, play with history, or open history up to…

E-book Bioenergy for the Energy Transition

Bioenergy is the energy produced from biological materials such as crops, woody biomass (e.g. forestry and agricultural residues) and other organic materials and wastes. Biomass, biofuels, bioliquids and biomethane are related terms (see Glossary). These different forms of bioenergy can be used for cooking, heating, industrial use, to produce electricity and for transport fuels. Bioenergy is an…

E-book Bioenergy Project Development and Biomass Supply

Modern biomass, and the resulting useful forms of bioenergy produced from it, are anticipated by many advocates to provide a signifi cant contribution to the global primary energy supply of many IEA member countries during the coming decades. For non-member countries, particularly those wishing to achieve economic growth as well as meet the goals for sustainable development, the deployment of m…

E-book Taiwan Comics History, Status, and Manga Influx 1930s–1990s

This book is the first comprehensive introduction to the comics culture of Taiwan. Under martial law (1949–87), Taiwan’s comics culture was shaped by an intriguing mix: mainland Chinese traditions of political cartoons (manhua) and popular “picture books” (lianhuanhua) existed side by side with pirated and often obscured Japanese manga. Triangulating the sociology of culture, media hist…

E-book Sunflower Production Guide

Sunflower is the most important oil seed crop in Southern Africa at present, and is being grown in virtually all the summer rainfall areas. In the past, the total area under sunflower production varied from year to year as a result of climatic factors and market prices. It is expected that the total area under sunflower will stabilise at 500 – 600 000 ha and even increase in future as a res…

E-book Grain Legumes

Malnutrition or „hidden hunger? severely stunts human potential due to imbalanced diets and a lack of vital vitamins and minerals. Good health depends on the availability, affordability, and acceptability of the foods essential to a balanced diet, and these include hardy multipurpose food legumes that can be consumed as vegetables or grains. Grain legumes provide a third of humanity?s protein…

E-book Queer Compassion in 15 Comics

This unique comic anthology takes its readers on a journey through different art styles and queer perspectives, from first Prides to multi-generational friendships to finding community among chosen families. The comics in Queer Compassion offer kaleidoscopic insight into the colorful, heartbreaking, empowering, funny, and diverse lives of queer people around the world by centering compassion as…