The Encyclopedia of Country Living

The Encyclopedia of Country Living

Author: Carla Emery

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780912365954

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From the garden or barnyard to the kitchen table, here is a comprehensive resource for step-by-step information about food production. Filled with more than 1,000 recipes, 700 mail-order sources, how-to instructions, and earthly wisdom gleaned from a lifetime of self-sufficient living, this thorough, reliable treasury should be in every home. Features 300 illustrations.


The African Roots of Marijuana

The African Roots of Marijuana

Author: Chris S. Duvall

Publisher: Duke University Press

Published: 2019-05-09

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1478004533

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After arriving from South Asia approximately a thousand years ago, cannabis quickly spread throughout the African continent. European accounts of cannabis in Africa—often fictionalized and reliant upon racial stereotypes—shaped widespread myths about the plant and were used to depict the continent as a cultural backwater and Africans as predisposed to drug use. These myths continue to influence contemporary thinking about cannabis. In The African Roots of Marijuana, Chris S. Duvall corrects common misconceptions while providing an authoritative history of cannabis as it flowed into, throughout, and out of Africa. Duvall shows how preexisting smoking cultures in Africa transformed the plant into a fast-acting and easily dosed drug and how it later became linked with global capitalism and the slave trade. People often used cannabis to cope with oppressive working conditions under colonialism, as a recreational drug, and in religious and political movements. This expansive look at Africa's importance to the development of human knowledge about marijuana will challenge everything readers thought they knew about one of the world's most ubiquitous plants.


Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic

Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic

Author: Samuel Halpern

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2016-09-08

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13: 0750969415

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Report into the Loss of the SS Titanic is a complete re-evaluation of the loss of Titanic based on evidence that has come to light since the discovery of the wreck in 1985. This collective undertaking is compiled by eleven of the world's foremost Titanic researchers – experts who have spent many years examining the wealth of information that has arisen since 1912. Following the basic layout of the 1912 Wreck Commission Report, this modern report provides fascinating insights into the ship itself, the American and British inquiries, the passengers and crew, the fateful journey and ice warnings received, the damage and sinking, rescue of survivors, the circumstances in connection with the SS Californian and SS Mount Temple, and the aftermath and ramifications that followed the disaster. The book seeks to answer controversial questions, such as whether steerage passengers were detained behind gates, and also reveals the names and aliases of all passengers and crew who sailed on Titanic's maiden voyage. Containing the most extensively referenced chronology of the voyage ever assembled and featuring a wealth of explanatory charts and diagrams, as well as archive photographs, this comprehensive volume is the definitive 'go-to' reference book for this ill-fated ship.


An Introduction to Circular Economy

An Introduction to Circular Economy

Author: Lerwen Liu

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-12-18

Total Pages: 631

ISBN-13: 9811585105

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This book is purposefully styled as an introductory textbook on circular economy (CE) for the benefit of educators and students of universities. It provides comprehensive knowledge exemplified by practices from policy, education, R&D, innovation, design, production, waste management, business and financing around the world. The book covers sectors such as agriculture/food, packaging materials, build environment, textile, energy, and mobility to inspire the growth of circular business transformation. It aims to stimulate action among different stakeholders to drive CE transformation. It elaborates critical driving forces of CE including digital technologies; restorative innovations; business opportunities & sustainable business model; financing instruments, regulation & assessment and experiential education programs. It connects a CE transformation for reaching the SDGs2030 and highlights youth leadership and entrepreneurship at all levels in driving the sustainability transformation.


Biofuel Support Policies: An Economic Assessment

Biofuel Support Policies: An Economic Assessment

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2008-08-25

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9264050116

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This report shows that the high level of policy support contributes little to reduced greenhouse-gas emissions and other policy objectives, while it adds to a range of factors that raise international prices for food commodities.


Hill Agriculture

Hill Agriculture

Author: Pawan Kumar Sharma

Publisher: New India Publishing Agency

Published: 2014-01-01

Total Pages: 8

ISBN-13: 9381450870

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Hill Agriculture: Economics and Sustainability for creating more awareness regarding hill agriculture in India. This book contains articles contributed by different authors from all over India including North Eastern Hill Region. The book tries to cover all aspects of hill agriculture related to economics of different enterprises, marketing and sustainability. The broad theme of book is divided into following sub-themes: Performance of Hill Agriculture in India/Public/Private Support for hill Agriculture/Organic farming in Hills: Status, Scope and Economics/Horticulture in Hills: Status, Scope and Economics/Agricultural Marketing in hills: Status, Marketed Surplus, Producers’ share, Interventions etc./Status of Land Reforms and Agricultural holdings/Agricultural Credit and Insurance/ Using ICT in Hill Agriculture/Facing the Challenges of WTO in Hill Agriculture/Sustainability Issues in Hill Agriculture


Travelling Light

Travelling Light

Author: Marita Van der Vyver

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13:

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Love can be tough, especially starting again on the wrong side of forty. So when Griet Swart falls for a beautiful Italian who is a puppeteer, she is plagued by doubts and demons u not to mention her noisy, nosy sisters.


Recycling and Incineration

Recycling and Incineration

Author: Richard Denison

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 1990-09-01

Total Pages: 345

ISBN-13: 9781559630542

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Recycling and Incineration presents information on the technology, economics, environmental concerns, and legal intricacies behind recycling and incineration programs.