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Science and technology
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Nutrition of Fruit Crops explores nutrient management strategies essential for sustainable fruit production. The book presents foundational principles of plant…
nutrition, diagnosis of nutrient deficiencies, fertilizer application techniques, and modern tools like DRIS and integrated nutrient management (INM). Designed for students, researchers, and horticultural professionals, it provides both theoretical knowledge and field-level insights to improve crop yield and quality. In the context of climate change, soil degradation, and increasing food demand, this volume emphasizes the importance of balanced nutrition in promoting sustainable horticultural practices.The subject of this book also includes Basic principles to integrated nutrient management (INM), supporting diverse academic levels. Diagnostic tools and real-world application methods such as fertigation and foliar feeding. Current scientific studies with actionable insights for improving yield and quality. Balanced nutrition practices that support soil health and long-term productivity. Print edition not for sale in India.
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Share your wisdom, passion, and experience as you plan your next chapter For educators, teaching is more than just a…
job; it′s a part of who they are. But when the time comes to start thinking about leaving the classroom, many are left asking, What′s next? Retirement doesn′t have to mean stepping away from the impact you′ve made or the wisdom you′ve gained. Be a Legacy Teacher provides a roadmap to help retiring teachers—and those thinking about retirement—transition into a fulfilling new phase of life while continuing to contribute to the betterment of education. This inspiring and beautifully designed guide walks educators through five meaningful pathways to remain connected to their passion and community. Whether through mentorship, teaching in unconventional settings, writing, consulting, or influencing through community engagement, retiring educators will discover ways to create their own lasting legacy. Designed to help retiring or late-career teachers explore practical ways in which they can move their love of teaching beyond the classroom, this book includes: Creative and actionable strategies to help retired teachers channel their knowledge and skills into impactful opportunities Journal prompts for reflection on personal goals, values, and next steps as you transition into retirement Stories and advice from experienced Legacy Teachers, offering ideas and inspiration from their real-life journeys A customizable Legacy Teacher Action Plan to transform your retirement goals into a meaningful reality Whether you′re planning your next chapter or already retired, Be a Legacy Teacher empowers you to honor your career and build upon your legacy of great teaching. Rediscover your purpose, support the next generation of educators, and continue to make a difference in your community.
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Share your wisdom, passion, and experience as you plan your next chapter For educators, teaching is more than just a…
job; it′s a part of who they are. But when the time comes to start thinking about leaving the classroom, many are left asking, What′s next? Retirement doesn′t have to mean stepping away from the impact you′ve made or the wisdom you′ve gained. Be a Legacy Teacher provides a roadmap to help retiring teachers—and those thinking about retirement—transition into a fulfilling new phase of life while continuing to contribute to the betterment of education. This inspiring and beautifully designed guide walks educators through five meaningful pathways to remain connected to their passion and community. Whether through mentorship, teaching in unconventional settings, writing, consulting, or influencing through community engagement, retiring educators will discover ways to create their own lasting legacy. Designed to help retiring or late-career teachers explore practical ways in which they can move their love of teaching beyond the classroom, this book includes: Creative and actionable strategies to help retired teachers channel their knowledge and skills into impactful opportunities Journal prompts for reflection on personal goals, values, and next steps as you transition into retirement Stories and advice from experienced Legacy Teachers, offering ideas and inspiration from their real-life journeys A customizable Legacy Teacher Action Plan to transform your retirement goals into a meaningful reality Whether you′re planning your next chapter or already retired, Be a Legacy Teacher empowers you to honor your career and build upon your legacy of great teaching. Rediscover your purpose, support the next generation of educators, and continue to make a difference in your community.
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History, Writing, General non-fiction
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An entertaining and eye-opening look at the history of crossword puzzles, who constructs them, and why crosswords matter as both…
a reflection of and influence on our culture&“Warning: This book is highly contagious.&” –Mary Norris, author of Between You & Me&“A gridful of insight and pleasure.&”—Stefan Fatsis, bestselling author of Word Freak and UnabridgedFrom Wordle to Spelling Bee, we live in a time of word game mania. Crosswords in particular gained renewed popularity during the COVID-19 lockdown, when games became another kind of refuge. Today, 36 million Americans solve crosswords once a week or more, and nearly 23 million solve them daily. Yet, as longtime New Yorker crossword contributor Natan Last will tell you, the seemingly apolitical puzzle has never been more controversial—or more interesting.A surprisingly ubiquitous influence in the worlds of art, literature, and technology, as Last demonstrates, the puzzle and its most popular purveyors—including publications such as The New York Times, still the gold standard for word games—have in recent years been challenged for the way they prioritize certain cultures and perspectives as the norm, demoting others to obscurity. At the same time, the crossword has never been more democratic. A larger, younger, more tech-savvy, and solidaristic group of people have fallen in love with puzzle solving, ushering in a more inclusive community of constructors and challenging the very idea of what is "normal."With a critical eye toward the puzzle's history, Natan Last explores the debates about the future of the crossword and investigates those who are determining its next phase, ultimately asking if the crossword can help us reshape the world. Across the Universe interrogates all the ways words—and the games we make using those words—change our culture, while bringing us into the world of those pushing for the crossword's much-needed evolution.
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Journals and memoirs, Canadian non-fiction, Laws and statutes, Politics and government
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My Life in the Law is a rich, personal reflection on Robert J. Sharpe’s long, varied, and influential career as…
a lawyer, scholar, and judge. After giving an account of his early life and education, Sharpe examines his time as a law student in the late 1960s, an era when great emphasis was put upon formalistic legal doctrine, heavily influenced by English law. As a legal academic in the 1970s up until the 1990s, Sharpe participated in Canadian law’s emergence from the shadow of its narrow past. He then dealt with that evolution from the very different perspective of a judge and a legal history scholar during his twenty-five years on the bench. Throughout the book, Sharpe writes about the people who influenced his trajectory: the exceptional lawyers with whom he practiced, his Oxford University professors, and his University or Toronto colleagues. He describes how these people and his three-year experience working as executive legal officer to Justice Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada prepared him for his twenty-five-year career as a judge.Written in an engaging and accessible style, this memoir tells the story of a man whose fascination with the law has led to an illustrious, decades-long career of great significance.
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Games, General non-fiction
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Fall in love with this laugh-out-loud game about the sweetest day of the year, from the author of the bestselling…
Would You Rather? series.Feast on fun (and candy) with this hilarious Would You Rather? book—the perfect companion for Valentine&’s Day! Would you rather eat a box of chocolates by yourself or a bag of marshmallows? Which would you choose: giving out the best Valentines or receiving more than anyone else in your class? No matter what you decide, this whimsical book for kids and their families will inspire lively conversations and warm hearts.Would You Rather? Valentine&’s Day Edition features:Thought-provoking, age-appropriate questions that delight and challenge kids ages 8–12 to think creatively and speak persuasively.160+ &“Would You Rather?&” scenarios about cards, candy, gifts, food, decorations, love, and so much more.Awesome entertainment for Valentine&’s get-togethers, hangouts with friends, and school parties.Tech-free fun for February days spent indoors.A competitive game for kids and families; who&’s the smartest of them all?Would You Rather? Valentine&’s Day Edition will keep you entertained and laughing as you make cards, bake Valentine&’s Day goodies, attend parties—and maybe even discover a secret admirer!
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Arts and entertainment, Philosophy
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A Matter of Detail inspires new ways of thinking about detail by bringing anthropology, philosophy, art history, and aesthetics into…
direct conversation. Co-editors Brandel, Das, Laugier, and Pitrou challenge a long-standing assumption that the history of detail begins with European modernity and follows a teleological course from an object of scorn to a sign of the good. In its place, they offer a history of attention to detail that draws on classical and vernacular histories and traditions found in grammar, ritual, and poetics around the world. Emphasizing detail as a method and moving between its usage as a noun (detail) and a verb (detailing) enables them to tell stories about the reassembly of detail across accidents, contingencies, and unintended consequences.From this vantage, the book argues that details are not always small and insignificant. Rather, there is a dynamic relationship between the minute and the grand, detail and surface, which makes the proliferation of details threatening to the idea of an authoritative and integrated imagination of the whole. This expanded context generates ways of conceiving detail as a conceptual and moral mode of self-formation and being toward others, both human and non-human.
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Poetry, Self help
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A long-awaited poetry collection for healing, hope, and emotional well-being—featuring reader favorites and 20 brand-new poems by Donna Ashworth, best-selling…
author of Wild Hope.Joy Chose You is a beautiful, color-illustrated collection of Donna's most loved poems to bring more joy into our imperfect lives. When we allow joy to wrap her quiet warmth around us we find ourselves opening up to more life, love, and light.With poems such as "Joy Comes Back," "Happy," and "Unstoppable," as well as 20 new poems, including "This Little Moment," "Love Wins," and "A Little Weird," Donna's wise words help us find hope in the dark, calm amid worry, and greater joy in the beauty of living.
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Animal stories, Movie and television tie-ins, Mysteries and crime stories
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Just in time for the theatrical release of Zootopia 2, this clever chapter book mystery follows police partners Judy Hopps…
and Nick Wilde into Zootopia&’s lively Theater District as they investigate a new case.Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are teaming up again to crack a new case: Someone in Zootopia has been selling tainted counterfeit jewelry—and it&’s damaging animals' fur! Their investigation leads them to the famous Hippodrome, home to a hit play that has the whole Theater District talking. As they sniff around, shifty suspects enter the spotlight—and threatening notes appear at every turn. Can Hopps and Wilde solve the mystery before the final curtain falls?
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Family stories
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Knots are necessary and imperfection is a gift in this poignant picture book about an Iranian boy learning to make…
a new family rug with his grandmother, from an award-winning duo.Here&’s something to remember: Even a rug can be a precious thing.One morning, a young boy is woken up early by his grandmother. It&’s time to make a new rug for the family. Together, they wash and dye the wool. When it&’s time to knot the threads, the young boy grows nervous. He wants to make it perfect. But why aren&’t the colors right? And why can&’t he weave as swiftly as his grandmother?In this lyrical picture book about imperfection, tradition, and togetherness, A Knot is Not a Tangle explores the memories woven into one family's Persian rug, and is a gentle reminder of imperfection's greatest gifts.
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History, United States history, Arts and entertainment
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Sons of Britches. The Great American Chuckwagon Dinner Show. The Haygoods. The Grand Jubilee. These are just a couple of the many…
shows performed in Branson, MO, a popular tourist destination that has played a role in the nation’s culture wars for over one hundred years. Branson, Missouri, the Ozark Mountain mecca of wholesome entertainment, has been home to countless stage shows espousing patriotism and Christianity, welcoming over ten million visitors a year. Some consider it “God’s Country” and others “as close to Hell as anything on Earth.” For Joanna Dee Das, Branson is a political, religious, and cultural harbinger of a certain enduring dream of what America is. She takes Branson more seriously than the light-hearted fun it advertises—and maybe we should too. For Das, Branson’s performers offer visions of the American Dream that embody a set of values known as the three Fs: faith, family, and flag. Branson boosters insist that these are universal values that welcome all people; the city aims to capture as many tourists as possible. But over the past several decades, faith, family, and flag have become markers of contemporary conservatism. The shows and culture of Branson, for all their fun and laughter, have been a galvanizing political force for white, working-and-middle class, Christian Americans. For social and economic conservatives alike, Branson is practically proof-of-concept for America as they want it to be. Faith, Family, and Flag is a comprehensive history of the Branson entertainment industry, within the context of America’s long culture wars. Das reveals how and why a town known for popular entertainment, a domain associated most often with the political left (“Hollywood liberals”), came to be so important to the political right and its vision for America.
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History, United States history, General non-fiction
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Why school yearbooks—as frivolous and cringey as they are—are far more than just objects of nostalgia. We’re all familiar…
with the embarrassment that washes over us when recalling our high school yearbooks. Questionable fashion choices, gravity-defying hair, a melodramatic quote—what were we thinking? Even as school yearbooks decline in popularity among contemporary teens, they continue to impact our lives in shocking ways. Collected, digitized, aggregated, and recombined in ways that would have been impossible to imagine just a few decades ago, yearbooks are no longer bound personal archives of adolescent memories. In the twenty-first century, they are shaping our lives in surprising and sometimes disturbing ways. And what could be a more fitting afterlife for these cringey books? In School Yearbook, cultural critic Kate Eichhorn investigates this ubiquitous object. On the surface, school yearbooks are easily dismissed as innocuous collections of embarrassing photographs and cheesy affirmations, but as Eichhorn reveals, there has never been anything innocent about the school yearbook tradition. Since the early twentieth century, yearbooks have circulated as forms of public relations, propaganda, and hate speech. They have been routinely used by police detectives, private investigators, and even the FBI to identify and profile suspects. With over half a million yearbooks now available online, these books have also acquired the power to continue shaping our lives long after graduation. Would-be landlords, employers, and even creditors can now turn to data culled from their embarrassing pages to make judgments about who we are and what we merit. In a digital era, school yearbooks have acquired the ability to keep judging us in perpetuity. Both timely and insightful, School Yearbook explores how these books have always been used to rank and judge us.
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Fitness, General non-fiction
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How do our beliefs about living with chronic illness shape the way we approach treatment and care? Savoring Care challenges…
conventional narratives about living with type 2 diabetes. A chronic condition defined by insulin resistance and radical transitions in lifestyle, type 2 diabetes care is infused with individual blame and attempts to foster biomedical control. This book moves the focus away from blame and stigma towards the ways people with this chronic illness foster care, resilience, and well-being in their daily lives. Rather than centring diabetes management solely on diet and personal responsibility, this book explores how individuals and communities support one another through shared meals, therapies, and other forms of practical care. Drawing on rich ethnographic research, editors and anthropologists Jessica Hardin and Emily Mendenhall illuminate how people respond creatively to a diabetes diagnosis, developing nourishing practices that prioritize relationships, friendship, and mutual care from around the world. Blending compassionate storytelling with accessible analysis, Savoring Care critiques dominant models of health, which frame diabetes as a failure of willpower or lifestyle, and instead highlights the alternative logics available as well as the diverse, meaningful ways people adapt to live well, understand their bodies, and thrive.
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General non-fiction, Disabilities
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I realised EVERYTHING I was doing was wrong.I needed to learn.I needed to change.During Laura Kerbey's time teaching autistic children,…
she had a sudden realisation that those with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) are children like no other! None of her tried and tested autism strategies would work to help them focus or learn and most of her time was spent wondering, what am I doing wrong?If you feel the same, this short, easy-listen guide is here to teach you everything you need to know from one educator to another. With an introduction to what PDA is followed by PDA tailored advice on how to connect with your student and create an autonomous, spontaneous environment that is personalised for you both, this guide is here to ensure that you and your PDA student thrive!Packed with entertaining anecdotes (including one about Jabba the Hut's poo), this go-to-guide contains everything you need to start implementing PDA friendly learning to help you connect with your student and help them make the most of their learning experience.
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History
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A bracing account of how our current planetary crisis emerged from the worst cataclysmic destruction in human history, which Clifton…
Crais terms the Mortecene—the killing age. We are used to speaking of the Anthropocene and the outsized impact humans have had on the planet. But we sometimes lose sight of a fundamental truth at the heart of modern world history: the legacy of human predation, slavery, and imperialism that has devastated the natural world and led us to our present moment. As historian Clifton Crais shows in this magisterial work, the period that we most associate with human progress—which gave us the Enlightenment, the rise of democracies, the Industrial Revolution, and more—was at the same time catastrophically destructive. In this bracing, landmark book, Crais urges us to view the growth of global capitalism between 1750 and the early 1900s not as the Anthropocene, but as the Mortecene: the Killing Age. Killing brought the world together and tore it apart, as profiteering warlords committed mass-scale slaughter of humans and animals across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The newfound ease and profitability of killing created a disturbing network of global connections and economies, eliminating tens of millions of people and sparking an environmental crisis that remains the most urgent catastrophe facing the world today. Drawing on years of scholarship and marshaling myriad sources across world history, The Killing Age turns our vision of past and present on its head, illuminating the Mortecene in all its horror—how it shaped who we are, what we value and fear, and the precarious present we inhabit today.
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General non-fiction
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A racial demographic transition has come to rural northern New England. White population losses sit alongside racial and ethnic minority…
population gains in nearly all of the small towns of the Upper Valley region spanning New Hampshire and Vermont. Homesick considers these trends in a part of the country widely considered to be progressive, offering new insights on the ways white residents maintain racial hierarchies even there. Walton focuses on the experiences of mostly well-educated migrants of color moving to the area to take well-paid jobs – in this case in health care, higher education, software development, and engineering. Walton shows that white residents maintain their social position through misrecognition—a failure or unwillingness to see people of color as legitimate, welcome, and valuable members of the community. The ultimate impact of such misrecognition is a profound sense of homesickness, a deep longing for a place in which one can feel safe, wanted, and accepted. Tightly and sensitively argued, this book helps us better understand how to recognize and unsettle such processes of exclusion in diversifying spaces in general.
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Disabilities, Self help
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Being a woman in your thirties and beyond is challenging enough when your brain works the way society expects-throw ADHD…
into the mix, and it's a whole new ballgame!Written by Laura Kerbey with charming illustrations from Eliza Fricker and quotes from other ADHD woman from across the world, this accessible, lived experience guide is here to help you make sense of it all.Candid, funny and validating, Laura offers a truly honest look into the realities of being a woman with ADHD, with chapters focused on parenting, rejection sensitive dysphoria, menopause, working life, mental health and relationships - Laura uses a combination of research and her own lived experience as a late-diagnosed ADHDer to provide advice you can actually use in your busy, everyday life.
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Disabilities, Psychology
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A short, introductory guide to PDA for parents, extended family and professionals who are supporting a PDA child, with engaging…
illustrations throughout. Including explanations of the basics of PDA and how it can present, as well as straightforward advice on how best to meet the needs of the PDA child, this is the go-to guide for anyone who wants to get a clear overview of PDA and find out how they can provide high-quality support.
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Disabilities, Parenting
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A gentle and engaging introduction to PDA for kids so they can better understand PDA friends or family members. Through…
simple, child-friendly and age-appropriate explanations, readers can explore what PDA is and how they can support their PDA siblings or peers. There are also lots of opportunities for the reader to think about how everything relates to their own situation, and what they may need to stay safe and happy. Containing funny and helpful illustrations throughout, this is the ideal way to explain the basics of PDA to kids - both the good bits and the tricky bits!
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Health and medicine, General non-fiction
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An accessible and empowering conversation starter about being introverted.This is a kids’ book about being an introvert. In a time…
when it seems like so much depends on small talk and friend count, life can start to feel a little awkward for the introverted kiddos of the world. But this book was made to show kids that there’s nothing wrong with being introverted!This book was made to help kids aged 5-9 explore the introvert experience from struggles to superpowers, with a mission of affirming those of us who find solace in a bit of silence and solo time. We have a lot to offer the world – and we do it our own way.A Kids Book About Being an Introvert features:A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages.A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout.An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic.Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.