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The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray

by Jorge Amado ...

Translated by Gregory Rabassa ...

A Penguin ClassicWidely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity ... Read more

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A Penguin ClassicWidely considered the greatest work by the foremost Brazilian author of the twentieth century, The Double Death of Quincas Water-Bray comes to Penguin Classics in a new translation by the dean of Portuguese-language translators, Gregory Rabassa. It tells the story of Joaquim Soares da Cunha, who drops dead after he abandons his life of upstanding citizenship to assume the identity
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Captains of the Sands

by Jorge Amado ...

Translated by Gregory Rabassa ...

**A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of BahiaA Penguin Classics**They call themselves “Captains of the Sands,” a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old “Bullet,” the band—including a crafty liar named “Legless,” the intellectual ... Read more

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**A Brazilian Lord of the Flies, about a group of boys who live by their wits and daring in the slums of BahiaA Penguin Classics**They call themselves “Captains of the Sands,” a gang of orphans and runaways who live by their wits and daring in the torrid slums and sleazy back alleys of Bahia. Led by fifteen-year-old “Bullet,” the band—including a crafty liar named “Legless,” the intellectual
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The Violent Land

by Jorge Amado ...

Translated by Samuel Putnam ...

**From the great Brazilian author, an exotic tale of greed, madness, and a dispute between two powerful families over land on the cocoa-rich coast of BahiaA Penguin Classic**The siren song of the lush, cocoa-growing forests of Bahia lures them all—the adventurers, the assassins, the gamblers, the brave and beautiful women. It is not a gentle song, but a song of greed, madness, and blood. It is a ... Read more

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**From the great Brazilian author, an exotic tale of greed, madness, and a dispute between two powerful families over land on the cocoa-rich coast of BahiaA Penguin Classic**The siren song of the lush, cocoa-growing forests of Bahia lures them all—the adventurers, the assassins, the gamblers, the brave and beautiful women. It is not a gentle song, but a song of greed, madness, and blood. It is a
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The Discovery of America by the Turks

by Jorge Amado ...

Translated by Gregory Rabassa ...

A Penguin ClassicPublished here for the first time in English in a brilliant translation by the peerless Gregory Rabassa, The Discovery of America by the Turks is a whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew that will remind readers why Jorge Amado is to Portuguese-American literature what Jorge Luis Borges is to Spanish-American literature. It follows the adventures of two Arab ... Read more

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A Penguin ClassicPublished here for the first time in English in a brilliant translation by the peerless Gregory Rabassa, The Discovery of America by the Turks is a whimsical Brazilian take on The Taming of the Shrew that will remind readers why Jorge Amado is to Portuguese-American literature what Jorge Luis Borges is to Spanish-American literature. It follows the adventures of two Arab
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Rooster / Gallo

by Jorge Luján ...

Illustrated by Manuel Monroy, IBBY Honour List ...

A rooster heralds the beginning and end of the day in this imaginative and beautifully illustrated bilingual poem.The song of the rooster draws forth the universe and gives way to the dance of beings and objects as day draws its first brilliant breath. This book is so supremely simple that a baby can delight in it, and yet so complex that an adult reader can find joy in the poem and beautiful ... Read more

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A rooster heralds the beginning and end of the day in this imaginative and beautifully illustrated bilingual poem.The song of the rooster draws forth the universe and gives way to the dance of beings and objects as day draws its first brilliant breath. This book is so supremely simple that a baby can delight in it, and yet so complex that an adult reader can find joy in the poem and beautiful
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Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems

by Professor Gottlieb Basch, Dr Emilio J. González-Sanchez, Dr Seyed Vahid Eslami, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz0, Dr Carol C. Baskin1, Dr Jerry M. Baskin2, Dr Jose Gonzalez-Andujar3, Prof Cesar Fernandez-Quintanilla4, Dr Francisco Skora Neto5, Dr Sami Ul-Allah6, Dr Amar Matloob7, Dr Mubshar Hussain8, Dr Muhammad Farooq9, Professor Bernhard Streit0, Dr Martin V. Bauer1, Dr Per Kudsk2, Dr Stéphane Cordeau3, Dr Maé Guinet4, Dr Nicolas Munier-Jolain5, Dr Guillaume Adeux6, Dr Violaine Deytieux7, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez8, Dr Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez9, Dr Rosa Carbonell-Bojollo0, Dr Francisco Marquez-Garcia1, Dr Antonio M. Conde-Lopez2, Dr Miguel A. Repullo-Ruiberriz de Torres3, Dr Manuel Morena-Garcia4, Dr Rafaela Ordoñez-Fernandez5, Dr Jesus A. Gil-Ribes6, Mr Marcelo Zanella7, Dr Darlan Rodrigo Marchesi8, Dr Arcângelo Loss9, Dr Guilherme Wilbert Ferreira0, Dr Jamil Abdalla Fayad1, Prof. Paolo Bàrberi2, Dr Stefano Carlesi3, Dr Federico Leoni4, Dr Ademir Calegari5, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado6, Dr Rolf Derpsch7, Dr Ray Archuleta8, Martin Cubilla9, Dr Frédéric Thomas0, Dr Sergio Argenteri1, Dr Fabricio Kryzaniak2, Dr Kelso Silva Franco Junior3, Dr Donizeti Aparecido Fornarolli4, Dr Benedito Noedi Rodrigues5, Dr Ronaldo Hissayuki Hojo6, Dr Cassio Egidio Cavenaghi Pretes7, Dr Danilo Rheinheimer dos Santos8, Dr Søren Ilsøe9, Dr Miguel Barnuevo-Rocko0, Dr Anderson Schmitz1, Dr Benjamin Dias Osorio Filho2, Dr Luiz Antônio Pradella3, Dr Valmor dos Santos4, Dr Corey Loessin5, Dr Omer Farooq6 ...

Series Book 160 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture. In Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems where ploughing has been replaced with no-tillage systems, weed management without reliance on herbicides has proven to be even more challenging.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems reviews the range of alternative, non-chemical methods of ... Read more

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There remains considerable uncertainty surrounding the future of effective weed control in agriculture. In Conservation Agriculture (CA) systems where ploughing has been replaced with no-tillage systems, weed management without reliance on herbicides has proven to be even more challenging.Weed management in Conservation Agriculture systems reviews the range of alternative, non-chemical methods of
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Instant Insights: Soil erosion

by Professor Jane Rickson, Dr Santanu Bakshi, Dr Chumki Banik, Dr Zhenli He, Prof R. J. Rickson, Dr E. Dowdeswell Downey, Dr G. Alegbeleye, Dr S. E. Cooper, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado, Dr Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol, Dr Claudio Hideo Martins da Costa, Dr Otávio dos Anjos Leal, Dr Luan Pierre Pott ...

Series Book 54 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on soil erosion in agriculture.The first chapter identifies different types of soil degradation, focussing primarily on soil erosion by water. The chapter explores the impact of soil erosion processes on soil properties that relate directly to crop growth, including soil depth, water-holding capacity, carbon content and nutrient ... Read more

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This collection features four peer-reviewed literature reviews on soil erosion in agriculture.The first chapter identifies different types of soil degradation, focussing primarily on soil erosion by water. The chapter explores the impact of soil erosion processes on soil properties that relate directly to crop growth, including soil depth, water-holding capacity, carbon content and nutrient
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Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 3

Adoption and Spread

by Prof Amir Kassam, Dr Ariel Espinoza Salinas, Dr Armen Zakaryan, Dr Imran Jumshudov, Dr Yagub Guliyev, Dr Alena Abarava, Dr Allan Pineda Burgos, Dr Demna Martsvaladze, Dr Gulnaz Kaseeva, Dr Omurbek Mambetov0, Dr Cholpon Alibakieva1, Dr Boris Boincean2, Dr J. C. Juárez López3, Dr Mihail Rurac4, Dr Vadim Bandurin5, Dr Luidmila Orlova6, Dr Alexandr Toigildin7, Dr Khalil Safin8, Dr Muhammadi Muminov9, Dr Jamshed Sangynov0, Dr Shavkat Juraev1, Dr Askarsho Zevarshoev2, Dr Nicola Kosolap3, Dr Carlos Andrés Zelaya Elvir4, Dr Oksana Davis5, Dr Oleksandr Zhuravel6, Dr Michail Draganchuk7, Dr Alim Pulatov8, Dr Josef Kienzle9, Dr Sandra Corsi0, Dr Yashpal Singh Saharawat1, Dr Mushtaq Gill2, Dr Mahesh Gathala3, Dr Tika Bahadur Karki4, Dr Jose Escobar5, Dr D. B. T. Wijeratne6, Dr Sayed Samiullah Hakimi7, Dr Neelam Chaudhary8, Dr Md. Enamul Haque9, Prof Richard Bell0, Dr C. M. Parihar1, Dr Harisankar Nayak2, Dr Rajbir Singh3, Dr R. K. Malik4, Dr Upendra Singh5, Dr Rafael Fuentes-Llanillo6, Dr Raj Paroda7, Dr Yuji Niino8, Dr Victor B. Ella9, Dr Florent Tivet0, Dr Vira Leng1, Dr Hoa Tran Quoc2, Dr Pascal Lienhard3, Dr Pham thi Sen4, Dr Thatheva Saphangthong5, Dr Vang Seng6, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz7, Dr Lyda Hok8, Dr Manuel Reyes9, Dr Stephane Boulakia0, Dr Sim Choon Cheak1, Dr Hongwen Li2, Dr Jin He3, Dr Jean-Francois Rochecouste4, Dr John Baker5, Dr Bill Crabtree6, Dr Tiago Santos Telles7, Dr Ademir Calegari8, Dr Augusto Guilherme de Araújo9, Dr David Roggero0, Dr Dimas Soares Junior1, Dr Edgard Ramírez2, Dr Facundo Capandeguy3, Dr Herbert Arnold Bartz4, Dr Jaime Hernández-Zamora5, Dr Ken Moriya6, Dr Luciano Dabalá7, Dr María Cecilia Ginés8, Dr Martín Maria Cubilla9, Dr Ricardo Ralisch0, Dr Theodor Friedrich1, Dr Richard Trujillo Mendoza2, Dr Roberto Peiretti3, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado4, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez5, Dr Elizabeth Moreno-Blanco6, Dr Rachid Mrabet7, Dr Haithem Bahri8, Dr Rolf Derpsch9, Dr Omar Zaghouane0, Dr Sherif Ragab Mohamed El-Areed1, Dr Moamen Mohamed Abou El-Enin2, Dr Lamourdia Thiombiano3, Dr Kalifa Coulibaly4, Dr Saidi Mkomwa5, Dr Kofi Boa6, Dr Robert B. Zougmoré7, Dr Oumarou Balarabe8, Dr Tom Goddard9, Dr Traoré Salifou00, Dr Sylla Halimatu01, Dr Sepo Marongwe02, Dr Raymond Nazare03, Dr Weldone Mutai04, Dr Hendrik Smith05, Dr G. Trytsman06, Dr A. A. Nel07, Dr J. A. Strauss08, Dr E. Kruger09, Dr Adam Hayes10, Dr R. K. Mampholo11, Dr J. N. Van Coller12, Dr H. Otto13, Dr J. G. Steyn14, Dr I. D. Dreyer15, Dr D. Slabbert16, Dr R. Findlay17, Dr E. Zunckel18, Dr L. Visser19, Prof Isam Bashour20, Dr Roula Bachour21, Dr Nicolas Haddad22, Dr Razan Dbaibo23, Dr Kassem Jouni24, Dr Faten Adada25, Dr Yahya Shakhatreh26, Dr Yahya Bani-Kalaf27, Dr Abedaraheem Bawaliz28, Dr Iyad Musallam29, Dr Faddel Ismael30, Jose R. Benites31, Dr Mahmud Huwaian32, Dr Nabeel Bani Hani33, Dr Mina Devkota34, Dr Atef Haddad35, Dr Yaser Musa36, Dr Rabea Al Hayek37, Dr Abdulsattar Asmair Alrijabo38, Dr Irfan Gultekin39, Dr Mohammad Esmaeil Asadi40, Dr Aziz Nurbekov41, Dr Roberto Azofeifa Rodríguez42, Dr Alisher Mirzabaev43, Dr Muratbek Karabayev44, Dr Nurali Asozoda45, Dr Nasriddin Khalilov46, Dr Dossymbek Sydyk47, Dr Hafiz Muminjanov48, Dr Tatiana Semenova49, Dr Avetik Nersisyan50, Dr Turi Fileccia51, Dr Gagik Mkrtchyan52, Dr Hatem Cheikh M’Hamed53, Professor Sjoerd W. Duiker54, Professor Gottlieb Basch55, Professor Emilio J. González-Sánchez56, Dr Miguel A. Repullo-Ruiberriz de Torres57 ...

Series Book 104 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in different regions around the worldHighlights the emergence of CA as a key alternative to tillage-based agricultureReviews the challenges of effective implementation of CA in different contexts (e.g. drier conditions, poor soil quality) ... Read more

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Summarises current research on the adoption of Conservation Agriculture (CA) principles in different regions around the worldHighlights the emergence of CA as a key alternative to tillage-based agricultureReviews the challenges of effective implementation of CA in different contexts (e.g. drier conditions, poor soil quality)
... Read more
Advances in Conservation Agriculture Volume 2

Practice and Benefits

by Prof Amir Kassam, Dr Angelica Galieni, Dr Theodor Friedrich, Dr Fabio Stagnari, Dr Fernando Teixeira, Prof Z. R. Khan, Dr A. W. Murage, Dr J. O. Pittchar, Dr C. A. O. Midega, Dr Stephane Boulakia0, Dr Florent Tivet1, Dr Olivier Husson2, Dr Lucien Séguy3, Prof João Carlos M. Sá4, Prof Rattan Lal5, Dr Ademir de Oliveira Ferreira6, Dr Clever Briedis7, Dr Thiago Massao Inagaki8, Dr Daniel Potma Gonçalves9, Dr Laila Kassam0, Dr Jucimare Romaniw1, Mr Scott Day2, Dr Ademir Calegari3, Dr Alessandra Santos4, Dr Marcus Cremonesi5, Dr Lilianne Maia6, Dr Wilian Demetrio7, Dr Marie L. C. Bartz8, Dr Oscar Veroz-Gonzalez9, Dr Muhammad Farooq0, Dr Manuel Morena-Garcia1, Dr Rafaela Ordoñez-Fernandez2, Dr Jesus A. Gil-Ribes3, Dr Julio Roman-Vazquez4, Dr Antonio Holgado-Cabrera5, Dr Gordon Conway6, Dr Saidi Mkomwa7, Dr Paula Triviño-Tarradas8, Dr Antonio Miranda-Fuentes9, Dr Francisco Marquez-Garcia0, Dr Ahmad Nawaz1, Dr Rosa M. Carbonell-Bojollo2, Dr Patrick C. Wall3, Dr Christian Thierfelder4, Dr Peter Hobbs5, Dr Jon Hellin6, Dr Bram Govaerts7, Prof Rafael Fuentes Llanillo8, Dr Tiago Santos Telles9, Dr Dimas Soares Junior0, Dr Sara Kaweesa1, Dr Yashpal Singh Saharawat2, Dr Anne-Marie B. Mayer3, Dr Tom Goddard4, Dr Hongwen Li5, Dr Ivo Mello6, Dr Francis Shaxson7, Prof Telmo Jorge Carneiro Amado8, Dr Carlos Alexandre Costa Crusciol9, Dr Claudio Hideo Martins da Costa0, Dr Otávio dos Anjos Leal1, Dr Luan Pierre Pott2, Dr Timothy Reeves3, Prof Michele Pisante4, Professor Kadambot Siddique5, Professor Gottlieb Basch6, Professor Sjoerd W. Duiker7, Professor Emilio J. González-Sánchez8 ...

Series Book 62 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as ... Read more

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Summarises current research on optimising CA system practices and their ecological, economic and social benefits.Elaborates on how CA systems make efficient use of production inputs such as water, nutrients, energy and addresses challenges in such areas as weed, insect pest and disease management.Reviews the central issues of improvement in yield, profitability and ecosystem services as well as
... Read more
Tamalitos

Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

by Jorge Argueta ...

Illustrated by Domi ...

Series Book 3 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
In this bilingual cooking poem for young children, Jorge Argueta encourages more creativity and fun in the kitchen as he describes how to make tamalitos from corn masa and cheese, wrapped in cornhusks.The book opens with an homage to corn — white, yellow, blue, purple, red and black. In Maya mythology the first men and women are even said to be made of corn. It has been an important food for ... Read more

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In this bilingual cooking poem for young children, Jorge Argueta encourages more creativity and fun in the kitchen as he describes how to make tamalitos from corn masa and cheese, wrapped in cornhusks.The book opens with an homage to corn — white, yellow, blue, purple, red and black. In Maya mythology the first men and women are even said to be made of corn. It has been an important food for
... Read more

Salsa

Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

by Jorge Argueta ...

Illustrated by Duncan Tonatiuh ...

Series Book 1 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa.A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

In this new cooking poem, Jorge Argueta brings us a fun and easy recipe for a yummy salsa.A young boy and his sister gather the ingredients and grind them up in a molcajete, just like their ancestors used to do, singing and dancing all the while.The children imagine that their ingredients are different parts of an orchestra — the tomatoes are bongos and kettledrums, the onion, a maraca, the cloves
... Read more
Sopa de frijoles / Bean Soup

Un poema para cocinar / A Cooking Poem

by Jorge Argueta ...

Illustrated by Rafael Yockteng ...

Series Book 2 - Bilingual Cooking Poems
This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soupFrom gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it’s time for supper.A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are “yellow as the dawn,” beans ... Read more

$8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This delightful recipe in poem form shows us all, young and old, how to make a heartwarming, tummy-filling bean soupFrom gathering the beans, onions and garlic to letting them swim in the pot until the house smells wonderful and it’s time for supper.A young boy helps his mother prepare a soup the whole family will enjoy using ingredients from Mother Earth. Onions are “yellow as the dawn,” beans
... Read more

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