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  • St. Louis Civil War Sites and the Fight for Freedom

    by Peter Downs ...
    Series series Civil War Series
    The Monuments of a Divided StateSt. Louis was at the center of several key Civil War events from the Dred Scott decision through the Mississippi Campaign that cut the Confederate States in two. Visit the site from which enslaved people tried to cross the Mississippi River to the free state of Illinois. Discover how hundreds of lawsuits by enslaved people set the stage for the Dred Scott decision ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Schoolhouse Shams

    Myths and Misinformation in School Reform

    by Peter Downs ...
    Written by a parent and school board member, who first embraced many of the ideas of the modern school reform movement, Schoolhouse Shams lays bare much of the mythology and misinformation that underpin many of the failed school reform policies of the last decade. Many of the top strategies of the highly publicized school reform movement already have been tried out in St. Louis with disastrous ... Read more

    $42.99 USD

  • River Channel Management

    Towards sustainable catchment hydrosystems

    by Peter Downs, Ken Gregory ...
    River Channel Management is the first book to deal comprehensively with recent revolutions in river channel management. It explores the multi-disciplinary nature of river channel management in relation to modern management techniques that bear the background of the entire drainage basin in mind, use channel restoration where appropriate, and are designed to be sustainable.River Channel Management ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Improving dairy herd health

    by Dr Michael Iwersen, Dr Marc Drillich, Dr Victor E. Cabrera, Prof Bonnie Mallard, Dr Mehdi Emam, Dr Shannon Cartwright, Dr Tess Altvater-Hughes, Dr Alexandra Livernois, Dr Lauri Wagter-Lesperance, Dr Douglas C. Hodgins, Dr John Remnant, Dr Heba Atalla, Dr Brad Hine, Dr Joshua Aleri, Dr Andrew Fisher, Prof Clive Phillips, Emeritus Prof Norman B. Williamson, Prof Päivi J. Rajala-Schultz, Dr Tariq Halasa, Dr John F. Mee, Dr James Breen, Prof Theo J. G. M. Lam, Dr Sarne De Vliegher, Dr Nick J. Bell, Prof Sharif S. Aly, Dr Sarah M. Depenbrock, Dr Peter Down, Dr Chris Hudson, Prof Martin Green, Dr Lorenzo E. Hernández-Castellano, Dr Klaus L. Ingvartsen, Dr Mogens A. Krogh, Professor Albert De Vries ...
    Series Book 102 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Particular focus on prerequisites required for effective herd health management (HHM) programmes, including understanding bovine disease epidemiology, improving disease surveillance (including the use of sensors), data-driven decision-making based on cow health records, as well as advances in understanding and optimising immune responseReviews HHM issues across the dairy cow life cycle, from ... Read more

    $175.99 USD

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    Principles, Values, and Structure of an Emerging Profession

    by Andre F. Clewell, James Aronson ...
    Series series Science Practice Ecological Restoration
    Ecological restoration is a rapidly growing discipline that encompasses a wide range of activities and brings together practitioners and theoreticians from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, ranging from volunteer backyard restorationists to highly trained academic scientists and professional consultants. This book offers a comprehensive and coherent account of the field for everyone who ... Read more

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  • Restoration Ecology

    The New Frontier

    Edited by Jelte van Andel, James Aronson ...
    Enlarged, enhanced and internationalized edition of the first restoration ecology textbook to be published, with foreword by Dr. Steven Whisnant of Texas A&M University and Chair of the Society of Ecological Restoration.Since 2006, when the first edition of this book appeared, major advances have taken place in restoration science and in the practice of ecological restoration. Both are now ... Read more

    $86.00 USD

  • The Human Superorganism

    How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life

    by Rodney Dietert PhD ...
    "Eyeopening... Fascinating... may presage a paradigm shift in medicine.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"Teeming with information and big ideas... Outstanding.”—Booklist (starred review)The origin of asthma, autism, Alzheimer's, allergies, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and even some kinds of depression is now clear. Award-winning researcher on the microbiome, professor Rodney Dietert presents a ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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  • Biodiversity

    An Introduction

    by Kevin J. Gaston, John I. Spicer ...
    This concise introductory text provides a complete overview of biodiversity - what it is, how it arose, its distribution, why it is important, human impact upon it, and what should be done to maintain it.Timely overview of the serious attempts made to quantify and describe biodiversity in a scientific wayActs as an easy entry point into the primary literatureProvides real-world examples of key ... Read more

    $83.00 USD

  • Ecosystem Ecology

    A New Synthesis

    Edited by David G. Raffaelli, Christopher L. J. Frid ...
    Series series Ecological Reviews
    What can ecological science contribute to the sustainable management and conservation of the natural systems that underpin human well-being? Bridging the natural, physical and social sciences, this book shows how ecosystem ecology can inform the ecosystem services approach to environmental management. The authors recognise that ecosystems are rich in linkages between biophysical and social ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • Anti-Aging Therapeutics Volume XII

    by A4M American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine ...
    Proceedings of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine's (A4M) Seventeenth World Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine & Regenerative Biomedical Technologies Spring Summer and Winter Sessions (2009 conference year). Also includes Anti-Aging Clinical Protocols 2010-2011. ... Read more

    $119.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

    Frameworks, methodologies, and integration

    Edited by Martin Solan, Rebecca J. Aspden, David M. Paterson ...
    The biological composition and richness of most of the Earth's major ecosystems are being dramatically and irreversibly transformed by anthropogenic activity. Yet, despite the vast areal extent of our oceans, the mainstay of research to-date in the biodiversity-ecosystem functioning arena has been weighted towards ecological observations and experimentation in terrestrial plant and soil systems. ... Read more

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  • Invasion Ecology

    by Julie L. Lockwood, Martha F. Hoopes, Michael P. Marchetti ...
    This new edition of Invasion Ecology provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to all aspects of biological invasion by non-native species. Highlighting important research findings associated with each stage of invasion, the book provides an overview of the invasion process from transportation patterns and causes of establishment success to ecological impacts, invader management, and post ... Read more

    $76.00 USD