Epigraphy, or the study of inscriptions, is critical for anyone seeking to understand the Roman world, whether they regard themselves as literary scholars, historians, archaeologists, anthropologists, religious scholars or work in a field that touches on the Roman world from c.
The authoritative guide for dietetic students and both new and experienced dietitians endorsed by the British Dietetic Association Now in its sixth edition, the bestselling Manual of Dietetic Practice has been thoroughly revised and updated to include the most recent developments and research on the topic.
This book presents Clare's poetry exactly as he wrote it, and includes selections from his `mad' poems as well as his earlier descriptions of birds, animals and village life.
Our current food system faces challenges across the board - from ensuring food security and reducing environmental impact to managing costs and minimizing waste.
Klaus Merz – vierflüglig schillernd: eine RezeptionsgeschichteDer Großmeister der leisen Töne erzeugt WiderhallKlaus Merz ist spätestens seit seinen beiden erfolgreichen Prosawerken Jakob schläft (1997) und Der Argentinier (2009) einer der bedeutendsten Schweizer Gegenwartsautoren.
Letters for the Ages Behind Bars is a history of imprisonment told through the letters of people incarcerated over many centuries, for crimes committed or sometimes even for no reason at all.
The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Food Forum was established in 1993 to allow science and technology leaders in the food industry, top administrators in the federal government, representatives from consumer interest groups, and academicians to discuss and debate food and food safety issues openly and in a neutral setting.
Radiological Risk Assessment and Environmental Analysis comprehensively explains methods used for estimating risk to people exposed to radioactive materials released to the environment by nuclear facilities or in an emergency such as a nuclear terrorist event.
When African American intellectuals announced the birth of the "e;New Negro"e; around the turn of the twentieth century, they were attempting through a bold act of renaming to change the way blacks were depicted and perceived in America.
Spanish contemporary poetry: An anthology presents a selection of Spanish peninsular poetry from the 1970s to the present day, with an introductory study of the most relevant poetic trends and poetic groups of the period, followed by guided and close readings of each poem.
Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.
Before he gave us the ';one of a kind classic' (The Wall Street Journal) memoir On Writing, Stephen King wrote a nonfiction masterpiece in Danse Macabre, ';one of the best books on American popular culture' (Philadelphia Inquirer).
This book presents the latest evidence-based approach in diagnosis and management of the aging of both individuals and society from a gerontology perspective.
Der Mensch kann bei ausgewogener Ernährung, maßvollem Einsatz von Sonnenlicht und ausreichender Bewegung seinem Körper fast alles zuführen und bereitstellen, was für ein weitestgehend krankheitsfreies Leben und ein starkes Immunsystem notwendig ist.
Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles.
A brilliant collection from one of Australia's leading writersClose to Home brings together Alice Pung s most loved writing, on topics such as migration, family, art, belonging and identity.
A comprehensive and authoritative collection of Thoreau quotations on more than 150 subjects, from beauty to wisdomFew writers are more quotable than Henry David Thoreau.
An intra-ethnic study of Latina/o fiction written in the United States from the early 1990s to the present, Forms of Dictatorship examines novels that depict the historical reality of dictatorship and exploit dictatorship as a literary trope.
Recent large-scale epidemiological studies have confirmed the pre-eminence of the Mediterranean diet for reducing the risk of primary and secondary heart disease and cancer.
The aim of Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease is to provide comprehensive information regarding adipose tissue, its physiological functions and its role in disease.
When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "e;Boom"e; of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself over night out of thin air.
One of the major considerations of any environmental resource project must be the effect on human well-being; originally published in 1979, this study aims to deal specifically with the transmission of Schistosomiasis as a human environmental impact.
When this work was first prepared for publication in 1949 the Notebooks and Collected Letters were still in manuscript, and many of the printed works, if not unavailable, were scarce.
Every year, the collection of the best letters that didn't quite make it into the Telegraph - because just too left-field, outrageous or hilarious for an august Letters page - offers an alternative review of the year.
Like its predecessors, the new and updated edition of Advanced Nutrition: Macronutrients, Micronutrients, and Metabolism is an essential textbook for advanced undergraduate and first-year graduate students studying human nutrition.
Small World, Big Ideascollects twelve of the most inspiring and courageous activists together to share their stories and present an inspiring vision of what each of us can do to build a better world today.