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    The Unspoken Heart

    by Bal Singh ...
    Narrated by Steven Floyd ...

    Unabridged

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    The Unspoken Heart by Balbir Singh is a book about love in all its glory. The story revolves around Tanveer, a successful city lawyer with no time for romance. However, her whole life changes when she comes across an incredibly popular book recommended to her by her best friend. The book is about love, and shines light on it in a way Tanveer never knew possible. She decides to track down the ... Read more

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  • Climate change and agriculture

    Series Book 78 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Provides a more holistic approach by combining research both on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the contribution of agriculture to climate changeHighlights advances in ways of predicting the effects of agriculture and climate change on one anotherBuilds on this foundation to outline key mitigation strategies to achieve a more ‘climate-smart’ agriculture ... Read more

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  • A Certain Ambiguity

    A Mathematical Novel (New in Paper)

    While taking a class on infinity at Stanford in the late 1980s, Ravi Kapoor discovers that he is confronting the same mathematical and philosophical dilemmas that his mathematician grandfather had faced many decades earlier--and that had landed him in jail. Charged under an obscure blasphemy law in a small New Jersey town in 1919, Vijay Sahni is challenged by a skeptical judge to defend his belief ... Read more

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  • Production Politics and Migrant Labour Regimes

    Guest Workers in Asia and the Gulf

    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book emphasizes the importance of production politics, or struggles in the workplace between workers and their employers, for understanding migrant labour regimes in Asia and the Gulf. Drawing from a study of Bangladeshi construction workers in Singapore, as well as on comparative material in the region, Bal shows that migrant labour politics are significantly influenced by the specific form ... Read more

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  • Protein Toxins in Modeling Biochemistry

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This succinct volume addresses the production of inactive, potentially toxic proteins in the absence of correct protein folding and the resultant neurodegenerative diseases. Other topics include intrinsic disorder in protein structure and function and the effects of molten globules on protein toxicity. This concise and yet thorough text also discusses using toxin structure as a model for studying ... Read more

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  • Climate Impacts on Agricultural and Natural Resource Sustainability in Africa

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses knowledge-based sustainable agro-ecological and natural resource management systems and best practices for sustained agricultural productivity and ecosystem resilience for better livelihoods under a changing climate. With a focus on agriculture in Africa, the book assesses innovative technologies for use on smallholder farms, and addresses some of the key Sustainable ... Read more

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  • Agriculture and Ecosystem Resilience in Sub Saharan Africa

    Livelihood Pathways Under Changing Climate

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume discusses emerging contexts of agricultural and ecosystem resilience in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as contemporary technological advances that have influenced African livelihoods. In six sections, the book addresses the sustainable development goals to mitigate the negative impacts on agricultural productivity brought about by climate change in Africa. Some of the challenges assessed ... Read more

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  • Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture

    Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This 35-chapter book is based on several oral and poster presentations including both invited and contributory chapters. The book is thematically based on four pillars of sustainability, with focus on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Environment, Economic, Social and Institutional. The environmental sustainability, which determines economic and social/institutional sustainability, refers to the rate of ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Food Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Plant Derived Nutritious Foods—Volume 1

    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This open access book provides a synthesis of the knowledge generated on relevant and adaptive technologies for the betterment of farmer’s livelihood. The book is based on contribution made primarily by researchers from Africa and especially from Malawi. However, other experts and especially in the fields of human nutrition and biofortified foods from other parts of the world have also contributed ... Read more

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  • Sustainable Intensification to Advance Food Security and Enhance Climate Resilience in Africa

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This 32-chapter volume represents the core of several oral and poster presentations made at the conference. In addition to Introduction and Conclusion sections, the book is thematically divided into 7 sections, namely, 1) Land Use and Farming Systems, 2) Effects of Climate Change on Crop Yield, 3) Soil Nutrient and Water Management for Carbon Sequestration, 4) Rehabilitation of Degraded Lands ... Read more

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