This Book was written to serve those interested in seed pathology. It is designed to serve as a textbook as well as a reference book for students, teachers, and researchers, and for seed health testing, seed production, and plant quarantine personnel. It is to be used as a guide to the literature. Much of the illustrative material has come from the authors' files used for teaching or from their own research. Teachers will want to supplement this book with examples from their own experience...

A modern classic. Intrigue and betrayal hung in the air at the Last Supper. After Jesus was arrested in Gethsemane, a kangaroo court was convened in the middle f the night. It was an illegal farce. Why did the enemies of Jesus bother with atrial? Why not hire a hitman, or arrange a secret poisoning? His enemies had no power to take his life. He gave it willingly, or there could be no gospel. 'From time to time a publication appears — of modest size and author — its value greater than a who...

Getting CustomersEasier, faster and for less money than you ever thought possible.Winning customers is the lifeblood of any business, yet so many people fail dismally at it. James Sinclair knows how it's done - In 15 years he has built a one-man business as a children's clown into a multi-million-pound enterprise with a network of companies and over 400 employees. In the book he lets eager business owners into his secrets for getting the ri...

At 15, James Sinclair set up a little children’s entertainment business called Jimbo the Partyman. By the age of 18 he was turning over £1000 a week. By the time he was in his twenties, he owned two houses. But that was just the beginning. Today the Partyman Group puts on 7000 parties a year and owns a string of business supplying everything from fun days and family days out to magicians and childcare. And James is still only 29. Learn some of the secrets of James’ amazing success in this ...

Indigenous Nationhood is a selection of blog posts by well-known lawyer, activist and academic Pamela Palmater. Palmater offers critical legal and political commentary and analysis on legislation, Aboriginal rights, Canadian politics, First Nations politics and social issues such as murdered and missing Indigenous women, poverty, economics, identity and culture. Palmater’s writing tackles myths and stereotypes about Indigenous peoples head-on, discusses Indigenous nationhood and n...

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair follows Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian immigrant who arrives in Chicago seeking the American Dream. Instead, he faces brutal working conditions in the meatpacking industry, exploitation, poverty, and corruption. As he struggles to support his family, he becomes disillusioned with the system that exploits immigrant labor. Sinclair’s novel exposes the dark side of industrial capitalism, ultimately sparking public outcry and reforms in food safety laws.

Peter Gudge finds himself swept into a tempest of espionage and intrigue during a fevered time of nationalism. When a bomb blast catapults him into the shadowy world of government spies and subterfuge, Peter must navigate a treacherous path of loyalty and deception. Through Peter's eyes, Sinclair deftly explores themes of patriotism, manipulation, and the quest for truth.

This gripping novel follows Allan Montague, a young lawyer who enters the dazzling high society of New York City, only to uncover a web of corruption, greed, and moral decay. As Montague navigates the glittering ballrooms and shadowy boardrooms of the elite, he is forced to confront the stark realities behind the facade of wealth and power. Sinclair's incisive critique of the American Gilded Age unveils the stark contrasts between opulence and poverty, integrity and vice.

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and ...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...

Sinclair Lewis' scandalous tale of Una Golden, who dared to work, marry, divorce and find success in the male-dominated society of New York in the early 1900s.Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and a writer lauded both for his craft and his principles, wrote The Job as a statement of female empowerment, and self-determination over societal expectation. Written in the early years of the 1900s Lewis' central character, ...

To the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, Between Asia and America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779Captain John Cook's last voyage, his third to the Pacific Northwest, was a remarkable one, for his crew included several literate men, scientists, scholars, and specialists. Anticipating a rush into print after the voyage, the British Admiralty ordered all logbooks, journals, diaries, and notes of the crew members confiscated when the fleet returned ...