In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths—some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)—have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural industries that rely on bees for pollination. Scientists continue to debate the causes of CCD, yet ...

India and the World: Governance and Justice Through Historical Lenses offers a compelling exploration of how India's political, legal, and administrative structures have evolved across time. Blending historical narratives with modern perspectives, the book examines the foundations of governance, the development of justice systems, and India's interactions with global powers.

So who really spearheaded India's Freedom Struggle? Millions of ordinary people-farmers, labourers, homemakers, forest produce gatherers, artisans and others-stood up to the British. People who never went on to be ministers, governors, presidents, or hold other high public office. They had this in common: their opposition to Empire was uncompromising. In The Last Heroes, these footsoldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories. The men, women and children featured in this book a...

'So who really spearheaded India's Freedom Struggle? Millions of ordinary people-farmers, labourers, homemakers, forest produce gatherers, artisans and others-stood up to the British. People who never went on to be ministers, governors, presidents, or hold other high public office.They had this in common: their opposition to Empire was uncompromising.In The Last Heroes, these footsoldiers of Indian freedom tell us their stories. The men, women and children featured in this bo...

The stirring eyewitness account of an epochal revolution.// By one of the great reporters of all time.// ‘The authenticity of [John Reed’s] writing on the revolution gained from its being a first-hand, eyewitness account. Seen from the streets and barricades, drawn from the meeting halls and fiery debates. Acute powers of observation, aligned always with a sensitivity towards ordinary people. Not “experts”. . . . Ten Days That Shook the World . . . raised questions, it carved out a kind of...

Love Left Slowly, So Did Ipoems for the love that didn’t know how to stayThis is not a book about moving on.It is a book about what stays.Love Left Slowly, So Did I is a collection of raw, confessional poems written from the aftermath of a love that ended without closure. These poems live in the quiet spaces after goodbye cold beds, unfinished messages, habits that refuse to die, and the version of yourself that disappears ...

Mending a Broken Heart: Words to Heal.It’s for the nights you lie awake questioning everything, and the mornings when you take that first brave step forward.This book isn’t about fixing what’s broken, it’s about honoring your scars, rediscovering your worth, and finding the courage to move forward with grace. I wrote this for you, for me, and for anyone who has ever felt the ache of losing someone they loved.Every quote in this book is born from my own experiences with...

Brucella Miletensis: Identification and Characterization of Potential Drug Targets presents a systematic approach to identifying and characterizing drug targets using bioinformatics. The book shows the potential of bioinformatic tools in the identification of virulence targets in pathogenic bacteria and viruses, in general, and in B. militensis 16M in particular. Chapters identify putative genes as potential drug targets, employ a subtractive genomic approach, consider the virulent genes o...

Providing the inside track on how the experts approach and deal with real-life clinical scenarios, Challenging Concepts in Paediatric Critical Care explores eighteen common, complex and often contentious topics seen in hospitals, high dependency units, and PICU's worldwide. These include cases on 'Paediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome', 'Traumatic brain injury', and 'Safeguarding children in paediatric intensive care'. With a case-based approach, complex patient presentat...

This book examines biodynamic farming with focus on principles, history, and international status. Chapters address biodynamic preparations and their application for soil health and fertility management. It discusses influence of lunar and astrological rhythms on planting calendars and cultivation practices, livestock integration, cropping systems, and certification standards in biodynamic agriculture, and also:Examines principles and concepts of biodynamic farming with compa...

The groundbreaking theory of how fire and food drove the evolution of modern humansEver since Darwin and The Descent of Man, the evolution and world-wide dispersal of humans has been attributed to our intelligence and adaptability. But in Catching Fire, renowned primatologist Richard Wrangham presents a startling alternative: our evolutionary success is the result of cooking. In a groundbreaking theory of our origins, Wrangham shows that the shift...

"For much of the past 10 years, beekeepers, primarily in the United States and Europe, have been reporting annual hive losses of 30 percent or higher, substantially more than is considered normal or sustainable. But this winter, many U.S. beekeepers experienced losses of 40 to 50 percent or more"- Elizabeth Grossman, "Declining Bee Populations Pose A Threat to Global Agriculture", Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.The decline of the global be...