This book by Messrs Voisin and Lecomte comes at the right moment. It is a synthesis of M. Voisin's important study, Grass Productivity. This manual presents the chief ideas of two specialists. Since they are also excellent practitioners, they have applied these ideas before recommending them.Their evocative picture of 'the meeting of cow and grass' poses the true problem of the management of grazed grass.For the farmer, the production of meat and milk is an act of industria...

Most contemporary poets wear their cultural and artistic influences on their sleeve. Picking up a book in an English language bookstore, it is easy to see where the poet is coming from, either geographically, or culturally (ironic and formal; confessional and free etc). This may seem reductive until you read a book like the one you have in your hands. Put simply, Mia Lecomte is a quietly dazzling poet on her own terms. She is fed by multiple cultures, she is widely read, but her writing is...

The Waldensians were a religious movement that emerged in the Middle Ages and were known for their adherence to simpler Christian beliefs and practices. They faced persecution due to their divergence from certain established religious doctrines of the time."Paula the Waldensian" likely follows the life of this young girl within the historical context of the Waldensian community. The story may portray Paula's experiences, struggles, and her faith amidst the challenges faced by her community...

Does your breastfed baby have colic, reflex, or eczema? Perhaps your child has protein intolerance and that simply changing your diet might relieve his symptoms. This book is the result of my own research to try to better understand colic, reflux and eczema in breastfed babies. Having had two children with one or more of these problems, I was informed they might temporarily suffer from protein intolerance. After realizing how frequent this problem is, and having suffered from lack of infor...

This book introduces three innovative concepts and associated financial instruments with the potential to revolutionise real estate finance.The factorisation of commercial real estate with factor-based real estate derivatives is the first concept analysed in this book. Methodological issues pertaining to factors in real estate risk analysis are covered in detail with in-depth academic reference. The book then analyses the digitalisation of commercial real estate. The environment in...

Sara Chandler has come to the big island of Hawaii to escape her troubled past and find peace in this place all the guidebooks call "Paradise." Lucas Henshaw is the first obstacle in her path to happiness. But he's not the last…

C'est l'histoire d'un enfant qui découvre le plus beau métier du monde grâce à sa grand-mère. Cette passion qu'elle va lui transmettre année après année et qui l'emmènera dans" un monde étoilé". Retrouvez quelques-unes de mes créations apprises avec elle.

Chronicles of an Impossibility by acclaimed Italian author Mia Lecomte is a stunning collection of short speculative fiction that challenges conventional boundaries of realism, gender, and identity. Translated into English with lyrical sensitivity by Johanna Bishop and Brenda Porster, these stories unfold like whispered riddles—intimate, surreal, and quietly explosive.Each story in this collection reveals a fractured reality: a mother witnessing the disintegration of her identity t...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the FirstInternational Conference on Reliability, Safety, and Security of RailwaySystems, RSSRail 2016, held in Paris, France, in June 2016.The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed andselected from 36 initial submissions. The papers cover a wide range oftopics including failure analysis, interlocking verification, formalsystem specification and refinement, security analysis...

This book sets new trajectories for language-sensitive business and management research and pedagogy. The existence of language plurality characterises these. Empirical studies have been established as important and relevant for contemporary research. It has shifted language-sensitive research from the periphery to the centre of international management research. However, this field is rapidly changing, and new thematic approaches have begun to emerge. By addressing this, the book offers g...

This volume considers spirit possession in the Himalayas and the various ways in which invisible powers are made present. It does so by examining material representations of these powers through artefacts, animals, plants and natural substances, while also focusing on narratives of people’s encounters with the invisible that may help them to reconfigure reality. Through these two approaches, the contributions examine new phenomena associated with the concepts of "possession" and "shamanism...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Reliability, Safety, and Security of Railway Systems. Modelling, Analysis, Verification, and Certification, RSSRail 2023, held in Berlin, Germany, during October 10–12, 2023.The 13 full papers presented in this book together with 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. The papers are divided into the following topical sections: modeling for security; tooled approaches and depen...