Following in the tradition of its predecessor, Crop Responses to Environment, this fully updated and more comprehensive second edition describes aspects of crop responses to environment that are particularly relevant to the development of improved crop cultivars and management methods on a global scale. It includes an extensive discussion of the difficulties in developing agricultural systems that accommodate increasing human needs for agricultural products during the twenty-first...

This 33-chapter volume presents a critical examination of the importance of stable isotopes in understanding key plant metabolic processes. - Carbon isotope analyses for estimates of plant water use and metabolism - Integrated estimates of stress impacts and life history in ecological systems - Hydrogen and oxygen isotope analyses for evaluating water sources and transpiration - Use of stable isotopes in scaling from leaf to global levels - Sections include: History and Theoretical Conside...

This atlas provides a practical guide applicable to the diagnosis and management of skin diseases affecting the male genital area. Chapters feature concise descriptions and advice on potential management strategies and cover sexually transmissible infections, candidal balano-posthitis, rare male genital malignancies, and pigmentary disorders. Every description is accompanied by a broad range of images of a particular disease or disorder, enabling the reader to develop a deeper understandin...

This book is about emotional abuse that many people go through and is something that can go undetectable especially when looking at a males point of view. Its everywhere and even in the unexpected places can be found. This book is a highlight and insight to my life and struggle with emotional abuse and its to show that everyone has their scars its just that some of mine are on the inside.

′Strong social policy is essential for sustainable growth. This book is an extremely useful overview of social policy issue for policy makers and anyone who wants to understand the true roots of successful sustainable development′ -Ian Johnson, Vice President for Sustainable Development, The World Bank′Throughout the world issues of social development have now taken centre stage. There is no more comprehensive and readable guide to the choices and conflict...

They carried the dead on their shoulders. They carry them still.In Somewhat Difficult to Put into Words, award-winning author Anthony Hall Seed delivers a searing collection of short stories and short plays that plunge readers into the chaos, confusion, and quiet devastation of war. From a grainy film of an unknown soldier's final defiant smirk before execution to the brutal reality of the 1968 Tet Offensive, these pieces pull no punches. Young men, drafted before they are ready, a...

ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2020 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Some of the topics in this volume include: Governments ordering lockdowns to combat Covid-19 “Telling people to lockdown to combat Covid makes about as much sense as it would’ve been to tell people to stop having sex to fight HIV. … Mandating wearing masks, like wearing seatbelts (or promoting the use of masks, like the use of condoms), would have been a lot cheaper and more effective.” Trump f...

In the sixth volume of The iPINIONS Journal, political commentator Anthony Livingston Hall shares an intelligent, humorous, and sometimes moving collection of essays that provide an entertaining and thought-provoking recap of 2010’s major events.With a unique perspective, Hall provides commentary on the passage of the healthcare reform, the BP oil spill, and whether Michael Jackson is the biological father of his children. As he offers his opinion on an eclectic mix of pol...

Ready for a dose of hard-hitting, no-holds-barred, honest narrative on the issues of the day without the spin? Then Anthony Livingston Hall is your man. In this fourth volume of commentaries from The iPINIONS Journal weblog, Hall offers a bold, comprehensive anthology on the most significant and popular developments of our time. An unsparing, equal-opportunity critic, Hall’s sting is made both edifying and entertaining by his cogent writing and inimitable wit. Hall’s refreshing worldview s...

ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at the global events of 2016 with a unique and refreshing perspective. Here are some topics in this twelfth volume of his writings:Hillary Calling Half of Trump’s Supporters a “Basket of Deplorables”“Hillary was only half right … But the most troubling thing is not how deplorable they are; it’s how willing they are to elect an even more deplorable man as president of the United Sates. The latter is what I find incomprehensible … unf...

ANTHONY L. HALL takes aim at every important issue of our time with a unique and refreshing perspective. He comments on:Obama accepting the Nobel PrizeMany people are still wondering what that mysterious light hovering over Norway was on the night before he arrived. But, despite claims that it was generated by a UFO or the failed test launch of a Russian missile, die-hard believers (like me) will tell you that it was just a celestial sign h...

Commentaries on the Global Events of Our TimesVolume VIIIn the year 2011, the world witnessed many historical events. Whether these events were joyful, catastrophic, or simply annoying, seasoned political observer Anthony Hall once again shares insightful commentary designed to spark lively discussions and challenge personal opinions.In his seventh collection of thought-provoking essays, Hall shares an outsider’s glimpse into global events—from the sublime to the rid...