Commercial gambling is a recent historical phenomenon. It has developed into a profitable industry that supplies a range of recreational activities to its customers, and is a significant way of collecting money from players to distribute to companies, state budgets, and other beneficiaries. Many of these are civil society organizations, using the money for producing services in sports, culture, social work, and health care. However, gambling can also develop into pathological behaviour. Us...

Highlights the relationship between product appearance and consumer purchasing decisionsConsiders how the nutritional quality and flavour of poultry meat can be enhanced, as well as the factors which can compromise thisOffers an informed overview of the key research completed on understanding the genetics and genomics of meat quality traits in poultry

Undertakes a wide-ranging examination of the US-Mexico border as it functions in the rhetorical production of civic unity in the United StatesA “border” is a powerful and versatile concept, variously invoked as the delineation of geographical territories, as a judicial marker of citizenship, and as an ideological trope for defining inclusion and exclusion. It has implications for both the empowerment and subjugation of any given populace. Both real and ima...

Peach is a highly valuable temperate fruit crop with significant consumer demand and nutraceutical benefits. This book provides comprehensive and up-to-date coverage on sustainable production processes for peach and nectarine. The latter is a natural mutation of peach that lacks fuzzy skin. It includes fundamental information to help reduce production risks for growers, improve fruit quality, and increase potential market returns, whilst addressing current emerging issues such as climate c...

Reviews latest research on composition and properties of egg shell, white and yolk;Summarises recent studies on pathogens affecting eggs and methods for their control such as washing and packaging;Discusses current findings on factors affecting quality attributes such as appearance, shelf-life and nutritional value

In the secluded town of Cutter’s Ridge, nestled within the shadowy mountains of Montana, silence has always been a way of life. But when a series of gruesome murders shakes the town’s core, each crime scene marked by a haunting masquerade mask, fear and paranoia take hold.Detective Victor Vega never planned to return to the town that abandoned him, but when the sheriff—his estranged brother—calls for help, he has no choice but to confront the ghosts of his past. As he delves deeper...

Ernesto Cisneros, Pura Belpré Award-winning author of Efrén Divided, is back with a hilarious and heartfelt novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. A great next pick for readers who loved Ghost by Jason Reynolds or The First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez.Isaac and Marco already know sixth grade is going to change their lives. But it won’t change things at home—not without each other’s help.This year, star basketball player Isaac plans o...

The power of dialogue leads us to confrontation and understanding, which may not always be useful or pleasing to the participants, but it will always serve to lead to reflection, analysis, and action.On the other hand, thoughts emerge as an emotional weapon for existential security, expressing our opinions in chaotic situations, and conveying to others what may be troubling us (or not?).We will delve into the boundaries between reason, madness, reality and dreams.

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME and GOODREADS • A brave new collection of poems from Sandra Cisneros, the best-selling author of The House on Mango Street.It has been twenty-eight years since Sandra Cisneros published a book of poetry. With dozens of never-before-seen poems, Woman Without Shame is a moving collection of songs, elegies, and declarations that chronicle her pilgrimage toward rebirth and the recognition of her prerogative as a ...

A winner of the Pura Belpré Award, now in Spanish!“We need books to break open our hearts, so that we might feel more deeply, so that we might be more human in these unkind times. This is a book doing work of the spirit in a time of darkness.” —Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango StreetEfrén Nava’s Amá is his Superwoman—or Soperwoman, named after the delicious Mexican sopes his mother often prepares. Both...

The history of Peru unfolds in the lives of the descendants of seven children fathered by a Catholic priest and his longtime secret lover.Renato Cisneros's great-great-grandmother Nicolasa bore seven children by her long-term secret love, who was also her priest, raising them alone in nineteenth century Peru. More than a century later, Renato, the descendent of that clandestine affair, struggles to wring information about his origins out of recalcitrant relatives, ...

This is not just a book. It is a collaboration of tales and stories. Stories told from the darkness and from the shadows. Some are tales of sadness and some are tales of joy and happiness. I have written them to share them with the world in hopes that they will live forever. It has taken me many years to combine them to where they were just right. I am filled with pride and hope that you will come to love them just as I have. This book is my lifes work. Up until now, these poems are what h...