The second of this two-volume collection discusses ways of improving cultivation across the supply chain from seed selection and planting to post-harvest storage. It also reviews research on the better understanding and management of key pests and diseases. View details

As fossil fuels deplete, what happens to capitalist political economies they support? This book examines a new theory for understanding energy, social reproduction and capitalism. View details

This full-colour book brings together the diagrams, tables and equations pertinent to anaesthesia. This is the first book to combine all of these illustrations in one volume; as such it provides an essential learning resource for candidates preparing for the FRCA exams.
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This book examines the relationships between theatre and the turbulent political and social context of Northern Ireland since 1969. It explores key theatrical performances which deal directly with this context. The book is aimed at a student readership: it is largely play-text-based, and it contains useful contextualising material.

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A collection of original essays developing a Confucian political and legal theory, focusing on South Korea, traditionally the most Confucian East Asian country in its legal, political, and cultural practices. View details

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An examination of multiculturalism in East Asia using a transnational approach. The collection focuses in on Japan, Korea and Taiwan to examine key issues including policy, racial discourse, subjectivity and the implications for established ethic minority communities. View details

A rich collection of critical essays, authored by philosophers and practicing artists, examining Deleuze and Guattari's engagement with a broad range of art forms. View details

This volume focuses on breeding new varieties with desirable traits such as drought tolerance and improved nutritional value as well as how such innovations can be successfully deployed in the developing world. View details

The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films.

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A critical look into how far our lives are controlled by modern digital systems, and how digital information is used by the powerful. View details

This book demystifies North Korea by looking beyond the 'axis of evil' label. View details

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Anatomy and Physiology in Healthcare is a brand new textbook which uses a case-based approach to describe the biological principles which underpin the practice of healthcare. 

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This collection begins by reviewing the current state of cassava cultivation, before going on to review the range of techniques enabling sustainable intensification, from seed systems management to intercropping and post-harvest management. View details

The second in this two-volume sequence discusses advances in understanding and managing pests and diseases. It also reviews ways of assessing its nutritional qualities as well as in measuring and minimising its environment impact. View details

Potatoes have long been one of the world’s most important crops. The first volume in this two-volume sequence reviews advances in understanding plant physiology, genetics and breeding. It also discusses ways of understanding the nutritional and sensory properties of potatoes. View details

A book on the nature of the new, precarious industrial worker in the Global South - highlighting experimentation, solidarity and struggle. View details

A book on the nature of the new, precarious industrial worker in the Global South - highlighting experimentation, solidarity and struggle. View details

Guides the reader through the demographic transition's origins in the Enlightenment and Europe, through to the rest of the world. This title examines how its processes have underlain previous periods of sustained economic growth; helped to liberate women from the domestic domain; and, contributed greatly to the rise of modern democracy. View details

Balanced and deeply informed study of the increasingly volatile relations between North and South Korea View details

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