Transform Your Relationship With Tech (Without Breaking Things Off Completely)It’s no secret that we often use our tech mindlessly. In fact, digital innovations increasingly make it so that we barely need to think at all. Streaming services tell us what to watch next. Influencers tell us what to buy next. The GPS tells us where to turn next. But the more we allow algorithms, apps and artificial intelligence to guide our behavior, the less control we have over who w...

The avocado industry is evolving rapidly. Avocado production has almost doubled recently, with significant expansion in areas planted, especially in Latin America, but also in Africa and Asia. Moreover, the global demand for avocado keeps on growing. The Avocado, 3rd edition is a unique and comprehensive source of information for avocado researchers, and covers everything from the history and distribution, novel agronomic practices, ecological and climatic requirements, and emerging diseas...

Experience The Resurrecter, a slow-burn supernatural thriller that builds from a deceptively quiet beginning to a shocking, twist-filled conclusion you’ll never see coming.“Stay away from the cemetery.” Five years ago, Mandy Carter received that warning from her friend Zeke. Even after Zeke disappeared from her life, she always followed his cryptic advice. Who wants to wander around in a graveyard, anyway?Then a chance meeting brings Mandy and Zeke...

This book tells a new story of the royal castle of Lincoln in the north of England, how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town, and how it developed over the next 900 years in the hands of the English king or his aristocratic associates, leaving us a surviving monument of three great towers, each with its own biography. Led by FAS Heritage, archaeologists, architectural historians and a large cohort of the general public have combined to produce a revealing and accessible account of t...

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle, of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of Ross and associated militarized ki...

Although the avocado has been cultivated and consumed for more than 9000 years in its native Latin America, world production and trade have only developed over the past few decades, and now exceed 3.5 million tonnes. The avocado is now widely traded between warmer and colder countries as a result of the global community becoming increasingly aware of its versatility and nutritional value. For the past decade, the global avocado industry has been going through a period of rapid technologica...

From the dimly lit bars of Columbus,Ohio to the glittering light of Las Vegas, “Vida Nocturnal” is an evocative and deeply personal memoir of Jonathan “JB” Blackwell, who navigates his tumultuous life with equal parts charm and self-destruction.Baker, a young black man, finds himself caught in the nocturnal world of bars and nightclubs, donning the roles of manager, bartender, and therapist- the “whatever-is-needed” guy. Amidst the haze of alcohol, drugs, easy money and casual rela...

Part folklore, part adventure and part fantasy, Alan Garner’s Elidor is a modern children’s classic. When Roland opens a door in a derelict church, he unleashes the wonders of Elidor and the grave challenges that this troubled world presents. Drawing on Welsh, Irish and English mythology, the book chronicles the trials and hardships of a group of young teenagers as they attempt to fulfill a prophecy from another world, and fight a terrible evil.

From the dimly lit bars of Columbus,Ohio to the glittering light of Las Vegas, “Vida Nocturnal” is an evocative and deeply personal memoir of Jonathan “JB” Blackwell, who navigates his tumultuous life with equal parts charm and self-destruction.Baker, a young black man, finds himself caught in the nocturnal world of bars and nightclubs, donning the roles of manager, bartender, and therapist- the “whatever-is-needed” guy. Amidst the haze of alcohol, drugs, easy money and casual rela...

How the World Listens explores our everyday and professional interactions with sound. The book aims to uncover the human relationship with sound across the world and to reveal practical ways in which a better understanding of listening can help us in our daily lives.This book asks how sound is perceived, expressed, and interacted with in both remarkably similar and dramatically different ways across the world. Using findings from a new scientific study, conducted exclusive...

DON'T LET YOUR WRITING HOLD YOU BACK.When you're fumbling for words and pressed for time, you might be tempted to dismiss good business writing as a luxury. But it's a skill you must cultivate to succeed: You'll lose time, money, and influence if your e-mails, proposals, and other important documents fail to win people over.The HBR Guide to Better Business Writing, by writing expert Bryan A. Garner, gives you the tools you need to express ...