One of the most important topics in soil science is understanding the relationship between soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem function. This relies on techniques able to accurately identify different soil organisms and how they interact in the soil microbiome.Measuring and assessing the biological health of soils provides a comprehensive overview of the range of techniques used to assess microbial/faunal diversity and activity in soils and its impact on key ecological pr...

Maybe you've just received a wake-up call: your own health crisis, or a sick parent or friend. Or maybe you're just tired of feeling tired and sick of feeling sick.You don't need a diet plan. You need a health transformation—from the inside out.For more than twenty years, The Baby Book author William Sears' advice has been trusted by millions of parents across the country, and around the world. Now, along with his daughter Erin, a health coach and fitness instructo...

“These men teach us how to grow as Christians by walking the way of the Cross. The Cross is as close to us as the limitations of our own humanity. The Cross is woven into all our relationships. Drawing closer to God is infinitely rewarding but also terribly hard, and demands everything from us. Living in community fortifies our identity and sustains our purpose, but it also confronts us with the whole range of human weakness, starting with our own. St. Ant...

Discover the Body You Live In: The Essential Guide to Health and Wellness by Dr. Basil Waine Kong and Dr. Akram Elamaari is an informative and inspiring journey through the twelve systems of the human body-exploring how they work together to sustain life and how we can maximize their potential for lifelong health and vitality.Written by two highly respectedHealthcare professionalswith decades of experience in medicine, education, and public health, this bo...

British Masculinity in Transatlantic Cinema e****xplores the Hollywood careers and stardom of British male actors who had fought in the first World War.In an apparently incongruous development in the years after the armistice, some of the men who fought in Scottish regiments during World War I found some degree of career success in Hollywood's film industry, two of which included Ronald Colman and Basil Rathbone. Through exploring transatl...

Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds presents a plethora of approaches to developing human potential in areas not conventionally addressed. Organized in two parts, this international collection of essays provides viable educational alternatives to those currently holding sway in an era of high-stakes accountability. Taken together, the chapters in Part I of Cultivating Curious and Creative Minds provide a sampling of what the cultivation of curious and creative minds entails. The contrib...

This book seeks to debunk eleven popular and prevalent myths about Caribbean history. Using archaeological evidence, it corrects many previous misconceptions promulgated by history books and oral tradition as they specifically relate to the pre-Colonial and European-contact periods. It informs popular audiences, as well as scholars, about the current state of archaeological/historical research in the Caribbean Basin and asserts the value of that research in fostering a better understanding...

A New Leash on Life is a heartwarming, true story about a brave little puppy who rises from hardship to hope. Born in the lush hills of Jamaica, Tricky the puppy grows up with more pain than any young dog should endure hunger, neglect, fear, and a terrible injury that nearly costs him his life.But Tricky's story is not one of despair it is a story of second chances.When he is found sick and weak at the Caymanas Golf Course, a kind family rescues hi...

The Mummy is one of the most recognizable figures in horror and is as established in the popular imagination as virtually any other monster, yet the Mummy on screen has until now remained a largely overlooked figure in critical analysis of the cinema. In this compelling new study, Basil Glynn explores the history of the Mummy film, uncovering lost and half-forgotten movies along the way, revealing the cinematic Mummy to be an astonishingly diverse and protean figure with a myriad of on-scr...

Ein singender Butler. Eine Nonne, deren letztes Lachen tödlich endete. Eine Glocke, die ohne Klingen schlägt. Und ein Museum, das mehr tief verborgene Abgründe konserviert als Kuriositäten.Willkommen bei Dr. Basil H. Penrose – Gerichtsmediziner, Eigenbrötler und aufmerksamer Lauscher für all das, was andere überhören. Von den gasbeleuchteten Straßen Londons bis zu den nebelverhangenen Mooren Yorkshire's, von ehrwürdigen Klosterpforten bis zu verrauchten Salons viktorianischer Arist...

In this book Olga Druzhinina analyzes St. Basil's understanding of the church, paying special attention to his Trinitarian approach to its life. Although the role of God the Trinity in the life of the church occupies a considerable place in St. Basil's thought, as Druzhinina demonstrates, it is a subject that has not previously been addressed by scholars. The analysis offered here of the life of the church as grounded in Trinitarian philanthropy provides fresh insights into St. Basil's und...

Heritage preservation is a broad term that can include the protection of a wide range of human-mediated material and cultural processes ranging from specific artifacts, ancient rock art, and features of the built environment and modified landscapes. As a region of multiple independent nations and colonial territories, the Caribbean shares a common heritage at some levels, yet at the same time there are vast historical and cultural differences. Likewise, approaches to Caribbean heritage pre...