A contest was held. The theme was "Poetry Is Life". Out of the many Poets who answered the call, one was chosen as the grand prize winner and eight were chosen as honorable mentions. They represent diverse backgrounds and different viewpoints but all are talented and skilled in the art of poetry. Poet Speak Magazine presents to you the work of those nine gifted Poets.

Memory is at the center of a diverse array of political conflicts, moral disputes, and power dynamics.This book illustrates how scholars use different interpretive lenses to study and explain profound conflicts rooted in the past. Addressing issues of racism, genocide, trauma, war, nationalism, colonial occupation, and more, it highlights how our interpretations of contentious memories are indispensable to our understandings of contemporary conflicts and identities.Featurin...

There are many books on aspects of plant invasions, but none that focus on the key role of species interactions in mediating invasions. This book reviews exciting new findings and explores how new methods and tools are shedding new light on crucial processes in plant invasions. In 23 chapters, with contributions from 51 authors, the book addresses: · the main theories and hypotheses in plant invasion ecology that invoke species interactions; · plant invasions that are facilitated by, or be...

Comprehensive review of pests and diseases affecting oil palm and methods for their managementReviews controversies about palm oil and healthDetailed coverage of key issues relating to the environmental impact of oil palm cultivation

La pandemia, por un lado, pone en evidencia las consecuencias que una sociedad consumista genera en el tejido social y ecológico; por otro lado, lleva a que los procesos de subjetivación propios del capitalismo tardío sean atravesados por los fantasmas que produce la angustia y la incertidumbre ante la presencia de la muerte. Pero no de la muerte final, de la que nada podemos decir, sino cómo su presencia ominosa nos remite -al decir de Freud- a esa primera muerte que señala el desvalimien...