Tropical weather in colonial Malaya presented an unknown atmosphere that manifested in extremes and uncertainties. From 1840 to 1940, the Indigenous landscapes of Singapore and Penang Islands were altered in ways that will never be reclaimed, the natural ecology of much of the peninsula forever changed by the British colonial government. With this book, Fiona Williamson revisits the fraught relationship between climate, weather science, and empire within the Straits Settlements in the long...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: GeographyFirst Teaching: 2017, First Exam: 2018National 5 Geography Practice Papers for SQA Exams will help you to prepare for the look and feel of the exam.Practice Papers make perfect!Get ready for your National 5 Geography exam with these three practice papers that look just like the SQA exam – the best way to prepare for the big day!

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: GeographyFirst Teaching: 2018, First Exam: 2019The CfE Higher Geography Course Notes helps teachers and students map their route through the CfE programme, providing comprehensive and authoritative guidance for the course.Progress and attainment for all• A complete core resource with all the Physical and Human Environments topics, and the thre...

Exam board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: GeographyFirst teaching: September 2018First exams: Summer 2019What do you really need to know for the SQA Higher Geography exam?This revision guide covers the essentials in less than 90 pages, so it's perfect for early exam preparation or last-minute revision.- Find key content at your fingertips with quick summaries of the processes, issues and terminology that you need to u...

Aphids are among the major global pest groups, causing serious economic damage to many food and commodity crops in most parts of the world. This revision and update of the well-received first edition published ten years ago reflects the expansion of research in genomics, endosymbionts and semiochemicals, as well as the shift from control of aphids with insecticides to a more integrated approach imposed by increasing resistance in the aphids and government restrictions on pesticides. The bo...

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher, compèred by Richard Cordery, and with speeches read by a variety of narrators.SPEECHES OF NOTE: seventy-five extraordinary ways to step into someone else’s shoes.From Shaun Usher, the author of the international bestseller LETTERS OF NOTE, comes an obsessively curated, richly illustrated and sumptuously produced collection of speeches from throu...