FUNDAMENTALS OF WATER SECURITYUnderstand How to Manage Water Resources to Equitably Meet Both Human and Ecological NeedsBurgeoning populations and the ever-higher standards of living for those in emerging countries increase the demand on our water resources. What is not increasing, however, is the supply of water and the total amount of water in earth’s biosphere—water that is integral to all standards of living. Fundamentals of Water S...

About this AudiobookCover Design by David Earl DeWitt | ZacaPublishing.comOriginal and Public Domain Source Material was used to Publish this CollectionAvailable at Spotify & Other Distributors!–This Audiobook Collection contains Classic Stories of Piracy on the high seas from different eras in the history of Pirates and Buccaneers.–Your Stories:Forward1.) Pirates 20...

Com uma narrativa eletrizante, o autor de Contágio — livro que, em 2012, já havia levantado hipóteses corretas de como seriam as principais características da próxima epidemia global — reconstitui a busca dos cientistas para entender o SARS-CoV-2, traçar sua origem e combatê-lo.Sem fôlego é a história do SARS-CoV-2 sob o ponto de vista dos cientistas que trabalharam arduamente para compreendê-lo. Com base em mais de cem entrevistas, David Quammen ...

Este libro reflexiona sobre los vínculos establecidos entre diferentes espacios que componían la Monarquía Hispánica durante la Edad Moderna. Para ello se estudiaron los proyectos, los conflictos y las negociaciones que caracterizaron el ejercicio de poder en los territorios ibéricos y ultramarinos. De ahí que los capítulos aquí reunidos analicen la política y los efectos del intercambio y la movilidad en múltiples escalas, para repensar cómo tales vínculos repercutieron en ciertos cambios...

Cesare Borgia, former cardinal, Duke of Valentinois and Romanga, tyrant and warlord, has been a figure of awe and scorn for generations. The romance of Borgia's tumultuous life has been the topic of romances, tragedies, operas, and films, television shows. Friend and patron to Leonardo da Vinci, his rise and fall inspired Machiavelli to write The Prince and Friedrich Nietzsche to write Beyond Good And Evil.Among those inspired by this prince of Italy was famed aut...

Romance and the French Revolution! Politics and love! Scaramouche, published in 1921, explores age-old tensions that continue into the present.“He was born with a gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad …” So begins this historical tale of romantic adventure. Andre-Louis Moreau is an orphan and cousin of the beloved Aline. He is raised by his godfather, the Lord of Gavrillac, and matures into an educated lawyer—while Aline sets her mind on marrying the rich but...

Surfactants are molecules that contain groups that are water-loving (hydrophilic) and oil-loving (lipophilic). The central question in formulations is often which of the two portions dominate the behavior of the surfactant. For many years that question was answered in terms of the surfactant structure only. However, the modern view is that the hydrophilic-lipophilic nature of the surfactant is the result of surfactant structure and formulation conditions (nature of the oil, temperature, aq...

Hear My Voice: Stories of Coming Out. An anthology of 'coming out' stories.