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      • Smart English Company Limited

        Smart English Company Limited is committed to developing a line of fun and educational products, which currently includes Inspirational English and Robin Education, to help young learners acquire the four skills in the English language. With 'Baby Animals', 'Dinosaurs in my Garden', and 'Mirabelle and Milo', Robin Education aims to develop young learners’ ability to use authentic English language in line with the Cambridge English Qualifications syllabus, as they explore the fascinating stories in each series.

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      • PalmArtPress

        PalmArtPress is an international publishing house located in Berlin. It publishes books in both German and English languages and distributes them in Germany and English-speaking areas. Our program includes literature, poetry, philosophy, and art books.PalmArtPress connects not just different genres, but also people of different nationalities and cultures, who are brought together in the press’ space for readings and exhibitions.

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        January 1985

        Die Brücke von Remagen

        Der Kampf um den letzten Rheinübergang

        by Palm, Rolf

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        June 2016

        Palm Desert

        Neal Careys fünfter Fall

        by Don Winslow, Conny Lösch

        Zum Abschluss seiner großartigen Neal-Carey-Reihe schickt Don Winslow seinen literaturbegeisterten Privatdetektiv auf einen Trip durch Nevada. An seiner Seite ein achtzigjähriger Comedian. Über ihm die sengende Sonne. Vor ihm endlose Wüste. Und ihm auf den Fersen ein kurioses Gangsterduo, das Neal und seinen Begleiter den Geiern zum Fraß vorwerfen will. Zum ersten Mal, seit Neal Carey für die »Bank« arbeitet, kommt es ihm nahezu gelegen, dass er einen neuen Auftrag erhält. So kann er wenigstens für eine Weile der Frage entgehen, ob er wirklich Vater werden will. Abgesehen davon ist der Auftrag ein Witz - im fast buchstäblichen Sinne: Neal soll den achtzigjährigen Comedian Natty Silver aus Las Vegas abholen und zurück in sein Seniorendomizil in Palm Desert bringen. Doch Natty entpuppt sich nicht nur als dauerwitzelnde Nervensäge, die die Reise zum Höllentrip macht, er hat außerdem so gar keine Lust, zurückgebracht zu werden. Nach und nach schwant Neal, warum das so ist - kurz bevor er lernen muss, dass man durchaus auch in der Wüste ertrinken kann ... Alle Titel der Neal-Carey-Serie: London Undercover (Neal Carey 1)China Girl (Neal Carey 2)Way Down on the High Lonely (Neal Carey 3 – angekündigt unter dem Titel Holy Nevada)A Long Walk Up the Water Slide (Neal Carey 4 – angekündigt unter dem Titel Lady Las Vegas)Palm Desert (Neal Carey 5)

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        December 2023

        The Coconut

        Botany, Production and Uses

        by Stephen W Adkins, Julianne Biddle, Amirhossein Bazrafshan, Sundaravelpandian Kalaipandian

        The coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) is one of the world's most important palms, and contributes significantly to the income and livelihood of many people in tropical countries. Widely referred to as the 'tree of life', coconut has been used as a source of food, drink, oil, medicine, shelter and wood for around 500 years. Every part of the coconut palm can be utilized. The demand for coconut fruit and its products has increased recently as people have become aware of its nutritional and health benefits, especially those of coconut water and virgin coconut oil. This book covers all aspects of coconut including origins and diversity; ecophysiology; production in a changing climate; pests and diseases; harvest and postharvest management; breeding and genetics; as well as the current and future status of coconut as an economic crop. This book is a key resource for researchers and students in horticulture, plant science and agriculture, and those interested in the production of tropical crops, and practitioners in the coconut industry.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        September 2018

        Seed Production in Oil Palm

        A Manual

        by Eddy S Kelanaputra, Steven P. C. Nelson, Umi Setiawati, Baihaqi Sitepu, Fazrin Nur, Brian P Forster, Abdul R. Purba, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari

        This is a practical guide to seed germination in oil palm for both breeding and genetic studies as well as commercial seed production. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and this manual provides step-by-step illustrated methods, written by practitioners actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation and knowledge, this guide brings together the many aspects of seed germination in oil palm in one place. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book covers: Health and safety considerations Pollination and harvesting Seed preparation, viability testing and moisture testing Seed processing for commercial production and breeding Based on experience and protocols, this is an invaluable manual for students and researchers in agriculture, plant breeders, growers and end users interested in the practicalities of oil palm seed production. It is also a valuable resource for training, for those entering a career in oil palm and as a reference for managers , to ensure best practices in maximising sustainability and production of this important crop.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2014

        Court and civic society in the Burgundian Low Countries c.1420–1530

        by Andrew Brown, Graeme Small

        This volume is the first ever attempt to unite and translate some of the key texts which informed Johan Huizinga's famous study of the Burgundian court, The Waning of the Middle Ages, a work which has never gone out of print. It combines these texts with sources that Huizinga did not consider, those that illuminate the wider civic world that the Burgundian court inhabited and the dynamic interaction between court and city. Through these sources, and an introduction offering new perspectives on recent historiography, the book tests whether Huizinga's controversial vision of the period still stands. Covering subjects including ceremonial events, such as the spectacles and gargantuan banquets that made the Burgundian dukes the talk of Europe, the workings of the court, and jousting, archery and rhetoric competitions, the book will appeal to students of late medieval and early modern Europe and to those with wider interests in court culture, ritual and ceremony.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        September 2018

        Mutation Breeding in Oil Palm

        A Manual

        by Fazrin Nur, Brian P Forster, Samual A. Osei, Samuel Amiteye, Jennifer Ciomas, Soeranto Hoeman, Ljupcho Jankuloski, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari

        This is a practical guide to mutation breeding in oil palm, representing completely novel work supported by the Plant Breeding and Genetics Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division (Vienna, Austria). Oil palm is the top oil crop and the only major crop and only oil crop not to have been improved by plant mutation breeding. The manual is hands-on, providing step-by-step illustrated methods in mutation induction, mutation detection and mutant line development for oil palm improvement. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation and knowledge, this guide provides techniques integrated with expertise and is authored by practitioners actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book features coverage of: Radio-sensitivity testing Challenges and opportunities for mutation breeding Protocol for developing mutant generations for mutant screening Services in irradiation treatments The only available resource containing protocols and guidelines on how oil palm can be manipulated for mutation breeding, this book is essential reading for oil palm breeders, seed producers and plantation companies, oil palm traders, students and research institutes across the world. It provides a resource for training, a knowledge base for people new to oil palm and a reference guide for managers, to ensure best practices in maximising sustainability and production of this important crop. .

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        Botany & plant sciences
        April 2010

        Coffee Wilt Disease

        by G J. Hakiza, Adugna Girma, Deusdedit L. Kilambo, Richard Musebe, Michael A. Rutherford, Noah Phiri, P.C. Musoli, E. Negussi, Adrien Kalonji-Mbuyi. Edited by Julie Flood.

        Coffee Wilt Disease has cost African coffee farmers an estimated US$1 billion to date, resulting from reduced yields and the extra costs incurred in trying to manage the disease. This devastating fungal disease has destroyed millions of coffee trees in affected countries across Africa and will be a contributory factor in any attempt at revitalization of the African coffee sector in the future. This book is one of the outputs of the Regional Coffee Wilt Programme and is a compilation of the current knowledge of various aspects of CWD, including information about the pathogen, its spread and importantly its management.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        August 2019

        Nursery Practices in Oil Palm

        A Manual

        by Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari, Nur D Laksono, Umi Setiawati, Fazrin Nur, Miranti Rahmaningsih, Yassier Anwar, Heru Rusfiandi, Eben Haeser Sembiring, Brian P Forster, Avasarala Sreenivasa Subbarao, Hafni Zahara

        This is a hands-on, practical guide to general and specific practices in oil palm nurseries to produce healthy, vigorous and uniform plants ready for field planting. There are two nursery stages, a pre-nursery and a main nursery. The pre-nursery receives both germinated seeds and tissue culture produced plantlets (ramets) which are planted in small pots in a relatively small area in which shade and humidity can be controlled. Once seedlings and ramets are established they are transferred to the main nursery, potted-on and grown on to produce field-ready plants.

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        Forestry & related industries
        November 1998

        Silviculture of Mahogany

        by John Mayhew, Adrian C Newton

        Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) is one of the best-known and most valuable tropical timbers currently traded internationally. Concern has increased over the exploitation of mahogany, particularly as most timber is currently derived from natural forests which are not managed sustainably. Such concerns have resulted in an increased research effort focusing on the ecology of the species in natural forest. The potential of mahogany plantations as an alternative source of timber has received relatively little attention. However, evidence suggests mahogany may be a viable plantation species in many countries. The successful development of such plantations could make a major contribution towards meeting future demands for mahogany timber, and thereby help to reduce pressures on natural forest. The main aim of this book is to produce a comprehensive account of mahogany silviculture, with a particular emphasis on plantations, by bringing together the findings of foresters and researchers from mahogany-growing countries around the world. There is a logical progression through the stages of seed collection, plantation establishment, maintenance, prediction of growth and yield, protection and management of both natural stands and plantations under suitable silvicultural systems. This book is an indispensable guide and reference for those involved in growing and managing mahogany and will also be valuable to ecologists and land managers as well as students of forestry.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        September 2018

        Crossing in Oil Palm

        A Manual

        by Umi Setiawati, Baihaqi Sitepu, Fazrin Nur, Brian P Forster, Sylvester Dery, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari

        Oil palm is the world's most important oil crop and crossing is used extensively in the production of commercial seed, breeding and genetic studies. This book illustrates crossing techniques to maximise success and safeguard purity, enabling the production of high quality seeds to grow-on as planting material and in breeding superior cultivars. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation in plant breeding, this guide provides techniques integrated with expertise and application of sustainable aspects of agronomy and crop protection, alongside information and imaging technology. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book covers: biology and genetics, germplasm, target traits and commercial crossing; health and safety considerations in the field and laboratory; pollen collection and storage, pollen viability testing, and pollination; isolation of the female inflorescence; and commercial tenera production. Based on experience and protocols, this is an invaluable manual for students and researchers in agriculture, plant breeders, growers and end users interested in the practicalities of oil palm crossing for breeding and commercial seed production

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        April 2008

        Am Rand der Dimensionen

        Gespräche über die Physik am CERN

        by Rolf Landua

        Am CERN, dem Europäischen Kernforschungszentrum in Genf, wird gebaut. Tief unter der Erde entsteht der neue riesige Teilchenbeschleuniger LHC, der Wissenschaftlern Zugang zu neuen Phänomenen – und vielleicht zu neuen Dimensionen – ermöglichen soll. Erwartet werden entscheidende Erkenntnisse über den Zusammenhang von Raum, Zeit und Materie. So könnte das bisher nur hypothetisch existierende Higgs-Teilchen entdeckt werden, das allen Bausteinen der Materie ihre Masse gibt. Oder ein Beweis für die Existenz supersymmetrischer Teilchen, die auch die dunkle Materie und damit einen Hauptbestandteil des Universums erklären könnten. Und vielleicht sogar winzige schwarze Löcher und damit der Beweis für Zusatzdimensionen des Raumes. Der LHC wird entscheidend sein für die Entwicklung eines neuen Fundaments der Physik und könnte sogar Hinweise für die Entwicklung der Superstring-Theorie geben. Rolf Landua gibt einen Band heraus, der als Dialog mit Forschern des CERN konzipiert ist. Darin werden unter anderem die Erwartungen diskutiert, die mit dem Einsatz des Teilchenbeschleunigers verbunden sind. Die Gespräche bezeugen die Ungewißheit der Grundlagen moderner physikalischer Theorien und sind eine Philosophie über den Rand der Dimensionen, eine Spekulation über das Potential der Naturwissenschaften.

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        April 2008

        Ein Tag der Liebe

        Ein Stundenbuch der Gezeiten von Sehnsucht und Abschied

        by Rolf Michaelis

        Als einen Liebesreigen rund um die Uhr, von Mitternacht zu Mitternacht, inszeniert Rolf Michaelis diese sehr persönliche Sammlung von Gedichten und anderen Texten über die Liebe aus drei Jahrtausenden. Dabei trifft man nicht nur auf jene "schönsten Liebesgedichte", wie man sie aus zahlreichen Zusammenstellungen kennt, sondern der besondere Reiz dieser selbst wie ein Kunstwerk komponierten Anthologie liegt in den Funden, die Rolf Michaelis in den Literaturen des Ostens und des Mittelalters, der Antike und der Moderne macht, deren Verfemung durch die Nazis bis heute nachwirkt. Besonders reich ist diese Auswahl an Liebesgedichten von Frauen. Rolf Michaelis hat ein durch und durch weltliches Stundenbuch arrangiert, das die Liebe zeit- und weltumspannend zwischen Sehnsucht und Verführung, Erfüllung und Abschied, Ekstase und Trauer nachts, morgens, mittags, abends und wieder nachts feiert – ein Tag der Liebe. Als ich an ihn dachte, schlief ich glücklich ein. Da erschien er mir. Hätte ich gewußt: ein Traum, wär ich nie mehr aufgewacht. Ono no Komachi

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        Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques
        July 2005

        Rust Diseases of Willow and Poplar

        by Edited by Ming H Pei, Alistair R McCracken

        In recent years there has been increased interest in growing willow and poplar trees, as fast-growing species that have several purposes, including use as biofuels for energy production. However, silviculture of these trees has been constrained by diseases such as Melampsora rusts. This book provides a comprehensive review of over two decades of extensive study of the rust diseases affecting willow and poplar. It provides insights into the population biology of Melampsora rusts in Europe, China, India and Chile, the genetics of their resistance, and their interaction with their hosts. The book offers information essential to the development of effective and sustainable disease control measures including the use of willow genotype mixtures and biological control agents.

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        April 2001

        Die Geburt der Tragödie aus dem Krieg

        Frankfurter Poetik-Vorlesungen

        by Rolf Hochhuth

        Bereits mit dem Titel seiner Vorlesungen verdeutlicht Rolf Hochhuth, gegen welche These er sich wendet. Völlig unzutreffend ist für ihn die Behauptung Friedrich Nietzsches, die Tragödie sei dem Geist der Musik entsprungen. Denn, so legt er dar, Politik und Krieg bilden den Ursprung der Dichtung. Entstehung, Uraufführung und Verbot des ersten Dramas aus den neunziger Jahren des 5. Jahrhunderts wurden ausgelöst durch eine politische Katastrophe - die Zerstörung der kleinasiatischen Stadt Milet. Aber es gilt auch der Satz: Das Drama, in seinen vollendetsten Ausprägungen, zeigt nicht nur Politik, sondern macht auch Politik. Diese Thesen belegt Rolf Hochhuth mittels eines Streifzugs durch die ganze Dramengeschichte von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart.

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        Technology, Engineering & Agriculture
        September 2018

        Nursery Screening for Ganoderma Response in Oil Palm Seedlings

        A Manual

        by Miranti Rahmaningsih, Ike Virdiana, Syamsul Bahri, Yassier Anwar, Brian P Forster, Frédéric Breton, Brian P Forster, Peter D. S. Caligari

        This is a hands-on, practical guide covering seedling screening for disease response in oil palm for pathology, breeding and genetics. Oil palm is the top oil crop in the world and Ganoderma is the most devastating disease of oil palm. The authors are all actively engaged in oil palm seed production and breeding and bring together the many aspects of seedling disease testing in to one integrated manual. Presenting sound practices based on scientific innovation and knowledge, this guide provides techniques integrated with expertise and also looks towards future possibilities. Promoting green, eco-friendly agriculture, this book covers: Health and safety considerations Media preparation for in vitro culture Collecting isolates and culture preparation Preparation of Ganoderma inoculum Nursery inoculation Scoring response Based on experience and protocols, this is an invaluable manual for students and researchers in agriculture, plant breeders, growers, traders and production companies interested in the practicalities of oil palm pathology. It provides a resource for training, a knowledge base for people new to oil palm and a reference guide for managers, to ensure best practices in maximising sustainability and production of this important crop.

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        March 2021

        Der Baum und der Vogel

        by Coralie Bickford-Smith, Stefanie Jacobs

        Der kleine Vogel liebt den großen Baum mitten im Urwald, dessen dichtes Laub ihm Schutz bietet. Er kennt nichts anderes und fühlt sich im Baum zu Hause. Als die Regenzeit bevorsteht und der Vogelschwarm in andere Gefilde aufbricht, möchte er den Baum noch nicht verlassen und bleibt noch ein Weilchen. Wilde, exotische Tiere nehmen die Äste und Zweige nun in Besitz, dem kleinen Vogel eröffnet sich eine ganz neue Welt. Doch schließlich muss er erkennen, dass die Zeit für ihn gekommen ist, aufzubrechen. Eine fulminant bebilderte Geschichte darüber, seine Bestimmung im Leben zu erkennen – bunt, exotisch und voller Poesie.

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        October 2002

        Briefwechsel mit Rolf von Ungern-Sternberg und weitere Dokumente zur Übertragung der »Stances« von Jean Moréas

        by Rainer Maria Rilke, Konrad Kratzsch, Vera Hauschild

        "Rilkes Briefe an Rolf Freiherrn von Ungern-Sternberg sind, wie die Briefe an einen jungen Dichter oder die Briefe an eine junge Frau, Reaktionen auf einen Ruf nach Hilfe: Am 21. Januar 1921 hatte sich der baltische Autor und Diplomat an Rilke mit der Bitte gewandt, seine Übertragungen von Jean Moréas' Stances zu begutachten und ihnen mit einer Verlagsempfehlung zur Veröffentlichung zu verhelfen. Der Briefwechsel, der sich daraufhin zwischen beiden Männern entspann, galt der detaillierten Arbeit an einzelnen Versen Moréas', doch ging er weit darüber hinaus.Ungern-Sternbergs Kontaktaufnahme zu Rilke bedeutete, biographisch gesehen, die willkommene Möglichkeit, von der Schweiz aus an die durch den Ersten Weltkrieg jäh abgebrochene Pariser Zeit anzuschließen, in der Rilke den Diplomaten kennengelernt hatte, und von den Schwierigkeiten zu sprechen, die ihm das Heimischwerden im Schweizer Exil damals noch bereitete. Die Ausgabe basiert auf dem 1980 im Insel Verlag Leipzig erschienenen Briefwechsel; sie wurde unter anderem um einige bislang unveröffentlichte Briefe sowie um die Rilkeschen Übertragungen einiger von Moréas' Stances erweitert."

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