Through many beautiful visuals, this book introduces methods for collecting and enjoying various minerals. Furthermore, it provides easy to understand step-by-step instructions for growing mineral crystals – This is the ultimate primer! Also you can easily create a variety of interior decorations and accessories. Which is to say, this is quite the practical book!
Hideaki and Misuzu are the parents of 3 year old boy Haruto. From the parents point of view, Haruto always shows interest in unexpected things and reacts strangely.The couple is frustrated, as Haruto seems very restless, and do unwanted things, creating trouble everywhere, and they cannot take their eyes off him, but always apologizing to everyone. The couple is always wondering how can Haruto behave and how can they bring about his potential talent.The couple seeks advise from their mother, parents who have children of same age, and learns characteristics of growing boy and how should they approach him through different growth stages. Little by little, their patience pays off and begin to enjoy Haruto’s growth together.
Kohta has a 8 month old daughter, and very eager to become a good dad. Kohta faces new challenges, from changing diapers to figuring out why his daughter is crying. He wants relieve his wife’s maternity stress by willing to share parenting and housework, and which are all completely new to him. From his wife and his daddy friends, he learns new parenting tips and begins to create a new work life balance.
Following the heart-stopping finale of Road to Valhalla, the Mark of Odin saga continues its epic story with Ragnarok at a frantic pace. Are you ready to face the battle of the end of times and discover some of the great puzzles of the saga while being immersed in a storm of endless action? Synopsis After the tragedy of the Test of the Valkyries, Luis has been badly injured. He needs to recover and that Valhalla return to Borealis to prevent the Hekkar threat. Will Luis be able, with the help of Freya and the Order of the Valkyries, to save the Borean Federation and, with it, all of humankind? It may already be too late as the darkness has spread to the very heart of the Borean Council. Meanwhile, on Earth, Jack Preston and Kira Takeda will have to discover who is behind the sabotage attempt at the Earth Defense Center. Only one person can unravel the enigma, the cold and deadly 'Katana'. Who will have to choose between loyalty to his assassin clan or helping Kira and Jack to ensure the future of their civilization. Nobody knows it, but time is running out. The battle of the end times is getting closer...
Tea is the most widely-consumed beverage in the world. Like other crops, tea cultivation faces a number of challenges. With the challenge of climate change and the competition for scarce resources, there is a need to make tea cultivation more efficient and sustainable. Cultivation needs also to be more resilient to biotic and abiotic stresses, whether it be pests or more extreme weather (e.g. drought) associated with global warming.Fortunately, there is a range of research addressing these challenges. Drawing on an international range of expertise, this collection summarises this research by focusing on ways of improving the cultivation of tea at each step in the value chain, from breeding through to harvest. Part 1 reviews advances in breeding. Part 2 discusses improvements in cultivation techniques. The book then discusses plant protection and chemistry before concluding with sustainability issues.As the need for more interdisciplinary and collaborative research increases, this collection will be a standard reference for the tea research community by summarising key research trends in each topic and putting them in the context of tea cultivation as a whole.
