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  • The Shadow Lines Penguin Premium Classic Edition

    by Amitava Ghosh ...
    As a young boy, Amitav Ghosh's narrator travels across time through the tales of those around him, traversing through unreliable planes of memory, unmindful of physical, political and chronological borders. But as he grows older, he is haunted by a seemingly random act of violence. Bits and pieces of stories, both half-remembered and imagined, come together in his mind until he arrives at an ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD

  • Soils in Urban Ecosystem

    Edited by Amitava Rakshit, Subhadip Ghosh, Viacheslav Vasenev, H. Pathak, Vishnu D. Rajput ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book is a compilation of latest work in the field of urban soil management. It explores the global status of urban soils and puts forwards methods for sustainable utilization of urban soils and green spaces.Urban soil study is a new frontier of soil science. Urban soils research is challenging due to complexity of classification, spatial-temporal variability, exposure to pollution and the ... Read more

    $256.19 CAD

  • Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications

    Edited by Amitava Rakshit, Subhadip Ghosh, Somsubhra Chakraborty, Varughese Philip, Avishek Datta ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Soil analysis is critically important in the management of soil-based production systems. In the absence of efficient methods of soil analysis our understanding of soil is pure guesswork. Ideally the pro-active use of laboratory analysis leads to more sustainable soil productivity. Unfortunately, most of the world’s agriculture is still reactionary, waiting for obvious yield declines to occur ... Read more

    $179.99 CAD

  • Adaptive Soil Management : From Theory to Practices

    Edited by Harikesh Bahadur Singh, Subhadip Ghosh, Amitava Rakshit, Purushothaman Chirakuzhyil Abhilash ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The book focuses in detail on learning and adapting through partnerships between managers, scientists, and other stakeholders who learn together how to create and maintain sustainable resource systems. As natural areas shrink and fragment, our ability to sustain economic growth and safeguard biological diversity and ecological integrity is increasingly being put to the test. In attempting to meet ... Read more

    $204.99 CAD

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  • Fundamentals of Soil Ecology

    by David C. Coleman, D. A. Crossley Jr. ...
    This fully revised and expanded edition of Fundamentals of Soil Ecology continues its holistic approach to soil biology and ecosystem function. Students and ecosystem researchers will gain a greater understanding of the central roles that soils play in ecosystem development and function. The authors emphasize the increasing importance of soils as the organizing center for all terrestrial ... Read more

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  • Ecosystem Services and Carbon Sequestration in the Biosphere

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  • Handbook of Recycled Concrete and Demolition Waste

    Edited by Yining Ding, F. Pacheco-Torgal ...
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