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  • The Sinclairs of England

    by Thomas Sinclair ...
    The Sinclairs descend from Tognvald "the Mighty", Earl of Moere in Norway and of the Orkneys. In 876 his son Hrolf "the Ganger" entered the River Seine and pillaged the countryside. King Charles "the Simple" of France made peace by granting him the Province of Normandy, and the overloardship of Brittany. The treaty was signed at Castle Saint-Clair-Sur-Epte... William The Conqueror was a first ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Developing drought-resistant cereals

    by Prof. Roberto Tuberosa, Prof Thomas Sinclair, Prof William J. Davies, Professor John C. Cushman, Dr Jack Christopher, Dr Eric S. Ober, Prof Ruilian Jing, Prof Rodomiro Ortiz, Dr Marco Maccaferri, Dr Mitiku A. Mengistu0, Dr Anya Heathcote1, Dr Weiguo Chen2, Dr Daizhen Sun3, Dr Runzhi Li4, Dr Ilaria Marcotuli5, Dr Agata Gadaleta6, Dr Osvin Arriagada7, Dr Samantha Reveco8, Dr Andrés R. Schwember9, Dr Matteo Campana0, Dr Christian Alfaro1, Dr Iván Matus2, Dr Elhan Ersoz3, Dr Michel E. Ghanem4, Dr Robert Bensen5, Dr Arnauld A. Thiry6, Dr Matthew P. Reynolds7, Dr Ian C. Dodd8, Dr Ambra Viviani9 ...
    Drought remains the biggest single threat from climate change to the production of key cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. Cereals also respond in complex ways to drought stress, making improved drought tolerance a challenging trait to achieve. With many cereals recognised as staple food crops due to their nutritional value, more research is required into improving drought tolerance as a means ... Read more

    $203.99 CAD

  • Bringing Skepticism to Crop Science

    by Thomas Sinclair, Thomas W. Rufty ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Global food production and climate change among other concerns are societal issues that require major research input from crop science. While suggestions are abundant on how crop science can help to resolve these issues, many of the suggestions come from people who are not actually familiar with the challenges and requirements to modify crop plants grown under field conditions to achieve the ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Eastern Trade and the Mediterranean in the Middle Ages

    Pegolotti’s Ayas-Tabriz Itinerary and its Commercial Context

    by Thomas Sinclair ...
    Series series Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies
    At the end of the High Middle Ages in Europe, with buying power and economic sophistication at a high, an itinerary detailing the toll stations along a commercial artery carrying eastern goods (from China, India and Iran) towards Europe was compiled, and later incorporated in the well-known trading manual of the Florentine bank official Pegolotti; Pegolotti was twice stationed in the city of ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

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    When Charles Darwin finished The Origin of Species, he thought that he had explained every clue, but one. Though his theory could explain many facts, Darwin knew that there was a significant event in the history of life that his theory did not explain. During this event, the “Cambrian explosion,” many animals suddenly appeared in the fossil record without apparent ancestors in earlier layers of ... Read more

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  • Soils

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    by Michael L. Thompson, Randall J. Schaetzl ...
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  • Stable Isotopes in Tree Rings

    Inferring Physiological, Climatic and Environmental Responses

    Edited by Rolf T. W. Siegwolf, J. Renée Brooks, John Roden, Matthias Saurer ...
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  • Petroleum Engineer's Guide to Oil Field Chemicals and Fluids

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