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Price collapse and oversupply have made coffee a high-profile crop in recent years: never has efficient production and crop protection been more important for reducing costs and increasing quality. Packed with illustrations, this book covers the origins, botany, agroecology and worldwide production ... More

The efficient functioning of the livestock sector, emcompassing all facets of input supply, production, processing and marketing, is critical for food security and safety. This book draws on both extensive literature and experience in animal health economics and livestock issues in Europe, Asia, Afr... More

This book chronicles the life and work of the man who spearheaded the Manhattan Project, which led to the development of the atomic bomb. It shows how closely intertwined science and world affairs have become in the 20th century.... More

“There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the W... More

Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Africa and Latin America). Until now, there has been no single text covering all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. This book fills that gap, providing the first comprehensive research-level overview of ... More

This book uses the 2001 anthrax attacks as its point of departure for an analysis of the past, present, and future of America's preparedness to deal with major challenges to public health, including bioterrorism and pandemic flu. The study identified the strength and weaknesses of the system while m... More

"Human Nature After Darwin" is an original investigation of the implications of Darwinism for our understanding of ourselves and our situation. It casts new light on current Darwinian controversies, and in doing so provides an introduction to philosophical reasoning and a range of philosophical prob... More

While the United States government made noisy preparations to go to war against Saddam Hussein, it was also purposefully planning another war. But this enemy, unlike Hussein, was strangely passive in the face of these threatening maneuvers. John R. MacArthur scrutinizes the government's unprecedente... More