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The Year's Work in the Oddball Archive

by Joseph Campana, Theodore Bale, Atia Sattar, Beth A. McCoy, Robin Blyn, Dennis Allen, Timothy Sweet, Charles M. Tung, Aaron Jaffe, Grant Farred, Seth Morton, David L. Martin ...

Series series The Year's Work: Studies in Fan Culture and Cultural Theory
"By playing with notions of collecting and cataloging, this anthology offers a range of investigations into detritus and forgotten ephemera."—Colin Dickey, coeditor of The Morbid Anatomy AnthologyThe modern age is no stranger to the cabinet of curiosities, the freak show, or a drawer full of odds and ends. These collections of oddities engagingly work against the rationality and order of the ... Read more

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"By playing with notions of collecting and cataloging, this anthology offers a range of investigations into detritus and forgotten ephemera."—Colin Dickey, coeditor of The Morbid Anatomy AnthologyThe modern age is no stranger to the cabinet of curiosities, the freak show, or a drawer full of odds and ends. These collections of oddities engagingly work against the rationality and order of the
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Improving poultry meat safety and sustainability

by Prof Nicolae Corcionivoschi, Prof Nicolae Corcionivoschi, Dr Jessica Hite, Dr Jessica Hite, Dr Todd Callaway, Dr Todd Callaway, Dr Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault, Dr Nicole Jaffrezic-Renault, Dr Debabrata Biswas, Dr Debabrata Biswas, Dr Kumar Venkitanarayanan0, Dr Kumar Venkitanarayanan1, Dr Paul McMullin2, Dr Paul McMullin3, Dianna Bourassa4, Dianna Bourassa5, Dr Janne Lundén6, Dr Janne Lundén7, Prof Kay Cooksey8, Dr Dana K. Dittoe9, Dr Dana K. Dittoe0, Dr Ilkka Leinonen1, Dr Ilkka Leinonen2, Dr Kelly Wamsley3, Dr Kelly Wamsley4, Dr Igori Balta5, Dr Iulia Adelina Bundurus6, Dr Ozan Gundogdu7, Dr Ioan Peț8, Dr Ducu Stef9, Dr David McCleery0, Dr Lavinia Stef1, Dr Alastair Douglas2, Dr Colette A. Nickodem3, Dr Hunter G. Perez4, Dr Jeanne Malet-Villemagne5, Dr Francesco Rizzotto6, Dr Vincent Léguillier7, Dr Jasmina Vidic8, Dr Vanessa Escobar9, Dr Yanxia Hou0, Dr Dita Julianingsih1, Dr Chuan-Wei Tung2, Dr Poonam Vinayamohan3, Dr Leya Susan Viju4, Dr Divya Joseph5, Dr A.V.S. Perumalla6, Dr Léni Corrand7, Dr Richard Jackson8, Dr Kristiina Törmä9, Dr Eija Kaukonen0, Dr Lindsey A. Wythe1, Kirsi Usva2, Sanna Hietala3, Dr Pratima Adhikari4, Dr Timothy Boltz5, Dr Hongye Wang6, Dr Jingxue Wang7, Dr V.A. Leone8, Dr A.A. Tarcin9, Professor Xiuping Jiang0, Professor Steven C. Ricke1, Dr Elena George Olson3 ...

Series Book 161 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
It’s been suggested that current poultry production must increase by at least 2.5% per year until 2030 to meet demand from a rapidly growing population. However, whilst modern, more intensive production systems offer the potential to meet this demand, they also bring with them increased safety and environmental risks.Improving poultry meat safety and sustainability provides a comprehensive ... Read more

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It’s been suggested that current poultry production must increase by at least 2.5% per year until 2030 to meet demand from a rapidly growing population. However, whilst modern, more intensive production systems offer the potential to meet this demand, they also bring with them increased safety and environmental risks.Improving poultry meat safety and sustainability provides a comprehensive
... Read more
Modernism and the Anthropocene

Material Ecologies of Twentieth-Century Literature

by Joseph Anderton, Emily Chester, Stuart Christie, Julia Daniel, Ted Howell, Jessica Martell, Robert Savino Oventile, Michael Sloane, Charles Tung, Timothy Wientzen, Glenn Willmott, Joshua Schuster ...

Series series Ecocritical Theory and Practice
Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the natural world. ... Read more

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Modernism and the Anthropocene explores twentieth-century literature as it engages with the non-human world across a range of contexts. From familiar modernist works by D.H. Lawrence and Hart Crane to still-emergent genres like comics and speculative fiction, this volume tackles a series of related questions regarding how best to understand humanity’s increasing domination of the natural world.
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Postmodernism

A Very Short Introduction

by Christopher Butler ...

Series series Very Short Introductions
Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists 'as if they were all ... Read more

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Postmodernism has been a buzzword in contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. He treats artists, intellectuals, critics, and social scientists 'as if they were all
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What Do Pictures Want?

The Lives and Loves of Images

by Professor W. J. T. Mitchell ...

Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were alive, possessing the power to influence us, to demand things from us, to persuade us, seduce us, or even lead us astray?According to W. J. T. Mitchell, we need to reckon with images not just as inert objects that convey meaning but as animated beings ... Read more

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Why do we have such extraordinarily powerful responses toward the images and pictures we see in everyday life? Why do we behave as if pictures were alive, possessing the power to influence us, to demand things from us, to persuade us, seduce us, or even lead us astray?According to W. J. T. Mitchell, we need to reckon with images not just as inert objects that convey meaning but as animated beings
... Read more
Improving the Safety and Quality of Milk

Milk Production and Processing

Edited by M. Griffiths ...

Series series Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition
Consumers demand quality milk with a reasonable shelf-life, a requirement that can be met more successfully by the milk industry through use of improved processes and technologies. Guaranteeing the production of safe milk also remains of paramount importance. Improving the safety and quality of milk provides a comprehensive and timely reference to best practice and research advances in these areas ... Read more

$260.99 USD

Consumers demand quality milk with a reasonable shelf-life, a requirement that can be met more successfully by the milk industry through use of improved processes and technologies. Guaranteeing the production of safe milk also remains of paramount importance. Improving the safety and quality of milk provides a comprehensive and timely reference to best practice and research advances in these areas
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Speaking into the Air

A History of the Idea of Communication

by John Durham Peters ...

Communication plays a vital and unique role in society-often blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A sweeping history of communication, Speaking Into the Air illuminates our expectations of communication as both historically specific and a fundamental knot in Western thought."This is a most interesting and thought-provoking book. . ... Read more

$21.99 USD

Communication plays a vital and unique role in society-often blamed for problems when it breaks down and at the same time heralded as a panacea for human relations. A sweeping history of communication, Speaking Into the Air illuminates our expectations of communication as both historically specific and a fundamental knot in Western thought."This is a most interesting and thought-provoking book. .
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Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention

Edited by Ronald Ross Watson, Victor R. Preedy ...

The use of nuts and seeds to improve human nutritional status has proven successful for a variety of conditions including in the treatment of high cholesterol, reduced risk of Type-2 Diabetes, and weight control. Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention is a complete guide to the health benefits of nuts and seeds. This book is the only single-source scientific reference to explore the ... Read more

$179.99 USD

The use of nuts and seeds to improve human nutritional status has proven successful for a variety of conditions including in the treatment of high cholesterol, reduced risk of Type-2 Diabetes, and weight control. Nuts and Seeds in Health and Disease Prevention is a complete guide to the health benefits of nuts and seeds. This book is the only single-source scientific reference to explore the
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Toward A Minor Architecture

by Jill Stoner ...

A major proposal for a minor architecture, and for the making of spaces out of the already built.Architecture can no longer limit itself to the art of making buildings; it must also invent the politics of taking them apart. This is Jill Stoner's premise for a minor architecture. Her architect's eye tracks differently from most, drawn not to the lauded and iconic but to what she calls “the ... Read more

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A major proposal for a minor architecture, and for the making of spaces out of the already built.Architecture can no longer limit itself to the art of making buildings; it must also invent the politics of taking them apart. This is Jill Stoner's premise for a minor architecture. Her architect's eye tracks differently from most, drawn not to the lauded and iconic but to what she calls “the
... Read more
Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 1

Safety, quality and sustainability

by Mingyang Huang, Yu Wang, Prof. Chi-Tang Ho, Xin Sun, Prof. Eric Berg, Lauren E. O'Connor, Prof. Wayne W. Campbell, Prof. G. J. Thoma, Phung Le Dinh, Dr Andre Aarnink, Prof. Peter R. Davies, Prof. Sandra Edwards, Dr Christine Leeb, Dr Jan Dahl, Dr Paul Ebner, Dr Yingying Hong, Dr Amy-Lynn Hall, Prof. R. D. Warner, H. A. Channon, Professor Frank Dunshea ...

Series Book 23 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Covers the latest research on controlling pathogenic and non-pathogenic safety risks associated with pig meatComprehensive review of the factors affecting the different aspects of pig meat qualityAssesses ways of minimising the environmental impact of pig production such as reducing input use, emissions and waste ... Read more

$152.99 USD

Covers the latest research on controlling pathogenic and non-pathogenic safety risks associated with pig meatComprehensive review of the factors affecting the different aspects of pig meat qualityAssesses ways of minimising the environmental impact of pig production such as reducing input use, emissions and waste
... Read more
Dark Deleuze

by Andrew Culp ...

Series series Forerunners: Ideas First
French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the present. Concepts created to defeat capitalism have been recycled into business mantras that joyously affirm “Power is vertical; potential is horizontal!”Culp ... Read more

$4.99 USD

French philosopher Gilles Deleuze is known as a thinker of creation, joyous affirmation, and rhizomatic assemblages. In this short book, Andrew Culp polemically argues that this once-radical canon of joy has lost its resistance to the present. Concepts created to defeat capitalism have been recycled into business mantras that joyously affirm “Power is vertical; potential is horizontal!”Culp
... Read more
Organic Meat Production and Processing

Edited by Steven C. Ricke, Ellen J. Van Loo, Michael G. Johnson, Corliss A. O'Bryan ...

Series Book 54 - Institute of Food Technologists Series
Organic Meat Production and Processing describes the challenges of production, processing and food safety of organic meat. The editors and international collection of authors explore the trends in organic meats and how the meat industry is impacted. Commencing with chapters on the economics, market and regulatory aspects of organic meats, coverage then extends to management issues for organically ... Read more

$214.00 USD

Organic Meat Production and Processing describes the challenges of production, processing and food safety of organic meat. The editors and international collection of authors explore the trends in organic meats and how the meat industry is impacted. Commencing with chapters on the economics, market and regulatory aspects of organic meats, coverage then extends to management issues for organically
... Read more

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