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How do we feed humanity nutritious, wholesome food, restore our
environment and mitigate climate change? Is it even possible? In
2006, Perrine and Charles Herve-Gruyer set out on a mission to
discover a new form of agriculture that provides organic crops and
creates meaningful employment in the local community. Using a
combination of biointensive methods and permaculture design, which
they have named 'ecoculture', and backed by scientific research,
resulted in their farm producing abundantly, sequestering carbon
and freeing up land for Nature. This beautifully illustrated,
comprehensive volume will show you how natural systems work, and
discover many simple and effective techniques that create an
ecological diverse garden or a highly productive farm. The in-depth
section on 'Nature's School' explains weather patterns, soil types,
and ecosystem services to give the reader sound knowledge of the
environment they are growing in. The section on 'Designing a Farm'
provides everything needed to implement an abundant food system,
from understanding permaculture and its design tools, the full
design process and the designs used on Bec Hellouin as a successful
example. Additional chapters on composting, mulching, fertilisers,
green manures and working with beneficial microorganisms offers the
reader a selection of tools for creating healthy soil in a closed
loop system. Full of first-hand tried and tested experience from
Bec Hellouin, there is also a synthesis of the authors' research
and the scientific and technical monitoring carried out on the
farm. This is a unique, groundbreaking book for the serious
gardener, farmer, agronomist and permaculture designer.
Read, play, and DANCE on the pages of this interactive and
definitely out-of-the box picture book! New from the New York Times
bestselling creator, Herve Tullet! Harnessing his love of dance,
the passion of his illustrations and the generous trim size of this
book, Herve invites you to a very special dance: your hand becoming
the dancer and the book the dance floor. Starting with a gentle
glide, growing in complexity and animation, finally building to a
crescendo of color, action, and movement - here's a book perfect
for kids bursting with energy. A celebration not only of releasing
emotion but also of carefully controlling motion and dexterity: the
perfect book for getting your ya-yas out and a welcome boon for
parents, gift-givers, and teachers looking for an ultra-creative
way of channeling energy.
The New York Times bestselling book, a brilliant companion to the
mega-selling classic Press Here, is now gently compressed into a
toddler-friendly board book. With the graphic intensity of Eric
Carle, the whimsy of Leo Lionni, the humor of The Day the Crayons
Quit, but a vision all his own, Herve Tullet invites readers to MIX
IT UP in a dazzling adventure of color and tones, filled with magic
and wonder. This New York Times bestselling book from the creator
of Press Here is now available in an ever-so-toddler-friendly board
book edition. Follow the artist's simple instructions, and suddenly
colors appear . . . mix . . . splatter . . . and vanish in a vivid
world powered only by the reader's imagination. The result is not
only enchantment and giggles, but a real and deeper understanding
of colors brought by a true master of his craft. Just as in Press
Here, Herve Tullet sets readers on an extraordinary journey of
color, motion, and interactivity without ever relying on the bells
and whistles of technology, but rather by working within the
confines of the flat surface of an unassuming printed page. Herve
once again displays his unique genius and vision, creating a work
that is a glorious and richly satisfying companion to Press Here.
Mix It Up! is the perfect gift book for parents and their little
ones to cherish and read again and again, as well as an invaluable
teaching tool for pre-K classrooms. * AWARD-WINNING BOOK: Mix It
Up! was a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Buzzfeed Best Book of
the Year, a PBS Parents Best Picture Book, an ACL Distinguished
Book, and selected as a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Public
Library. * AN INNOVATIVE, INTERACTIVE WAY TO TEACH KIDS ABOUT
COLOR: Each delightful page turn mixes colors and teaches kids
basic color theory. * AN EDUCATIONAL GIFT: The gorgeous graphic
visuals make this book an irresistible choice for gift-giving,
while the educational concept is an appealing bonus. * STIMULATES
THE IMAGINATION: Celebrates the magic of imagination of three
simple colors transforming into an entire rainbow of possibilities.
A tour-de-force of imagination that mixes the whimsical minimalism
of Duck! Rabbit! with the graphic intensity of Eric Carle. Perfect
for: * The millions of child and adult fans of Herve Tullet and
Press Here in both its hard cover and board book incarnations *
Fans of Eric Carle's Brown Bear, Brown Bear, Leo Lionni's magical
Little Blue and Little Yellow, other books about color * Anyone
looking to demonstrate the power of a physical book or looking for
books to open the imagination * Pre-schools, nurseries,
kindergartens, art programs
Now even the smallest hands can get in on all the hands-on fun of
Herve Tullet's bestselling Press Here. The longest-running picture
book on the New York Times bestseller list, this interactive
children's classic is now available as a sturdy, durable board book
to share with a whole new generation of fans.
* Introduces readers to tips for experimental work * Shows how
simple scientific knowledge can be applied in understanding
questions * Provides a sound method ("strategy") for calculation in
physics and chemistry * Presents important definitions and laws for
physical chemistry * Gives confidence in one's calculation skill
and problem solving skills * Explore physical and chemical
phenomena that occur during cooking
Collective action by firms is a central phenomenon in society, seen
for example in standards setting, multi-stakeholder initiatives,
and in relation to climate change, environmental and human rights
issues. This incisive book reveals how firms set up specific
devices, referred to by the authors as FCADs (Firms' Collective
Action Devices), of which trade associations and chambers of
commerce are the traditional forms, and investigates how firms
organize themselves collectively, and their impact on the economy
and democracy. Delving deeply into previously under-explored
aspects of collective actions by firms, using the concepts of
meta-organization and heterarchy, the book combines and expands on
insights from history, political science, economics, sociology,
management and organization theory. It demonstrates empirically how
FCADs function on the basis of compromise and consensus, and
analyzes their forms of action, their organizational dynamics and
their recent evolution. This rigorous and pluridisciplinary
evaluation of how businesses organize collectively will appeal to
researchers and PhD students in organization studies and business
management, as well as those in other disciplines who are
interested in firms' collective action. It will also be a useful
resource for business practitioners, public servants and
politicians in contact with firms' collective action, and NGO
members.
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My Manservant and Me (Paperback)
Herv e Guibert; Translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman; Foreword by Shiv Kotecha
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A madcap tale of sadistic power-play by one of the 20th century's
most beloved French gay writers. My Manservant and Me is a story
about the trials and tribulations of having a live-in valet.
Written from the uneasy perspective of an aging, incontinent author
of extremely successful middlebrow plays, we learn about his
manservant, a young film actor who is easily moved to both delicate
gestures and terrible tantrums; who's been authorized to handle his
master's finances, who orders stock buys, dictates his master's
wardrobe, sleeps in his master's bed, and yet won't let him watch
variety television. My Manservant and Me reveals the rude
specificities of this relationship with provocative humor and
stylistic abjection. This manservant won't be going anywhere.
* Introduces readers to tips for experimental work * Shows how
simple scientific knowledge can be applied in understanding
questions * Provides a sound method ("strategy") for calculation in
physics and chemistry * Presents important definitions and laws for
physical chemistry * Gives confidence in one's calculation skill
and problem solving skills * Explore physical and chemical
phenomena that occur during cooking
This collection of essays represents responses by over eighty
scholars to an unusual request: give your high level assessment of
the field of economic design, as broadly construed. Where do we
come from? Where do we go from here? The book editors invited
short, informal reflections expressing deeply felt but hard to
demonstrate opinions, unsupported speculation, and controversial
views of a kind one might not normally risk submitting for review.
The contributors - both senior researchers who have shaped the
field and promising, younger researchers - responded with a diverse
collection of provocative pieces, including: retrospective
assessments or surveys of the field; opinion papers; reflections on
critical points for the development of the discipline; proposals
for the immediate future; "science fiction"; and many more. The
readers should have fun reading these unusual pieces - as much as
the contributors enjoyed writing them.
A breathless criminal investigation against the bloody canvas of
the French Revolution The Paris Commune's "bloody week" sees the
climax of the savagery of the clashes between the Communards and
the French Armed Forces loyal to Versailles. Amid the shrapnel and
the chaos, while the entire west side of Paris is a field of ruins,
a photographer fascinated by the suffering of young women takes
"suggestive" photos to sell to a particular clientele. Young women
begin disappearing, and when Caroline, a seamstress who volunteers
at a first aid station, is counted among the missing, her fiance
Nicolas, a member of the Commune's National Guard, and Communal
security officer Antoine, sets off independently in search of her.
Their race against the clock to find her takes them through the
shell-shocked streets of Paris, and introduces them to a cast of
fascinating characters.
Handbook of Molecular Gastronomy: Scientific Foundations and
Culinary Applications presents a unique overview of molecular
gastronomy, the scientific discipline dedicated to the study of
phenomena that occur during the preparation and consumption of
dishes. It deals with the chemistry, biology and physics of food
preparation, along with the physiology of food consumption. As
such, it represents the first attempt at a comprehensive reference
in molecular gastronomy, along with a practical guide, through
selected examples, to molecular cuisine and the more recent
applications named note by note cuisine. While several books
already exist for a general audience, either addressing food
science in general in a "light" way and/or dealing with modern
cooking techniques and recipes, no book exists so far that
encompasses the whole molecular gastronomy field, providing a
strong interdisciplinary background in the physics, biology and
chemistry of food and food preparation, along with good discussions
on creativity and the art of cooking. Features: Gives A-Z coverage
to the underlying science (physics, chemistry and biology) and
technology, as well as all the key cooking issues (ingredients,
tools and methods). Encompasses the science and practice of
molecular gastronomy in the most accessible and up-to-date
reference available. Contains a final section with unique recipes
by famous chefs. The book is organized in three parts. The first
and main part is about the scientific discipline of molecular and
physical gastronomy; it is organized as an encyclopedia, with
entries in alphabetical order, gathering the contributions of more
than 100 authors, all leading scientists in food sciences,
providing a broad overview of the most recent research in molecular
gastronomy. The second part addresses educational applications of
molecular gastronomy, from primary schools to universities. The
third part provides some innovative recipes by chefs from various
parts of the world. The authors have made a particular pedagogical
effort in proposing several educational levels, from elementary
introduction to deep scientific formalism, in order to satisfy the
broadest possible audience (scientists and non-scientists). This
new resource should be very useful to food scientists and chefs, as
well as food and culinary science students and all lay people
interested in gastronomy.
THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2020 PRIX
GONCOURT. 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD. 'Just when you think you've worked
it out . . . well, you probably haven't' DAILY MAIL 'Mind-bending.
Written with page-turning conviction' THE TIMES 'A mind-bending,
prize-winning speculative thriller' GUARDIAN 'An intoxicating mix
of the magical and life's big questions' FINANCIAL TIMES _______ No
one knows how it happened. But it'll change their lives forever . .
. During a terrifying storm, Air France flight 006 - inexplicably -
duplicates. For every passenger, there are now two: a double with
the same mind, body and memories. Only one thing sets them apart -
while one plane lands in March, the other doesn't arrive until
June. Nothing can explain this unprecedented event. But for each
duplicated passenger, an impossible moment of reckoning awaits. If
there are two of you, and just one life . . . who gets to live it?
______ New York Times: Best Thriller of the Year Publishers Weekly:
Best Thriller of the Year Lit Hub: Favourite Book of the Year
CrimeReads: Best International Crime Novel of the Year PopSugar:
Best Mystery/Thriller of the Month Readers LOVE The Anomaly: 'I
absolutely loved this thrilling, addictive book' 5* Reader Review
'This book spun my head. Fascinating, fantastic and thought
provoking' 5* Reader Review 'I absolutely love this book. It's a
one-of-a-kind story, with perfect pacing. I would highly recommend'
5* Reader Review 'An incredible read - intriguing and original.
Keeps you fascinated until the very last page' 5* Reader Review 'A
brilliant read . . . So cleverly written' 5* Reader Review
Farmers like Charles and Perrine Herve-Gruyer are among the beacons
of light. Their work allows the rest of the world to see that there
is another life, there is another way. From the foreword by Eliot
Coleman, author of The New Organic Grower This book, more about
philosophy than a how-to, describes how two inexperienced beginners
succeeded in creating a gorgeous, productive, self-sustaining farm
Marion Nestle, author of Food Politics What began as a simple dream
in an historic Normandy village has turned into one of the world's
most radical, innovative experiments in small-scale farming. When
Charles and Perrine Herve-Gruyer set out to create their farm in a
historic Normandy village, they had no idea just how much their
lives would change. Neither one had ever farmed before. Charles had
been traveling the globe teaching students about ecology and
indigenous cultures. Perrine had been an international lawyer in
Japan. Their farm Bec Hellouin has since become an internationally
celebrated model of innovation in ecological agriculture.
Miraculous Abundance is the eloquent tale of the couple's quest to
build an agricultural model that can carry us into a post-carbon
future. The authors dive deeper into the various farming methods
across the globe that contributed towards the creation of the Bec
Hellouin model, including: Permaculture and soil health principles
Korean natural farming methods Managing a four-season farm Creating
a productive agroecosystem that is resilient and durable Using
no-dig methods for soil fertility Modelling an agrarian system that
supports its community in totality; from craft, restaurants and
shared work spaces to jobs, agritourism, energy and ecological
biodiversity Perfect for aspiring and experienced farmers,
gardeners and smallholders, Miraculous Abundance is a love letter
to a future where ecological farming is at the centre of every
community.
This volume investigates the ubiquitous education of everyday life
as people contest the normal, settle on a new convention, and deal
with the difficulties that arise. By documenting adolescent
Dominican girls, young men in Silicon Valley, successful venture
capitalists, and others imagining, explaining, and challenging the
status quo, this book presents evidence that the proper starting
point for education is struggle and play within and around
institutionalized social and cultural conditions. Through a
development of Varenne's earlier research at the intersection of
anthropology and education, this book highlights transformative
work that constructs new cultures, and it presents a revitalized
theory of culture, difference, and education.
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Herve Martijn
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The purpose of this book is to provide information which supports
the fact that rat hybridomas are no more difficult to develop than
mouse hybridomas. This is the first book devoted to the development
of rat hybridomas. It includes theories, step-by-step techniques,
ingredients and apparatus. The focus of this work is on the
antibody repertoire, the unique biological properties of rat
immunoglobulins, the one-step purification procedure by
immunoaffinity chromatography, the absence of C-type particles, and
the easy production of large amounts of ascitic fluid containing
rat MAb. This rare publication is an absolute must for all
scientists using MAbs and those interested in the fields of
immunology, biotechnology, and biochemistry.
Success in today’s rapidly changing hospitality industry depends
on understanding the desires of guests of all ages, from seniors
and boomers to the newly dominant millennial generation of
travelers. Help has arrived with a compulsively-readable new
standard, The Heart of Hospitality: Great Hotel and Restaurant
Leaders Share Their Secrets by Micah Solomon, with a foreword by
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company’s president and COO Herve Humler.
This up-to-the-minute resource delivers the closely guarded
customer experience secrets and on-trend customer service insights
of today’s top hoteliers, restaurateurs, and masters of
hospitality management including: Four Seasons Chairman Isadore
Sharp: How to build an unsinkable company culture Union Square
Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer: His secrets of hiring,
onboarding, training, and more Tom Colicchio (Craft Restaurants,
Top Chef): How to create a customer-centric customer experience in
a chef-centric restaurant Virgin Hotels CEO Raul Leal: How Virgin
Hotels created its innovative, future-friendly hospitality approach
Ritz-Carlton President and COO Herve Humler: How to engage
today’s new breed of luxury travelers Double-five-star chef and
hotelier Patrick O’Connell (The Inn at Little Washington) shares
the secrets of creating hospitality connections Designer David
Rockwell on the secrets of building millennial-friendly restaurants
and hotel spaces (W, Nobu, Andaz) that resonate with today’s
travelers Restaurateur Traci Des Jardins on building a
“narcissism-free†hospitality culture Legendary chef Eric
Ripert’s principles of creating a great guest experiences,
simultaneously within a single dining room. The Heart of
Hospitality is a hospitality management resource like no other, put
together by leading customer service expert Micah Solomon. Filled
with exclusive, first-hand stories and wisdom from the top
professionals in the industry, The Heart of Hospitality is an
essential hospitality industry resource. As Ritz-Carlton President
and COO Herve Humler says in his foreword to the book, “If you want
to create and sustain a level of service so memorable that it
becomes an unbeatable competitive advantage, you’ll find the
secrets here.â€
Performance is the yardstick by which the quality of individual and
collective human effort is assessed. Everywhere, performance shapes
the lives of people and organizations according to its logic and
demands. The quest for performance has spread to societies
worldwide; it has become of central importance for our perception
of our activities and our understanding of the world. Such
importance calls for reflection within the context of
organizations. First, all important social processes are strongly
affected by organizations. Second, performance holds a commanding
position in organizations. In Stories of Achievements, Herve
Corvellec explains performance as a matter of telling, recounting,
and communicating an organization's actions or the results of those
actions. He describes how organizations work with the notion of
performance and examines its connections with efficiency and
competition. Corvellec begins with an assessment of management
literature, discussing the various ways different professions
define performance. What is considered to be performance in one
profession may be at odds with its definition in another. The
author examines what performance means in the world of sports, and
provides a look at performance throughout sports history. He then
draws parallels between sports and organizations, detailing
similarities and differences between performance and the notions of
competitions, measurement and hierarchy. This study covers
particular aspects of the notion of performance linguistic,
semantic, theoretical, logical, historical, and narrative. Drawing
on various methodologies, each chapter represents a smaller study
of how performance is manifested in a particular context. Together,
they provide a general presentation of how the notion of
performance is used in organizations, where it comes from, and what
is meant by performance in general managerial discourse. Stories of
Achievements will be engrossing reading for management, accounting,
and organization professionals, as well as sociologists interested
in the study of economic organizations.
Experiment, play, and draw-but most of all, just have fun-inside
and outside the box with bestselling author Herve Tullet's new
activity book! Tullet's signature bold dots bounce, spin, and
splatter across spread after spread, brilliantly communicating the
foundations of whimsical imagination. More than 135 pages brimming
with activities invite readers to fill in, connect, decorate, and
above all, reimagine the dots, opening up eyes and minds to see
things differently, playfully, and creatively!
This volume investigates the ubiquitous education of everyday life
as people contest the normal, settle on a new convention, and deal
with the difficulties that arise. By documenting adolescent
Dominican girls, young men in Silicon Valley, successful venture
capitalists, and others imagining, explaining, and challenging the
status quo, this book presents evidence that the proper starting
point for education is struggle and play within and around
institutionalized social and cultural conditions. Through a
development of Varenne's earlier research at the intersection of
anthropology and education, this book highlights transformative
work that constructs new cultures, and it presents a revitalized
theory of culture, difference, and education.
For some, finance is the enemy: solely responsible for the global
financial crisis and symbolic of an outdated model that is
catapulting us toward social and ecological ruin. Such a view can
seem tempting. The 2007-2008 meltdown of the financial system was
intimately bound to the financialization of the economy and its
consequences. However, in reality the crisis in finance is an
indicator that our economic model is obsolete. It is possible to
imagine another way, which would consist of seeing finance as a
"toolkit" for building a solution to the crisis.Positive Finance
presents a way to transform the economic model and reduce the
ever-widening gulf of inequality, while taking into account
environmental constraints. In order to achieve this, the authors
argue that we must re-envision the allocation of capital in order
to support social and technological innovations, to design and
build sustainable infrastructure, and to finance the energy
transition. Reinvented, finance could become a powerful lever for
setting these transformations in motion. This book is dedicated to
proving that such leverage is within reach: here, the authors
present a toolkit for putting money to work in the general
interest.
For some, finance is the enemy: solely responsible for the global
financial crisis and symbolic of an outdated model that is
catapulting us toward social and ecological ruin. Such a view can
seem tempting. The 2007-2008 meltdown of the financial system was
intimately bound to the financialization of the economy and its
consequences. However, in reality the crisis in finance is an
indicator that our economic model is obsolete. It is possible to
imagine another way, which would consist of seeing finance as a
"toolkit" for building a solution to the crisis.Positive Finance
presents a way to transform the economic model and reduce the
ever-widening gulf of inequality, while taking into account
environmental constraints. In order to achieve this, the authors
argue that we must re-envision the allocation of capital in order
to support social and technological innovations, to design and
build sustainable infrastructure, and to finance the energy
transition. Reinvented, finance could become a powerful lever for
setting these transformations in motion. This book is dedicated to
proving that such leverage is within reach: here, the authors
present a toolkit for putting money to work in the general
interest.
Colloquial Breton: The Complete Course for Beginners has been
carefully developed by an experienced teacher to provide a
step-by-step course to Breton as it is written and spoken today.
Combining a clear, practical and accessible style with a methodical
and thorough treatment of the language, it equips learners with the
essential skills needed to communicate confidently and effectively
in Breton in a broad range of situations. No prior knowledge of the
language is required. Colloquial Breton is exceptional; each unit
presents a wealth of grammatical points that are reinforced with a
wide range of exercises for regular practice. A full answer key, a
grammar summary, bilingual glossaries and English translations of
dialogues can be found at the back as well as useful vocabulary
lists throughout. Key features include: A clear, user-friendly
format designed to help learners progressively build up their
speaking, listening, reading and writing skills Jargon-free,
succinct and clearly structured explanations of grammar An
extensive range of focused and dynamic supportive exercises
Realistic and entertaining dialogues covering a broad variety of
narrative situations Helpful cultural points An overview of the
sounds of Breton Balanced, comprehensive and rewarding, Colloquial
Breton is an indispensable resource both for independent learners
and students taking courses in Breton. Audio material to accompany
the course is available to download free in MP3 format from
www.routledge.com/cw/colloquials. Recorded by native speakers, the
audio material features the dialogues and texts from the book and
will help develop your listening and pronunciation skills.
To play The Game of Let's Go!, close your eyes, place your finger
on the magic line and take a journey through these pages and into
the vast world of your imagination. What will your adventure be?
Ages 1-3
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