"This book provides an excellent synthesis of conservation practices...The book has insightfully blended constructive concepts supported by well-recognised models and case studies on how to manage agricultural production and biodiversity...I strongly recommend this brilliant book to students, scientists, managers, policymakers and politicians engaging in biodiversity conservation in the agricultural landscape globally." Journal of Nature Conservation More intensive, monocultural agriculture has been associated with a decline in diversity of habitat and plant species which leads to corresponding declines in diversity of insect, bird and mammal species. There is mounting evidence that a more biodiverse landscape improves ecosystem services which benefits farmers. Reconciling agricultural production with biodiversity conservation provides an authoritative review of current biodiversity conservation practices, including field margins, agroforestry systems, hedgerows and improved pasture and grassland management. The collection additionally summarises the theoretical framework that underpins biodiversity conservation in agriculture, dedicating chapters to key developments in areas such as landscape approaches, mapping and modelling diversity, as well as ways of assessing the economic value of biodiversity conservation practices.

The Red Speck is an allegorical journey into the self. At face value, it's the tale of Sophie who awakens to find herself on a deserted beach, with no memory of how she arrived nor any idea how to find her way home. Just barely beneath the surface, however, the book is about transformation. Woven into the story are a set of tools to help the reader achieve such a goal. Sophie arrives in an alternate world populated by ghosts from her past, a fallen angel with a slow Southern drawl and a quick temper, as well as a beautiful woman who may, or may not, be the mother of all creation. Aided by a handsome young man and a band of demigods, she embarks on an esoteric adventure to correct psychological damage accrued over the course of a lifetime. Sophie needs to move forward and conquer her past in order to create the future she desires.

Reflection in a mirror is a science fiction tale with a historical involvement with both the 1936 Spanish War and the current day project eight hundred feet below New York city streets where a new water tunnel is under construction.