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21 produkter
Life on the Octopus Farm
The Ethics and Future of Growing the World's Most Intelligent Invertebrate
Inbunden, 2026
1118 kr
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In 2021, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings, capable of experiencing pain, distress, and happiness, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus …
Cockroach Papers
A Compendium of History and Lore
Häftad, 2015
170 kr
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Skittering figures of urban legend - and a ubiquitous reality - cockroaches are nearly as abhorred as they are ancient. Even as our efforts to exterminate them have developed into ever more complex forms of chemical warfare, roaches basic design of six legs, two hypersensitive antennae, and one set …
Invisible Nation
Homeless Families in America
Inbunden, 2016
1156 kr
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"By the second or third day that you're homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin …
Invisible Nation
Homeless Families in America
Häftad, 2016
371 kr
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"By the second or third day that you're homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin …
Invisible Nation
Homeless Families in America
E-bok, 2016
433 kr
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"By the second or third day that you’re homeless, in the car with all your clothes, your pots and pans, everything, having to wash yourself in a public rest room, you logically start to feel dirty. You prefer to use the drive-through [at fast-food restaurants] where no one will see you. You begin …
Hot Peppers
The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum
Häftad, 1999
324 kr
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Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid travelled to the capital of the US hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and ""capsicum"" (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in the region's salty, oil-rich soil. At once an entertaining exploration …
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
Häftad, 2008
344 kr
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This title presents a car-centered history of life on the island. Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind …
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
E-bok, 2009
214 kr
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Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of …
Hot Peppers
The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum
E-bok, 2009
243 kr
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Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.S. hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and capsicum (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in the region’s salty, oil-rich soil like nowhere else. At once an …
Consider the Eel
E-bok, 2010
254 kr
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Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel’s life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. “The eeler who explained the animal’s life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked in …
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
E-bok, 2009
891 kr
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Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of …
Consider the Eel
Häftad, 2014
470 kr
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Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel's life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. ""The eeler who explained the animal's life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked …
Life on the Octopus Farm
The Ethics and Future of Growing the World's Most Intelligent Invertebrate
Häftad, 2026
259 kr
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In 2021, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings, capable of experiencing pain, distress, and happiness, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus …
Life on the Octopus Farm
The Ethics and Future of Growing the World's Most Intelligent Invertebrate
E-bok, 2026
2292 kr
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In 2021, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings, capable of experiencing pain, distress, and happiness, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus …
Life on the Octopus Farm
The Ethics and Future of Growing the World's Most Intelligent Invertebrate
E-bok, 2026
2292 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In 2021, the London School of Economics found that octopuses are sentient beings, capable of experiencing pain, distress, and happiness, and that high-welfare farming of them would therefore be impossible. But the enormous international demand for octopus meat continues to grow even as wild octopus …
Caring Class
Home Health Aides in Crisis
Inbunden, 2021
311 kr
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The number of elderly and disabled Americans in need of home health care is increasing annually, even as the pool of people—almost always women—willing to do this job gets smaller and smaller. The Caring Class takes readers inside the reality of home health care by following the lives of women …
Los pulpos
E-bok, 2024
137 kr
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- El pulpo es probablemente el invertebrado más inteligente, y se encuentra entre las especies más inteligentes del planeta. De hecho, su capacidad mental es similar a la de los perros.- Este libro detalla la notable historia natural de este animal y su relación polifacética con los seres humanos. …
Hot Peppers
The Story of Cajuns and Capsicum
E-bok, 2009
243 kr
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Smitten by a love of hot peppers, journalist Richard Schweid traveled to the capital of the U.S. hot sauce industry, New Iberia, Louisiana. This is Cajun country, and capsicum (as hot peppers are known botanically) thrive in the region’s salty, oil-rich soil like nowhere else. At once an …
Consider the Eel
E-bok, 2010
260 kr
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Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eel’s life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia. “The eeler who explained the animal’s life cycle to me did so as he served up an eel he had just taken from a trap, killed, cleaned, and cooked in …
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
E-bok, 2009
214 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of …
Che's Chevrolet, Fidel's Oldsmobile
On the Road in Cuba
E-bok, 2009
1023 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Vintage U.S.-made cars on the streets of Havana provide a common representation of Cuba. Journalist Richard Schweid, who traveled throughout the island to research the story of motor vehicles in Cuba today and yesterday, gets behind the wheel and behind the stereotype in this colorful chronicle of …
