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Den spännande ungdomsromanen Dansa med strutsar av Monica Zak är en fristående fortsättning på den klassiska barnboken Pojken som levde med strutsar. Den bygger på verkliga händelser i Sahara och är en av de mest älskade och lästa böckerna i svenska skolor. I Dansa med strutsar har Hadara, pojken som växte upp i en strutsfamilj, blivit tonåring. Han lever i ett beduinläger, är gift och har en nyfödd son. Men Hadara längtar tillbaka till strutsarna. En dag lämnar han sin familj och ger sig ensam ut i öknen för att leta efter Hogg och Makoo, strutsarna som i tio år var hans föräldrar. Det blir ett dramatiskt sökande, han är nära att dö av törst och värme. Till slut hittar han sin strutsfamilj och får dansa med dem igen. Hadara blir kvar hos strutsarna. Men han tänker ofta på sin fru och sin son hemma i beduinlägret. Han längtar efter dem. Hans unga fru Kharouba kan inte heller glömma. Efter flera års väntan på sin man lastar hon och deras lille son en kamel med mat, dryck och annat de behöver för att klara Saharas heta dagar och kalla nätter. De rider ut i öknen för att försöka hitta sin älskade Hadara. Dansa med strutsar är en dramatisk och gripande bok för alla åldrar.

Bosse Sandström var en av Aftonbladets bästa stilister under sina cirka 30 år som reporter på tidningen. Han var en klassisk allmänreporter, skrev om allt. Och han skrev om mat. Bosse älskar svensk husmanskost. Han känner matens historia och kulturella rötter. Bosse skrev för tjugo år sedan veckokolumner med vinjetten Mat för få i Aftonbladet Senior, en bilaga för den som var 55+. Han berättade den historiska bakgrunden till våra klassiska maträtter och han beskrev hur maten ska tillagas. Bosse anpassade recepten till det lilla köket; till det äldre paret och den som åt sina måltider ensam. Unga singlar hittade också till Bosses artiklar och lärde sig laga svensk husmanskost. I den här boken har Bosse Sandström samlat sina mattexter. De är lika aktuella i dag som då. Bosses gode vän sedan Journalisthögskolan, filmaren Tom Alandh, beskriver deras restaurangbesök i bokens förord: ”Och alltid var det Bosse som var först med att gå igenom matsedeln. Det var han som ställde frågor och som smakade av vinet, och det var han, inte vi, som möttes av servitörens respekt. Självklart ska en sådan man ge ut en bok om mat. Och här är den, Bosse Sandströms tankar om mat och hans recept. Och visst är det en kulturgärning att rädda dessa rader ur glömskans gömmor, ty tillsammans med Bosse och Balzac, Voltaire, Napoleon, Lord Byron och H C Andersen känner man sig lite mer lärd när man läst boken, och sugen på något gott.” Ursula Wilby har gjort teckningarna till Bosses texter. Hon har varit illustratör på Sydsvenskan i Malmö och givit ut nio böcker.

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also be found: a total of 21 plant communities are described, with data on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A general comparison is provided by synoptic Table 1, which details the frequencies of ca. 1500 species  growing in the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are discussed. The book, which is the fruit of a major international collaboration, presents a synthesis of extended original investigations by the authors and hardly accessible specialist literature.

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also be found: a total of 21 plant communities are described, with data on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A general comparison is provided by synoptic Table 1, which details the frequencies of ca. 1500 species  growing in the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are discussed. The book, which is the fruit of a major international collaboration, presents a synthesis of extended original investigations by the authors and hardly accessible specialist literature.

This book describes the mountain forests of East Asia (Korea, Japan, China and Taiwan), the tree layers of which contain different species of the genus Fagus. The vegetation is primarily deciduous in the northern regions, whereas in South China evergreen trees can also be found: a total of 21 plant communities are described, with data on species composition, dominance, geographical distribution and ecology. A general comparison is provided by synoptic Table 1, which details the frequencies of ca. 1500 species  growing in the Fagus forests; biodiversity and evolution are discussed. The book, which is the fruit of a major international collaboration, presents a synthesis of extended original investigations by the authors and hardly accessible specialist literature.

The Golden Books are a joint project by NTGent and the Berlin publisher Verbrecher Verlag. It is a series comprising programme articles on theatre, aesthetics and politics as well as background pieces on projects by NTGent. A series on both the theory and the practice of an engaged theatre of the future.The Art of Resistance is the fourth volume in this series. It gathers speeches, essays, interviews and manifestos, written and performed by artists, activists, journalists and lawyers. How can we practice solidarity? Fight an unjust system of imperialism and neoliberal capitalism? Give a voice to the unheard?With contributions from Colette Braeckman, Luanda Casella, Maria Lucia Cruz Correia, Aminata Demba, Douglas Estevam da Silva, Heleen Debeuckelaere, Beatrice Delvaux, Ulrike Guerot, Dalilla Hermans, Prince Kihangi, Daniel Lima, Robert Menasse, Ogutu Muraya, Yoonis Osman Nuur, Brunilda Pali, Milo Rau, Hendrik Schoukens, Yvan Sagnet, Lara Staal, Terreyro Coreografico / Daniel Fagus Kairoz, Marc-Antoine Vumilia, Harald Welzer, Veridiana Zurita.All texts in english.

Journalisten och författaren Barbro Leggat skrev varje vecka i 23 år kåserier i tidningen Allas. Under vinjetten ”Barbros Blandning” kunde man följa hennes humoristiska skildringar ur livet. Läsarna älskade berättelserna och de lärde genom åren väl känna Barbro, hennes föräldrar, systrar, barn, barnbarn och vänner. I boken "Typiskt - sånt händer bara mig" har hon samlat ett urval av kåserierna. När Barbro hastigt avled i ett hjärtstopp i april 2014 hade hon precis avslutat arbetet med boken. Barbro Leggat har arbetat på bland annat Aftonbladet, Expressen och Kvällsposten innan hon började som reporter på tidningen Allas. Ursula Wilby har illustrerat alla Barbros kåserier sedan starten. Hennes underfundiga och humoristiska teckningar har blivit ett med Barbros texter. Ursula har jobbat som illustratör på bland annat Sydsvenskan i Malmö och har gett ut nio böcker.

The Purification of Fagus Sylvatica Var Pendula is emblematic of Paul Etienne Lincoln's inquiry into the origin and production of memory--and our ethereal relationship to that intangible evidence of our consciousness. In this pursuit Lincoln has employed diverse forms and themes, ranging from examination of historical figures to detailing anything from New York City infrastructure to “household” machines that dispense gin-and-tonics (mixed at varying strengths). Comprised of photographs, diagrams and text, The Purification records the series of experiments and performances which detail the afterlife of a specimen of local vegetation. The book begins: “Situated at the perimeter of Weeping Beach Tree Park in Queens, New York, was a small pavilion looking on to a stump of the oldest Weeping Beach in America. In 1847 Samuel Bowne Parsons, a Quaker and a nurseryman, purchased a shoot of Weeping Beach, Fagus sylvatica var pendula, in Belgium while traveling in search of unusual plants. On his return to the United States he planted the shoot at the site of the stump, then part of Parson's Nurseries. Every Weeping Beech in America is descended from this one tree. Regrettably, the stump is all that remains, as shortly after this venerable tree's 150th anniversary in 1997 it died and was cut down. The tree had, however spawned seven progeny, which still grow in a circle around the original beech.” Over the past two decades, Lincoln has committed himself to creating complex installations, recordings and documentation on a wide range of subject matter. The Purification follows Lincoln's investigation of the Weeping Beech as a way of detailing the process of examination and history writing which is ever shifting and defining the world around us.

Fagus is the story of a Gesamtkunstwerk and an early example of corporate identity: the Fagus factory in Alfeld an der Leine, built by Walter Gropius and Adolf Meyer from 1911, is regarded as the founding structure of modernism. The architects succeeded in giving a medium-sized company a completely unusual face that was anything but traditional. This was possible because the client and architect formed an extraordinarily favorable constellation. The factory owner combined an affinity toward the life reform movement with American corporate philosophy. With its representative objectivity and extensive use of glass, the factory is also an expression of a new entrepreneurial self-confidence and a modern advertising strategy. The avant-garde further influenced the design of the company’s machines and its printed matter. The list of collaborators reads like a Who’s Who of international modernism: some of Fagus’s advertising, for instance, was designed by Johannes Molzahn, Theo von Doesburg, and Herbert Bayer. And with his series of photographs from 1928, the photographer Albert Renger-Patzsch created what can today be called a classic image of the Fagus factory and its products.

Ecologists and biogeographers have been intrigued for a long time by the striking similarity of the vegetation and flora of southern temperate zone regions separated by large oceans. These scientists have been particularly interested in the occurrence in these regions of Nothofagus--southern beeches. This book, which focuses on the distribution, history, and ecology of the genus Nothofagus, provides a key to understanding the historical plant geography and modern vegetation patterns of the southern hemisphere.The book begins with a discussion of the long-term and broad-scale patterns of origin and differentiation in the genus. Next each major Nothofagus biome is discussed, first in a chapter that considers contemporary ecological patterns and then in a chapter that focuses on the history and paleoecology of the region. Authorities in the field deal with the temperate zone of the southwest Pacific region (New Zealand and Australia); the adjacent tropical zone of the southwest Pacific (New Guinea and New Caledonia); and South America, ranging from the Mediterranean-type climate region of central Chile to the subantarctic latitudes of Tierra del Fuego.

Polyphenols in Plants: Isolation, Purification and Extract Preparation, 2nd edition, provides a detailed insight into polyphenols that occur naturally in plants and how they can be affected during growth and development, then effectively removed and optimized for various applications in food production. Historically, plants have been the major sources for drugs and health promotion. While there are a small number of nutrients contained, the growing focus is on the very diverse, complex ring structures: polyphenols that are not nutritious. In order to study or use them in patient treatment, the polyphenols need to be isolated, identified, and purified for application and study. This book brings together experts in the field who share their ongoing examination of isolation and purification of polyphenols as well as determination of their structures and composition.

Polyphenols in Plants covers a range of new topics including polyphenols in vegetable waste and agricultural byproducts, extraction methods and characterization of polyphenols, and isolation techniques in the development of new compounds and their use in cancer therapy. This book will be useful to plant scientists and dietary supplement producers, as well as scientists in the food industry and alternative medicine who are interested in the specific health benefits of various dietary extracts and other polyphenol resources.

Fully revised and updated to present the latest developments in the field Advances understanding of isolation, characterization, and identification of critical polyphenols vital to industrial development as therapies Defines conditions of growth affecting polyphenol levels Describes techniques critical to identifying and defining polyphenols

Cold Pressed Oils: Green Technology, Bioactive Compounds, Functionality, and Applications creates a multidisciplinary forum of discussion on recent advances in chemistry and the functionality of bioactive phytochemicals in lipids found in cold pressed oils. Chapters explore different cold pressed oil, focusing on cold press extraction and processing, composition, physicochemical characteristics, organoleptic attributes, nutritional quality, oxidative stability, food applications, and functional and health-promoting traits. Edited by a team of experts, the book brings a diversity of developments in food science to scientists, chemists, nutritionists, and students in nutrition, lipids chemistry and technology, agricultural science, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, nutraceuticals and many other fields.

Thoroughly explores novel and functional applications of cold pressed oils Shows the difference between bioactive compounds in cold pressed oils and oils extracted with other traditional methods Elucidates the stability of cold pressed oils in comparison with oils extracted using other traditional methods

Through use of the models Professor Horn has devised, plant ecologists, foresters, and botanists will be able to predict the growth and productivity of a forest, the invading and senile species in a forest, the effect of shade tolerance on forest succession, and similar questions.