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November 2020Medicine Dao Fax——Liu Shaogui, a famous veteran pharmacist, talks about keeping in good health with traditional Chinese medicine
by Liu Shaogui
According to the identification and application of traditional Chinese medicine, the rational use of traditional Chinese medicine and patent medicine, the traditional Chinese medicine in the kitchen, the method of decoction and administration of traditional Chinese medicine, medicinal wine and medicinal tea, chronic disease recuperation, comments on the secret recipes of the family, teaching you to buy Chinese patent medicine, health maintenance essentials and seasonal health preservation, etc. The category is arranged and it is very convenient to find. The content involves the correct selection of commonly used medicines and proprietary Chinese medicines, the introduction of Chinese medicines for both medicinal and food use and medicated dietary treatments, as well as the main points of health preservation for four o'clock and eight festivals and 24 solar terms. In the drug introduction, it not only explained the identification of the good and the bad, but also briefly described the common sense of reasonable application, and at the same time, clarified some misunderstandings or misleading in view of the current disadvantages.
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Business, Economics & LawJune 2019Overtourism
Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism
by Claudio Milano, Joseph M Cheer, Marina Novelli
The 'overtourism' phenomenon is defined as the excessive growth of visitors leading to overcrowding and the consequencial suffering of residents, due to temporary and often seasonal tourism peaks, that lead to permanent changes in lifestyles, amenities and well-being. Enormous tensions in overtourism affected destinations have driven the intensification of policy making and scholarly attention toward seeking antidotes to an issue that is considered paradoxical and problematic. Moving beyond the 'top 10 things you can do about overtourism', this book examines the evolution of the phenomenon and explores the genesis of overtourism as well as the system dynamics underpinning it. With a rigorous scientific approach the book uses systems-thinking and contemporary paradigms around sustainable development, resilience planning and degrowth; while considering global economic, socio-political, environmental
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WALKING THE WHEEL OF THE YEAR
by Emma-Jane Cross
In Walking the Wheel of the Year holistic life coach, spiritual guide and pagan priestess Emma-Jane Cross supports you to create your own spiritual and personal growth path using nature’s seasonal rhythm as the catalyst for personal and spiritual growth.An inspirational tool to start living a lifestyle connected to nature’s rhythm, this book can be used as a year-long workbook to carry out various seasonal activities, journeys and ceremonies throughout the year.
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Literature & Literary StudiesJune 2018Temperament of Public Opinion
by Zhao Qiang
What is public opinion? What does public opinion do with you? Does public opinion have a temper? The author joined hands with "public opinion" for more than two decades, and integrated many years of observation experience into the hotspots of public opinion, and wrote "How much is a catty for" false public opinion "," Who sacrificed for public opinion "," You liar "," Wu Hezhong ", etc. Twenty notes, using smooth texts to tell people: Public opinion is everywhere, no one can hide. These twenty notes are both academic and readable, and strive to be targeted and systematic. They will comment on public opinion events, popular science phenomena, analyze public opinion strategies, and discuss public opinion safety in as easy-to-understand manner as possible. These 20 notes, from shallow to deep, from the surface to the inside, can be ordinary readers to understand the phenomenon of public opinion, can also be used by public opinion workers to take stock of public opinion work, or experts and scholars to discuss the safety of public information.
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Agriculture & related industriesNovember 2002Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour
Constraints and Community Responses
by Edited by Jill L Findeis, Ann Vandeman, Janelle Larson, Jack Runyan
Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. Key topics covered in this book include: changes in the hired farm workforce; area studies, and community impacts and responses; and the need for community services.
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Relationships2021Magnum
by Illya Makarenko
Fine travel reading with a twist of mystery - Magnum will give you everything: rain and wine, love and betrayal, despair and cowardice, Ukrainian seasonal workers and Portuguese revolutionaries. For various reasons - including the Russian invasion into the East of Ukraine - the protagonist of the novel finds himself in Lisbon – the faraway coast of the Western Europe. While in Lisbon he inadvertently plunges into a tragic family history that began almost half a century ago. The main character of the novel is Lisbon itself, a bright and friendly city one cannot but fall in love with; the city which, however, hides a lot of secrets.
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Literature & Literary StudiesNovember 2018My Four Seasons
by Zhang Jie
“My Four Seasons” is the latest collection of essays by writer Zhang Jie. It is divided into three series. The first series is “digging wild vegetables”, including the author's memories and insights into the past life, full of childlike innocence and fun. In the second episode “my graceful night”, the author describes the joys, sorrows of everyday life in a unique language, and shows the wisdom of life. The third series is “flying by the wind”. The author describes some of the people and things that have a special fate in life. The fourth series is the author's experience in painting and other artistic creations.“My Four Seasons” reflects the delicate spiritual world of Zhang Jie, and her prose is full of love and beauty. Her works explore the world of the human heart with strong emotional touch, delicate and profound, elegant and mellow. Zhuang Ruojiang, a professor at the School of Literature, Jiangnan University, commented: "My Four Seasons is a serious, determined and enterprising declaration of life."
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December 2020One Year: Autumn
by Yuan Cimei
There are 4 volumes in the series, one volume per quarter and each volume containing six short stories. From the perspective of children, they can experience the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, harvest, winter collection, seasonal scenery, and thousands of ecological beauty. This book is "Autumn". This book tells about the autumn. Nini experienced the change from “Liqiu” (the beginning of autumn) to “Shuangjiang” (the frost season) and felt the joy of the autumn harvest. The influence and enlightenment of countryside life revealed to her the charm of nature and the taste of agriculture.
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Children's & YAPictures of the Four Seasons
by Teng Yuxu
This is an essay collection describing the beautiful scenery of the four seasons. The verdancy bud foils the vitality of spring; The unimpressive insects sings the joy of summer; The round soybean gives people the delight of autumn; The numbing-cold winter writes fantastic tales on the glass. The words and pictures in the book not only bring the readers the beauty of the nature, but also let them edify sentiment from the profound artistic conception, enrich their own imagination from the thick poetic flavor, taste the good of the life from the flowing truth, improve their language expression from the beautiful world.
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December 2020One Year:Spring
by Yuan Cimei
There are 4 volumes in the series, one volume per quarter and each volume containing six short stories. From the perspective of children, they can experience the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, harvest, winter collection, seasonal scenery, and thousands of ecological beauty. This book is "Spring". It tells about the arrival of spring, Nini was sent to the countryside grandmother’s house, she was first immersed in missing her parents and then gradually started to feel the vitality of the growth of everything on earth. Significant changes in nature awakened her heart to perceive the beauty of nature.
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December 2020One Year:Summer
by Yuan Cimei
There are 4 volumes in the series, one volume per quarter and each volume containing six short stories. From the perspective of children, they can experience the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, harvest, winter collection, seasonal scenery, and thousands of ecological beauty. This volume is "Summer". This volume tells about the summer. Nini experienced the change of solar terms from “Lixia” (the beginning of summer) to “Dashu” (the great heat) in the countryside: “Xiaoshu” (the small heat) and “Dashu”, frogs and cicadas, and different stages of farming. Nini felt that it was completely different from the urban life.
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Insecticide & herbicide technologyJune 2003Biological Control in IPM Systems in Africa
by Edited by Peter Neuenschwander, Christian Borgemeister, Jurgen Langewald
Biological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has been scattered and often under-reported. This book provides a review of the most important studies, including not only successes, but also on-going challenges. The focus is on arthropod pests and weeds, but diseases are also covered where significant. In 24 chapters, case studies and promising research results are presented that cover biocontrol by naturally occurring agents, by exotic agents or by seasonal manipulation. This book provides a valuable resource for scientists worldwide. It is particularly useful for pest control professionals working in Africa.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 2018Assess on Twenty-four Seasons
by Lai Guoqing
Twenty-four seasons in Chinese calender was successfully affirmed as the heritage of non-material culture in the world of 2015. However, this book is published to explain the knowledge of the twenty-four seasons to the common people and to appreciate its inner-culture and the attraction of its beauty. It is the first time and the first edition to deal generally with the twenty-four seasons originally from its beginning and practically with lots of informations, life, nature, phenology, traditional farming, classic tales, popular proverbs and local customs. This book is full of knowledge, interest and good for common readers especially for farmers even for ordinary peasants and children.
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Tchaikovsky: The Seasons - Picture Book
by Editor-in-chief Zhang Mingzhou
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons - Picture Book Series, chief-edited by Zhang Mingzhou, the former president of the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), is a set of picture books presenting the arts of music, literature, and drawing. The book series uses Tchaikovsky's piano suite "The Seasons" as the theme music, with the famous Russian pianist Andrei Ivanovich being invited to play the music (readers can scan the QR code and then listen). As the music mingles with vigorous poetry penned by renowned Russian writers including Pushkin and Tolstoy, the book creates a picturesque natural scene under the drawing pens of Oleynikov, winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, Antonenkov, Gui Tuzi, Ma Xiaode, and other Chinese and Russian illustrators, allowing children to appreciate the beauty of nature in poetic reading
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December 2020One Year: Winter
by Yuan Cimei
There are 4 volumes in the series, one volume per quarter and each volume containing six short stories. From the perspective of children, they can experience the beauty of spring, summer, autumn, harvest, winter collection, seasonal scenery, and thousands of ecological beauty. This volume is "Winter". This volume tells that winter was finally arrived and it is soon the time when Nini's parents would pick her up. However, Nini, who has gradually become accustomed to rural life, began to truly fall in love with the four distinct seasons of the countryside. With the arrival of “Dahan”, the last big cold solar term in the twenty-four solar terms, she reluctantly returned to her home in the city with her parents. The charm of nature and the taste of agriculture that countryside life revealed to her has become her eternal precious wealth.
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Science & MathematicsAugust 2018Grapes
by G Creasy, L Creasy
Fully revised with new content and full-colour figures throughout, the second edition of this successful book contains expanded content for all sections, particularly those covering the impact of climate change, seasonal management, mechanisation and organic management options. There is a new vine balance section, as well as significant updates to rootstocks and grafting. It includes information on wine grapes in addition to grapes for fresh consumption and raisin production.Covering a broad range of topics from grapevine growth and fruit development, to vineyard establishment, mechanisation and postharvest processing, this book provides historical and current information about the grape industry and sets out the theory and science behind production practices. It is an invaluable resource for grape producers, horticulture and plant science students, as well as enthusiasts of the vine and its products.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2017Sunningdale, the Ulster Workers' Council strike and the struggle for democracy in Northern Ireland
by David McCann, Cillian McGrattan
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Tourism industryAugust 2013International Volunteer Tourism
Integrating Travellers and Communities
by Stephen Wearing, Nancy Gard McGehee
Volunteer tourism has increased in popularity and prevalence and is no longer considered only a small section of alternative tourism. It is now part of the mainstream tourism industry and tourism experience for many people. Concentrating on the experience of the volunteer tourist and the host community, this new book builds on the view of volunteer tourism as a positive and sustainable form of tourism to examine a broader spectrum of behaviours and experiences and consider critically where the volunteer tourist experience both compliments and collides with host communities, using multiple case studies.
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Food & DrinkTaste of The Vegtable Dites
by Li Tao
This book starts with more than fifty stories about the original materials of vegetable dites. These charming stories not only record the process of discovering food but also moved you by authors’ unique real experience. These stores are divided into four chapter .Chapter One consists of some brief history of he vegetable dites on Chinese traditional Festival; Chapter Two describes some free growers which are treated as nutritious food now. Li Tao describes how linking our eating to seasonal rhythms can ensure a harmonious relationship between ourselves and the environment. Li Tao leads his kitchen brigade to innovate some popular traditional vegetable dites. Chapter Three introduces thrty-nine innovated delicious vegetable diet recipes appreciated by celebrity, as White Tea Mousse, Boiled Cha rice and Rice Cake in Fermented Rice wine etc are shared by some vegetarian director and actors. Chapter Four is a delightful look at the philosophy, history, and culture of tea in China and abroad. Tea is a significant volume in the study of vegetable dites and sure to become a classic in itself. Li Tao shares his experience of tea-tasing which make you think more deeply about the tea you drink, the vegetable food you eat and the life you own.
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Sport & leisure industriesFebruary 2008Journeys of Discovery in Volunteer Tourism
International Case Study Perspectives
by Kevin D Lyons, Stephen Wearing
The fast-growing phenomenon of volunteer tourism encompasses a diverse range of activities, from conserving environments to working with host communities to alleviate poverty. However, understanding the complex relationship between volunteering and tourism requires a wide analytical framework. This book provides a broad and valuable insight into how volunteer tourism is growing and developing. Theoretical and empirical case studies from leading researchers in the field explore the experiences of the volunteer tourist and the power relationships between volunteers and host communities and commercial, non-commercial and government entities involved in developing and supporting volunteer tourism. The ambiguous and contested intersections between volunteering, travel and alternative tourism as a foundation for considering the future of volunteer tourism are also examined.
