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      • Michael O'Mara Books Ltd.

        The Michael O’Mara imprint has illustrated and non- illustrated non-fiction titles for adults on history, sciences, marketing and management, biographies, humour and gift. The Buster imprint develops activity and reference titles for kids. The innovative range of this list develops the curiosity, knowledge and artistic fibre of our little ones. Finally, LOM Art includes a carefully curated list of artist-led titles. We have collaborated with talented illustrators from around the globe to create exquisite titles on drawing, painting, colouring, dot to dot, stickers and so much more!

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        Agriculture & related industries
        April 2000

        History of Farming Systems Research

        by Edited by Michael P Collinson

        Farming Systems Research (FSR) may be defined as a diagnostic process, providing a collection of methods for researchers to understand farm households and their decision-making. Its applications use this understanding to increase efficiency in the use of human and budgetary resources for agricultural development, including research, extension and policy formulation.This book provides a detailed history of FSR. While it includes the application of FSR to developed country agriculture, its main focus is on FSR in its original role, with small-scale, resource-poor farmers in less developed countries. There are some 40 contributions from nearly 50 contributors from 20 countries, illustrating both the diversity and coherence of FSR. The book was initiated by the then International Association for Farming Systems Research and Extension (now International Farming Systems Association) and developed with support from FAO. It provides a wealth of information and insights for all concerned with agricultural development.

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        June 2002

        Die Kunst des Zuhörens

        Einander verstehen im Alltag und in schwierigen Gesprächen

        by Nichols, Michael P. / Deutsch Lindquist, Nils Thomas

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        September 1997

        Die Traumsuche nach dem unbekannten Kadath

        Eine Erzählung

        by H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Walter

        »Dreimal träumte Randolph Carter von der wunderbaren Stadt… Geheimnis umlagerte sie wie Wolken einen sagenhaften unbestiegenen Berg, und als Carter atemlos und erwartungsvoll auf jener Brustwehr mit dem steinernen Geländer ringsum stand, da schwemmten zu ihm herauf Bitterness und Zweifel fast versunkener Erinnerung, der Schmerz über verlorene Dinge und das rasende Bedürfnis, sich wieder dessen zu entsinnen, was einst eine ehrfurchtgebietende und wichtige Stätte gewesen war. Er wußte, daß sie für ihn von höchster Bedeutung gewesen sein mußte; doch in welchem Zyklus oder welcher Inkarnation er sie gekannt hatte und ob im Traum oder im Wachen, konnte er nicht sagen.« Durch ein Land des Horrors macht sich Randolph Carter auf die Suche nach dem unbekannten Kadath, neben der goldenen, marmornen Stadt seine zweite Vision und Obsession. Finstere Götter, gefährliche Geschöpfe, Piraten, bedrohliche Natur werden zum Hindernis bei seiner Suche. Aber er findet den Kadath, er besteigt ihn, steigt hinauf bis ins Turmzimmer der aus Onyx gebauten Festung. Aber Kadath lag im Dunkeln. Seine Gebieter waren fort. Wohin waren sie gegangen?

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        February 1995

        Die Literatur der Angst

        Zur Geschichte der Phantastik

        by H. P. Lovecraft, Michael Koseler, Franz Rottensteiner

        1927 erschien seine Studie Supernatural Horror in Literature, die nach wie vor als eine der besten literarhistorischen Hinführungen in die Phantastik gelten kann. Die kompakte und kenntnisreiche Darstellung zeichnet die Entwicklung des Genres von den Anfängen des »gotischen« Romans im 18. Jahrhundert bis zu den modernen Meistern der Gruselliteratur wie Arthur Machen, M. R. James und Algernon Blackwood nach.

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        July 1999

        Management durch Empowerment

        Das neue Führungskonzept: Mitarbeiter bringen mehr, wenn sie mehr dürfen

        by Blanchard, Kenneth; Carlos, John P.; Randolph, Alan / Deutsch Enright, Roswitha

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        January 1998

        Management durch Empowerment

        Das neue Führungskonzept: Mitarbeiter bringen mehr, wenn sie mehr dürfen

        by Blanchard, Kenneth; Carlos, John P; Randolph, Alan / Übersetzt von Enright, Roswitha

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        April 1996

        The Best of H. P. Lovecraft

        by H. P. Lovecraft, Rudolf Hermstein, H. C. Artmann

        Mit seinem Cthulu-Mythos wollte H. P. Lovecraft eine Atmosphäre kosmischen Grauens schaffen, die Archaisches mit den modernen Erkenntnissen der Wissenschaft verbindet und unserer Zeit angemessen ist. Die Angst hielt er für das älteste und stärkste Gefühl, mit dem er in seinen Erzählungen gerne spielte. Die besten Erzählungen von H. P. Lovecraft sind in diesem Rand zusammengefaßt.

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        Pest control
        March 2000

        Sampling and Monitoring in Crop Protection

        The Theoretical Basis for Designing Practical Decision Guides

        by Michael R Binns, Jan P Nyrop, Wopke van der Werf

        This book covers the statistical concepts of sampling in agricultural pest management. These can be summarised as how to obtain sample data from the field and how to use the data in decision-making. Options may include introducing natural enemies, spraying with pesticide, or adopting a wait-and-see approach. Some prior knowledge of pests and how they interact with crops is required of the reader, but only minimal mathematical background is assumed. Worked examples using the mathematical software program Mathcad are also included.

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        1988

        Über soziale Arbeitsteilung

        Studie über die Organisation höherer Gesellschaften

        by Emile Durkheim, Niklas Luhmann, Hans P Müller, Michael Schmid

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        The Arts
        January 2019

        Michael Winterbottom

        by Brian McFarlane, Deane Williams, Brian McFarlane, Neil Sinyard

        This is the first book-length study of the most prolific and most critically acclaimed director working in British cinema today. Michael Winterbottom has also established himself, and his company, Revolution Films, as a dynamic force in world cinema. No other British director can claim such an impressive body of work in such a variety of genres, from road movie to literary adaptation, from musical to sex film, to stories of contemporary political significance. The authors of this book use a range of critical approaches to analyse the filmmaker's eclectic interests in cinema and the world at large. With this in mind, the realist elements of such films as Welcome to Sarajevo are examined in the light of a long history of cinema's dealings with realism, as far back as post-war Italian neo-realist filmmaking; whereas Jude and The claim are approached as both literary adaptations (a continuing strand in British cinema history) and examples of other reworked genres (the road movie, the western). This lively study of his work, written in a wholly accessible style, will engage all those who have followed his career as well as those with a wide-ranging interest in British cinema.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2023

        The politics of male friendship in contemporary American fiction

        by Michael Kalisch

        How might our friendships shape our politics? This book examines how contemporary American fiction has rediscovered the concept of civic friendship and revived a long tradition of imagining male friendship as interlinked with the promises and paradoxes of democracy in the United States. Bringing into dialogue the work of a wide range of authors - including Philip Roth, Paul Auster, Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem, Dinaw Mengestu, and Teju Cole - this innovative study advances a compelling new account of the political and intellectual fabric of the American novel today.

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        Economics
        November 1998

        Agriculture and World Trade Liberalisation

        Socio-environmental Perspectives on the Common Agricultural Policy

        by Edited by Michael Redclift, Joseph Lekakis, George P Zanias

        The impact of free trade on the environment and the employment of environmental policies as non-tariff protectionist policies are topics which are currently receiving a great deal of attention. Proponents of freer trade insist that, by leading to higher growth rates and per capita incomes, trade increases the demand for environmental quality and helps poor countries escape the poverty-generated pollution trap. The purpose of this book is to discuss the current and future issues surrounding agriculture and its relationship to trade, sustainability and the environment. It is based on selected papers from an international conference entitled ‘European Agriculture at the Crossroads: Competition and Sustainability’ held in Crete in 1996 and further updated with the European Commission’s Agenda 2000 in mind. Written by leading authorities from Europe and the USA, this book is essential reading for researchers and policy makers in agricultural economics, rural sociology, the environment and European studies.

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        June 2012

        Die UdSSR und die deutsche Frage 1941–1949. Dokumente aus russischen Archiven. 4 Bände. Bearb. und hrsg. von Jochen P. Laufer / Georgij P. Kynin unter Mitarbeit von Viktor Knoll (Bd. 1–3) / Kathrin König (Bd. 4) / Reinhard Preuß (Bd. 4).

        Bd. 1: 22. Juni 1941 – 8. Mai 1945. Tab., Abb.; CXVI, 715 S.; Bd. 2: 9. Mai 1945 – 3. Oktober 1946. Tab., Abb.; CXLVIII, 805 S.; Bd. 3: 6. Oktober 1946 – 15. Juni 1948. Tab., Abb.; CXVI, 780 S.; Bd. 4: 18. Juni 1948 – 5. November 1949. CXXX, 736 S.

        by Herausgegeben von Laufer, Jochen P.; Herausgegeben von Kynin, Georgij P.; Mitherausgeber Knoll, Viktor

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        The environment
        May 1997

        Phosphorus Loss from Soil to Water

        by Edited by H Tunney, P C Brookes, A E Johnston

        Phosphorus is an essential element for plant growth and its input has long been recognised as necessary to maintain profitable crop production. However, phosphorus inputs can also increase the biological activity of surface waters and this can lead to the destruction of such aquatic ecosystems. Advanced eutrophication of surface water leads to problems with its use for fisheries, recreation, industry and drinking, due to the increased growth of undesirable algae and aquatic weeds, and oxygen shortages caused by their death and decomposition. It is therefore important to have a good understanding of the causes and mode of phosphorus loss from soil to water, to enable the problems to be controlled and managed. This book has been developed from an international workshop held in Ireland in late 1995. It is the first comprehensive consideration of the topic, and many leading researchers in the area have contributed to it. It is essential reading for all soil scientists and freshwater biologists, as well as for environmentalists, ecologists and agriculturalists concerned with sustainable land management and pollution. The book is also recommended to fisheries managers, fertilizer manufacturers and biologists working for water utilities.

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