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Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cm
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Description
"This comprehensive handbook represents a definitive state of the current art and science of food waste from multiple perspectives. The issue of food waste has emerged in recent years as a major global problem. Recent research has enabled greater understanding and measurement of loss and waste throughout food supply chains, shedding light on contributing factors and practical solutions. This book includes perspectives and disciplines ranging from...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
x, 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
xix, 535 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"From the author of 1491--the best-selling study of the pre-Columbian Americas--a deeply engaging new history that explores the most momentous biological event since the death of the dinosaurs. More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning...
4) 1493
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
p2011
Physical Desc
14 CDs (17 hr., 47 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Charles Mann chronicles the Age of Exploration and its consequences. Here, he looks at how the European presence affected the Americas, China, and Africa.
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