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 Streptomycetes: Biological Candidates for Sustainable Agriculture: Biological Candidates for Sustainable Agriculture by Talwinder Kaur, Harsh Kumar, Rajesh Kumari Manhas English | January 10, 2026 | ISBN: 9819558026 | 456 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 35 Mb This edited book offers a comprehensive exploration of the role that Streptomyces, a genus of actinobacteria, plays in sustainable agriculture. As the world grapples with the dual challenges of a growing population and environmental sustainability, Streptomyces emerges as a promising solution to enhance agricultural productivity while reducing reliance on harmful chemicals. This volume sheds new light on how Streptomyces can mitigate biotic and abiotic stresses, enhancing plant health and soil quality.  Street Smarts: Trust Your Instincts, Outsmart Danger, and Stay Safe in a World That Isn't by Dannah Eve English | February 3rd, 2026 | ISBN: 0063438887 | 240 pages | True EPUB | 3.94 MB From the mindset you move with, to the habits you create, and the tools you carry-learn how to stay sharp, stay ready, and stay safe in every aspect of your daily life!  Lawrence Freedman, "Strategy: A History" English | ISBN: 0190229233 | 2015 | 768 pages | MOBI | 2 MB Selected as a Financial Times Best Book of 2013  Strategic Analytics: Towards AI-based Strategy Planning, 2nd Edition by Martin Kunc English | February 20th, 2026 | ISBN: 9781394316007 | 515 pages | True PDF | 8.66 MB Enables organizations and managers to make strategic choices based on robust analytics supported by AI  Strangers at the Heavenly Court: The 1517 Portuguese Embassy to China (Handbuch der gefährlichen Güter) by James Masaki Fujitani English | November 18, 2025 | ISBN: 9819527007 | 246 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 6.98 Mb This open access book examines the first modern diplomatic contact between Europe and East Asia: the 1517 Portuguese embassy to China. The experience did not end well, for in 1521, the Ming Court decided to cut off relations, and a battle broke out between the Guangdong and Portuguese fleets. This work seeks to explain why this happened. Making extensive use of both Chinese and Western archival sources, it proposes a new interpretation-one that breaks with the traditional "clash of civilizations" viewpoint and focuses instead on the diversity of actors and the complex relationships between them.  Strange, Unusual, and Absolutely True: Weirdest Stories in History, Science, & Human Behavior by Lexi Natoli English | January 24th, 2026 | ISBN: 1684818672 | 164 pages | True EPUB | 1.59 MB Explore the Weirdest True Stories  María-Ángeles Martínez, "Storyworld Possible Selves and Narrative Intersubjectivity " English | ASIN : B0F28LPS8D | 2025 | 138 pages | EPUB | 2 MB In the wake of the cognitive turn in the humanities, narrative research has become increasingly interdisciplinary. The theory of storyworld possible selves brings approaches from a range of disciplines such as cognitive narrative theory, cognitive linguistics, and social psychology, to bear on the study of narrative engagement. The diversity of the contributions to this volume testifies to the interdisciplinarity of the storyworld possible selves approach: while some of its chapters explore applications of storyworld possible selves theory to the study of real readers' interaction with both fictional and non-fictional narratives, others address issues connected to the textual construction of authors, narrators, and characters as narrative perspectivizers.  Filippo Trevisan, "Story Tech: Power, Storytelling, and Social Change Advocacy" English | ISBN: 0472077252 | 2025 | 262 pages | EPUB | 2 MB Personal stories have the power to stir the heart, compel us to act, and spark social change. While advocacy organizations have long used storytelling in campaigns, the role technology plays has increased. Today, invitations to "share your story" are widespread on advocacy organizations and political campaign websites, calls to action, and social media pages. But what happens after one clicks "share"? And how does this affect which voices we hear-and which we don't-in public discourse?  Stolen Goods in British Detective Fiction (Crime Files) by Lisa Hopkins English | November 18, 2025 | ISBN: 3032075467 | 253 pages | True ePUB, PDF | 3.11 Mb This book pushes beyond the focus of murder mysteries in British detective fiction to illuminate elements of what is perhaps the next most pertinent subGenre: stories of burglary and theft. Chapters cover work including E. W. Hornung's Raffles stories, Sherlock Holmes's investigation of as well as his own commitment of theft, Agatha Christie's novels, and more. Outside of the thievery itself, Hopkins focuses on the actual stolen items, from jewellery to identity. Examining stolen identities as well as stolen objects helps to bring out the extent to which narratives of theft raise issues of class, gender, and race as well as implicitly posing questions about social justice: who has the right to possess what, and on what grounds?  Brad Inwood, "Stoicism: A Very Short Introduction" English | ISBN: 0198786662 | 2018 | 144 pages | MOBI | 481 KB Stoicism is two things: a long past philosophical school of ancient Greece and Rome, and an enduring philosophical movement that still inspires people in the twenty-first century to re-think and re-organize their lives in order to achieve personal satisfaction. What is the connection between them? |
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