Tom Brown at Rugby

om Brown at Rugby by Thomas Hughes is a classic coming-of-age novel set in the mid-19th century, capturing the life and challenges of young Tom Brown as he navigates his time at Rugby School, a prestigious English boarding school. The novel portrays Tom’s journey from a naive, adventurous boy to a mature and principled young man under the guidance of the influential headmaster, Dr. Thomas Arn…

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a powerful anti-slavery novel that played a significant role in shaping public opinion in the United States before the Civil War. Through the story of Uncle Tom, a deeply compassionate and morally steadfast enslaved man, the novel exposes the brutality and inhumanity of slavery, highlighting the suffering endured by individuals and families torn apa…

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Skills in Rheumatology

This Open Access book presents practical approaches to managing patients affected by various rheumatological diseases, allowing readers to gain a better understanding of the various clinical expressions and problems experienced by these patients. Discussing rheumatology from an organ systems perspective, it highlights the importance ofdetailed musculoskeletal examinations when treating patients…

Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance

This open access book presents how cutting-edge digital technologies like Big Data, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Blockchain are set to disrupt the financial sector. The book illustrates how recent advances in these technologies facilitate banks, FinTech, and financial institutions to collect, process, analyze, and fully leverage the very large amounts of data that are now…

The Political Economy of Non-Western Migration Regimes

This open access book contributes new theoretical and comparative insights on migrant agency, undocumentedness and informality in non-Western, non-democratic migration regimes. The book is conceived as a critical reflection on the contemporary migration regime scholarship, and, more generally, on comparative migration studies, which primarily focus on migrants’ experiences and immigration pol…

Bearing Witness: Ruth Harrison and British Farm Animal Welfare (1920–2000)

This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas …

Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple…

The Sweet Songsters of Great Britain. With useful Hints for The Rearing and M…

The Sweet Songsters of Great Britain explores the enchanting world of songbirds native to Britain, celebrating their melodious calls and diverse species. This comprehensive guide provides detailed descriptions of various songbirds, highlighting their unique vocal characteristics, behaviors, and habitats. Additionally, the book offers practical advice for bird enthusiasts on the rearing and mana…

Bienen an der Hochschule

In diesem Open-Access-Buch werden verschiedene Erfahrungen vorgestellt, die im Bienenprojekt „BEEsy Mission“ der Hochschule Pforzheim gesammelt wurden. Zukünftigen Projektverantwortlichen wird eine Hilfestellung bei der institutionellen Etablierung und Haltung von Bienen gegeben.Das Buch befasst sich unter anderem mit den Fragestellungen und Herausforderungen, die im Projektkonzept berück…