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Productivity Issues in Canada
A collection of research papers that explains Canada's relatively weak productivity record over the last few decades and the nature of productivity growth in Canada. The book covers a wide range of topics, including productivity trends and determinants, innovation, investment, global linkages, productivity in the new economy, and the social aspects of productivity. Includes in-depth and detailed papers by experts in Canadian economics, policy, trade etc.
Oceans and Oceanography
Constituting more than 70 percent of Earths surface, the worlds oceans are so vast as to remain something of an enigma to this day. Navigating these imposing seas and unlocking their secrets is the calling of oceanographers. Their research helps determine what climatic, geologic, and chemical impact oceans have on a variety of organisms. In spite of their magnitude and might, the worlds oceans are not immune to the effects of adverse human activity, such as pollution. This volume surveys this huge, but fragile, ecosystem and the individuals who help fight for the preservation of this vital resource that has critical significance to all earthly life.
Pachinko
* The million-copy bestseller* * National Book Award finalist * * An instant New York Times Bestseller and one of their 10 Best Books of 2017 * * Selected for Emma Watson's Our Shared Shelf book club * 'This is a captivating book... Min Jin Lee's novel takes us through four generations and each character's search for identity and success. It's a powerful story about resilience and compassion' BARACK OBAMA. Yeongdo, Korea, 1911. Teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a fisherman, falls for a wealthy yakuza. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant – and that her lover is married – she refuses to be bought. Facing ruin, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle minister passing through on his way to Japan. Following a man she barely knows to a hostile country where she has no friends, Sunja will be forced to make some difficult choices. Her decisions will echo through the decades. Spanning nearly 100 years of history, Pachinko is an unforgettable story of love, sacrifice, ambition and loyalty told through four generations of one family.
Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering Vol. 31
The 31th volume of the "Journal of Biomimetics, Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering" includes papers which describe the results of scientific researches of nature objects for biomimetic approach in engineering design, some applied aspects of the biomechanics of human and utilization of modern biomaterials and also of modern techniques of investigations and treatment in the biomedical practice. We hope that this volume will be useful for many researchers and engineers from different branches of biomedicine and engineering sciences.
Energy Conservation
Report and recommendations on resources conservation policy with respect to energy in the UK - covers economies in use of petrol in transport, electricity generation, efficiency in home and industrial heating and ventilation, the re-use of waste materials, the substitution of hydrogen for natural gas, etc. Graphs and statistical tables.
The Surprise Family
A baby chicken accepts a young boy as her mother and later becomes a surrogate mother for some ducklings that she has hatched.
