Gases are the key components in many industrial and domestic activities. The specific demand for gas detection and monitoring has emerged particula...

This book presents current research in the study of gas turbines from across the globe. Topics discussed include techno-economic evaluations of gas...

Over the past several years, gasoline prices have risen well above their historic average. In many parts of the United States, gasoline prices were...

An ever-increasing number of tourists annually visit places which have been hit by disasters, or remembering onslaughts, genocides or places of mas...

Fishing often makes an important contribution to food security in northern regions, where agriculture is impossible or marginal at best, as well as...

The price and availability of oil and natural gas affects every American. That's why it is important that the Energy Committee's first hearing of t...

Most books on freelance writing promise the moon and don't deliver. Freelance writing is not an easy ticket to wealth -- it's an enjoyable professi...

This book shows you how to start, run, and build a freelance writing business doing whatever type of writing you prefer. The book is indispensable ...

Growth in the productivity of the global food and agricultural system will be largely determined by today's investments in research and development...

This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed include classifying and measuring agricult...

This book is an overview of the current U.S. and World Beef Trade. The 110th Congress has been monitoring U.S. efforts to regain foreign markets th...

Access to cheap energy has become essential to the functioning of modern economies. However, the uneven distribution of energy supplies among count...

In a globalised world, the international economic crisis that started in 2008 has led to structural changes in the international system and in the ...

All about the railroad: old coaches made new, ancient steam engines, historic hotels, stations and campsites along 64 miles of scenic track unlike ...

Today the energy sources used to create electricity differ in many ways, including in their environmental impacts. In the United States, convention...

Spitsbergen, the largest wilderness in Europe, is as close as you can get to the North Pole. Each year, tens of thousands of visitors experience th...

Six papers by international scholars reporting on studies of food production and food consumption in the North Atlantic area during the Viking Age ...

Today, the energy sources used to create electricity differ in many ways, including in their environmental impacts. In the United States, electrici...

"The years in the Aegean may have been, at best, half perfect, but it was on Hydra that they connected to a place, a lifestyle and a community that...

The fast growth of the tourism industry over the past decades is one of the most remarkable economic phenomena of our time. This handbook discusses...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has conducted an assessment in response to national and international concerns that over...

The ultimate objective for the book is to be a useful tool to increase awareness surrounding the importance of the use and the proper adjustment of...

It is difficult to find an area of such unyielding cost increases as health care except perhaps energy costs. These costs and the underlying health...

Indoor air quality and human health are of continuously growing importance. Indoor air quality may be affected by many factors excluding, but not l...