Meeting the Challenges of Animal Traction: A Resource Book of the Animal Traction Network for Eastern and Southern Africa

Book Description

This new resource book provides a wealth of ideas and experiences
concerning animal traction in many countries.

This publication has been developed from the ATNESA workshop held in Kenya on 'meeting the challenges of animal traction' and draws together key papers and contributions from professionals in 27 different countries. The papers address a number of important challenges to animal traction that relate to participation, environment, gender, extension, transport, equipment and animal husbandry. In addition,
several papers describe national-level challenges and project attempts
to address these.

It will be of great value to all those concerned with the development of
animal power, tropical agricultural development and rural transport, especially those involved in participative research, training, extension,
development, planning, gender issues and project implementation.

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Take me along!

This book has been a God-send!

Travel solo without the aid of this book. Please.

Could Have Been Better

A "Must" for Solo Travelers

Solo Traveler: Tales and Tips for Great Trips, 1st Edition (Special-Interest Titles)
Lea Lane
Manufacturer: Fodor's
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 140001400X
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Book Description

A quarter of all travelers hit the road without a companion each year, whether for business or pleasure. In this personal book, solo travel expert, Lea Lane, reveals the joys of the experience as well as its challenges, and dispels the stigma of traveling solo, covering such topics as:

• Dining alone
• Solo-friendly lodgings
• Group and special-interest travel—including ditching the group
• Socializing with locals and finding romance along the way
• Traveling with pets
• Smart ways to save and spend

With warmth and wit, the seasoned, and award-winning journalist, Lane helps readers conquer their fears, make intelligent choices, and appreciate solo travel not just as a different way to go, but the ultimate way to go.

Customer Reviews:

Take me along!.......2007-07-26

I make a practice of paying special attention to books that win awards from credible/prestigious organizations. The judges, typically, know their stuff; it's to my advantage to respect their opinions. That's what motivated me to get a copy of Lea Lane's Solo Traveler. It was recognized as Best Travel Book of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association. And they were right on the money! Ms. Lane is an adorable writer. She gobbles up travel experiences with the kind of excitement and good humor that gourmands bring to delectable meals. As she bustles across the globe, Lane occasionally trips into a bit of trouble, and even danger. But she charms and laughs her way through it, and manages to get back on her feet, high on her toes, every time. Reading Solo Traveler, one feels like a very fortunate tagalong. How lucky to have Lea Lane leading the way! This book is superb, highly informative, and great, great fun.

This book has been a God-send!.......2007-07-22

This funny and practical book got me out and travelling again after the death of my husband. I was nervous about trvalling alone and I got so much information as well as confidence from reading this book. The book contains so many good ideas for when you are alone or even for a girl get-away trip.

I liked it so much I have bought another for a friend. Once in awhile a book comes along that really stands out. Kudos to the author!

Travel solo without the aid of this book. Please. .......2007-02-24

If there's one thing I can't stand, it's authors who use a book as a source of bragging. This book is no exception. Frankly, I didn't find the book that amusing-- many stories were so anectdotal and it's one of those "funny at the time" afterthoughts. That's one main issue I found with the book: many anectdotes with few actual tips, as one reader already noted.

For someone actually fearful of traveling alone, sure, pick up this book. For those already brazen enough to go out and explore new places, I'd pass on reading this book. I, for example, enjoy dining alone sometimes and didn't think highly of the section which attempts to hold your hand into a solo dining experience.

What's more is that despite making the distinction between a tourist and traveler, she still mentions a fair amount of coddling on each trip (and at the slightest mistep, expects the readers to "ooh and ah" while admiring how 'brave' she is). When she goes to Thailand, stays in a hostel and drives on a moped with the locals I think then I'll be a little more impressed with her. Instead, the reader is supposed to be astounded by her advice of haggling with the locals. When she does speak of the few times she does something seemingly "exotic" it comes off with an air of condescension that people actually live such a life on a day-to-day basis.

Essentially, I think the best audience for this book is the divorced, 35-year old woman with a ton of alimony who is desperately trying to find herself outside of her protected lifestyle.

The best solo travels are ones that can't be planned. Skip the kitsch, ride in public transportion, eat at the local restaurants, and basically, "when in Rome." Interestingly, solo traveling is one of the most unselfish experiences since the primary focus is to absorb as much culture as possible. Despite what the book asks you to do, place your pre-conceived notions aside and live a life as far from your own as possible while traveling solo.

I give this book three stars in hopes that it has indeed inspired a few identy-crisis ridden people to go out and see the world through their own eyes and on their own terms. For everyone else, use the local newspaper of wherever you go as the best guide of what to do and what to see while on your own.

Could Have Been Better.......2007-01-01

I thought this book could have been better. Felt it was slow and that she went into detail about places but not tips. She didn't use her stories as illustrations of her tips which is what I thought she would do. I didn't like how she had pages and pages of tour companies or other companies. I wonder if she got a kick back. I didn't think she listed enough restaurants or hotels or anything. I felt that she tried to explore too many issues and not really covering any of them. However this was a good book to get started on.

A "Must" for Solo Travelers.......2006-01-21

I read that this book won an award so I bought it last week. I found it useful, funny, and supportive. I'm buying a bunch for my friends.

Book Description

In its period of slow decline from the late 18th into the early 20th century and throughout its 20th century revolution, one of the most important problems facing individual Chinese and China as a nation was choosing appropriate political, social, cultural, and economic identities as contexts and situations changed. This documentary history of 20th century China begins with the turn-of-the-century Boxer uprising to set the stage for understanding the choices at stake for 20th century Chinese. It then focuses on the always-dramatic choices of identity that have continually confronted the Chinese. In many cases these choices have meant life or death. Above all, this is a story of the people whose choices propelled modern Chinese history. It is a dramatic tale, often bloody and violent, alternately soaring with hope and plunging into bleak despair. It compels our interest because of its importance for the world today; because it is one of world history's greatest revolutions; and because it provides an extraordinarily interesting study of the processes that an ancient culture undergoes in transforming itself into that which we call "modern." Twentieth-Century China: A History in Documents uses an exceptional range of primary sources, including government edicts, political cartoons, poetry, political manifestos, essays, fiction, magazine covers and advertisements, wills, trial transcripts, speeches, statistics, press releases, and even Chinese rock lyrics. The entire book is profusely illustrated with graphics that themselves serve as documents, and there is also a picture essay. Back matter will include a chronology, further reading, and index.

Book Description

-Reveals the underlying causes of many common equine behavioral problems

-Easy-to-access information and cross-referenced advice

-Offers 100 practical ways to a happy well-behaved horse Understanding how and why a horse behaves is key to solving its behavioral problems. This helpful guide provides the latest research in what makes horses tick, giving owners valuable insight into identifying and solving problem behavior.

Author Susan McBane, founder of The Equine Behavior Forum, shares detailed, concise answers to 100 common issues, exploring such issues as the different schools of thought about equine behavior; how horses associate with each other, humans, and other animals; how to tell what a horse is feeling; how to overcome past ill-treatment and meet a horse halfway; and whether there are such things as dominance and hierarchies in horse society.

Customer Reviews:

Comprehensive for main stream comics only.......1998-06-27

Buyers beware! The Overstreet Guide is an excellent pricing guide for mainstream comics, but does not cover underground comics. Classics such as Zap comics and others are not featured.

Book Description

Sunsets newest title in its highly popular regional-landscaping series offers step-by-step garden projects and landscape plans that make it easy for Southern homeowners to create gorgeous landscape effects. Packed with advice from noted Southern garden writers, landscape designers, and experts, this comprehensive volume guides readers through initial planning processes, the selection of the best plants and building structures, and those all-important finishing touches. Features nThe premier landscaping book designed exclusively for Southern gardeners with expert advice for specific climate zones nPractical step-by-step instructions for easy do-it-yourself landscaping projects and dozens of ready-to-use landscape plans nAn entire chapter is devoted to spectacular Southern gardens, from upper and middle south through lower, coastal, and tropical regions

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful for students and international feminists!.......2000-04-27

This book is very academic but provides very good background information for people interested in women's issues in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Turkey. The nice thing is that you can select which chapters to read because they are divided into categories.

Gender and Identity Construction: Women of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey

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Gender and Identity Construction: Women of Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey
Feride Acar
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers, Incorporated
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000MUSGUE

Book Description

The powerful story of the most priceless and selfless gift one can give to another -- the gift of life. A moving chronology of Dwayne Bray's personal experience with organ donation.

Customer Reviews:

Great! A MUST READ! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!.......2000-06-02

BASED ON A TRUE STORY! This book is a great book. It tells a story about a inner city youth with a drug additced teenage mom who has many situations to deal with. This youth grows up to be a sucessful journalist and a kidney donor to his cousin. If his cousin doesnt get this kidney he will die. Read this great book to find out the rest of the story. A must read for everybody. Tell your friends and family about it. Rated 5*****.

Great Book A Must Read for Everyone BASED ON A TRUE STORY!.......2000-06-02

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