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Minshall T: Your Life is Manufactured /
LF

Your Life is Manufactured

How We Make Things, Why It Matters and How We Can Do It Better

*Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize* 'A fascinating exploration of the linkages between ancestral inheritance, diasporic belonging, and our climate future... I read it in one sitting, which took me on a moving and often unexpected journey' Aube Rey Lescure 'Part of me knew what the hungry ghosts wanted all along, what they still want. It is not vengeance. No, they want something else, but we refuse to listen. They want us to face up to our broken obligations.' Every spring during the Qingming Festival, people return to their home villages in China to sweep the tombs of their ancestors, making offerings of food and incense to prevent them from becoming hungry ghosts that could cause misfortune. Yet for the past century, a time ruptured by war and revolution, many tombs have been left unattended. Following a record year of wildfires, Alice Mah returns to her family's rice village in South China, and discovers that her ancestors are almost forgotten, and there are no tombs left to sweep. Instead, there are incalculable clan debts to be paid.Here Mah chronicles her journey from the rice villages of South China to her home in post-industrial England, through the Chinatowns of Western Canada where she grew up, to the isles and industry of Scotland where she now lives. As years pass and fires rage on, she becomes increasingly troubled by her ancestors' neglected graves. Her research on pollution gives way to growing eco-anxiety, culminating in a crisis of spiritual belief.A haunting blend of memoir, cultural history and environmental exploration, Red Pockets confronts the hungry ghosts of our neglected ancestors, while searching for an acceptable offering. What do we owe to past and future generations? What do we owe to the places that we inhabit?

An Offering

Red Pockets

'I LOVED this book. I tore through it because it's so compelling. You will be left feeling informed, energised and hopeful' CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN 'Wise, uplifting and revelatory. What the world is crying out for' SANDI TOKSVIGEat healthily, cut back on alcohol, quit smoking, cycle to work, fly less - we all know what we should be doing. So why aren't we?The answer is both simple and radical: the world is stacked against us. From the moment we wake up, our decisions are shaped by the shops we visit, the streets we walk down, the ads we scroll through. These environments are not neutral. They are designed for our convenience and immediate gratification, and to serve the interests of four industries: tobacco, ultra-processed food, alcohol and fossil fuels.Together, these industries drive the climate crisis, from greenhouse gas emissions to deforestation, and contribute to our poor health and at least one in four deaths worldwide each year. Yet we are told the problem is one of personal responsibility - that with more information, smarter habits or new technologies, we can change our behaviour.This book challenges those myths. Drawing on decades of cutting-edge research and compelling case studies from around the world, leading behavioural scientist Theresa Marteau explores what actually works, and why those in power keep failing to act on evidence. From taxing sugary drinks in Mexico to redesigning streets in Paris, from restricting junk food advertising in London to electing more women to office, Marteau shows how proven interventions applied at scale could transform our health and the health of our planet.Clear-eyed and incisive, this is a book for anyone who wants to understand why change is so hard. It offers an inspiring blueprint for how citizens and governments can push back against vested interests and corporate power and build a fairer, brighter future, together.'A rousing call-to-arms ... an extraordinarily valuable read' DAVID SPIEGELHALTER

How Four Industries Are Making Us Sick and How We Can Reclaim Control

Pushback

A journey through some of mathematics' prickliest conundrums - and why they matter

How the Quest for the Biggest, Fewest and Weirdest Makes Maths

Reaching for the Extreme

Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence

The Infinity Machine

This book introduces Lean philosophy and illustrates the effective application of Lean tools with real-world case studies. From fundamental concepts to integrated planning and control in pull production and the supply chain, the text provides a complete introduction to Lean production. Coverage includes small batch production, setup reduction, pull production, preventive maintenance, standard work, as well as synchronizing and scheduling Lean operations. Detailing the key principles and practices of Lean production, the text also illustrates effective implementation techniques with case studies from a range of industries. Includes questions and completed problems in each chapter. Explains how to effectively partner with suppliers and employees to achieve productivity goals.Designed for students who have a basic foundation in production and operations management, the text provides a thorough understanding of the principles of Lean. It also offers practical know-how for implementing a culture of continuous improvement on the shop floor and in the office, creating a heightened sense of responsibility in all stakeholders, and enhancing productivity and efficiency to improve the bottom line. In this third edition, the author addresses management's role in Lean production. Early observers of Japanese methods focused on the shop floor to see amazing things unlike anything practiced elsewhere. The thinking was that if the "methods" could be adopted by companies elsewhere, those companies would experience the success of the Japanese. What the early observers hadn't considered were dramatic differences in the way those companies were managed, both daily and strategically.The "management side" of Lean production is addressed in two new chapters, one devoted to daily management and the other to strategy deployment. Additionally, there is a new chapter that addresses breakthrough improvement and an approach to achieving it called the Production Preparation Process. Every chapter has been revised and expanded to better tell the story of Lean production-its history, applications, practices, and methods.

A Comprehensive Guide to Lean Methodologies and Management Practices for Operational Excellence

Lean Production for Competitive Advantage

What to Take in, What to Ignore, and Why

Informed

From the wood pastures of the New Forest to the sub-arctic Cairngorms plateaux, Britain's 15 national parks are loved by millions. Created as a gift to a ravaged populace after the war, the parks were envisioned as places for people to enjoy beautiful scenery, with wildlife an incidental detail. Everywhere else in the world, however, national parks exist to protect nature. Britain's national parks are an outlier - heavily impacted by intensive farming, intentional burning, forestry, commercial shooting and even mining. Shockingly, wildlife is faring worse inside than outside the park borders.Ecologist and land manager Lee Schofield argues that in an era of environmental crisis, we can and must do better. Drawing comparisons with national parks in Europe and beyond, learning from naturalists, scientists, farmers, campaigners, park employees and visitors, he presents a pragmatic, respectful blueprint to turn things around, transforming our national parks to areas where humans and nature can find refuge together.

Putting Nature at the Heart of Britain’s National Parks

Refuge

Routledge Studies in Central and Eastern European Business and Economics

Strategies for Digital Transformation, Adoption and Organisational Change

Cloud Computing in Manufacturing

An engaging and informative cultural history of glasses that explores their origins, stigmas, future in technology, and more. Eyeglasses have become so commonplace we hardly think about them-unless we can't find them. Yet glasses have been controversial throughout history. Roger Bacon pioneered using lenses to see and then spent a decade in a medieval prison for advocating that he could "fix" God's creations by improving our eyesight. Even today, people take off their glasses before having their picture taken, despite how necessary they are. A Four-Eyed World: How Glasses Changed the Way We See is the first book to investigate the experience of wearing glasses and contacts and their role in culture. David King Dunaway encourages readers to take a look at how they literally see the world through what they wear. He explores everything from the history of deficient eyesight and how glasses are made to portrayals of those who wear glasses in media, the stigma surrounding them, and the future of augmented and virtual reality glasses, highlighting how glasses have shaped, and continue to shape, who we are. Interwoven is Dunaway's own experience of spending a week without his glasses, which he has used since childhood, to see the world around him and his newfound appreciation for his visual aids. This is the story of how we see the world and how our ability to see things has evolved, ultimately asking: How have two cloudy, quarter-sized discs of crystal or glass originally riveted together become so essential to human existence? Shakespeare famously said eyes are windows to the soul, but what about people who see only by covering theirs with glasses? Readers will find out together through this fascinating and insightful cultural history of one of humanity's greatest inventions.

How Glasses Changed the Way We See

A Four-Eyed World

Plant Chemistry

Nanocellulose has emerged as one of the most promising sustainable nanomaterials of the twenty-first century due to its exceptional mechanical strength, biodegradability, renewability, and wide-ranging applications. Derived from abundant biomass and agricultural residues, nanocellulose presents innovative solutions to pressing global challenges, including resource depletion, environmental pollution, and the need for sustainable materials within a circular bioeconomy framework.Sustainable Utilization of Nanocellulose and its Derivatives provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of the production, modification, and advanced applications of nanocellulose. The book explores sustainable extraction technologies from agricultural and agro-industrial residues such as wheat, rice, hemp straw, bamboo, and banana waste, highlighting resource recovery and waste valorization strategies. It further covers surface modification and characterization techniques, nanocellulose-based composites, hydrogels, films, and coatings, along with emerging applications in food packaging, environmental remediation, biomedical engineering, drug delivery systems, energy storage and photovoltaic devices. The volume also addresses current challenges and future opportunities related to the large-scale production and commercialization of nanocellulose. Bridging fundamental science and technological innovation, this book serves as an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, material scientists, environmental engineers, and industry professionals seeking sustainable solutions for a circular and bio-based future.

Sustainable Utilization of Nanocellulose and its Derivatives

Asian Arguments

Celebrated for its natural beauty and its abundance of wildlife, the Mekong river runs thousands of miles through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Its basin is home to more than 70 million people and has for centuries been one of the world's richest agricultural areas and a biodynamic wonder. Today, however, it is undergoing profound changes. Development policies, led by a rising China in particular, aim to interconnect the region and urbanize the inhabitants. In this new and comprehensively updated edition of Last Days of the Mighty Mekong, Brian Eyler gives his first-hand account of the impact on the river of the tumultuous political period since the book's original publication. From the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic and a devastating drought to the increasing political tensions and resource competition between China and Trump-era America, Eyler recounts his own increasing involvements in international efforts to protect this precious and delicate environment. Along the way he meets the region's diverse peoples, from villagers to community leaders, politicians to policy makers. Through conversations with them he reveals the urgent struggle to save the Mekong and its unique ecosystem.

What's At Stake for Southeast Asia's Great River?

Last Days of the Mighty Mekong

Unlocking the Secrets of the Deep Sea

The Dark Frontier

Your Life is Manufactured

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