When The Tamarind Tree Blooms

Geneviève Dubois, half-Lao/half-French, turns eighteen and leaves the French orphanage where she has been trapped for fourteen unhappy years. She is determined to uncover the story of her parents and locate her missing twin brother. Stepping into the deeply divided world of 1931 French colonial Laos, she finds neither French colons nor native Lao readily accept her mixed heritage. Even falling in love is fraught with the cultural restrictions of two dissonant societies. Where does she fit in?

The novel 'When Will My Tree Bloom?'is a home-spun story of a young Jason who nurtures the dream of becoming a writer. When young he lived an ordinary life like everybody else going through the travails of a young boy facing deprivation as a result of the poverty he had endured when his father succumbed to an illness. He had to care for his sick mother and brother which he did holding his head high and nurturing the dream of learning English which he got from his father who taught him the beauty of English. But he never cared for English when his father was alive, but on his death he turned to it and considered English as his Bible. He did well writing novels and short stories which began to be noticed by publishers. Finally, this novel saw light, and he looks forward to his other works getting noticed, and to live the life of a known writer. But when everything comes calling Fate has its last laugh by knocking him down by a severe stroke that left him bed-bound. But God comes with help and raises him again to get his work ready.

Tamarind (Tamarindus indica L.) is a versatile and multipurpose tropical tree species used as a fruit, seed and fuel wood; it is grown in various topo-edaphic conditions. The tree widely grows along road sides, with extensive cultivation by farmers and forest departments. Tamarind is utilized as food additives especially in south India; it is predominantly grown in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Bihar and Chhattisgarh. Tamil Nadu stands highest in the fruit production in India, with well established processing and marketing channels. The present book enlightens the production, processing, value addition, by-product development and marketing of tamarind. The objective of the book is to create awareness about the different products developed through tamarind pulp and seeds. The information detailed in the book will serve as a reference material for students, researchers, traders and farmers.

Handbook of Hydrocolloids, Third Edition is a must-have substantive reference on hydrocolloids, helping food industry scientists ever since its first edition was published and well received. This thoroughly updated and expanded edition reviews the structure, function, properties, and applications of a broad range of hydrocolloids used in food and related industries. The third edition updates existing chapters on developments and theories on the structure and functional characteristics of individual hydrocolloids. The book provides additional chapters on new techniques for the chemical and physicochemical characterization of hydrocolloids, and applications technologies for encapsulation and controlled release of active compounds. Edited by two leading international authorities in the field, this third edition continues to be relevant to food industry researchers, food manufacturers, graduate and postgraduate students, particularly in food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic sciences. Introduces to food hydrocolloids considering regulatory aspects and functional characteristics Examines the manufacture, structure, function, and applications of over twenty-five hydrocolloids Brings a detailed overview of the function of hydrocolloids as emulsifiers, rheological modifiers, film formers, and encapsulation agents

It’s hard to know how to handle bullies. But NOT telling someone and NOT stopping the bully can be dangerous. Bullying is not new and it can happen to anyone. Remember that if you are bullied, you’re not alone. And it’s not your fault. Anyone can be a target; in fact, bullies often pick on children who did nothing to provoke them. Let’s see what Longger-Jo did. Should he have acted differently? What would you do?