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Young Marty Flanagan has been at odds with his father as long as he can remember. Prominent Texas defense attorney, Joe Flanagan is a ‘hale fellow, well met’ kind of man who loves to hunt and fish and drink whiskey. And Marty’s year older brother, Pat is just like him. When the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor and the US enters World War II, the Flanagans’ disparities become even more pronounced. While 18-year-old Pat can’t wait to ‘fight for his country,’...

One of the leading authorities on biological farming, Gary Zimmer is recognized for improving farming by restoring soils. Arguing that an optimally productive soil contains a balance of inorganic minerals, organic materials and living organisms, he relies less on modern improvements than on "the things we’ve learned by improving fertility in a natural, sustainable way over many years." This book offers invaluable scientific support for committed organic farmers as well as conventional farmers who'd like to reduce chemical inputs and...

Cara is in her mid-20's and lives in Poole, on the South coast of the UK. She has recently had her heart broken after finding out her boyfriend has been having an affair with her boss. They had just bought their first house together and were happy, or so Cara thought. Cara is trying to rebuild her life and needs to find a new job if she is going to keep her house by herself, now she has thrown Jake...

TAKE ME TO YOUR PARADISE leads you through Tom Grant's early life, his family background, school days and starting work before explaining how he became a Director of Celtic FC. He details early improvements at Celtic Park before devious people joined the Board and created distrust with new stadium plans that were a smokescreen, how a secret pact was defeated and a saviour welcomed.He outlines how as Stadium Director he worked with the Design team and builders watching the new...

Most projects don’t fail at the end.They fail weeks earlier — just not visibly.In The Project Profit Illusion, Ethan steps into a leadership role on a project that appears to be under control.But as pressure builds and subtle signals begin to emerge, he starts to question what he’s seeing — and what he’s missing.Guided by an experienced mentor, he uncovers a pattern that exists across projects, teams, and organisations.A pattern that explains:Why projects driftWhy problems appear lateWhy effort expands when...

Natural Cattle Care is a comprehensive analysis of farming techniques that keep the health of the animal in mind. Pat Coleby believes that how you farm determines the health of your livestock, and she brings a wealth of animal husbandry experience to bear in this analysis of many serious problems of contemporary farming practices, focusing in particular on how poor soils lead to mineral-deficient plants and ailing farm animals. Encompassing every facet of farm management, from the mineral components of...

A hands-on barn and field guide designed for quick and easy use, presenting a thorough examination of animals in the barn and then listing symptoms with many pictures of what the farmer is seeing, possible conclusions, and then giving a concise set of treatments. The treatments are ones that Dr. Karreman has found to work consistently well during 15 years in the trenches working with organic cows. Basic backgrounding in the fundamentals for organic and holistic thinking about livestock is...

Now available! New from bestselling author Mark Shepard! Written as a companion to the bestseller, Restoration Agriculture, this book will help farmers capture water in areas they want to, and avoid having water flow immediately to the low point. The result? Less water expense, healthier crops and livestock, and less erosion ... just to name a few. What you will read in this book is a distillation of over 25 years of on-the-ground experience working with and modifying the Yeomans’...

You were not supposed to learn how to live without them.One moment, life feels familiar.The next, everything is split into before and after.People tell you to be strong.To give it time.To move on.But grief doesn’t work that way.When someone you love dies, the world doesn’t just change, it disappears and reassembles into something unrecognizable. The simplest tasks feel impossible. The silence feels louder than anything you’ve ever known. And somewhere in the middle of it all, you’re left wondering:How am...

They say if you love something, let it go… but what if letting go is the very thing that breaks you? How far will love take you when the road keeps twisting?Loving Cici was easy. Keeping her was the hard part.I thought if I let her go, she’d come back when she was ready. I didn’t expect her to take my heart with her.Being gifted a second chance was the prayer I’d been hoping for. Until it all fell apart...