Books

When an adventurer is trapped in the distant past, the only person who can save him is his own granddaughter. The problem? She hasn’t been born yet. When John Hamman found the time machine, he didn’t know what adventures it would lead him on, and he could not predict the sequence of events that would strand him in the distant past. Can he shape a future that will one day save him from his own mistakes? Jenny Hamman was a...

Over the past 50 years, a dangerous set of technologies has crept into beef and dairy farms and ranches. Technologists have succeeded in pushing the pounds of milk that can be extracted from a cow higher and higher and throwing pounds of weight on beef cattle faster. But these advances came with a price. The average age of dairy cow "burnout" has dropped for almost a decade. Infections are rampant. New diseases and health maladies have appeared. Drug use and...

In these times of ecological peril, looming agricultural production problems, and creeping human health disaster it behooves all farmers and eaters to turn attention systems which are time-tested. And “time-tested” means millennia, not mere decades. The several decades since the advent of chemical farming have thrown challenges to ecologies and humans as not experienced in the thousands of years prior. In this multi-authored work readers will connect the dots between the cause of modern disease in toxic farming fields and...

The chemical-based conventional agriculture industry claims that the synthesized concoctions they sell as pesticides, herbicides, and insecticides are safe when used as directed, but does the scientific evidence truly support their assertions? Organic agriculturist and lecturer André Leu delves into a wealth of respected scientific journals to present the peer-reviewed evidence that proves the claims of chemical companies and pesticide regulators are not all they seem. Leu translates technical jargon into layman's terms to break down the five most repeated...

Fertility Farming explores an approach to farming that makes minimal use of plowing, eschews chemical fertilizers and pesticides, and encourages cover cropping and manure application. Newman Turner holds that the foundation of the effectiveness of a fertile soil - and the measure of a fertile soil - is its content of organic matter, ultimately, its humus. Upon a basis of humus, nature builds a complete structure of healthy life - without need for disease control of any kind. In fact,...

🎵 The Gig Magnet: Fully Booked Edition5 Books in 1 for Musicians Who Want Consistent Work, Stronger Positioning, and a Career Built to LastYou already know what it feels like to put real hours into your craft—and still watch opportunities go to someone less prepared. Not because they were better, but because they were easier to book, easier to trust, and easier to say “yes” to.The Gig Magnet: Fully Booked Edition is built for musicians who want to stop relying...

A Ray of Light: An Inspirational True Story of Resilience, Faith and Triumph is the extraordinary journey ofAnwar-ul-Haque, filled with trials, challenges, and an unwavering determination to succeed. In this heartfelt narrative, Anwar shares how he overcame lifelong illness, the pain of racism, and the struggles of growing up in a hostile environment.More than just a memoir, this book is a powerful testament to triumph over adversity, reminding readers that strength and faith can shine even in the darkest times....

Another wry look behind the scenes at the world of marketing in the food and drink industry... a decade or so on from Mike's first wry look behind the scenes at the world of marketing in the food and drink industry, this time focusing on the bits Mike omitted from his other book. Smile at his attempts at playing golf in the pouring rain at his sponsored pro-am, grin sympathetically as he faces the wrath of the print manager, and...

One storm. One guest cottage. One low-key billionaire single dad… and suddenly I’m Blakely Bay’s favorite headline. Beckett Devereaux is a reformed bad boy with old-money wealth he keeps discreet—and an eight-year-old son he guards like the shoreline guards the sand. I’m the dog trainer hired to help his anxious, elderly hound. I expect barking and setbacks, not the way Beck’s steady presence makes me feel seen in places I thought had already healed. When the bridge onto Blakely Bay...

What happens when trailblazing urban agro-ecologists Rob and Michelle Avis of Verge Permaculture host superstar “lunatic farmer” Joel Salatin for a three-day, three-workshop weekend…then expand and enhance that recorded wisdom in a three-month online intensive? You get an encyclopedic compendium of small-farming entrepreneurial know-how! And now we’ve gathered up and distilled every mind-bending morsel of Joel’s mob-stocking sagacity from those online events, and captured it all in one encyclopedic extravaganza of integrated agro-education… …to inspire, inform, and incite you to...