Books

A test debut is a moment in a cricketer's career that lives long in the memory. Players will approach the occasion with varying degrees of anxiety whilst trying to navigate their way through it as positively as possible.Throughout the book, all aspects of a player's test debut are explored through the stories and experiences that make them what they are. From the moment a player first receives the call to arms and the cap is presented through to the nervous...

Part of the joy and wonder of farming lies in the changing of the seasons: planting, calving, tilling, milking, harvest . . . As the seasons pass, any dairy or cattle operation will see its share of problems crop up as well, many with seasonal regularity. Acclaimed veterinarian Hubert Karreman calls on his nearly thirty years of experience in organic and holistic medicine to guide you on how to recognize, treat and prevent a year’s worth of problems with your...

Learn to heal your cattle by treating the cause and not the symptoms. Holistic veterinarian Richard Doc Holiday is here to share the secrets he's learned from more than fifty years of experience in animal nutrition and health. Holliday reveals how animals are capable of self-regulating their trace mineral needs when provided with a free-choice selection of minerals. Inside this book you'll find studies on animal nutrition as well as a veterinarian's real-life experiences with nutritionally wise livestock. In addition,...

Newman Turner details his methods of intensive pasture-based production of beef and dairy cows in tihs practical guide to profitable, labor-saving livestock production. He developed a system of complex herbal ley mixtures, or blends of pasture grasses and herbs, with each ingredient chosen to perform an essential function in providing a specific nutrient to the animal or enhancing the fertility of the soil. He explains his methods of cultivation, seeding and management.There are also chapters on year-round grazing, making silage...

If you’re looking for an honest, straightforward, no-holds-barred book about the challenges of building a successful farming business, then Farming Without Losing Your Hat is the book for you. Author Paul Dorrance shares from his own real-world experiences, taking a practical-only approach, focusing on the less-glamorous but essential parts of farming and ranching successfully today. Specifically, you will learn how to: - build a unique brand and company voice; - grow a loyal audience to sell to; - navigate the...

Thrumming Heart is a spellbinding collection of fantasy, sci-fi detective, and paranormal short stories that will have you on the edge of your seat. Enjoy these tantalizing tales on breaks during your day or before you go to sleep.Thriller in the Scary night: After a busy day at work, Lucy should not walk in the alley, where many women had been found dead by a serial killer, would she survive? Everything will be reveal when you read the story.Lucas and...

Musings on Medicine, Myth, and History: India’s Legacy is a collection of fourteen short essays. It presents a holistic view of ancient medical history and Indian developments in ophthalmology, the authors’ medical specialty. Deep respect for their homeland is apparent, as is their concern for sighted and visually impaired patients at home in the United States or on service trips abroad. Readers may be surprised to learn that cataract surgery was first described and performed in India nearly three thousand...

An ambitious young milliner. A shy noblewoman fleeing an arranged marriage. Love is a risk neither can afford.Solange doesn't have time for love. She's too busy working her way up in the Parisian millinery trade. Her goal: to become rich and lift her family out of poverty. So when a beautiful aristo whirls into the millinery fascinated by hat making, Solange isn't interested. Or so she tells herself.Louise-Marie hates the fancy parties she's dragged to at Versailles and never wanted...

The evil in mankind had surfaced once again only this time it was deadly serious, the world had entered a new era.Worked on for years by various governments including her own, someone had made a breakthrough and it looked like the U.K. was going to be the Guinea pig.Sonic weapons that destroyed minds were a startling reality and Jane was staring at four of them. It was now a race against time to make sure they could never be used...

In a world where a city once engineered empathy into a living network, the collapse of “perfect peace” releases consciousness into weather, oceans, and eventually the biosphere itself forcing humanity to choose between connection and control, sincerity and privacy, repair and rest. "Every ending remembers its beginning."The Solace Cycle is a speculative science-fiction novella told in movements mythic, intimate, and morally serious about what happens when empathy becomes infrastructure. The series begins with Dr. Edda Sol and the City of...