Books

In today's market, range-rearing of swine can provide the family farm with a key venture for diversification and provide a good cash flow - perhaps no other large animal enterprise offers as fast a turnaround on investment. With the informed consumer expressing concerns about the issues with factory farming and willing to pay a premium to get a healthy, quality alternative - range-produced pork is more and more the right answer. This comprehensive book on raising hogs the natural way...

The practical side of using rockdusts as fertilizers, compost enrichers, and plant growth enhancers is discussed in this exciting book from Acres U.S.A. Beginning with an explanation of the spiritual, cosmic side of rocks and drawing from his extensive knowledge of biodynamic techniques and dowsing, Lisle explains how to utilize these materials in agriculture. Peppered with in-depth quotations from other writings on the forces within rocks, this is destined to be the definitive work on the subject. Life's tenuous connections...

A buried starship. A forgotten past. A danger unleashed. When Marco Emery discovers a lost starship in the jungle, he uncovers the truth of humanity’s origins… and awakens something that should have remained buried. From the USA Today bestselling author of Earthrise and Starship Freedom comes a new sci-fi adventure.

Drawing upon his own experiences of life in the American countryside of the 1930s and beyond, as well as a lifetime of reporting and writing on agriculture, agricultural policy and economics, Charles Walters has crafted a new work of fiction that brings the message of Acres U.S.A. to life in a new way. From whence comes this beast of muddy brain that trails a boy, a man, a family and a civilization through Century 20 into Century 21? The tale...

In this book, eco-agriculture is explained — from the tiniest molecular building blocks to managing the soil — in terminology that not only makes the subject easy to learn, but vibrantly alive. Eco-Farm truly delivers a complete education in soils, crops, and weed and insect control. This should be the first book read by everyone beginning in eco-agriculture . . . and the most shop-worn book on the shelf of the most experienced.

Farmer's daughter Maureen agreed completely with her mother's admonition: Never marry a farmer. Her marriage to a science geek with a good job meant a house on a lake and clean hands-until the farmer hidden inside him started scrabbling to escape. What began as a willingness to put up with his buying a tractor and renting a field becomes an all- encompassing endeavor to learn how to drive, raise, train, and work draft horses, grow and sell their crops, care...

The definitive true “Southern Gothic” account of the life, crimes, conviction, and execution of Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins, the charismatic, brutal, well-liked, remorseless South Carolina serial killer who was dubbed the Charles Manson of the South—written by the prosecutor who brought him to justice. Of the hundreds of murder cases that noted South Carolina attorney Dick Harpootlian has prosecuted, one in particular haunts him. Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins was a serial killer and rapist, a master manipulator who claimed to...

When your teenage son shuts down, pulls away, or answers every question with “I’m fine,” it can feel like you’re losing the boy you used to know.He may stay in his room, disappear into his phone, avoid conversations, snap over simple questions, or act like your care is an interruption.You want to give him space, but you also wonder if you’re backing off too much. You want to reach him, but every attempt seems to push him further away.The Teen...

Archie Flynn, heartbroken and restless, flees his homeland in search of adventure, freedom, and a fresh start as a digital nomad. His destination? Cartagena, Colombia. But paradise turns to peril when a chance encounter with a femme fatale leaves him drugged, robbed, and broke in a city where desperation breeds bad decisions. Forced into a dangerous game with the local cartel and corrupt cops, Archie’s dream of escape quickly spirals into a nightmare. Just when all seems lost, the enigmatic...

AN ANCIENT WARNING CARVED IN STONE. A DEADLY SOLAR STORM. HUMANITY'S LAST DEFENSE. SURVIVAL SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. The Sun gave us life. Now humanity must survive its fury.From the award-winning author of “Born in Space,” a gripping hard sci-fi action thriller that combines cutting-edge science, unforgettable characters, and a heart-stopping race to save humanity.A 3,000-year-old Olmec mosaic points to an imminent solar catastrophe capable of crippling satellites, collapsing global communications, and plunging civilization into darkness.Humanity's only hope is...