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Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Author: John Clearwater
Author: James GreenBet the Farm
Author: Beth HoffmanPublisher: Island Press
ISBN: 164283159X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
"Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.
The Muskoka Murders
Author: James Robin GerusPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1038301912
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
A worldwide pestilence has turned out to be the most peaceful time in Mickey Butts’s life. For the ex-detective, now True Crime writer, lockdown involves lazy mornings with his beautiful wife, lots of time to work on his next bestseller, and absolutely no mention whatsoever of his “one who got away”— the lone serial killer Mickey failed to catch who still haunts his hometown and his nightmares... But naturally, the peace doesn’t last. With the deadly blood vomiting virus making things look like the end of the world is near, the Muskoka Murderer has decided it’s time for a murdering finale. Mickey’s old friend, Captain Gupta of the Muskoka Police, calls to ask for his help as the bodies start piling up once again. Mickey heads back to Muskoka, where he teams up with old friends and new allies to put the Muskoka Murderer behind bars for good. But with government restrictions tightening, the meddling of a local cult leader interfering with the investigation, and the twisted mind games of the the Muskoka Murderer putting everyone into panic mode, can the team finally close this case? Preferably before Mickey’s world burns down around him?
Author: Henry De Vere Stacpoole
Author: Upton Sinclair
Author: California. Legislature
Author: Midnight Jesus
Author: Jamie BlainePublisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 0718032969
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
It’s three a.m. in the side yard of a shack in the worst part of town. I’ve got a dirty-faced baby on my hip and there’s a pit bull standing on the septic tank in the next yard over barking his head off. My patient sits on the hood of her ex-husband’s low rider smoking a cigarette and dumpingher pills into a mud hole by the right front tire. Airbrushed across the hood of the car is a cross-eyed Jesus with open arms. She lays her hand on top of his as the still-hot engine ticks. Throughtears she pleads, “Help me Jesus, please.” The dog is silent. Sirens approach. “Just breathe,” I tell her. “Everything’s gonna be all right.” The baby fidgets, resting her head against me, staring up into my eyes. I raise one finger and she holds it tight. I fumble for the words again. “Just breathe.” Midnight Jesus shares fascinating, bizarre, and sometimes humorous true-life stories of everyday people looking for hope in their darkest hours. Poignant and unpretentious, Jamie paints beauty where at times it seems none exists—from skating rinks and bars, late-night highways and lonely apartments, broken churches and rundown trailer parks, jail cells, bridge rails, ERs, psych wards, and that place over the levee where God laughs and walks through the cool dark night.
