Author: Malcolm Henderson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595319491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Retiring to live on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the author humorously describes how he learned through experience, from the first essential of handling a boat without danger to himself and others to his ultimate achievement of establishing an organic farm on the shore of a distant lagoon. Interspersed with vignettes of the local culture, the account gives an insight to the challenges facing Gringos when pursuing dreams of life on a tropical island. Covering a span of six years from the beginnings of the growth of a tourist industry to a time when the islands were clearly destined to become a major tourist destination, "Don't Kill the Cow Too Quick" records a passing era.
Author: Malcolm Henderson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595319491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Retiring to live on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the author humorously describes how he learned through experience, from the first essential of handling a boat without danger to himself and others to his ultimate achievement of establishing an organic farm on the shore of a distant lagoon. Interspersed with vignettes of the local culture, the account gives an insight to the challenges facing Gringos when pursuing dreams of life on a tropical island. Covering a span of six years from the beginnings of the growth of a tourist industry to a time when the islands were clearly destined to become a major tourist destination, "Don't Kill the Cow Too Quick" records a passing era.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595319491
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
Retiring to live on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Panama, the author humorously describes how he learned through experience, from the first essential of handling a boat without danger to himself and others to his ultimate achievement of establishing an organic farm on the shore of a distant lagoon. Interspersed with vignettes of the local culture, the account gives an insight to the challenges facing Gringos when pursuing dreams of life on a tropical island. Covering a span of six years from the beginnings of the growth of a tourist industry to a time when the islands were clearly destined to become a major tourist destination, "Don't Kill the Cow Too Quick" records a passing era.
Broken Arrow
Author: Cymonnev Polinksnia
Publisher: Simon Polling
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
No country wanted Ralph Arnold, until the world needed him to stop Putin. The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ...this and no other is the root from which a tyrant sprints; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato Tyranny is a pestilence on the body politic which, because it injures the rest of the body, should be severed. Cicero 'Those that are destined to be hanged are not going to be drowned.' Vladimir Putin Madman, dictator or ruthless leader of Russia. Putin has ordered the 'Military Operation' into Ukraine and is responsible for the resultant death and destruction of Ukraine and its people. Oligarch's put bounties on his head, world leaders debate the measured response, whilst covert hunters take action. Debatably the worlds richest and most powerful man, with five times the protection of the US President; can anyone get to Putin and stop his evil? Whilst the destruction and death count rise in Ukraine, a small band of the bravest attempt the impossible. Putin has survived at least seven known assassination attempts to date. to be successful, one must have a multi-pronged attack, which invades the Presidents elaborate layers of security. This is the Putin Rendition 2022.1.
Publisher: Simon Polling
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
No country wanted Ralph Arnold, until the world needed him to stop Putin. The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ...this and no other is the root from which a tyrant sprints; when he first appears he is a protector. Plato Tyranny is a pestilence on the body politic which, because it injures the rest of the body, should be severed. Cicero 'Those that are destined to be hanged are not going to be drowned.' Vladimir Putin Madman, dictator or ruthless leader of Russia. Putin has ordered the 'Military Operation' into Ukraine and is responsible for the resultant death and destruction of Ukraine and its people. Oligarch's put bounties on his head, world leaders debate the measured response, whilst covert hunters take action. Debatably the worlds richest and most powerful man, with five times the protection of the US President; can anyone get to Putin and stop his evil? Whilst the destruction and death count rise in Ukraine, a small band of the bravest attempt the impossible. Putin has survived at least seven known assassination attempts to date. to be successful, one must have a multi-pronged attack, which invades the Presidents elaborate layers of security. This is the Putin Rendition 2022.1.
The Keys to Light
Author: Keybearer
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578015617
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Keys To Light is the story of my journey from self injury to healing. Written from a pagan perspective, it is a story of pain, loneliness, and depression, but it is also a story of courage, friendship, strength, healing, and self discovery. Most of all it is a story of triumph and hope. I hope sharing my story will help you to find the courage and strength to heal. Life after self injury is not only possible, but worth fighting for.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578015617
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The Keys To Light is the story of my journey from self injury to healing. Written from a pagan perspective, it is a story of pain, loneliness, and depression, but it is also a story of courage, friendship, strength, healing, and self discovery. Most of all it is a story of triumph and hope. I hope sharing my story will help you to find the courage and strength to heal. Life after self injury is not only possible, but worth fighting for.
Agents Fran�aises
Author: Bernard O'Connor
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326703285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
"At least 36 French women were infiltrated into France as secret agents during World War Two. Twelve were arrested and ten executed. Some were landed by gunboat in Normandy or Brittany, some were landed by felucca, a converted fishing boat, from Gibralter and the rest were either landed by Lysander or parachuted from RAF or USAAF planes from Britain or Algeria, Bernard O'Connor's book provides background information on the French, British, American, Russian and German intelligence services involved. Using contemporary documents, history books, biographies, autobiographies, and websites, he provides detailed accounts of the women's background, training and secret missions behind enemy lines. For most of these brave women, their stories are told for the first time, acknowledging the contribution they made to France's liberation. In recognition, they were honored with 49 awards."--Book jacket.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1326703285
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 572
Book Description
"At least 36 French women were infiltrated into France as secret agents during World War Two. Twelve were arrested and ten executed. Some were landed by gunboat in Normandy or Brittany, some were landed by felucca, a converted fishing boat, from Gibralter and the rest were either landed by Lysander or parachuted from RAF or USAAF planes from Britain or Algeria, Bernard O'Connor's book provides background information on the French, British, American, Russian and German intelligence services involved. Using contemporary documents, history books, biographies, autobiographies, and websites, he provides detailed accounts of the women's background, training and secret missions behind enemy lines. For most of these brave women, their stories are told for the first time, acknowledging the contribution they made to France's liberation. In recognition, they were honored with 49 awards."--Book jacket.
Head to Head
Author: Lenny Shulman
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813181291
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In Head to Head, award-winning writer Lenny Shulman offers highlights from the best interviews he has conducted throughout his twenty-year career covering Thoroughbred horse racing. In that time, he has coaxed the innermost thoughts out of the sport's most notable headline-makers. It was to Shulman that Helen "Penny" Chenery, owner of Secretariat, publicly revealed for the first time the mistakes she made with her superstar colt. Arthur Hancock III shared with him his feelings of being banished from his family's Claiborne Farm, and his pride in succeeding on his own with the great Sunday Silence. Owner Paul Reddam poured out his hopes and fears to Shulman in the hour before realizing his dream of winning the Kentucky Derby with I'll Have Another. Shulman takes readers behind the scenes with industry legends, owners, trainers, veterinarians, and celebrities—touching on some of the greatest horses and greatest races the sport has ever seen. This engaging book serves as an important oral history of Thoroughbred horse racing as well as a guide for new generations of enthusiasts who are interested in learning from some of the sport's most successful luminaries.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813181291
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
In Head to Head, award-winning writer Lenny Shulman offers highlights from the best interviews he has conducted throughout his twenty-year career covering Thoroughbred horse racing. In that time, he has coaxed the innermost thoughts out of the sport's most notable headline-makers. It was to Shulman that Helen "Penny" Chenery, owner of Secretariat, publicly revealed for the first time the mistakes she made with her superstar colt. Arthur Hancock III shared with him his feelings of being banished from his family's Claiborne Farm, and his pride in succeeding on his own with the great Sunday Silence. Owner Paul Reddam poured out his hopes and fears to Shulman in the hour before realizing his dream of winning the Kentucky Derby with I'll Have Another. Shulman takes readers behind the scenes with industry legends, owners, trainers, veterinarians, and celebrities—touching on some of the greatest horses and greatest races the sport has ever seen. This engaging book serves as an important oral history of Thoroughbred horse racing as well as a guide for new generations of enthusiasts who are interested in learning from some of the sport's most successful luminaries.
Touchstone Anthology of Contemporary Creative Nonfiction
Author: Lex Williford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416545115
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this indispensable anthology brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty contemporary writers including Cheryl Strayed, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, and more. Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970. Contributers include: Jo Ann Beard, Wendell Berry, Eula Biss, Mary Clearman Blew, Charles Bowden, Janet Burroway, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Anne Carson, Bernard Cooper, Michael W. Cox, Annie Dillard, Mark Doty, Brian Doyle, Tony Earley, Anthony Farrington, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Diane Glancy, Lucy Grealy, William Harrison, Robin Hemley, Adam Hochschild, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver , Ted Kooser, Sara Levine, E.J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Thomas Lynch, Lee Martin, Rebecca McCLanahan, Erin McGraw, John McPhee, Brenda Miller, Dinty W. Moore, Kathleen Norris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lia Purpura, Richard Rhodes, Bill Roorbach, David Sedaris, Richard Selzer, Sue William Silverman, Floyd Skloot, Lauren Slater, Cheryl Strayed, Amy Tan, Ryan Van Meter, David Foster Wallace, and Joy Williams.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416545115
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
From memoir to journalism, personal essays to cultural criticism, this indispensable anthology brings together works from all genres of creative nonfiction, with pieces by fifty contemporary writers including Cheryl Strayed, David Sedaris, Barbara Kingsolver, and more. Selected by five hundred writers, English professors, and creative writing teachers from across the country, this collection includes only the most highly regarded nonfiction work published since 1970. Contributers include: Jo Ann Beard, Wendell Berry, Eula Biss, Mary Clearman Blew, Charles Bowden, Janet Burroway, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Anne Carson, Bernard Cooper, Michael W. Cox, Annie Dillard, Mark Doty, Brian Doyle, Tony Earley, Anthony Farrington, Harrison Candelaria Fletcher, Diane Glancy, Lucy Grealy, William Harrison, Robin Hemley, Adam Hochschild, Jamaica Kincaid, Barbara Kingsolver , Ted Kooser, Sara Levine, E.J. Levy, Phillip Lopate, Barry Lopez, Thomas Lynch, Lee Martin, Rebecca McCLanahan, Erin McGraw, John McPhee, Brenda Miller, Dinty W. Moore, Kathleen Norris, Naomi Shihab Nye, Lia Purpura, Richard Rhodes, Bill Roorbach, David Sedaris, Richard Selzer, Sue William Silverman, Floyd Skloot, Lauren Slater, Cheryl Strayed, Amy Tan, Ryan Van Meter, David Foster Wallace, and Joy Williams.
Cowgirl Strong
Author: Cheyenne Meadows
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1786510871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
When life is full of lemons, a girl has to be cowgirl strong to make all her dreams come true. Lacey Bright has just finished the best barrel racing season of her life only to find her world falling apart. The man she thought she loved is now engaged, her horse has just turned up lame and an old family secret comes out, leaving her reeling. With nowhere else to turn, Lacey throws herself into her new job, training horses for the local Humane Society farm. After a terrifying bout with cancer, Jonas Marshall is hesitant to jump back into the dating ranks, or slide back into a roping saddle. His priorities have changed and his scars have caused him to avoid women in general. He's content spending his days as head trainer at the Humane Society farm and living life on the sidelines until he sees something in Lacey he's not found before—hope, compassion and potential. A similar goal bring these two together. Yet change is never easy and difficult challenges await right around the next corner. They have to face their fears or lose a chance at love. After all, life isn't easy, and a woman has to be cowgirl strong to get what she desires.
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1786510871
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
When life is full of lemons, a girl has to be cowgirl strong to make all her dreams come true. Lacey Bright has just finished the best barrel racing season of her life only to find her world falling apart. The man she thought she loved is now engaged, her horse has just turned up lame and an old family secret comes out, leaving her reeling. With nowhere else to turn, Lacey throws herself into her new job, training horses for the local Humane Society farm. After a terrifying bout with cancer, Jonas Marshall is hesitant to jump back into the dating ranks, or slide back into a roping saddle. His priorities have changed and his scars have caused him to avoid women in general. He's content spending his days as head trainer at the Humane Society farm and living life on the sidelines until he sees something in Lacey he's not found before—hope, compassion and potential. A similar goal bring these two together. Yet change is never easy and difficult challenges await right around the next corner. They have to face their fears or lose a chance at love. After all, life isn't easy, and a woman has to be cowgirl strong to get what she desires.
The American League in Transition, 1965-1975
Author: Paul Hensler
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476600171
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown. From 1965 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland Athletics emerged as the most significant AL clubs, but this trio achieved varying degrees of success. Through the prism of these three teams, this book examines facets of their dynastic aspirations: the way in which key personnel were assembled into a cohesive roster, the glory that was won by the clubs, and the factors leading to their decline. Drawing on a rich variety of primary and secondary sources, the story is told of vital players from Latin America who made their way to Minnesota, the select few who ventured from the Orioles' training facility in Thomasville, Georgia, to Baltimore, and the collegiate stars selected in the early years of the newly-created amateur draft who went on to help forge a winning combination in Oakland.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476600171
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In the years following the decline of the New York Yankees dynasty that ended in 1964, three American League teams endeavored to stake their claim to the Junior Circuit's crown. From 1965 to 1975, the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, and Oakland Athletics emerged as the most significant AL clubs, but this trio achieved varying degrees of success. Through the prism of these three teams, this book examines facets of their dynastic aspirations: the way in which key personnel were assembled into a cohesive roster, the glory that was won by the clubs, and the factors leading to their decline. Drawing on a rich variety of primary and secondary sources, the story is told of vital players from Latin America who made their way to Minnesota, the select few who ventured from the Orioles' training facility in Thomasville, Georgia, to Baltimore, and the collegiate stars selected in the early years of the newly-created amateur draft who went on to help forge a winning combination in Oakland.
Happy Team, Happy Farm
Author: Paul Harris
Publisher: SRA Books
ISBN: 1912300664
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
In this eye-opening and engaging book, founder and chief executive of REAL Success, Paul Harris, examines some of the hard truths and challenges behind why so many farm owners and managers struggle to maintain a thriving, happy and loyal workforce. The lessons and learning uncovered throughout this captivating story will help you think differently about your team and your role as a leader. Whether you’re working with family members, long-term employees or casual hired hands, you’ll see how careful listening and communication, as well as embracing the diversity and difference in your team, are key to creating a happy, supportive and successful working environment for everyone involved. Tensions and conflicts are rising on Peter’s farm, putting team and family dynamics under enormous pressure. Then a potentially devastating event forces everyone to reflect on their beliefs and attitudes. With help from the enigmatic ‘Chairman’ and driven by Peter’s wife’s deep desire to keep the family together and their business alive, the whole team comes together on an odyssey of change that will transform them, the farm and everyone’s future. Throughout the story you’ll discover insights and takeaways about how small changes in style and slight shifts in mindset can make a huge difference to the success of your team and how they feel about working with you, putting you, your farm and your team on course to a brighter future.
Publisher: SRA Books
ISBN: 1912300664
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
In this eye-opening and engaging book, founder and chief executive of REAL Success, Paul Harris, examines some of the hard truths and challenges behind why so many farm owners and managers struggle to maintain a thriving, happy and loyal workforce. The lessons and learning uncovered throughout this captivating story will help you think differently about your team and your role as a leader. Whether you’re working with family members, long-term employees or casual hired hands, you’ll see how careful listening and communication, as well as embracing the diversity and difference in your team, are key to creating a happy, supportive and successful working environment for everyone involved. Tensions and conflicts are rising on Peter’s farm, putting team and family dynamics under enormous pressure. Then a potentially devastating event forces everyone to reflect on their beliefs and attitudes. With help from the enigmatic ‘Chairman’ and driven by Peter’s wife’s deep desire to keep the family together and their business alive, the whole team comes together on an odyssey of change that will transform them, the farm and everyone’s future. Throughout the story you’ll discover insights and takeaways about how small changes in style and slight shifts in mindset can make a huge difference to the success of your team and how they feel about working with you, putting you, your farm and your team on course to a brighter future.
Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies
Author: Seth M. Holmes
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520398645
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
With a new preface and a new epilogue co-written with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez, this updated edition of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives, suffering, and resistance of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. Seth Holmes, an anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes was invited to trek with his companions clandestinely through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with Indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the United States, planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This “embodied anthropology” deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequities come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care. In a new epilogue, Holmes and Indigenous Oaxacan scholar Jorge Ramirez-Lopez provide a substantive update about the protagonists in the book, focusing on the ways in which they have been involved individually and collectively in movements for Indigenous immigrant rights, farmworker rights, and the right to health over the last decade.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520398645
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
With a new preface and a new epilogue co-written with Jorge Ramirez-Lopez, this updated edition of Fresh Fruit, Broken Bodies provides an intimate examination of the everyday lives, suffering, and resistance of Mexican migrants in our contemporary food system. Seth Holmes, an anthropologist and MD in the mold of Paul Farmer and Didier Fassin, shows how market forces, anti-immigrant sentiment, and racism undermine health and health care. Holmes was invited to trek with his companions clandestinely through the desert into Arizona and was jailed with them before they were deported. He lived with Indigenous families in the mountains of Oaxaca and in farm labor camps in the United States, planted and harvested corn, picked strawberries, and accompanied sick workers to clinics and hospitals. This “embodied anthropology” deepens our theoretical understanding of the ways in which social inequities come to be perceived as normal and natural in society and in health care. In a new epilogue, Holmes and Indigenous Oaxacan scholar Jorge Ramirez-Lopez provide a substantive update about the protagonists in the book, focusing on the ways in which they have been involved individually and collectively in movements for Indigenous immigrant rights, farmworker rights, and the right to health over the last decade.