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  Citizen Farmers - The Biodynamic...

  Daron Joffe, Susan Puckett

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  A guide to organic vegetable gardens and small-scale farming with an emphasis on sustainability.   Biodynamic farming, with its focus on ecological sustainability, has emerged as the gold standard in the organic gardening movement. Daron Joffe—known as Farmer D—has made it his mission to empower, educate, and inspire people to become conscientious consumers, citizens, and stewards of the land.   In this engaging call to action, Farmer D teaches us to not only create sustainable gardens but also to develop a more holistic, community-minded approach to how our food is grown and how we live our lives in balance with nature. Illustrated with photographs of gardens designed by Farmer D as well as line drawings, the book is packed with advice on:   Establishing a biodynamic gardenCompostingSoil composition and replenishmentControlling pests and diseaseCooperative gardening practicesCreating delicious meals with your home-grown produce   In collaboration with a James Beard Award–nominated food journalist, Farmer D offers an indispensable resource for anyone who wants to make the world a greener place.

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  The Elements We Live By - How...

  Anja Røyne

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  This “excellent” popular science book explores just what we—and the things around us—are made of (Aftenposten, Norway). 
   
  Some elements get all the attention: glittering gold, radioactive uranium—materials we call “precious” because they are so rare. But what could be more precious than the building blocks of life—from the oxygen in our air to the carbon in all living things? 
   
  In The Elements We Live By, physicist and award-winning author Anja Røyne reminds us that we’d be lost without the quiet heroes of the periodic table. Our bodies need phosphorous to hold our DNA together, potassium to power our optic nerves, and many more elements—in just the right amounts—to function. Other fundamental elements keep our technology (and society) running: Our phones contain arsenic, boron, and gallium to control signals and store information; indium and tin for the touch screen; and lithium for the battery. 
   
  Everything is made of elements—every galaxy, star, and planet—from the iron in Earth’s core to the silicon in its sand. But that doesn’t mean the elements we rely on will never run out; for example, about half the lithium we need is extracted from rocks in Australia, and the other half is from saltwater in Argentina and Chile. As Røyne travels the world to find where these elements exist (some in ever-shrinking amounts), she shows how vitally urgent it is for us to protect them—the elements of our very existence. 
   
  “Not just a discussion of basic chemistry, this is a volume that looks at the human impact on the planet and what we can learn from nature…Useful for science or sociology courses that address the various impacts of natural resource development or for popular science readers.” —School Library Journal

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  American Disgust - Racism...

  Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer

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  American Disgust shows how perceptions of disgust and fears of contamination are rooted in the country's history of colonialism and racism. Drawing on colonial, corporate, and medical archives, Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer argues that microbial medicine is closely entwined with changing cultural experiences of digestion, excrement, and disgust that are inextricably tied to the creation of whiteness.Ranging from nineteenth-century colonial encounters with Native people to John Harvey Kellogg's ideas around civilization and bowel movements to mid-twentieth-century diet and parenting advice books, Wolf-Meyer analyzes how embedded racist histories of digestion and disgust permeate contemporary debates around fecal microbial transplants and other bacteriotherapeutic treatments for gastrointestinal disease.At its core, American Disgust wrestles with how changing cultural notions of digestion—what goes into the body and what comes out of it—create and impose racial categories motivated by feelings of disgust rooted in American settler-colonial racism. It shows how disgust is a changing, yet fundamental, aspect of American subjectivity and that engaging with it—personally, politically, and theoretically—opens up possibilities for conceptualizing health at the individual, societal, and planetary levels.

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  Doing Physics - How Physicists...

  Martin H. Krieger

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  The author of Doing Mathematics explores the concepts of physics by demonstrating how physicists think and approach their work. 
   
  Doing Physics makes concepts of physics easier to grasp by relating them to everyday knowledge. Addressing some of the models and metaphors that physicists use to explain the physical world, Martin H. Krieger describes the conceptual world of physics by means of analogies to economics, anthropology, theater, carpentry, mechanical systems, and machine tool design. 
   
  Krieger explains the interaction of elementary particles by referring to the theory of kinship: who can marry whom is similar to what can interact with what. Likewise, the description of physical situations in terms of interdependent particles and fields is analogous to the design of a factory with its division of labor among specialists. For this new edition, Krieger has revised the text and added a chapter on the role of mathematics and formal models in physics. 
   
  “Krieger . . . excellently tells those in our human society outside the physics world how physicists think, plan, and go about understanding nature.” —Choice

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  Cat Lover Bundle: 2 in 1 Bundle...

  Philippa Thomas, Liliane Griffin

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  Cat Lover Bundle: 2 in 1 Bundle, Think Like a Cat and Catify to SatisfySome people don’t think twice about bringing home a cat because they think cats are cuddly and fluffy and that’s all there is to it. But as much as cats are usually delicate, they can have a wild side as well and it is essential that you know how to properly take care of cats. You not only need to be mindful of their diet due to their sensitive digestive system but you also need to learn how to train your cat to take care of certain behavioral problems cats have. If you are serious about having a cat that is well-trained, you have to do research first on what type of cat to get in order to make sure you will be able to train it. It is easier to train a kitten than an older cat so you have to consider that as well. This bundle will act as a guide in learning all the important information you need to know in taking care of your cat. It will teach you all the crucial information you will need about cat training. You will discover the tips and tricks on how to properly train your cat’s behavior. You will learn all about cat behaviors so that it can give you some ideas when on how you can properly train your cat. This two-in-one bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. Think Like a Cat: The Ultimate Guide on Cat Training, Discover Different Techniques and Tips on How to Effectively Train Cats2. Catify to Satisfy: The Ultimate Cat Training Guide, Learn the Tools and Effective Techniques on How to Make Your Cat Obey Your CommandsGet your copy of Cat Lover 2 in 1 Bundle today!

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  Bruce

  Albert Payson Terhune

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  Albert Payson Terhune was a journalist but is probably best known as a breeder of dogs, in particular collies at his Sunnybank Kennels. Bruce charts the story of an unwanted puppy who becomes loved by the mistress of the family. He then becomes enlisted as a carrier dog in World War 1, completing heroic tasks and coming home a war hero (Summary by SamR)

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