American Green

Why would a successful American physician choose to live in a twelve-foot-by-twelve-foot cabin without running water or electricity? To find out, writer and activist William Powers visited Dr. Jackie Benton in rural North Carolina. No Name Creek gurgled through Benton’s permaculture farm, and she stroked honeybees’ wings as she shared her wildcrafter philosophy of living on a planet in crisis. Powers, just back from a decade of international aid work, then accepted Benton’s offer to stay at the cabin for a season while she traveled.

General Gustave Perna U. S. Army, Retired, Operation Warp Speed Lt. Col. John McBrearty, a natural leader, combat Veteran, and family man, shares his unique perspective on history. In Volume II, Lt. Colonel John J. McBrearty chronicles his unit's triumphs and failures in the combat zone of Iraq through a selection of essays and letters written home. With his insight, candor, and love for history, Colonel Mack provides the reader with a rare inside view of this microcosm of American military history. I want to shed light on military operations in Iraq that are far less known to the general ...

Gallop off to another century in this action-filled adventure that crosses two continents. Set in the 1850’s and 60’s, Vladimir is a hunter who becomes the hunted. Come with Vlad on attacks in the Russian Army, follow him to Alaska, cross the pristine wilderness of the Alaskan frontier and the Canadian west, and thrill to danger in the American Civil War. Enjoy the beauty of the wild Alaskan-Canadian wilderness with gold-filled creeks, breathtaking vistas, and abundant wildlife, where man was not always at the top of the food chain. See how a young woman intrigues and captivates Vlad as...

Anne Shirley has now been married to Gilbert Blythe for 15 years, and the couple have six children. A new minister - John Meredith - arrives in Glen St. Mary, a widower with four young children, who have not been properly brought up since the death of their mother, with only their father (easily absorbed by theology) parenting them. The children are considered wild and mischievous by many of the families in the village (who tend only to hear about the Meredith children when they have gotten into some kind of scrape), causing them to question Mr. Meredith's parenting skills and his suitability as a minister.

Filled with catchall research, American Hemp examines what this new domestic crop can be used for, what makes it a superior product, and what made it illegal in the first place; the book also delves into the many health and medical benefits of the plant. Hobbs weighs in on how hemp can improve existing industries, from farming to energy to 3D printing, plus how it can make a serious impact on climate change by removing toxins from the soil and by decreasing our dependence on plastics and fossil fuels.

This book was written in response to some questionable practices regarding the development of green smoothie books. It serves as a warning to customers purchasing green smoothie-type books as well as those making such books that God is not mocked whatsoever a man soweth, he will also reap one way or another

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a wake-up call: The all-in stance in favor of renewables has rendered Europe's economy and national security vulnerable to Russian President Vladimir Putin. And America is in danger of making the same catastrophic energy mistake as Europe. Award-winning author Bill Herrington delivers the truth about U.S. energy, national security, and the environment—and exposes the misrepresentations of fossil fuels protestors and climate change activists.

En Colombia vale más un pedazo de tierra que la vida de quienes lo habitan. Desde la ciudad el conflicto se ve ajeno. El humo no nos deja ver los cadáveres y la distancia nos aleja del dolor de las víctimas. Juan Miguel Álvarez ha viajado por toda Colombia con la misión de develar historias de profundo dolor y también de reconciliación. Federico Rios lo acompañó para registrar las imágenes de esta aventura que es a veces dura y a veces esperanzadora.

For thousands of years two distinct cultures evolved unaware of one another’s existence. Separated by what one culture called The Great Sea and known to the other as the Atlantic Ocean, the course of each culture’s future changed irreversibly 400 years ago.

Estaba la pájara pinta sentada en un verde limón se ha vuelto, con el tiempo, un hito en la literatura colombiana y uno de los textos más estudiados para entender el origen de la violencia que todavía hoy azota a este país. Su lenguaje fresco, ágil y rico ha permitido que la novela perdure y que cada día sea más valorada por las nuevas generaciones.

A fortuitous encounter at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; a father-and-son outing that echoes a childhood trauma; a harrowing haunting finally laid to rest; two young brothers at their innocent play; the recovery of a lost family keepsake; Grandma sharing a fairy tale with her granddaughter. These captured moments, ordinary though they may seem, reveal the blessings of love and hope in the course of everyday life.

The compilation of this work is a summation of theories and strategies to achieve liberation of oppressed African descendants held captive in the United States. This work is dedicated to the numerous abolitionists, martyrs, and freedom fighters who have continued the struggle to obtain equality.

How would you like to have some easy, step-by-step directions for checking how eco-friendly your organization is, where you would like it to be, and how to get there? If you want to make a bigger difference helping people live a greener life, this is definitely the book for you. This book is different from other books on this topic. It is a combination of how-to-do and what-to-do…how to do a analysis of the current state of your organization, how to improve, and what no-cost, low-cost, and innovative projects will help your organization improve its triple bottom line.

Learning Native Wisdom explains why achieving a sustainable culture is more important than any other challenge we face today. Although there are many measures of a society's progress, Holthaus warns that only a shift away from our current culture of short-term abundance, founded on a belief in infinite economic growth, will represent true advancement. In societies that value the longevity of people, culture, and the environment, subsistence and spirituality soon become closely allied with sustainability.

Jake Carlson, a correspondent for the television news show American Outrage, inhabits a world of sensational trials and crazed celebrities. One of the nation's top television journalists, he's used to dragging himself through the dirt to get to the truth. When his adopted son, Sam, asks him to use his muckraking talents to find his birth mother, Jake is stunned by the ugly secrets he unearths.

The Carters are shaken up by a death in their family. At a time where everyone should stick like glue Cre and his siblings begin to fall apart all in their own way. The backlash and guilt from Bou and Aaliyah put Cre in an uncompromising position. While EZ falls off the wagon, Lowe begins to lose control of the children he raised, and although he hates to admit it, he might need help.

Jake Carlson, a correspondent for the TV news show American Outrage, inhabits a world of sensational trials and crazed celebrities. One of the nation's top television journalists, he's used to dragging himself through the dirt to get to the truth. When his adopted son, Sam, asks him to use his muckraking talents to find his birth mother, Jake is stunned by the ugly secrets he unearths.

An episodic, humorous look at the trials and tribulations faced by a young black couple struggling to adjust to married life.

John Keats died 200 years ago, in February 1821. F. Scott Fitzgerald defined a decade that began 100 years ago, the Jazz Age. In this biography, prizewinning author Jonathan Bate recreates these two shining, tragic lives in parallel. Not only was Fitzgerald profoundly influenced by Keats, titling Tender Is the Night and other works from the poet’s lines, but the two lived with echoing fates: both died young, loved to drink, were plagued by tuberculosis, were haunted by their first love and wrote into a new decade of release, experimentation and decadence.

Sarah Brenner was always one of a kind, even with four sisters who dressed just like her. Growing up in an immigrant family on New York City’s impoverished Lower East Side, Sarah’s life was full of things that weren’t fair. It wasn’t fair that her parents had to leave Europe because of their religion. It wasn’t fair they worked hard all day and the family barely had enough to eat. It wasn’t fair how girls were treated in her school. When she grew up, Sarah gave herself a modern name, Sydney, just right for a woman who was going to forge her own path and continue to fight for a fairer world.