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Nature as Measure

The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

By: Wes Jackson

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Nature as Measure

The Selected Essays of Wes Jackson

By: Wes Jackson

An essential and timely collection of wise and compelling essays from one of the longtime leaders of the sustainable agriculture movement in America. Wes Jackson, “a well–known and admired advocate for sustainability especially as it relates to agriculture, has the rare ability to transform his convictions into captivating prose . . . Jackson’s thoughts are still as significant and profound as they were nearly 20 years ago” (Publishers Weekly) and can teach us many things about the land, soil, and conservation, but what most resonates is this: The ecosphere is self–regulating, and as often as we attempt to understand it, we are not its builders, and our manuals will often be faulty. The only responsible way to learn the nuances of the land is to study the soil and vegetation in their natural state and pass this knowledge on to future generations. “[A] small book rich in ideas” (The New York Times Book Review), Nature as Measure collects Jackson’s essays from Altars of Unhewn Stone and Becoming Native to This Place, presenting ideas of land conservation and education that are written from the point of view of a man who has practiced what he’s preached and proven that it is possible to partially restore much of the land that we’ve ravaged. Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy, grounded in nature’s principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both. His longtime friend Wendell Berry provides an informative, contextual Introduction. “For those concerned about what will be left and how many billion will be starving in twenty years, this is a must read.” —Register of the Kentucky Historical Society “A good introduction to a thinker whose ideas on agriculture are radical both in their technical approach to food production as well as in terms of the economic, social, and cultural context within which it is practiced.” —Review of Radical Political Economics

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1582438935

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The Butterfly Kiss

By: Logan Wes

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The Butterfly Kiss

By: Logan Wes

The Butterfly Kiss by Logan Wes Logan Wes spent part of his childhood in an orphanage. From 1967 to 1971, he served honorably in the US Air Force, based in Thailand. Along the way, he earned a 1st degree black belt in Karate and brown belt in Tae Kwon Do.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1480924229

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Senior Care 2. 0: Your Guide to Marketing Senior Services

By: Michael Daehn,Wes Sperr,Kendall Brune,Mike Graham

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Senior Care 2. 0: Your Guide to Marketing Senior Services

By: Michael Daehn,Wes Sperr,Kendall Brune,Mike Graham

This unique book provides time proven marketing strategies with analysis, commentary and application by experts in the field of senior living and care. Senior Care 2.0 is your complete guide to marketing senior care services today.

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0557449561

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Consulting the Genius of the Place

An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture

By: Wes Jackson

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Consulting the Genius of the Place

An Ecological Approach to a New Agriculture

By: Wes Jackson

Locavore leaders such as Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, and Barbara Kingsolver all speak of the need for sweeping changes in how we get our food. A longtime leader of this movement is Wes Jackson, who for decades has taken it upon himself to speak for the land, to speak for the soil itself. Here, he offers a manifesto toward a conceptual revolution: Jackson asks us to look to natural ecosystems—or, if one prefers, nature in general—as the measure against which we judge all of our agricultural practices. Jackson believes the time is right to do away with annual monoculture grains, which are vulnerable to national security threats and are partly responsible for the explosion in our healthcare costs. Soil erosion and the poisons polluting our water and air—all associated with agriculture from its beginnings—foretell a population with its natural fertility greatly destroyed. In this eloquent and timely volume, Jackson argues we must look to nature itself to lead us out of the mess we've made. The natural ecosystems will tell us, if we listen, what should happen to the future of food.

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158243848X

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Woke Religion: Unmasking the False Gospel of Social Justice

By: Wes Carpenter

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Woke Religion: Unmasking the False Gospel of Social Justice

By: Wes Carpenter

In today’s society, many, including Christians, want to be “woke.” But has woke become simply another religion, another ploy of Satan’s to shred the fabric of Christianity? As woke critical theory seeps through the teachings of the Church, many Christians are being misled by their own spiritual leaders to take part in the newest attempt for their souls. In Woke Religion: Unmasking the False Gospel of Social Justice, Wes Carpenter unashamedly addresses these heretical teachings, calling on those in spiritual authority to deny woke philosophies and cling to the teachings of Scripture. Follow Wes as he takes the reader from the stirrings of woke critical theory in Church history to the teachings that are pervading the Church today.

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Ambassador International

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1649601611

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SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One

By: Chris Geier,Cathy Dew,Becky Bertram,Raymond Mitchell,Wes Preston,Kenneth Schaefer,Andrew Clark

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SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One

By: Chris Geier,Cathy Dew,Becky Bertram,Raymond Mitchell,Wes Preston,Kenneth Schaefer,Andrew Clark

A team of SharePoint authorities addresses the six most essential areas of SharePoint 2010 SharePoint enables Web sites to host shared workspaces and is a leading solution for Enterprise Content Management. This book serves as one-stop shopping for concise coverage on six key areas that you need to know in order to get up and running with SharePoint 2010 quickly. After an introduction to the new features of SharePoint 2010, the author team of SharePoint experts walk you through branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking and tools, the search function, and development basics so you can get started using SharePoint immediately. SharePoint 2010 offers numerous exciting new features, including advancements in user interface customization, development improvements, the benefits of Business Connectivity Services, and much more Covers the primary functions of SharePoint, as well as enhancements and new features of the latest version Reviews the SharePoint platform, branding and customization, workflow, business connectivity services, social networking, tools, development basics, and more SharePoint 2010 Six-in-One helps you conquer the six key areas of SharePoint 2010 so that you can successfully take advantage of the Microsoft SharePoint platform.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118058267

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Becoming Native to This Place

By: Wes Jackson

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Becoming Native to This Place

By: Wes Jackson

In six compelling essays, Wes Jackson lays the foundation for a new farming economy grounded in nature's principles and located in dying small towns and rural communities. Exploding the tenets of industrial agriculture, Jackson seeks to integrate food production with nature in a way that sustains both. His writing is anchored in his work with The Land Institute, lending authenticity to topics that—in the hands of other writers—too often fail to escape the realm of the conceptual.

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1619026880

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The Taco Cleanse

The Tortilla-Based Diet Proven to Change Your Life

By: Wes Allison,Stephanie Bogdanich,Molly R. Frisinger,Jessica Morris

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The Taco Cleanse

The Tortilla-Based Diet Proven to Change Your Life

By: Wes Allison,Stephanie Bogdanich,Molly R. Frisinger,Jessica Morris

Prevent or reverse taco deficiency. Get that fresh taco-y feeling with over 75 seriously tasty vegan recipes. Tired of the same old cleanse? Instead of feeling rejuvenated are you feeling depleted, anxious, and cranky? (Not to mention . . . hungry?) A group of vegan taco scientists in Austin, Texas, know just how you feel, and now reveal their one-of-a-kind cleansing journey that anybody can follow and stick to—the Taco Cleanse. While the typical cleanse works by depriving you of your favorite foods, the plant-based Taco Cleanse rewards your body with what it naturally craves: tortillas, refried beans, guacamole! Begin with a breakfast taco, the most important taco of the day. Even if you do nothing else, your mood will brighten in just 24 hours. Keep eating tacos and within a week your outlook will be noticeably improved. After 30 days, cleansers report lasting benefits—and you will, too! The Taco Cleanse shows you: How to make everything from the tortilla—flour, corn, and waffle (!)—to the thirst-quenching “Supplements” (margaritas and other beverages) that best complement your tacos What to put in the tortilla— beer-battered portobellos, mac and cheese, even tater tots How to remake popular staples like picadillo, tacos al pastor, carne guisada, and fish tacos using plants instead of, well, animals. The Taco Cleanse is cheap, easy, and delicious. Its recipes are authentically Austin, and are sometimes even inspired by Mexico, where the taco was first created. Everything tastes better folded (exactly once) into a tortilla. Just eat one or more tacos at every meal, adding margaritas as necessary. It’s that simple.

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The Experiment

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1615192727

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THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

By: Wes Ryder

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THE FARM "Terror, Truth and Consequence"

By: Wes Ryder

Jody Fitzpatrick returns home to the family farm, her mother had passed away and she has come to arrange the funeral and sell the farm. Jody left when she was eight years old, when the rains came and her father died. Now she will come to understand how he died and who killed her parents. Jody comes to understand the history and mystery surrounding the farm and the identity of the creature that haunts it. Escaping with her life she finds solitude in the arms of Oliver Braithwaite, a local deputy and childhood friend. Together they set out to find the identity to the creature and together they find more than they bargained for. There will be mystery, intrigue, death and a revelation so bewildering that no one can believe it. In the end there will be only one name that will remain in the minds of those who know this story, and his name is Thomas.

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1847531342

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Running the River

Secrets of the Sabine

By: Wes Ferguson

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Running the River

Secrets of the Sabine

By: Wes Ferguson

Growing up near the Sabine, journalist Wes Ferguson, like most East Texans, steered clear of its murky, debris-filled waters, where alligators lived in the backwater sloughs and an occasional body was pulled from some out-of-the-way crossing. The Sabine held a reputation as a haunt for a handful of hunters and loggers, more than a few water moccasins, swarms of mosquitoes, and the occasional black bear lumbering through swamp oak and cypress knees. But when Ferguson set out to do a series of newspaper stories on the upper portion of the river, he and photographer Jacob Croft Botter were entranced by the river’s subtle beauty and the solitude they found there. They came to admire the self-described “river rats” who hunted, fished, and swapped stories along the muddy water—plain folk who love the Sabine as much as Hill Country vacationers love the clear waters of the Guadalupe. Determined to travel the rest of the river, Ferguson and Botter loaded their gear and launched into the stretch of river that charts the line between the states and ends at the Gulf of Mexico. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

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1623490375

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Ketogenic Diet on a Budget

Shop Smarter, Batch Cook, and Eat Better

By: Wes Shoemaker

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Ketogenic Diet on a Budget

Shop Smarter, Batch Cook, and Eat Better

By: Wes Shoemaker

Go keto without going broke Getting all the health benefits of the ketogenic diet doesn't require prime cuts of meat or exotic fats and oils. This keto cookbook is packed with dishes that are sure to satisfy any craving for just a few dollars a day. Plus, most of the recipes are designed to serve six or more—enough to feed a whole family or stock up on leftovers. Ketogenic Diet on a Budget includes: Keto basics—Discover the science behind the ketogenic diet, why it's so healthy, and how to tell when ketosis has been achieved. Budget-friendly recipes—Savor simple and affordable dishes, like Loaded Mashed Cauliflower or savory Garlic Parmesan Chicken Wings. Strategies for saving—Learn how to build the perfect ketogenic diet kitchen, including tips for shopping smarter, stocking a pantry, and meal prepping. Lose weight and feel better without breaking the bank thanks to this frugal keto cookbook.

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Sourcebooks, Inc.

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1646112075

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9781646112074

Sugar Rush

Master Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Sweet Baking

By: Johnny Iuzzini,Wes Martin

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Sugar Rush

Master Tips, Techniques, and Recipes for Sweet Baking

By: Johnny Iuzzini,Wes Martin

James Beard–award-winning pastry chef Johnny Iuzzini returns to basics in this complete baking course in a book with everything a home baker needs to confidently turn out 150+ sweets with sophisticated flavors. Iuzzini starts by sharing his expert tips on fundamentals such as making caramel and mixing butter cakes, with accompanying step-by-step photographs, before moving on to recipes for Salted Caramels and Sticky Caramel Date Cake. After mastering the simple method for making light-as-air meringues, anyone can make ethereal espresso marshmallows, mile-high soufflés, and chewy French macaron sandwich cookies. Readers can finally expand their cake and ice cream horizons to embrace flavors as thrilling as those in Brown Sugar-Molasses Layer Cake and Bitter Orange Ice Cream. The 250 photographs include both instructive technique shots to reassure bakers at every turn as well as stunning photographs of the ready-to-eat treats. With Sugar Rush, baking at home has never been easier—or more inviting.

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Clarkson Potter

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0770433693

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9780770433697

Myracles in the Void: Definitive Edition

By: Wes Dyson

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Myracles in the Void: Definitive Edition

By: Wes Dyson

The Definitive Edition includes the original, award-winning novel “Myracles in the Void” and a 27-chapter bonus story called “The Intervening” About Myracles in the Void: This is the story of the Izz Family from the forgotten, floating port town of Hop. The family's home, and indeed all of Hop, is made from repurposed ships, signs, barrels and boxes. The eldest child, Gai, is known for his ability to fix things, and he uses his talent to create a fiddle for his sister Lynd's thirteenth birthday. Lynd, on the other hand, is known to have objects suddenly break around her as if by magic. When Lynd suddenly disappears in a flash of destructive fury, all of Hop turns against the Izz family, accusing them of being cursed. Their father, Stav, had disappeared under strange circumstances as well. In his desperation, Gai discovers he can do more than just fix things with his hands, he also has a certain magic — one that seems to bring things back together. He also learns more about his father's disappearance and an ‘illness’ he had before he left. He worries for his sister, wondering if the same thing plagued her. With the help of a giant turtle named Emilie, Gai sets out from Hop to clear his family’s name, vowing to bring them all back together. Along his journey across the sea, he encounters a tech-city of gnomes, a Pocket Realm inside a beautiful painting, a tree that grants everlasting youth at a price, and of course answers to the nature of his powers — and his sister’s. They are not the only ones. In the world of Esa, all hearts posses a magic called myra that either bonds or breaks, creates or destroys. The use of this power, called a myracle, can be used to manipulate reality, such as creating or destroying objects, healing injuries, or altering the environment. However, they are not without their consequences; using the destructive power, called Ruin, can eventually turn that person into a Void — a monster with an unstoppable appetite for destruction that will engulf the entire world. Will Gai be able to find the source of the Ruin that has torn his family apart and save his sister and father before it’s too late? Massachusetts Center for the Book Must-Read List, 2023 Eric Hoffer Awards Science Fiction/Fantasy Winner, 2023 Forward INDIES Book of the Year Award Nominee, Fantasy, 2023 About The Intervening: Lynd, Kal, Kabbage are all back in this exciting set of interweaving stories from Esa! After you’ve read the original Myracles in the Void, dive right back into the action with more epic battles, more twists, more wild myracles, and of course new friends and new enemies. Set during the intervening years we didn’t get to see in the original story, witness the rise of a new Commandress of Carpè and the war that started it all; come inside the sacred and secretive ceremony of the Safar, the terrifying final test to becoming a true Heartbrand; experience the exhilarating Myracles Akademy sport called “Conjua!” where students create creatures from their wildest imaginations and battle them in an arena of shifting elements; and get on the streets of Electri City with Kabbage in a hilarious adventure to become the ultimate Thinker.

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WONDERLOVE

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1737910543

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9781737910541

Dorkus And The Affairs Of Lord Willing

By: Wes Jenkins,Dave DeLuca

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Dorkus And The Affairs Of Lord Willing

By: Wes Jenkins,Dave DeLuca

A peculiar comedy set in the heart of the Brutish Empire and the uncivil belly of Merika of the 1860's. This bumpy tale of a twisted aristocrat who is conducting sovereign-sanctioned ergot experiments on his entourage, who in turn are controlled by dark and fatuous forces. Dickens meets Jules Verne in Dada soaked Victoriana.

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Puzzled Squirrel Press

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0984935401

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9780984935406

Irene Dunne

First Lady of Hollywood

By: Wes D. Gehring

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Irene Dunne

First Lady of Hollywood

By: Wes D. Gehring

Traces the life of the American film actress from her childhood days spent in Louisville, St. Louis, and Madison, Indiana, through her Hollywood career to her retirement, and receipt of the Kennedy Center Award in 1985.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810858649

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9780810858640

American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs

By: Wes Davis

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American Journey: On the Road with Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and John Burroughs

By: Wes Davis

The epic road trips—and surprising friendship—of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas Edison, inventors of the modern age. In 1913, an unlikely friendship blossomed between Henry Ford and famed naturalist John Burroughs. When their mutual interest in Ralph Waldo Emerson led them to set out in one of Ford’s Model Ts to explore the Transcendentalist’s New England, the trip would prove to be the first of many excursions that would take Ford and Burroughs, together with an enthusiastic Thomas Edison, across America. Their road trips—increasingly ambitious in scope—transported members of the group to the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, the Adirondacks of New York, and the Green Mountains of Vermont, finally paving the way for a grand 1918 expedition through southern Appalachia. In many ways, their timing could not have been worse. With war raging in Europe and an influenza pandemic that had already claimed thousands of lives abroad beginning to plague the United States, it was an inopportune moment for travel. Nevertheless, each of the men who embarked on the 1918 journey would subsequently point to it as the most memorable vacation of their lives. These travels profoundly influenced the way Ford, Edison, and Burroughs viewed the world, nudging their work in new directions through a transformative decade in American history. In American Journey, Wes Davis re-creates these landmark adventures, through which one of the great naturalists of the nineteenth century helped the men who invented the modern age reconnect with the natural world—and reimagine the world they were creating.

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1324000333

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The Kentucky Barbecue Book

By: Wes Berry

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The Kentucky Barbecue Book

By: Wes Berry

The Kentucky Barbecue Book is a feast for readers who are eager to sample the finest fare in the state. From the banks of the Mississippi to the hidden hollows of the Appalachian Mountains, author and barbecue enthusiast Wes Berry hit the trail in search of the best smoke, the best flavor, and the best pitmasters he could find. This handy guide presents the most succulent menus and colorful personalities in Kentucky.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813141796

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9780813141794

New Roots for Agriculture

By: Wes Jackson

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New Roots for Agriculture

By: Wes Jackson

The plowshare may well have destroyed more options for future generations than the sword," writes Wes Jackson in a review of practices that have brought U.S. agriculture to the edge of disaster. Tillage has hastened the erosion of irreplaceable topsoil everywhere and a technology based on fossil fuels has increased yields for short-term profits, leaving crops ever more vulnerable to diseases, pests, and droughts. Such, says Jackson, is "the failure of success." As high-technology agriculture becomes more wasteful and expensive, more farmers are being forced off the land or into bankruptcy. ø Jackson's major solution calls for the development of plant combinations that yield food while holding the soil and re-newing its nutrients without plowing or applying fossil-fuel-based fertilizers or pesticides. His new way of raising crops, by working with the soil's natural systems, would keep the world's bread-basket producing perpetually.

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0803275625

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Hogs Are Up

Stories of the Land, with Digressions

By: Wes Jackson

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Hogs Are Up

Stories of the Land, with Digressions

By: Wes Jackson

Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions reveals what makes Wes Jackson tick. What kind of lessons does he draw from his unique life experiences, and how do they shape his profoundly revolutionary worldview? Sometimes funny, sometimes wistful, always insightful, this volume demonstrates that when telling a good story, digressions can be the main point. Born during the Great Depression, Jackson tells stories of his youth on a diversified farm in the Kansas River Valley near Topeka, Kansas, culminating in more than forty years of leadership to radically transform agriculture, literally at its very roots. Wes Jackson draws deeply from the lessons learned from his experience dating from World War II to his work at The Land Institute to establish a new Natural Systems Agriculture. But this book is more than that. It includes an eclectic mix of thinkers and doers he’s met along the way. Wes Jackson is heavily influenced by the cultural legacy of grandparents, all four of whom were born before the Civil War began, and from his parents, who were born before 1900. He was born into a culture of crop diversity where animals and people were out in the fields and around. He saw the tractor arrive and the horses leave. After you read Hogs Are Up: Stories of the Land, with Digressions you may share his misgivings about what conventional thinkers see as “progress.” Jackson is constantly exploring the world around him and will engage anyone who can help him think about a discovery, an experiment, or recent insight. Jackson believes that our insights must go beyond the latest scholarly study and government report if we are to get the necessary interest for people to change. The stories and digressions he shares in Hogs Are Up are the fruit of a longtime effort to lay the agricultural and cultural foundation for a new worldview grounded in nature’s principles and located in rural communities able to survive through a new relationship of humanity to the ecosphere.

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0700630597

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New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism

By: Wes Markofski

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New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism

By: Wes Markofski

For most of the last century, popular and scholarly common sense has equated American evangelicalism with across-the-board social, economic, and political conservatism. However, if a growing chorus of evangelical leaders, media pundits, and religious scholars is to be believed, the era of uncontested evangelical conservatism is on the brink of collapse-if it hasn't collapsed already. Combining vivid ethnographic storytelling and incisive theoretical analysis, New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism introduces readers to the fascinating and unexplored terrain of neo-monastic evangelicalism. Often located in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods, new monastic communities pursue religiously inspired visions of racial, social, and economic justice-alongside personal spiritual transformation-through diverse and creative expressions of radical community. In this account, Wes Markofski has immersed himself in the paradoxical world of evangelical neo-monasticism, focusing on the Urban Monastery-an influential neo-monastic community located in a gritty, racially diverse neighborhood in a major Midwestern American city. The resulting account of the way in which this movement reflects and is contributing to the transformation of American evangelicalism challenges entrenched stereotypes and calls attention to the dynamic diversity of religious and political points of view which vie for supremacy in the American evangelical subculture. New Monasticism and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism is the first sociological analysis of new monastic evangelicalism and the first major work to theorize the growing theological and political diversity within twenty-first-century American evangelicalism.

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Oxford University Press

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0190236493

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An Inconvenient Apocalypse

Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity

By: Wes Jackson,Robert Jensen

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An Inconvenient Apocalypse

Environmental Collapse, Climate Crisis, and the Fate of Humanity

By: Wes Jackson,Robert Jensen

Confronting harsh ecological realities and the multiple cascading crises facing our world today, An Inconvenient Apocalypse argues that humanity’s future will be defined not by expansion but by contraction. For decades, our world has understood that we are on the brink of an apocalypse—and yet the only implemented solutions have been small and convenient, feel-good initiatives that avoid unpleasant truths about the root causes of our impending disaster. Wes Jackson and Robert Jensen argue that we must reconsider the origins of the consumption crisis and the challenges we face in creating a survivable future. Longstanding assumptions about economic growth and technological progress—the dream of a future of endless bounty—are no longer tenable. The climate crisis has already progressed beyond simple or nondisruptive solutions. The end result will be apocalyptic; the only question now is how bad it will be. Jackson and Jensen examine how geographic determinism shaped our past and led to today’s social injustice, consumerist culture, and high-energy/high-technology dystopias. The solution requires addressing today’s systemic failures and confronting human nature by recognizing the limits of our ability to predict how those failures will play out over time. Though these massive challenges can feel overwhelming, Jackson and Jensen weave a secular reading of theological concepts—the prophetic, the apocalyptic, a saving remnant, and grace—to chart a collective, realistic path for humanity not only to survive our apocalypse but also to emerge on the other side with a renewed appreciation of the larger living world.

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University of Notre Dame Pess

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0268203644

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9780268203641

Classics in Russia 1700-1855

Between Two Bronze Horsemen

By: Marinus Antony Wes

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Classics in Russia 1700-1855

Between Two Bronze Horsemen

By: Marinus Antony Wes

What role did classical Graeco-Roman culture play in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Russian society, on the institutional level as well as in the lives of individual Russian intellectuals? Through a series of case-studies of classics-in-action the book illustrates the tension between aims and results, expectations and achievements.

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9004096647

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9789004096646

Unveiling Empire

Reading Revelation Then and Now

By: Wes Howard-Brook,Anthony Gwyther

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Unveiling Empire

Reading Revelation Then and Now

By: Wes Howard-Brook,Anthony Gwyther

Confused by "end of the world" readings or put off by the dense and mysterious imagery, many readers hesitate to explore the Book of Revelation. Unveiling Empire offers a new entree into this troubling and controversial book of the Bible by examining the roots and social purposes of apocalyptic literature and Revelations own use of traditional imagery. In this way the authors provide readers with the tools for deciphering the texts message--and its urgent applications for Christians today living amidst a new kind of "empire.

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1608331555

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Classics in Russia 1700-1855

Between Two Bronze Horsemen

By: Marinus A. Wes

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Classics in Russia 1700-1855

Between Two Bronze Horsemen

By: Marinus A. Wes

The author shows how the history of the classical tradition in Russia cannot be separated from the history of Russia's orientation to Western Europe in general. His book, based on many little-known and previously unexplored Russian materials, is the result of the first comprehensive research on the study of the Greek and Roman classics in Russia, and its sociocultural —utopian as well as ideological— function within the framework of Russian cultural and intellectual history and Russian educational policy from the accession of Peter the Great to the death of Nicholas I. A tradition does not exist apart from the people who adhere to it and the networks they create in order to ensure some kind of growth and continuity. Therefore the author has ordered his material into an interpretive framework based on a prosopographical approach towards the subject. Among specific writers and poets discussed are Pushkin, Gogol, Goncharov and Turgenev.

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BRILL

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9004246827

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9789004246829

Multidimensional Item Response Theory

By: Wes Bonifay

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Multidimensional Item Response Theory

By: Wes Bonifay

Several decades of psychometric research have led to the development of sophisticated models for multidimensional test data, and in recent years, multidimensional item response theory (MIRT) has become a burgeoning topic in psychological and educational measurement. Considered a cutting-edge statistical technique, the methodology underlying MIRT can be complex, and therefore doesn’t receive much attention in introductory IRT courses. However author Wes Bonifay shows how MIRT can be understood and applied by anyone with a firm grounding in unidimensional IRT modeling. His volume includes practical examples and illustrations, along with numerous figures and diagrams. Multidimensional Item Response Theory includes snippets of R code interspersed throughout the text (with the complete R code included on an accompanying website) to guide readers in exploring MIRT models, estimating the model parameters, generating plots, and implementing the various procedures and applications discussed throughout the book.

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SAGE Publications

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1506384234

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9781506384238

Carry My Bones

By: J. Wes Yoder

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Carry My Bones

By: J. Wes Yoder

A botched crime forces three men – a sculptor, his son, and the son's septuagenarian friend – to flee their small town in this tragic and moving account of survival in the face of one's own failures. A man kills his wife’s lover… Almost. The criminal is Gideon Banks, a sculptor of modest success who has finally realized that he is incapable of repairing his broken marriage. Now frantically on the run from the law, Gid is joined by Merit – his adopted, introverted son – and Judge Riley, an old turnip-grower, the singer of a thousand songs, and Merit’s best friend. For the length of a college football season the unlikely trio drifts along the highways, backroads and deer trails of Alabama, befriended many times by other solitary Southerners, alone in their work, their addictions, and their restlessness. In Birmingham they meet a young woman who is naively charmed by their tale and, bored with her upper-class upbringing, takes them in. Sheltered in a house of grand portraits and heated floors, the three are afforded the time to face their separate struggles: the old Judge a fever, Gideon his guilt, and Merit the girl who would ruin his ideas about isolation forever.

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MP Publishing

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1596929677

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What Would Jesus REALLY Eat?

The Biblical Case for Eating Meat

By: Paul Copan,Wes Jamison

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What Would Jesus REALLY Eat?

The Biblical Case for Eating Meat

By: Paul Copan,Wes Jamison

Until relatively recently, vegetarianism was considered a positive dietary alternative for Christians. Often considered a preference for those seeking better spiritual awareness for a season, biblical tradition still acknowledged that a plant-based diet wasn’t any more spiritual or moral than eating meat, therefore meat-eating was considered legitimate for humans; not prohibited and was even blessed by God. But, increasingly, and especially in light of the current Green movement that wants to at least limit the eating of meat, alongside the relentless calls by other secular organizations and activists to end meat-eating altogether, it is now more important than ever for people to know what the Bible and biblical tradition have to say about the subject. Within Christian circles, well-meaning people have been pressuring fellow Christians to turn from eating meat- a practice once historically understood as a Christian freedom- and are now asking them to embrace abstinence, but what many are calling “just a new bondage.” Christian leaders are warning the Christian community not to adopt a false commandment that is mostly based on secular activist’s personal convictions. Familiar choruses are now resonating throughout Christian communities: “Meat-eating isn’t compassionate.” “Animals have rights too.” “Aren’t you concerned about animal suffering?” “We should include animals into the moral community.” “Would you kill and eat your dog Lassie?” In response to this clamor, Castle Quay Books has brought together a broad group of scholars who have applied their expertise in a wide range of fields including biblical studies, theology, philosophy, resource management, communication, and generational animal farming, to write an accessible response for all Christians. Contributors to the discussion cover both sides of the debate with their host of important views. Writers include well known authors such as Dr. Walter Kaiser, Dr. Wes Jamison, and Dr. Paul Copan, as well as other well-known authors.

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1988928184

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9781988928180

Saving the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

By: Spencer Wilson,Wes Pfarner

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Saving the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad

By: Spencer Wilson,Wes Pfarner

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad has operated for more than three decades as a tourist ride over the breathtaking Cumbres Pass, ten thousand feet above sea level in the Rocky Mountains. The sixty-four miles of the former San Juan Extension of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway were saved twice by volunteers from the railroad graveyard. In 1970, the States of Colorado and New Mexico bought the railroad, which runs from Chama, Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, to Antonito, Conejos County, Colorado. New Mexico historian and C&TSRR commissioner and spokesman Spencer Wilson offers an insiders account of this triumphant tale of historical preservationists succeeding on an impressive scale.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614235791

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9781614235798

Sparks

By: Clay Spangler,Jake Spangler,Wes Cowan

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Sparks

By: Clay Spangler,Jake Spangler,Wes Cowan

A single spark can rekindle the light. Sparks brings three emerging authors together for the very first time in publication. Both Wes Cowan's "Greenbrier" and "Poems" take a deeper look at the psychological aspect of death. Clay Spangler's analysis of the wonder of the vast and unknown in "Sparks" neatly counters Jake Spangler's theme of loneliness and desolation in "Rite of Passage." Together, these seven stories form a tight comradeship to keep you company wherever you might find yourself.

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Lulu.com

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1365142647

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9781365142642

Amnesia: A True Story

Christians or Saints of God

By: C. Wes Thompson

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Amnesia: A True Story

Christians or Saints of God

By: C. Wes Thompson

Amnesia: A True Story By: C. Wes Thompson There are facts that cannot be changed, no matter how hard you try. These are the facts of life. They are beyond our control. Amnesia is one of those facts and is something that is hard to understand and may never be understood. C. Wes Thompson provides his experiences with amnesia and spirituality and hopes to provide others with knowledge of it and help others understand more about it.

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Dorrance Publishing

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1644261537

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The Road to Lancaster Manor

By: Wes Henderson

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The Road to Lancaster Manor

By: Wes Henderson

A young man sets out to hitchhike Europe, meets interesting people and has extraordinary experiences. His travels are abruptly halted and his future is significantly altered when he is left for dead after coming to the rescue of an older lady and gentlemen. Now, as the coffins are being lowered into the ground in a centuries-old cemetery in England, Richard Lion begins to recall fragments of memories, glimpses in his mind of how he fought to escape death, his awakening and how in a remarkable chain of events, he became the heir to a title and a fortune and had to fight and survive in order to keep them.

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FriesenPress

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1770971432

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9781770971431

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