Sweet and sour cherries (Prunus avium and Prunus cerasus) are important fruit crops for which demand is high and growing. A significant number of new varieties, rootstocks and training systems have been released or developed in recent years in order to improve the efficiency and profitability of cherry orchards. Cherries: Botany, Production and Uses covers the genetics, ecophysiology, production, protection and uses of cherries. Presenting up-to-date scientific data and applied information...

"A superb retelling of the story of Valley Forge and its aftermath, demonstrating that reality is far more compelling than myth." - Gordon S. Wood. The defining moments of the American Revolution did not occur on the battlefield or at the diplomatic table, writes New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming, but at Valley Forge. Fleming transports us to December 1777. While the British army lives in luxury in conquered Philadelphia, Washington's troops huddle in the barracks of Valley ...

Discover the Reality-Warping Wizardry of Chaos MagicJoin Thumper Forge, a Chaos Witch extraordinaire and Gardnerian Wiccan, on the wildest magical ride this side of the multiverse. He serves as your witty tour guide through the topsy-turvy realms of Chaos Witchcraft and Discordianism, where you can dance with Eris, the cosmic trickster herself.Learn to bend belief like a spoon, craft sigils that make the universe giggle, and summon parking spots with the gr...

"Chaffin's well-told tale of two revolutions centers on the fascinating, sometimes intersecting careers of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette." —Peter S. Onuf, coauthor of the New York Times bestseller, Most Blessed of PatriarchsThomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette shared a singularly extraordinary friendship, one involved in the making of two revolutions—and two nations. Jefferson first met Lafayette in 1781, when the young Fre...

The first book in T. S. Stribling's award-winning Vaiden Trilogy about life in north Alabama at the onset, during, and after the Civil WarOriginally published in 1931, The Forge introduces the Vaiden family, residents of the rural north Alabama of Stribling’s own youth. The Vaidens are a family of white yeoman farmers who scratch out a living in the social and financial shadow of the Lacefields, masters of an opulent plantation nearby.The novel ope...

World War II shaped the United States in profound ways, and this new book—the first in the Legacies of War series—explores one of the most significant changes it fostered: a dramatic increase in ethnic and religious tolerance. A Nation Forged in War is the first full-length study of how large-scale mobilization during the Second World War helped to dissolve longstanding differences among White soldiers of widely divergent backgrounds.Never before or since have so many Amer...

What happens when success arrives, but life still breaks you open?In this deeply personal memoir, Dr. Charles Thomas Jr. reflects on the layered experience of building and selling a company while navigating the challenges of mid-life, family illness, spiritual uncertainty, and the pressure to lead when nothing feels certain.Told with unflinching honesty and emotional clarity, this is a story of effort, identity, and faith — not in a perfect outcome, but in the value of show...

In 1776 the U.S. owed huge sums to foreign creditors and its own citizens but, lacking the power to tax, had no means to repay them. This is the first book to tell the story of how foreign-born financial specialists—the immigrant founders Hamilton and Gallatin—solved the fiscal crisis and set the nation on a path to long-term economic prosperity.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Do you dream of achieving ambitious goals but find yourself held back by procrastination, self-doubt, and fleeting motivation? Within you lies the untapped power of willpower, the key to unlocking self-control, mental toughness, and the extraordinary achievements you crave.Forge Your Will is your comprehensive guide to mastering self-discipline and transforming your potential into reality. This empowering book dives deep into th...

Blending the cosmic giggles of Discordianism with the reality-warping wizardry of Chaos Magic, this book is your ticket to the wildest magical ride this side of the multiverse.Step into the swirling vortex of Chaos Witchcraft with Thumper Forge's mind-bending guide and prepare to have your magical reality turned inside out as you dance with Eris, the cosmic trickster herself. Forge, a Chaos Witch extraordinaire and Gardnerian Wiccan, serves as your witty tour guide...

From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative book on the twenty-five works of literature that have most shaped the American character.Thomas C. Foster applies his much-loved combination of wit, know-how, and analysis to explain how each work has shaped our very existence as readers, students, teachers, and Americans. He illuminates how books such as The La...

The Israel-Palestine "conflict" is typically understood to be a clash between two ethnic groups—Arabs and Jews—inhabiting the same land. Thomas Suárez digs deep below these preconceptions and their supporting "narratives" to expose something starkly different: The violent take-over of Palestine by a European racial-nationalist settler movement, Zionism, using terror to assert by force a claim to the land that has no legal or moral basis.Drawing extensively from original source docu...