A retired army Sergeant, Joe finds it necessary to take matters into his own hands when the hip hop world invades his home, brainwashing and corrupting the mind of his teenage son, Bryan. To add to that the death of his good army buddy's son at a rap concert, Joe has–literally–heard enough.Concerned what hip hop music is doing to the teenage generation–and his wannabe rapper son, in particular–Joe approaches the FCC, the governmental agency in charge of monitoring the entertainment...

Cashew is a young cow that grew up on a farm in Southern New Jersey with ambitions to fly. He has two good friends in the book that truly believe in him where the other farm animals didn't and would point and laugh at him. Cashew is determined to prove them wrong by teaching himself how to fly with the help of his two best friends, Rocky the farmer's son and Robbie Rooster.

While working at the Gulf Coast and experiencing the oil spill for himself, Dwayne witnessed all the wrong that took place and decided to write a book about the lies and really show America the truth on the biggest oil spill in U.S. history.Any questions that were unanswered to the public shall be answered in this book.Here are a couple of quotes from the author to his readers:Word to the wise; Everyone who breathes life is only granted one life, one environment in ...

"Sure to become a game-changing guide to the future of good food and healthy landscapes." —Dan Barber, chef and author of The Third PlatePrepare to set aside what you think you know about yourself and microbes. The Hidden Half of Nature reveals why good health—for people and for plants—depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. Restoring life to their barren yard and recovering from a health crisis, David R. Montgomery and Anne Biklé discover astoundi...

Audrey is a cow with poetry in her blood, who yearns for the greener pastures beyond Bittersweet Farms. But when Roy the horse tells this bovine dreamer that she is headed for Abbot's War, the slaughter house, Audrey knows that she must leave her home and friends sooner than she ever imagined. With the help of a whole crew of animals and humans alike, Audrey attempts to escape the farm she lives on--and certain death. Cleverly written as an oral account, this unique illustrated tale of an ...

Based on Keith Punch’s bestselling Introduction to Social Research Methods, this book introduces the research process in a range of educational contexts. In this updated second edition, you’ll find guidance on every stage of research, with chapters on developing research questions, doing a literature review, collecting data, analysing your findings and writing it all up.With a new chapter on ethics and additional coverage of Internet research and mixing methods, th...

Business owners and writers face a common set of problems â how to research, find and investigate topics that can be written about. The Web is a multi-dimensionary repository but it can require specialized tools to locate and develop this information. Public records, vital records, research portals, Freedom of Information documents, guides to investigative work and Internet resources for writers and journalists are scattered in a lot of locations â in fact I have found 157 specific one...

Beneath the dense greenery of an old tree, a cozy little village breathes tranquility: the smell of warm bread wafts through the mornings, choristers sing in the evenings, and the villagers cherish their long-held traditions. But with the arrival of the young schoolteacher, Fancy Day, a change comes to Melstock—quiet, barely perceptible, like a fresh breeze. A timid feeling is born in Dick Dewey's heart, and the village gradually fills with the tension of anticipation: hopes clash with amb...

For more than a century, we have relied on chemical cures to keep our bodies free from disease and our farms free from bugs and weeds. We rarely consider human and agricultural health together, but both are based on the same ecology, and both are being threatened by organisms that have evolved to resist our antibiotics and pesticides. Patients suffer from C.diff, a painful, potentially lethal gut infection associated with multiple rounds of antibiotics; orange groves rot from inse...

Hot on the heels of the 3rd edition of Andy Field′s award-winning Discovering Statistics Using SPSS comes this brand new version for students using SAS®. Andy has teamed up with a co-author, Jeremy Miles, to adapt the book with all the most up-to-date commands and programming language from SAS® 9.2. If you′re using SAS®, this is the only book on statistics that you will need!The book provides a comprehensive collection of statistical methods, tests and procedures, covering everythi...

First performed in 1882, “Ghosts” is the controversial and tragic play by the famed Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It is the story of Helen Alving, a wealthy widow who was unhappily married to her unfaithful husband. Helen has tried to shelter her son, Oswald, from the corrupting influence of his father’s immoral behavior and has sent him away only to discover that he is suffering from syphilis inherited from his father. Oswald has also unfortunately fallen in love with Regina, his mot...