No-till — a method of growing crops and providing pasture without disturbing the soil — has become an important alternative to standard farming practices. In this comprehensive guide to successful no-till vegetable farming for aspiring and beginning farmers, author Daniel Mays, owner and manager of an organic no-till farm in Maine, outlines the environmental, social, and economic benefits of this system. The methods described are designed for implementation at the human scale, relying prim...

They leaned against the lockers, Dönhoff flattened against the cool, hard metal with his jersey halfway off, dangling from around his neck. Broad chest bared, pecs firmly encased in Rodriguez's squeezing hands. The younger, hungrier player's cock jutted into his back like a gun in a stick-up, and Rodriguez breathed familiar commands against his neck."Beg me for it. You know how."Dönhoff's Herculean frame shuddered with the desire for surrender.

Bloomsbury presents In Their Own Words: Letters From History, from the National Archives, read by Daniel Mays, Miriam Margolyes, David Haig, Indira Varma, Arthur Smith and Robert BathurstThe way we communicate has changed. Today, many of our interactions are digital, but until recently writing letters was the norm. Drawing from over 100 miles of records held at the UK’s official government archive, The National Archives at Kew, this collection of letters, ...

Trapped by slavers and sold to a horrible creature who guards him like a treasure, at first Clove desires only freedom. His very nature revolts at the prospect of being deflowered. But everything changes when the impossible comes to pass: a revelation that his captor isn’t all that he seems, and that Clove’s desires are also transforming.Something is budding inside of him that makes him reluctant to run away.Ensnared by his captor’s mysterious allure, Clove is equally tempt...

Trapped by slavers and sold to a horrible creature who guards him like a treasure, at first Clove desires only freedom. His very nature revolts at the prospect of being deflowered. But everything changes when the impossible comes to pass: a revelation that his captor isn’t all that he seems, and that Clove’s desires are also transforming.Something is budding inside of him that makes him reluctant to run away.Ensnared by his captor’s mysterious allure, Clove is equally tempt...

Trapped by slavers and sold to a horrible creature who guards him like a treasure, at first Clove desires only freedom. His very nature revolts at the prospect of being deflowered. But everything changes when the impossible comes to pass: a revelation that his captor isn’t all that he seems, and that Clove’s desires are also transforming.Something is budding inside of him that makes him reluctant to run away.Ensnared by his captor’s mysterious allure, Clove is equally tempt...

Trapped by slavers and sold to a horrible creature who guards him like a treasure, at first Clove desires only freedom. His very nature revolts at the prospect of being deflowered. But everything changes when the impossible comes to pass: a revelation that his captor isn’t all that he seems, and that Clove’s desires are also transforming.Something is budding inside of him that makes him reluctant to run away.Ensnared by his captor’s mysterious allure, Clove is equally tempt...

A gripping collection of eight dramas and readings featuring elaborate thefts, confidence tricks and impossible missions, including the infamous Hatton Garden heistMountain of Light by Simon Bovey: It’s 1851 and London buzzes with the wonders at The Great Exhibition. To housebreaker John Rayverne, it's harvest time as fine houses stand empty while the occupants attend the spectacle. But his activities have come to the notice of a Governor of the Ba...

"You want your Eggplant-love, yes?" said Nuthatch, voice very low. It sounded like his voice had descended to his groin. It came from someplace deep and smoldering now, with no play in it.Efir nodded. He didn't think his throat was capable of speech."We are five in number," said the orc. He held up five fingers, counting them off in silence. Eggplant. Nuthatch. Fistful. Two others, unnamed. "But in love… only one."He lowered his five f...

Efir of Etfan is huge.A nobleman turned soldier turned scapegoat, he has been blamed for a crime he didn't commit and punished with a magical curse, one meant to humiliate him by extreme and rapid weight gain.Bewildered and ashamed by a body he no longer recognizes, Efir retreats from the world, chopping lumber in the darkest woods where none can see him.…none, that is, but the orcs.An immense, muscular, and enigmatic breed, the orcs have an entirely differe...

Trapped by slavers and sold to a horrible creature who guards him like a treasure, at first Clove desires only freedom. His very nature revolts at the prospect of being deflowered. But everything changes when the impossible comes to pass: a revelation that his captor isn't all that he seems, and that Clove's desires are also transforming.Something is budding inside of him that makes him reluctant to run away.Ensnared by his captor's mysterious allure, Clove is equally tempt...

Eggplant tossed Efir's belt onto the pile of orcish clothes, then reached for the bottom of his tunic.Every orc in the water was still. Every eye explored, appraised, devoured Efir's body as it emerged, as Eggplant slowly peeled the tunic up to reveal the human flesh, human color, pallid compared to their vivid colors, especially stark against Eggplant's deep indigo hands. Almost pearly white where the sun hadn't touched him, pink with the flush of blood. Utterly vulne...