The Fossils of Iowa field guide is written primarily for amateurs in geological exploration and collecting. Robert Wolf provides a comprehensive coverage of more than 150 sites in Iowa and adjacent areas of Minnesota and Nebraska with the types of fossils that can be found and precise directions. Excellent illustrations by Carol Ann Ratcliff aide in identification. For an update in site conditions and geological names since the book was first published contact the author at midnig...

The FOUR "silent destroyers" of your money.Trying to get ahead financially can be a struggle. You might have heard the phrase "the wealthy keep getting wealthier." This phrase divides us, makes us feel bad about our situation, and doesn't offer solutions. Author Robert Wolf has identified the problem-Economic Termites. Understanding how the Economic Termites affect our hard work is the difference between those that have accumulated wealth and those that struggle. T...

Hungary, 1944. Almost half a million Jewish Hungarians are deported to Auschwitz. Among the few surviving Hungarian Jews from this era were young men who, like Ervin Wolf, were forced into the brutal Labor Service where they were cut off from the outside world and forced to endure inhumane brutalities and servitude. Once freed, a new oppression took hold as communist rule under Stalin turned friends to foes, enveloped the nation in fear and suspicion, and tested everyone’s character and st...

The Triumph of Technique isn't an ordinary account of the industrialization of agriculture. It is a wake-up call, a warning, and a call to action. And it isn't just about the structure of agriculture but about the potential collapse of civilization and the need to restore human-scale to human enterprise and to emphasize cooperation over competition.The book's premise is that the rural crisis is a manifestation of the larger crisis in our civilization. The immediate cause i...

Forget the one-size-fits-everyone financial advice out there.Many business owners lose money regularly due to taxes eating away at their revenue. Yet the topic of taxes isn't fully addressed in most financial plans. Thankfully, there is a system that helps you avoid paying more than your fair share of taxes, and Asset Coach and Tax Strategist Robert Wolf shows you how.His Asset Buddy System's unique approach has helped hundreds of business owners keep mor...

The first part of Volume 1 of 3 volumes includes hundreds of pages and photographs presenting the richness of Okinawan martial traditions, from the original combatives to those influenced by Chinese and mainland Japanese martial art styles. The variety of topics shown in the table of contents indicate the depth and breath in the chapters, along with the authors who are well-known for their meticulous research and practical skills in specific arts. Each volume will prove enjoyable reading a...

• Explores the lifestyle of indigenous peoples of the world who exist in complete harmony with the natural world and with each other.• Reveals a model of a society built on trust, patience, and joy rather than anxiety, hurry, and acquisition.• Shows how we can reconnect with the ancient intuitive awareness of the world's original people.Deep in the mountainous jungle of Malaysia the aboriginal Sng'oi exist on the edge of extinction, though their way of living may ul...

Billy Smith is having a rough first day of high school. The new kid at exclusive Francis Drake Prep, Billy embarrasses himself in front of fiery, beautiful Lexi Aquino. He makes an instant enemy in Kurt Novac, the school’s surly star quarterback. Then suddenly Billy, Lexi, and Kurt are mysteriously transported to an underworld teeming with goblins, strange animal hybrids, and powerful magic—the fact that they’re stuck there is probably Billy’s fault, too. With help from an unlikely goblin ...

A collection of stories by commercial fishermen, towboat captains and people living along the Mississippi. Men work together on a winter sein haul; a father and son check their nets; a crew drive fish into a seinenet on a backwater slough as a storm approaches; men are caught on island in a freak summer snow storm that kills many.

Heartland Portrait is the first self-portrait of a region to be written by its residents. This ground-breaking book is drawn from 18 years of Free River Press writing workshops in innesota, Wisconsin and Iowa wirth farm famiies, small twn and village residents, commercial fishermen, towboarts captains and pilots, and other living in the upper Mississpp Ruver Valley. It is a record of transformation of rral America, an ensemble of personal stories and reflections that document not ...

We live in an amazing Universe.Sometimes things happen in our lives where we have no idea of just how that experience will change our lives from that moment on.Like having a dog.They give us love.We give them love.And they make us better just because we loved them.But there’s more.Lots more.Behind the outward affection and love we share with them, come lessons about love, about life and about ourselves that would not and could...

You are invited to make My First 40 Days with the Lord a personal, intimate record of your honeymoon with the Lord.My First 40 Days with the Lord opens the door to a life-changing relationship with the Living God. Now you can begin your study of God’s ways of communicating with His children.Here you will record your initial memories as you come to know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. Even mature believers will enjoy refreshing their ...