With growing concern about the environmental impact of agriculture and its consequent contribution to climate change, there is an increasing interest in the implementation of agroecological approaches to achieve a more sustainable agriculture. Agroforestry is one area of research which has gained significant momentum in recent years.Advances in temperate agroforestry reviews key recent advances in measuring and valuing how agroforestry systems promote biod...

Communicating Mental Health: History, Contexts, and Perspectives explores mental health through the lens of the communication discipline. In the first section, contributors describe the major contributions of the communication discipline as it pertains to a broader perspective and stigma of mental health. In the second section, contributors investigate mental health through various narrative perspectives. In the third and fourth sections, contributors consider many applied contexts such as...

Long-shortlisted, 2017 ReLit AwardsFacing the dwindling years of his life, an old man waits for his turn on the auction block, hoping to be sold to a family as decent as the one he is leaving. It is not the first time he has been here, and it may not be the last.Mute in life but loquacious on the page, the old man tells the colourful story of his rootless life. Abandoned by his family and first auctioned off at the age of seven — "Ladies and gentlemen, this...

How My Fat A** Lost 20 pounds in 2 months, or a Man's Man's Guide to Weight Loss. A true and humorous recount of one man's journey to successful weight loss as told by Grady J. Daniels. Recipes included.

A Real Man's Guide to Weight Loss, or, How My Fat A** Lost 20 pounds in 2 months. Back woods humorist, Grady J. Daniels recounts his real life journey to weight loss, in a way that only he can. The Liquor Is Quicker Diet could be the quickest, funnest, and funniest way to lose weight ever found. Recipes included

Railway financier Simon Davenant has waited seven years for a second chance with his childhood sweetheart and best friend. He's not about to let his impending financial ruin destroy the opportunity.This time, he'll do anything he can to secure her hand in marriage--even if it means losing her heart for good.The Lady Always Wins is a short story of 18,500 words (about 60 print pages). It was previously published in the anthology "Three Weddings and a Murder."

This photo cookbook contains 6 Chinese recipes: Fried Meat Spring Rolls (Chicken, Ham, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot); Fried Seafood Spring Rolls (Smoked Salmon, Tuna, Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot); Fried Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Bean Sprout, Bamboo Shoot, Carrot, Cabbage); Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Seafood (Shrimp, Crab, Cucumber, Bean Sprout); Unfried Fresh Spring Rolls with Meat (Chicken, Ham, Cucumber, Bean Sprout); Unfried Fresh Vegetarian Spring Rolls (Cucumber, Bean Sprout, B...

With the interest in vegan living on the rise, it’s time for a book that goes beyond the recipes. How does a newbie adopt a vegan approach when it comes to dating, entertaining, decorating, travel, and beyond? Author Elizabeth Castoria, the former editorial director of VegNews, offers a useful, friendly introduction to the vegan lifestyle for those who want to dabble or for those already committed to living animal-product-free. She shows how simple it is to be vegan, from the food...

"A delightful memoir of learning to eat superbly while remaining gluten free."—Newsweek magazine"Give yourself a treat! Gluten-Free Girl offers delectable tips on dining and living with zest–gluten-free. This is a story for anyone who is interested in changing his or her life from the inside out!"—Alice Bast, executive director National Foundation for Celiac Awareness"Shauna's food, the ignition of healthy with delicious, explodes with flavor...

A novel of creeping horror that “resonates with both suggestive psychological complexity and the emotional coloring of an ancient ballad or folktale” (Kirkus Reviews).Alone with their authoritarian father on a vast estate where time has stopped, two siblings speak a language and inhabit a surreal universe of their own making, shaped by their reading of philosophy and tales of chivalry. When their father dies and the children set out to bury him, they encou...

A brutally honest, deliciously irreverent, and "highly entertaining" guide to living a happy, healthy, gluten-free life—with twenty new recipes ( New Yorker).As the eighteen million gluten-intolerants and three million celiac disease sufferers in the United States can attest, living gluten-free isn't always easy—nor it is a lot of fun. Good thing author April Peveteaux has at least managed to make it funny. Known to many as the Chelsea Handler of the gluten...

An incredible story of a legacy set in south-west France.Aunt Lucie is a real pain in the neck. While she wasn’t exactly a saint when alive, now that she’s dead, she’s making life even more miserable for her family. Her will is crystal clear: to collect the inheritance, nephews and their families have to move into her ramshackle house! But Aunt Lucie has another surprise up her sleeve: a mad treasure hunt, ankle-deep in muck. Welcome to rural France!Things heat up for her da...