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When the majority of people think about agriculture, they picture big farms spanning across large acreage. They imagine thousands of heads of cattle roaming across the landscape or they imagine fields filled with brown-gold heads of wheat waiting for massively expensive farm machinery to arrive for harvest. What you may not realize is that it's often possible to make more money on a small farm with just an acre or two, than on a massive farm with huge acreage.

Night photography and astrophotography can be two of the most frustrating subgenres of landscape. They're very technical, math based, and have a lot of steps. While this can put a lot of people off, I'm here to break it down for you. Planning is absolutely key, and I'll walk you through every step you need to make your shoot successful.

Is there a shopping cart where you were about to park and so now, you have to get out of your car to move it or look for another spot? Is your neighbor driving you nuts again? Did your leisurely drive end up aggravating you because it seems no one knows how to drive? Can't get out of the elevator because everyone is rushing in? The reality is the world has changed. We are more self-absorbed than ever, and technology has caused us to pay less attention to our surroundings, if not each other.

In today’s high stakes game of business, the players on the team are the competitive advantage for any organization. But, only if they are on the field instead of on the bench. Blue-Collar Leadership® & Teamwork provides a simple, yet powerful and unique, resource for individuals who want to increase their influence and make a high impact. It’s also a resource and tool for leaders, teams, and organizations, who are ready to engage the front line to improve the bottom line.

In Understanding Pain, Fernando Cervero explores the mechanisms and the meaning of pain. You touch something hot and your brain triggers a reflex action that causes you to withdraw your hand, protecting you from injury. That kind of pain, Cervero explains, is actually good for us; it acts as an alarm that warns us of danger and keeps us away from harm. But nt all pain is good for you. There is another kind of pain that is more like a curse: chronic pain that is not related to injury. This is the kind of pain that fills pain clinics and makes life miserable.

You can learn how to live your best life now!Live your best life by loving yourself, achieving your goals, making better social connections, and cutting the excess from your life to focus on what is truly important. Get four motivational books together in one for the first time! From best-selling author Aston Sanderson: Book #1: Self Talk: How to Train Your Brain, Book #2: Self Care: Love Yourself, Book #3: Small Talk, and Book #4: Minimalist Living: Declutter.

Integrating Hadoop leverages the discipline of data integration and applies it to the Hadoop open-source software framework for storing data on clusters of commodity hardware. It is packed with the need-to-know for managers, architects, designers, and developers responsible for populating Hadoop in the enterprise, allowing you to harness big data.

Revolutionary! Never done before breakthrough definitions of everyday words used in prisons and inner cities. Over 1,000 undocumented slang words and phrases clearly and precisely defined.

High impact leaders align their habits with key values in order to maximize their influence. These 10 values are common sense. However, they are not always common practice. These 10 values will help you build trust and accelerate relationship building. Those mastering these 10 values will be able to lead with speed as they develop 360° of influence from wherever they are.

Do you sometimes feel stressed, anxious, lonely, and depressed? Are you always up in your head, constantly dwelling on the past, and worrying about the future? Do you want to live a more productive, stress-free, and happier life? If so, then you've come to the right place. With The Meditation Beginner's Bible, you will embark on an inner journey that will take you back to the state of peace, joy, and happiness you were born to inhabit.

Buddhism is one of the oldest religions in the world but until recently it has been unknown and inaccessible outside of Asia. This book will provide you with an introduction to the history of Buddhism and its teachings and practices. Along with Buddhist philosophies, there are many practices to incorporate into your daily life, such as meditation and mindfulness to help calm your mind, reduce stress, and anxiety. This is a guide to Buddhism for beginners but includes quotes and resources to guide you towards more advanced Buddhist teachings and writing.

First, she predicts your death. Then, you die. Usually, writhing in pain. Is she a fortune-teller or something much, much darker? Nobody tells the police, not for a long time, because, well, nobody in Chicago’s Little Warsaw wants to cross Tillie Klimek. The body count racks up as Jazz Age Chicago’s most notorious female poisoner takes down husband after husband and some other relatives while she’s at it. Few, it seems, can resist Tillie’s cooking. But is this Mrs. Bluebeard working alone?

Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of an evangelist? Probably not, but here is your chance to get a glimpse from the cheap seats. Join Matthew Watson as we laugh through church bloopers, evangelist woes, and childhood memories and reflect on serious matters such as the foreign mission field and things learned in evangelism. Centered around the culture of the Apostolic Church, From the Cheap Seats is a humor gold, with just a hint of the thought provoking.

Having a perfect body with perfect weight is a dream for all of us. No matter how good we look, we still want to look better. If you are one of those who want to have a perfect body, Ketogenic diet is for you. It is way more unconventional than our regular diets, but it is definitely effective. It makes losing weight so easy without starving. You might be already aware of the benefits of this diet. But, despite making all the efforts with Ketogenic diet, if you have not been able to lose the right amount of weight, this book is for you.

In 1875, 18-year-old would-be poet Jack Brennan runs away from home to avoid being pushed into the priesthood. Life soon looks rosy for Jack when he lands the teaching job he's always dreamed of and meets the love of his life, Eliza Hewlett. But his world is shattered when Mary Ellen, his landlord's daughter, falsely accuses him of fathering the child she is expecting. Jack and Eliza decide to escape to America. As they are about to sail, Jack is arrested and dragged from the ship, leaving Eliza alone en route to New York with only a few shillings in her pocket.

Your unconscious mind knows how to hit a golf ball perfectly every time, so all I need to do is show you how to put yourself in the right state of mind. I'm going to show you how to trigger peak performance every single time you pick up your golf club and help you drop your handicap down. I will also give you course management tips that I have learned over the years and discuss how important playing smart golf is.

Tired of the chaos that surrounds you? It’s time to turn inward and embrace a present that brings the joys of living back to you…In the chaos of modern life, there is one solution that you might have heard of – a buzzword of modern times: Mindfulness. But what does it really mean?

Not being formally educated does not mean that you don't have what it takes to fulfill your lifelong objectives, dreams, and desires. You need knowledge, courage, strength, perseverance, determination, commitment, and confidence to become successful, and these things are learned and developed from different experiences in life and not just college. If you are dedicated to your goals and want to actualize them but cannot attend college, then you have landed at the right place.

Settle in for an unsettling listen with this duo of two horror classics: Dracula by Bram Stoker and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. These two books are staples of the Gothic horror genre and are sure to excite, mystify, and maybe even spook listeners.

The Tempest is a beautiful and sweeping drama by William Shakespeare and is one of the Bard’s last plays. With a role written as a farewell to the theater, this emotional drama is a beautiful testament to Shakespeare’s talents as a storyteller and writer. The play centers around Prospero, a usurped ruler and powerful sorcerer who lives out his days on a remote island with few humans with whom to interact. Prospero seeks his revenge on his brother by causing his ship to wreck on his island, and the adventure of the play begins.