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Why Knowledge Matters: Rescuing Our Children from Failed Educational Theories
E D Hirsch · Harvard Education Press
Pages: 270
Format: Print book
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In Why Knowledge Matters, influential scholar E. D. Hirsch, Jr., addresses critical issues in contemporary education reform and shows how cherished truisms about education and child development have led to unintended and negative consequences. Hirsch, author of The Knowledge Deficit,... |
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Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
William Deresiewicz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 245
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking manifesto for people searching for the kind of insight on leading, thinking, and living that elite schools should be - but aren't - providing.As a professor at Yale, Bill Deresiewicz saw something that troubled him deeply. His students, some of the nation's brightest... |
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Hobby Farm Animals: A Comprehensive Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Goats, Pigs, Sheep, and Cattle
Sue Weaver · I5 Press
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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Eggs, meat, milk, wool, fur, feathers, and some priceless bucolic bliss. No hobby farm is complete without critters ... possibly a small herd peppering the field or a microflock flapping around the hen house or pond. A single information-packed volume with everything a hobby farmer needs... |
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J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2015: Your Complete Guide to a Better Bottom Line
Barbara Weltman · Wiley; 5 edition
Format: Book
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Eliminate confusion, maximize deductions, reduce payments, and conquer your small business taxes with ease In J.K. Lasser's Small Business Taxes 2015, the most trusted name in tax guidance helps small business owners maximize their bottom line. Fully updated for 2014 tax returns and 2015... |
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I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
MATT TAIBBI · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A work of riveting literary journalism that explores the roots and repercussions of the infamous killing of Eric Garner by the New York City police - from the bestselling author of The Divide "[A] searing exposé . . . What emerges from the author's superb reporting and vivid writing... |
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A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
Jennifer A Doudna · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A trailblazing biologist grapples with her role in the biggest scientific discovery of our era: a cheap, easy way of rewriting genetic code, with nearly limitless promise and peril. Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use.... |
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Legal Guide for Starting & Running a Small Business
Fred S. Steingold Attorney · NOLO
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
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The all-in-one business law book When you run a small business, legal questions crop up almost on a daily basis. Ignoring them can threaten your enterprise - but hiring a lawyer to help with routine issues can devastate the bottom line. Fortunately, you have a better alternative. Legal... |
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Market Farming Success: The Business of Growing and Selling Local Food, 2nd Editon
Lynn Byczynski · Chelsea Green Publishing; 2 edition
Format: Print book
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An insider's guide to market gardening and farming for those in the business of growing and selling food, flowers, herbs, or plants.Market Farming Success identifies the key areas that usually trip up beginners—and shows how to avoid those obstacles. This book will help the aspiring... |
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Small Cattle for Small Farms
Margo Hayes · CSIRO Publishing
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
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* Answers real questions asked by those seeking to make a rural lifestyle change* Deals exclusively with small cattle* Information is provided in a detailed, easy to understand format with simple terminology Small cattle breeds are manageable to control and care for, and perfect for lifestyle... |
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