Of The Farm

Author : Stevie Cameron
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 763 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-13
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780676978650

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Verteran investigative journalist Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. It was not until February 2002 that pig farmer Robert William Pickton would be arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime could be told. Covering the case of one of North America's most prolific serial killers gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police - and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton - such as from Pickton's long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. Cameron uncovers what was behind law enforcement's refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work.

Author : Henry Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1891
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : NYPL:33433007629995

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Author : Joanne Ramos
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781984853776

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Life is a lucrative business, as long as you play by the rules. Skimm Reads Pick • People Book of the Week • Belletrist Book Pick • “[Joanne] Ramos’s debut novel couldn’t be more relevant or timely.”—O: The Oprah Magazine NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time • Glamour • Real Simple • Good Housekeeping • Marie Claire • Town & Country Nestled in New York’s Hudson Valley is a luxury retreat boasting every amenity: organic meals, personal fitness trainers, daily massages—and all of it for free. In fact, you’re paid big money to stay here—more than you’ve ever dreamed of. The catch? For nine months, you cannot leave the grounds, your movements are monitored, and you are cut off from your former life while you dedicate yourself to the task of producing the perfect baby. For someone else. Jane, an immigrant from the Philippines, is in desperate search of a better future when she commits to being a “Host” at Golden Oaks—or the Farm, as residents call it. But now pregnant, fragile, consumed with worry for her family, Jane is determined to reconnect with her life outside. Yet she cannot leave the Farm or she will lose the life-changing fee she’ll receive on the delivery of her child. Gripping, provocative, heartbreaking, The Farm pushes to the extremes our thinking on motherhood, money, and merit and raises crucial questions about the trade-offs women will make to fortify their futures and the futures of those they love. NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE “So many factors—gender, race, religion, class—may determine where you come down on the surrogacy debate. . . . Ramos plays with many of these notions in her debut novel, The Farm, which imagines what might happen were surrogacy taken to its high-capitalist extreme. . . . The stage is set for lively book chat.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “A thrilling read.”—New York “Grippingly realistic.”—Entertainment Weekly “Brilliant.”—New York Post “A provocative idea, and Ramos nails it . . . Crisp and believable, this smart debut links the poor and the 1 percent in a unique transaction that turns out to be mutually rewarding.”—People “Wow, Joanne Ramos has written the page-turner about immigrants chasing what’s left of the American dream. . . . Truly unforgettable.”—Gary Shteyngart, New York Times bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Lake Success

Author : John Updike
Publisher : Random House
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780679645757

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“A small masterpiece . . . With Of the Farm, John Updike has achieved a sureness of touch, a suppleness of style, and a subtlety of vision that is gained by few writers of fi ction.”—The New York Times In this short novel, Joey Robinson, a thirty-five-year-old New Yorker, describes a visit he makes, with his second wife and eleven-year-old stepson, to the Pennsylvania farm where he grew up and where his aging mother now lives alone. For three days, a quartet of voices explores the air, making confessions, seeking alignments, quarreling, pleading, and pardoning. They are not entirely alone: ghosts (fathers, lovers, children) press upon them, as do phantoms from the near future (nurses, lawyers, land developers). Of the Farm concerns the places people choose to live their lives, and the strategies they use to stand their ground.

Author : Jan Pfloog
Publisher : Western Publishing Company
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1964-01-01
Category : Domestic animals
ISBN : 0307689050

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The Farm Book written and illustrated by Jan Pfloog.

Author : Beth Hoffman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781642831597

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Bet the Farm by Beth Hoffman Pdf

"Eloquent and detailed...It's hard to have hope, but the organized observations and plans of Hoffman and people like her give me some. Read her book -- and listen." -- Jane Smiley, The Washington Post In her late 40s, Beth Hoffman decided to upend her comfortable life as a professor and journalist to move to her husband's family ranch in Iowa--all for the dream of becoming a farmer. There was just one problem: money. Half of America's two million farms made less than $300 in 2019, and many struggle just to stay afloat. Bet the Farm chronicles this struggle through Beth's eyes. She must contend with her father-in-law, who is reluctant to hand over control of the land. Growing oats is good for the environment but ends up being very bad for the wallet. And finding somewhere, in the midst of COVID-19, to slaughter grass finished beef is a nightmare. If Beth can't make it, how can farmers who confront racism, lack access to land, or don't have other jobs to fall back on hack it? Bet the Farm is a first-hand account of the perils of farming today and a personal exploration of more just and sustainable ways of producing food.

Author : John Updike
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:917488230

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Author : United States. Farm Credit Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Agricultural credit
ISBN : MINN:31951P001039182

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Annual Report of the Farm Credit Administration by United States. Farm Credit Administration Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCBK:C088990395

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Review of the State of the Farm Economy and the Impact of Federal Policy on Agriculture by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : CORNELL:31924063101996

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Economic Indicators of the Farm Sector by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Farm Credit Administration
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Agricultural credit
ISBN : UFL:31262091202936

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A List of Publications of the Farm Credit Administration by United States. Farm Credit Administration Pdf

Author : Dawn M. Drake
Publisher : Business Expert Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781953349316

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A Profile of the Farm Machinery Industry by Dawn M. Drake Pdf

This book examines farm machinery in the context of its history, corporations, outside market forces, regulations, and challenges and opportunities. The farm machinery industry is a complex sector of the global manufacturing economy that encompasses many companies, including those who that produce tractors, combines, planting equipment, tillage equipment, and irrigation systems. While the global industry is dominated by three full-line manufacturers (Deere and Company, Case New Holland, and the Allis-Gleaner Corporation), there are thousands of other companies, including many short-line manufacturers, that also dictate the nature of the industry. In recent years, equipment built by competitors from Asia have become more common in the farmstead landscape, capturing some of the market share U.S. manufacturers once dominated. This book examines farm machinery in the context of its history, corporations, outside market forces, regulations, and challenges and opportunities. The farm machinery industry, while contributing a small percentage to gross world product, is vitally important to another key sector of the economy—agriculture. In advanced economies, where the percentage of the labor force engaged in agriculture has been on the decline since World War II, high horsepower tractors and efficient harvesting systems are necessary to cultivate more acres with fewer workers to feed an ever-growing world population. Threats to profits in agriculture, such as natural disasters, climate change, and trade wars, increasingly challenge the profits and the viability of the farm machinery industry.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Agricultural cooperative credit associations
ISBN : UIUC:30112018898384

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Report on the Implementation of the Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980 by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Farms
ISBN : PSU:000071532318

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Farm Population of the United States by Anonim Pdf

Author : Henry Stephens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1855
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : OCLC:1080172441

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