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- The Barefoot Beekeeper
by Philip Chandler - The Barefoot Beekeeper's Guide to Swarming and Swarm Management
by Philip Chandler - "Souled Out"! A former Madam turns her back on the sex trade and breaks her silence.
by Tania Fiolleau - Notes From a Dreamer ... on Dreaming: A Personal Journey in Dream Interpretation
by Bobbie Ann Pimm - Dao Artistry by Jorge Delara
by Jorge Delara - Baseball Artistry 1st Edition
by Jorge Delara - Keep Your Identity to Yourself! - Easy & Affordable Ways to Protect Your Identity
by William Craig Iii - Between Heaven and Earth: An Adventure in Free Fall
by Greenpoint Press - How To Build A Top Bar Hive
by Philip Chandler - An Introduction to Natural Beekeeping for Gardeners
by Philip Chandler
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- The Icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father: Apologia and Canon
- by Marcelle Bartolo Abela
In this book, the background of the revealed, diptych, ecumenical icon of the Divine Heart of God the Father Encompassing All Hearts is presented, together with the related Consecration (Seal) Prayer to the Almighty Father. The icon apologia and canon are elucidated. The ecumenical importance of the icon of the Divine Heart for the universal Church is addressed, together with the basis for the icon in Sacred Scripture and Tradition, as well as its meaning for our present times and eschatological future.
The aims of the icon, history of God the Father in iconography, and pertinent Church Council decrees are explored. The history of the first icon of the Eternal Father in the Catholic Church is given, with evidence of the Divine Paternal Heart, including Scriptural evidence, and the history/revelations of this second icon of the Father in the Catholic Church. A summary theology of the Divine Heart icon is outlined, with relevance to the sacred liturgy, Catholic/Orthodox mysticism, the era of the eighth day and deification of man, the universal call to holiness, and the de-Christianization of our times.
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- An Introduction to Natural Beekeeping for Gardeners
- by Philip Chandler
This audio book is read by the author and is intended as a primer about bees and natural beekeeping, especially for those with an interest in gardening.
Chapter 1
Before considering 'keeping' bees, we take a look at their world, their lifecycle and how we can work with them to achieve a mutually beneficial relationship.Chapter 2
We consider the relationship between bees and flowering plants and their importance for pollination. We will also look at the type of beehives recommended for 'natural beekeeping', and consider ways in which you can take sensible precautions when locating hives and handling bees.Chapter 3
We will examine how a top bar beehive works, and how best to use it to supervise bees, while minimizing our interference in their lives. We will also consider how to obtain bees and persuade them to live in the hives we provide them.Chapter 4
Having introduced bees to their new home, we look at hive management and how to provide optimum conditions in which they can thrive, while learning as much as possible about their natural behaviour with a view to improving our understanding of them.The autor's web site is at www.biobees.com
Philip Chandler is author of The Barefoot Beekeeper, also available from www.offthebookshelf.com
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- How To Build A Top Bar Hive
- by Philip Chandler
Comprehensive, illustrated instructions for building a top bar hive to Phil Chandler's design, using a pair of 'follower boards' to manage the space occupied by bees.
This is a tried-and-tested horizontal hive design that can easily be adapted for particular needs (e.g. queen rearing or making nucs) and you can add your own details, such as a landing board.
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- Between Heaven and Earth: An Adventure in Free Fall
- by Greenpoint Press
"Between Heaven and Earth: An Adventure in Free Fall" by Doug Garr chronicles the author's coming of age as a skydiver between 1969 and 1982. It's an exciting chronicle of the feelings he experienced. Along the way, he profiles many of the zany characters he met on this unique thrill ride through the skies.
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- "Souled Out"! A former Madam turns her back on the sex trade and breaks her silence.
- by Tania Fiolleau
Tania Fiolleau was Souled Out! She sold her soul to prostitution to save her children from a fate worse than death. Going from an abusive family into a number of foster homes, she landed in the arms of rape and soon found herself in harm’s length of a husband that made her life hell. Prostitution meant money – money that would gain her custody of her two boys. When she was ultimately awarded full and final custody of her children, Tania exited the industry and vowed to dedicate her life to Save the Women.
Reading her story and the statistics demonstrating the abuse that has been perpetrated against women in the trade, you will understand why and how every one of us has a price to pay for letting it go so far.Synopsis
This is the story of a girl that grew up in a home filled with drugs, alcohol and domestic violence. After being taken out of her abusive home, put into foster care and made a permanent ward of the courts, she could no longer handle being passed around in the system. She ran away from foster care, hitch hiked right into the hands of a maniac and became the victim of a brutal rape at the age of twelve. A few years later, she repeated the cycle of abuse and married a man just like her father. Throughout the marriage, she feared for hers and the lives of her children. She lived in and out of battered women shelters until she divorced this abusive beast of a husband and began a court action to obtain custody of her children, in order to save them from an obscene future. Soon, she was turning her first trick, followed by a four-year-long court battle that led all the way to the Supreme Court. $350,000 of lawyers’ fees later, she had become a madam heading no less than four brothels and having approximately 400-500 women work for her over the years. What would this madam do after she obtained sole custody?
“Although I had reached the top rung of my professional ladder – I was now a madam – I was seeing myself being destroyed physically, emotionally, spiritually and mentally. Tania Fiolleau said, “All the heartache and sorrow I went through will all have been worth it if I can just help one woman climb out of the pit of despair.” She has now made it her goal to love these women and expose the sex industry such as it has never been exposed before – from a former madam’s point of view.“Souled out! is simply an account of my life in the industry.
If you wish to contribute to the battle to “save the women”, please don’t hesitate to contact Tania through her website, www.savethewomen.ca .
