Field Work

Tom Rivers, a reporter for The Daily News in Batavia, wrote a first-person series about farm work in 2008 that won state and national awards. Now the series, with more background and other information, has been compiled in a newly released audiobook, Farm Hands: Hard Work and Hard Lessons from Western New York Fields. Rivers worked at a dozen farms in Orleans and Genesee counties, trying to find out why so few local residents are willing to work on farms. He discovered the work requires many skills, enormous willpower and physical strength.

Imagine your life a year from now. Five years from now. What will it look like? Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt and discontent - a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment - a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you might have to let go of some stuff that's in the way.

Nicole Townsend shares a simple leadership philosophy for managers in the field guide, "Just Be REAL." She challenges listeners to explore how they can apply the REAL framework using Respect, Empathy, Accountability and Learning in their everyday work lives.

Doctors at War is a candid account of a trauma surgical team based, for a tour of duty, at a field hospital in Helmand, Afghanistan. Mark de Rond tells of the highs and lows of surgical life in hard-hitting detail, bringing to life a morally ambiguous world in which good people face impossible choices and in which routines designed to normalize experience have the unintended effect of highlighting war’s absurdity. With stories that are at once comical and tragic, de Rond captures the surreal experience of being a doctor at war.

Imagine a life with less: less stuff, less clutter, less stress and debt - a life with fewer distractions. Now, imagine a life with more: more time, more meaningful relationships, more growth and contribution and contentment - a life of passion, unencumbered by the trappings of the chaotic world around you. What you're imagining is an intentional life. And to get there, you might have to let go of some stuff that's in the way.

Do you love sexy alpha billionaires with a soft spot for the women in their lives? You'll love the Filthy Rich Bachelors series. For fans of L. Steele, Ivy Layne, and Ana Huang. His new assistant is strong-willed, beautiful, and off-limits. She’s also the only woman he’s ever loved… and neither of them has any idea. Cara Fitzgerald has never claimed to be perfect. Caring for her ailing grandmother has always taken precedence over her career ambitions—she didn’t aspire to be a phone sex operator. But when the woman who raised her dies, Cara discovers that she’s in dire straits. ...

How does a sheet of plastic become a soccer ball? Follow each step in the process - from strengthening the plastic to boxing up a brand new ball - in this fascinating book!

How does a piece of wood become a brand-new baseball bat? Follow each step in the process - from cutting the wood to shipping the bat to a store - in this fascinating book!