Seeds of Wealth
Seeds of Wealth

Author: Henry Hobhouse

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Published: 2012-08-23

Total Pages: 303

ISBN-13: 1447231333

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Henry Hobhouse was the first to recognise plants as a causal factor in history in his Seeds of Wealth. In this new book, he examines four plants: rubber, timber, tobacco and the wine grape, each of which enormously increased the wealth of those who dealt in them, created great new industries and changed the course of history. Ancient Rome's monopoly on wine production had huge economic and hygienic importance. Without rubber, there would have been no development of cars, buses and trucks, bicycles, waterproof clothing or even tennis balls and condoms. Tobacco has largely been condemned for its effects on health and its true role in history ignored. Tobacco has often been used in place of currency and its growth in Virginia supported a colony that produced much of the talent that made Independence possible. Timber shortages led the British Royal Navy to become dependent on American timber. The dearth of timber drove English coal mines deep, which led to the steam pumps, steam engines, and ultimately the Industrial Revolution. These are fascinating stories the effect of minutiae on the great waves of history. 'You cannot help but admire and enjoy the company of a man who takes such a novel and global view of history' Spectator

Seeds of Empire
Seeds of Empire

Author: Andrew J. Torget

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2015-08-06

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 1469624257

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By the late 1810s, a global revolution in cotton had remade the U.S.-Mexico border, bringing wealth and waves of Americans to the Gulf Coast while also devastating the lives and villages of Mexicans in Texas. In response, Mexico threw open its northern territories to American farmers in hopes that cotton could bring prosperity to the region. Thousands of Anglo-Americans poured into Texas, but their insistence that slavery accompany them sparked pitched battles across Mexico. An extraordinary alliance of Anglos and Mexicans in Texas came together to defend slavery against abolitionists in the Mexican government, beginning a series of fights that culminated in the Texas Revolution. In the aftermath, Anglo-Americans rebuilt the Texas borderlands into the most unlikely creation: the first fully committed slaveholders' republic in North America. Seeds of Empire tells the remarkable story of how the cotton revolution of the early nineteenth century transformed northeastern Mexico into the western edge of the United States, and how the rise and spectacular collapse of the Republic of Texas as a nation built on cotton and slavery proved to be a blueprint for the Confederacy of the 1860s.

Seeds of Change
Seeds of Change

Author: Henry Hobhouse

Publisher: Counterpoint

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 381

ISBN-13: 9781593760496

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An account of the historical influences of six commercial plants, including sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes, quinine, and coca, evaluates their role in the Atlantic slave trade, opening up of China, and establishment of multiple colonial empires. Reprint.

The Wealthy Gardener
The Wealthy Gardener

Author: John Soforic

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2020-02-25

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0593189744

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A heartwarming series of stories and practical wisdom on entrepreneurship and wealth in the vein of Rich Dad, Poor Dad, written by a financially independent father for his ambitious son. Soon after he opened his vineyard for business many years ago, the Wealthy Gardener noticed a puzzling fact. Everyone wanted money, but only a few people managed to accumulate it. The reason, he realized, is that most people focus on short term gains instead of achieving lasting wealth. As he grew old and aware of his dwindling time on this Earth, the Wealthy Gardener began to share his hard-earned wisdom with the financially troubled in his community, patiently mentoring those who asked for his practical advice on the ways of prosperity. The parable of the Wealthy Gardener is far more than an admonishment to earn more or spend less; it is about timeless principles. As his lessons reveal, financial freedom is a means to power and control over our lives. Without money, we are subject to the demands and whims of others. With money, we are sheltered from the storm, and we can extend that shelter to our loved ones. Poised to become an intimate financial classic, The Wealthy Gardener will inspire readers to find their own noble purpose and relieve their money worries once and for all. No matter your income level, skillset, or unique economic disadvantages, the lessons in this book will show you the path forward. All you need is the will to work, the desire to succeed, and the motivation to learn.

A Seed Is Sleepy
A Seed Is Sleepy

Author: Dianna Hutts Aston

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2013-09-03

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 145213460X

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Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to a fascinating array of seed and plant facts, making it a guide that is equally at home being read on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle. Plus, this is the fixed format version, which looks almost identical to the print edition.

Secrets of the Millionaire Mind
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind

Author: T. Harv Eker

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0061793663

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#1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today Bestseller! Secrets of the Millionaire Mind reveals the missing link between wanting success and achieving it! Have you ever wondered why some people seem to get rich easily, while others are destined for a life of financial struggle? Is the difference found in their education, intelligence, skills, timing, work habits, contacts, luck, or their choice of jobs, businesses, or investments? The shocking answer is: None of the above! In his groundbreaking Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, T. Harv Eker states: "Give me five minutes, and I can predict your financial future for the rest of your life!" Eker does this by identifying your "money and success blueprint." We all have a personal money blueprint ingrained in our subconscious minds, and it is this blueprint, more than anything, that will determine our financial lives. You can know everything about marketing, sales, negotiations, stocks, real estate, and the world of finance, but if your money blueprint is not set for a high level of success, you will never have a lot of money—and if somehow you do, you will most likely lose it! The good news is that now you can actually reset your money blueprint to create natural and automatic success. Secrets of the Millionaire Mind is two books in one. Part I explains how your money blueprint works. Through Eker's rare combination of street smarts, humor, and heart, you will learn how your childhood influences have shaped your financial destiny. You will also learn how to identify your own money blueprint and "revise" it to not only create success but, more important, to keep and continually grow it. In Part II you will be introduced to seventeen "Wealth Files," which describe exactly how rich people think and act differently than most poor and middle-class people. Each Wealth File includes action steps for you to practice in the real world in order to dramatically increase your income and accumulate wealth. If you are not doing as well financially as you would like, you will have to change your money blueprint. Unfortunately your current money blueprint will tend to stay with you for the rest of your life, unless you identify and revise it, and that's exactly what you will do with the help of this extraordinary book. According to T. Harv Eker, it's simple. If you think like rich people think and do what rich people do, chances are you'll get rich too!

Wealth Quotes
Wealth Quotes

Author: John Soforic

Publisher:

Published: 2021-05

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13:

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Favorite quotes from The Wealthy Gardener: Lessons between Father and Son Frugality Wealth Freedom Prosperity Debt Profit Income Daily Focus Faith Mental Powers Intuition Accurate Thinking Choices Decision Impact Happiness Sacrifice Priorities Service Prudence Effort Courage Self-Trust Meditation Leverage and more.. Warren Buffett, Eckhart Tolle, Paulo Coelho, Cervantes, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Albert Einstein, Shakespeare, Steve Jobs, Jesus, Aesop, Ralph Waldo Emerson, H. Jackson Brown Jr., Montaigne, Brian Tracy, Benjamin Franklin, Peter Drucker, Theodore Roosevelt, George Clason, Hippocrates, Jesus, Phillips Brooks, Ernest Hemingway, Fontaine, Frank Lane, Alan Watts, Lao Tzu, Albert Schweitzer, Earl Nightingale, Winston Churchill, Mahatma Gandhi, Steven Pressfield, Mark Twain, Alistair Cooke, William Ellery Channing, Steve Young, Henry Rollins, Cicero, Buddha, Richard Bach, Samuel Johnson, Virgil, Charlie Munger, Denis Waitley, Abraham Lincoln, Trammell Crow, William James, Phineas Quimby, Pindar, Herodotus, Sydney J. Harris, Grant Cardone, Robert Greene, Richard Nelson Bolles, Charles Schwab, Larry Bird, Rollo May, Marcus Aurelius, Ernest Holmes, Andrew Carnegie, Dean Ornish, Jeff Bezos, Pearl S. Buck, Will Smith, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Albert E.N. Gray, Euripides, Confucius, George Washington, Tony Robbins, Vincent van Gogh, William Osler, Woody Allen, Og Mandino, Angela Duckworth, Seth Godin, Zig Ziglar, Charles Darwin, Benjamin Disraeli, Jim Rohn, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jonathan Swift, Stephen R. Covey, Robin Sharma, Jerry Seinfeld, Max Picard, Russell Simmons, Steve Jobs, Ray Dalio, Deepak Chopra, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Thomas Edison, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Larry Ellison, Pythagoras, Denzel Washington, Jack Canfield, T. Harv Eker, Abraham Maslow, Henry Ford, Malcolm Forbes, Napoleon Hill, Steve Martin, Dave Ramsey, Howard Schultz, Darren Hardy, John C. Maxwell, Nelson Mandela, Les Brown, Robert Kiyosaki, Suze Orman, and many more.

Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers
Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers

Author: Virginia D. Nazarea

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 2005-05-01

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 0816544921

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Farmers and gardeners have long appreciated a wide variety of plants and have nurtured them for meals, healing, and exchange. But diversity too often has been surrendered to monocultures of fields and spirits, predisposing much of modern agriculture to uniformity and, consequently, vulnerability. Today it is primarily at the individual level—such as growing and saving a strange old bean variety or a curious-looking gourd—that any lasting conservation actually takes place. As scientists grapple with the erosion of genetic diversity of crops and their wild relatives, old-timey farmers and gardeners continue to save, propagate, and pass on folk varieties and heirloom seeds. Virginia Nazarea focuses on the role of these seedsavers in the perpetuation of diversity. She thoughtfully examines the framework of scientific conservation and argues for the merits of everyday conservation—one that is beyond programmatic design. Whether considering small-scale rice and sweet potato farmers in the Philippines or participants in the Southern Seed Legacy and Introduced Germplasm from Vietnam in the American South, she explores roads not necessarily less traveled but certainly less recognized in the conservation of biodiversity. Through characters and stories that offer a wealth of insights about human nature and society, Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers helps readers more fully understand why biodiversity persists when there are so many pressures for it not to. The key, Nazarea explains, is in the sovereign spaces seedsavers inhabit and create, where memories counter a culture of forgetting and abandonment engendered by modernity. A book about theory as much as practice, it profiles these individuals, who march to their own beat in a world where diversity is increasingly devalued as the predictability of mass production becomes the norm. Heirloom Seeds and Their Keepers offers a much-needed, scientifically researched perspective on the contribution of seedsaving that illustrates its critical significance to the preservation of both cultural knowledge and crop diversity around the world. It opens new conversations between anthropology and biology, and between researchers and practitioners, as it honors conservation as a way of life.

Seed to Seed
Seed to Seed

Author: Suzanne Ashworth

Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing

Published: 2012-10-31

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0988474905

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A complete seed-saving guide of 160 vegetables, including detailed info on each vegetable.

Seed Libraries
Seed Libraries

Author: Cindy Conner

Publisher: New Society Publishers

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 155092575X

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Community-based initiatives to preserve and protect our food supply Historically, seed companies were generally small, often family-run businesses. Because they were regionally based, they could focus on varieties well-suited to the local environment. A Pacific Northwest company, for example, would specialize in different cultivars than a company based in the Southeast. However the absorption of these small, independent seed businesses into large multinationals, combined with the advancement of biotechnology resulting in hybrids and GMO seeds, has led to a serious loss of genetic diversity. The public is now at the mercy of the corporations that control the seeds. In the past few years, gardeners have realized the inherent danger in this situation. A growing movement is striving to preserve and expand our stock of heritage and heirloom varieties through seed saving and sharing opportunities. Seed Libraries is a practical guide to saving seeds through community programs, including: Step-by-step instructions for setting up a seed library A wealth of ideas to help attract patrons and keep the momentum going Profiles of existing libraries and other types of seed saving partnerships Whoever controls the seeds controls the food supply. By empowering communities to preserve and protect the genetic diversity of their harvest, Seed Libraries is the first step towards reclaiming our self-reliance while enhancing food security and ensuring that the future of food is healthy, vibrant, tasty, and nutritious. Cindy Conner is a permaculture educator, founder of Homeplace Earth and producer of two popular instructional gardening DVDs. She is also the author of Grow a Sustainable Diet .