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Winner of the American Horticulture Society Book Award "Phillip's first-hand knowledge anchors this innovative and highly readable book in practical wisdom that both beginner and long-time fruit growers will find invaluable."--Toby Hemenway, author of Gaia's Garden Many people want to grow fruit on a small scale but lack the insight to be successful orchardists. As The Holistic Orchard illustrates, growing tree fruits and berries is something virtually anyone can do. A holistic grower knows that producing fruit is not about manipulating nature but more importantly, fostering nature. The Holistic Orchard demystifies the basic skills everybody should know about the orchard ecosystem, focusing on: Orchard design Soil biology Organic health management Grafting Planting Pruning Choosing the right varieties for your climate Includes a step-by-step instructional calendar to guide growers through the entire orchard year! Fruit profiles include: pome fruits (apples, pears, asian pears, quinces) stone fruits (cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, plums) berries (raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, gooseberries, currants, and elderberries) Phillips completely changed the conversation about healthy orcharding with his first bestselling book, The Apple Grower, and now he takes that dialogue even further by exploring: The connections between home orcharding and permaculture The importance of native pollinators Plantings with shade-tolerant berry bushes and other insectary plants Information on cover crops and biodiversity Safe, homegrown solutions to pest and disease challenges All along the way, Phillips' expertise and enthusiasm for healthy growing shines through, as does his ability to put the usual horticultural facts into an integrated ecology perspective. With The Holistic Orchard in your hand you have every reason in the world to confidently plant that very first--or next--fruit tree!

Regenerative practices for the farm, garden, orchard, forest, and landscape Mycorrhizal fungi have been waiting a long time for people to recognize just how important they are to the making of dynamic soils. These microscopic organisms partner with the root systems of approximately 95 percent of the plants on Earth, and they sequester carbon in much more meaningful ways than human "carbon offsets" will ever achieve. Pick up a handful of old-growth forest soil and you are holding 26 miles of threadlike fungal mycelia, if it could be stretched it out in a straight line. Most of these soil fungi are mycorrhizal, supporting plant health in elegant and sophisticated ways. The boost to green immune function in plants and community-wide networking turns out to be the true basis of ecosystem resiliency. A profound intelligence exists in the underground nutrient exchange between fungi and plant roots, which in turn determines the nutrient density of the foods we grow and eat. Exploring the science of symbiotic fungi in layman's terms, holistic farmer Michael Phillips (author of The Holistic Orchard and The Apple Grower) sets the stage for practical applications across the landscape. The real impetus behind no-till farming, gardening with mulches, cover cropping, digging with broadforks, shallow cultivation, forest-edge orcharding, and everything related to permaculture is to help the plants and fungi to prosper . . . which means we prosper as well. Building soil structure and fertility that lasts for ages results only once we comprehend the nondisturbance principle. As the author says, "What a grower understands, a grower will do." Mycorrhizal Planet abounds with insights into "fungal consciousness" and offers practical, regenerative techniques that are pertinent to gardeners, landscapers, orchardists, foresters, and farmers. Michael's fungal acumen will resonate with everyone who is fascinated with the unseen workings of nature and concerned about maintaining and restoring the health of our soils, our climate, and the quality of life on Earth for generations to come.

Years after the Willis Asylum closed, the secrets of its past lingered in its decaying halls as a reminder to the good people of Auburn Notch-when Evil closes a door, he also opens a window. Sheriff Promise Flynn was new to the town, and she was about to find out some windows should never be opened.Promise Flynn was an overly impulsive Metro Detective whose disregard for procedure resulted in her being shot and left for dead during an investigation. To repair her bruised ego and splintered confidence she abandons the callous dark alleys of Chicago to patrol the quiet, birch-lined streets of Auburn Notch-a favorite vacation spot of her youth. For two years everything was idyllic, until the body of a young girl found in the abandoned asylum awakens the insecurities she thought her new life would insulate her from.As the new sheriff she begins her investigation refusing to accept the similarities between the young woman's death and the circumstances surrounding her own case in Chicago. Unaware of being recognized, she is penciled in at the top of a clever and very surprised murderer's To-Do list. Her internal struggle intensify when a discredited crime reporter from the past arrives in town to resurrect his threadbare reputation, along with an FBI agent chasing down a lead in a cold case. Both men become entangled in Flynn's investigation, obstructing her efforts to solve the young woman's murder and maybe put her past to rest.As the rising current of her past threatens to pull her under, Flynn finds herself unprepared for what lies ahead.

The book is designed to be read 90 days in a row. You'll have days when it's hard to squeeze this reading in, when you're too tired, busy, don't feel well, on vacation, and many other distractions. I had those days in writing the book too. Taking a day off is okay, but get back at it the next day and keep reading daily. I wrote this hoping you would read it 90 days straight to build momentum in your life, so do your best to read every day. I sincerely hope that the principles and daily practices i teach in this book will help you achieve greatness in whatever area of your life you desire. This empowering guide will teach you:How to define success on your own termsHow to cultivate a more positive mindsetHow to develop a growth mindsetHow to find joy and meaning in everyday lifeHow to overcome negative thought patternsHow to build resilience and bounce back from setbacksHow to set and achieve your goalsThis book serves as a roadmap for your personal growth, by offering daily affirmations for the whole month of september.It will empower you to build emotional resilience, allowing you to bounce back from setbacks and maintain a positive outlook in the face of adversity.By developing a robust emotional mindset, you can better manage stress, anxiety, and other negative emotions.

A companion to the author's The Commands of Jesus, this devotional study focuses on 120 commands from the New Testament's epistles and apostolic writings. The brief excerpts are designed to be read one per day, each comprising a single page of the book. This 6 x 9 edition is offered in slightly larger print than the standard edition.

Mike Phillips was a recovering alcoholic and anorexic who found deep joy in his relationship with Jesus. His spiritual journal was recently published in a book entitled "Conversations with Jesus." A man of suffering with a tender heart for others, Mike had a special interest in the passion and sufferings of Jesus. He read and wrote extensively about the passion and suffering of Jesus. "The Passionate Love of Jesus" are a compilation of Mike's reflections on the of the Jesus he loved whom he referred to as "lover" and "savior."

And so in the 1990's, 2000's and 2010's, the white people protested the use of the name "Whiteskins". Things got really bad in the later 2010's when there were protests and riots. Rich white people in Beverly Hills only shopped on Rodeo Drive on alternate Tuesdays. Members of the Greenwich Country Club in Greenwich Connecticut would only leave 5% tips. Customers at the Starbucks in Mid-town Manhattan would only order tall lattes instead of ventis. It was a truly depressing time for the white race in America.

Best-selling novelist Michael Phillips sets up a wonderful cast of characters in this witty mystery set in a fictionalized adaptation of Cullen House in northern Scotland. An eclectic group of aspiring authors--winners of a prestigious writing contest--is invited to a "writer's retreat" at the home of wealthy philanthropist Hugh Barrabault. He is a man who can make each of them famous overnight. They have everything to gain by the success of Barrabault's endeavor. When their host is found murdered by a writing quill of unusual design, late one stormy night when secluded in his mansion with none but his author-guests, it is obvious one of them possesses motives other than fame and fortune. It turns out that all eight have secrets they would prefer not be divulged. When alliances and tensions develop between the former strangers, accusations begin to fly. Someone must take charge. But what if that someone is the murderer?

A seven day study on the practical mechanics of knowing God's will for your life, with accompanying devotional and prayer study guide.

A personal odyssey toward bold thinking faith by best selling author Michael Phillips

A devotional study by bestselling novelist and devotional writer Michael Phillips, identifying 120 commands of Jesus from the gospels. This is a large 6 x 9 edition of The Commands, published in a smaller format in 2012, with identical content. Jesus often introduces the subject of obedience with the tiny but eternally significant word if. He recognizes that there are always two paths-obedience and disobedience. He commands obedience. But many will not obey. This obedience is a natural outgrowth of love: If you love me you will obey my commandments. (John 14:15)He who has my commands and keeps them, he it is who loves me. (John 14:21)If a man loves me, he will keep my word. (John 14:23)You are my friends if you do what I command you. (John 15:14)Jesus is well aware of the games people play with spiritual things. He wants none to mistake what it means to be his follower. Many will claim to love him. Many will pretend to love him. Many will talk about loving him. Many will analyze what it means to love him. However a Christian is distinguished and defined by one, and only one, thing: Obedience.Obedience to the Commands of Jesus is a daily, moment-by-moment choice. We make it over and over. We are continually making it. It is a progressive and ongoing choice that defines what it means to love Jesus and be his follower.In 2012, as he released The Commands of Jesus for the first time, author Michael Phillips wrote: For over 40 years, I have been seeking more deeply to understand, and hopefully to live by, the commands of Jesus. One of the eventful crossroads in this journey took place 40 years ago a week alone in a motel room with no book other than my New Testament. I had gone away specifically for the purpose of determining exactly what commands the New Testament laid upon us. Beyond all the doctrine and theology, what were we simply told to DO. The list that resulted has literally formed the cornerstone of my spiritual outlook ever since. A year and a half ago I embarked on what can only be called the project of a lifetime to distill these years of prayerful reflection into a concise book on the commands of Jesus. That book is now complete. It is simply called The Commands. It represents my attempt to focus the prism of God's light in such a way as to illuminate a few powerful sayings that a Man said some 2000 years ago during the time He walked among us. When God stepped onto the planet, everything changed. That change is still transforming lives today. In one sense, this book has been 40 years in the making as God has deepened, refined, and continually focused the single prayer of my heart, Father, make me like Jesus. I can say without reservation that this is THE most important book I have ever compiled.

A concise yet thorough illumination of the essential fundamentals of "practical," not doctrinal, Christianity. This skillful blending of The Four Spiritual Laws and Lewis's Mere Christianity is a new "must read" for Christians, as well as those desiring to know just what Christianity is...and what it isn't.

A fictional fantasy of one man's journey to heaven. A companion to the author's Hell and Beyond.

Angel Dreams is a memorable love story for Christmas, and for the special days of all the year. This delightful real-life "fantasy," with a little of the miraculous thrown in, is unlike anything you have read before. Imaginative broadcaster and author Chris Schneider teams up in Angel Dreams with master storyteller and best-selling novelist Michael Phillips in an exciting new co-writing partnership. You will think you've stepped into the middle of a Hallmark movie as the touching story of Janet Holiday and Luke Kirch slowly and mysteriously unfolds. The lives of the two strangers gradually intertwine long before either has any idea what is happening. Is destiny drawing them closer, or is it the work of a mysterious Man who knows both more intimately than they know themselves? It will take a Christmas miracle for them to discover the answer.

Michael Phillips's "sequel" to C.S. Lewis's classic Mere Christianity, in which Phillips urges "bold" Christianity as the next step beyond "mere" Christianity. Phillips is the well-known biographer and redactor of George MacDonald, the man whose writings led Lewis out of atheism into Christianity.

A detailed exploration of George MacDonald's perspectives of the afterlife and the doctrine of universal reconciliation, written and compiled by MacDonald biographer and redactor Michael Phillips. The book includes extensive selections from MacDonald's writings, hence the shared author byline. In a time when the purpose of hell is being widely reevaluated in many Christian circles, this volume offers one of the most comprehensive, balanced, objective, and informative books on hell available. It serves as the non-fiction companion to Phillips' best-selling afterlife fantasy Hell and Beyond.

A valuable resource tool compiled by best-selling author Michael Phillips, which includes a broad selection of readings by various authors on the subject of universal reconciliation. A thorough list of Scriptures is also included, giving scriptural evidence for both opposing views (for and against) this controversial Christian doctrine. In the fifteen years since its first publication, many readers have been helped by this book to navigate with objectivity and balance through the heated arguments that the subject of "universalism" often raises. Phillips' approach in this compilation is unique: He does not attempt to argue for or against any position. He merely lays out the thoughts of others for consideration, and leaves the reader to make up his or her own mind.

An Introductory Overview of the Theology of George MacDonald, with extensive quotes progressively arranged to provide a backdrop for understanding MacDonald's thought. Notes and compilation by noted MacDonald biographer and expert Michael Phillips. This brief volume of 75 pages represents a companion to the more comprehensive title George MacDonald's Transformation Theology of the Christian Faith.

A compilation of the complete published sermons of George MacDonald, some complete and presented in both original and edited formats, others condensed to highlight essential themes. The selections are introduced and briefly placed in their theological and historical context by MacDonald scholar and biographer Michael Phillips. This 400 page volume is one of the most thorough and significant presentations of George MacDonald's groundbreaking and transformational theology ever published and is an indispensable aid in understanding the thought of the 19th century Scotsman and his place in Christian theological history.

A prominent atheist dies unexpectedly and goes to hell. Or so it appears...but nothing is what it seems in this engrossing allegorical novel about the afterlife. In the tradition of C.S. Lewis' The Great Divorce and John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Michael Phillips has produced a riveting tale of eternity. Hell and Beyond is a lively and fascinating trip through the afterlife-one that will inspire you to re-discover the significance of your life here and now. The key endorsements of several prominent authors marks Hell and Beyond as one of the significant publishing events of 2013. Eugene Peterson says, "I highly recommend Hell and Beyond to anyone expecting to die, whether sooner or later." Paul Young, author of The Shack writes in the Foreword to Hell and Beyond, "Phillips has offered a breathtaking and important addition to the world of traditional theological allegory." And C. Baxter Kruger, author of The Shack Revisited, praises Hell and Beyond with the words, "Michael Phillips has done the impossible--written a thriller on hell." Discover why these men and readers around the world are comparing Hell and Beyond with C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce and George MacDonald's Lilith. Hell and Beyond is available in bound-book and e-book formats.

Everything you need to know to start as a physical therapy aide or to better your skills as a current aide. The information that was used to create this book has been drawn from Physical Therapists from a variety of settings. The book is structured by describing the role of a PT aide, different physical therapy settings, common modalities used in a physical therapy setting, and a quick crash course of relevant anatomy.

"After a shocking presidential assassination in the early 2030s, this second installment of the Tribulation Cult series continues to follow the lives of four former college friends. Their divergent life paths take two of their number to the very summit of world politics. As the nation continues to split along liberal and conservative lines, the future of Christianity in America becomes increasingly divisive."--

In recent years it is with grave concern we have watched the rapid changes taking place in America and throughout the world. As a people we are increasingly engaged in an ideological tug of war that will determine our future, and that of generations to come. The objective of Endangered Virtues and the Coming Ideological War is to inquire what kind of people serious Christians are called to be. Hopefully we can give intelligent and prayerful thought to our responses to changes coming to the world with startling forcefulness, but that have been met with equally astonishing complacency. Silence, neutrality, and docile compliance will not be an option much longer.

"Beginning with the emergence of the New Left out of the tumultuous 1960s, the first two installments of Tribulation Cult stretch over three generations, climaxing with the election of 2048. Center stage are four college friends who follow divergent life paths two Christians who become ministers, their liberal counterparts who rise to the summit of world politics.The journeys of the four focus many interconnected themes in the lives of men and women who must decide where they stand as the nation increasingly splits along liberal and conservative lines, and what role the church is meant to play in that divide. Will true Christians be viewed as a cult, ostracized from mainstream society, culture, and politics?"--

Orphaned at the tender age of seven, Jamie MacLeod comes to live with her grandfather on the wild but beautiful mountain of Donachie. There she begins to wonder what life can offer a mere Scottish shepherd lass. She longs to fulfill her father's dying dream that somehow she rise from her humble beginnings--the poverty and restrictions of her upbringing--to become a lady of distinction, to be someone in the world. Jamie's quest for nobility leads from the land of her beginnings to the city of dreams and beyond. And while the lure of adventure and romance tug at her affections, the values she learned from the simple faith of her grandfather resurface to guard her. But will she ultimately discover who she really is?

The Russia They Know Is Crumbling. Can Their Faith in God Bring Triumph Out of Tragedy? In this compelling sequel to A House Divided authors Michael Phillips and Judith Pella continue the saga of two families--the aristocratic Fedorcenkos of St. Petersburg and the humble Burenins, peasants from Katyk. The Fedorcenko family has much to rejoice in: the marriage of Princess Katrina, the anticipation of a new baby, and the return of Prince Sergei.But even as they celebrate, rebel forces are at work to overthrow the tsar--and the house of Fedorcenko along with it.From the frozen wasteland of Siberia to the tumult of St. Petersburg, the authors weave a story of love, loyalty, and the One who is sovereign over both rich and poor.

The Heroes Have Returned . . . But the Turmoil Rages OnAs the war in the Balkans draws to its bitter close, Prince Sergei Fedorcenko returns to St. Petersburg and to his love, the young servant Anna Burenin. But the battle still rages--both within Sergei's heart and in the revolution that threatens to overthrow the tsar's tenuous control over his vast empire. Anna's brother, Paul, disillusioned with a peasant's lot in tsarist Russia, joins with his revolutionary friends. Yet even as he seeks to make a difference for the future of his beloved motherland, his violent actions may endanger the life of the sister he loves so much.Torn between love for her family and devotion to the Fedorcenko family, Anna faces life-changing decisions. Her faith in God is all that supports her as she stands in the gap to keep her loved ones--and all of Russia--from becoming a house divided.