Amanda Harris – författare

At the turn of the nineteenth century—when most food in America was bland and brown and few people appreciated the economic potential of then-exotic foods—David Fairchild convinced the U.S. Department of Agriculture to finance overseas explorations to find and bring back foreign cultivars. Fairchild traveled to remote corners of the globe, searching for fruits, vegetables, and grains that could find a new home in American fields and in the American diet.

In Fruits of Eden, Amanda Harris vividly recounts the exploits of Fairchild and his small band of adventurers and botanists as they traversed distant lands—Algeria, Baghdad, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Java, and Zanzibar—to return with new and exciting flavors. Their expeditions led to a renaissance not only at the dinner table but also in horticulture, providing diversity of crops for farmers across the country.

Not everyone was supportive, however. The scientific community was concerned with invasive species, and World War I fanned the flames of xenophobia in Washington. Adversaries who believed Fairchild’s discoveries would contaminate the purity of native crops eventually shut down his program, but his legacy lives on in today’s modern kitchen, where navel oranges, Meyer lemons, honeydew melons, soybeans, and durum wheat are now standard.

The origins of anthropology lie in expeditionary journeys. But since the rise of immersive fieldwork, usually by a sole investigator, the older tradition of team-based social research has been largely eclipsed. Expeditionary Anthropology argues that expeditions have much to tell us about anthropologists and the people they studied. The book charts the diversity of anthropological expeditions and analyzes the often passionate arguments they provoked. Drawing on recent developments in gender studies, indigenous studies, and the history of science, the book argues that even today, the ‘science of man’ is deeply inscribed by its connections with expeditionary travel.

Amanda Harris presents her inspiring autobiography. Travel with her as she shares her life experiences from diagnosis of a visual impairment, at only a few weeks old, to becoming a successful business owner and motivational speaker. An honest, moving and funny story highlighting transformation from the only disabled child in the playground to a strong independent woman.

Along the way, Amanda includes practical information for those facing sight loss and their families, friends, colleagues and employers.

Amanda is often asked how she manages in everyday life and she wishes to dispel disability myths by answering some FAQs. Her answers are frank and humorous and will assist those who want to fully engage with people experiencing sight loss in their personal life or within their workplace.

She proves disability is no barrier to being successful and has blown the phrase: "She will never..." out of the water!

Cass didn''t expect to find herself homeless the same night she left the hospital with her newborn.

Sean didn''t expect to share his home with a stranger and her baby.

Cass found a family she would do anything to protect, even walk away and break her own heart.

Find out what can happen when you take a chance with a stranger on a hot June night.

What would you do if your place in your body was not static? What if at any moment you could find yourself in a different life? Miranda Stone has had to deal with slipping in and out of her life every day, and she had the balancing act perfected. Until the day she slipped into Kara and her whole world turned upside down.

SLIP is a fast-paced thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

The Worths have always been close and conventional, on the surface. No one but Maria knows the secrets she keeps just to hold them all together. Until now. Follow a mother and daughter as they go through a summer of epic change. Maria''s lifetime secret unravels, and Madi''s ties that hold her home are slowly loosened.

Madi is still living at home while working the same job she did as a teen. She loves her life though and does not see why she needs to change a thing. Until her brother''s best friend returns to town and starts working on an old sailboat while talking of adventure on the high seas. Will she stop her heart from falling in love? Or will she take a chance and leap with him for the first time in her life?

Maria wants her daughter to grow and evolve but also needs to keep her close as she knows the family is about to be uprooted by her secret. Maria allows her secrets to eat at her mind and body from the inside as she weighs how to reveal the truth to her husband and children.

As the summer progresses, Madi falls in love and Maria falls apart. Follow Maria, Madie, and the rest of the Worth family as they navigate life and change in a small Maine town.