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Confessions of a counterfeit farm girl
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Susan McCorkindale |
A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don’t mix.At her husband’s prompting, suburban mom and New York career woman Susan McCorkindale agreed to give … |
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The rural life
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Verlyn Klinkenborg |
"In the pages of The New Yorker, Harper's, the New York Times, and his books Making Hay and The Last Fine Time, Verlyn Klinkenborg has mastered a voice of singular lyricism and precision. His subject… |
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Growing a farmer
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Kurt Timmermeister |
A former Seattle urbanite and restaurateur describes the realities of establishing a profitable farm on Vashon Island, his growing awareness of the relationship between food and its sources, and the … |
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The rural life
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Verlyn Klinkenborg |
The hugely admired author of "The Last Fine Time" preserves and makes new the sights, smells, sounds, and poetry of country living. Klinkenborg reveals the beauty of the American landscape, not from … |
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
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Barbara Kingsolver,Camille Kingsolver,Steven L. Hopp |
Bestselling author Barbara Kingsolver returns with her first nonfiction narrative that will open your eyes in a hundred new ways to an old truth: You are what you eat."As the U.S. population made an … |
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Upcountry South Carolina goes to war
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Melissa Walker |
Chronicles through correspondence the lives and concerns of prominent families in piedmont South Carolina during the late-antebellum and Civil War eras. The 124 letters presented here were written by… |
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Animal, vegetable, miracle
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Barbara Kingsolver |
"When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of a… |
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Notes from Old Lyme
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Sydney M. Williams |
"Sydney Williams has compiled a medley of essays that reflect on the precious moments of life spent in contemplation, away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday grind. They include his time spen… |
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