The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
By: Kristin Kimball
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"This book is the story of the two love affairs that interrupted the trajectory of my life: one wit…
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1. Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
By: Ellen Stimson
3.14
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In self-deprecating and hilarious fashion, Mud Season chronicles Stimson's transition from city lif… read more
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"Darlin'," he drawled, "go when you are invited. Bring good boots, drive slow, take blankets, carry your own salt, but by all means... go where the light is. That's not bad advice, wherever you live. …"-Ellen Stimson, Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
"A sweet friend of my Hannah's said that Christmas only makes her sad. "It's just for happy families it makes everyone else miserable." But there is a secret truth about family. Eventually you get to …"-Ellen Stimson, Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens and Sheep, and Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity After Another
2. A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
By: Molly Wizenberg
3.94
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
When Molly Wizenberg's father died of cancer, everyone told her to go easy on herself, to hold off … read more
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"Even the Thanksgiving when her parents had just divorced, Hoosier Pie made the cut. ...They also, incidentally, made a pumpkin pie, but it fell on the floor, a classic example of survival of the fitt…"-Molly Wizenberg, A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
3. Miss Julia Hits the Road (Miss Julia, #4)
By: Ann B. Ross
2.64
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Miss Julia--that Southern spitfire of a certain age who is never less than charming, even when she'… read more
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4. Never Turn Your Back on an Angus Cow: My Life as a Country Vet
By: David Fisher , Jan Pol
3.64
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
The star of The Incredible Dr. Pol shares his amusing, and often poignant, tales from his four deca… read more
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5. Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
By: Novella Carpenter
3.47
Format: None pages,
"One of New York Times Top 10 Books of 2009" (Dwight Garner) "Captivating... By turns edgy, moving,… read more
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6. The Dirty Life: On Farming, Food, and Love
By: Kristin Kimball
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
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7. The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution
By: None
2.50
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
The inspiring and sometimes hilarious story of a family that quit the rat race and left the city to… read more
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8. Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life
By: Jenna Woginrich
3.97
Format: 179 pages, Hardcover
"Point is, it feels good to get dirty, work hard, and slow down."In a world of mass-produced food, … read more
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9. Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
By: Mildred Armstrong Kalish
4.75
Format: 2112 pages,
I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to descr… read more
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10. Folks, This Ain't Normal: A Farmer's Advice for Happier Hens, Healthier People, and a Better World
By: Joel Salatin
4.89
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
From farmer Joel Salatin's point of view, life in the 21st century just ain't normal. In FOLKS, THI… read more
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11. Barnheart: The Incurable Longing for a Farm of One's Own
By: Jenna Woginrich
3.23
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
With humor and poise, Jenna Woginrich describes her adventurous self-education in homesteading. Poi… read more
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12. One-Woman Farm: The Seasons of Life Shared with Sheepdogs, Goats, Woodstoves, and a Feisty Fiddle
By: Jenna Woginrich
4.50
Format: 282 pages, Paperback
Jenna Woginrich's inspiring journey from city cubicle to rural homestead has captivated readers of … read more
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13. Gaining Ground: A Story of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, and Saving the Family Farm
By: None
4.28
Format: None pages, Paperback
One fateful day in 1996, upon discovering that five freight cars' worth of glittering corn have rea… read more
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14. The Mayflower Bride (Daughters of the Mayflower #1)
By: Kimberley Woodhouse
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Paperback
A New Series Begins for Lovers of History, Adventure, Romance, and Ancestry A brand new series for … read more
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15. The Feast Nearby: How I lost my job, buried a marriage, and found my way by keeping chickens, foraging, preserving, bartering, and eating locally (all on $40 a week)
By: None
3.84
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Within a single week in 2009, food journalist Robin Mather found herself on the threshold of a divo… read more
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16. Dear Mom and Dad: A Letter About Family, Memory, and the America We Once Knew
By: Patti Davis
3.61
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
A remarkably poignant writer for our troubled times, Patti Davis writes about love, loss, and the p… read more
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17. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
By: Barbara Kingsolver
4.05
Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition
Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural lif… read more
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"This story about good food begins in a quick-stop convenience market."-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
"Value is not made of money, but a tender balance of expectation and longing."-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
"When moral superiority combines with billowing ignorance, they fill up a hot-air balloon that’s awfully hard not to poke."-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
"Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly."-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
18. Old-Fashioned on Purpose: Cultivating a Slower, More Joyful Life
By: Jill Winger
4.42
Format: None pages, ebook
"In a world where so many of us are craving a life of simplicity and meaning, Old-Fashioned on Purp… read more
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19. The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
By: Meghan Cox Gurdon
4.30
Format: 304 pages, ebook
A Wall Street Journal writer’s conversation-changing look at how reading aloud makes adults and chi… read more
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"Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the eye itself can be coaxed, informed, and persuaded."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"There are times when dreams sustain us more than facts. To read a book and surrender to a story is to keep our very humanity alive."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"By setting aside time every day, we can leave the pixelated wilds and rest at least for a little while in a place of unplugged, authentic human connection."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
"Wherever young people are growing up, they deserve to know what went into the making of their world. They have a right to be free to enjoy the richness that history and culture have bequeathed them."-Meghan Cox Gurdon, The Enchanted Hour: The Miraculous Power of Reading Aloud in the Age of Distraction
20. Flat Broke with Two Goats
By: Jennifer McGaha
3.26
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and na… read more
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"When I was growing up, my parents had created for my brother and me the perfect upper middle-class lifestyle. We had everything we needed, and most things we wanted. We took piano lessons. We went to…"-Jennifer McGaha, Flat Broke with Two Goats
"I realized that if someone told me right then that I could go back 10 years, have my old life back exactly as it was, a life where I never saw my husband, where our lives were always about becoming i…"-Jennifer McGaha, Flat Broke with Two Goats
21. The Growing Season: How I Saved an American Farm--And Built a New Life
By: Sarah Frey
4.12
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
One tenacious woman's journey to escape rural poverty and create a billion-dollar farming business-… read more
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