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Vintage volume V-781
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"Story revolves around two individuals, Inger and Isak, and their elemental existence in the rough, open country of Norway." *** "I do not know how to express the admiration I feel for this wonderful book without seeming to be extravagant. I am not usually lavish with my praise, but indeed the book impresses me as among the very greatest novels I have ever read. It is wholly beautiful; it is saturated with wisdom and humor and tenderness." H.G. Wells...
2) Farming
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An introduction, in simple text and illustrations, to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons.
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"What are three city friends to do when a couple of newly adopted baby poodles turn out to be sheep and some eggs thought to be rotten hatch into ducklings? For Gemma, Meera, and Karl, the answer's easy--turn the abandoned train station into a city farm! Throw in a friendly policeman, a chicken-herding dog, and a pair of runaway goats, and you've got yourself the start of Silver Street Farm--the little farm in the big city. Welcome to Silver Street...
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South of the Big Four is a gracefully told, arresting look at an America in which the center no longer holds, where a new kind of forgiveness and understanding must be found. In the tradition of A Thousand Acres and A Map of the World, the novel's sudden truths and lasting images transcend the daily lives of its Midwestern characters to create a penetrating, resonant story, made all the more remarkable because it is the author's debut.
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In a radical departure from her urban life, Ann Turner buys a piece of remote Vermont land and sets up a tent home in deep forest. She's trying to escape an unending string of personal disasters in Boston; more, she desperately wants to leave behind a world she sees as increasingly defined by consumerism, hypocrisy, and division.As she writes in her journal, "There's got to be a more honest, less divided way to live."She soon learns she was mistaken...
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Describes how an urban bookworm and children's book author, along with her partner, set out to fulfill a lifelong dream of owning a working farm in Minnesota, offering a heartwarming, frequently humorous take on their crash course in living off and living with the land.
11) One of ours
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The winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1923, this novel by Willa Cather follows the son of a successful farmer and a dearly religious mother who, despite his destiny to live a comfortable life, continues to ail under the pressure of his father's success. Claude Wheeler is living the typical college life at Temple College, a Christian university in the area. After failing to convince his parents to send him to a state school, Claude slowly begins to adjust...
13) One Monday
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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Over the course of a week, the wind plays havoc all around Annabelle's farm.
14) Bonny's big day
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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Farmer Skipton is persuaded to enter his old carthorse, Bonny, in the Darrowby Pet Show.
15) One man's meat
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xiv, 279 pages ; 24 cm
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First published in 1942, One Man's Meat has been in print almost without interruption. Now these classic essays on Maine life have come home to roost with a Maine publisher.
E. B. White began this collection as a series of pieces for Harper's Magazine when he left New York City and moved to a saltwater farm in Brooklin, Maine. His observations on town meetings, poultry, the weather, songbirds, compost, taxes, war, winter, and much more will resonate...
17) Thunder-Boomer!
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32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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A farm family scurries for shelter from a violent thunderstorm that brings welcome relief from the heat and also an unexpected surprise.
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1 videodisc (approximately 30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Baby MacDonald introduces infants and toddlers to the sunrise, the barn, the tractors, feeding the animals, and the crops in the fields. Using real-world images and delightful puppet scenes featuring a cow, pig and rooster, your little one will enjoy traditional nursery rhymes along with classical music specially re-orchestrated just for the little ears.
19) The promise
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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While helping her neighbor assist one of his cows in giving birth, Ramie hears a story of another birth helped by a young person interested in cows.
20) Farm-fresh cats
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1 volume : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm
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English
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A farmer is surprised to discover that he has grown a crop of very unusual cats instead of cabbages.
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