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42) Lyon's Gate
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548 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
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Five years after Jason Sherbrooke leaves England for Baltimore and the Wyndhams (The valentine legacy), one of the premiere racing families in the area, he wakes up early one morning with Horace's ugly pug face staring him down, and knows it's time for him to go home. Jason wants to breed and race horses, primarily his own thoroughbred Dodger, who's faster than a Baltimore pickpocket. When his twin James takes him to Lyon's Gate, a once-renowned racing...
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This story begins in the 1960s, and explores how Mimi Miller comes of age, over and over again. As the years go by, the unthinkable starts to seem inevitable. Anna Quindlen's novel takes us through the changing eras of Mimi and her family, as secrets are revealed, and the heartbreaks of growing up and falling in love with the wrong man are overcome.
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"The family farm lies at the heart of our national identity, and yet its future is in peril. Rick Hammond grew up on a farm, and for forty years he has raised cattle and crops on his wife's fifth-generation homestead in Nebraska, in hopes of passing it on to their four children. But as the handoff nears, their small family farm--and their entire way of life--are under siege. Beyond the threat posed by rising corporate ownership of land and livestock,...
46) Small-space vegetable gardens: growing great edibles in containers, raised beds, and small plots
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213 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
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Bellamy has years of experience in gardening small, and she shows you how to plan and build your garden-- on balconies, in raised beds, up walls, across parking strips, and more. She'll give you creative and surprising solutions to limited growing space.
47) She can tell
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340 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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After she returns to Pennsylvania to rebuild her family horse farm, Rachel Parker discovers someone vandalizing the property, leaving ominous warnings she can't ignore.
49) Amara's farm
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There are many plants on Amara's farm. Today is the day she looks for her pumpkins.
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164 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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English
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"As the average age of America's farmers continues to rise, we face serious questions about what farming will look like in the near future, and who will be growing our food. Many younger people are interested in going into agriculture, especially organic farming, but cannot find affordable land, or lack the conceptual framework and practical information they need to succeed in a job that can be both difficult and deeply fulfilling. In Fruitful Labor,...
51) Otis
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1 volume (unnumbered) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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Español
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Otis es un tractor especial. Otis quiere a su granjero y le encanta trabajar. También es un buen amigo del ternerito que duerme en la casilla vecina. Pero cuando Otis fue reemplazado por un enorme tractor amarillo, lo abandonan detrás del establo, inutilizado, desapercibido ... hasta que el ternerito quedó atascado en Charco Lodo. Solamente un tractor podrá venir a rescatarlo. ¿Será Otis el que puede salvar el día?
When a big new yellow...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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During the day on an unusual farm, Daisy the lazy cow would rather eat jelly than grass, Frankie the cranky dog watches television instead of sheep, and the other animals behave equally oddly but at night, all are good at sleeping.
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Wherever you live - farm, suburb, or even city - The Homesteading Handbook will show you how to embrace a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Learn to plan, plant, and harvest your own organic garden. Enjoy fruits and vegetables year-round by canning, drying, and freezing. Build and install alternate energy devices such as solar panels or geothermal heat pumps ... From beekeeping to basket weaving to baking, this handy guide has everything you need to...
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"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon...
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44 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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Sophie and Goose go on a class trip to the farm. Soon Goose feels left out and sets out on his own. He meets many new animals along the way, but it's not quite the same as being with Sophie until ... Baaaa! Has Goose made a new friend?
57) Mommy! Mommy!
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English
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Follow two chicks on a search through the barnyard for their mother hen.
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Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - the Curse of Six Daughters. With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes. Willa goes after her, following a trail that leads into the dangerous Lost...
59) Chicken talk
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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English
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"From Newbery Medalist MacLachlan and "New York Times"-bestselling illustrator Krosoczka comes a cheeky and heartwarming picture book about chickens who scratch messages around the farm for their humans to find--resulting in surprise, chaos, and plenty of fun."--Publisher's description.
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