Still Life with Chickens: Starting Over in a House by the Sea
by Catherin Goldhammer


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In this beautifully written and frequently funny memoir, Catherine Goldhammer, newly separated, along with her twelve-year-old daughter, starts life anew in a cottage by the sea, in a rustic town where live bait is sold from vending machines. Partly to... (read more)

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Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey. The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World
by Holley Bishop


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Honey has been waiting almost ten million years for a good biography. Bees have been making this prized food -- for centuries the world's only sweetener -- for millennia, but we humans started recording our fascination with it only in the past few... (read more)

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Practical Blacksmithing & Metalworki 2ND Edition
by Percy Blandford


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Blacksmithing and metalworking can be easier than you would imagine. This book shows you how - with some patience and a working knowledge of metals, tools, and techniques - blacksmithing can be a rewarding, inexpensive hobby. Using simple instructions... (read more)

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Pocketful of Poultry
by Carol Ekarius


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104 Fabulous FowlPecking, clucking, posing, preening. Whatever they happen to be doing, barnyard birds have a special knack for making us smile. Enjoy their charm and discover interesting facts about your favorite chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese in... (read more)

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Epitaph for a Peach: Four Seasons on My Family Farm
by David Mas Masumoto


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As pleasurable as a perfect peach, Epitaph for a Peach tells the passionate story of one farmer's attempt to rescue one of the last truly sweet and juicy fruits from becoming obsolete in a world that increasingly values commerciality over quality. The... (read more)

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Dangerous Harvest: Drug Plants and the Transformation of Indigenous Landscapes
by Michael K Steinberg


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Throughout history almost all traditional indigenous societies have used psychoactive substances derived from plants in religious and healing rituals. Once such plants are adopted by outsiders for profane use, the often impoverished peasant farmers who... (read more)

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Farmall: The Golden Age 1924-1954
by Lee Klancher


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The Farmall tractors of the first part of the 20th century brought the Industrial Revolution to the farm, playing a key role in America's transformation from a primarily agrarian society to an industrialized nation. In Farmall Tractors 1924-54: The... (read more)

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Practical Poultry Keeping
by Joseph Batty


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11 edition. Coverage of all the main aspects of poultry keeping, including breeding, incubation, storage of eggs, breeds, systems of management, sheds and runs and common ailments.... (read more)

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Artisan Farming: Lessons, Lore, and Recipes
by Richard Harris


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Artisan Farming Lessons, Lore, and Recipes from New Mexico Astisan Farming focuses on the unique farming culture of New Mexico. Laden with rich photos, ripe with human interest stories, and bounteous with tantalizing recipes, Artisan Farming explores... (read more)

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Extraordinary Chickens
by Step Green Armytage


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The classic introduction to the world of exotic ornamental chickens in a new chunky format designed to be held in the palm of the hand. It features photographs of chickens of all colours, shapes and sizes, including breeds from places as far apart as... (read more)

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Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
by Samuel Fromartz




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Who would have thought that a natural food supermarket could have been a financial refuge from the dot-com bust? But it had. Sales of organic food had shot up about 20 percent per year since 1990, reaching $11 billion by 2003....Whole Foods managed to... (read more)

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Organic, Inc.: Natural Foods and How They Grew
by Samuel Fromartz


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PRAISE FOR ORGANIC, INC. "Sam Fromartz has the ability to transform an important subject into an interesting one, as he does with this vivid, vital book, Organic, Inc. No, it's not a new wave or diet book. It's a book that will alter the way we think... (read more)

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Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings: Plan, Design, Build
by Creative Homeowner


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Written with the do-it-yourselfer in mind, Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings gives readers the information they need to plan, build, and finish a utility building. This revised and expanded edition presents a variety of buildings, from the simplest garden... (read more)

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The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens
by Tamara Staples


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Chickens are bewitching birds: lush plumage, gleaming feathers, perfect thighs. But few meet the standard of perfection of the American poultry show, the beauty pageant of the barnyard and the true test of poultry pulchritude. In The Fairest Fowl... (read more)

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Following the Bloom: Across America with the Migratory Beekeepers
by Douglas Whynott


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Twelve months on the road with America's last cowboys: the migratory beekeepers. In this absorbing work of literary journalism, Douglas Whynott introduces us to the world of migratory beekeeping, a world composed of clandestine state-border crossings... (read more)

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Raising Less Corn, More Hell: The Case for the Independent Farm and Against Industrial Agriculture
by George Pyle


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In Raising Less Corn, More Hell George B. Pyle shows us how the famous breadbasket of America is being bought up by large corporations, who produce less food per acre than the small farmer, push those farmers further into debt, pollute the earth and wear... (read more)

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Yamsi: A Year in the Life of a Wilderness Ranch (Northwest Reprints)
by Dayton Hyde


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Hyde's exuberant record of a year on his cattle ranch, where hard work and hardships coexist with a dedication to the principles of conservation and sound ecology.... (read more)

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The Big Book of John Deere Tractors: The Complete Model-By-Model Encyclopedia, Plus Classic Toys, Brochures, and Collectibles
by Don Macmillian


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The John Deere company boasts a tremendously rich heritage going back to 1837 when Deere, a blacksmith from Illinois, changed the agricultural landscape by producing a polished, self-scouring plow made of high-grade steel. From the trademark Deere green... (read more)

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