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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
by Barbara Kingsolver and Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver  
Powells.com Staff Pick After 25 years in the Arizona desert, in 2004, Kentucky-bred Barbara Kingsolver moved back to the Appalachians, to a Virginia farm just hours from her childhood home. Family called. "Returning," she explains in Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, "would allow my...
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Mildred Armstrong Kalish Review “Using this book alone, one could reconstruct, with glorious exactness, a lost time and place. Mildred Kalish has a novelist's eye for detail and a beautiful understanding of what the gestures of daily life mean. A lovely, wise...
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The Little Book of Compost: Recipes for a Healthy Garden and Happy Planet
by Allan Shepherd Publisher Comments Whether you are crazy about compost or just eager to discover the uses of organic plant food, this handy guide will show you exactly how easy compost is to make. The basics of soil science are explained, including details on how to find and...
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Miniature Horses: A Veterinary Guide for Owners & Breeders
by Rebecca L. Frankeny Publisher Comments Offering a complete list of prescriptive solutions to a variety of ailments, this resource provides Miniature horse owners and veterinarians with the information they need to safely and appropriately treat health issues that affect the breed...
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Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
by Pamela Ronald Publisher Comments By the year 2050, Earth's population will double. If we continue with current farming practices, vast amounts of wilderness will be lost, millions of birds and billions of insects will die, and the public will lose billions of dollars as a consequence of...
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Rapid Review of Small Exotic Animal Medicine and Husbandry
by Neil Forbes Synopsis This wide-ranging review is divided into four sections - small mammals, birds, reptiles/amphibians, ornamental fish - and consists of an introduction to the essential aspects of medicine and husbandry of each group of animals, 400 colour-illustrated...
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How to Raise Pigs: Everything You Need to Know: Breed Guide & Selection/Proper Care & Healthy Feeding/Building Facilities & Fencing/Showi (How to Raise...)
by Philip Hasheider Publisher Comments No matter if your goal is to raise one pig or a herd, the expert advice in this hands-on guidebook will tell you all you need to know. How to Raise Pigs guides readers through swine operations from beginning to end. With more than 200 color photographs...
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During Wind & Rain (P)
by Margaret Jones Bolsterli Publisher Comments In telling the story of five generations of her family and its farm in the Arkansas Delta, Margaret Jones Bolsterli brings together her own research, historical perspective, and family lore as it reaches her from the days of her great-grandfather down to...
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Legendary John Deere Tractors: A Photographic History
by Andrew Morland Publisher Comments Legendary John Deere Tractors is an unprecedented look at the Big Green machines that have been farmers’ favorites for more than 80 years. With nearly 500 photographs, this book features all the classic two-cylinder Deere tractors—the D, A, B,...
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Oh Behave!: Dogs from Pavlov to Premack to Pinker
by Jean Donaldson Synopsis Jean Donaldson brings her considerable wisdom - and wit - to a wide variety of topics of interest to dog trainers and enthusiasts in the latest book from Dogwise Publishing. In 55 essays, Jean tackles issues ranging from the nature vs nurture debate, to...
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The Last of the Husbandmen: A Novel of Farming Life
by Gene Logsdon Publisher Comments In The Last of the Husbandmen, Gene Logsdon looks to his own roots in Ohio farming life to depict the personal triumphs and tragedies, clashes and compromises, and abiding human character of American farming families and communities. From the Great...
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Shear Spirit: Ten Fiber Farms, Twenty Patterns, and Miles of Yarn
by Joan Tapper Publisher Comments An artisan who captures Maine’s summer air in her sun-and-sea-dyed yarns. A weaver and a poet whose Buddhist stupa sits near the barns of their Massachusetts farm. Two scientists turned sheep farmers whose flock grazes in the shadows of Montana...
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Environmental Best Management Practices for Aquaculture
by Craig S. (edt) Tucker Publisher Comments Published in Cooperation with THE UNITED STATES AQUACULTURE SOCIETY The rapid growth of aquaculture worldwide and domestically has caused concerns over social and environmental impacts. Environmental advocacy groups and government regulatory agencies...
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Running for the Hills: A Memoir
by Horatio Clare Publisher Comments Before Horatio Clare was born, his parents fell in love with a place -- a remote sheep farm in Wales, physically and in every other way far from the lives they were forging as young professionals in London. The farm was high up a mountain, nearly...
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Hoof Problems: Hoof Construction, Trimming and Shoeing, Solutions for Common Issues and Ailments
by Rob Van Nassau Publisher Comments Providing the first accessible look into farrier studies—the shoeing of horses—this guide offers research and diagrams that will help horse owners and trainers better understand more than 50 common hoof problems. Featuring...
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Essentials of Veterinary Ophthalmology
by Kirk N. Gelatt Synopsis Essentials of Veterinary Ophthalmology is a practical clinical manual that focuses on the most frequently encountered eye diseases of small animal and equine patients and provides expert coverage in a concise and quick-reference format. This edition...
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Starved for Science: How Biotechnology Is Being Kept Out of Africa
by Robert Paarlberg Publisher Comments Heading upcountry in Africa to visit small farms is absolutely exhilarating given the dramatic beauty of big skies, red soil, and arid vistas, but eventually the two-lane tarmac narrows to rutted dirt, and the journey must continue on foot. The farmers...
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The Self-Sufficiency Specialist: The Essential Guide to Designing and Planning for Off-Grid Self-Reliance (Specialist)
by Alan Bridgewater Publisher Comments With frequent warnings about water and energy shortages, or the potential dangers of pesticides and genetically modified foods, many people nurture a dream of living a self-sufficient life. This comprehensive yet easy-to-read addition to the Specialist...
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Veterinary Medical Terminology
by Dawn E. Christenson Synopsis Organized by body system, this user-friendly textbook helps you quickly gain a solid understanding of veterinary terminology. Essential word parts and terms are presented in the context of basic anatomy, physiology, and disease conditions, enabling you...
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Color Atlas of Small Animal Anatomy
by Thomas O. Mccracken Publisher Comments Featuring beautiful original artwork and extraordinary accuracy, this new atlas provides a basic foundation in small animal anatomy. Unique organization includes the anatomy of all organ systems in the dog, cat, rabbit, rat and guinea pig. The atlas...
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