Andrea Terry
Just east of the village of Amagansett, toward Montauk, the towns fall away, the trees disappear, the sky opens up, and the lush farmland gives way to sand and reeds and scrub in an area called Napeague. On the ocean side of this lonely stretch ... [... more]
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Old Fields: Dynamics and Restoration of Abandoned Farmland
 Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 577.55 EAN: 9781597260756 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1597260754 Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: 2008-04-15 [... more]
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Barbara Park
I grew up in Mt. Holly, New Jersey. It was a small town surrounded by farmland . . . the kind of town where you greet people by name on Main Street. It was only an hour's drive to the ocean. So every summer we spent family vacations on Long Beach ... [... more]
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Raymond Knister
The Ontario farmland described with arresting clarity in White Narcissus is, despite its beauty and abundance, "a place of choked vistas" where bitterness and rivalry have taken root. Against this backdrop Raymond Knister portrays the triumph [... more]
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Jodi della Femina
Just east of the village of Amagansett, toward Montauk, the towns fall away, the trees disappear, the sky opens up, and the lush farmland gives way to sand and reeds and scrub in an area called Napeague. On the ocean side of this lonely stretch ... [... more]
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David Hollins
Austria's Balkan frontier - the disputed borderland between Europe and the Ottoman Turks - was defended in the 18th century by a unique organization of hardy communities who were granted farmland in return for armed service. These Grenzers, ... [... more]
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Fields Without Dreams: Defending the Agrarain Ideal
From Amazon.com: Classicist, professor, and farmer Hanson chronicles the decline of small-scale agriculture in the Central Valley of California. He takes his classics seriously, likening the raisin farmers of Modesto to Aeschylus' ideal virtuous man, who [... more]
CDN$25.95
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The Dangerous Gentleman: The Rogues of Regent Street
Teetering over a fine line: Adrian Spence was abused by his father as a child, as was his mother. He is conscious of the preference of his father for his younger brother Benedict and knows that his father is simply waiting for an opportunity to [... more]
CDN$9.99
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In the Kingdom of Gorillas: The Quest to Save Rwanda's ...
Intriguing!: Very interesting account of a life of struggling to save Rwanda's mountain gorillas, with riveting accounts of life with Dian Fossey. Brings conservation issues and problems truly to light in central Africa. A very smooth and easy read. [... more]
CDN$22.00
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Gardens in the Dunes: A Novel
From Amazon.com: In 1900 the West was still wild. Anglo-Americans were tearing up the countryside in the name of progress, and pity the Indians who stood in the way. To this canvas Leslie Marmon Silko, author of such well-received novels as Almanac of [... more]
CDN$17.50
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Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction Of The ...
One sided wonder: Although it is refreshing to see the authors opinions right in the title, it is distressing to have that be the sum total of the facts to back up the opinion. If you are looking for a book to confirm your thoughts that the federal [... more]
CDN$45.00
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Carfree Cities
Imagining a Better City: Full of interesting ideas, and written in readable text, this is an excellent book imagining the city without the automobile. He starts out by expounding on the problem: why cars in cities are bad. From environmental pollution to [... more]
CDN$26.95
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