Wendell Berry
Masanobu Fukuoka's book about growing food has been changing the lives of readers since it was first published in 1978. It is a call to arms, a manifesto, and a radical rethinking of the global systems we rely on to feed us all. At the same time, ... [... more]
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The Way of Ignorance: And Other Essays
 Open your mind to Berry's ideas: Wow! I am blown away again by Wendell Berry's thoughts and way of seeing the world. His ideas should be shouted from the rooftops. First of all, his writing conveys the strength of friendship. He respects and honors his [... more]
$15.95
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The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
Amazon.com Review: The mid-20th-century environmental crisis that led to important protective legislation in the 1970s, is, to poet/farmer Wendell Berry's mind, also a crisis of character, agriculture, and culture. Because Americans are divorced from the [... more]
$13.95
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Citizenship Papers
Read it with an open heart and consider ways we must change: This man is wise and we need to listen to him. Even more, we need to think hard about what actions we can take to address the concerns raised here. For most of us, our actions will necessarily [... more]
$24.00
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Andy Catlett: Early Travels (Port William)
"...a knot in the net that has gathered me up....": Andy Catlett, title character, says this of one of his beloved elders, and means it about the entire ensemble of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, family hires, and others in his close- [... more]
$13.95
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Nathan Coulter: A Novel
Engaging work about people and community: Nathan Coulter is the second best book by Wendell Berry. The best is "A Place on Earth" but you have to read this one as an introduction. This series of fictional works revolves around the Port William [... more]
$12.00
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The Memory of Old Jack
Thanks for the Memory: This is a fine book, opening a window into a day in the 1950s in a Kentucky river town, and a life that led up to that day. Wendell Berry loves his characters, but portrays them honestly, and makes you feel like you have known them [... more]
$23.98
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A Place On Earth: A Novel
A Place of Loss and Hope: "A Place on Earth" is the second novel of the Port William Membership that I have read; the first being "Jayber Crow". Berry proves himself to be yet again a master storyteller with the power to weave prose [... more]
$28.98
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Andy Catlett: Early Travels: A Novel
"...a knot in the net that has gathered me up....": Andy Catlett, title character, says this of one of his beloved elders, and means it about the entire ensemble of parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, family hires, and others in his close- [... more]
$23.98
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Hannah Coulter: A Novel (Port William)
Pleasant and heartwarming, but somewhat frustrating: ok.. I read this a year ago and loved it! It is elegantly written and soulful and kind. BUT after reading Wallace Stegner's 'Crossing to Safety'..and re-reading a chapter of 'Hannah Coulter', I'm [... more]
$14.95
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That Distant Land: The Collected Stories (Port William)
That Distant Way of Life: As usual, Wendell Berry continues to prove his place in the American literary tradition; if only his place were more widely recognized. His prose flows onto the page as natural as flowers spring from the soil or rain falls from [... more]
$18.95
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The Wild Birds: Six Stories of the Port William Membership
Wendell Berry's best collection: He has many great fiction writings but I would start with this one. Solid, clear, continuously beautiful. 'Fidelity' comes in second place but this by far is leads. Should replace lots of other nonsense in the American [... more]
$11.00
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