Moving to the City
The Logar family has had enough of rural life. Having outgrown their three-bedroom, one-bath home, they now want to find a larger place in the nearby town of Washington, Pa. Can they do it without spending more than $200,000? Real estate agents ... [... more]
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Verlyn Klinkenborg
Verlyn Klinkenborg is a member of the editorial board of The New York Times. His previous books include Making Hay, The Last Fine Time, and The Rural Life. He lives in upstate New York. From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek ... [... more]
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Anna Hallett
The market towns of the British Isles were a vital part of rural life, offering farmers and traders the opportunity to bring their produce to sell. Today, many of these traditional market towns still trade once a week, attracting locals and ... [... more]
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Helen Nearing
This one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings these classics on rural homesteading together. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good ... [... more]
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Scott Nearing
This one volume edition of Living the Good Life and Continuing the Good Life brings these classics on rural homesteading together. This couple abandoned the city for a rural life with minimal cash and the knowledge of self reliance and good ... [... more]
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How to Find Hotels on Whidbey Island, Washington
Whidbey Island sits at the top of Puget Sound, 30 miles north of busy Seattle, and is a full 62 miles long and 36 miles wide. At the north end, the island itself has adopted an urban hum, while further south, rural life still dominates. Call the ... [... more]
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Moving to the City
The Logar family has had enough of rural life. Having outgrown their three-bedroom, one-bath home, they now want to find a larger place in the nearby town of Washington, Pa. Can they do it without spending more than $200,000? Real estate agents ... [... more]
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The Rural Life
 A very pleasurable read!: To read this delightful little book was to be carried into his space and more fully into my own. It made me breathe slower. I know of no higher praise to give. Once, right in the middle of reading, I stopped, called a friend on [... more]
$29.95
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Second Person Rural: More Essays of a Sometime Farmer
fun Vermont back-to-the land stories: Noel Perrin is great. I love all his books about living the simple, back-to-the-land rural life written by someone who is not quite an outsider and not quite an insider. fun Vermont back-to-the land stories: Noel [... more]
$15.95
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Homesick for the Hills
It's Country: Alyce Faye Bragg's first collection of stories has already been reprinted and at least part of the credit goes to her love affair with the hills. These are the hills of West Virginia and from the small, very small town of Ovapa in sparsely [... more]
$12.95
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Stories from the Round Barn
A window into a world gone by: In an era of urban sprawl and corporate farming, this is a gentle reminder of a world of small towns and kind people. Jackie's experiences growing up on the dairy farm range from laugh-out-loud humorous to tears rolling. & [... more]
$15.95
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First Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer
A fine, though dated, intro. to a rural life in Vermont: I just finished the last half of this book last night. Perrin's book is a droll but always honest take on the country life in his beloved adopted "homeland" of Vermont as he alerts the [... more]
$12.95
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