Farm Conveniences: And How to Make them
 Granted, if you live in the city and have no land or tools, the primary use of this charming reproduction of an 1884 classic self-help book for farmers and homesteaders will be entertainment and fantasy. But if you are living in the country or would like ... [... more]
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The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture
Since its publication by Sierra Club Books in 1977, The Unsettling of America has been recognized as a classic of American letters. In it, Wendell Berry argues that good farming is a cultural development and spiritual discipline. Today's agribusiness, ... [... more]
$13.95
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Brother Crow, Sister Corn: Traditional American Indian ...
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$11.95
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Kings of Texas: The 150-Year Saga of an American ...
Praise for KINGS OF TEXAS "Kings of Texas is a fresh and very welcome history of the great King Ranch. It's concise but thorough, crisply written, meticulous, and very readable. It should find a wide audience." -Larry McMurtry, author of Sin ... [... more]
$24.95
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The King of California: J. G. Boswell and the Making of ...
A rich, colorful history of California centering on the untold story of America 's biggest farmer, J.G. Boswell, who controls more than $1 billion worth of water rights and real estate in the heart of the state. J.G. Boswell is the biggest farmer in ... [... more]
$30.00
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Historia del Cafe en Guatemala
Coffee is an unquestionable part of our daily life and culture. This beautiful book gives a detailed illustration of the history of coffee in Guatemala; it is an in-depth analysis of coffe's agricultural, economic, social, commercial, and cultural ... [... more]
$50.00
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Farmer's Last Frontier: Agriculture, 1860-1897 (Economic ...
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$43.95
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Epicurean Simplicity
When an activity raises threats of harm to human health or the environment, precautionary measures should be taken even if some cause and effect relationships are not fully established scientifically. This idea, known as the "Precautionary Principle, ... [... more]
$24.00
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A Bountiful Harvest: The Midwestern Farm Photographs of ...
Poignant Nostalgia It helps to have been on an Iowa farm, I realize, but I found this book amazingly evocative. The pictures do it--the text is not by a person with an Iowa farm background, and, I am sorry to say, it shows. For instance on page 79 she ... [... more]
$34.95
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Against the Grain: How Agriculture Has Hijacked Civilization
In this provocative, wide-ranging book, Richard Manning offers a dramatically revisionist view of recent human evolution, beginning with the vast increase in brain size that set us apart from our primate relatives and brought an accompanying increase in ... [... more]
$24.00
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Agriculture, Geology, and Society in Antebellum South ...
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Clearing Land: Legacies of the American Farm
Though few of us now live close to the soil, the world we inhabit has been sculpted by our long national saga of settlement. At the heart of our identity lies the notion of the family farm, as shaped by European history and reshaped by the vast ... [... more]
$20.00
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