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241) Kisān baṭaḵẖa
Author
Publisher
Mantra Lingua
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
Hindi
Description
A kind and hardworking duck suffers at the hands of a lazy farmer. When he nearly collapses from overwork, the rest of the animals come to his aid.
242) A farm under a lake
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Home health care nurse Janet Hawn agrees to drive her latest client, a silent Alzheimer's patient named May, from Green Bay, Wisconsin to her daughter's house in northern Illinois. Janet and her husband Jack, an out-of-work salesman, grew up on neighboring farms in Illinois, and on the long drive through familiar territory, Janet reflects back on her childhood and courtship and tries to figure out where her life took a wrong turn.
Author
Series
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"At the age of eighty, Andy Catlett is preparing himself to join the whole Membership of Port William, which includes those alive as well as those departed who still seem vividly alive. As he looks back on his own life through thirteen stories that range from his earliest childhood memories to the present day, from 1945 to 2001, How It Went reveals Andy at his most loving and retrospective, coming to the end of his days surrounded by the love and...
Author
Publisher
Holt, Rinehart, and Winston
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
The story begins with a wealthy South American ranch owner, Jorge Rojas Jiminéz, and the curse he brings on his land when he leaves his wife of two decades for a young and greedy mistress. As drought withers the crops, vampire bats ravage the herds, and the earth dies, Rojas' two grown-up children, Rafael and Violeta, leave home for adventures of their own with the aging revolutionary-adventurer Mark Kessel. Embarking on one last extravagant exploit,...
245) On the right path
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"School is out for the summer, and Charlotte is doing her best to keep the kids occupied and out of trouble. After much prodding, Sam gets a job at a day care, but it's his part-time gig at the airport that captures his interest--and has his grandparents worried. Christopher is hard at work trying to teach an old dog new tricks, and Emily and her friend Ashley get roped into visiting an elderly woman in town who needs a little help around the house....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Available for the first time since its original publication more than fifty years ago, Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm is a charming collection whose hilarious title story features Christmas dinner with the Starkadders before Flora's arrival...These lively tales will delight anyone who loves Stella Gibbons and her signature wit."--Back cover.
247) Wolf Creek widow
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Love Inspired
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Meg Thomerson needs assistance getting back on her feet--even if it comes from the man who made her a widow. Ace Allen didn't intend to kill her husband, he only wanted to protect the town from the man's rage. Now Ace is keeping Meg's business and farm running while she heals, both physically and emotionally. But is he helping her out of charity--or because of something more? Half Native American, Ace struggles to find his place in the world. He keeps...
248) Helping hands
Author
Series
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"As the stifling heat of summer settles over Heather Creek Farm, bad news shakes Charlotte's world: Her dear friend's husband has had a heart attack. As Charlotte comforts Hannah and helps them both through Frank's difficult recovery, she begins to reflect on her own family's well-being. What if anything ever happened to Bob? How would they all make it? Meanwhile, Emily heads off to church camp and her experiences there bring her closer to God - as...
249) The twin
Author
Publisher
Archipelago Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"When his twin brother dies in a car accident, Helmer is obliged to return from university life to take over his brother's role on the small family farm, resigning himself to spending the rest of his days with his head under a cow. The novel begins thirty years later with Helmer moving his invalid father upstairs to have him out of the way as he sparsely redecorates the downstairs, finally making it his own. Then one day Riet, the woman who had once...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A mesmerizing, poignant saga of love and loss firmly grounded in the Midwestern landscape by National Book Award finalist Laird Hunt. On a dark and lovely winter night, Noah Summers sits before a roaring fire, drifting between sleep and recollection, trying to make sense of a lifetime of psychic visions and his family's tumultuous history on an Indiana farmstead. Decades have passed since Noah first fell in love with Opal, a brilliant but unstable...
252) Raised in a barn
Author
Series
Good dog) ; 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Meet Comet. She is the new foal on the farm. Can Bo teach her how to be the perfect horse?"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Pub. Date
1967.
Language
English
Description
"This novel, written in 1928, based on a true crime which took place in 1802 in Iceland, deals with two couples who lived on an isolated farm. One of the husbands disappears, and when the wife of the other dies, the survivors are arrested and tried for murder. It is an oddly powerful book, since Gunnarsson infuses the stark circumstances of the crime with the sense of harsh existence there and man's trials before God as well as other men. The narrator...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 1989, as US news outlets declared an end to Operation Just Cause, Craig Morgan was part of an elite group of military operatives jumping into the jungle along the Panamanian border on a covert operation. Fans know the country music star from his hit songs and acclaimed albums, but there's a lot more to him--a soldier who worked with the CIA in Panama, an undercover agent who fought sex traffickers in Thailand, and a dedicated family man who lives...
257) Day at the farm
Author
Series
Publisher
The Collective Book Studio
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Little readers are invited to spend the day on a farm where they’ll follow their cuddly farm friends through their day, from sunup to sundown, in this delightful board book filled with bright, full-color images.
Author
Series
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
When Farmer Gray goes away, Blue Goose, Red Hen, Yellow Chick, and White Duck decide to paint their black and white barnyard. Red Hen paints the barn red. White Duck paints the fence white. When Blue Goose and Yellow Chick mix their paints together they make green for grass and trees. By the time Farmer Gray returns the farm is filled with color.
Author
Publisher
[Findaway World, LLC]
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A young girl turns her imagination into action in this beautifully crafted and intricately designed debut picture book. When is an old truck something more? On a small, bustling farm, a resilient and steadfast pickup works tirelessly alongside the family that lives there, and becomes a part of the dreams and ambitions of the family's young daughter. After long days and years of hard work leave the old truck rusting in the weeds, it's time for the...
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