Lanier, Karen
Summary: With females as one of the fastest growing sectors of the hobby-farming community, the time is right for practical advice and guidance from women to women. Written by naturalist, gardener, and farmer-in-training Karne Lanier, this insightful volume provides inspiration and direction for fellow females with agricultural aspirations. The Woman Hobby Farmer packs a lot of wisdom and experience...
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Publisher / Publication Date: CompanionHouse Books 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630 LANCather, Willa
Summary: Life on the divide was a struggle for the pioneering Bergson family. Alexandra, both tough as nails and tender as a budding blossom, faces and conquers the harsh realities of early settlers in Nebraska.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC CATHardy, Thomas
Summary: Gabriel Oak is only one of three suitors for the hand of the beautiful and spirited Bathsheba Everdene. He must compete with the dashing young soldier Sergeant Troy and the respectable, middle-aged Farmer Boldwood. And while their fates depend upon the choice Bathsheba makes, she discovers the terrible consequences of an inconstant heart.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARJewell, Jennifer
Summary: The Earth in Her Hands celebrates the important contributions women make to the wide world of plants--in the fields of horticulture, environmental science, botany, floral design, farming, landscape architecture, herbalism, food justice, and more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Timber Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 630.92 JEWTyson, Wendy
Summary: When lawyer-turned-farmer Megan Sawyer witnesses a seemingly innocent scene between three strangers, she learns they're headed to the von Tressler memorial, the talk of scenic Winsome, Pennsylvania. Soon one of those three strangers goes missing and another is murdered, her body found at Megan's family farm. With her family's safety at stake, Megan must pick her way through the von Tresslers'...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC TYSSummary: Follow the lives and loves of the Land Girls who are working the fields for Britain during WWII in the Women's Land Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LANHunter, Dianna
Summary: "Dianna Hunter was a softball-loving, working-class tomboy in North Dakota, surviving the threat of the Cuban Missile Crisis and Mutually Assured Destruction in the shadow of a strategic air command base. Communists and antiwar hippies were the enemy, but lesbians were a threat, too: they were unhealthy, criminal, and downright insane. It took Dianna a while to figure out that she was one, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Minnesota Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 HUNTER, DIANNA HUNKraft, Bridget.
Summary: "Kellen O'Roarke is out for revenge. Wealthy Jonathan Clarke swindled Kellen's family, and when his heartbroken father died in poverty, Kellen vowed to bring Clarke down. Now, with his plans to open a hot springs resourt, he is within reach of his goal. Only one thing stands in his way, local landowner Guin Talbot. Guin is at a crossroads in her life. Grief-stricken and alone since her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC KRASummary: Uncertain of her future but unwilling to sacrifice her freedom, Bathsheba rejects the proposal of Gabriel Oak only to become his employer. Still in love, Gabriel can only watch as Bathsheba flirts with her neighbor, Mr. Boldwood unleashing a passionate obsession within the reserved Boldwood. Both men forsake their hearts, however, upon the arrival of the dashing soldier Frank Troy. Despite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV FARMatthews, Carole
Summary: "Molly Baker is living her best life. Thirty-eight years old, she lives on the twenty-five-acre Hope Farm in Buckinghamshire, surrounded by (mostly) four-legged friends and rolling hills. There's Anthony the anti-social sheep, Tina Turner the alpaca with attitude, and the definitely-not-miniature pig, Teacup. Molly runs the farm as an alternative school for kids who haven't thrived in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MATSummary: Set in rural England during the Second World War, the highly popular, award-winning drama returns for a third five-part series and continues to follow the lives and loves of the Land Girls who are working the fields in the Women's Land Army.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BFS Entertainment & Multimedia 2012
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV LANSummary: Set in England during the Second World War, a five-part drama that captures the sacrifices and experiences of four young women in the Women's Land Army. Sharing hardships and working alongside captured POWs, Annie, Bea, Joyce and Nancy toil in the fields to grow food for the war effort.
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Publisher / Publication Date: BFS Video 2010
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Summary: "Females are farming in record numbers. Covering everything from business planning to tool use to integrating family into farm operations, Soil Sisters is a comprehensive blueprint for women who dream of bringing their vision of agricultural entrepreneurship to life. This unique guide blends inspiring stories of successful female farmers with practical information and resources for women...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Society Publishers 2016