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Author
Series
Studies in technology and social change volume no. 15
Publisher
Technology and Social Change Program, Iowa State University, in collaboration with the Leiden Ethnosystems and Development Programme, Institute of Cultural and Social Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden, the Netherlands
Pub. Date
c1990
Language
English
247) Bear ye one another's burdens: the first 100 years of Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
Author
Publisher
Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Company of Iowa
Pub. Date
c1993
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Martino Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Set in a village in southern India shortly after India gained independence, Nectar in a Sieve portrays, through the lives of its characters -Rukmani, Nathan and their children - the hopes and aspirations of a young nation recently embarked on the path of development, surmounting many obstacles along the way. Few novels ever published have celebrated the human spirit, its sheer resilience, with greater success.
Author
Series
Farmer books volume 3
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A wordless picture book in which the farmer visits the little clown and the monkey, and meets the rest of the circus family.
252) Summer's promise
Author
Series
Harvest of hope volume 3
Publisher
Gilead Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Summer Carson has lived near the Amish community in Paradise, Pennsylvania, all her life. Now she's following in her father's footsteps and earning her degree in agricultural science so she can continue his work helping local farmers. In her job at the county extension office, Summer moves between the Englisch and the Amish worlds. While she sometimes finds herself speaking--and even thinking--in Pennsylvania Deitsch, the transition isn't always easy....
Author
Publisher
Timber Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Libre Expression
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
"C'est fou, vous me faites penser à mon grand-père... -- C'est parce que je suis ton grand-père, p'tit con ! -- Pachou ? Qu'est-ce que tu fais là ? » Après l'avoir aperçu dans un campement au journal télévisé, Henri est venu chercher son Gillou, amoché par la pandémie. En désespoir de cause, Gilles, qui a perdu travail, logement et repères, suit le vieil homme dans sa petite ferme des Cantons-de-l'Est. Le citadin et voyageur dans l'âme...
260) Days of sand
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A moving and unforgettable tale, inspired by real-life stories of courage and perseverance during the Dust Bowl of 1930s AmericaUnited States, 1937. In the middle of the Great Depression, 22-year-old photographer John Clark is brought in by the Farm Security Administration to document the calamitous conditions of the Dust Bowl in the central and southern states, in order to bring the farmers' plight to the public eye. When he starts working through...
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