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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.



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White on White
White on White
Afterword by Robert Campbell, Photographed by Steve Rosenthal, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781580932301
Our Price: $85.00
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White on White
Churches of Rural New England
Afterword by Robert Campbell
Photographed by Steve Rosenthal
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Hardcover, 136 pages
On Sale: October 20, 2009
Price: $85.00

The early churches of New England hold a special place in the American consciousness, revered for their physical beauty, simplicity, and elegance and for their role in the early history of this country. Places of worship they were and are, but they are also icons of a particularly American sensibility and... Read more >
Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile
Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679737537
Our Price: $13.00
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Timothy, or Notes of an Abject Reptile

Written by Verlyn Klinkenborg

Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
On Sale: January 9, 2007
Price: $13.00

Few writers have attempted to explore the natural history of a particular animal by adopting the animal’s own sensibility. But Verlyn Klinkenborg has done just that in Timothy: an insightful and utterly engaging story of the world’s most famous tortoise, whose real life was observed by the eighteenth-century English curate and... Read more >
Upriver and Downstream
Upriver and Downstream
Written by New York Times, Edited by Stephen Sautner, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307381026
Our Price: $23.00
 Quantity: 1 
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Upriver and Downstream
The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 3, 2007
Price: $23.00

Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
The Gardener's Year
The Gardener's Year
Written by Karel Capek, Illustrated by Josef Capek, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375759482
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The Gardener's Year

Written by Karel Capek
Illustrated by Josef Capek
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Trade Paperback, 144 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2002
Price: $13.00

From the internationally acclaimed Czech writer Karel Capek comes this beautifully written and marvelously apt account of the trials and tribulations of the gardener’s life. First published in Prague in 1929, The Gardener’s Year combines a richly comic portrait of life in the garden, narrated month by month, with a series... Read more >
The American Gardener
The American Gardener
Written by William Cobbett, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812967371
Our Price: $14.00
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The American Gardener

Written by William Cobbett
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
On Sale: April 22, 2003
Price: $14.00

Back in print after 150 years

Out of print since 1856, The American Gardener is perhaps the first classic work of American gardening literature. In it, William Cobbett, Victorian England’s greatest and most gifted journalist, draws upon his experiences during a two-year exile on a Long Island, New York, farm to lay... Read more >
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier
Written by Rebecca West, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780812971224
Our Price: $11.95
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The Return of the Soldier

Written by Rebecca West
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Trade Paperback, 112 pages
On Sale: June 8, 2004
Price: $11.95

Set during World War I on an isolated country estate just outside London, Rebecca West’s haunting novel The Return of the Soldier follows Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, as he makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape his life. Will the devoted wife... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Upriver and Downstream

Available
March 2, 2010
Upriver and Downstream
Written by New York Times, Edited by Stephen Sautner, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307382597
Our Price: $15.00
 Quantity: 1 
Upriver and Downstream
The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 2, 2010
Price: $15.00

Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
The Return of the Soldier
The Return of the Soldier
Written by Rebecca West, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307432568
Our Price: $11.95
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The Return of the Soldier

Written by Rebecca West
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: eBook, 112 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.95

Set during World War I on an isolated country estate just outside London, Rebecca West’s haunting novel The Return of the Soldier follows Chris Baldry, a shell-shocked captain suffering from amnesia, as he makes a bittersweet homecoming to the three women who have helped shape his life. Will the devoted wife... Read more >
Also available as a trade paperback.
Upriver and Downstream
Upriver and Downstream
Written by New York Times, Edited by Stephen Sautner, Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307498519
Our Price: $23.00
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Upriver and Downstream
The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times
Written by New York Times
Edited by Stephen Sautner
Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg


Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: February 4, 2009
Price: $23.00

Upriver and Downstream gathers seventy columns about fishing—from freshwater to saltwater, from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia—written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times.

Contributors include such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Thomas McGuane, Nelson Bryant, Peter Kaminsky, Ernest Schweibert, and... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
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