Mountain Folk Remedies
The Foxfire Americana Library
Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Format: eBook, 136 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $3.99
Beginning with an illustrated guide to the herbs and roots used in traditional Appalachian healing, “Mountain Folk Remedies” is a fascinating collection of historic remedies ranging from the practical (burdock tea will help aching feet) to the magical (carrying a buckeye in your pocket will help lessen arthritis).
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Backyard Farming: Growing Vegetables & Herbs
From Planting to Harvesting and More
Written by Kim Pezza
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 28, 2013
Price: $5.95
Your Backyard Farming Experience Begins Here!
A bountiful vegetable garden is a mainstay of the backyard farm; when done right, it can form the foundation for all your future farming successes. Whether you’re aiming at self-sufficiency or just looking to add the freshest ingredients possible to your own kitchen table, starting your...
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The River Cottage Cookbook
Written by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Photographed by Simon Wheeler
Format: Hardcover, 448 pages
On Sale: March 25, 2008
Price: $35.00
First published in the United Kingdom in 2001, THE RIVER COTTAGE COOKBOOK quickly became a hit among food cognoscenti around the world. Now tailored for American cooks, this authoritative and animated ode to eating well is one part manifesto and one part guidebook for choosing and storing food grown in the...
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Soil Mates
Written by Sara Alway
Contribution by Kelle Carter
Format: Hardcover, 128 pages
On Sale: December 1, 2010
Price: $16.95
Matchmaking in the garden!
In this charming guide to companion planting for your vegetable-garden favorites, you’ll learn why Broccoli ♥ Rosemary and whether Cucumber + Corn = friends with benefits. (Just watch out for Celery! Leggy and leafy, she is notoriously easygoing and will happily settle down with just about...
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The Garden Club of America
One Hundred Years of a Growing Legacy
Written by William Seale
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 5, 2013
Price: $29.95
How women changed the American landscape from planting war victory gardens to saving the redwoods, beautifying the highway to creating horticultural standards.
In 1904, Elizabeth Price Martin founded the Garden Club of Philadelphia. In 1913, twelve garden clubs in the eastern and central United States signed an agreement to form the Garden...
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Traditional Now
Interiors by David Kleinberg
Written by David Kleinberg
Contribution by Chesie Breen
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: September 27, 2011
Price: $60.00
“Beauty meets quality of life.” This is the mantra David Kleinberg adopted from his sixteen-year tenure at the venerable design firm Parish-Hadley, and it is the mantra that guided his own firm, David Kleinberg Design Associates, in its rise to the top of the interior design hierarchy. In
Traditional Now, the...
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Meats and Small Game
The Foxfire Americana Library (4)
Written by Foxfire Fund, Inc.
Format: eBook, 149 pages
On Sale: September 6, 2011
Price: $2.99
Great for hunters, fishermen, and adventurous cooks, this illustrated entry in the Foxfire Americana Library shares a wealth of information from Appalachian experts on how to dress and cook meats and small game, including fish, hog, raccoon, rabbit, squirrel, turtle, and deer.
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The Brother Gardeners
Written by Andrea Wulf
Format: eBook, 368 pages
On Sale: March 31, 2009
Price: $15.99
Bringing to life the science and adventure of eighteenth-century plant collecting, The Brother Gardeners is the story of how six men created the modern garden and changed the horticultural world in the process. It is a story of a garden revolution that began in America.
In 1733, colonial farmer John Bartram shipped...
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Undecorate
The No-Rules Approach to Interior Design
Written by Christiane Lemieux and Rumaan Alam
Format: Hardcover, 256 pages
On Sale: March 8, 2011
Price: $40.00
Jettison the old rulebooks about home décor and “undecorate” your space. As the founder and creative director of DwellStudio—which is famous for its brightly colored, graphic textile designs for home furnishings—designer Christiane Lemieux challenges tradition in a quintessentially American way, championing a fresh, unconventional approach to creating a beautiful and comfortable...
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