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Diary of a Pint-Sized Farmer: A Year of Keeping Sheep, Raising Kids, and Staying Sane by Sally Urwin “With her humor and candid descriptions, it’s hard not to fall in love with Sally.” — Countryman’s Weekly Even though Sally’s feet don’t quite reach the tractor ped- als, this city-girl-turned-shepherd found happiness and love on a Northumbrian farm. Filled with grit and humor, eccentric animals and local characters, this is the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered what it’s like to pack up and find a new life on the other side of the fence. 256 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $25.95
The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be by Farley Mowat “. . . endowed with humor, plentiful and warm.” — Kirkus Reviews Growing up in on the frontier of Saskatoon, Canada, the legendary adventurer and naturalist Farley Mowat received a gift from his mom: a dog she bought for four cents. Farley quickly named him “Mutt.” Funny and poignant, these are the uproarious true adventures of a dog who doesn’t understand that he’s a dog—and the boy who loved him. 224 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $16.95
Also by Farley Mowat: The Boat Who Wouldn’t Float 224 PAGES · SOFTCOVER · $15.95 Hunger of Memory by Richard Rodriguez, introduction by Phillip Lopate “Superb.”— New York Times The fortieth anniversary edition of an American classic: a “minority student” pays the cost of social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation from his past, his parents, his culture. Exquisitely written, poignant, powerful, and controversial, Hunger of Memory is both a profound study of the importance of language and an intimate portrait of a Mexican-American boy struggling to become a man. NEW · 216 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $24.95
The Isolation Artist: Scandal, Deception, and the Last Days of Robert Indiana by Bob Keyes “Reads like a mystery.”— PBS News Hour A rare inside look into the life of an artist as well as the often unscrupulous world of high-end art. When artist Robert Indiana died in 2018, he left behind an estate embroiled in lawsuits and facing accusations of fraud. Here, for the first time, are all the pieces to the bizarre true story of the artist’s final days and the inner workings of art as very big business. 248 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $21.95
The Passenger: How a Travel Writer Learned to Love Cruises & Other Lies from a Sinking Ship by Chaney Kwak “Beautifully written and astutely observed. This is a marvelous book.”— Washington Post In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the North Atlantic. Rocked by 50-foot swells and 40-knot gales, the ship lost power and began to drift straight toward the notoriously dangerous Norwegian coast. This is the suspenseful, harrowing, funny, touching story by one passenger who contemplated death aboard that ship. 160 PAGES · HARDCOVER · $18.95
Why We Make Things & Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman by Peter Korn “Invites us to understand craftsmanship as an activity that connects us to others, and affirms what is best in ourselves.”—Matthew Crawford Woodworking, handicrafts, shaping and making—how does the making of objects shape our identities? How does creative work enrich our communities and society? What does the process of making things reveal to us about ourselves? Peter Korn poignantly provides answers in this book that is for the artist, artisan, crafter, do-it-yourselfer inside us all. 176 PAGES · ILLUSTRATED · SOFTCOVER · $19.95
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