After his parents died, young Ben Hammon came to western Colorado where his uncle Scott was a small-town lawman. Ben had much to learn, especially about the Kean family. A classic short novel and six great tales of the Old West from the...
Farm life
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Auteur:Lye, Harriet AlidaSommaire:Vintage Margaret Atwood meets Patricia Highsmith in this slyly seductive debut set on an eerily beautiful farm teeming with secrets. The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia...
- Auteur:Kephart, BethSommaire:
If eleven-year-old Sara and her brother Hawk can complete a task involving the reclusive author renting out the silo on their farm for the summer, they will receive reward money that will pay for Sara's life-saving surgery.
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Auteur:Buck, Pearl S.Sommaire:In this Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of China, farmer Wang Lung glories in the soil he works. Nearby, the nobles of the House of Hwang consider themselves above the land and its workers--but they will soon meet their downfall.
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Auteur:Sherman, GiselaSommaire:Six girls just out of high school live together during the summer of 1943 on a farm as part of the Farm Services - doing the work of the men who are off fighting the war in Europe. We follow the stories of Helene, who sends her wages...
- Auteur:Macdonald, Betty BardSommaire:
When Betty MacDonald married a marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State, she was largely unprepared for the rigors of life in the wild. With no running water, no electricity, a house in need...
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Auteur:Whitson, Audrey J.Sommaire:The book surrounds the death of Annie, who is the water diviner in a small Alberta farm town. It is told for the points of view of the townspeople, and even Annie, as they react to her death and reflect on her life. The town is going...
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Auteur:Porter, PamelaSommaire:It is 1965, and twelve-year-old Emaline lives on a wheat farm in southern Saskatchewan. Her family has fallen apart. When her beloved dog, Prince, chased a hare into the path of the tractor, she chased after him, and her dad...
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Auteur:Watson, Joan, Creed, MurraySommaire:Nova Scotia's Ross Farm Museum is a living window into the province's agricultural history. Since the museum opened in 1970, it has been a favourite destination for school children, who have been educated about early times and farming....
- Auteur:Taylor, CoraSommaire:
In 1932, Pip Tyler and his family suffer the ravages of dust storms in southern Alberta, Canada.
- Auteur:Katz, Jon.Sommaire:
Katz illuminates the interaction between humans and animals. Although he features his ever-faithful border collie Rose, Katz also includes revealing observations about Mother the murderous barn cat, Elvis the doughnut-loving steer, and...
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Auteur:Jenkins, Glenna LandriganSommaire:In Somewhere I Belong, we meet young P.J. Kavanaugh at North Boston Station. His father has died, the Depression is on, and his mother is moving them back home. They settle in, and P.J. makes new friends. But the P.E.I. winter is harsh...
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Auteur:Gaetz, DayleSommaire:Katie and Rusty are heading East. Fresh from their thrilling adventures in Alberta, facing down devious developers, the cousins have made their way to Aunt Margaret's farm in Saskatchewan. After rescuing her aunt when she is trapped...
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Auteur:Sutton, KelseySommaire:I can’t feel sadness, anger, or fear. I can’t feel anything. I’ve grown talented at pretending. Elizabeth Caldwell doesn’t feel emotions... she sees them in human form. Longing hovers around the shy, adoring boy at school. Courage...
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Auteur:Inman, JohnSommaire:Dating is hard enough. Throw in an incontinent Chihuahua, an unrequited love affair, a severe case of social anxiety disorder, a dying father and a man-eating hog and it becomes darned near impossible. Still, it takes two to tango—and...
- Auteur:Bishop, Mary HarelkinSommaire:
Danny wants to be a farmer. He only wishes that the town bully, Zach, would leave him alone. Is there any way Danny can protect himself?
- Auteur:Katz, JonSommaire:
Relates the author's relationship with a quiet, sensitive artist named Maria Wulf and his campaign to win over Maria's fiercely protective dog, Frieda, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix who resisted all efforts to tame her.
- Auteur:Katz, Jon.Sommaire:
Rose is a working dog devoted to keeping the sheep and other creatures at Bedlam Farm out of danger. But as the weather grows cold, Rose senses danger--a storm unlike any she's seen. When an epic blizzard finally strikes, Rose needs all...
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Auteur:Ridge, YolandaSommaire:In this sequel to Trouble in the Trees, it's the end of grade six and Bree plans to spend the summer hanging around her townhouse complex in Vancouver, climbing trees with her friends. But her parents have other plans for her; she is...
- Auteur:Butler, JennaSommaire:
I hope you're okay in there, lovelies. I hope you're warm. After five years of working with bees on her farm in northern Alberta, Jenna Butler shares with the reader the rich experience of keeping hives. Starting with a rare bright day...
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