Essayist and farmer Verlyn Klinkenborg writes tenderly but with lucidity about country living at the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st. A New York Times Notable Book for 2002.
Exploring the natural history of a tortoise by adopting its own sensibility, "Timothy" is the story of a creature whose real life was observed by the 18th-century curate Gilbert White, author of "The Natural history of Senborne."
In this work of non-fiction, the American essayist Verlyn Klinkenborg brings us into the life of a family-owned bar in Buffalo, New York, at a pivotal moment in the history of that family, and of America. In 1947, at the age of 27, Eddie Wenzek inherited his father's tavern and transformed it into "George and Eddie's", a swank nightspot serving ...
Offering a glimpse at the values that built this country, "The One-Room Schoolhouse" is a poignant, engaging, beautiful and heartwarming tribute to an enduring slice of Americana.
This collection of photographs of farm animlas such as oxen, horses, turkeys, chickens and cattle, aims to remind the reader of the lives lived by these creatures now so often placed by machines.
This title chronicles Lewis's plant-collecting expedition between 1804 and 1806, along the Missouri River, crossing the Rocky Mountains, on the Pacific coast and elsewhere. The plants are presented in the sequence they were found, in botanically correct watercolours, and include Lewis's own words.
The realist paintings of New York-based artist Stone Roberts resemble those of the Old Masters, yet his art is unmistakably contemporary. While his exquisitely detailed canvases -- primarily still lifes and figural scenes -- exhibit a wealth of narrative complexity and subtlety, it is his ability to inject into his work a mystery and commentary on ...
This collection of essays by well-known contributors to the popular ROutdoorsS column of the "New York Times" covers the best in fly-fishing and angling adventures, from the Hudson River to the Florida Everglades. Five line drawings.
A wonderful, moving evocation of American farming today that "celebrates both the changes and the permanence of modern farming, its earthiness and its ethereality".--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt (The New York Times) Black-and-white drawings.
This photographic chronicle explores a modern country that honors the past, respects the land, and celebrates its inhabitants, both animal and human. 60 photos. 128 p.
1000 years of British literary culture as seen through autograph hand. Chaucer, Ralegh, Milton, Newton, Blake, Burns: 129 autographs by 111 authors reproduced from originals in Morgan Library. Transcriptions, commentary.
For almost twenty years Lynn Geesaman has photographed fertile orchards and fields, elaborately cultivated gardens, and manicured walkways of parks, estates, and chateaux in Germany, Belgium, France, Italy, and across the United States. In this first publication of her luminous color work, Geesaman shows us places in which artifice and human ...
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 artistic vision. Photographer Steve ...
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