Rural Life Books


Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Best Price: $7.59
As a fan of Barbara Kingsolver other books, I expected an insightful, warm story about her year....
The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the WildThe Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild
Best Price: $13.02
Childs has created a beautifully written book about animals and journeys into their abodes. He...
A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the BaboonsA Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons
Best Price: $8.46
This book is hard to classify: Is it autobiography? Primatolgy? Travel adventures? Humanist...
Training People: How to Bring Out the Best in Your HumanTraining People: How to Bring Out the Best in Your Human
Best Price: $7.51
it is the funniest book written from a dog's perspective. If you love dogs it is just hilarious...
The Egg and IThe Egg and I
Best Price: $7.82
When I stumbled across this one on vacation, I didn't know a thing about the book. I didn't...


Dogs I Have Met: And the People They FoundDogs I Have Met: And the People They Found
Best Price: $7.49
Ken's stories remind me of Dr. James Herriot's awesome tales about his life as a country vet in...
As the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in DenialAs the World Burns: 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial
Best Price: $8.98
It's hard to be angry, truly angry, and funny. Jensen and McMillan try to be both in this book,...
The Tropic of Cracker (Florida History and Culture)The Tropic of Cracker (Florida History and Culture)
Best Price: $13.75
I loved Al Burt's newspaper columns because he wrote about a Florida that only someone who got...
A Lucky Luke Adventure - Ma DaltonA Lucky Luke Adventure - Ma Dalton
Best Price: $5.33
Ever thought about the fact that The Daltons must have had a Mom? Here in Europe the creative...
Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the ForestTeaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest
Best Price: $10.15
This is one of those books you read and it can change your life. It's an intellectually...


Leaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the WestLeaning into the Wind: Women Write from the Heart of the West
Best Price: $0.89
Real women are all around us, but we are so used to seeing through the spectacles of our...
Case Files of the Tracker: True Stories from America's Greatest OutdoorsCase Files of the Tracker: True Stories from America's Greatest Outdoors
Best Price: $7.24
No other book quite catches the thoughts and feelings inside a tracking case for a lost child or...
Animal Happiness: A Moving Exploration of Animals and Their EmotionsAnimal Happiness: A Moving Exploration of Animals and Their Emotions
Best Price: $4.80
A New York Times Notable Book of 1994! Highly respected author, philosopher, and animal...
Naomi's Home Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Recipes, Food for Thought and Country Wit and WisdomNaomi's Home Companion: A Treasury of Favorite Recipes, Food for Thought and Country Wit and Wisdom
Best Price: $3.35
I actually bought this as a replacement for the book I borrowed out to someone and never got...
A Cat AbroadA Cat Abroad
Best Price: $3.44
I liked this book, the sequel to "Norton, The Cat Who Went to Paris." This beautiful...

Through Animals' Eyes: True Stories from a Wildlife SanctuaryThrough Animals' Eyes: True Stories from a Wildlife Sanctuary
Best Price: $6.24
Lynn Cuny has a gift for portraying the animals in her stories both as worthy of our care as...
Among Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in AlaskaAmong Grizzlies: Living with Wild Bears in Alaska
Best Price: $5.86
This review is for the hardcover, which I found in my local library. I had seen the movie...
Angels Among UsAngels Among Us
Best Price: $17.99
This was a "special find" for me. There has been a very special couple in my life...
In the Company of Wild Bears: A Celebration of Backcountry Grizzlies and Black BearsIn the Company of Wild Bears: A Celebration of Backcountry Grizzlies and Black Bears
Best Price: $3.00
WOW--what an interesting read! While most bear books focus on the negative aspects of these...
Looking for Hickories: The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural MidwestLooking for Hickories: The Forgotten Wildness of the Rural Midwest
Best Price: $12.59
A new voice reveals the unique character of the upper Midwest In the spirit of other writers...

A Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the FieldA Naturalist and Other Beasts: Tales from a Life in the Field
Best Price: $14.00
Since the 1950s, eminent field biologist George Schaller has roamed through many lands observing...
It Takes a Village Idiot : Complicating the Simple LifeIt Takes a Village Idiot : Complicating the Simple Life
Best Price: $5.53
I was enjoying It Takes a Village Idiot up until page 183 when suddenly, outta no where, Jim...
Heart of a Nation: Writers and Photographers Inspired by the American LandscapeHeart of a Nation: Writers and Photographers Inspired by the American Landscape
Best Price: $4.00
Photography has always been an outlet to certain visionaries in our society. Giving them a way...
Living in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable ForestryLiving in the Appalachian Forest: True Tales of Sustainable Forestry
Best Price: $5.94
...Ms Bolgiano is both a skilled researcher and a talented writer. The newest of Ms Bolgiano's...
Ordinary DaysOrdinary Days
Best Price: $1.19
I was given this book from my sister-in-law and she did not have any idea of the impact it would...

Hotel Pastis: A Novel of ProvenceHotel Pastis: A Novel of Provence
Best Price: $3.55
I'd been looking around for some light reading for a while. Hard thrillers, fantasy, nonfiction,...
Salty DogsSalty Dogs
Best Price: $3.57
Pure enjoyment for the dog lover in you. Each page featured a page that would make any dog...
Every Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Farm ValuesEvery Farm Tells a Story: A Tale of Family Farm Values
Best Price: $10.95
I loved this book on American farm life! It is well-written, interesting and one of the best on...
First Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime FarmerFirst Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer
Best Price: $6.85
In this book, Perrin gives us an honest view of what it's like to be an amateur farmer in...
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Library EditionAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, Library Edition
Best Price: $18.87

The Natural ManThe Natural Man
Best Price: $10.00
McClanahan creates a delicate and engaging balance of innocent nostalgia and R-rated humor,...
Love, Sex and TractorsLove, Sex and Tractors
Best Price: $3.24
Love, Sex, and Tractors When asked to define love, I could not find my tongue. I wished to...
Home Grown Stories & Home Fried LiesHome Grown Stories & Home Fried Lies
Best Price: $14.95
Having read the previous eight reviews, I'm not sure I can add a thing. But just can't resist...
Chicken Soup for the Country Soul: Stories Served Up Country-Style and Straight from the Heart (Chicken Soup for the Soul)Chicken Soup for the Country Soul: Stories Served Up Country-Style and Straight from the Heart (Chicken Soup for the Soul)
Best Price: $0.01
If you are a fan of country music, this is a wonderful collection of heart warming stories from...
Humor from the CountryHumor from the Country
Best Price: $2.50
Jerry Apps is a born storyteller and an observant historian of rural life in Wisconsin, past and...

Blue Ridge Chronicles: A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest VirginiaBlue Ridge Chronicles: A Decade of Dispatches from Southwest Virginia
Best Price: $12.85
Many of the highlanders in Virginia's western mountains live in small communities with names...
Tibet's Hidden Wilderness: Wildlife and Nomads of the Chang Tang ReserveTibet's Hidden Wilderness: Wildlife and Nomads of the Chang Tang Reserve
Best Price: $45.00
Women Who Love Cats Too MuchWomen Who Love Cats Too Much
Best Price: $5.99
Being a cat-centric person, just about anything about cats amuses me... and this was highly...
The Horses We Love, The Lessons We LearnThe Horses We Love, The Lessons We Learn
Best Price: $4.13
This book I could not put down, only took one break in reading the whole book. This author has...
This Tender Place: The Story of a Wetland YearThis Tender Place: The Story of a Wetland Year
Best Price: $14.75
After the deaths of her father and father-in-law, Laurie Lawlor discovers an unlikely place for...

The Rural LifeThe Rural Life
Best Price: $2.83
To read this delightful little book was to be carried into his space and more fully into my own....
In Praise of Labs: Celebrating the World's Greatest DogIn Praise of Labs: Celebrating the World's Greatest Dog
Best Price: $10.19
Owners of Labrador retrievers know that if dogs are truly man's best friend, then their dogs are...
Out of the Woods: A Bird Watcher's YearOut of the Woods: A Bird Watcher's Year
Best Price: $11.04
Too much of the time, in these days of instant gratification, we don't take time to be still and...
Bob Artley's Memories of a Former Kid: Once Upon a Time on the Family Farm (Country Life)Bob Artley's Memories of a Former Kid: Once Upon a Time on the Family Farm (Country Life)
Best Price: $2.88
An entertaining look at the challenges and charms of growing up on a farm.
Best Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime FarmerBest Person Rural: Essays of a Sometime Farmer
Best Price: $4.75
Noel Perrin died several years ago so it's a surprise - and a treat- to see his essays gathered...

The Gift of the DeerThe Gift of the Deer
Best Price: $45.00
The kind of story that must be pulled off the shelf and reread again and again. When a...
The Book Of Arabic Wisdom: Proverbs & AnecdotesThe Book Of Arabic Wisdom: Proverbs & Anecdotes
Best Price: $11.66
Proverbs have been Hussain Mohammed Al-Amily's passion since he was a small boy, listening to...
Tequila Mockingbird: A Book of Animal CartoonsTequila Mockingbird: A Book of Animal Cartoons
Best Price: $0.19
This book will make you laugh. A nice easy read. Great to have where someone might need to...
OuthousesOuthouses
Best Price: $2.99
Outhouses contains the history of and musings about that most fundamental of structures, the...
Bob Artley's Cowtoons: Living with CowsBob Artley's Cowtoons: Living with Cows
Best Price: $5.35
Cowtoons: Living With Cows is an amusing anthology of cartoons depicting the lighter side of...

Sweet Tea, Fried Chicken, and Lazy Dogs: Reflections on North Carolina LifeSweet Tea, Fried Chicken, and Lazy Dogs: Reflections on North Carolina Life
Best Price: $328.02
Even though this book is aimed at those who grew up in North Carolina, anyone who grew up in a...
Old Dog TownOld Dog Town
Best Price: $0.90
You Might Be in a Country Church If...You Might Be in a Country Church If...
Best Price: $7.45
Move over, Jeff Foxworthy or take a seat in the pew. Ron Birk has jumped on that wagon and...
Spiked Boots: Sketches of the North CountrySpiked Boots: Sketches of the North Country
Best Price: $8.45
As someone who grew up listening to my Irish Grandmother tell tales of her Father sneaking out...
Good Old Days Presents Hometown MemoriesGood Old Days Presents Hometown Memories
Best Price: $3.73
Remember when hometowns were a great place to be a kid? Some people say, "You can't go home...
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