Essays & Narratives
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The Last Garden: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartEmbark on a writer’s personal garden journey! Liza Ketchum’s story begins and ends in Vermont, with settings as varied as the Adirondacks, a New York suburb, an urban yard, coastal Florida, and Oxford
- Author: Ketchum, Liza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1578691419
- Language: English
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Paws of Firefighters: The Dogs & Other Animals of New York Firehouses
$29.99 Read moreIn this book, Emmy Park has combined her love for dogs and cats and her passion for documenting the relationship between pets and their families in this unique journey with the firefighters who serve
- Author: Park, Emmy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 28, 2024
- ISBN10: 076436734X
- Language: English
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Barn Dance: Nickers, brays, bleats, howls, and quacks: Tales from the herd.
$15.95 Add to cartThis collection of musings and essays includes the nine species that live on the farm: A small herd of horses, led by the Grandfather Horse, ancient and failing, and Bhim, a rescue mini who is both un
- Author: Blake, Anna M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 09 2016
- ISBN10: 0996491244
- Language: English
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An Alphabet for Gourmets
$18.00 Add to cartIn Alphabet for Gourmets, M.F.K. Fisher arranges a selection of her essays in a whimsical way that reveals the breadth and depth of her passion. From A for (dining) alone to Z for Zakuski, “a Russian
- Author: Fisher, M. F. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 10 1989
- ISBN10: 0865473919
- Language: English
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Life in the Garden
$17.00 Read moreFrom the Booker Prize winner and national bestselling author, reflections on gardening, art, literature, and life
Penelope Lively takes up her key themes of time and memory, and her lifelong passions- Author: Lively, Penelope
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 11 2019
- ISBN10: 052555839X
- Language: English
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Food in History
$18.00 Add to cartAn enthralling world history of food from prehistoric times to the present. A favorite of gastronomes and history buffs alike, Food in History is packed with intriguing information, lore, and startlin… [more below]
- Author: Tannahill, Reay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 10 1995
- ISBN10: 0517884046
- Language: English
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Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
$36.00 Add to cartExperience the uplifting, “unforgettable” New York Times bestseller about an abandoned kitten named Dewey, whose life in a library won over a farming town and the world — with over 2 million copies s… [more below]
- Author: Myron, Vicki
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2008
- ISBN10: 0446407410
- Language: English
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Be My Guest: Reflections on Food, Community, and the Meaning of Generosity
$19.95 Read moreA thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality–at the table and beyond–that’s part food memoir, part appeal for more authentic decency in our da… [more below]
- Author: Basil, Priya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0525657851
- Language: English
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Dewey’s Nine Lives: The Legacy of the Small-Town Library Cat Who Inspired Millions
$27.00 Add to cartVicki Myron follows up her #1 New York Times bestseller Dewey with stories of cats who inspire their owners and includes two brand-new Dewey stories! Dewey’s Nine Lives offers nine funny, inspiring, a… [more below]
- Author: Myron, Vicki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0451234669
- Language: English
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The Philosophy of Gardening: Essays
$16.95 Add to cartFor philosophizing gardeners and anyone who likes to pick up a spade and get their hands dirty
Gardeners
discover a new world every year–whether they’re cultivating heirloom
vegetables, foraging for- Author: Stolz, Blanka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: March 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1988784697
- Language: English
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Sacred Sendoffs: An Animal Chaplain’s Advice for Surviving Animal Loss, Making Life Meaningful, and Healing the Planet
$16.95 Add to cart- Author has developed a strong platform since the launch of Spiritual Rebel. She is now a columnist at Spirituality and Health Magazine, a radio host at Unity’s Big Universe, as well as being an academ
- Author: Bowen, Sarah A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1948626594
- Language: English
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Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original
$30.00 Add to cartEdna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America’s most resonant, lyrical, and significant cookbooks, including the now classic The Taste of Country Cooking. Lewis cooked and wrote as a means to explore h… [more below]
- Author: Franklin, Sara B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1469663996
- Language: English
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Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too
$19.99 Add to cartA moving and scientific look at the curative powers–both physical and mental–of rescuing a shelter animal, by the president of Humane Society Silicon Valley.
MUTUAL RESCUE profiles the transformatio- Author: Novello, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1538713543
- Language: English
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The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World
$23.99 Add to cartThe Potato tells the story of how a humble vegetable, once regarded as trash food, had as revolutionary an impact on Western history as the railroad or the automobile. Using Ireland, England, France,
- Author: Zuckerman, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 25 1999
- ISBN10: 0865475784
- Language: English
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Return to Paris: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartParis, 1947: Colette Rossant returns to Paris after waiting out World War II in Cairo among her father’s Egyptian-Jewish relatives. Initially, the City of Light seems gray and forbidding to the teenag… [more below]
- Author: Rossant, Colette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 20 2004
- ISBN10: 0743439686
- Language: English
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Why You Eat What You Eat: The Science Behind Our Relationship with Food
$16.95 Add to cartHow is personality correlated with preference for sweet or bitter foods? What genres of music best enhance the taste of red wine? With clear and compelling explanations of the latest research, Rachel
- Author: Herz, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 08 2019
- ISBN10: 0393356604
- Language: English
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Tales of a Pet Vet: Stories from the Clinic and House Calls
$17.99 Add to cartIn stories tailor-made for pet lovers, a seasoned veterinarian shares her good, bad, and messy days on the job–and highlights the undeniable magic of the human-animal bond.
Dr. Dawn Filos has always- Author: Filos, Dawn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1647427584
- Language: English
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Noguchi’s Gardens: Landscape as Sculpture
$70.00 Add to cartWhile sculpture remained central to his artistic practice, Isamu Noguchi’s (1904-1988) interests and production spanned an exceptionally broad terrain that included furniture and lamps, stage sets for… [more below]
- Author: Treib, Marc
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1957183993
- Language: English
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My Egypt: Cooking from My Roots (a Cookbook)
$40.00 Add to cartA bold return to the cuisine of celebrated chef Michael Mina’s heritage–with a lifetime of recipes that capture the flavor and energy of Egypt
Growing up in a Middle Eastern household gave Michael M- Author: Mina, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 08 2024
- ISBN10: 0316429783
- Language: English
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The Horse of My Heart: Stories of the Horses We Love
$12.99 Add to cartFew of God’s creatures are as noble and soul-stirring as the horse. Even those of us who don’t have horses of our own love to read inspiring stories of these beautiful, regal beasts.
With contributions… [more below]
- Author: Grant, Callie Smith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 06 2015
- ISBN10: 0800723341
- Language: English
