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Laura Ingalls Friends Remember Her: Memories From Laura's Ozarks Home    by Dan L White
Price: $7.99 USD. 36370 words. Published on November 19, 2009. .

Sit down with Laura's good friends and learn about the Little House lady, down home and close up in her Ozarks hometown. Also includes Laura's own comments and memories, discussions of what made Laura's books so happy, did Rose write Laura's books, and Laura's last little house. By Dan L. White, author of Laura's Love Story: the lifetime love of Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder.
Summers Run: An American Boyhood    by James Cotton
Price: $4.80 USD. 87280 words. Published on March 1, 2010. .

Claude Kinkade moves to the family farm and with his cousin Nathean Summers, helps form a Little League team for the local farm boys. Nathe is a film star from the 50s-60s and becomes the father figure Claude desperately seeks. Claude's mother Daisy, however, is launching her singing career in Las Vegas and expects Claude to join her. Whose wisdom will decide his future, Daisy's or Summers' Run?
The Dogtown Chronicles: Our Life and Times with Sheep, Goats, Llamas, and Other Creatures    by Doris Ober
Price: $2.99 USD. 47800 words. Published by Brian Rathbone on March 6, 2010. .

A middle-aged couple of escaped New Yorkers become shepherds in the rural outpost of West Marin, California, and learn much about life—and about death—from the experience. The Dogtown Chronicles is a memoir, a love story, and true animal tales featuring two Scottish Highland steer, Jacob sheep, San Clemente Island goats, llamas, a horse, and a dog; with cameo appearances by many other animals.
The Ladies of Low Arvie - Living the Farming Dream    by Linda Watson
Price: $6.00 USD. 90120 words. Published on August 15, 2010. .

How twenty-four cows became 'The Ladies of Low Arvie'. In 2002 Richard and I bought a 120 acre wet and boggy farm called Low Arvie in SW Scotland. We arrived at the farm with no experience and no equipment. This is the story of the twenty months from the day we first saw the farm, how we dealt with the many challenges we faced, to the successful birth of our first batch of home bred calves.
Hunter's Moon    by
Price: Free! 850 words. Published on August 24, 2010. .

October, the month of summer gifts and winter threats, kindles many passions. In this small upstate NY valley, where life clings to simplicity, the Hunter's Moon signals the Final Harvest.
A Home from the Woods    by Michael Antoniak
Price: $5.00 USD. 60960 words. Published on January 17, 2011. .

Part how to, part adventure, A Home From The Woods details methods used for four different log cabin projects: Restoring A Standing Cabin; Building A Hand-hewn Cabin; Building with Rounded Logs; and Taking Down and Recreating An Original Log Cabin. The straightforward advice is put in perspective with a personal narrative of the challenges and rewards of building that idyllic cabin in the woods.
San Fairy Anne    by Jean Gill
Price: $3.99 USD. 96960 words. Published on March 16, 2011. .

Volume 2 of the Llanelli saga. One year is nothing; one year changes everything. Jump? Don’t jump? One year’s job swap in another country – who wouldn’t jump at it? Neil discovers the French ‘education of the senses’ in Alsace while his swap partner Anne tracks down a family secret in south Wales. Both of them find more than they bargained for and have tough choices to make.
The Woodsman    by RW Holmen
Price: $2.99 USD. 2670 words. Published on March 24, 2011. .

Multi-colored splashes of sugar maple leaves carpet the ground, disturbed only by squirrels scrounging for acorns and the woodsman's autumnal pilgrimage to cut firewood. Many happy days of the old man's life were spent in these hardwood hills, and he journeys here each fall with his memories. Spend a day with him and share his life in a day.
Sweet Farm of Mine    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $2.99 USD. 53420 words. Published on June 22, 2011. .

What happens when a smart, beautiful woman who knows nothing about farming decides to buy a farm with her father who know only a little more than she does? "Sweet Farm of Mine" tells the story of Ruthie and Arlan who set out to own a little piece of heaven. And while it’s not always heaven, the beauty and goodness of living in rhythm with the land and the seasons is just what Ruthie needs.
Warm Stanchions and Red Barns With Blue Roofs    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $2.99 USD. 3840 words. Published on July 17, 2011. .

A chapbook of poetry celebrating rural life. If you believe rural American life is a poem, enjoy this collection of twenty-three poems, many of which have been published elsewhere. The collection winds through the seasons and tells the story of "The Last Happy Woman in America," the closing poem in the collection. Poems are free verse. Cover is an original sketch by the author.