Books tagged: farm life

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A Difficult Passage    by Ray Wiseman
Price: $4.95 USD. 56670 words. Published on February 4, 2012. .

Life on the Canadian prairies in the 1930s and 40s had special challenges. The Great Depression drove Fred Stone from early retirement back to the farm with his young wife and two sons: Fred Jr. and Stan. Poverty, vicious winds, blistering to frigid temperatures, and dust storms ravaged the prairies. Crops failed. Then came an unpredictable change in circumstances. Things got immeasurably worse!
νομαδικόν: ημερολόγιο δρόμου    by Dimitris Mamakos
Price: $7.60 USD. 76650 words. Published on February 11, 2012. .

Η ιστορία κάποιου που άφησε την πόλη, την καριέρα και τους αγαπημένους του, για ν’ αναζητήσει τη ζωή. Η καταγραφή του οδοιπορικού του από τα μονοπάτια των Ιμαλαΐων ως τις ζούγκλες της Καρνάτακα. Το χρονικό της γνωριμίας ενός “homo urbanus” με την κουλτούρα του δρόμου και των ταξιδευτών· με την πνευματικότητα της Ανατολής· με τη νηφάλια παρατήρηση.
Women of the Farm: Four Short Stories    by Candace Hennekens
Price: $0.99 USD. 11860 words. Published on February 24, 2012. .

On the surface, farm woman who have worked alongside their men, cropping, milking, farming seem worlds apart from their city sisters. But these stories reveal all women who are on the cusp of a change are sisters underneath. A widow, an unhappy wife, a woman contemplating romance, a woman who has seized the day, these are the characters in these short stories about women of the farm.
The Farm: Walking with the Past, Johnston Family History    by Melanie Ridilla
Price: $1.99 USD. 3620 words. Published on March 9, 2012. .

History and anecdotes of the Johnston Family Farm and the Johnstons who've lived there.
Boredom Buddies - Horse and Pony Tales Book One    by Becky Nichols
Price: $1.99 USD. 620 words. Published on April 11, 2012. .

Nitro and Bingo are real life horse and pony buddies who always linger in mischief. This story was inspired by events that took place just a week after Nitro moved onto the farm in West Virginia. Step inside and take a fantasy ride with Nitro, a big and tall Tennessee Walker, and his little sidekick, Bingo the Paint pony.
Mahayla and Bingo Learn to Fly, Horse and Pony Tales Book Two    by Becky Nichols
Price: $1.99 USD. 640 words. Published on April 13, 2012. .

Mahayla and Bingo are very best friends on the family farm in West Virginia. Step inside this story and watch a little red head girls dream come true as she and her pony Bingo learn to fly. Mahayla and Bingo Learn to Fly, Book Two of the Horse and Pony Tales Series, is written in poetic prose and spun together with magical threads of whimsical fun to inspire your imagination.
An Irish Miracle    by Rob Mahan
Price: $7.99 USD. 108570 words. Published on May 2, 2012. .

An Irish Miracle is the story of Dillon and Alastar Connolly, young men separated by two generations and searching for their places in the world. From an Ohio farm to western Ireland and from the 1940s to present day, their journeys take them through peaceful countryside and personal challenges. Their paths cross in unexpected ways, never far from the people, the horses, and the lands they love.
Where Lions Roar at Night    by Rosie Boom
Price: Free! 58330 words. Published on May 11, 2012. .

Where Lions Roar at Night is an engaging read-aloud for the whole family. Enjoy the fun, adventures and dramas of a modern day ‘pioneering’ family as they make their home in a 90-year-old barn in rural N.Z. The first of the Barn Chronicles series and winner of the 2010 CALEB Prize for children’s books. “A simple piece of sunlit childhood. ” Emma Jelsma, Scene Magazine 2010
Daisy's War    by Shayne Parkinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 101040 words. Published on May 13, 2012. .

In 1914, Daisy lives in the quiet New Zealand valley where her family has farmed for generations. Her world seems a warm and safe one. But the Great War is casting its long shadow over New Zealand. Daisy watches in growing fear as more and more of the men leave to fight in Europe, and the War strikes ever closer to the heart of her family.
God's Miracle (And My New Truck)    by Peyton Langford
Price: $0.99 USD. 17670 words. Published on May 18, 2012. .

This story is about me getting a new truck and the circumstances that surrounded the purchase. When it was over, I knew that God had performed a miracle in my life and provided me with the truck that I had really wanted. It wasn't until a couple of days later that I realized that it may not have been about me getting the truck, but about me getting the story to tell.