NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2001
"Narrow but charming."
NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2003
"Intense, sensuous, lyrical, shaped by the sensibility of a poet and the eye of a farmer."
California farmer/memoirist Masumoto (
Harvest Son, 1998, etc.) meanders through his fields and memories by way of the five senses.
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NONFICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2006
"A captivating portrait of a beautiful, fragile and endangered world. "
An entertaining account of a three-month road trip across the American landscape by the former editor-in-chief of
Natural History magazine.
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NONFICTION
Released: July 7, 2006
"All the plights and possibilities of traditional life, viewed through an exquisitely sensitive wide-angle lens. (39 line drawings)"
Yeadon (
Seasons in Basilicata, 2004, etc.) chronicles a garrulous, well-spent year on the Scottish island where the famous tweed is woven.
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NONFICTION
Released: Feb. 23, 2011
"A moving, eloquent and joyously idiosyncratic memoir."
The story of a successful 50-something woman who chose to quit a high-powered Manhattan job, move to the country and reinvent her life.
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NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2011
"Perfect balance of tips, recipes and anecdotes for continual referencing."
