En su «Santos Vega o los mellizos de la Flor» el escritor Hilario Ascasubi presenta en breves cuadros descriptivos la vida de la Pampa y de sus pobladores a través de poemas gauchescos, épicos inclu……続きを見る
'Beautifully written and both heartbreaking and heartwarming' Jessica Redland
When police knock on Alice Donaldson’s door at 4am, she knows the news won’t be good. There’s been an accident involving……続きを見る
著者:Richard F. Hirsh
出版社: Johns Hopkins University Press
発売日: 2022年06月14日
The untold story of the power industry's efforts to electrify growing numbers of farms in the years before the creation of Depression-era government programs.
Winner of the 2025 IEEE William and Joy……続きを見る
'A masterpiece of social history' Daily Mail
There is nothing quite as beautiful as an English country house in summer. And there has never been a summer quite like that Indian summer between the tw……続きを見る
A richly recounted memoir of growing up in an Irish farming community in the 1940s
A love of Ireland and the Irish is what shines through this little memoir.
Growing up amongst the fields, woods and……続きを見る
In the 1960s Geoffrey Grigson travelled around England writing the story of the secret landscape that is all around us, if only we take the time to look and see. The result is a book that will take ……続きを見る
The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo. Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect 'plenty be……続きを見る
THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
**'Affectionate, evocative, illuminating. A story of survival - of a flock, a landscape and a disappearing way of life. I love this book' Nigel Slater
'Triumph……続きを見る
A SUNDAY TELEGRAPH AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
WINNER OF SWEDEN'S AUGUST PRIZE
WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE
'Osebol is a magn……続きを見る
Dennis Potter was born and brought up in the Forest of Dean- a 'strange and beautiful place', as he described it in the last interview before his death, 'rather ugly villages in beautiful landscape,……続きを見る
著者:Terry Wilson
出版社: Ebury Publishing
発売日: 2011年02月03日
Growing up in rural Yorkshire in the 1940s and 50s, Terry Wilson spent his school days hunting down Just William books, cutting up apples to help with fractions and staring out the window dreaming u……続きを見る
**'He is unlike anybody else writing today ... After Donald Trump's election, we urgently need to rediscover the best of radical America. An essential part of that story is Wendell Berry. Few of us ……続きを見る
Bowen's Court describes the history of one Anglo-Irish family in County Cork from the Cromwellian settlement until 1959, when Elizabeth Bowen was forced to sell the family house she loved. Bowen rev……続きを見る
How do you remember the summers of your childhood?
For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days. Here is an evocation of summer like no other – a remote valley filled with the scent ……続きを見る
In 1966 Will Cohu's grandparents moved to Bramble Carr, a remote cottage on the Yorkshire moors. The summers and winters he spent there were full of freedom and light; only after childhood ended was……続きを見る
A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world.
'A wonderful book... It has taught me a lot. I feel great love for it' MAX PORTER
At the age of ……続きを見る
A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the world's most respected writers.
Born in 1922 in the tiny Portuguese village of Azinhaga, José Saramago was only a bab……続きを見る
Longlisted for the Wainwright Book Prize 2019
A calming, life-affirming book about the British countryside, the cycle of nature, solitude and contentment, by a brilliant new nature writer who spent ……続きを見る
From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with aristocratic val……続きを見る
In this inspirational and practical guide to country life, passionate and hugely knowledgeable countryman Alan Titchmarsh explores the heritage of rural Britain, its landscapes and wildlife, its tra……続きを見る
'I found myself turning the pages with an inward leap of joy' - Isabella Tree
*WINNER of the Richard Jefferies Award for Nature Writing*
*Shortlisted for the James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Conse……続きを見る
著者:Lexi Stadlen
出版社: Random House
発売日: 2022年04月07日
Revelatory, lyrical and immersive, this is an extraordinary book that takes you deep into these ordinary women's worlds... Their stories are urgent and forcefully articulated - and this book gives u……続きを見る
A gripping crime thriller mystery full of twists and turns, from the UK Top 50 bestselling author of The Bride
It’s different when it’s your daughter.
DI Gravel’s daughter Emily has landed her dream……続きを見る
著者:Edward G. Agran
出版社: University of Arkansas Press
発売日: 1999年07月01日
For fifty years, William Allen White, first as a reporter and later as the long-time editor of the Emporia Gazette, wrote of his small town and its Mid-American values. By tailoring his writing to t……続きを見る
Welcome to Halesmere House, where romance might be just around the corner
After years of living in the past, Ella is ready to start building a future. The perfect opportunity presents itself when sh……続きを見る
出版社: University of Manitoba Press
発売日: 2022年05月06日
Historian Royden Loewen has brought together selections from diaries kept by 21 Mennonites in Canada between 1863 and 1929, some translated from German for the first time. By skillfully comparing an……続きを見る
This edition includes the following editor's introduction:China in the 19th century, the historical context in which "Village Life in China" was written
First published in 1889, "Village Life in C……続きを見る
An inside look at why the Republican Party has come to dominate the rural American South
Beginning with the Dixiecrat Revolt of 1948 and extending through the 2020 election cycle, political scientis……続きを見る
México es un país de enorme diversidad biológica que en gran medida se ha mantenido gracias al cuidado de muchas comunidades rurales. La preservación de los territorios y bienes naturales se logran ……続きを見る