Der Schimmelreiter ist eine Novelle von Theodor Storm aus der Literaturepoche des Realismus. Das im April 1888 veröffentlichte Werk ist Storms bekannt...
Probably no other American writer has a greater sympathy with, and a keener enjoyment of, country life in all its phases—farming, camping, fishing, wa...
The Blithedale Romance is a novel by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne. It is the third major "romance", as he called the form. Its setting is a uto...
The son of a civil war vet in the Midwest, Garland hated farming and the frontier, and was delighted to (after some adjustment) find a living in the c...
This practical guide to solving all sorts of problems includes secrets and discoveries covering the Liquor Trade, Druggists' Aids, Manufacturing Hints...
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania is a series of essays written by the Pennsylvania lawyer and legislator John Dickinson and published under the p...
The Song of the Cardinal is about a big male Cardinal who lives in a tree near a farmer and his wife. The Cardinal immediately starts to sing to find...
Born in London of Welsh parents, George Essex Evans was raised and educated by his mother Mary Ann (née Owen) in Pembrokeshire after she was widowed w...
It is a collection of humorous and charming stories about life in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, written by Roger Livingston Scaife. The book was first publ...
Lisbeth Longfrock (Sidsel Sidsærkin in Norwegian) is a heartwarming tale that delves into the life of a young girl growing up in the beautiful and cha...
This book, published in 1835, offers a systematic compilation of all known and applicable fertilizers of its time. It delves into the methods of obtai...
Gavin Duncan, a pragmatic farmer, travels to the alien planet of Layard seeking fortune from a valuable crop: vua berries, which can cure mental illne...
This historical account chronicles the evolution of farming in Ontario, Canada, from its early stages in 1783 to the modern era of 1888-1912. It exami...
William Cooper Howells' "Recollections of Life in Ohio" offers a firsthand glimpse into the early days of Ohio's settlement in the 19th century. Throu...
I en brutal periode af engelsk historie, under den blodige borgerkrig i det 17. århundrede, følger vi fire forældreløse adelsbørn. De er tvunget til a...
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Virgil's *Georgics* is a four-book poem that explores the art and practice of agriculture in ancient Rome. Written during the reign of Augustus, the w...
De Agricultura, written by Marcus Porcius Cato in the 2nd century BC, is a treatise on Roman agriculture. It is the most extensive piece of early Lati...
Marcus Terentius Varro's *Rerum Rusticarum libri tres* (Three Books on Farming) offers a comprehensive and insightful examination of Roman agriculture...
Heron Nest is a heartwarming story set in upstate New York during the early 1900s. The Heron family, led by the resourceful and inventive Billy, face...
In Jeremias Gotthelf's 'Uli der Pächter', we follow the life of Uli, a young man now married and managing a leased farm. His aspirations for a secure...
This practical guide to gardening, disguised as letters from a father to his son, provides month-by-month instructions on how to cultivate a thriving...
Set in the rugged Australian outback, 'On Our Selection' chronicles the hilarious misadventures of the Rudd family as they attempt to establish a farm...
Shepherd's Life is a classic work of English literature that offers a fascinating glimpse into the rural life of Wiltshire in the mid to late nineteen...
