books about: vermont

books about: vermont

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Vermont

Folk Medicine: A New England Almanac of Natural Health Care From A Noted Vermont Country Doctor

M.D. D. C. Jarvis

Fawcett, 1985

excellent!!
I thought that this book was going to cover all kinds of herbal medicine. It turned out that it covered just 3 natural products,which were apple cider vinegar, honey, and kelp. It turns out that if you just add these to your diet that you will be healthy.Dr Jarvis ...

Promise Not to Tell: A Novel

Jennifer Mcmahon

Harper Paperbacks, 2007

Amazing
The author did a great job! I could not put it down. Each page gave a new clue so it keeps you hooked. I recommend this to everyone!!!

Witness

Karen Hesse

Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003

WITNESS
In discussing the subject of Hate with my eighth grade students, I use WITNESS as an introduction to this difficult topic because of its brilliant subtleties that infuse the subject with multiple perspectives that tells a complete story. Highly reminiscent of the adult ...

Rail-Trails New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island & Vermont ...

Wilderness Press, 2007

There are now more than 13,00 miles of open rail-trails across the country.
There are now more than 13,00 miles of open rail-trails across the country. The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is an organization of more than 100,000 members and a leading advocate for trail and greenway 'recycling' of obsolete railroad corridors and rights of way. The ...

Crossing to Safety (Modern Library Classics)

Wallace Earle Stegner

Modern Library, 2002

Fabulous!
Beautifully written, provocative, and enduring. Hated for it to end. Wanted to reread it immediately.

Go With Me: A Novel

Castle Freeman

Steerforth, 2008

Refreshingly finest kind
Castle Freeman's Go With Me is complete hit for me, mordantly funny, sly, great dialogue, fine indeed. This is one to pass along to your friends, or you could wait for December when it would make a terrific gift. I wouldn't wait, though. It's just that fine.

Vermont Atlas & Gazetteer

DeLorme Publishing, 2000

Best Maps Ever!
The Vermont Atlas and Gazetteer (as well as the NH and Maine versions) are simply the best maps I have ever bought and used. Every road in every town is shown, and well as topographical features, landmarks, waterways, etc. If you get lost using this map, wellll, ...

The Good Life

Scott Nearing, Helen Nearing

Schocken, 1990

Perspective Changing
I read this book as a freshman in college. At the time, I had never read anything like it. Leaving the big city, the Nearings set out to live a self-subsistant life. Part how-to manual and part philosophical treatise, the two books in this volume paint a picture of ...

Tasha Tudor's Garden

Tovah Martin

Houghton Mifflin, 1994

Surprise
I purchased this book years ago... at a bookstore and paid the full price. Had I known about Amazon.com....I could have saved money. Then I could have more books! I strongly recommend this book for all gardeners to add to their home library. Enjoy!

Counting on Grace

Elizabeth Winthrop

Yearling, 2007

How sweet the sound
When a children's author wishes to write a piece of historical fiction, there are a number of ways to do so. They can write about a specific historical moment. The fall of Pompeii, for example, or perhaps a battle during the Civil War. They can also just pick a ...

How Tia Lola Came to Stay

Julia Alvarez

Yearling, 2002

Excellent Piece
There is always someone in our family that stands out. There is also someone that's an influence.

Spinning into Butter: A Play

Rebecca Gilman

Faber & Faber, 2000

Wonderfully Written
Gilman is certainly one of the most promising young playwrights in the world, and this play solidifies that. She has created a beautiful portrait of the problems created when those in power attempt to relate to different races, and the absurdity of an individual ...

From Another Angle: Children's Strengths and School Standards : The Prospect Center's Descriptive Review of ...

Teachers College Press, 2000

SEEING OUR CHILDREN
FROM ANOTHER ANGLE is for teachers and parents--brothers, sisters, aunts, and uncles--for any person who knows and loves a child--for anyone invested in helping that child reach his or her full potential as an ethical, creative, intellectual, spiritual, physical ...

Cooking with Shelburne Farms: Food and Stories from Vermont (Shelburne Farms Books)

Shelburne Farms, Melissa Pasanen, ...

Studio, 2007

sophisticated and approachable cooking from the earth
This is a beautiful cookbook! The recipes are a great mix of rich and complex to earthy, fresh and simple. There are also wonderful pieces between the recipes on Vermont farmers and artisan food makers and the featured local ingredients which are fun and informative ...

The Photographer's Guide to Vermont: Where to Find Perfect Shots and How to Take Them

David Middleton

Countryman Press, 2003

The complete reference to photographing Vermont
Say you decide to do photography in Vermont and you dont know where to start. Dont look furthur. This books will save you tons of time. I used this book to chart my 6 day trip. It worked out great and I am so happy that such a book exists. The book can help you to plan ...