Tuesday 6 October 2009

Fiction etc. with agricultural themes

Thanks to Lyn in Tasmania, Australia for this:

Title:

Cumulated fiction index

Publisher:

London : Association of Assistant Librarians, 1960-
[Newcastle-under-Lyme] : CDG Publishing, 2000-

Description:

v. ; 24 cm.

Numbering:

1945/1960-

Format:

Serial

Notes:

Each issue has individual compilers. 1945-1960 compiled by G.B. Cotton and Alan Glencross; 1960-1969 compiled by Raymond Ferguson Smith and Antony John Gordon; 1975-1984 compiled by Marilyn E. Hicken; 1980-1989 compiled by Marilyn E. Hicken.
Cumulation of annual Fiction index.

Contents:

[v.1] 1945-1960 -- [v.2] 1960-1969 -- [v.3] 1970-1974 -- [v.4] 1975-1979 -- [v.5] 1980-1984 -- [v.6] 1980-1989 -- [v.7] 1990-1994 -- [v.8] 1995-1999

Subjects:

Fiction - Indexes
English fiction - 20th century - Indexes
English fiction - 20th century - Bibliography

Alternate title:

Fiction index 1975-1979

Other authors:

Glencross, Alan
Cotton, G. B. (Gerald Brooks)
Hicken, Mandy, 1936-

Less useful but you never know:

Title:

Novel openers: first sentences of 11,000 fictional works, topically arranged with subject, keyword, author, and title indexing / by Bruce L. Weaver

Author:

Weaver, Bruce L

Publisher:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c1995

Description:

ix, 986 p. ; 27 cm.

ISBN:

0786400501

Subjects:

Fiction - Indexes
Openings (Rhetoric) - Indexes
Quotations, English

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Other authors ….. ?

George Eliot. Mill on the floss

Thomas Hardy’s novels

The death of Martin Guerre

Laurence Sterne. Tristram Shandy

Henry Fielding. Tom Jones

Tolstoy looks at farming practices of his time in many of his novels.

Chaucer - the Millers tale etc.

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I took these from Global Books in Print, not all fiction, but they may be of interest if you are into this subject.

From Castle Rackrent to Castle Dracula: Anglo-Irish Agrarian Fiction in the Nineteenth Century

Author:

Paul Cliffe

Publication Date:

December 2009

Publisher:

University of Buckingham Press, The

Country of Publication:

United Kingdom

Market:

United Kingdom

ISBN:

0-9560716-7-8

ISBN13:

978-0-9560716-7-5

Item Status:

Active Record (Available for Order)

Binding Format:

Trade Cloth

Pages:

250

Also Available Through:

Gardners Books Limited

Current Language:

English

Bowker Subjects:

ENGLISH LITERATURE

LC Class #:

PR468

Dewey #:

823.8099415

Synopsis/Annotation:

It is impossible to study literature in Ireland in the 19th century without also considering history, social issues, politics and religion. In particular absentee landlords appointed agents and/or middlemen - most of whom were corrupt - who persecuted tenants and squeezed every last penny from them (often entirely legally).

Title:

Everyone Had Cameras: Photography and Farmworkers in California, 1850-2000

Author:

Richard Steven Street

Publication Date:

November 2008

Publisher:

University of Minnesota Press

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

Australia

ISBN:

0-8166-4966-9

ISBN13:

978-0-8166-4966-2

EAN:

9780816649662

Item Status:

Active Record (Readily Available)

Binding Format:

Trade Cloth

Edition:

illustrated

Pages:

720

Price:

$200.00 (AUD Retail) NewSouth Books (Distributor)

Also Available Through:

Baker & Taylor Books; Blackwell; Brodart Company

Current Language:

English

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHY_HISTORY
AGRICULTURAL LABORERS

General Subjects (BISAC):

PHOTOGRAPHY / History
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Agribusiness
PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries

General Subjects (BIC):

PHOTOGRAPHY & PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAPHIC REPORTAGE
HISTORY OF ART / ART & DESIGN STYLES
AGRICULTURE & RELATED INDUSTRIES

LCCN:

2007-051643

LC Class #:

TR820.5.S8475 2008

Dewey #:

779/.99794053

Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):

17.78 x 25.4 x 3.81 cm.

Synopsis/Annotation:

Deftly weaving the remarkable diversity of field photography into this story of labour activism, 'Everyone Had Cameras' establishes a new history of California photography while chronicling the impact that this visual medium has has on a vast, dispossessed class of American workers.

Title:

Life on the Farm and Ranch: South Dakota Stories

Contributor:

South Dakota Humanities Council (Created by)

Publication Date:

September 2009

Publisher:

South Dakota Humanities Council

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

United States

ISBN:

0-615-32429-0

ISBN13:

978-0-615-32429-6

Item Status:

Active Record

Binding Format:

Trade Paper

Price:

$13.95 (USD Retail) (Publisher)

Current Language:

English

Age Range:

12 to UP

Bowker Subjects:

AGRICULTURE
LITERATURE_COLLECTIONS

General Subjects (BISAC):

LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

General Subjects (BIC):

ANTHOLOGIES (NON-POETRY)
AGRICULTURE & FARMING

Title:

Tomato Rhapsody: A Fable of Love, Lust and Forbidden Fruit

Author:

Adam Schell

Publication Date:

June 2009

Publisher:

Random House Publishing Group

Imprint:

Delacorte Press

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

Canada

ISBN:

0-385-34333-7

ISBN13:

978-0-385-34333-6

EAN:

9780385343336

Item Status:

Active Record (Readily Available)

Binding Format:

Trade Cloth

Pages:

352

Price:

$28.95 (CND Retail) Random House of Canada, Limited (Distributor)

Current Language:

English

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

FICTION_ROMANCE_GENERAL
ITALY_FICTION
TOMATOES

General Subjects (BISAC):

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science
FICTION / Romance / General

General Subjects (BIC):

AGRONOMY & CROP PRODUCTION
ROMANCE

LCCN:

2008-051835

LC Class #:

PS3619.C347T66 2009

Dewey #:

813/.6

Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):

15.875 x 23.495 x 3.048 cm.
.522 kg.

Synopsis/Annotation:

[A] delectable debut.... Schell displays the finesse of a master chef as he spices up the story with a delicious array of humorous subplots.Booklist If only every debut novel arrived with such spirit. USA Today
The almost-true tale of how the tomato came to 16th century Italy and the forbidden love between Davido, a Jewish tomato farmer, and Mari, a beautiful Catholic girl. But it's not only Davido and Mari who have secrets of the heart. Everyone around them yearns for something--from Davido's grandfather, who tenderly cultivates the tomato plant he stole on his voyages with
Columbus, to Mari's villainous stepfather, whose eye is trained on his stepdaughter's virginity and his neighbor's land. Caught in the midst of these passions and machinations is a village full of eccentrics who speak in rhyme, celebrate the Feast of the Drunken Saint, and live a life untouched by the passage of time. The schemes and dreams of these men and women are about to change as what is forbidden becomes too delicious to resist. Tradition, religion, and good taste collide in a story about the courage to pursue love and tomato sauce at all costs.
A village in
Tuscany is the setting for this joyous debuta novel that defies all our expectations as it puts a fresh, clever, captivating spin on the age-old tale of forbidden love. Rich in literary delights, filled with spectacular wordplay, and rife with the bawdy humor of Shakespeares comedies,Tomato Rhapsodyis the almost-true tale of how the tomato came to Italyat once a brilliantly inventive fable of love, lust, and longing, and a dazzling feast for the imagination. This is a story born from lovea forbidden lovebetween Davido, anEbreotomato farmer, and Mari, a beautiful Catholic girl.But its not only Davido and Mari who have secrets of the heart. Everyone around them yearns for somethingfrom Davidos grandfather, who tenderly cultivates the tomato plant he stole on his voyages with Columbus, to Maris villainous stepfather, whose eye is trained on his stepdaughters virginity and his neighbors land. Caught in the midst of these passions and machinations is a village full of eccentrics who speak in rhyme, celebrate the Feast of the Drunken Saint, and live a life untouched by the passage of time. The schemes and dreams of these men and women are about to change as what is forbidden becomes too delicious to resist. Tradition, religion, and good taste collide unforgettably in a story about the courage to pursue love and tomato sauce at all costs.
[A] delectable debut.... Schell displays the finesse of a master chef as he spices up the story with a delicious array of humorous subplots.Booklist

Title:

Spring's Edge: A Ranch Wife's Chronicles

Author:

Laurie Wagner Buyer

Laurie Wagner Buyer

Publication Date:

July 2008

Publisher:

University of New Mexico Press

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

Australia

ISBN:

0-8263-4391-0

ISBN13:

978-0-8263-4391-8

EAN:

9780826343918

Item Status:

Active Record (Readily Available)

Binding Format:

Trade Paper

Edition:

illustrated

Pages:

272

Price:

$41.95 (AUD Retail) Inbooks (Distributor)

Also Available Through:

Alibris ; Brodart Company; Powells.com

Current Language:

English

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

COLORADO_SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS
POETS_BIOGRAPHY
RANCH LIFE
RANCHERS
UNITED STATES_INTELLECTUAL LIFE
AUTHORS, AMERICAN

General Subjects (BISAC):

HISTORY / United States / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / General

General Subjects (BIC):

LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM_USA
BIOGRAPHY: LITERARY
HISTORY OF THE AMERICAS_USA
SOCIOLOGY: CUSTOMS & TRADITIONS
RURAL COMMUNITIES
AGRICULTURE & FARMING

LCCN:

2007-040976

LC Class #:

PS3552.U8944Z474

Dewey #:

811/.54 B

Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):

15.24 x 23.114 x 1.524 cm.
.38 kg.

Synopsis/Annotation:

"Spring's Edge" reflects life during one season on the modern-day Colorado cattle ranch Laurie Buyer once called home. Her diary recounts the day-to-day toil and the challenge of trying to find time to write while continuing to help with outdoor chores, cooking, cleaning, balancing the books, and working for a neighboring ranch.Chronicling a time of deep personal change, Buyer struggles with her role as a ranch wife, faces the diminishing vitality of an agricultural way of life, and nurses her father through a terminal illness. Buyer tries to bridge the gap between the rural world she cherishes and the inevitable encroachment of urban sprawl. Meanwhile, her writing of landscape and weather, livestock and wildlife, loneliness and intimacy capture the innate rhythms of relationships, the resilience of love, and the astonishing beauty of life on the land.

Jacket Description.

"Spring's Edge reflects life during one season on the modern-day Colorado cattle ranch Laurie Buyer once called home. Her diary recounts the day-to-day toil and the challenge of trying to find time to write while continuing to help with outdoor chores, cooking, cleaning, balancing the books, and working for a neighboring ranch."--BOOK JACKET.

Title:

Memoirs of a Breton Peasant, 1834-1905

Author:

Jean-Marie Deguignet

Linda Asher

Publication Date:

February 2008

Publisher:

Seven Stories Press

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

United Kingdom

ISBN:

1-58322-616-8

ISBN13:

978-1-58322-616-2

EAN:

9781583226162

Item Status:

Active Record (Readily Available)

Binding Format:

Trade Cloth

Edition:

illustrated

Pages:

488

Price:

£17.99 (GBP Retail) Turnaround Publisher Services Limited (Distributor)

Also Available Through:

Brodart Company; Gardners Books Limited; NACSCORP, Incorporated; Raincoast Book Distribution

Current Language:

English

Original Language:

French

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

PEASANTRY_FRANCE
POOR_FRANCE
SOLDIERS
FRANCE_RURAL CONDITIONS

General Subjects (BISAC):

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military

General Subjects (BIC):

POVERTY & UNEMPLOYMENT
BIOGRAPHY: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL & MILITARY
MILITARY HISTORY
RURAL COMMUNITIES

LCCN:

2003-020061

LC Class #:

HD1536.F8D39713 2004

Dewey #:

305.5/633/092 B

Physical Dimensions (W x L x H):

16.104 x 23.368 x 3.454 cm.
.75 kg.

Synopsis/Annotation:

Memoirs of A Breton Peasant combines the discovery of a fascinating document of nineteenth-century history with an extraordinary life story. As lively as an adventure novel, the account bristles with the curiosity of an alert, opinionated autodidact from the very lowest level of peasant society, as Jean-Marie Deguignet moves through the world of his time. Most records from nineteenth-century Brittany are the chronicles of and by the middle and upper classes-the formally educated, the advantaged. Deguignet is unique not only as a reading and writing peasant, but in his skepticism regarding the Church; his interest in science, astronomy, and languages; and in his keen-often caustic-observations of the world and people around him. Born in 1834 near Quimper, in Brittany, to landless farmers, the young Deguignet was sent out several times a week to beg for the family's food. After some adolescent years as a cowherd and a domestic speaking only Breton, he left the province as a soldier, avid for knowledge of the vast world. He taught himself Latin, then French, then Italian and Spanish; he read history and philosophy and politics and literature. He was sent to fight in the Crimean war, to attend at Napoleon III's coronation ceremonies, to support Italy's liberation struggle, and to defend the hapless French puppet emperor Maximilian in Mexico. He returned home to live as a tobacco farmer, falling back into dire poverty. Throughout the tale, Deguignet's freethinking, almost anarchic views put him ahead of his time and often (sadly, for him) out of step with his fellows. Deguignet's voluminous notebooks, written from 1897 to 1904, have sold over two hundred sixty-five thousand copies to date in France. Linda Asher (Translator), former fiction editor at The New Yorker, has previously translated into English Restif de la Bretonne, Victor Hugo, George Simenon, and Milan Kundera. The last book she translated for Seven Stories, Martin Winckler's The Case of Dr. Sachs, won the French-American translation prize in 2001.

Author Info.

Bernez Rouz, a member of the Arkae Association of Historical Research, has devoted his life to tracking down the complete set of the notebooks of Jean-Marie Deguignet, only a fraction of which had been on record for more than a century

Jason Webster in his Sacred Sierra: a year on a Spanish mountain has lengthy quotes as chapter headings from the following work by Ibn al-Awam Kitab al-Falaha, The Book of Agriculture (written in the 12th century). Most of it could have been written yesterday … really fascinating.

Title:

A Traveller in Thirteenth-Century Arabia: Ibn al-Mujawir's Tarikh Al-mustabsir

Contributor:

G. Rex Smith (Editor)

Publication Date:

November 2007

Publisher:

Ashgate Publishing, Limited

Country of Publication:

United Kingdom

Market:

Australia

ISBN:

0-904180-91-3

ISBN13:

978-0-904180-91-6

Item Status:

Active Record (Readily Available)

Binding Format:

Trade Cloth

Edition:

illustrated

Pages:

370

Price:

$121.00 (AUD Retail) Rainbow Book Agencies (Distributor)

Also Available Through:

Alibris ; Baker & Taylor Books; DA Information Services Pty. Limited

Current Language:

English

Original Language:

Arabic

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

MECCA (SAUDI ARABIA)
SAUDI ARABIA_DESCRIPTION AND TRAVEL
YEMEN

General Subjects (BISAC):

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies
HISTORY / Middle East / General
TRAVEL / Middle East / General

General Subjects (BIC):

ISLAMIC STUDIES
TRAVEL & HOLIDAY_MIDDLE EAST
MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY

LCCN:

2007-017576

LC Class #:

DS206.I2613 2007

Dewey #:

915.304/2

Synopsis/Annotation:

This is the first English translation of the Tarikh al-Mustabsir, written in the early quarter of the thirteenth century by Ibn al-Mujawir. The text is a fascinating account of the western and southern areas of the Arabian Peninsula by a man from the east of the Islamic world, probably from Khurasan in Iran.Ibn al-Mujawir was a man who in all probability followed the age-old Islamic practice of making the pilgrimage to Mecca and thereafter travelling in the area to further his business interests. His route began in Mecca and essentially ran south through the Red Sea coastal plain, Tihamah, down into the Yemen and along the southern coast of the peninsula. He paused long in Aden, where he observed closely the activities of the port to report at some length on its administration, its taxes, its markets, its currency, its weights and measures, and the like. His route then continued along the southern coast of Arabia into the Gulf, and he presumably returned home to the east via Iraq. The author is a wonderful observer of people: their buildings, their dress, their customs, their agriculture, their food and their history.This book is a unique source for the social and economic history of thirteenth-century south Arabia, written with a humour and wit otherwise unknown in the writings of medieval Islam. The text is of major linguistic importance too, written as it is in a far from classical Arabic. This translation is fully annotated with an introduction, glossary, appendices and full indices, and contains maps and illustrations.

Title:

Hemingway's Tribute to Soil

Author:

Henry Mount

Publication Date:

May 2006

Publisher:

iUniverse, Incorporated

Country of Publication:

United States

Market:

United Kingdom

ISBN:

0-595-39758-1

ISBN13:

978-0-595-39758-7

Item Status:

Active Record (Available for Order)

Binding Format:

Trade Paper

Pages:

160

Price:

£7.94 (GBP Retail) Bertrams Books (Wholesaler)

Also Available Through:

Bertrams Books; Gardners Books Limited; Lightning Source, Incorporated; NACSCORP, Incorporated

Current Language:

English

Audience:

General Adult

Bowker Subjects:

HEMINGWAY, ERNEST, 1899-1961
SOILS

General Subjects (BISAC):

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Soil Science
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

General Subjects (BIC):

SOIL SCIENCE, SEDIMENTOLOGY
AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE
LITERATURE: HISTORY & CRITICISM_USA

Synopsis/Annotation:

Scientists beware! One of the finest documentation specialists of soil characteristics was Ernest Hemingway. Henry Mount has assembled hundreds of Hemingway passages and critiqued them from a science-based perspective in his bookHemingway? Tribute to Soil.