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🌾 Rural Ontario

Narratives rooted in Ontario's small towns and farmland, where quiet lives unfold against a backdrop of lakes, fields, and Canadian seasons. These stories find depth in the understated dramas of communities where everyone knows your name.
The Lies of the Land
by Steven Conn • 2023
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
3.98
148
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Lies of the Land Summary
The Lies of the Land 89%
Farmers and crisis don't define rural America. Military bases, chains, and suburbia do.
by Steven Conn 2023
3.98
148 ratings
🌾 Rural America📜 Agrarian Myths⏳ Nostalgia Politics🏘️ Suburban Expansion🏚️ Deindustrialization
The Unsettling of America
by Wendell Berry • 1977
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
4.33
7k+
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
The Unsettling of America Summary
The Unsettling of America 88%
America's farming crisis is really a crisis of character. The soil tells the story.
by Wendell Berry 1977
4.33
7k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Agrarian Philosophy🌍 Land Ethics🚜 Farming Criticism🏘️ Localism⚖️ Moral Economy
Crow Lake
by Mary Lawson • 2003
Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.
4.02
29k+
🏞️ Rural Family Saga👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings🖤 Generational Trauma🤫 Small-Town Secrets🏠 Family Obligation
Crow Lake Summary
Crow Lake 88%
Orphaned in rural Ontario, a girl's bond with her brilliant brother is tested by sacrifice.
by Mary Lawson 2003
4.02
29k+ ratings
🏞️ Rural Family Saga👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Orphaned Siblings🖤 Generational Trauma🤫 Small-Town Secrets🏠 Family Obligation
One Bird's Choice
by Iain Reid • 2010
Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.
3.74
461
🔙 Boomerang Kids🐓 Farm Life🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor👴 Aging Parents📉 Underemployment
One Bird's Choice Summary
One Bird's Choice 88%
Back on his parents' farm: broke, overeducated, and outranked by a guinea fowl.
by Iain Reid 2010
3.74
461 ratings
🔙 Boomerang Kids🐓 Farm Life🙃 Self-Deprecating Humor👴 Aging Parents📉 Underemployment
The Left Behind
by Robert Wuthnow • 2018
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
3.58
650
🏡 Rural America😤 Cultural Resentment🏙️ Urban Rural Divide📉 Moral Decline⛪ Religion And Politics
The Left Behind Summary
The Left Behind 88%
Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.
by Robert Wuthnow 2018
3.58
650 ratings
🏡 Rural America😤 Cultural Resentment🏙️ Urban Rural Divide📉 Moral Decline⛪ Religion And Politics
Lives of Girls and Women
by Alice Munro • 1971
Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.
3.94
16k+
🖇️ Linked Stories🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension🌸 Sexual Awakening👁️ Outsider Narrator
Lives of Girls and Women Summary
Lives of Girls and Women 88%
Del Jordan grows up watching women's lives in rural Ontario and resolves to write her own.
by Alice Munro 1971
3.94
16k+ ratings
🖇️ Linked Stories🏡 Small Town Coming Of Age👩‍👧 Mother Daughter Tension🌸 Sexual Awakening👁️ Outsider Narrator
The Other Side of the Bridge
by Mary Lawson • 2006
Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.
4.18
12k+
🏘️ Small Town Saga⚔️ Sibling Rivalry🕯️ Generational Guilt🥀 Slow Burn Tragedy💙 Quiet Devotion
The Other Side of the Bridge Summary
The Other Side of the Bridge 87%
Two brothers on a northern Ontario farm love the same woman. One leaves; the other stays.
by Mary Lawson 2006
4.18
12k+ ratings
🏘️ Small Town Saga⚔️ Sibling Rivalry🕯️ Generational Guilt🥀 Slow Burn Tragedy💙 Quiet Devotion
Soil and Sacrament
by Fred Bahnson • 2013
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
4.17
264
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
Soil and Sacrament Summary
Soil and Sacrament 87%
What if the holiest ground you'll ever touch is in a garden?
by Fred Bahnson 2013
4.17
264 ratings
🛐 Faith And Farming🌻 Community Gardens🙏 Agrarian Spirituality🤝 Interfaith Ecology🌍 Creation Care
Pastoral Song
by James Rebanks • 2020
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
4.42
8k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Pastoral Song Summary
Pastoral Song 87%
The old ways fed birdsong and bellies. A farmer's argument for mending what cheap food broke.
by James Rebanks 2020
4.42
8k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Traditional Farming🪱 Soil Health📖 Agrarian Memoir🍽️ Food Systems Critique
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
by Joel Salatin • 2007
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
4.20
2k+
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal Summary
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal 87%
Government says raw milk and teenage farmhands are crimes. One sustainable farmer's legal war.
by Joel Salatin 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🧑‍🌾 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🏭 Factory Farming Critique🌾 Agrarianism🚜 Farming Memoirs
Still Life
by Louise Penny • 2005
An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.
3.90
288k+
🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery🫂 Found Family🎩 Gentleman Detective📚 Literary Cozy🤫 Small-Town Secrets
Still Life Summary
Still Life 87%
An antique arrow kills a retired teacher in a Quebec village where no one locks their doors.
by Louise Penny 2005
3.90
288k+ ratings
🏘️ Cozy Village Mystery🫂 Found Family🎩 Gentleman Detective📚 Literary Cozy🤫 Small-Town Secrets
Folks, This Ain't Normal
by Joel Salatin • 2011
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
4.21
5k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
Folks, This Ain't Normal Summary
Folks, This Ain't Normal 87%
Food that travels 1,500 miles, animals that never graze, costs hidden: a farmer's case for normal.
by Joel Salatin 2011
4.21
5k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems🌍 Soil Regeneration🗳️ Food Politics🐄 Pasture-Based Farming
The Toronto Book of Love
by Adam Bunch • 2021
Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.
4.35
136
🏙️ Toronto History💕 Social History Of Love🏳️‍🌈 Queer History🔎 Hidden Histories🏘️ Urban Microhistory
The Toronto Book of Love Summary
The Toronto Book of Love 87%
Jailed at eighteen for loving a Chinese man. Her sixty-year battle exposed Toronto's hidden heart.
by Adam Bunch 2021
4.35
136 ratings
🏙️ Toronto History💕 Social History Of Love🏳️‍🌈 Queer History🔎 Hidden Histories🏘️ Urban Microhistory
The Feast Nearby
by Robin Mather • 2011
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
3.79
2k+
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir💰 Frugal Living🌿 Seasonal Living
The Feast Nearby Summary
The Feast Nearby 86%
Job gone, marriage over: one woman, $40 a week, a year of eating what grew nearby.
by Robin Mather 2011
3.79
2k+ ratings
🥬 Seasonal Eating🧑‍🌾 Local Food Systems🍳 Culinary Memoir💰 Frugal Living🌿 Seasonal Living
The Profitable Hobby Farm
by Sarah Beth Aubrey • 2010
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
3.71
157
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
The Profitable Hobby Farm Summary
The Profitable Hobby Farm 86%
Your hobby farm can earn real money. The business blueprint for making local food pay.
by Sarah Beth Aubrey 2010
3.71
157 ratings
🚜 Small Farm Business🥕 Local Food Movement🌱 Sustainable Agriculture📋 Farm Marketing🤝 Cooperative Models
A Year of Living Simply
by Kate Humble • 2024
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
3.71
2k+
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
A Year of Living Simply Summary
A Year of Living Simply 86%
Owning less, fixing more, knowing your neighbors: a year of discovering what enough feels like.
by Kate Humble 2024
3.71
2k+ ratings
🌻 Simple Living🌿 Nature Connection🛠 Repair And Reuse🤝 Community Building🌱 Home Gardening
A Life in Nature
by Marc Hamer • 2019
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
4.16
2k+
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics🏕️ Solitude In Nature🚶 Walking As Practice
A Life in Nature Summary
A Life in Nature 86%
A molecatcher's memoir: what a lifetime of killing teaches about nature, loss, and wild belonging.
by Marc Hamer 2019
4.16
2k+ ratings
🌿 Nature Memoir🇬🇧 British Countryside🐾 Animal Ethics🏕️ Solitude In Nature🚶 Walking As Practice
The One-Straw Revolution
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 1975
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
4.33
9k+
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
The One-Straw Revolution Summary
The One-Straw Revolution 86%
A manifesto that argues plowing, weeding, and fertilizing are optional. Thirty years of proof.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 1975
4.33
9k+ ratings
🌱 Sustainable Agriculture☮️ Zen Philosophy🧱 Soil Health🎯 Minimalism🚫 Anti Consumerism
Paper Girl
by Beth Macy • 2025
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
4.02
11k+
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline🔄 Generational Poverty🔀 Political Polarization
Paper Girl Summary
Paper Girl 86%
A Pell Grant was her exit from working-class Ohio. Four decades later, the road is closed.
by Beth Macy 2025
4.02
11k+ ratings
🏡 Rural America👷 Working-Class Memoir🏭 Post-Industrial Decline🔄 Generational Poverty🔀 Political Polarization
Rural Versus Urban
by Suzanne Mettler • 2025
The real divide isn't ideology: it's rural versus urban, and it's endangering American democracy.
4.33
54
🌾 Rural Politics🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide💔 Affective Polarization🏛️ Democratic Erosion📉 Place-Based Inequality
Rural Versus Urban Summary
Rural Versus Urban 86%
The real divide isn't ideology: it's rural versus urban, and it's endangering American democracy.
by Suzanne Mettler 2025
4.33
54 ratings
🌾 Rural Politics🏙️ Urban-Rural Divide💔 Affective Polarization🏛️ Democratic Erosion📉 Place-Based Inequality
Home Grown
by Ben Hewitt • 2014
Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.
3.95
2k+
🧩 Unschooling🌿 Nature Connection🐢 Slow Parenting🏡 Homesteading🔨 Meaningful Work
Home Grown Summary
Home Grown 86%
Two brothers learn to read by crafting bows and butchering hogs on their family's Vermont farm.
by Ben Hewitt 2014
3.95
2k+ ratings
🧩 Unschooling🌿 Nature Connection🐢 Slow Parenting🏡 Homesteading🔨 Meaningful Work
Scouting the Divine
by Margaret Feinberg • 2009
Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.
4.22
912
🐑 Spiritual Memoir🌾 Faith And Farming🤲 Experiential Faith👁️ Sensory Spirituality✨ Everyday Sacred
Scouting the Divine Summary
Scouting the Divine 86%
Sheep, vines, honey, wool: one writer's search for the God the Bible's first readers knew.
by Margaret Feinberg 2009
4.22
912 ratings
🐑 Spiritual Memoir🌾 Faith And Farming🤲 Experiential Faith👁️ Sensory Spirituality✨ Everyday Sacred
River Town
by Peter Hessler • 2001
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
4.28
14k+
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion📕 Cultural Revolution🚫 Daily Authoritarianism
River Town Summary
River Town 86%
Fuling: no Americans in 50 years. Hessler arrived a teacher, and became Ho Wei.
by Peter Hessler 2001
4.28
14k+ ratings
🌾 Rural China📍 Memoir Of Place🗣️ Language Immersion📕 Cultural Revolution🚫 Daily Authoritarianism
The Politics of Resentment
by Katherine J. Cramer • 2016
Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.
4.01
1k+
🌾 Rural Politics🛣️ Urban Rural Divide📋 Ethnography📍 Place-Based Identity😤 Political Resentment
The Politics of Resentment Summary
The Politics of Resentment 86%
Resentment toward cities and public employees, not ideology, drives rural small-government votes.
by Katherine J. Cramer 2016
4.01
1k+ ratings
🌾 Rural Politics🛣️ Urban Rural Divide📋 Ethnography📍 Place-Based Identity😤 Political Resentment
Harvest the Vote
by Jane Kleeb • 2020
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
3.82
214
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power🏡 Property Rights🏥 Healthcare Access
Harvest the Vote Summary
Harvest the Vote 86%
Democrats lost rural America by walking away. A Nebraska organizer shows how to win it back.
by Jane Kleeb 2020
3.82
214 ratings
🏘️ Rural Politics✊ Grassroots Organizing🏢 Corporate Power🏡 Property Rights🏥 Healthcare Access
Sowing Seeds in the Desert
by Masanobu Fukuoka • 2012
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
4.34
724
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Sowing Seeds in the Desert Summary
Sowing Seeds in the Desert 86%
Our farms are making deserts. A hands-off method for restoring them with seeds and clay.
by Masanobu Fukuoka 2012
4.34
724 ratings
🧑‍🌾 Regenerative Agriculture🌳 Permaculture Philosophy🌱 Ecological Restoration🚜 Anti-Industrial Agriculture🧘 Nature Spirituality
Imagine a City
by Mark Vanhoenacker • 2022
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
3.65
422
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place👁️ Urban Observation✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction
Imagine a City Summary
Imagine a City 86%
A pilot's repeated city layovers trace one hidden route: back to the small hometown he fled.
by Mark Vanhoenacker 2022
3.65
422 ratings
🏙️ Urban Travel Writing✈️ Aviation Memoirs🧭 Sense Of Place👁️ Urban Observation✍️ Lyrical Nonfiction
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer
by Joel Salatin • 2010
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
4.26
462
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming🗳️ Food Politics📖 Farm Memoir
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer Summary
The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer 86%
Soil, animals, and bank account agree: the 'lunatic' farmer is the only sane one left.
by Joel Salatin 2010
4.26
462 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🌍 Soil Health🐄 Grass-Based Farming🗳️ Food Politics📖 Farm Memoir
You Can Farm
by Joel Salatin • 1998
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
4.31
2k+
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
You Can Farm Summary
You Can Farm 86%
No land? No problem. Three livestock enterprises turn a small farm profitable, stacked right.
by Joel Salatin 1998
4.31
2k+ ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🚜 Small-Scale Farming💼 Farm Entrepreneurship🏪 Direct-Marketing Farms🐔 Pastured Livestock
Love Thy Neighbor
by Ayaz Virji • 2019
His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.
4.14
2k+
🏡 Rural America🤝 Interfaith Dialogue😔 Islamophobia☪️ Muslim Americans📚 Religious Literacy
Love Thy Neighbor Summary
Love Thy Neighbor 86%
His patients voted for Trump. Then they learned their doctor was Muslim.
by Ayaz Virji 2019
4.14
2k+ ratings
🏡 Rural America🤝 Interfaith Dialogue😔 Islamophobia☪️ Muslim Americans📚 Religious Literacy
One Man's Wilderness
by Sam Keith • 1973
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
4.37
10k+
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters🏕️ Alaskan Frontier🪵 Homesteading Memoir
One Man's Wilderness Summary
One Man's Wilderness 86%
At fifty-one he walked into the Alaskan wilderness, built a cabin by hand, and began again.
by Sam Keith 1973
4.37
10k+ ratings
🏔️ Wilderness Memoir🔨 Self-Reliance🐻 Animal Encounters🏕️ Alaskan Frontier🪵 Homesteading Memoir
How to Think Seriously About the Planet
by Roger Scruton • 2011
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
3.87
446
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism⏳ Intergenerational🎨 Aesthetics
How to Think Seriously About the Planet Summary
How to Think Seriously About the Planet 86%
Why local loyalty, beauty, and tradition matter more for the planet than any global climate treaty.
by Roger Scruton 2011
3.87
446 ratings
🏛️ Conservatism🌱 Stewardship🏘️ Localism⏳ Intergenerational🎨 Aesthetics
Meet the Frugalwoods
by Elizabeth Willard Thames • 2018
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
3.74
7k+
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
Meet the Frugalwoods Summary
Meet the Frugalwoods 86%
An 82 percent savings rate: how two professionals quit their jobs and bought a Vermont homestead.
by Elizabeth Willard Thames 2018
3.74
7k+ ratings
🏦 Financial Independence💰 Frugal Living🔥 Fire Movement🌱 Homesteading🔨 Diy Lifestyle
The Way of the Hermit
by Ken Smith • 2023
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
4.21
3k+
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging🪓 Self-Sufficiency🌿 Nature Writing
The Way of the Hermit Summary
The Way of the Hermit 86%
One man, a remote Scottish loch, a hand-built cabin, and forty years of solitude and storms.
by Ken Smith 2023
4.21
3k+ ratings
🏚️ Off-Grid Living🏕️ Wilderness Survival🍄 Foraging🪓 Self-Sufficiency🌿 Nature Writing
Life in the City of Dirty Water
by Clayton Thomas-Muller • 2021
He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.
3.65
4k+
🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life🌍 Environmental Justice🪶 Cultural Reclamation💔 Intergenerational Trauma🚪 Gang Exit Narratives
Life in the City of Dirty Water Summary
Life in the City of Dirty Water 86%
He learned violence in Winnipeg's gangs. A sweat lodge showed him what was worth protecting.
by Clayton Thomas-Muller 2021
3.65
4k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Indigenous Life🌍 Environmental Justice🪶 Cultural Reclamation💔 Intergenerational Trauma🚪 Gang Exit Narratives
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec
by Josh Freed • 1983
In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.
3.97
30
🍁 Quebec Culture😂 Cultural Satire🗣️ Language Humor🔄 Bilingualism📖 Satirical Guidebook
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec Summary
Anglo Guide to Survival in Quebec 86%
In Quebec, saints' names are curses and Trivial Pursuit ends mixed marriages.
by Josh Freed 1983
3.97
30 ratings
🍁 Quebec Culture😂 Cultural Satire🗣️ Language Humor🔄 Bilingualism📖 Satirical Guidebook
The Rural Diaries
by Hilarie Burton Morgan • 2020
She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.
4.40
24k+
🏡 Rural Memoirs🎬 Celebrity Memoirs💔 Grief Processing🌿 Intentional Living🤝 Community Building
The Rural Diaries Summary
The Rural Diaries 86%
She traded Hollywood for a log cabin, a failing candy shop, and a donkey.
by Hilarie Burton Morgan 2020
4.40
24k+ ratings
🏡 Rural Memoirs🎬 Celebrity Memoirs💔 Grief Processing🌿 Intentional Living🤝 Community Building
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float
by Farley Mowat • 1984
The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.
4.11
2k+
🚢 Maritime Adventure🇨🇦 Newfoundland⛵ Small Boat Sailing🤦 Travel Mishaps🏘️ Coastal Communities
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float Summary
The Boat Who Wouldn't Float 86%
The schooner leaked from every plank, the engine ran backwards, and Montreal was 1,400 miles away.
by Farley Mowat 1984
4.11
2k+ ratings
🚢 Maritime Adventure🇨🇦 Newfoundland⛵ Small Boat Sailing🤦 Travel Mishaps🏘️ Coastal Communities
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less
by Renee Dang • 2022
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
4.04
26
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency🔧 Diy Water Systems🌻 Modern Homesteading
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less Summary
Harvesting Rainwater for Your Homestead in 9 Days or Less 86%
From roof to tap in nine days: the 7-step plan for harvesting your own clean rainwater.
by Renee Dang 2022
4.04
26 ratings
🚿 Rainwater Harvesting🏡 Off-Grid Living💧 Water Self-Sufficiency🔧 Diy Water Systems🌻 Modern Homesteading
Lizards Hold the Sun
by Dani Trujillo • 2023
On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.
3.87
315
🏗️ Workplace Romance🏘️ Small Town Romance💔 Grieving Heroine🔥 Slow Burn Romance🏺 Cultural Preservation
Lizards Hold the Sun Summary
Lizards Hold the Sun 86%
On a remote First Nation, a grieving archaeologist falls for the architect who can't stay.
by Dani Trujillo 2023
3.87
315 ratings
🏗️ Workplace Romance🏘️ Small Town Romance💔 Grieving Heroine🔥 Slow Burn Romance🏺 Cultural Preservation
The God of the Garden
by Andrew Peterson • 2021
He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.
4.47
6k+
🍃 Nature Writing🙏 Spiritual Memoir🌲 Trees And Forests🌱 Gardening As Healing🕯️ Depression And Faith
The God of the Garden Summary
The God of the Garden 86%
He told God he hated him. A silent monastery and an olive grove held the reply.
by Andrew Peterson 2021
4.47
6k+ ratings
🍃 Nature Writing🙏 Spiritual Memoir🌲 Trees And Forests🌱 Gardening As Healing🕯️ Depression And Faith
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act
by Bob Joseph • 2018
The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.
4.57
10k+
🍁 Canadian History📜 Indigenous Policy🏫 Residential Schools🤝 Truth And Reconciliation🔒 Assimilation Policy
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act Summary
21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act 86%
The law that seized land, banned ceremonies, and created residential schools is still Canadian law.
by Bob Joseph 2018
4.57
10k+ ratings
🍁 Canadian History📜 Indigenous Policy🏫 Residential Schools🤝 Truth And Reconciliation🔒 Assimilation Policy
The Living Mountain
by Nan Shepherd • 1977
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
4.26
10k+
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception🏔️ Landscape Immersion🌿 Phenomenology Of Nature
The Living Mountain Summary
The Living Mountain 86%
Nan Shepherd walked one mountain for sixty years and discovered how to disappear into granite.
by Nan Shepherd 1977
4.26
10k+ ratings
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Highlands📍 Place-Based Writing👁️ Sensory Perception🏔️ Landscape Immersion🌿 Phenomenology Of Nature
Like a House on Fire
by Cate Kennedy • 2012
When a tractor overturns, a wife must care for the husband she's grown distant from.
3.44
2k+
🐑 Rural Australia🏥 Caregiving Burden💔 Marital Distance🏘️ Small Town Scrutiny🌫️ Everyday Tragedy
Like a House on Fire Summary
Like a House on Fire 86%
When a tractor overturns, a wife must care for the husband she's grown distant from.
by Cate Kennedy 2012
3.44
2k+ ratings
🐑 Rural Australia🏥 Caregiving Burden💔 Marital Distance🏘️ Small Town Scrutiny🌫️ Everyday Tragedy
Grass, Soil, Hope
by Courtney White • 2014
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
4.04
168
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Grass, Soil, Hope Summary
Grass, Soil, Hope 86%
Carbon is not the enemy: the ranchers and farmers burying it to save the climate.
by Courtney White 2014
4.04
168 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🪱 Soil Restoration🌬️ Carbon Sequestration🏙️ Urban Agriculture🐂 Holistic Management
Back to Basics
by Abigail R. Gehring • 2007
Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.
4.20
2k+
🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🌄 Back To The Land🔋 Off-Grid Living🔨 Hand-Built Homes
Back to Basics Summary
Back to Basics 86%
Build a home, grow your food, power it yourself: illustrated encyclopedia of self-sufficient living.
by Abigail R. Gehring 2007
4.20
2k+ ratings
🏡 Homesteading Skills🌱 Self-Sufficiency🌄 Back To The Land🔋 Off-Grid Living🔨 Hand-Built Homes
The Art of Simple Food
by Alice Waters • 2007
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
3.94
27k+
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food🌎 Sustainable Eating
The Art of Simple Food Summary
The Art of Simple Food 86%
The best cooking skill: buying perfect ingredients, then getting out of their way.
by Alice Waters 2007
3.94
27k+ ratings
🥬 Farm-To-Table🗓️ Seasonal Cooking🏡 Home Cooking🐌 Slow Food🌎 Sustainable Eating
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money
by Woody Tasch • 2008
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
3.57
198
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money Summary
Inquiries into the Nature of Slow Money 86%
Fast money erodes soil and community. The argument for investing at the speed of compost.
by Woody Tasch 2008
3.57
198 ratings
🌱 Regenerative Agriculture🏘️ Local Food Systems💰 Sustainable Investing🐌 Slow Food Movement⏳ Patient Capital
The Comfort of Crows
by Margaret Renkl • 2023
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
4.16
15k+
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice🌱 Rewilding💚 Ecological Grief
The Comfort of Crows Summary
The Comfort of Crows 86%
One suburban yard across four seasons: grief, fox kits, and the wisdom of letting things grow wild.
by Margaret Renkl 2023
4.16
15k+ ratings
🏡 Backyard Naturalism📅 Seasonal Nature Writing👁️ Attention As Practice🌱 Rewilding💚 Ecological Grief
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology
by Vandana Shiva • 2015
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
3.96
436
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology Summary
Who Really Feeds the World? The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology 86%
Agribusiness didn't end hunger. Small farms, producing 70% of food on 30% of land, feed us.
by Vandana Shiva 2015
3.96
436 ratings
🌱 Agroecology✊ Food Sovereignty🏭 Industrial Agriculture🪱 Living Soil🌾 Seed Sovereignty
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