Collected essays by two of America's earliest environmental authors retain relevance todayWilliam Summer founded the renowned Pomaria Nursery, which thrived from the 1840s to the 1870s in central South Carolina and became the center of a bustling town that today bears its name. The nursery grew into one of the most important American nurseries of the antebellum period, offering wide varieties of fruit trees and ornamentals to gardeners throughout the South. Summer ...

"This fine novel should have an honored place on the same shelf as the novels of Andrew Lytle and Wendell Berry." --Ron Rash, award-winning poet, short story writer, and author of Saints at the River"THE EDUCATION OF CHAUNCEY DOOLITTLE is the perfect companion for the December fireside and the July streamside, a book to be sipped and never gulped" --Fred Chappell, author of I Am One of You Forever"Kibler has provided readers with another refreshing stroll down a breezy coun...

A South Carolina smalltown country store attracts a diverse group of neighbors who tell stories and impart wisdom that was earned the hard way.By turns humorous, satiric, and poignant, this new novel from one of the South's leading writers is peopled by true individuals who have grown wise from experience.Chauncey Doolittle has suffered his losses and now lives alone in an old farmhouse on the side of a hill. Far from being lonely, however, he is a keen obs...

ADVANCE READERS HAVE called The Gentler Gamester "Shakespeare set in a watermelon patch" and "Shakespeare with Spanish moss." The main character, an out of luck young man in Lowcountry Carolina, finds Dame Fortune's favor. In a series of unexpected events, she is ever turning her wheel; and a cast of characters experience life's unpredictability.The Rodger and Loutrell subplot provides comic counterpoint to a serious tale of one man's redemption. The plot conveys a message...

Adam Clarke (1760-1832), was a Methodist theologian, who is best known for his whole Bible commentary that is still used by millions today.This particular biography, by James Everett, was penned in 1843. This is book one in a three book series, and provides a fascinating look into the life of the late theologian.

Adam Clarke (1760-1832), was a Methodist theologian, who is best known for his whole Bible commentary that is still used by millions today. This particular biography, by James Everett, was penned in 1844. This is book two in a three book series, and provides a fascinating look into the life of the late theologian.

It is quite likely that the "Village Blacksmith" will not suit the taste of some of our friends -- he does not suit our own exactly; but he pleases a great many people, as is evident from the fact that a great many editions of his Life have been issued in Great Britain and in the United States. Perhaps some of the incidents recorded by his biographer will stumble the faith of the reader; but we have been assured by some who had personal acquaintance with Mr. Hick -- among...

Adam Clarke (1760-1832), was a Methodist theologian, who is best known for his whole Bible commentary that is still used by millions today.This particular biography, by James Everett, was penned in 1849. This is the final book in the three book series, and provides a fascinating look into the life of the late theologian.

Shortlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for FictionFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize for FictionShortlisted for the Rathbones Folio PrizeShortlisted for the James Tait Black Fiction PrizeWinner of the Kirkus fiction prize‘You and I are family. Blood and treasure. Listen to me, I created this world with my own two hands, and I am going to leave it all to you’...

Childhood friends, whose affectionate relationship suffered an abrupt disruption, are reunited unexpectedly in the home of a mutual acquaintance. Both bear the marks of life's disappointments as they set about renegotiating the terms of their association. When they choose to ignore a weather warning, the two are treated to one last adventure.Part of the Storycuts series, this story was previously published in the collection Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage.

The sanity and eloquence of these poems spring from the land in Kentucky where Wendell Berry was born, married, lives, farms, and writes. From classic pastoral themes both lyrical and reflective, to a verse play, to a dramatic narrative and the manic, entertaining, prescient ravings of Berry’s Mad Farmer, these poems show a unity of language and consciousness, skill and sensitivity, that has placed Wendell Berry at the front rank of contemporary American poets.

Enjoy some of the best short fiction being published today in this three-book bundle containing three crime volumes of Fiction River: An Original Anthology Magazine.Fiction River is an original fiction anthology series. Modeled on successful anthology series of the past, from Orbit to Universe to Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, the goal of Fiction River is to provide a forum for “original ground-breaking fiction of all genres.” Each Fiction River volume comes in ebook and trade p...