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Life in a mining community / by Hyde, Natalie,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Miners; Mineral industries;
© c2010., Crabtree Pub.,
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Educated : a memoir / by Westover, Tara,author.;
"Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Tara Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Westover, Tara; Women; Survivalism; Home schooling; Women college students; Victims of family violence; Subculture; Christian biography.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Educated [sound recording] : a memoir / by Westover, Tara,author.; Whelan, Julia,1984-narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Julia Whelan."Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, she prepared for the end of the world by stockpiling home-canned peaches and sleeping with her "head-for-the-hills bag." In the summer she stewed herbs for her mother, a midwife and healer, and in the winter she salvaged in her father's junkyard. The family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara's older brothers became violent. As a way out, Tara began to educate herself, learning enough mathematics and grammar to be admitted to Brigham Young University. Her quest for knowledge would transform her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge. Only then would she wonder if she'd traveled too far, if there was still a way home. With the acute insight that distinguishes all great writers, Tara Westover has crafted a universal coming-of-age story that gets to the heart of what an education offers: the perspective to see one's life through new eyes, and the will to change it."--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Westover, Tara; Women; Survivalism; Home schooling; Women college students; Victims of family violence; Subculture; Christian biography.;
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Winter's bone [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Breznahan, Kevin.; Dillahunt, Garret.; Granik, Debra.; Hawkes, John,1959-; Lawrence, Jennifer,1990-; Woodrell, Daniel.Winter's boneVideorecording.; Lionsgate (Firm); Maple Pictures.; Roadside Attractions (Firm);
Music by Dickon Hinchliffe ; Edited by Affonso Gonçalves.Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Kevin Breznahan, Dale Dickey, Garret Dillahunt.Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Bluray
Subjects: Woodrell, Daniel.; Drug dealers; Dysfunctional families; Father and child; Fathers and daughters; Feature films.; Fugitives from justice; Mountain life; Rural families; Teenage girls; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.;
© c2010., Roadside Attractions LLC : Maple Pictures,
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My vanishing country : a memoir / by Sellers, Bakari,1984-author.;
"The CNN analyst and youngest state representative in South Carolina's history illuminates the lives of America's forgotten rural, Black working-class men and women"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Sellers, Bakari, 1984-; South Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives; African American legislators; Legislators; Rural African Americans; Racism;
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The place of tides / by Rebanks, James,author.;
One afternoon many years ago, James Rebanks met an old woman on a remote Norwegian island. She lived and worked alone on a tiny rocky outcrop, caring for wild eider ducks and gathering their down. Hers was a centuries-old trade that had once made men and women rich, but had long been in decline. Still, somehow, she seemed to be hanging on. Back at home, Rebanks couldn't stop thinking about the woman on the rocks. She was fierce and otherworldly -- and yet strangely familiar. Years passed. Then, one day, he wrote her a letter, asking if he could return. "Bring work clothes," she replied, and "good boots, and come quickly": her health was failing. And so he travelled to the edge of the Arctic to witness her last season on the island. This is the story of that season. It is the story of a unique and ancient landscape, and of the woman who brought it back to life. It traces the pattern of her work from the rough, isolated toil of bitter winter, building little wooden huts that will protect the ducks come spring; to the elation of the endless summer light, when the birds leave behind their precious down for the woman to gather, like feathered gold. Slowly, Rebanks begins to understand that this woman and her world are not at all what he had previously thought. As the weeks pass, what began as a journey of escape becomes an extraordinary lesson in self-knowledge and forgiveness.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Rebanks, James.; Rebanks, James; Rebanks, James; British; Eiderdown.; Farmers; Feathers; Friendship.; Interpersonal relations.; Island life; Islands; Sea ducks;
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In Kiltumper : a year in an Irish garden / by Williams, Niall,1958-author.; Breen, Christine,1954-author.;
'In Kiltumper' is a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world.
Subjects: Williams, Niall, 1958-; Breen, Christine, 1954-; Country life; Gardens; Natural history;
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Country Life Vlog: The Rustic Table: S1. by Ramikhanov, Amiraslan,film director.; Syndicado (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Syndicado in 2024.A journey through Azerbaijani village life, showcasing heartwarming traditions, farm-to-table cooking, and the serene beauty of rural living.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.;
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Country Life Vlog: The Rustic Table. by Syndicado (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by Syndicado in 2024.A journey through Azerbaijani village life, showcasing heartwarming traditions, farm-to-table cooking, and the serene beauty of rural living.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Food industry and trade.; Instructional films.; Documentary films.; Television series.; Motion pictures.; Europe, Eastern.; Cooking.; Food.; Reality television programs.;
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Dan in Green Gables [graphic novel] : a modern reimagining of Anne of Green Gables / by Terciero, Rey,author.; Aguirre, Claudia,illustrator.; Prescott, Lor,letterer.;
Abandoned to live with his grandparents in rural Tennessee, fifteen-year-old Dan adjusts to working on the farm, starting high school, and being queer in a conservative community.Ages 12 and up.
Subjects: Domestic comics.; Gay comics.; Graphic novels.; Queer comics.; School comics.; Bullying in schools; Country life; Farm life; Friendship; Gay high school students; Gay teenagers; Grandparent and child; High schools; Rural conditions; Sexual minorities;
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