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Against the grain / by Lovesey, Peter,author.;
"Detective Peter Diamond goes undercover at a seasonal festival in this delightful and bittersweet conclusion to the multi-award-winning series. Detective Peter Diamond, chief of the Avon and Somerset Murder Squad, is taking a short holiday in the country. His former colleague Julie Hargreaves has invited Diamond and his partner, Paloma, to visit the idyllic village of Baskerville (no relation to the Sherlock Holmes story, so he's told). It turns out Julie's invitation was not without ulterior motives. The woman who owns the village's largest dairy farm has been convicted of manslaughter following a terrible accident in her grain silo. Julie's ex-investigator instinct tells her there has been a miscarriage of justice and a murderer is on the loose-but Julie's been keeping secrets of her own, and can't take her inquiry any further. Diamond takes the bait; the case is a fascinating one, and he's quite enjoying his incognito information-gathering, getting to know the villagers as they prepare for their annual Harvest Festival. The deeper into the cow dung Diamond mucks, the more convinced he becomes there was foul play. But maintaining his innocent tourist facade becomes harder as he closes in on his suspects. To protect his alias, he might have to learn how to operate a tractor or drive a herd of wayward cows. He might even be forced to attend a hoedown-not that he'd dance, not even to catch a killer. Or would he? The curmudgeonly detective has plenty to learn about himself as he tries on some new hats: undercover private investigator; village detective; country gentleman"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Diamond, Peter (Fictitious character); Dairy farms; Murder; Police; Undercover operations; Villages;
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Snowflake : a novel / by Nealon, Louise,author.;
Eighteen-year-old Debbie was raised on her family's rural dairy farm, forty minutes and a world away from Dublin. She lives with her mother, Maeve, a skittish woman who takes to her bed for days on end, claims not to know who Debbie's father is, and believes her dreams are prophecies. Rounding out their small family is Maeve's brother Billy, who lives in a caravan behind their house, drinks too much, and likes to impersonate famous dead writers online. Though they may have their quirks, the Whites' fierce love for one another is never in doubt. But Debbie's life is changing. Earning a place at Trinity College Dublin, she commutes to her classes a few days a week. Outside the sheltered bubble of her childhood for the first time, Debbie finds herself both overwhelmed and disappointed by her fellow students and the pace and anonymity of city life. While the familiarity of the farm offers comfort, Debbie still finds herself pulling away from it. Yet just as she begins to ponder the possibilities the future holds, a resurgence of strange dreams raises her fears that she may share Maeve's fate. Then a tragic accident upends the family's equilibrium, and Debbie discovers her next steps may no longer be hers to choose.
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Domestic fiction.; Teenage girls; College students; Dysfunctional families; Life change events; Depression, Mental; Self-realization in women; Dairy farms;
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Life in a farming community / by Flatt, Lizann.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 32), Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Farm life; Dairying; Farmers;
© c2010., Crabtree Pub.,
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The nourished kitchen : farm-to-table recipes for the traditional foods lifestyle : featuring bone broths, fermented vegetables, grass-fed meats, wholesome fats, raw dairy, and kombuchas / by McGruther, Jennifer.;
Includes Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Cooking, American.; Cooking (Natural foods); Nutrition.; Cookbooks.;
© [2014?], Ten Speed Press,
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Cows / by Nelson, Robin,1971-;
A basic introduction to dairy cows and how they are milked.
Subjects: Dairy cattle; Cows;
© 2009., Lerner,
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Welcome to the farm : how-to wisdom from the Elliott homestead / by Elliott, Shaye,author.;
Subjects: Agriculture.; Country life.;
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The land in winter / by Miller, Andrew,1961-author.;
December 1962, the West Country. Local doctor Eric Parry, mulling secrets, sets out on his rounds, while his pregnant wife sleeps on in the warmth of their cottage. Across the field, funny, troubled Rita Simmons is also asleep, her head full of images of a past life her husband prefers to ignore. He's been up for hours, tending to the needs of the small dairy farm where he hoped to create a new version of himself, a project that's already faltering. There is affection -- if not always love -- in both homes. But when the ordinary cold of an English December gives way to violent blizzards -- a true winter, the harshest in living memory -- the two couples find their lives beginning to unravel. Where do you hide when you can't leave home? And where, in a frozen world, can you run to?
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Blizzards; Interpersonal relations; Secrecy; Spouses;
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Green and gold [videorecording] / by Armour, Annabel,actor.; Berens, Charlie,actor.; Lawlor, Madison,actor.; Lindwall, Anders,film director,screenwriter.; Moio, Ashton,1991-actor.; Nelson, Craig T.,actor.; Skelnar, Brandon,actor.; Walsh, M. Emmet,1935-2024,actor.; Mill Creek Entertainment,publisher.;
Music by Corey Martin ; edited by Scott Hanson ; director of photography, Russ Fraser.Craig T. Nelson, Brandon Skelnar, M. Emmet Walsh, Madison Lawlor, Annabel Armour, Ashton Moio, Charlie Berens.A fourth-generation dairy farmer on the brink of losing his farm to the bank wagers everything on a bet with his beloved Green Bay Packers while his granddaughter pursues music to save what they've worked for their whole lives.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Atmos 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Fiction films.; Family farms; Farmers; Football; Gambling; Grandparent and child; Life change events; Musicians;
For private home use only.
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Break in case of emergency / by Francis, Brian,1971-;
Life has been a struggle for Toby Goodman. Her mother died by suicide five years ago, and her father left their small town before Toby was born. Now a teenager living on her grandparents' dairy farm, Toby has trouble letting people in. But with the news that her father is coming home and finally wants to meet her, Toby must face the truth of her family's story. Not only is her father gay, but he's also a world-famous female impersonator - and a self-absorbed, temperamental man-child who is ill-prepared to be a real parent. When Toby's careful plans go awry, she is forced to rebuild the life she thought she knew from the ground up. While she may not follow an expected path, through the support of a quirky but lovable circle of friends and family, Toby may finally put together the many different pieces that make up her past, her present, and her future.LSC
Subjects: Teenagers; Gay fathers; Friendship;
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The rocky road to ruin / by Allen, Meri.;
Riley Rhodes, travel food blogger and librarian at the CIA, makes a bittersweet return to her childhood home of Penniman, Connecticut -- land of dairy farms and covered bridges - for a funeral. Despite the circumstances, Riley's trip home is sprinkled with reunions with old friends, visits to her father's cozy bookshop on the town green, and joyful hours behind the counter at the beloved Udderly Delicious Ice Cream Shop. It feels like a time to help her friend Caroline rebuild after her mother's death, and for Riley to do a bit of her own reflecting after a botched undercover mission in Italy. After all, it's always good to be home. But Caroline and her brother Mike have to decide what to do with the assets they've inherited -- the ice cream shop as well as the farm they grew up on -- and they've never seen eye to eye. Trouble begins to swirl as Riley is spooked by reports of a stranger camping behind the farm and by the odd behavior of the shop's mascot, Caroline's snooty Persian, Sprinkles. When Mike turns up dead in the barn the morning after the funeral, the peace and quiet of Penniman seems upended for good. Can Riley find the killer before another body gets scooped?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Librarians; Ice cream parlors; Murder; Homecoming;
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