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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
xiv, 493 ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Disheartened by the shrink-wrapped, Styrofoam-packed state of contemporary supermarket fruits and vegetables, many shoppers hark back to a more innocent time, to visions of succulent red tomatoes plucked straight from the vine, gleaming orange carrots pulled from loamy brown soil, swirling heads of green lettuce basking in the sun. With Hybrid, Noel Kingsbury reveals that even those imaginary perfect foods are themselves far from anything that could...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Kelly Murphy's life as a tulip farmer is pretty routine -- up at dawn, off to work, lather, rinse, repeat. But everything changes one sun-washed summer with two dramatic homecomings: Griffith Burnett, Tulpen Crossing's prodigal son who's set his sights on Kelly; and Olivia, her beautiful, wayward and, as far as Kelly is concerned, unwelcome sister. Tempted by Griffith, annoyed by Olivia, Kelly is overwhelmed by the secrets that were so easy to keep...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hellsmouth, an indomitable Thoroughbred with the blood of Triple Crown winners in her veins, runs for the glory of the Forge family, one of Kentucky’s oldest and most powerful dynasties. Henry Forge has partnered with his daughter, Henrietta, in an endeavor of raw obsession: to breed the next superhorse, the next Secretariat. But when Allmon Shaughnessy, an ambitious young black man, comes to work on their farm, the violence of the Forges’ history...
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thirty-six-year-old Gal Garner lives a regimented life. Her job teaching biology and her struggle with kidney disease keep her toggling between the high school, the hospital, and her home on a strict schedule. Only at home, in her garden, does Gal come alive. It's here that she experiments with Hulthemia roses, painstakingly cross-pollinating various specimens in the hopes of creating a brand-new variation of spectacular beauty. But even her passion...
Author
Series
Kevin Kerney volume 9
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
278 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney is visiting a Santa Barbara ranch, looking to buy quarter horses, when he stumbles on the dead body of another guest staying at the ranch. Kerney looks like a prime suspect, which prompts him to make a few inquiries of his own. The trail leads Kerney on a crisscrossing journey around the country, with a stop-off at FBI headquarters in Virginia, near where his wife, Sarah, a career army officer, is stationed at the...
6) Hybrid
Publisher
Indican Pictures
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Milford Beeghly, an Iowa corn farmer, who had a passion for developing hybrid corn. Using farm scenes, stop-motion animation, and time-lapse photography, this film shows his early work during much of the 1930s. Includes his appearance in early television commercials and Mr. Beeghly discussing his near-obsessive attempts to develop a perfect strain of corn. Contains interviews with his children who reminisce about him and their relationship....
7) Dream horse
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (1 hr., 54 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by Welsh bartender Jan Vokes.
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