Working Farms

“One of the great reporters of our time and probably the greatest biographer.” —The Sunday Times (London) From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply moving recollections about his...

The connection between people and companion animals has received considerable attention from scholars. In her original and provocative ethnography Livestock/Deadstock, sociologist Rhoda Wilkie asks, how do the men and women who work on farms, in livestock auction markets, and slaughterhouses, interact with - or disengage from - the animals they encounter in their jobs?

Country music’s golden boy. His small-town ex. A competition neither of them saw coming. When Cambry returns home, she never expects to become the nanny for her ex-boyfriend’s brother—especially when that ex is Kyler Holden, now a famous country star with a stunning city-girl girlfriend at his side. She tells herself she’s moved on. So has he. Everything will be fine. But when a documentary crew arrives to film Kyler’s life, a challenge is thrown into the mix: a city vs. country showdown between Cambry and Kyler’s girlfriend, all in front of the cameras.

Can they find their future… In an unlikely courtship? Hopeless romantic Naomi Stoltzfus has always dreamed of finding her perfect match. When she meets her family’s handsome new farmhand, her thoughts go straight to romance. Gideon Fisher thinks no respectable woman like Naomi would ever...

Some say Australia was built on the sheep's back, but it is just as true to say our great nation was built in the dog kennel. Australians love their dogs - we collectively own more than four million pet pooches - and they love us right back. In fact, Aussie dogs' loyalty to their owners knows no...

With the current administration pausing funding for agricultural projects and farming support, the issues discussed in this book are more urgent and relevant than ever before. The system of agriculture needs to be reimagined. This book is the best place to begin. There’s no denying it: we...