Rural communities

In an era when incomprehensibly complex issues like Peak Oil and Climate Change dominate headlines, practical solutions at a local level can seem somehow inadequate.

In the '60s it was called the "e;back to the land"e; movement, and in Helen and Scott Nearings' day, it was "e;living the good life.

Rural Development is a deliberate transformation towards the advancement of the financial and societal standard of living of the rural poor through amplified production, impartial delivery of possessions, and empowerment.

Rural Areas: An Overview first aims to understand the way the changing behavior of rural-urban migrants over time impacts rural communities through a systemic analysis of existing literature.

This book presents a rigorous empirical study of various aspects of poverty alleviation in rural Bangladesh.

The fourth novel in a historical series that began with the International Booker-shortlisted The Unseen "e;Taken together, Jacobsen has given us an epic of Norway's experience of the first half of the 20th century that is subtle and moving"e; David Mills, Sunday Times"e;Jacobsen can make almost anything catch the light .

Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world.

HOW DID THE GOOD LIFE GO SO WRONG?

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford PrizeThe Top Ten BestsellerWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the MonthA Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 'If you want to read a book that moves you both at the level of sentence and the quality of language and with the emotional depth of its subject matter, then A Fortunate Woman is definitely the book you should be reading' - Samanth Subramanian, Baillie Gifford judgeWhen Polly Morland is clearing out her mother's house she finds a book that will lead her to a remarkable figure living on her own doorstep: the country doctor who works in the same remote, wooded valley she has lived in for many years.

A thrilling novel from the world's favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.

If the dead could speak, what would they say to the living?

'We need this message more than ever' - Malala YousafzaiThe Sunday Times bestseller.

So Big is the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by masterful Algonquin Round Table writer Edna Ferber, inspired by the incredible life of Dutch pioneer Antje Paarlberg.

This collection of short stories by Edna Ferber provides a fascinating glance into the everyday lives of men and women living in 1910s America.

From the witty Algonquin Round Table writer, Edna Feber, comes this semi-autobiographical coming-of-age novel.

Trapped in an isolating newspaper reporter job in New York City with her husband in an insane asylum, Dawn O'Hara has not yet reached 30 and she already fears she will never be happy again.

Violet Paget (1856-1935), also known under the pseudonym Vernon Lee, was a French-born British writer famous for her supernatural fiction and contributions to the field of aesthetics.

"e;Garthowen"e; is a 1900 novel by Welsh author Allen Raine.

"e;Jinny the Carrier"e; is a 1913 novel by British author Israel Zangwill (1864-1926).

This vintage book contains the third series of Cecil Torr's 1918 work "e;Small Talk at Wreyland"e;, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This vintage book contains the second series of Cecil Torr's 1918 work "e;Small Talk at Wreyland"e;, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This vintage book contains the first series of Cecil Torr's 1918 work "e;Small Talk at Wreyland"e;, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This vintage book contains all three parts of Cecil Torr's 1918 work "e;Small Talk at Wreyland"e;, a fascinating exploration of the history of South Devon, England in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

This work by George Bourne, a pseudonym of George Sturt, was originally published in 1912.

'Poignant .

WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2021A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple'A beautiful account of immersion in an alien world' Philip Marsden, GuardianThere is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays.

'Poignant .

WINNER OF A SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARD 2021A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKSHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE A SUNDAY TIMES AND FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Marks the birth of a new star of non-fiction' William Dalrymple'A beautiful account of immersion in an alien world' Philip Marsden, GuardianThere is the Cornwall Lamorna Ash knew as a child the idyllic, folklore-rich place where she spent her summer holidays.

While there have been great strides made in the treatment options available to trauma victims, there is a noticeable gap in the availability of medical, social, and psychological options in rural communities.

The stories are all told by the author in the first person, typically addressing a Parisian reader.

The house of the title is a gloomy New England mansion, haunted from its foundation by fraudulent dealings, accusations of witchcraft, and sudden death.

"e;Don't lose your logic, 'cause there's no harm in mixin' logic and religion.

With the poetic force of Kathleen Norris and the pastoral warmth of Eugene Peterson, Kansas pastor Roth sets forth a vision for vibrant rural churches, for ministry in congregations that bear a profound sense of both loss and possibility, and for harvesting fruits of transformation and renewal.

Orphaned as a teen, Carol Milford grew up in a city in Minnesota.

"e;One of my life's greatest tragedies is to have already read Pickwick Papers- I can't go back and read it for the first time.

Rural people and communities continue to play important social, economic, and environmental roles at a time when societies are rapidly urbanizing.

Poverty as Subsistence explores the "e;propertizing"e; land reform policy that the World Bank advocated throughout the transitioning countries of Eurasia, expecting poverty reduction to result from distributing property titles over agricultural land to local (rural) populations.

The military coup that brought General Pervez Musharraf to power as Pakistan's tenth president resulted in the abolition of a century-old sharecropping system that was rife with corruption.

In 1939, residents of a rural village near Chengdu watched as Lei Mingyuan, a member of a violent secret society known as the Gowned Brothers, executed his teenage daughter.

Caste, Class, and Power: Changing Patterns of Stratification in a Tanjore Village provides a detailed sociological examination of the evolving relationships between caste, class, and political power in Sripuram, a village in Tanjore District, South India.

Construction of a school building reflected the importance of universal education and a communitys desire to establish permanence in the ever-expanding Western frontier.

Colicky horses, trucks high-centered in pastures, late nights spent in barns birthing calves--the trials and tribulations of farm and ranch life are as central to its experience as amber waves of grain and Sunday dinners at the ranch house.

Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology.

Based on a study of recent political behaviour in a rural region of India, the author presents a critique of pluralist theories of democracy and advances a new approach to political sociology.

The decision to undertake a study of some aspect of the development of social welfare in Ontario was made as a result of separate but related discussions in the early 1950's with the late Dr.

Among the vast migration of European peasants to North America during the nineteenth century, the largest group came from southern Ireland, Celtic, Catholic, rural, pre-industrial, many of them nevertheless settled in cities, but an appreciable number, particularly in eastern Canada, took up land and farmed.

The study of the problems of rural life that were thought to underlie eastern agrarian discontent in the first quarter of this century was published originally in 1913 under the auspices of the Board of Social Service and Evangelism of the Presbyterian Church of Canada.

The accounts of women navigating pregnancy in a post-conflict setting are characterized by widespread poverty, weak infrastructure, and inadequate health services.

The accounts of women navigating pregnancy in a post-conflict setting are characterized by widespread poverty, weak infrastructure, and inadequate health services.