The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on…
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The Cost of These Dreams: Sports Stories and Other Serious Business
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The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom
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New Seeds of Contemplation
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The Discarded Image: An Introduction to Medieval and Renaissance Literature
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Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America's Gutsiest Troublemakers
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Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
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Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
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Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
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Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
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