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A North Country Life is the story of author Sydney Lea’s powerful connection to his family, friends, and the northern outdoors. Loosely organized by the changing of seasons, different sections feature essays on such topics as childhood family fishing trips in the wilds of Maine, trophy fly-fishing the northern reaches of the Connecticut River, the opening day of turkey hunting season in Vermont, and getting lost in the deep woods while deer hunting. The essays are introspective and dramatic.

Country Life magazine has been celebrating the best of life in Britain for over 126 years, from the castles and cottages that dot the land to the beautiful countryside around us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Country Life team take you all over the motu to hear the extraordinary stories of every day rural New Zealand.

Desperate to escape their high-pressure life in Los Angeles, the Finch family moves to rural Oregon. But it doesn’t take long to learn that “small town” is not code for “stress-free.” As the new owners of Applegate's one and only general store, the Finches find that the simple life’s anything but simple when your little store is the town's only grocery store, gas station, hardware store, fire station, and occasional dentist’s office.

Lady Emily Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they've just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life. But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There's a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation...

Abandoned by his father, Gareth Inglis grew up lonely, prickly, and used to disappointment. Still, he longs for a connection. When he meets a charming stranger, he falls head over heels—until everything goes wrong and he's left alone again. Then Gareth's father dies, turning the shabby London clerk into Sir Gareth, with a grand house on the remote Romney Marsh and a family he doesn't know. The Marsh is another world, a strange, empty place notorious for its ruthless gangs of smugglers. And one of them is dangerously familiar…

When the town mouse and the city mouse visit each other, they discover they prefer very different ways of life.

Have you ever dreamt of buying that idyllic house in the countryside. Our podcast reviews some of the nicest US and UK based properties on the market for sale today.

Every week on ‘Country Life’, MJ Clery will cover a range of agricultural and rural living topics.

NEW EPISODES SATURDAY and WEDNESDAY! Content creator Esme Higgs chats about horses, country life and behind the scenes of her social media channels 'This Esme' - kindly sponsored by Redpost Equestrian - Full of usually quite embarrassing stories of what I get up to navigating everything in my 20s, trying to bring a positive spin to life and not taking myself too seriously x

Inspired by a near-mythic event on the wild Florida frontier at the turn of the 20th century, Shadow Country re-imagines the legend of the inspired Everglades sugar planter and notorious outlaw E. J. Watson, who drives himself relentlessly toward his own violent end at the hands of neighbors who mostly admired him, in a killing that obsessed his favorite son.

My Country Life, with Eddie Rowley, is podcast series that takes you backstage and into the real lives of Irish country music's kings and queens. Each episode in this series features a well-known star opening the doors to their past and taking us on their personal journey into the spotlight. Along the way, they reveal their highs and lows, happiness and heartaches and their struggle to find success. Meet legends like Daniel O'Donnell and Jimmy Buckley, as well as young stars like Nathan Carter and Cliona Hagan as they recall the great music and great stories on their road to stardom.

Step into the world of Mary King Waddington, the American-born granddaughter of New York Senator Rufus King, and wife to the renowned French diplomat and statesman, William Waddington. Venture with her as she navigates life in France post 1871, from the opulence of chateaux visits to the charm of countryside customs. Chateau and Country Life in France, published in 1909, is a captivating blend of memoir, diary entries and friendly correspondence that paints an intimate picture of her life after her husbands demise in 1894. Join her, as she navigates festivals, holidays and the minute details ...

Dive into the mesmerizing world of H. Rider Haggard, but with a twist! This is not your usual adventure story but a compelling tale riddled with mystery, intrigue, and secrets. Immerse yourself in a web of coerced marriage, prejudice, illicit affairs, murder, and hidden treasure. Explore the survival saga of an age-old family, the selfless acts of a woman, and the sinister plots of another. Witness the roles of two gentlemen, two rogues, and an unsuspected, loyal servant. Join us in deciphering the clues and guessing the location of the hidden treasure that could potentially save them all! ...

Kyle is afraid of horses, so the last thing he wants to do is go horseback riding with his Aunt Maggie. As he interacts with them and learns more about them, however, he begins to appreciate them. He learns that horses are not just pets—they can also be friends!

The Gunmen of the American Wild West Collection brings to life the history of the frontier west of the Mississippi in the latter parts of the 19th century. The gunmen ranged from lawmen to cowboys, ranchers, and outlaws. Most of the outlaws in the Old West preyed on banks, trains, and stagecoaches. Although spread thin, the law was present, usually on the level of deputy US marshal, county sheriff, and the town marshal or constable.

Towards the end of the Great Depression a young boy goes with his sister to stay at a farm while their mother is ill. There, during a scorching African summer, he witnesses a trial and punishment which will forever remind him of white men's cruelty to black people. The Night Country is a fable for all ages – a powerful account of the strength that lives within us all.

“Narrator [Hannah] Church delivers a performance that is both tender and resonant. Her warm, emotionally nuanced voice draws listeners into the heart of Parton’s journey, capturing not just the facts of her life, but the spirit behind them. Church’s pacing is thoughtful and deliberate...

Are you a sucker for all things animal? You won't want to miss this heartwarming biography of James Herriot - one of the most famous and deeply-loved vets the world has ever known. Herriot is remembered as the modest Scotsman who wrote books that became worldwide best sellers, films, audiobooks, and a much-loved television show. But no one has ever seen him as distinguished writer Graham Lord portrays him here.

In The Birdhouse Chronicles, internationally bestselling author Cathleen Miller offers a funny and wise account of how she and her husband abandon their San Francisco advertising careers to make a radical new life for themselves in a one-hundred-year-old Pennsylvania farmhouse located in the middle of an Amish cornpatch. Part memoir, part nature writing, and part old-house-restoration journal, this wonderfully humorous narrative brings home all the humor, exhilaration, and disappointment of pursuing a “simpler” life in the country.