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Kerri Arsenault grew up in the rural working class town of Mexico, Maine. For over 100 years, the community orbited around a paper mill that employs most townspeople, including three generations of Arsenault’s own family. Years after she moved away, Arsenault realized the price she paid for her seemingly secure childhood. The mill, while providing livelihoods for nearly everyone, also contributed to the destruction of the environment and the decline of the town’s economic, physical, and emotional health in a slow-moving catastrophe.

North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. The state's controversial decision to dam the region's rivers for power and water supply changed the landscape forever. 

A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year Peer into the secret, silent world of the freshwater fish and explore evolution of the art and industry of fishing in Britain's rivers and streams. From cunning Neolithic traps, intricate Roman nets and quarrellous Victorian societies to the evolution of...

'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer 'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday 'Miraculous' Scotsman A village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey puzzle tree bristles in a suburban garden. A skein of wild geese fly over a rusty rail...

Die Geburt von Emmas Baby steht kurz bevor. Daher reist Lisa auf den Apfelhof, um ihre Freundin zu unterstützen. Diese Auszeit möchte Lisa gleichzeitig dazu nutzen, sich nach einigem Auf und Ab zu überlegen, was sie mit ihrem Leben in Zukunft anstellen will. Aber natürlich lassen ihr die tierischen Bewohner wenig Ruhe zum Nachdenken: Denn sofort entwischt ihr ein Alpaka und richtet ein heilloses Durcheinander im Blaubeerfeld des neuen Nachbarn Moritz an. Lisa würde am liebsten im Boden versinken und nimmt sich vor, Moritz ab jetzt aus dem Weg zu gehen.

'A heartwarming story about family, forgiveness and the importance of kindness' FIONA HARPER on The Kindness Club on Mapleberry Lane 'Comforting and uplifting, this book is a joy to read' MY WEEKLY 'A heartwarming tale' WOMAN'S OWN Home is where the heart is... Joy has made a family for herself...