The Wild Vine
The Wild Vine

Author: Todd Kliman

Publisher: Crown

Published: 2011-05-03

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0307409376

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A rich romp through untold American history featuring fabulous characters, The Wild Vine is the tale of a little-known American grape that rocked the fine-wine world of the nineteenth century and is poised to do so again today. Author Todd Kliman sets out on an epic quest to unravel the mystery behind Norton, a grape used to make a Missouri wine that claimed a prestigious gold medal at an international exhibition in Vienna in 1873. At a time when the vineyards of France were being ravaged by phylloxera, this grape seemed to promise a bright future for a truly American brand of wine-making, earthy and wild. And then Norton all but vanished. What happened? The narrative begins more than a hundred years before California wines were thought to have put America on the map as a wine-making nation and weaves together the lives of a fascinating cast of renegades. We encounter the suicidal Dr. Daniel Norton, tinkering in his experimental garden in 1820s Richmond, Virginia. Half on purpose and half by chance, he creates a hybrid grape that can withstand the harsh New World climate and produce good, drinkable wine, thus succeeding where so many others had failed so fantastically before, from the Jamestown colonists to Thomas Jefferson himself. Thanks to an influential Long Island, New York, seed catalog, the grape moves west, where it is picked up in Missouri by German immigrants who craft the historic 1873 bottling. Prohibition sees these vineyards burned to the ground by government order, but bootleggers keep the grape alive in hidden backwoods plots. Generations later, retired Air Force pilot Dennis Horton, who grew up playing in the abandoned wine caves of the very winery that produced the 1873 Norton, brings cuttings of the grape back home to Virginia. Here, dot-com-millionaire-turned-vintner Jenni McCloud, on an improbable journey of her own, becomes Norton’s ultimate champion, deciding, against all odds, to stake her entire reputation on the outsider grape. Brilliant and provocative, The Wild Vine shares with readers a great American secret, resuscitating the Norton grape and its elusive, inky drink and forever changing the way we look at wine, America, and long-cherished notions of identity and reinvention.

Daughters of the Wild
Daughters of the Wild

Author: Natalka Burian

Publisher: Harlequin

Published: 2020-09-22

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1488058970

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“A gorgeous, different, and completely engrossing book. Burian’s writing is transporting -- and exactly what I needed right now.” — Jessica Valenti, author of Sex Object: A Memoir In rural West Virginia, Joanie and her foster siblings live on a farm tending a mysterious plant called the vine. The older girls are responsible for cultivating the vine, performing sacred rituals to make it grow. After Joanie’s arranged marriage goes horribly wrong, leaving her widowed and with a baby, she plots her escape with the help of her foster brother, Cello. But before they can get away, her baby goes missing and Joanie, desperate to find him, turns to the vine, understanding it to be far more powerful than her siblings realize. She begins performing generations-old rituals to summon the vine’s power and goes on a perilous journey into the wild, pushing the boundaries of her strength and sanity to bring her son home. Daughters of the Wild is an utterly absorbing debut that explores the female mind in captivity and the ways in which both nature and women fight domination. Like The Bell Jar set in rural Appalachia, Daughters of the Wild introduces a fierce new heroine and a striking new voice in fiction.

Wildpreneurs
Wildpreneurs

Author: Tamara Jacobi

Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership

Published: 2020-02-11

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1400216338

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Real-life “wildpreneur” Tamara Jacobi shares her insights on what it takes to successfully make the leap from a safe yet soul-crushing day job to chasing your dreams. This book illuminates how surf guides, ski builders, yoga and wellness instructors, environmental activists, nature lovers, podcasters, artisans, and other creatives achieve an adventurous lifestyle and financial viability. Whether you’re stuck in the nine-to-five grind, are an enterprising college grad, a dynamic retiree, or are just an out-of-the-box thinker, it’s time to embrace your free spirit and become a Wildpreneur! Entrepreneur and author Tamara Jacobi understands the challenge and reward of turning your passion into a business. Over ten years ago, she and her family started the Tailwind Jungle Lodge, a treehouse style eco-lodge in the jungle on the Mexican Pacific coastline. Jacobi shares the lessons she’s learned, alongside stories and wisdom from other Wildpreneurs. In Wildpreneurs, you will: Access a practical blueprint for starting and managing an unconventional business. Receive the support needed to stay on track with what can be a difficult path filled with unexpected challenges and is worth it in the end. Gain insights into the world of Wildpreneurship, its characters, and the lifestyle that is within anyone’s grasp. Discover an alternative to living on autopilot, an opportunity to move beyond fear, come alive, and tune into inspiration while also making a living. Let Wildpreneurs help you blaze the path to your own journey of meaning, purposefulness, and adventure—and start living the life of your dreams.

The Wild Vine
The Wild Vine

Author: Sandra Pesini

Publisher:

Published: 2001-11

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 9780971422100

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After her mother's untimely death, seven-year-old Abigail must endure an alcoholic stepfather, a well-meaning but unsavory orphanage, and a grandfather ruled by a designing woman. The traumatic seeds of Abigail's unstable childhood grow, flourish and pervade her adolescence and marriage.

The Kudzu Cookbook: Cooking Up a Storm with That Wild & Crazy Vine That Grows in Miles-Per-Hour!
The Kudzu Cookbook: Cooking Up a Storm with That Wild & Crazy Vine That Grows in Miles-Per-Hour!

Author: Carole Marsh-Longmeyer

Publisher:

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780635120472

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Kudzu? Would you?... Could you?... Should you?... Cook with that wild & crazy vine? You bet! Growing inside this book are delicious & healthy recipes, fascinating history, flabbergasting trivia and more than a smidgen of humor, even poetry who knew kudzu could be so much fun? Soon, you will!One trivia statement in The Kudzu Cookbook includes that Kudzu was first brought to the Unites States from Japan in 1876 when it was grown in the Japanese pavilion at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition, the in 1883 at the New Orleans Expo. Kudzu is used in many dishes throughout Southeast Asia. In Asia, kudzu is known as Japanese arrowroot and is welcome in the kitchen as a thickening agent for soups, stews and sauces. Kudzu is also used in Japan in their fine cuisine as well as for highly regarded medicinal teas. The starchy root of the plant is also a good source of fiber. A few recipes include Kudzu Tea, Grilled Kudzu Corn, Klassic Kudzu Julep, But

Obsessed (Wild Mountain Scots, #1)
Obsessed (Wild Mountain Scots, #1)

Author: Jolie Vines

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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He's the leader of the mountain rescue service. She might just need saving. Lochie For too long, I've been alone. Just me and my daughter. Keeping her safe is everything, so taking a job in the remote Scottish Highlands suits us fine. I shouldn't need anything more. Yet I'm beyond distracted by a lass. Smart, beautiful, and living right next door, Cait McRae makes it clear she's not interested. Every sly glance tells another story. It's all I can do not to throw her over my shoulder and take her home. Cait might claim she only wants to explore the physical, but I know she's wrong. She's mine. If the people pursuing us both don't destroy what we've found. Cait I always knew I was different. No one ever caught my eye. Until a huge, scowling man moves in next door. He's the new head of the mountain rescue service, and a single dad to a sweet little girl. Turns out, I'm a late bloomer, as all I can think about is Lochie. But someone else wants me. A series of strange events point to one conclusion. I have a stalker, and the danger I'm in is only just starting. -- The Wild Mountain Scots series follows on from the Wild Scots series with more of your favourite McRaes. Meet the brooding, tough, protective men of the mountain rescue and the beautiful women who tame their hearts. Download Obsessed now!

Presenting Buffalo Bill
Presenting Buffalo Bill

Author: Candace Fleming

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 287

ISBN-13: 1596437634

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Everyone knows the name Buffalo Bill, but few these days know what he did or, in some cases, didn't do. Was he a Pony Express rider? Did he serve Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn? Did he scalp countless Native Americans, or did he defend their rights? This, the first significant biography of Buffalo Bill Cody for younger readers in many years, explains it all. With copious archival illustrations and a handsome design, Presenting Buffalo Bill makes the great showman come alive for new generations. Extensive back matter, bibliography, and source notes complete the package. This title has Common Core connections.

Sweeter off the Vine
Sweeter off the Vine

Author: Yossy Arefi

Publisher: Ten Speed Press

Published: 2016-03-22

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1607748584

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A cozy collection of heirloom-quality recipes for pies, cakes, tarts, ice cream, preserves, and other sweet treats that cherishes the fruit of every season. Celebrate the luscious fruits of every season with this stunning collection of heirloom-quality recipes for pies, cakes, tarts, ice cream, preserves, and other sweet treats. Summer's wild raspberries become Raspberry Pink Peppercorn Sorbet, ruby red rhubarb is roasted to adorn a pavlova, juicy apricots and berries are baked into galettes with saffron sugar, and winter's bright citrus fruits shine in Blood Orange Donuts and Tangerine Cream Pie. Yossy Arefi’s recipes showcase what's fresh and vibrant any time of year by enhancing the enticing sweetness of fruits with bold flavors like rose and orange flower water inspired by her Iranian heritage, bittersweet chocolate and cacao nibs, and whole-grain flours like rye and spelt. Accompanied by gorgeous, evocative photography, Sweeter off the Vine is a must-have for aspiring bakers and home cooks of all abilities.

Truevine
Truevine

Author: Beth Macy

Publisher: Little, Brown

Published: 2016-10-18

Total Pages: 496

ISBN-13: 0316337560

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The true story of two African-American brothers who were kidnapped and displayed as circus freaks, and whose mother endured a 28-year struggle to get them back. The year was 1899 and the place a sweltering tobacco farm in the Jim Crow South town of Truevine, Virginia. George and Willie Muse were two little boys born to a sharecropper family. One day a white man offered them a piece of candy, setting off events that would take them around the world and change their lives forever. Captured into the circus, the Muse brothers performed for royalty at Buckingham Palace and headlined over a dozen sold-out shows at New York's Madison Square Garden. They were global superstars in a pre-broadcast era. But the very root of their success was in the color of their skin and in the outrageous caricatures they were forced to assume: supposed cannibals, sheep-headed freaks, even "Ambassadors from Mars." Back home, their mother never accepted that they were "gone" and spent 28 years trying to get them back. Through hundreds of interviews and decades of research, Beth Macy expertly explores a central and difficult question: Where were the brothers better off? On the world stage as stars or in poverty at home? Truevine is a compelling narrative rich in historical detail and rife with implications to race relations today.