To Be Continued


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Keeping track of prolific authors who write fiction series was quite challenging for even the most ardent fan until To Be Continueddebuted in 1995. Noew, readers will be happy that the soon-to-be-released second edition has added 1,600 new books and 400 new series. To Be Continued, Second Edition, maintians the first volume's successful formula that featured concise A-to-Z entries packed with useful information, including titles, publishers, publication dates, genre categories, annotations, and subject terms. Among the genre categories that can be found in To Be Continued are romance, science fiction, crime novel, horror, adventure, fantasy, humor, western, war, Christian fiction, and others.




Summerville Days


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Whispering Brook Farm is home base for Nancy Petersheim. But she pulls herself away to visit her sister and brother-in-law in Summerville. Never once did she dream that her visit in that Amish settlement would stretch from two weeks to last all summer. Second book in the Whispering Brook Series. (224pp. illus. Masthof Press, 2007 reprint.)




Improved Country Homes in Tennessee


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Whispering Brook Farm


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Depicts the life of the Petersheims, a large, close-knit Amish family living on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.




Whispering Brook Farm


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Depicts the life of the Petersheims, a large, close-knit Amish family living on a farm in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.




Rosanna of the Amish


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The thrilling narrative of Rosanna McGonegal Yoder, the Irish Catholic baby girl, who lived with an Amish woman, Elizabeth Yoder. All the episodes of Rosanna of the Amish are based on fact. Joseph W. Yoder gives an honest, sympathetic, straightforward account of the religious, social, and economic customs and traditions of the Amish.




The Amish in the American Imagination


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Enveloped in mystery, Amish culture has remained a captivating topic within mainstream American culture. In this volume, David Weaver-Zercher explores how Americans throughout the 20th century reacted to and interpreted the Amish. Through an examination of a variety of visual and textual sources, Weaver-Zercher explores how diverse groups - ranging from Mennonites to Hollywood producers - represented and understood the Amish.




For Younger Readers


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The Amish


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The Amish movement, whose members live in 19 states of Canada and Central America are a mystery to just about everyone except themselves. Here is a group which has deliberately passed on just about everything modern society has to offer, extending as far as electricity, gasoline, television, automobiles and movies. Yet Amish children are not educationally deprived in any way and regularly score above average on standardised tests. This book presents background information including a bibliography on this most interesting movement and includes also a review of Supreme Court rulings related to the Amish.




The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese


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Presents 345 cheesemakers in the United States, with each profile describing the cheesemaker and its history, cheeses, location, and availability.