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Amazon Crossing
Pub. Date:
2021
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English
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"Sidi lives a hermetic life as a bee whisperer, tending to his beloved "girls" on the outskirts of the desolate North African village of Nawa. He wakes one morning to find that something has attacked one of his beehives, brutally killing every inhabitant. Heartbroken, he soon learns that a mysterious swarm of vicious hornets committed the mass murder--but where did they come from, and how can he stop them? If he is going to unravel this mystery and...
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English
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"Every morning, Nuri the beekeeper rises early to hear the call to prayer before driving to his hives in the countryside. On weekends, his wife Afra, a gifted artist, sells her paintings at the open-air market in the square. They live simply, rich in family and friends, in the hills of the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo -- until the unthinkable happens. When all they love is destroyed by war, Nuri knows they have no choice except to leave their home....
3. Palimpsest
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Publisher:
Bantam Books
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
Between life and death, dreaming and waking, at the train stop beyond the end of the world is the city of Palimpsest. To get there is a miracle, a mystery, a gift, and a curse -- a voyage permitted only to those who've always believed there's another world than the one that meets the eye. Those fated to make the passage are marked forever by a map of that wondrous city tattooed on their flesh after a single orgasmic night. To this erotic and fantastic...
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NoveList Series:
Climate novels volume 1.
Series:
Climate novels volume 1
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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England, 1852: On the edge of self-destruction, William is a biologist who has chosen the mundane life of a seed merchant over higher callings of science and discovery. Unitd States, 2007: George, a beekeeper, has proudly preserved the family traditions passed down, even as he fights an uphill battle against modern farming. China, 2098: For twelve hours each day, Tao and countless fellow workers hand-paint pollen onto fruit trees now that the bees...
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NoveList Series:
Bella Vista volume 2.
Series:
Bella Vista volume 2
Language:
English
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While transforming Bella Vista, her childhood home, into a destination cooking school, chef Isabel Johansen finds her plans interrupted by war-torn journalist Cormac O'Neill who digs us old history.
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NoveList Series:
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 9.
Series:
Lola books (Anna McQuinn) volume 9
Publisher:
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Lola is buzzing with excitement! She is off to visit beekeeper Zora and meet her honeybees. At Zora's, Lola goes up to the roof to see the hives. Lola wears a special suit so she can get up close. She sees the queen bee, the workers, and the baby bees. She even gets to taste the honey Zora's bees have made. Now Lola wants to help bees, so she plants some seeds at home. In no time at all, many kinds of bees visit her little wild space!
7. Grey bees
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Publisher:
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
"Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a rival from his schooldays. With little food and no electricity, under constant threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's...
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NoveList Series:
Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 12.
Series:
Lowcountry tales (Dorothea Benton Frank) volume 12
Language:
English
Description:
"Beekeeper Holly McNee Kensen quietly lives in a world of her own on Sullivan's Island, tending her hives and working at the local island library. Holly calls her mother The Queen Bee because she's a demanding hulk of a woman. Her mother, a devoted hypochondriac, might be unaware that she's quite ill but that doesn't stop her from tormenting Holly. To escape the drama, Holly's sister Leslie married and moved away, wanting little to do with island...
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English
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"Set in South Carolina during the tumultuous summer of 1964, The Secret Life of Bees also ushered young Lily Owens, a girl transformed by the power and divinity of the female spirit, into the canon of modern-day heroines. Lily and her fierce-hearted black ‘stand-in mother’ escape the racism of their hometown and find refuge with an eccentric trio of black beekeeping sisters, whose world of bees, honey, and the Black Madonna is mesmerizing."--Publisher's...
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NoveList Series:
Amish of Bee County volume 1.
Series:
Amish of Bee County volume 1
Language:
English
Description:
"A strange, mystical place allows Deborah and Phineas to see themselves and others with new eyes. When Deborah Lantz arrives in Bee County, Texas, she expects to find a great oasis of citrus groves and olive trees. Instead, she finds a tiny Amish district struggling to make ends meet on a barren, drought-stricken land. Deborah longs to go home to the lush, green countryside of Tennessee, but she wants her mother, a widow with six children, to be...
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English
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A wounded veteran discovers the healing power of nature in this classic American novel by the author of A Girl of the Limberlost. Wounded in World War I, Jamie McFarlane is looking for a peaceful place to spend his final days. After escaping the grim confines of a California military hospital, he finds himself at the seaside home of the Bee Master. There, with the help of an impish eleven-year-old called Little Scout, Jamie tends to the hives and...
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NoveList Series:
Feminine pursuits volume 2.
Series:
Feminine pursuits volume 2
Language:
English
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In this historical f/f romance you'll find: - a grumpy widowed engraver working far too hard to keep her print-shop going until her son is old enough to take over - a middle-aged lady beekeeper who goes striding about in trousers and loves bucolic poetry - a Queen on trial in Parliament and the press - luxuriant English gardens with extremely naughty statues - satirical ballads about tight pants - ... and more than you probably ever wanted to know...
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NoveList Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 2.
Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 2
Publisher:
Kensington Books
Pub. Date:
2016
Language:
English
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When Abby invites her free-spirited friend, Fiona Mary Ryan, owner of Ancient Wisdom Botanicals, to her farmette for lunch, she never imagines that Fionas no-show will lead to a murder investigation.
Author:
NoveList Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 1.
Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 1
Language:
English
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While delivering her honey to a local pastry chef, ex-police officer turned farmer Abigail Mackenzie discovers him dead in his shop, and when the death is ruled an apparent suicide, she begins an investigation that leads to a swarm of suspects.
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English
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"Beekeeper Beckett Walsh was living her dream working alongside her father on their small farm until his unexpected death thrusts a new part-owner into her world. Callie Peterson threatens not only her livelihood, but her beliefs about the goodness of the man she'd always perceived to be her kind and faithful father"--
Author:
NoveList Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 3.
Series:
Henny Penny Farmette novels volume 3
Publisher:
Kensington Books
Language:
English
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"When Abigail Mackenzie left the police force to become a farmer and beekeeper in beautiful Las Flores, California, she thought her days of criminal investigation were behind her. Her present life is mostly filled with hard work and happy occasions, including the upcoming event with her friend Paola, a truffle maker, who's renewing her vows with her husband Jake, owner of the Country Schoolhouse Winery. Abby is delighted to provide her trademark...
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Language:
English
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"In a future shaken by climate disasters, Yolanda Cicerón knows that nature is something to be feared. While life in the Valley is brutal and harsh, Yoly dreams of leaving her farm to live in Silo—the most advanced town for miles around. But first, Yoly will need to prove she belongs in a place where only the smartest and most useful are welcomed. Between her razor-sharp smarts and sheer determination, Yoly is well on her way until she discovers...