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TOUCHING EARTH Janet Lembke In this volume of personal essays on the lure of the kitchen garden, acclaimed Southern naturalist Janet Lembke digs into the world of beans and peppers, herbs and insects, the universal linkings between gardeners, and the uniquely restorative power of touching earth. Touching Earth is a new, insightful book of essays from the writer the New York Times has called "acute, crisp, informed and above all graceful." Janet Lembke is the author of Dangerous Birds, Shake Them 'Simmons Down, and other books. She lives in Havelock, North Carolina and Staunton, Virginia. $22.95 Nature / Gardening First serial to Country Journal 224 pages 6 x 9 24 per carton 12 decorative line drawings ISBN: 1-58080-088-2 cl Burford Books