Amish category: 219 books
Renegade Amish
Beard Cutting, Hate Crimes, and the Trial of the Bergholz Barbers
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
On the night of September 6, 2011, terror called at the Amish home of the Millers. Answering a late-night knock from what appeared to be an Amish neighbor, Mrs. Miller opened the door to her five estranged adult sons, a daughter, and their spouses. It wasn’t a friendly visit. Within moments, the...
New York Amish
Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage.
While...
New York Amish
Life in the Plain Communities of the Empire State
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
In a book that highlights the existence and diversity of Amish communities in New York State, Karen M. Johnson-Weiner draws on twenty-five years of observation, participation, interviews, and archival research to emphasize the contribution of the Amish to the state's rich cultural heritage. While...
Lancaster County Amish Grace 3-Book Boxed Set
Lancaster County Amish Grace Series, #4
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
GET ALL 3-BOOKS AT ONE GREAT 50% OFF DISCOUNT -- MUST READ FOR AMISH ROMANCE LOVERS!
Join young Amish woman, Katie Bender, as she navigates the path between Amish and Englisch life in this three book series that shows the power of God's love to create possibilities and the strength of the human...
Why the Amish Sing
Songs of Solidarity and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Singing occurs in nearly every setting of Amish life. It is a sanctioned pleasure that frames all Amish rituals and one that enlivens and sanctifies both routine and special events, from household chores, road trips by buggy, and family prayer to baptisms, youth group gatherings, weddings, and "single...
Beyond the Plain and Simple
A Patchwork of Amish Lives
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2014
A series of vignettes describing Amish people and customs
Pauline Stevick has visited more than 50 Amish homes in numerous Amish settlements across the country. She has attended weddings, viewings, school sessions and programs, family gatherings, and more than a dozen church services. She has...
Growing Up Amish
The Rumspringa Years
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
On the surface, it appears that little has changed for Amish youth in the past decade: children learn to work hard early in life, they complete school by age fourteen or fifteen, and a year or two later they begin Rumspringa—that brief period during which they are free to date and explore the outside...
An Amish Patchwork
Indiana's Old Orders in the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2004
Indiana is home to the world’s third-largest Amish population. Indiana’s 19 Old Order Amish and two Old Order Mennonite communities show a surprising diversity despite all that unites them as a distinct culture. This contemporary portrait of Indiana’s Amish is the first book-length overview...
by Joe Keim
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In My People, the Amish, Joe Keim paints a detailed picture of life behind the bonnets and buggies. More than a biography, this is an honest look at the heart-warming traditions that mingle with the deep-rooted legalism of the Amish community in Ashland, Ohio.
Born, raised, and baptized in...
An Amish Country Treasure 4
Amish Country Treasure Series (An Amish of Lancaster County Saga), #4
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
BOOK 4 IN BESTSELLING SERIES -- MUST HAVE FOR AMISH ROMANCE LOVERS!
Though Englischer boy-wonder reporter, Brad Williams has declared his love for Amish teen, Jemima King, are they truly meant to be together? Or can another win Jemima's heart?
After having faced fame and a shocking lawsuit,...
Selling the Amish
The Tourism of Nostalgia
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
More than 19 million tourists flock to Amish Country each year, drawn by the opportunity to glimpse "a better time" and the quaint beauty of picturesque farmland and handcrafted quilts. What they may find, however, are elaborately themed town centers, outlet malls, or even a water park....
by Miranda Clarkson
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2015
Want to learn how to cook the Amish way? Here is an Amish cookbook for you to enjoy for years to come. These are some of the best Amish recipes you are ever going to find.
Miranda Clarkson has experience with Amish dishes whether it is Amish desserts, Amish dinners, Amish breakfast, or Amish lunch, she has you covered!
Plain Secrets
An Outsider among the Amish
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Joe Mackall has lived surrounded by the Swartzentruber Amish community of Ashland County, Ohio, for over sixteen years. They are the most traditional and insular of all the Amish sects: the Swartzentrubers live without gas, electricity, or indoor plumbing; without lights on their buggies or cushioned...
The Amish
A Concise Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
There seems to be no end to our fascination with the Amish, a religious minority that has both placed itself outside the mainstream of American culture and flourished within it. Yet most people know very little about the nuanced relationship the Amish have with society or their own communities.
Drawing...