Heres a link to free gardening ebooks:
http://bookmine.tesuji.eu/gutenberg/sea ... 0&offset=0other Self-Sufficiency E-Books Available at Project Gutenberg
Here are some fascinating country-living related books from Project Gutenberg. Some may be a little dated, given recent technological developments though...
Livestock feeder's manual
The Making of a Country Parish
A Woman's Wartime Journal (circa U.S. Civil War)
Home pork-making
Dry-Farming
Electricity for the Farm
Everyday foods in wartime (WWI)
On Horsemanship