Century of Wind

Reducere. The third volume of Eduardo Galeano's Memory of Fire trilogy, Century of the Wind offers a panorama of Galeano's singular vision of the past, turbu...

In Listening to the Wind, Ian Preece sets out on an international road trip to capture the essence of life for independent record labels operating ...

Reducere. Wind energy. It's free. It's green. It's healthy. It's sustainable. And it's lucrative for property-owners. If only this popular narrative were tru...

SMOKE IN THE WIND is the eleventh spine-chilling mystery in Peter Tremayne's extraordinary series featuring 7th-century Irish super-sleuth Sister F...

Reducere. Known as one of the most ethereal children's fantasies by George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind has been a favorite among families for ov...

A biography of seventeenth century trader Captain Thomas Bowrey.

Set in the last century against a tropical landscape and the ever-present sea, A High Wind in Jamaica tells the story of a family of English childr...

Reducere. Defining the Wind is a wonderfully written account of one man's crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beauf...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: D. M. DoolingIntroduction by: Vivian Arviso One FeatherAfterword by: Elaine A. JahnerThe Sons of the Wind presents the myth...

Reducere. It's been a century since readers first ventured into the Green Forest to encounter Reddy Fox, Grandfather Frog, Jimmy Skunk, and other winsome cha...

A page-turning historical thriller set in 19th century Barcelona, this bestselling debut is }Frankenstein{ meets }The Shadow Of The Wind{.

Reducere. People of the Wind River, the first book-length history of the Eastern Shoshones, tells the tribe's story through eight tumultuous decades--from 18...

Reducere. A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraThe Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of ...

Reducere. This book examines the history, politics, and economics of alternative energy. Since the energy crisis of the 1970s, governments around the world h...

Reducere. An expert treatise on the origin and evolution of dunes, this classic work was used by NASA in studying sand dunes on Mars and is appropriate for u...

Reducere. The Wind Among the Reeds (1899) is a collection of poems and plays by W.B. Yeats. Containing many of the poet's early important works, The Wind Amo...

For more than a century, The Wind in the Willows and its endearing protagonists--Mole, Mr. Toad, Badger, and Ratty--have enchanted children of all ...

Reducere. The Wind in the Willows is a children's novel by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast-paced, it focuses on fo...

Reducere. The accused was a slight, frightened man who had deliberately broken the law. His trial was a Roman circus. The chief gladiators were two great leg...

Reducere. AN ENGAGING AND INSIGHTFUL WESTERN ADVENTURE. He was called White Buffalo, and he would be the greatest medicine man the People had ever known. The...

Description100 traditional yet surprisingly modern recipes from the far northern corners of Russia, featuring ingredients and dishes that young Rus...

Reducere. Welcome to the wonderful world of whirligigsWhirligigs are small, wind-driven toylike objects -- often called -wind toys- -- that whirl and twirl o...

DescriptionFrom wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now re...

Reducere. The Wind Among the Reeds is a classic collection of Irish poetry by William Butler Yeats. All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and o...

Reducere. "Perhaps it is no coincidence that the nineteenth century--the century when, it has been said, sexuality as such (and various taxonomized sexual id...

Reducere. One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.We have a marvelous, almost legendary, i...

Reducere. John's Island (also spelled "Johns Island") is the largest Sea Island and the second largest island on the East Coast. The legendary Angel Oak, a r...

Reducere. Despite the significant role they have played in Texas history for nearly four hundred years, the Lipan Apaches remain among the least studied and ...

Reducere. In the shadow of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico's Mora Valley harbors the ghosts of history: troubadours and soldiers, Plains Indians a...

Reducere. Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early nineteenth century, storm-driven shipwreck...

Reducere. Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early nineteenth century, storm-driven shipwreck...

Reducere. This volume presents the weird fiction of the American writer Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852-1930). Better known for her mainstream writings focusin...

DescriptionAn astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century--a "riveting...engrossing...'American Epic'" (The Wall Street Journal) and neces...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen he emerged from the nightclubs of Greenwich Village, Bob Dylan was often identified as a "protest" singer. As early as 1962, howeve...

Reducere. For many generations the Northern Arapaho people thrived over a vast area of the North American Plains and Rocky Mountains. For more than a century...

DescriptionNow in paper, a droll memoir by a world-class physicist that includes recollections of his involvement with pioneering laser research, e...

Reducere. Nobility. Garden parties. Luxury. Prestige. War breaks out. Merry Hall and its male heirs are now at stake. From the time of William the Conqueror,...

DescriptionFor well over a century, Milwaukee shoppers have had Gimbels or Schuster's on the brain. Even if they didn't crave sewing notions or pri...

Reducere. DescriptionFor well over a century, Milwaukee shoppers have had Gimbels or Schuster's on the brain. Even if they didn't crave sewing notions or pri...

Reducere. Living in twenty first century Dallas, teenager T. Bone Stone and his dog, Little red, are mysteriously hurled back in time to Indian Territory in ...

DescriptionMichael Stephenson's Patriot Battles is a comprehensive and richly detailed study of the military aspects of the War of Independence, an...

Reducere. Four hundred years ago, in a small town in rural France, a young woman creates the future in the shape of Rupetta. Part mechanical, part human, Rup...

'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, includi...

The revived cult of Pan recognizes him as the god of fields, groves and wooded glens. This connects him to fertility and the season of spring, with...

Reducere. One of the Best Books of the Year The New York Times - San Francisco Chronicle - The Economist - Kirkus Reviews In the twenty-first century, airpla...

Reducere. Celestia, daughter of Jon and Martina has been taught well by her Gap-crosser father. Like him, she has learned to leap the Galactic Antipaterminal...

Reducere. In 1832, Benjamin Bonneville led the first wagon train across the Continental Divide on the Oregon Trail. Financed by a rival of the Hudson's Bay C...

Reducere. From hermitages on wind-blasted holms to dour nineteenth-century preaching barns; from a splendid cathedral founded by a Norse earl to a Nissen hut...

Reducere. The science is clear: by the mid-20th century human beings must stop burning coal, oil and natural gas. Reducing carbon emissions is not enough--th...

Reducere. The Lisbon Earthquake of 1755 was no run-of-the-mill misfortune-it was a watershed moment that shook the pillars of an inveterate social order and ...

DescriptionNotable advances of the last quarter-century have deepened our appreciation of the three-dimensional nature of the ocean's large-scale c...

Reducere. DescriptionBay breezes from the Gulf of Mexico sweep into this sparkling city by the sea. The sound of the wind, waves, and shore birds transport h...

"The greatest enterprise of its kind in history, " was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English D...

Reducere. Cumberland Island is a national treasure. The largest of the Sea Islands along the Georgia coast, it is a history-filled place of astounding natura...

Vivien Leigh was perhaps the most iconic actress of the twentieth century. As Scarlett O'Hara and Blanche Du Bois she took on some of the most pivo...

DescriptionThe story of filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's life and work, including his significant impact on Japan and the world A thirtieth-century toxic...

Why are we speaking English? Replenishing the Earth gives a new answer to that question, uncovering a 'settler revolution' that took place from the...

British Columbia's rugged Southern Gulf Islands enticed many pioneers, explorers, colonists, miners, and adventurers in the mid 19th century. Fog, ...

In the early days of the nineteenth century, water was a significant means for transporting both goods and people throughout this burgeoning nation...

Reducere. DescriptionIs America in jeopardy?Any day, America could be held hostage over critical minerals used in all advanced technologies due to the decade...

Reducere. They rise, limbs interlocked like a mighty phalanx engaged in a slow northward march along Florida's coast. Collectively, they are battered and dim...

Contributor(s): Author: Richard HeinbergAuthor: David FridleyOne of GreenBiz's Six Best Sustainability Books of 2016 The next few decades will see ...

Woody and Little Pip, the acorn children, begin an adventure flying through the air on an autumn leaf. When they don't come home their friend Hazel...

With over 75 nourishing recipes and herbal remedies, this cookbook and seasonal guide to wellness brings the ancient wisdom of the elements to the ...

Reducere. DescriptionDespite its Harry Potter-like title, The Book of the Cave of Treasures is actually a rich seam of Jewish and Christian apocryphal lore, ...

Reducere. Theodore Levin takes readers on a journey through the rich sonic world of inner Asia, where the elemental energies of wind, water, and echo; the ub...

Reducere. First published in 1808, The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor became a standard guide throughout the 19th century in both England and the United St...

Reducere. A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo--the ...

Reducere. Summoning up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history, the Geisha's story uncovers a hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploita...

Reducere. Winner of BEST HORROR NOVEL (August Derleth Award) at British Fantasy Awards 2016For generations the Villarcas have died mysteriously, and young. N...