History of the Rain, Paperback

Written originally in Me'phaa, Hubert Matiuwaa's First Rain is a selection of poems that emerged from responding to the death of a grandmother who ...

Reducere. Frederick Douglass was an American abolitionist, editor, orator, author, statesman and reformer. Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of An...

Reducere. A fascinating look at weather, including a wealth of unusual proverbial and naturalist lore. Makes the vagaries of the weather comprehensible, from...

Reducere. Perplexity and wonder are integral parts of Tung-Hui Hu's poetry, which is as elegant as it is surprising.--Rain TaxiThis fresh and unexpected poet...

Reducere. "Far more than a legal thriller, though it is that . . . Some of this tale will sound disturbingly familiar to readers in the 21st Century, all the...

Reducere. Long Rain is an exquisite collection of five line poems (tanka) and short prose (haibun), organized around the elements: Earth, Wind, Fire and Wate...

Reducere. Having been diagnosed as bipolar, with psychotic disorders, havingattempted suicide and having a history of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorderand anxiet...

Approaching the unfolding climate catastrophe conceptually through its dissolution of the categories of "man-made" and "natural" disasters, A Histo...

Bob Dylan's iconic 1962 song "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" stands at the crossroads of musical and literary traditions. Alessandro Portelli explores...

Captivating Stories of the Ancient Olympians and TitansDid you know that Zeus loved many women, both goddesses and mortals? Did you know that he tu...

Reducere. - A compelling tale of heart-stopping adventure and immersion in nature -Searching for solitude in the wilderness, Helen Lloyd went to Iceland via ...

Since the beginning of time, four billion life forms have been created.Ninety-nine percent are now extinct.The human species is the youngest of the...

Melbourne's a city you get to know from the inside out - you have to walk it to love it. My favourite time to do this is at night. That's when you ...

Reducere. A must-have resource for anyone wishing to unlock the mysteries of Kyoto's 1150-year-old Gion Festival. "A month of rituals, five processions, coun...

Reducere. "Exotic, entertaining . . . an] exceptional first novel."--San Francisco Chronicle The year is 1861. After two centuries of isolation, Japan has op...

Reducere. Inspired by a year of hiking 120 desert canyons, Where the Rain Children Sleep is nature writing in the best tradition of Edward Abbey, Ellen Meloy...

Reducere. A Ms. magazine, Refinery29, and Lambda Literary Most Anticipated Read of 2021 A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thoug...

Reducere. Rain tells the story of the Dream Walker Maya, an empathic clairvoyant who experiences history through the eyes of other Dream Walkers across time....

Reducere. Keith Toney is entertainingly funny and finally coming down to earth. With a long history of schizophrenic episodes, the sharing of many laughs, an...

Reducere. Two lost sisters find family, and themselves, among the voices of an Ojibwe reservation When Loretta surrenders her young girls to the county and t...

DescriptionEach of these Analysing Architecture Notebooks is devoted to a particular theme in understanding the rich and varied workings of archite...

Reducere. RAIN HAS SEARCHED FOR A PLACE TO CALL HOME. BUT THERE'S NOWHERE TO HIDE WHEN THE NIGHT SKY LIGHTS UP WITH TERROR.... Torn from the embrace of her p...

Reducere. If you think Oregon is the land of eternal rain, think again. It's a place of wide-open spaces, with just 3.6 million inhabitants in nearly 100, 00...

Reducere. A brilliantly conceived and vividly drawn story--Washington, D.C. on the eve of Abraham Lincoln's historic second inaugural address as the lens thr...

Reducere. Mary Austin's love of the desert is everywhere evident in The Land of Little Rain, a collection of fourteen vignettes about the land and people of ...

"Of course I had to end up here . . ." Over ten rainy nights, Thomas, an ex-bargeman who used to be skipper of his own boat, walks the muddy fields...

Reducere. "Call Sign Dracula" provides an outstanding, valuable and worthy in-depth look into the life of a US Army Infantry soldier serving with the famed 1...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always raining. Even ...

Reducere. Chanca piedra is Spanish for "stone breaker, " which describes its very long history of use in the Peruvian Amazon for treating and preventing kidn...

Reducere. Welcome to Wicca for beginners--information, guidance, and spells for new witches There is no right or wrong way to practice Wicca; there is only y...

Reducere. Keep her secret Keep her safeOn the 14th November 1940, Hitler's bombs rain down on Coventry. From the rubble of a bombed-out family home, a young ...

Reducere. Inspired by real places and events of WWII, Red Sky Over Hawaii immerses the reader in a time of American history full of suspicion and peril in th...

Reducere. 1940: It's the year Nazis rain bombs on London and goose-step into Paris, when President Roosevelt wins an unprecedented third term and Kansas Citi...

Reducere. This thirtieth anniversary edition of Sound and Sentiment makes Steven Feld's landmark, field-defining book available to a new generation of schola...

Reducere. Wildsam Field Guides: Seattle reveals this gem of the Northwest through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and roote...

DescriptionLater Emperors is four poems, each of which approaches Roman history from a very different perspective. It is also four voices, each one...

Rightly called the saddest story in rock 'n' roll history, this Creedence biographynewly updatedwith stories from band members, producers, business...

Reducere. From sandy beaches to rocky cliffs, the place where the land meets the sea is an amazing habitat. While exploring at the shore or reading at home, ...

Reducere. How much do you know about the state of Pennsylvania? There's so much to learn about the Keystone State that even its residents don't know. In this...

Reducere. Boston, Tuesday, October 21, 1975. The Red Sox and the Cincinnati Reds have endured an excruciating three-day rain delay. Tonight, at last, they wi...

Short stories set in Old New Mexico, many based on actual people or events. Includes: That Damn Mule - A green-broke mule balks at the rain-slicked...

As a working palace, the Istana is tradition firmly rooted in the present. It has links with Singapore's colonial past, being first a nutmeg planta...

Reducere. The only thing bigger than his discovery is the conspiracy to stop it A breathtaking thriller from the USA Today bestselling author of The Last Lib...

Reducere. "James Chisholm was a staff writer for the Chicago Tribune sent to report on the gold strike made in the late 1860s at one of the great historical ...

Immortals Kendal and Piper welcome their new child and celebrate the defeat of an old enemy by returning to their home outside New Orleans. The las...

Reducere. DescriptionA brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an o...

Reducere. A powerful new series from the author of the Raine Stockton Dog Mysteries... Almost two years ago the sleepy little community of Dogleg Island was ...

Reducere. This collection of American Indian legends was gathered by Gene Meany Hodge from authentic sources in the 1930s and centers around the sacred super...

Reducere. DescriptionAs mothers of humanity and warrior queens, African women have played an extraordinary role in the civilization of mankind. The story of ...

Reducere. In August 1944, a few hundred men defended a hill near Mortain, France, against a massive German counterattack. For most of the six days and nights...

Reducere. DescriptionChapter OneThe Morning StarAnd there appeared a great wonder in Heaven, A woman clothed with the sun, And the moon under her feet. -- Re...

Reducere. This book covers three interesting subject areas that span over a half-century in the life of Trevor James Constable. The hidden history area invol...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading "In Scotland, beautiful as it is, it was always rai...

Description Rock Art of Kentucky is the first comprehensive documentation of the fragile remnants of Kentucky's prehistoric Native American rock ar...

Reducere. The Indo-Iranian Anahita is an ancient Persian Goddess, who became a Zoroastrian Yazata (or Angel) and is still part of contemporary Zoroastrianism...

Reducere. Description"What is poetry? Poetry is art made with words. The rest of this book is about what that means."Speak Like Rain goes through the artisti...

Reducere. Many leading deities of the Aztec pantheon were worshipped by previous Mesoamerican civilizations, gods such as Tlaloc, Quetzalcoatl and Tezcatlipo...

Princes, Vikings, and the history of tenth-century England come together in this saga of exploration and unrequited love. Prince Rumon of France, d...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Timothy WhiteFrom The Beatles' patronage of his 1968 debut album to his Grammy awards for Hourglass, James Taylor has remai...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Cp PatrickThere is a commonly held belief the tropical storms and hurricanes that form off the coast of West Africa are not...

Reducere. Claire Swedberg and Rita Hupy conducted hundreds of interviews to investigate what role a community plays in the arts, and what the arts can bring ...

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. Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans ...

America has dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.But Japan has only begun to fight. . . . In 1945, history has reached a turning point. A...

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Reducere. Sequel to the National Book Award Winner``A novel of the first rank, the kind of monumental work Italo Calvino called 'encyclopedic' in the way it ...

Reducere. "Light Bulb" by Nancy Pickard was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2013, edited by Otto Penzler and Lisa Scottoline "Kan...

Reducere. Many indigenous cultures recognise a deep connection between people and their land--a heart-weaving of inhabitants and history that lies, sleeping ...

The incredible true story of how a cycle of rain, cold, disease, and warfare created the worst famine in European history--years before the Black D...

Reducere. DescriptionSpring has come to Ireland, where Thorgrim Night Wolf, new-made Lord of V k-l , and the three hundred Viking warriors under his command ...