The Big Wind

Author: Beatrice Coogan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1786695537
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 748

Book Description
It all began on the night of the Big Wind. A wild and savage night in January 1839 when a storm struck Ireland, leaving such suffering and devastation in its path that a mark remained on the minds and hearts of Irishmen, and the land itself, ever after. It was the night Sterrin O'Carroll, 'blossom of the storm', was born in Kilsheelin Castle. Growing up during Ireland's darkest hours, Sterrin forms a bond with a household servant called Young Thomas that deepens over the years into a forbidden love – a love as fierce and relentless as the storm that ushered her into the world. But their paths are divided by devastating events that change the course of Ireland's history. After the bitterness and the sorrow finally wane, Sterrin's indomitable spirit never weakens because, Thomas, like her beloved land, will return to her.

Bartholomew Biddle and the Very Big Wind

Author: Gary Ross
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 0763649201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 97

Book Description
Follows the adventures of a young boy who rides the wind to a pirate-inhabited island, a not-so-colorful prep school, and a mysterious cove.

Brer Tiger and the Big Wind

Author: William Faulkner
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 9780688129859
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Clever Brer Rabbit finds a way to teach the greedy Brer Tiger a lesson.

Chhotu and the Big Wind

Author: Nandini Nayar
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789350468999
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description

McBroom and the Big Wind

Author: Sid Fleischman
Publisher: Little Brown
ISBN: 9780316285438
Category : Humorous stories.
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
Josh McBroom relates how he and his family harness the rambunctious prairie wind.

Sudden Sea

Author: R. A. Scotti
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
ISBN: 031605478X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
The massive destruction wreaked by the Hurricane of 1938 dwarfed that of the Chicago Fire, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mississippi floods of 1927, making the storm the worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Now, R.A. Scotti tells the story.

The Great Texas Wind Rush

Author: Kate Galbraith
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292735839
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 208

Book Description
In the late 1990s, West Texas was full of rundown towns and pumpjacks, aging reminders of the oil rush of an earlier era. Today, the towns are thriving as 300-foot-tall wind turbines tower above those pumpjacks. Wind energy has become Texas’s latest boom, with the Lone Star State now leading the nation. How did this dramatic transformation happen in a place that fights federal environmental policies at every turn? In The Great Texas Wind Rush, environmental reporters Kate Galbraith and Asher Price tell the compelling story of a group of unlikely dreamers and innovators, politicos and profiteers. The tale spans a generation and more, and it begins with the early wind pioneers, precocious idealists who saw opportunity after the 1970s oil crisis. Operating in an economy accustomed to exploiting natural resources and always looking for the next big thing, their ideas eventually led to surprising partnerships between entrepreneurs and environmentalists, as everyone from Enron executives to T. Boone Pickens, as well as Ann Richards, George W. Bush and Rick Perry, ended up backing the new technology. In this down-to-earth account, the authors explain the policies and science that propelled the “windcatters” to reap the great harvest of Texas wind. They also explore what the future holds for this relentless resource that is changing the face of Texas energy.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Author: William Kamkwamba
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101637420
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313

Book Description
Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

Where the Two Came to Their Father

Author: Jeff King
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780691098463
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 55

Book Description
This work takes its title from the richly symbolic creation legend of the Navaho people, which they incorporated into their blessing ceremony for tribe members headed to battle. Having observed this rite during World War II, when native Americans were for the first time drafted into the U.S. military, ethnologist Maud Oakes recorded the legend and made reproductions of the beautiful ceremonial paintings, given to her by the medicine man Jeff King. Originally printed separately in a portfolio, the text and eighteen paintings are now available as a bound book.

Gone with the Wind

Author: Margaret Mitchell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416548947
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1476

Book Description
The story of the tempestuous romance between Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara is set amid the drama of the Civil War.