The Book of Storms

Author: Ruth Hatfield
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 0805099999
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 301

Book Description
Eleven-year-old Danny O'Neill has never been what you'd call adventurous. But when he wakes the morning after a storm to find his house empty, his parents gone, and himself able to hear the thoughts of a dying tree, he has no choice but to set out to find answers. He soon learns that the enigmatic Book of Storms holds the key to what he seeks . . . but unraveling its mysteries won't be easy. If he wants to find his family, he'll have to face his worst fears and battle terrifyingly powerful enemies, including the demonic Sammael himself.In the beautifully imagined landscape of Ruth Hatfield's TheBook of Storms, magic seamlessly intertwines with the everyday, nothing is black and white, and Danny is in a race against time to rescue everything he holds dear.

The Storm Book

Author: Charlotte Zolotow
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064431940
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
It is a day in the country, and everthing is hot and still. Then the hazy sky begins to shift. Something is astir, something soundless.

Eat the Storms

Author: Damien B Donnelly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781913499266
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
"In a pamphlet saturated in colour, Damien Donnelly takes us on an immersive journey through a landscape of pigments. Written with great lyricism and emotional intensity, these poems contrast darker hues with lighter tones to create a sequence of poems that will linger in the memory."

The Storms of War

Author: Kate Williams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988685
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 492

Book Description
In the idyllic early summer of 1914, life is good for the de Witt family. Rudolf and Verena are planning the wedding of their daughter Emmeline, while their eldest son, Arthur, is studying in Paris, and Michael is just back from his first term at Cambridge. Celia, the youngest of the de Witt children, is on the brink of adulthood and secretly dreams of escaping her carefully mapped-out future and exploring the world.But the onslaught of war changes everything and soon the de Witts find themselves sidelined and in danger of losing everything they hold dear. As Celia struggles to make sense of the changing world around her, she lies about her age to join the war effort and finds herself embroiled in a complex plot that puts not only herself but those she loves in danger.With gripping detail and brilliant empathy, Kate Williams tells the story of Celia and her family as they are shunned by a society that previously embraced them, torn apart by sorrow, and buffeted and changed by the storms of war.

Safe in a Storm

Author: Stephen R. Swinburne
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 054566988X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A comforting and reassuring love story! "When the clouds grow darker and the rain pelts and stings,I'm here, my little duck. Keep warm beside my wings."In this comforting read-aloud story, all the animals find cozy places to keep them safe and warm, no matter how loud the storm rumbles or how dark the night gets. Next to their mothers, the baby animals are able to let go of their fears and fall asleep despite the storm.Safe in a Storm is a fun, imaginative good-night story featuring loving animal characters. It'll comfort young children during scary storms and always.

Why?

Author: Vernon Brewer
Publisher: World Help
ISBN: 9780978804114
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 202

Book Description

Mother of Storms

Author: John Barnes
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1429970669
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644

Book Description
In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane accidentally triggered by nuclear explosions spawns dozens more in its wake. A world linked by a virtual-reality network experiences the devastation first hand, witnessing the death of civilization as we know it and the violent birth of an emerging global consciousness. Vast in scope, yet intimate in personal detail, Mother of Storms is a visionary fusion of cutting-edge cyberspace fiction and heart-stopping storytelling in the grand tradition, filled with passion, tragedy, and the triumph of the human spirit. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Eye of the Storm

Author: Kate Messner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802723136
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 302

Book Description
Jaden's summer visit with her meteorologist father, who has just returned from spending four years in Russia conducting weather experiments not permitted in the United States, fills her with apprehension and fear as she discovers that living at her father's planned community, Placid Meadows, is anything but placid.

Storms

Author:
Publisher: Aperture
ISBN: 9781597112307
Category : Landscape photography
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Mitch Dobrowner has been chasing storms since 2005. Working with professional storm chaser Roger Hill, Dobrowner has traveled throughout Western and Midwestern America to capture nature in its full fury, making extraordinary images of monsoons, tornados, and massive thunderstorms with the highest standard of craftsmanship and in the tradition of Ansel Adams. Dobrowner, a graphic designer by trade, says, As I researched the subject of storm systems and how they formed, I came to appreciate the complexity of these large structured super-cellsmassive storms with deep, rotating updrafts that sometimes spawn tornadoes. As a photographer, I always count myself lucky to get to the right place at the right time. Dobrowners storm series has attracted considerable media interest (National Geographic, Time, New York Times Magazine, among others) and is presented in Storms in a deluxe, largeformat yet affordable edition. The book features an introduction by Gretel Ehrlich that focuses on the phenomenon of storms and on the landscape tradition of the American West.

The Storms of Life

Author: Danny Bentsen
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1512768618
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
We all face storms in life and we can ride out these storms by following Gods and word and standing on his word. This guide will help you conquer any storm life throws your way.