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The Wind in the Reeds

Author : Wendell Pierce
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698165705
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book The Wind in the Reeds written by Wendell Pierce and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them—or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in. Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park. In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city.

The Wind Among the Reeds

Author : William Butler Yeats
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The Wind Among the Reeds written by William Butler Yeats and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reeds in the Wind

Author : Grazia Deledda
Publisher : Italica Pr
ISBN 13 : 9780934977630
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Reeds in the Wind written by Grazia Deledda and published by Italica Pr. This book was released on 1999 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rugged landscape of Baronia on Sardinia sets the scene for this novel of crime, guilt and retribution. This novel presents the story of the Pintor sisters - from a family of noble landowners now in decline - their nephew Giacinto, and their servant Efix, who is trying to make up for a mysterious sin committed many years before. Around, below, and inside them the raging Mediterranean storms, the jagged mountains, the murmuring forests, and the gushing springs form a Greek chorus of witness to the tragic drama of this unforgiving land. Deledda tells her story with her characteristic love of the natural landscape and fascination with the folk culture of the island, with details about the famous religious festivals held in mountain encampments and the lore of the "dark beings who populate the Sardinian night, the fairies who live in rocks and caves, and the sprites with seven red caps who bother sleep." Introduction by the Sardinian ethnographer, Dolores Turchi.

The Oboe

Author : Marion Whittow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book The Oboe written by Marion Whittow and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reeds Weather Handbook

Author : Frank Singleton
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408156423
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Reeds Weather Handbook written by Frank Singleton and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Reeds Handbooks are hugely popular with boaters on board and at home, and the Reeds Weather Handbook continues in this same tradition. This essential pocket-sized guide equips the reader with all the tools to predict and deal with local and distant weather conditions, whether on a day trip or a longer cruise, along the coast or further offshore. Each topic is broken down into digestible chapters, explaining the origins and effects of the full spectrum of weather conditions, including: - using and evaluating weather forecasts - depressions, fronts, isobars and other coastal effects - waves and swells - weather lore and sky watching With practical explanations and helpful diagrams and photographs, this is the ideal aide-memoire for skippers and crew, especially those studying for their Day Skipper and Yachtmaster exams.

House of Reeds

Author : Thomas Harlan
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1429974931
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book House of Reeds written by Thomas Harlan and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-01 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In five short centuries, the mighty Empire of the Méxica, descendants of the ancient Aztecs allied with Imperial Japan, has spread out to conquer the Earth, left the homeworld, and set its sights on the stars. But the universe is a dangerous place, filled with hidden powers and the relics of ancient civilizations. The Méxica are only the latest of the great Imperial powers to reach for the stars. But that doesn't stop Imperial Méxica from claiming control. Xenoarcheologist Gretchen Anderssen had hoped to enjoy her well-earned vacation. She hadn't seen her home-world or her children for many months. But the Company has other plans for her - when she checks in for her transport, she finds new orders for her team. It looks like only a small diversion - a quick trip to the Planet Jagen, to investigate reports of a possible First Sun artifact. She doesn't have to run an excavation, or even gain possession of the artifact. Just file a report. But it smells bad, says Gretchen's Hesht companion, Magdalena. David Parker, the Company pilot assigned to Anderssen's analysis team agrees. And they are so right. Gretchen, Magdalena, and Parker find themselves in very dangerous territory indeed. Because, unbeknownst to anyone at the Company, the Imperial Méxican Priesthood has decided to wage a war on Jagan - a war not of conquest or defense, but a "flowery war", planned and fomented for the purpose of blooding the Emperor's youngest son. Gretchen and her team are headed right into the middle of the battle. It may be a War of Flowers, but many people will die, and blood will flow in the streets. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Wind and Trees

Author : M. P. Coutts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521460379
Total Pages : 503 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Wind and Trees written by M. P. Coutts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-08-24 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers wind behaviour, mechanical physiological responses of trees and forest management.

After the Divorce

Author : Grazia Deledda
Publisher : Canelo
ISBN 13 : 1911420135
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book After the Divorce written by Grazia Deledda and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2016-10-10 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Elena Ferrante there was Grazia Deledda. When Giovanna’s husband, Costantino, is convicted of a murder he claims he did not commit, she comes under pressure from her family to divorce him and marry a wealthy landowner who has always admired her. This she does, but the new marriage is an unhappy one and Giovanna remains firmly in love with Costantino. Following new evidence, Costantino is acquitted and returns to his home village, embarking on an affair with his former wife that seems destined to end in tragedy. In 1926, Grazia Deledda became the first Italian woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She was born in Sardinia and the life, people and customs of that Mediterranean island pervade her work. Praise for Grazia Deledda ‘Before Elena Ferrante there was Grazia Deledda.’ Matt Reimann ‘Deledda belongs to more than just her own day. She does more than reproduce the temporary psychological condition of her period... what she does is to create the passionate complex of a primitive populace.’ DH Lawrence The Nobel Prize in Literature 1926 was awarded to Grazia Deledda ‘for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general’.

Reed's Beach

Author : Bret Lott
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439122245
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Reed's Beach written by Bret Lott and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh and Laura Walker could never have anticipated that the single greatest source of joy in their lives could so suddenly fill them with such unrelenting grief. The death of their only child, seven-year-old Michael -- struck by a car just seconds after stepping off his school bus -- has left them stranded in a sea of sorrow. With no emotional compass to guide them, the Walkers retreat to an old cottage near Cape May, New Jersey, where, separated from the daily reminders of their numbing loss, they hope to reenter the world of the living. But lurking just below their sanity and resolve are memories -- not only of the simple joy that Michael brought to their lives, but also of the horror of his fatal accident. Buffeted by the conflicting winds of mourning and renewal, the Walkers see the once-solid foundation of their marriage begin to loosen. And Laura harbors a secret -- one essential to her self-preservation, but which could destroy all she and Hugh have ever been to each other. Reed's Beach weaves domestic tragedy with a strikingly original thriller of the heart, revealing the truths hidden deep within each of us, while holding out the elusive promise of love and hope.

The Wind in the Reeds

Author : Wendell Pierce
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0399573224
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book The Wind in the Reeds written by Wendell Pierce and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2016 Christopher Award Winner From acclaimed actor and producer Wendell Pierce, an insightful and poignant portrait of family, New Orleans and the transforming power of art. On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina barreled into New Orleans, devastating many of the city's neighborhoods, including Pontchartrain Park, the home of Wendell Pierce's family and the first African American middle-class subdivision in New Orleans. The hurricane breached many of the city's levees, and the resulting flooding submerged Pontchartrain Park under as much as 20 feet of water. Katrina left New Orleans later that day, but for the next three days the water kept relentlessly gushing into the city, plunging eighty percent of New Orleans under water. Nearly 1,500 people were killed. Half the houses in the city had four feet of water in them—or more. There was no electricity or clean water in the city; looting and the breakdown of civil order soon followed. Tens of thousands of New Orleanians were stranded in the city, with no way out; many more evacuees were displaced, with no way back in. Pierce and his family were some of the lucky ones: They survived and were able to ride out the storm at a relative's house 70 miles away. When they were finally allowed to return, they found their family home in tatters, their neighborhood decimated. Heartbroken but resilient, Pierce vowed to help rebuild, and not just his family's home, but all of Pontchartrain Park. In this powerful and redemptive narrative, Pierce brings together the stories of his family, his city, and his history, why they are all worth saving and the critical importance art played in reuniting and revitalizing this unique American city.

A Reed Shaken by the Wind

Author : Gavin Maxwell
Publisher : Eland Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780907871934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book A Reed Shaken by the Wind written by Gavin Maxwell and published by Eland Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of the marsh Arabs of southern Iraq, and their disappearing way of life.

Reed Design for Early Woodwinds

Author : David Hogan Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reed Design for Early Woodwinds written by David Hogan Smith and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax

Author : Richard Sibbes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.V/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bruised Reed and Smoking Flax written by Richard Sibbes and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Way of Cane

Author : Eric Arbiter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0190919612
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Way of Cane written by Eric Arbiter and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the sound-producing mechanism for the bassoon, the reed is a vital component in the sound of the entire instrument. While pre-manufactured reeds are widely available for purchase at music stores, this one-size-fits-all option hardly does justice to the unique needs of the musician and the piece. Many bassoonists, including seasoned professional bassoonist Eric Arbiter, instead choose to craft their own reeds. A nuanced and difficult craft to master, reed-making involves specialized machinery and necessitates special attention to the thickness, and even topography, of the reed itself. When done correctly, however, this process results in a reed that not only produces a more beautiful sound, but also holds up to even the most demanding musical performances. In The Way of Cane, Arbiter demystifies this process for bassoonists of all levels of experience. Drawing from his decades-long experience as both musician and reed-maker, Arbiter provides a comprehensive yet accessible overview of the craft, from the differing sound qualities produced by changing the dimensions of the reed's blades to the changes in the reed's behaviors as it passes through cycles of wetting and drying during production. Small changes in each of these variables, Arbiter explains, contribute to the ultimate goal of producing a bassoonist's ideal sound. With step-by-step instructions, detailed photos that further illuminate the reed-making process, and a companion website featuring the author's own recordings. The Way of Cane emphasizes the importance of the reed to the bassoon's sound, as well as the harmony between reed and musician.

Reeds Vol 14: Stealth Warship Technology

Author : Christopher Lavers
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408175533
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Reeds Vol 14: Stealth Warship Technology written by Christopher Lavers and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-23 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First book to give an insight into a growing area of interest - stealth warship technology - which is crucial for future developments in warship construction. It demonstrates the importance of materials used in warship construction and how this influences all of a naval platform's design parameters. Stealth technology is now considered a critical component within warship design, with interest in the concept of stealth increasing around the globe as naval forces adapt to new challenges. Many new developing nations are now implementing their first generation of stealth technology military hardware. This exciting book explores the full extent of threats to warships and thus the transformational change in naval architecture to incorporate these modern stealth technologies. Discussing the history of stealth technology, with references to well-known aircraft, ships and events in military history, the book also provides readers with a unique opportunity to develop an understanding of the specialist skills required in this naval sector. This is an essential read for anyone interested in stealth design and the issues involved in this evolving technology.

Reeds Knot Handbook

Author : Jim Whippy
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408139529
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Reeds Knot Handbook written by Jim Whippy and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-02 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of the bestselling Reeds Skipper's Handbook series, this handy pocket guide presents the most useful knots and splices for onboard (and dockside) use. Each knot will have a double page spread with step by step photos plus a tying diagram, accompanied by carefully explained instructions on how to tie the knot plus its most appropriate uses (for example - is it strong enough not to stretch or slip? Will it untie quickly in an emergency? Can it be tied with all thicknesses and types of rope?) All boaters need a repertoire of reliable knots they can use almost without thinking about them - this book will act as a quick aide memoire, as well as providing novices with all the steps they need to master the most useful knots they will need on a regular basis when going to sea.

The Selected Poems (Expanded Edition)

Author : A. R. Ammons
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 1324003715
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book The Selected Poems (Expanded Edition) written by A. R. Ammons and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1987-03-17 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A. R. Ammons's selection of his work once again, as the critic Harold Bloom wrote of the earlier version, "makes available the very best of him." To the "visions of clarity and terror" in that volume the poet now adds the most important poems from his three books published since. The resulting collection is the essential starting place for new readers, the quarry for those familiar with his work. Among the new poems is "Easter Morning," which the critic Helen Vendler called "a classic poem . . . a revelation."