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Wind

How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land

By: Jan DeBlieu

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Paperback | 7 April 2015

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304 Pages

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In Wind, Jan DeBlieu brings a poet's voice and a scientist's eye to this remarkable natural force, showing how the bumping of a few molecules can lead to the creation of religions, the discovery of continents, the destruction of empires. DeBlieu visits the weather observatory at the summit of Mount Washington, where some of the highest wind speeds in the world have been recorded. She talks to survivors of a deadly tornado in Iowa, tries hang gliding over North Carolina's Outer Banks, climbs sand dunes in Oregon and slickrock formations in Utah - everywhere exploring the effects, subtle and brutal, comforting and terrifying, of the wind.

Industry Reviews

“A stunning view of the Earth.” —Los Angeles Times

“This is the kind of writing that transforms the reader’s experience of nature.” —Audubon Magazine

“The wind will never be the same for readers after finishing this book. DeBlieu has achieved the Big Two: enlightenment and high entertainment.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A poetic compendium of wind phenomena and a hymn of praise to these towering movements of air.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“One of the best nonfiction books I can remember.” —Robert Michael Pyle

“DeBlieu’s graceful writing animates this unseen force of nature.” —Library Journal, Best Sci-Tech books of 1998

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