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Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land
by Jan DeBlieu

Siroccos, Santa Anas, chinooks, monsoons - the wind has as many names as moods. Few other forces have so universally shaped the lands and waters of the earth, the plants and animals, the patterns of exploration, settlement and civilization. Few other phenomena have exerted such a profound influence on the history and psyche of humankind. 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, and 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 of the wind.

"Like Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us, Wind is a far-reaching and entertaining look at a natural phenomenon that affects everybody. Jan DeBlieu writes vividly about both the wind's fundamental wildness and the diverse human attempts to control it through language, myth, and technology."
--David Rains Wallace

ZN0330    Wind: How the Flow of Air Has Shaped Life, Myth,      $14.00

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