In Rains

In a tour-de-force tapestry of science fiction and historical fiction, Andromeda Romano-Lax presents a story set in Japan and Taiwan that spans a century of empire, conquest, progress, and destruction

In a tour-de-force tapestry of science fiction and historical fiction, Andromeda Romano-Lax presents a story set in Japan and Taiwan that spans a century of empire, conquest, progress, and destruction

In the tradition of Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave, the first YA page-turner from New York Times bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz. In one terrifying night, the peaceful community of Creek's Cause turns in

This fourth-smallest county in Texas was created in December 1870 from parts of Wood, Hunt, Van Zandt, and Hopkins Counties. The county and the county seat are named after the founding father, Emory R

Inspired by a classic essay about a visit to a dying coach, It Never Rains in Tiger Stadium explores in gorgeous detail the inescapable pull of college football-the cocky smiles behind the face masks

'I believed that if I moored myself to Charlie, I would know tranquility interspersed with organized adventure. He would stay in Zambia because he loved the romance of it. I could remain here, safely.

She left, heavily weighted with secrets.But God reveals all things, in His timing. And He redeems them. Suzanne Zimmerman was only seventeen and pregnant when her shamed mother quietly sent her away f

Africa is playing a more important role in world affairs than ever before. Yet the most common images of Africa in the American mind are ones of poverty, starvation, and violent conflict. But while

My body, suddenly, carries two stories of loss . . . One is easy for people to recognise. My mother died of cancer. I watched her age twenty-five years in eight weeks . . . My other story marks me as

Late in Claude Rains's distinguished career, a reverent film journalist wrote that Rains "was as much a cinematic institution as the medium itself." Given his childhood speech impediments and his orig

Restless and bored with the lightweight stories she continues to be assigned, reporter Cait Whyte seizes upon the opportunity to cover the gruesome murder of a fifteen-year-old girl in her own neighbo

Nagai Kafu was one of the most important Japanese writers of fiction during the first half of the twentieth century. He is best known for his evocative descriptions of the moods and fancies of Tokyo:

The Asian monsoon and associated river systems supply the water that sustains a large portion of humanity, and has enabled Asia to become home to some of the oldest and most productive farming systems on Earth. This book uses climate data and environmental models to provide a detailed review of variations in the Asian monsoon since the mid-Holocene, and its impacts on farming systems and human settlement. Future changes to the monsoon due to anthropogenically-driven global warming are also discussed. Faced with greater rainfall and more cyclones in South Asia, as well as drying in North China and regional rising sea levels, understanding how humans have developed resilient strategies in the past to climate variations is critical. Containing important implications for the large populations and booming economies in the Indo-Pacific region, this book is an important resource for researchers and graduate students studying the climate, environmental history, agronomy and archaeology of Asia

When it was first released in 1982, When It Rains was one of the earliest published literary works in the O’odham language. Speakers from across generations shared poems that showcased the aesth

On the 24th of February 2007 my husband, Stuart, drowned himself at sea, leaving me widowed with two young daughters aged six and four. I knew it wasn’t an accident, even though the medics and police

Life in the desert is a waiting game: waiting for rain. And in a year of drought, the stakes are especially high. John Alcock knows the Sonoran Desert better than just about anyone else, and in this b

“Rocks. Goats. Dry shrubs. Buffaloes. Thorns. A fallen tamarind tree.” Such were the sights that greeted David Shulman on his arrival in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in the spring of 2006.

From a MacArthur "Genius," a bold new perspective on the history of Asia, highlighting the long quest to tame its watersAsia's history has been shaped by her waters. In Unruly Waters, historian Sunil

One of the greatest challenges faced by African women writers is finding the time and the space to write. In November 2011 the third FEMRITE African Women Writers Residency alleviated this challenge f

Stories from the Rains of Love and Death is a quintet of interrelated one-act plays written in 1977. Aurash is a Persian myth dating back over one thousand years. The Death of the King is a retelling

Houghton Mifflin’s popular Good Beginnings series of board books introduces two new titles for 2004, each of them published in English-only and bilingual English-Spanish editions. Continuing the engag

A young boy celebrates a refreshing storm in this joyous picture book about experiencing with all your senses a cloudburst of rain on a hot summer day A boy looks up at the sky and smells the air as the first raindrops hit the ground. He listens as it begins to pour, observing all the symphony of sound this welcome downpour makes. He feels the water droplets on his skin and sees little rivulets of water on the sidewalk. "Badadada" he hears as the rain hits his yellow umbrella, "Ker-sploosh" as he jumps in a puddle. This boy uses all his senses to experience a refreshing summer storm. Koshiro Hata's illustrations revel in the joy of nature in Yuko Ohnari's new book featuring expressive onomatopoeia to sound out and enjoy. You'll definitely want to play outside the next time it rains. Perfect for units on weather and senses--but also just a sweet and happy picture book to enjoy together.

我們的島，位於亞洲的海。現在就讓我們跟隨作者，離開習以為常的亞洲陸地，來一趟深度亞洲海洋之旅吧！我們應該都聽過下面這個故事。十五世紀初，明朝鄭和七次下西洋，可能曾遠抵非洲東南外海的馬達加斯加島。其中一次航程，東非麻林國向來訪使團獻上神獸「麒麟」。神獸隨艦隊一路飄洋過海，最後順利抵達中國，站在永樂皇帝面前。今日我們知道，那不是麒麟，而是我們熟悉的長頸鹿。本書作者達瑞克（Eric Tagliacozzo）指出，鄭和下西洋其實是沿著古老的海上貿易路線前進，這些路線長期以來將東北亞與印度洋、中東乃至東非連結起來；因此，當這頭長頸鹿昂首闊步走在南京城街道上供民眾瞻仰圍觀，如同是以其肌膚、筋脈與血肉，對亞洲海上航道的連繫效用，做最飽滿且具象的呈現。《亞洲海洋大歷史》全面探討亞洲海上航道如何形塑地球上一個無比廣大的地區：時間跨度從史前時代的南島民族遷徙，到今日南海的緊張局勢；空間範圍從非洲東部海岸、東南亞群島，一直延伸到北方的日本海。作者以跨海域和跨學科的寬闊視野，描述人員、商品、宗教、文化、科技與觀念，如何藉由亞洲海路大規模流動，為這座全世界最大的洲創造歷史，也為現代世界留下深刻印記。全書用主題架構，以展現亞洲海洋所蘊含的歷史經驗多樣性。內容方面不僅融會大量史料與研究成果，作者更時不時現身說法，穿插自己的旅遊見聞和實地訪談，佐證海洋連結真實存在且歷久不衰，寫法令人耳目一新。我們的島，位於亞洲的海。現在就讓我們跟隨作者，離開習以為常的亞洲陸地，來一趟深度亞洲海洋之旅吧！我們將對這個世界產生全新看法，這也是本書的最大企圖。專文導讀鄭維中｜中央研究院臺灣史研究所副研究員國際讚譽▲ 藉助於長時間的旅行、豐富的檔案、無數場碼頭對話，達瑞克的傑作讓我們看到海洋亞洲環環相扣的歷史，如何形塑今日我們的世界。這是一部既壯闊又切身的亞洲海洋史：洋溢著港口城市的活色生香，由一位天生的說書人以優雅與同理心娓娓道來。──阿姆瑞斯（Sunil Amrith），《失控的水域：降雨、河川、海岸、海洋如何形塑亞洲歷史》（Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia’s History）作者▲ 達瑞克輕車熟路，穿梭在層層疊疊的主題之間：環境、宗教、帝國強權與科技、都市主義與貿易，寫出一部精采的亞洲海洋史。《亞洲海洋大歷史》帶

Find out how weather works in this fun and friendly book. Learn why it rains and snows, and the fascinating science that causes thunder, lightning, hurricanes and rainbows.

In the paperback of The Last Chance for Logan County, the third Legendary Alston Boys mystery from Edgar Award nominee Lamar Giles, Otto and Sheed team up with the Epic Ellisons against a corporation that wants Logan County's weirdness for itself!Otto and Sheed are back in yet another legendary adventure that just might take all their deduction skills, and a little help, to solve.With their journey through the last mirror on the left behind them, Otto and Sheed are ready for things to get back to normal. But their trip to that other dimension had side effects, and they come on quickly--starting with a thunderstorm that rains carnivorous frogs!And that's only the beginning. When a suspicious company called GOO, obsessed with Logan County's weirdness, shows up and starts buying all the property in town--and threatening to take Sheed away from Otto--some of the adults start acting stranger than usual, almost... zombie-like?With the help of Otto's mom, Sheed's dad, and the Epic Ellison twi

Inspired by the true World War II history of the few bookshops to survive the Blitz, The Last Bookshop in London is a timeless story of wartime loss, love and the enduring power of literature. August 1939: London is dismal under the weight of impending war with Germany as Hitler's forces continue to sweep across Europe. Into this uncertain maelstrom steps Grace Bennett, young and ready for a fresh start in the bustling city streets she's always dreamed of--and miles away from her troubled past in the countryside. With aspirations of working at a department store, Grace never imagined she'd wind up employed at Primrose Hill, an offbeat bookshop nestled in the heart of the city--after all, she's never been much of a reader. Overwhelmed with organizing the cluttered store, she doesn't have time to read the books she sells. But when one is gifted to her, what starts as an obligation becomes a passion that draws her into the incredible world of literature. As the Blitz rains down bombs on t

From New York Times bestselling authors Sarah Mlynowski, Lauren Myracle, and Emily Jenkins comes more upside-down fun in the fifth book of this hilarious series.When Willa's upside-down magic rains, it pours. Clouds form under ceilings. Classrooms get flooded. Nory and the kids in Ms. Starr's Upside-Down Magic class always have umbrellas nearby, just in case. Willa hates being the source of such sogginess. And yet the more she rains, the worse she feels . . . and the worse she feels, the more she rains. Nory, meanwhile, can't wait to celebrate her first Bing Day-her town's magical holiday. There's even a parade! Too bad she's stuck doing her Bing Day class project with drippy Willa. To make things worse, Elliott seems to be taking Willa's side on everything. All the storminess is threatening to flood the UDM friendships. Will they drown in misery? Or can they use their magic to make the storm clouds disappear?

When Sarah and her younger brother Charlie go to stay with their grandparents, it rains for days. At first, they have fun exploring inside the big, old house, but eventually they want to explore outsi

一簾簾的水霧閃過，滴青滴白晶凝的林木，婉轉淡滅入迷茫，一柱柱的雨腳，奔踏山頭，飛越斷崖削石，響徹凌霄絕谷，水霧濃濃一片白裡，有山水緩緩躍出，有花樹筆筆顯現，爍爍然，三十年多少山水的重疊在眼前演出…… 闊別十年之後，以詩名享譽文壇的葉維廉推出第九本散文集《雨霧中歸來》。葉維廉散文風格獨具一格，在跨媒體（音樂、繪畫）、文化（中西文學）的視野與思維下，展現亦詩亦文的文字特色，追求「瞬間」高濃度的「情感」

A reissue of the classic book of historic New England storms, first published in 1891 by Sidney Perley (1858-1928).

One very wet day, Winnie turns her house into a boat and she and her black cat Wilbur sail off on an adventure.Winnie magically turns her house into a boat!One day it rains so hard that Winnie the Witch decides the only way to stay dry is to turn her house into a boat. So begins a spellbinding adventure that sees Winnie and Wilbur rescuing stranded creatures and Wilbur (accidentally) learning to swim! Fans of Winnie and Wilbur will love this rainy day adventure!The best-selling Winnie and Wilbur series has been delighting readers both young and old since 1987 and Winnie and Wilbur have become favourite characters in homes and schools all over the world. Why not try another Winnie and Wilbur picture book-there are over 25 to choose from!