The Smell Of Rain

Author : Cameron MacElvee
Publisher : Bold Strokes Books Inc
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781635551679

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The Smell of Rain by Cameron MacElvee Pdf

Air Force Lieutenant and military interpreter Chrys Safis lost her leg fighting alongside Kurdish forces in Syria. Once back home in DC, her fiancée leaves, her military career ends, and her faith in humanity evaporates. With prescription drugs and alcohol her only relief from the pain, Chrys is on her way to becoming a statistic. That is until the State Department calls and offers her an important assignment—to serve as a diplomatic liaison and interpreter for a Turkish national living in exile. Reyha Arslan, a wise and elegant woman with a tragic past, shows Chrys that there’s still beauty to embrace and reason to hope despite the world’s cruelty. With Reyha’s help, Chrys’s broken spirit starts to heal and she learns that the most significant love is often the shortest lived.

Author : Barney Shaw
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781785781148

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The Smell of Fresh Rain by Barney Shaw Pdf

Smell is the most emotional and evocative of our senses: it can bring back memories faster and with more immediacy than a photograph – so why is it so little understood? Armed with a hungry curiosity and a willingness to self-experiment, author Barney Shaw goes in search of the hidden meanings of smells. Using plain words to describe what he finds, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, history and future of this underappreciated sense. Journeying around boatyards, perfume shops and memories, Shaw opens your nose to the world, breaking down "chords" of smells into their component notes and through them revealing new ways of understanding the spaces through which we move. An investigation into the biology, psychology and history of smell, and a search for effective ways to put into words scents that we instantly relate to, but find strangely ineffable, THE SMELL OF FRESH RAIN includes a 200-entry thesaurus of succinct descriptions of common smells.

Author : Martín Prechtel
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781583949399

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The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel Pdf

Inspiring hope, solace, and courage in living through our losses, author Martín Prechtel, trained in the Tzutujil Maya shamanic tradition, shares profound insights on the relationship between grief and praise in our culture--how the inability that many of us have to grieve and weep properly for the dead is deeply linked with the inability to give praise for living. In modern society, grief is something that we usually experience in private, alone, and without the support of a community. Yet, as Prechtel says, "Grief expressed out loud for someone we have lost, or a country or home we have lost, is in itself the greatest praise we could ever give them. Grief is praise, because it is the natural way love honors what it misses." Prechtel explains that the unexpressed grief prevalent in our society today is the reason for many of the social, cultural, and individual maladies that we are currently experiencing. According to Prechtel, "When you have two centuries of people who have not properly grieved the things that they have lost, the grief shows up as ghosts that inhabit their grandchildren." These "ghosts," he says, can also manifest as disease in the form of tumors, which the Maya refer to as "solidified tears," or in the form of behavioral issues and depression. He goes on to show how this collective, unexpressed energy is the long-held grief of our ancestors manifesting itself, and the work that can be done to liberate this energy so we can heal from the trauma of loss, war, and suffering. At base, this "little book," as the author calls it, can be seen as a companion of encouragement, a little extra light for those deep and noble parts in all of us.

Author : Hannah Jane Parkinson
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781783352371

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The Joy of Small Things by Hannah Jane Parkinson Pdf

'This book is a not-so-small joy in itself.' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Parkinson has the gift of making you look with new eyes at everyday things. The perfect daily diversion.' JOJO MOYES 'Always funny and frank and full of insight, I absolutely love Parkinson's writing.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'I loved this book . . . Parkinson's writing transports you to unexpected places of joy and comfort . . . these pages contain happiness.' MARINA HYDE 'The twenty-first century feels a lot more bearable in Parkinson's company.' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON Drawn from the successful Guardian column, these everyday exultations and inspirations will get you through dismal days. Hannah Jane Parkinson is a specialist in savouring the small pleasures of life. She revels in her fluffy dressing gown ('like bathing in marshmallow'), finds calm in solo cinema trips, is charmed by the personalities of fonts ('you'll never see Comic Sans on a funeral notice'), celebrates pockets and gleefully abandons a book she isn't enjoying. Parkinson's everyday exaltations - selected from her immensely successful Guardian column - will utterly delight. FEATURES BRAND NEW MATERIAL 'A compendium of delights.' OBSERVER 'Delightful . . . a love letter to those little moments of bliss that get us through the daily grind.' RED

Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Sonoran Desert
ISBN : OCLC:1029046006

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The Desert Smells Like Rain by Gary Paul Nabhan Pdf

Author : Simon King,Clare Nasir
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-10-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781788702102

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What Does Rain Smell Like? by Simon King,Clare Nasir Pdf

'Clear, succinct and engaging answers to every question you could ask about the weather.' Gavin Pretor-Pinney, author of The Cloudspotter's Guide Why doesn't rain fall all at once? Can technology change the track of a hurricane? What's the weather like on other planets? Meteorologists Simon King and Clare Nasir reveal the captivating ways the weather works, from exploring incredible weather phenomenon (how are rainbows formed?), expertly breaking down our knowledge of the elements (could we harness the power of lightning?) to explaining the significance of weather in history (has the weather ever started a war?) and discussing the future of weather (could climate modification save the planet?). In What Does Rain Smell Like? Simon and Clare uncover the thrilling science behind a subject that affects us all. They unearth and analyse all aspects of the weather and how it changes our lives through answering our most curious questions about the world around us.

Author : Nancy Pickard
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345516633

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The Scent of Rain and Lightning by Nancy Pickard Pdf

One beautiful summer afternoon, Jody Linder receives shocking news: The man convicted of murdering her father is being released from prison and returning to the small town of Rose, Kansas. It has been twenty-three years since that stormy night when her father was shot and killed and her mother disappeared, presumed dead. Neither the protective embrace of Jody’s three uncles nor the safe haven of her grandparents’ ranch could erase the pain caused by Billy Crosby on that catastrophic night. Now Billy Crosby is free, thanks to the efforts of his son, Collin, a lawyer who has spent most of his life trying to prove his father’s innocence. Despite their long history of carefully avoiding each other in such an insular community, Jody and Collin find that they share an exclusive sense of loss. As Jody revisits old wounds, startling truths emerge about her family’s tragic past. But even through struggle and hardship, she still dares to hope for a better future—and maybe even love. BONUS: This edition contains a The Scent of Rain and Lightning discussion guide.

Author : Patricia Cleary Miller
Publisher : BkMk Press of the University of Missouri-Kansas City
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Women
ISBN : 1943491216

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Can You Smell the Rain? by Patricia Cleary Miller Pdf

"Most of the poems in this collection, set largely in Kansas City, Missouri, deal with women's perspectives on coming of age, love, family, as well as the nature of artistic transcendence, reflecting subjects across several decades in the 20th and 21st centuries"--

Author : Simon King,Clare Nasir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-10
Category : Weather
ISBN : 1788702093

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What Does Rain Smell Like? by Simon King,Clare Nasir Pdf

Discover the fascinating answers to the most curious weather questions from two expert meteorologists.

Author : Phillip J. Milano,Larry Lane
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Humor
ISBN : IND:30000081073151

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Why Do White People Smell Like Wet Dogs when They Come Out of the Rain? by Phillip J. Milano,Larry Lane Pdf

Author : John Hewlett
Publisher : 30 Degrees South Publishers
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1928359027

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Can You Smell the Rain? by John Hewlett Pdf

This is a true African tale of persistence and tenacity. The story of a farmer and pilot raised in colonial Kenya who went on to play an active role in Mozambican politics whilst leading Lonrho's foreign investment in that country. This unique memoir describes life during Mozambique's transition from communism to democracy, from poverty to an investor's choice. It has been a life creating farms, gold mining and operating hotels through war and peace. Then supporting peasant farmers and developing the conservation of a private tropical island. It is proof that nothing is impossible and Africa offers opportunity to those who persist. It is a personal record of the changes in modern Africa and Mozambique in particular an investor's destination. It should also be an enjoyable read.

Author : R.L. Stine
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451636130

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Red Rain by R.L. Stine Pdf

In the aftermath of a hurricane from which she barely escapes while on a small island off the coast of South Carolina, travel writer Lea Sutter impulsively adopts a pair of orphaned twin boys against the wishes of her family before encountering the twins' sinister natures.

Author : Tan Twan Eng
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781838858353

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The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng Pdf

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE Penang, 1939. Being half Chinese and half English, Philip Hutton always felt like he never belonged. That is until he befriends Hayato Endo, a mysterious Japanese diplomat and master in the art of aikido. But when Japan invades Malaya, Philip realises Endo bears a secret, one powerful enough to jeopardise everything he loves. This masterful début conjures an unforgettable tale of courage, brutality, loyalty, deceit and love.

Author : Drew Mendelson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781664187818

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A Shepherd to Fools by Drew Mendelson Pdf

A Shepherd to Fools is the second of Drew Mendelson’s trilogy of Vietnam War novels that began with Song Ba To and will conclude with Poke the Dragon. Shepherd: It is the ragged end of the Vietnam war. With the debacle of a failing South Vietnamese invasion of Northern Laos as background, A Shepherd to Fools tells the harrowing tale of a covert Hatchet Team of US soldiers and Montagnard mercenaries. They are ordered to find and capture or kill a band of American deserters, called Longshadows, before the world learns of their paralyzing rebellion. An earlier attempt to capture them failed disastrously, the facts of it buried. Captain Hugh Englander commands the Hatchet Team. He is a humorless bastard, sneering and discourteous to every regular army soldier. He cares little for the welfare of his own men and nothing for the lives of the deserters. The conflict between him and Captain David Weisman, the artillery officer assigned to the mission for artillery support, threatens to tear the team apart. Deep in the Laotian jungle, the team is caught in a final, horrific battle facing an enemy armed with Sarin nerve gas, the “worst of the worst” of the war’s clandestine weapons.

Author : Cynthia Barnett
Publisher : Crown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780804137119

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Rain by Cynthia Barnett Pdf

Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnett's Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together science—the true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish rains—with the human story of our ambition to control rain, from ancient rain dances to the 2,203 miles of levees that attempt to straitjacket the Mississippi River. It offers a glimpse of our "founding forecaster," Thomas Jefferson, who measured every drizzle long before modern meteorology. Two centuries later, rainy skies would help inspire Morrissey’s mopes and Kurt Cobain’s grunge. Rain is also a travelogue, taking readers to Scotland to tell the surprising story of the mackintosh raincoat, and to India, where villagers extract the scent of rain from the monsoon-drenched earth and turn it into perfume. Now, after thousands of years spent praying for rain or worshiping it; burning witches at the stake to stop rain or sacrificing small children to bring it; mocking rain with irrigated agriculture and cities built in floodplains; even trying to blast rain out of the sky with mortars meant for war, humanity has finally managed to change the rain. Only not in ways we intended. As climate change upends rainfall patterns and unleashes increasingly severe storms and drought, Barnett shows rain to be a unifying force in a fractured world. Too much and not nearly enough, rain is a conversation we share, and this is a book for everyone who has ever experienced it.