A Story that Stands Like a Dam
Author: Russell Martin
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 374
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Author: Russell Martin
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Published: 1999
Total Pages: 374
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Published: 1992-12-01
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ISBN-13: 9780517095751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Almond
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2021-06-15
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 1536221023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA haunting, stunningly illustrated story of loss, hope, and the power of music from multi-award winners David Almond and Levi Pinfold. Kielder Water is a wild and beautiful place, rich in folk music and legend. Years ago, before a great dam was built to fill the valley with water, there were farms and homesteads in that valley and musicians who livened their rooms with song. After the village was abandoned and before the waters rushed in, a father and daughter returned there. The girl began to play her fiddle, bringing her tune to one empty house after another — for this was the last time that music would be heard in that place. With exquisite artwork by Levi Pinfold, David Almond’s lyrical narrative — inspired by a true tale — pays homage to his friends Mike and Kathryn Tickell and all the musicians of Northumberland, to show that music is ancient and unstoppable, and that dams and lakes cannot overwhelm it.
Author: Eleanor Inskip
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRiver trips through Glen Canyon from 1872-1964 were combined beginning at North Wash & ending at Lees Ferry, to present Glen Canyon before the lake. Landscape photographs & quotations from the explorers complete the journal. Fifty photographers & authors are represented. Photographs are identified by photographer, photo date & location. Quotations are identified by author & source. A map of Lake Powell is provided as a guide for today's visitor. The reader can take this book on the lake & go to the buoy indicated to compare Lake Powell today with the Glen Canyon of yesterday. Glen Canyon Natural History Association is co-publishing this book in support of the educational objectives of the National Park Service at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. A Special Limited (1,500 copies) First Edition is available. Silk-bound Limited Edition, $150, Paper-bound Edition, $25. Trade discounts available. Order from Inskip Ink, 366 East 100 North, Moab, UT 84532. Tel. & FAX 801-259-8452 or your local distributor.
Author: Kevin Fedarko
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2014-07
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 1439159866
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
Author: Daniel P. Beard
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9781555664602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor Beard is the former Commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and knows the inside story of the waste of taxpayer money. The Bureau is responsible for building and operating water projects across the West, such as Hoover, Glen Canyon and Grand Coulee Dams.
Author: James Lawrence Powell
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780520254770
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWriting for a wide audience, Powell shows us exactly why an urgent threat during the first half of the twenty-first century will come not from the rising of the seas but from the falling of the reservoirs."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Stephen Grace
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 076278587X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the scramble to claim water rights in the West during the fevered days of early emigration and expansion, running out of water was rarely a concern, and the dam building fever that transformed the West in the 19th and 20th centuries created a map of the region that may be unsustainable. Throughout the arid American West, metropolitan areas such as Los Angeles, Phoenix, Las Vegas and Denver need water. These cities are growing, but water supplies are dwindling. Scientists agree that the West is heating up and drying out, leading to future water shortages that will pose a challenge to existing laws. Dam Nation looks first to the past, to the stories of the California gold rush and the earliest attempts by men to shape the landscape and tame it, takes us to the “Great American Desert” and the settlement of the west under the theory that "rain follows the plow," and then takes on the ongoing legal and moral battles in the West. Author Stephen Grace, is a novelist, a storyteller, and the author of several non-fiction books on Colorado. He weaves the facts into a compelling narrative that informs, entertains, and tells an important story.
Author: Leif Enger
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
Published: 2018-10-02
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 0802146686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA man seeks to rediscover his broken Midwestern community in a novel that “brims with grace and quirky charm” by the author of Peace Like a River (Bookpage). Movie house owner Virgil Wander is “cruising along at medium altitude” when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Though Virgil survives, his language and memory are altered. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together the past. He is helped by a cast of curious locals—from a stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son, to the vanished man’s enchanting wife, to a local journalist who is Virgil’s oldest friend. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a journey into the heart of America’s Upper Midwest.
Author: Robert Kondo
Publisher: First Second Books
Published: 2017-09-26
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1626724261
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on the Oscar]-nominated animated short film of the same name, "The Dam Keeper" is a lush, vibrantly drawn story by the cofounders of Tonko House about a young pig who is burdened with saving his village. Full color.