Power from Wind
Power from Wind

Author: Richard Leslie Hills

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996-09-12

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521566865

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The wind is a fickle source of power. Windspeeds are frequently too low to be of any practical use, so that windpower has generally remained a marginal resource. Since the inception of windpower around 1000 AD, technology has been deployed to obtain the most economical power from wind. The author traces its technical evolution, concentrating on the growth in understanding of wind and charting crucial developments in windmill design. The history of the windmill is focused on North Western Europe, drawing on the origins of the first horizontal windmills in Persia, Tibet and China. Industrial applications such as in textiles, papermaking and mining are examined. Gradually, windmills were improved but were finally eclipsed by steam engines in the nineteenth century due to increased levels of industrialisation. The book concludes with a look at the recent re-emergence of windpower as a viable source of power in the wake of the energy crisis.

Whitehorn's Windmill
Whitehorn's Windmill

Author: Kazys Boruta

Publisher: Central European University Press

Published: 2009-04-10

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 6155053286

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Because of his political views, Kazys Boruta spent years in prison both before and after WWII. In the last phase of his life in Soviet Lithuania, he earned a living by translations published under a pseudonym. Most of Whitehorn’s Windmill (Baltaragio malūnas) was written in 1942, during the German occupation. Bearing a lyrical style that gives full rein to the oral folktale tradition Lithuania is famous for, the novel is by turns romantic, farcical, fantastic, and tragic. The sense of spirituality that permeates the work reflects Lithuania’s pagan roots that were overlaid with an occasionally over-zealous Catholicism not so very long ago. The story is about Whitehorn the miller’s efforts to find a match for his beautiful daughter, Jurga, against various calamities with and among suitors, neighbors, priests and other inhabitants of the village, and ultimately against the devil’s spell. The interesting plot made the novel popular as juvenile literature, too.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Author: William Kamkwamba

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1101637420

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Now a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village. When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. Retold for a younger audience, this exciting memoir shows how, even in a desperate situation, one boy's brilliant idea can light up the world. Complete with photographs, illustrations, and an epilogue that will bring readers up to date on William's story, this is the perfect edition to read and share with the whole family.

The Windmill
The Windmill

Author: Stephanie Gertler

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9780709078753

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Olivia and Carl appear to have the perfect life: a son and a daughter, weekends on Cape Cod and satisfying jobs as professors at Belvedere College in a picturesque Massachusetts town. Until, one day, the seemingly stable and dependable Carl disappears without a trace, leaving behind only a cryptic note. Alone and terrified, Olivia cannot help but relive the long-buried pain she felt when she lost her first husband. While Carl travels back to his childhood hometown to confront the demons he has always hidden from his wife, Olivia must take a journey of her own to make peace with the memories that haunt her. Told with unflinching honesty, The Windmill is a story of the secrets we are entitled to keep and those that must be shared.

A New Windmill Book of Very Short Stories
A New Windmill Book of Very Short Stories

Author: Mike Royston

Publisher: Heinemann

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9780435130589

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These stories are written to help students focus on the use of language and structure where key aspects such as mood, characterization and setting are evoked in a short space of time. There are activities for exploring the stories at word, sentence and text level, with speaking and listening tasks.

Windmills of the Gods
Windmills of the Gods

Author: Sidney Sheldon

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2010-06-22

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0062007874

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Our newest ambassador to an Iron Curtain country, Mary Ashley has been marked for death by the world's most proficient assassin. Only two people can offer her help. And one of them wants to kill her.

The Windmill Summer
The Windmill Summer

Author: Hila Feil

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780060218874

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Tired of being nagged by her relatives, a young girl goes to live by herself in her greatgrandfather's windmill.

The New Windmill Book of Classic Short Stories
The New Windmill Book of Classic Short Stories

Author: Mike Hamlin

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Publishers

Published: 1994-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780435124236

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This series offers classic and contemporary fiction for schools to suit a range of ages and tastes. From the editors of The New Windmill Book of Nineteenth Century Short Stories, this collection of short stories by 19th- and 20th-century authors should appeal to Key Stage 3 and 4 students.