[PDF] Nomads Of The Wind eBook

Author : Peter Crawford
Publisher :
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 17,56 MB
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN :

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Nomads of the Wind and the BBC TV series which it accompanies tell the epic story of the Polynesians--the tenacious ocean voyaging people who settled the Pacific.

Author : William Kamkwamba
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,90 MB
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 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.

Author : Lucia St. Clair Robson
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 13,7 MB
Release : 1985-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345325222

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The story of Cynthia Ann Parker and the last days of the Comanche In 1836, when she was nine years old, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanche Indians from her family's settlement. She grew up with them, mastered their ways, and married one of their leaders. Except for her brilliant blue eyes and golden mane, Cynthia Ann Parker was in every way a Comanche woman. They called her Naduah—Keeps Warm With Us. She rode a horse named Wind. This is her story, the story of a proud and innocent people whose lives pulsed with the very heartbeat of the land. It is the story of a way of life that is gone forever. It will thrill you, absorb you, touch your soul, and make you cry as you celebrate the beauty and mourn the end of the great Comanche nation.

Author : Jessica Bruder
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,72 MB
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0393249328

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The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's 2020 Golden Lion award-winning film starring Frances McDormand. "People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book." —Rebecca Solnit From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads. Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, it celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive, but have not given up hope.

Author : Victor Englebert
Publisher : Chronicle Books (CA)
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 18,59 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780811800105

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Here are Englebert's encounters with six of northern Africa's fast-vanishing nomadic tribes. Spanning 26 years of travel over vast areas of the continent, 100 full-color photographs and an anecdotal memoir capture both the freedom and the harshness of African desert life.

Author : Carol Beckwith
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,91 MB
Release : 1993-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780810981256

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A photographic celebration of the nomadic Wodaabe of Niger with a narrative that follows a herdsman and his family and kinsmen through one year's journey in parched, sub-Saharan Africa. This volume documents their life, culture, traditions and celebrations.