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Wandering Through Winter: A Naturalist's Record of a 20,000-Mile Journey Through the North American Winter is a nonfiction book written by Edwin Way Teale, published in 1965 by Dodd, Mead and Company, and winner of the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. [1] [2] [3] The book was republished in 1990 by St Martin's Press. [4]
Here, 25 of the best classic winter books to read by the fire this winter: If on a Winter's Night a Traveler Italo Calvino's postmodernist novel is a masterfully crafted puzzle.
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He had previously authored several books on different topics, the most successful being Paris to the Moon, a collection of essays published in 2000. Gopnik read Lucht's email while waiting for a bus on Madison Avenue. Gopnik later stated that by the end of the 20-minute bus ride he had already selected a topic and had a good idea of the issues ...
Wilson Alwyn Bentley (February 9, 1865 – December 23, 1931), also known as Snowflake Bentley, was an American meteorologist and photographer, who was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features. [1]
A Winter Book is a collection of twenty short stories by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published by Sort of Books in 2006. The stories, some of which had not previously been published in English, were selected by Ali Smith , who also wrote the book's introduction and had previously reviewed The Summer Book for The Guardian . [ 1 ]
What is the winter solstice? The winter solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere on Saturday, Dec. 21. This celestial event happens when the Earth's axial tilt positions the Northern Hemisphere ...
On Book Marks, from eight critics: two "rave", five "positive", and one "mixed". [6] In the May/June 2012 issue of Bookmarks, the book was scored 3.5 out of 5.The magazine's critical summary reads: "The novel may be a little too long, given its rather simple plot, and it may not offer "a revelation of content or style or form" (Slate).