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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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16. "What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” — John Steinbeck. 17. "Snowing is an attempt of God to make the dirty world look clean.”
The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year, according to the National Weather Service. This occurs due to the Earth's tilt from the sun.
The snowflakes were too complex to record before they melted, so he attached a bellows camera to a compound microscope and, after much experimentation, photographed his first snowflake on January 15, 1885. [5] He captured more than 5,000 images of crystals. Each crystal was caught on a blackboard and transferred rapidly to a microscope slide.
Winter: Five Windows on the Season is a nonfiction book written by Adam Gopnik for the 2011 Massey Lectures.Each of the book's five chapters had been delivered as a one-hour lecture discussing artistic portrayals of winter: its impact on culture and societies, polar exploration, and winter recreation.
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]
As holiday lights brighten streets and the season of cheer unfolds, Dec. 21 marks the winter solstice this year -- a reminder that the darkest day of the year is upon us.. For the more than 6 ...