Random House New Releases - Nature - Natural Disasters - Between May 23, 2012 and June 22, 2013.

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

2013-03-05T00:30:00-05:00

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously clenched against a reality that she cannot face and cannot deny; and then, over the ensuing years, as she emerges reluctantly, slowly allowing her memory to take her back through the rich and joyous life she’s mourning, from her family’s home in London, to the birth of her children, to the year she met her English husband at Cambridge, to her childhood in Colombo; all the while learning the difficult balance between the almost unbearable reminders of her loss and the need to keep her family, somehow, still alive within her.

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

2013-03-05T00:30:00-05:00

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave by Hannah Curtis

2013-03-05T00:30:00-05:00

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala
Read by Hannah Curtis

Wave by Hannah Curtis

2013-03-05T00:30:00-05:00

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala
Read by Hannah Curtis

Facing the Wave by Gretel Ehrlich

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Written by Gretel Ehrlich

A passionate student of Japanese poetry, theater, and art for much of her life, Gretel Ehrlich felt compelled to return to the earthquake-and-tsunami-devastated Tohoku coast to bear witness, listen to survivors, and experience their terror and exhilaration in villages and towns where all shelter and hope seemed lost. In an eloquent narrative that blends strong reportage, poetic observation, and deeply felt reflection, she takes us into the upside-down world of northeastern Japan, where nothing is certain and where the boundaries between living and dying have been erased by water.

The stories of rice farmers, monks, and wanderers; of fishermen who drove their boats up the steep wall of the wave; and of an eighty-four-year-old geisha who survived the tsunami to hand down a song that only she still remembered are both harrowing and inspirational. Facing death, facing life, and coming to terms with impermanence are equally compelling in a landscape of surreal desolation, as the ghostly specter of Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear power complex, spews radiation into the ocean and air. Facing the Wave is a testament to the buoyancy, spirit, humor, and strong-mindedness of those who must find their way in a suddenly shattered world.

Facing the Wave by Gretel Ehrlich

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Written by Gretel Ehrlich

Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs

2012-10-02T00:30:00-05:00

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Written by Craig Childs

The earth has died many times, and it always comes back looking different. In an exhilarating, surprising exploration of our planet, Craig Childs takes readers on a firsthand journey through apocalypse, touching the truth behind the speculation. Apocalyptic Planet is a combination of science and adventure that reveals the ways in which our world is constantly moving toward its end and how we can change our place within the cycles and episodes that rule it.

In this riveting narrative, Childs makes clear that ours is not a stable planet, that it is prone to sudden, violent natural disasters and extremes of climate. Alternate futures, many not so pretty, are constantly waiting in the wings. Childs refutes the idea of an apocalyptic end to the earth and finds clues to its more inevitable end in some of the most physically challenging places on the globe. He travels from the deserts of Chile, the driest in the world, to the genetic wasteland of central Iowa to the site of the drowned land bridge of the Bering Sea, uncovering the micro-cataclysms that predict the macro: forthcoming ice ages, super-volcanoes, and the conclusion of planetary life cycles. Childs delivers a sensual feast in his descriptions of the natural world and a bounty of unequivocal science that provides us with an unprecedented understanding of our future.

Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs

2012-10-02T00:30:00-05:00

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Written by Craig Childs

Random House New Releases - Nature - Natural Disasters - Between May 23, 2012 and June 22, 2013.

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave by Hannah Curtis

Wave Written by Sonali Deraniyagala Read by Hannah Curtis

Wave by Hannah Curtis

Wave Written by Sonali Deraniyagala Read by Hannah Curtis

Facing the Wave by Gretel Ehrlich

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the TsunamiWritten by Gretel Ehrlich

Facing the Wave by Gretel Ehrlich

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the TsunamiWritten by Gretel Ehrlich

Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending EarthWritten by Craig Childs

Apocalyptic Planet by Craig Childs

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending EarthWritten by Craig Childs

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala
Read by Hannah Curtis

Wave
Written by Sonali Deraniyagala
Read by Hannah Curtis

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Written by Gretel Ehrlich

Facing the Wave A Journey in the Wake of the Tsunami
Written by Gretel Ehrlich

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Written by Craig Childs

Apocalyptic Planet Field Guide to the Everending Earth
Written by Craig Childs