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Hobbs, Peter Victor Basic Physical Chemistry for the Atmospheric Sciences
Cambridge University Press 1995 0521479339 / 9780521479332 Paperback New n/a Paperback
New. Slight rubbing to publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.Modern studies of the atmosphere, oceans, and Earth and planetary systems demand a sound knowledge of the basic chemical principles. This book provides a clear, concise review of these principles, particularly relating to the atmosphere. Students with lit
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Hobbs, Peter The Short Day Dying
Harvest Books 2006 0156032414 / 9780156032414 Paperback Fine n/a Paperback
New. Fine in publisher's decorated wrappers. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.Spiritual rumination and magnificent descriptions of nature drive Hobbs's inventively written debut, a character study that credibly evokes the colloquial rhythms of its time. Over the course of the year 1870, 27-year-old Charles Wenmoth, an apprentice blacksmith and Methodist lay preacher, thoughtfully records his lonely existence in Cornwall, England. Under the "drab unblemished skin of cloud," the Industrial Revolution has caused local farmers to abandon their land, their faith and their families in search of more lucrative work in the mines or abroad. Charles mourns the loss of these worshippers but finds strength in his faith and its manifestations in the earthly world. He also finds an Edenic calm in his frequent visits to blind, dying Harriet French. Their conversations renew Charles's belief in himself as a good man, even as he later muses, "sometimes it seems like I do not love the Sabbath as I should." Fans of Marilynne Robinson's Gilead will respond to this novel, which realistically portrays Charles's struggle to feel worthy, while illuminating the larger desire to derive meaning from human existence. (Mar.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From Booklist: Charles Wenworth, 27, apprentice blacksmith and Methodist lay minister, begins this journal so that he doesn't waste the small details of his life. In 42 sections, some lengthy, a few only one page, Wenworth writes about the hardships and dangers in nineteenth--century village living. It is Wenworth's voice in this journal that makes the novel exceptional. In spare prose that brilliantly conveys the run-on patterns of natural speech, Hobbs convincingly depicts the character and foibles of people, the exigencies of a duty-driven life, and the glorious beauty of the natural world in Cornwall. Not much external happens in the book, but that's not really important. As in the best fiction, this book examines what it means to be human--to wrestle with grief and loneliness, to face the harshness of death and loss, to struggle from doubt to faith--through the life of a humble man. With appeal to serious fiction readers as well as fans of historical fiction, Hobbs's first novel holds promise of great things to come--it's a real find. Ellen Loughran Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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