Word: rains
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...HANG LOOSE: PW is overwhelmed by "Fred & Edie" by Jill Dawson (Welcome Rain; September), giving it a starred review. "Dawson?s third novel strikingly and elegantly blends fact and fiction in a reimagining of the events surrounding the spectacular 1922 London trial of Edith Thompson and her lover, Frederick Bywaters, who were convicted and hanged for murdering Edith?s husband, Percy...Gripping, surprising and beautiful. FORECAST: This title was a finalist for the Whitbread Prize; a film (?Another Life?) based on the same incidents premiered in the U.K. and is scheduled for U.S. release this year. Though set 80 years...
...Manser's story is really the tale of the Penan, a people out of time, the last hunter-gatherers in Asia. Once masters of a seemingly endless rain forest that covers Borneo, almost all of the 9,000 Penan have given up the struggle against what must once have seemed a ludicrous impossibility: that loggers would sweep through all but a tiny fraction of Sarawak's forests, polluting rivers, driving animals away and bulldozing the trees and plants that for centuries have served as the Penan's medicine cabinet, toolbox and larder. There are barely 200 fully nomadic Penan left...
...those after something more serene, Banna also has plenty to offer. Few people associate China with lush rain forest, Southeast Asian culture and wild jungle elephants, but Banna is more Mekong Delta than Middle Kingdom and has long been a backpackers' stopover between Laos and the "real" China. Because most of the domestic tourists can't get enough of gambling, sex and weird botany, more discerning visitors can find themselves blissfully alone on the many spectacular jungle treks and wildlife and tribal village trips on offer...
...last month for "religious activities." But Wakil Ahmad Mutawakil warned that more aid agencies, including the U.N. World Food Program (WFP), might be implicated in the investigation into Christian proselytizing. WFP described the allegations as "baseless" and said it had never been involved in propagating religion anywhere. TAJIKISTAN No Rain, No Grain A two-year drought has left a million people facing starvation in the former Soviet Union's poorest country. Launching an appeal for international aid, the Red Cross said that children were scavenging ratholes in wheat fields in search of grain, after crops failed. More than...
...much of the day, how to make himself better as a racing driver and what he can do to help make Ferrari better." It is hard to imagine how he could get any better. Schumacher's combination of raw speed, racecraft, tactical awareness and sublime skill in the rain sets him apart from the pack. "It's easy to win one world championship," says two-time Ferrari champion Niki Lauda. "What's impressive about Michael is that he keeps coming back and doing it again." For this year's title and last year's, the Ferrari has been the best...