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2026 Fall Read: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (opens the original)
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From the whisper of the wind to the fury of a blizzard, weather has shaped life on the High Plains—and the stories we tell about it. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baumand/orAnd Hell Followed With It by Bonar Menninger Every High Plains family seems to have a tornado story. Some are rooted in history. Some become family legends. Others begin with the simple words, "My dad always used to say..." Long before weather apps, Doppler radar, and instant alerts, people learned to live with the u
2026 Fall Read: Florida by Lauren Groff (opens the original)
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From the whisper of the wind to the fury of a blizzard, weather has shaped life on the High Plains—and the stories we tell about it. Every place has its own weather, and every landscape leaves its mark on the people who live there. While the High Plains are shaped by wind, wide horizons, and sudden storms, Florida is a place of heat, humidity, lush landscapes, and the ever-present possibility of hurricanes. In Lauren Groff's acclaimed collection of short stories, weather is never just a backdrop
2026 Fall Read: Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind (opens the original)
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From the whisper of the wind to the fury of a blizzard, weather has shaped life on the High Plains—and the stories we tell about it. Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Windby Lyall Watson We rarely stop to think about the wind. We feel it on our faces, watch it ripple through wheat fields, hear it rustle the trees, yet it remains one of nature's most familiar—and most mysterious—forces. Invisible but ever present, the wind has shaped landscapes, influenced history, inspired artists and sc
2026 Fall Read: Ready for Wind and Weather (opens the original)
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Ready for Wind and WeatherBy Kathleen Holt If I close my eyes, I can still hear my dad. It was the 1950s, and every evening our family gathered around the dinner table. There were six of us—Mom and Dad, three girls, and one brother. We were not a quiet family. Suppertime was noisy, full of stories about school, chores, neighbors, and whatever had happened that day. Two rooms away sat our black-and-white television. We rarely watched it during supper, but every evening it was tuned to the local n
2026 Fall Read: Wind & Weather (opens the original)
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From the invisible force of the wind to the fury of a prairie blizzard, weather has shaped the lives, landscapes, and stories of the High Plains for generations. The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club's 2026 Fall Read, Wind & Weather, explores our enduring relationship with the natural world through four remarkable books that move us through the seasons—and through the power of the atmosphere itself. Our journey begins with the wind itself in Heaven's Breath: A Natural History of the Wind by Lyall Wat
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