{"product_id":"between-heaven-and-texas-hardcover","title":"Between Heaven and Texas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWyman Meinzer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSarah Bird\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween heaven and Texas, there's a sky that goes on forever. On cloudless mornings after a norther has blown through, the sky is such a perfect cobalt blue that you forget the \"between\" and know that heaven is Texas, or Texas is heaven--it doesn't really matter which. But most days there are clouds between Texas and heaven--puffy white clouds that set us dreaming on lazy summer days or roiling storm clouds that unleash lightning, tornadoes, and hail. The sky between heaven and Texas is a stage for drama more often than not, just like the lives we live below it. Perhaps that's why we're always looking up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this beautiful book, noted photographer Wyman Meinzer revisits the place that inspires his most creative work--the Texas sky. His photographs capture the vast dramas that occur between heaven and Texas--rainstorms that blot out mountain ranges, lightning strikes that dazzle a night-black prairie, trains of clouds that rumble for miles over wheat fields, sunsets that lave the whole wide sky in crimson, gold, and pink. Meinzer's striking images reveal that in the sky above, no less than on the land below, endless variety is commonplace in Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoining Meinzer in this celebration of the Texas sky are two fine writers, Sarah Bird and Naomi Shihab Nye. In her wonderfully personal introduction, Sarah Bird describes growing up as a dedicated cloud-watcher who, after several years among the cotton candy clouds and cool fogs of Japan, was shocked and exhilarated by the limitless hot skies of Texas. Naomi Nye has chosen poems by twenty-six Texas poets, including herself, which explore a spectrum of emotion about the sky above Texas and the weather in our lives beneath it. Together, photographs, memoir, and poems create a lasting connection with the power and presence of what Meinzer calls \"that vast frontier and ocean above\"--the sky between heaven and Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWyman Meinzer, of Benjamin, Texas, has published numerous books of photographs of Texas, including \u003ci\u003eTexas Sky, Texas Hill Country, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTexas Rivers\u003c\/i\u003e. He has the distinction of having been named Texas State Photographer by the Texas Legislature. Meinzer's work appears in magazines nationwide; he is also a frequent contributor to \u003ci\u003eTexas Highways\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTexas Parks \u0026amp; Wildlife\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Bird, of Austin, is an acclaimed novelist whose books include \u003ci\u003eThe Yokota Officers Club, Virgin of the Rodeo, The Mommy Club, The Boyfriend School\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAlamo House\u003c\/i\u003e. Her sixth novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Flamenco Academy\u003c\/i\u003e, will be published by Knopf in the spring of 2006. She also writes a column for \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNaomi Shihab Nye, of San Antonio, is an award-winning poet and educator who has served as a visiting writer all over the world. Her book \u003ci\u003e19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East\u003c\/i\u003e was a National Book Award finalist in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 11.2 x 10.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763643416864,"sku":"9780292706552","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1f0574af4b3d6219bef3aafd688d01e4.webp?v=1780237820","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/between-heaven-and-texas-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}