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Some libraries have a genealogy and local history section.
This is true, as sales people will often have biased opinions on some topics.
In <em>The Sweet Hereafter</em>, the accident scene is described with similes and surreal images because a graphic description of the event would not be as effective to the characters, the theme or the plot. Describing the event by using similes and surreal images has the advantage of letting us know how the accident felt, and what it was like to experience it. It gives us a more personal point of view.
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Because the sand is lighter and looser than the vegetation and has no cover from the wind so it blows away more easily