What are examples of simile in the novel, The Tamarack Tree?

Examples of Simile:

Today it is like a rending thunderstorm, cracking and crashing almost over my head. pg. 1

Some were at the dock to unload the ship, their skin like polished ebony, shining with perspiration; some drove smart carriages, sitting very straight in the front while their white employers in the back protected themselves with parasols or wide straw hats; some were white-kerchiefed maids accompanying their mistresses on shopping expeditions. pg. 6

"The city goes up rather like a flight of stairs." pg. 8