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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson Publisher Comments National Bestseller September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate (Princeton Primers in Climate) by David Randall Publisher Comments "In this book, one of the leaders of the field condenses a huge amount of climate theory into a very small space. This is done in an informal narrative style with a minimum of equations and other hard technical details, but with a serious dedication to... (read more) Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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What's the Worst That Could Happen?: A Rational Response to the Climate Change Debate by Greg Craven Publisher Comments 7.2 million YouTube viewers can't be wrong: A provocative new way to look at the global warming debate. Based on a series of viral videos that have garnered more than 7.2 million views, this visually appealing book gives readers-be they global warming... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean Publisher Comments On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester Staff Pick Krakatoa is the eloquent narrative of the cataclysmic destruction in 1883 of the volcanic island of the same name. Killing nearly 40,000 people (mostly from the resultant tsunamis), this violent eruption was "the most violent explosion ever recorded and... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate by William F. Ruddiman Publisher Comments Praise for Princeton's previous editions: "Bill Ruddiman's provocative suggestion of early human influence on the atmosphere will draw fire. But I stand with Ruddiman: the simultaneous upward departures of CO2 and CH4 from climate indicators, unique in... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet (10 Edition) by Bill Mckibben Publisher Comments "Read it, please. Straight through to the end. Whatever else you were planning to do next, nothing could be more important." —Barbara Kingsolver Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Essence of Chaos by Edward Lorenz Publisher Comments Chaos surrounds us. Seemingly random events -- the flapping of a flag, a storm-driven wave striking the shore, a pinball's path -- often appear to have no order, no rational pattern. Explicating the theory of chaos and the consequences of its principal... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America by Jerry Thompson Synopsis There is a crack in the earths crust that runs roughly 31 miles offshore, approximately 683 miles from Northern California up through Vancouver Island off the coast of British Columbia. The Cascadia Subduction Zone has generated massive earthquakes over... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
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Speleothem Science: From Process to Past Environments (Blackwell Quaternary Geoscience) by Ian J. Fairchild Publisher Comments Speleothems (mineral deposits that formed in caves) are currently giving us some of the most exciting insights into environments and climates during the Pleistocene ice ages and the subsequent Holocene rise of civilizations. The book applies system... (read more) Your price: $119.95 New - Hardcover
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Environmental Science: Toward a Sustainable Future (11TH 11 Edition) by Richard T. Wright Publisher Comments For introductory courses in Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Environmental Biology. By emphasizing the memorable themes of science, sustainability and stewardship, the Eleventh Edition of this popular textbook helps you understand... (read more) List Price $152.07 Your price: $115.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Time Series Analysis in Meteorology and Climatology: An Introduction (Advancing Weather and Climate Science) by Claude Duchon Publisher Comments Time Series Analysis in Meteorology and Climatology provides an accessible overview of this notoriously difficult subject. Clearly structured throughout, the authors develop sufficient theoretical foundation to understand the basis for applying various... (read more) Your price: $99.95 New - Hardcover
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Air Apparent : How Meteorologists Learned To Map, Predict, and Dramatize Weather. XIV (99 Edition) by Mark Monmonier Publisher Comments In Air Apparent, Mark Monmonier traces debates among scientists eager to unravel the enigma of storms and global change, explains strategies for mapping the upper atmosphere and forecasting disaster, and discusses efforts to detect and control air... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $17.00 Used - Trade Paper
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere by Gabrielle Walker Staff Pick Fans of Dava Sobel and Simon Winchester: this book is for you. A fascinating brief history of the scientists and mathematicians who discovered the atmosphere that makes our planet habitable, Walker's intricate and engaging book quickly captures the... (read more) Your price: $25.00 New - Hardcover
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Peterson First Guide to Clouds and Weather (First Guide) by Roger Tory Peterson Publisher Comments This Peterson First guide contains easy-to-understand answers to questions about the weather, such as why the sky is blue, what makes it rain, and what causes rainbows. The book also features 116 color photographs that show how to identify clouds, with... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate Change: A Complete Visual Guide by Juliane L Fry Publisher Comments Encyclopedia of Weather features: a Spectacular color photographs, detailed diagrams, beautiful graphics, and maps a Easy-to-understand text that is packed with enough detail for scientists yet accessible in classrooms from the junior high school level... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $27.95 Used - Hardcover
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Essentials of Meteorology (6TH 12 Edition) by C. Donald Ahrens Publisher Comments This updated and enhanced Fifth Edition of ESSENTIALS OF METEOROLOGY is written by the widely read and authoritative author in introductory meteorology-Donald Ahrens. Ahrens's ability to explain relatively complicated ideas in a student-friendly... (read more) List Price $191.75 Your price: $127.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do by Mike Tougias Publisher Comments In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Storms of My Grandchildren by James Hansen Publisher Comments In his Q&A with Bill McKibben featured in the paperback edition of Storms of My Grandchildren, Dr. James Hansen, the world's leading climatologist, shows that exactly contrary to the impression the public has received, the science of climate change has... (read more) Your price: $16.00 New - Trade Paper
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The Climate Crisis: An Introductory Guide to Climate Change by David Archer Publisher Comments An incredible wealth of scientific data on global warming has been collected in the last few decades. The history of the Earth 's climate has been probed by drilling into polar ice sheets and sediment layers of the oceans vast depths, and great advances... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $38.50 New - Trade Paper
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