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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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Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth by Mark Hertsgaard Publisher Comments "Hot bravely takes aim at perhaps the greatest climate threat of all: apathy." — Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation "Hertsgaards answers . . . are lucid, realistic, and offer reason for hope." — Christian Science Monitor For... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - 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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The Book of Clouds by John Day Publisher Comments See the sky as you never have before. Using a series of his awe-inspiring images, photographer and scientist John Day--who has a Ph.D. in cloud physics and is known round the world as "The Cloudman"--introduces us to earth's great skyscape. His... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Snow Crystals by W A Bentley Publisher Comments Over 2,000 photomicrographs of snowflakes, plus slides of frost, rime, glaze, dew and hail. Introduction by meteorologist W. J. Humphreys discusses techniques of photographing snow crystals, science of crystallography, classification and markings... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather by David M Ludlum Publisher Comments Interest in our nation's weather patterns is rising -- as witnessed in the popularity of the Weather Channel -- and this guide is the most popular reference to every type of weather system, cloud formation, and atmospheric phenomenon common to North... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Flexible
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Weather: A Visual Guide by Bruce Buckley Publisher Comments Using dramatic, never-before-published aerial and satellite photography, this book provides up-to-the-minute information about a fascinating spectrum of natural phenomena, including extreme weather, forecasting, and more. 1-55297-957-1$29.95 / Firefly... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $8.97 Sale - Hardcover
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book by Eric Sloane Publisher Comments Sloane instructs readers how to glean climate information by "reading" such natural phenomena as winds, skies, and animal sounds. A beautifully illustrated and practical treasure trove of enlightening lore for outdoorsmen, farmers, sailors, and anyone... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Hunting Nature's Fury: A Storm Chaser's Obsession with Tornadoes, Hurricanes, and Other Natural Disasters by Roger Hill Synopsis Each year, at least 1,200 tornadoes batter the United States. While most occur in Tornado Alley—a vast, weather-beaten swath of middle America-in truth, tornadoes can occur almost anywhere. And where there are tornadoes, there are storm chasers... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Extreme Weather: Understanding the Science of Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Heat Waves, Snow Storms, Global Warming and Other Atmosphe by H Michael Mogil Publisher Comments A fascinating and easy-to-understand exploration of hurricanes, tsunamis, tornadoes, heat waves, and other forms of extreme weather, this volume comes complete with hundreds of full-color photographs and descriptive illustrations, charts, and graphs.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Category 5: The Story of Camille, Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane by Ernest Zebrowski Publisher Comments ." . . the authors sound a pessimistic note about society's short-term memory in their sobering, able history of Camille" --Booklist <BR>"This highly readable account aimed at a general audience excels at telling the plight of the victims and how... (read more) List Price $42.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Hardcover
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Glaciers and Glaciation (2ND 10 Edition) by Douglas I. Benn Publisher Comments Glaciers and Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating and accessible, it has established a reputation as a comprehensive and essential resource. In this new edition, the text, references, and illustrations have been... (read more) List Price $69.95 Your price: $64.35 New - Trade Paper
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The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History by Erik Durschmied Publisher Comments From the author of "The Hinge Factor", a page-turning series of historical recreations revealing how the fate of humankind has been decided by the uncontrollable power of weather.S. forces in the South Pacific, torrential rain, brutal winters, monster... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Hardcover
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Glaciers of California by Bill Guyton Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of glaciers in California.... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Large-Scale Atmosphere-Ocean Dynamics: Analytical Methods and Numerical Models by John Norbury Publisher Comments Numerical weather prediction, chaotic atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric modelling.... (read more) List Price $182.25 Your price: $6.00 Used - Hardcover
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The Great Hurricane: 1938 by Cherie Burns Publisher Comments On the night of September 21, 1938, news on the radio was full of the invasion of Czechoslovakia. There was no mention of severe weather approaching New England. By the time oceanfront residents noticed an ominous yellow color in the sky, it was too late.... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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Cold: Adventures in the World's Frozen Places by Bill Streever Publisher Comments From avalanches to glaciers, from seals to snowflakes, and from Shackleton's expedition to The Year Without Summer, Bill Streever journeys through history, myth, geography, and ecology in a year-long search for cold — real, icy, 40-below cold... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Hurricane Almanac: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future (Hurricane Almanac: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, & Fu) by Bryan Norcross Publisher Comments Bryan Norcross's pioneering and courageous TV coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 helped thousands of people in Florida cope with the killer storm. With hurricanes back in the headlines and destined to stay there, one of America's leading experts offers... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Dictionary of Weather by Storm Dunlop Publisher Comments Here is an authoritative new edition of A Dictionary of Weather containing almost 2000 definitions of weather, forecasting, and climate terms with clear explanations and illustrative examples. This fully updated edition includes 300 new and revised... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $14.80 Google eBooks - Electronic
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