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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney  Publisher Comments A quirky, clever guide for everyone who loves to look up. Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, Romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a crayon? Journalist and...
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Adventures in Tornado Alley: The Storm Chasers
by Mike Hollingshead Publisher Comments From surreal skyscapes to wholesale destruction: the most dramatic scenes from the natural world. The destructive power of nature has always been a source of fear and fascination, and never more so than now, when climate change and extreme weather...
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The Climate of Oregon: From Rain Forest to Desert
by George H Taylor Synopsis This companion volume to The Oregon Weather Book gathers together a range of fascinating and useful climate information. It describes climate elements, reveals how Oregon's climate changes throughout the year, and explains the impact of large-scale...
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Sale: $9.98 Hardcover List Price $19.95
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The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds
by Gavin Pretor-Pinney 
Publisher Comments Where do clouds come from? Why do they look the way they do? And why have they captured the imagination of timeless artists, romantic poets, and every kid who's ever held a Crayon? Veteran journalist and lifelong sky-watcher Gavin Pretor-Pinney reveals...
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F-5: Devastating, Survival, and the Most Violent Tornado Outbreak of the Twentieth Century
by Mark Levine Publisher Comments It was April 3, 1974. Crime was soaring. Unemployment and inflation were out of control. A costly war had just come to its demoralizing end, and an unpopular President was on his way out of office. Then, over a sixteen-hour period, nature stepped forward...
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Whale and Supercomputer : on the Northern Front of Climate Change (04 Edition)
by Charles Wohlforth Publisher Comments Scientists and natives wrestle with our changing climate in the land where it has hit first --and hardest A traditional Eskimo whale-hunting party races to shore near Barrow, Alaska-their comrades trapped on a floe drifting out to sea-as ice that should...
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The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty
by Kenneth Libbrecht
Publisher Comments Snowflakes may be an everyday, common subject, but youve never seen them like this! A collection of amazing photography of snow crystals using a unique system designed to take super-detailed micro images of these miniature ice masterpieces, "The...
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Aurora Watcher's Handbook
by Neil Davis Publisher Comments In The Aurora Watcher's Handbook, renowned geophysicist and writer Neil Davis offers an essential book on the aurora borealis for seasoned stargazers and first-time aurora viewers alike. Davis begins with aurora basics, including viewing strategies...
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National Audubon Society Field Guide To Weather (91 Edition)
by National Audubon Society Publications 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...
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A Dictionary of Weather (Oxford Paperback Reference)
by Storm Dunlop Publisher Comments What is the coldest place on the planet? How does a hurricane form? What exactly is a low pressure system? And what area has the least, or most, amount of rainfall? Answering these and many other intriguing questions, A Dictionary of Weather provides a...
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An Ocean of Air: Why the Wind Blows and Other Mysteries of the Atmosphere
by Gabrielle Walker
Powells.com 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...
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The Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes
by George Taylor Synopsis A comprehensive, fact-filled resource for anyone who watches, studies, enjoys, or simply endures Oregon weather, this book offers a history of major weather events and a guide to the forces that shape our climate....
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Isaac's Storm : a Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History (99 Edition)
by Erik Larson
Publisher Comments 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 greeted the city...
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The Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook (Facts on File Science Library)
by Michael Allaby Publisher Comments Among the topics covered are: Area Forecast Bioclimatology Dust Bowl Greenhouse Gas La Niqa Severe-storm Observation Veil of Cloud. Biographies include: Svante Arrhenius Christoph Buys Ballot Francis Beaufort Anders Celsius Vagn Ekman Jean-Baptiste...
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Weather
by Burroughs Publisher Comments Authoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers, and historical profiles....
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Views from the Alps: Regional Perspectives on Climate Change (Politics, Science & the Environment)
by Peter Cebon Publisher Comments Although climate change is a global problem, there is a growing recognition of the need to look at its regional manifestations and management. This book takes such a regional approach to the Alpine region. The result of the ongoing Swiss research program...
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Floods, Famines, and Emperors El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations
by Brian M Fagan Publisher Comments In 1997 and early 1998, one of the most powerful El Niños ever recorded disrupted weather patterns all over the world. Europe suffered through a record freeze as the American West was hit with massive floods and snowstorms; in the western Pacific...
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Weather World: Photographing the Global Spectacle
by Gordon Higgins Synopsis Produced in association with the Met Office, the world's premier weather organization, Weather World is a visual celebration of the diversity and unpredictability of the weather in all its forms: from the benign beauty of a clear sky to the explosive...
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Defining the Wind: The Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry
by Scott Huler Publisher Comments Defining the Wind is a wonderfully written account of one man’s crusade to learn about what the wind is made of by tracing the history of the Beaufort Scale and its eccentric creator, Sir Francis Beaufort. It’s as much about the language we...
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Weather: Drama of the Heavens
by Rene Chaboud Synopsis Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed...
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