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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... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Storm Chaser: In Pursuit of Untamed Skies by Warren Faidley Publisher Comments While most people avoid dangerous storms, award-winning photojournalist/professional storm-chaser Warren Faidley spends his life intentionally trying to get as close to them as possible. Now, Faidley shares a vivid, personal account of confronting some... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies by Richard Hamblyn Publisher Comments Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize The early years of the nineteenth century saw an intriguing yet little-known scientific advance catapult a shy young Quaker to the dizzy heights of fame. The Invention of Clouds tells the extraordinary story of... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History 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... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes by Kerry Emanuel Publisher Comments One of the world's leading authorities on hurricanes pens an engaging account of these awe-inspiring meteorological events and captures the profound effects that hurricanes have had on humanity in a fascinating blend of history, science, and art.... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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Handy Weather Answer Book 2ND Edition by Kevin Hile Publisher Comments Fully updated with the latest advances in meteorology as well as an additional section on climate change, this comprehensive reference addresses all aspects of weather in an accessible question-and-answer format. All the basic elements of weather are... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Glaciers of California by Bill Guyton Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of glaciers in California.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance by Mariana Gosnell Publisher Comments Like the adventurer who circled an iceberg to see it on all sides, Mariana Gosnell, former Newsweek reporter and author of Zero Three Bravo, a book about flying a small plane around the United States, explores ice in all its complexity, grandeur, and... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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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... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Tornado Hunter: Getting Inside the Most Violent Storms on Earth by Stefan Bechtel Publisher Comments Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now America's most watched programming, has in recent years... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your price: $16.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book: A Unique Way to Predict the Weather Accurately and Easily by Reading the Clouds by Louis D Rubin Publisher Comments To predict what the weather ahead will be, take these three easy steps: figure out which way the wind is blowing; look at the clouds; match what you see there with one of the full-color cloud photographs in The Weather Wizard's Cloud Book.... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Weather the Truth About the Health of Ou by Anthony Smith Publisher Comments Do humans really comprehend that they live on a planet? Do they know the fundamentals, like the nature of the Earth's orbit, the extent of its atmosphere, its degree of solar heating? Only with such awareness can El Niño, ocean currents, ozone... (read more) Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Glaciers of North America: A Field Guide by Sue A Ferguson Publisher Comments Do "glacierettes" have more fun? Do real glaciers eat rocks? No one knows for sure, but you can discover these fascinating natural phenomena on your own with this intriguing, off-beat guide to glaciers. Written in lay language with a wry sense of humor... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Red River Rising : the Anatomy of a Flood and the Survival of an American City (04 Edition) by Ashley Shelby Publisher Comments On April 19, 1997, in one of the most dramatic floods in U.S. history, more than 50,000 people abandoned their homes and businesses in Grand Forks, North Dakota. A nation watched as the heart of downtown, engulfed by a river, burst into flames above the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Hardcover
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1001 Questions Answered about Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Other Natural Air Disast by Barbara Tufty Publisher Comments Highly readable, non-technical explanations of hurricanes, tornadoes, hail, snowstorms, thunder and lightning, fog, other phenomena. Bibliography. 92 illustrations.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Future of Ice: A Journey Into Cold by Gretel Ehrlich Publisher Comments This book is written out of Gretel Ehrlich’s love for winter—for remote and cold places, and the ways in which winter frees our imagination and invigorates our feet, mind, and soul—and out of the fear that our “democracy of... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Climate Change Economics and Policy: An Rff Anthology by Michael A Toman Publisher Comments In concise, informative chapters, "Climate Economics and Policy" considers the key issues involved in one of the most important policy debates of the time. Beginning with an overview and policy history, the book explores the potential impact of climate... (read more) List Price $42.25 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Drifting and Blowing Snow by Mark Gordon Synopsis Blowing snow is a frequent and significant winter weather event, and there is currently a need for more observations and measurements of blowing snow, especially in arctic and subarctic environments. This book describes the development of two camera... (read more) List Price $130.50 Your price: $55.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Earthshock Rev Edition by Andrew Robinson Publisher Comments Subtitled "Hurricanes, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tornadoes And Other Forces Of Nature".... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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All about Lightning by Martin Uman Publisher Comments Highly readable and nontechnical, this illustrated survey explores the nature and causes of lightning. Topics include ball lightning, St. Elmo's Fire, the workings of lightning rods, the effects of lightning on trees and buildings, the formation of... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $3.95 Used - Trade Paper
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