Clouds have been the object of fascination throughout history, their fleeting magnificence & endless variability providing food for thought for scientists & daydreamers alike. Clouds may have many individual shapes, but there are a few basic forms. In this definitive guide to the clouds & the skies, Richard Hamblyn introduces you to all the different cloud species. The Cloud Book will enable you to identify individual clouds, skies & phenomena. You will also be able to track their likely changes over time & predict the implications they have for the weather you may experience. Produced in association with the Met Office
- the world`s premier weather forecasting bureau
- all things to do with the origin & development of a cloud are here. Whether you are looking at a giant cumulonimbus or a tiny shred of stratus factus, an everyday occurrence or a fleeting rarity, your cloud-spotting will be expertly informed & much more satisfying with this handy reference guide. The Cloud Book

Includes:: a detailed introduction on the history of cloud classification & is illustrated with stunning images from around the globe. Take it with you on walks & have it handy in the garden so that you can enjoy sky-gazing every day. This is the only guide to cloud classification that you will ever need & is the ideal daytime partner for our must-have book on the night sky
- The Star Book by Peter Grego.




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Map No. 720, Cloud Peak Wilderness in Wyoming, at 1:45, 000 in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking maps of USA’s national & state parks or forests & other popular recreational areas. Cartography based on the national topographic survey, with additional tourist information. The maps, with most titles now printed on light, waterproof & tear-resistant plastic paper, highlight walking trails along with campsites & other accommodation, picnic sites, areas for various recreational pursuits such as horse riding or skiing, drinking water sources, & many other facilities of interest to the outdoor enthusiast. Cartography is based on information from the USGS (United States Geological Survey
- the country’s national survey organization), revised by the National Geographic Maps in cooperation with the National Park Service, USDA Forest Service, etc. Topography is excellently presented by contours (interval varies according to scale), enhanced by relief shading & colouring/graphics for wood cover, glaciers, etc. All heights are given in feet. The maps have a UTM grid plus latitude & longitude margin ticks & GPS waypoints for selected important locations. Each map is double-sided to give either maximum coverage of the chosen area or additional enlargements of its important sections. Accompanying notes provide useful information on relevant regulations, safety precautions, contact addresses, etc.IMPORTANT
- PLEASE NOTE: the series is very extensive, ranging in scale from 1:400, 000 for the vast national parks of Alaska to 1:25, 000 for local map in several states. We recommend, therefore, viewing the series by state rather than the whole list.

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In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation. For five months John Harrison journeys through this secret country, walking alone into remote villages where he is the first gringo the inhabitants have ever seen, & where life continues as if Columbus had never sailed. He lives at over 10, 000 feet for most of the trip, following the great road of the Incas: the Camino Real, or Royal Road. Hand built over 500 years ago, it crosses the most difficult & dangerous mountains in all the Americas, diving into sweltering canyons & soaring up into the snows. 1500 miles, half of it on foot, takes him from the Equator to Cuzco & the most magical city of all: Machu Picchu. He is attacked, gets lost & is trapped by floods, but only when he goes home does he lose what he wants most. ...

Cloud Selector, Cloud Identification Wheel by the Cloud Appreciation Society is a handy carry-around aid to recognising 20 different types of clouds. This durable & weather proof wheel will help you identify all the main cloud types, common & rare, & their distinguishing features. Inspired by the ‘information wheels’ of the 1950s, this is the ‘vintage’ of the apps of today. Rotate the disk on one or other side to find the photo that most resembles the cloud you are looking at. Relative information to the particular type of cloud appears in little windows: name, distinguishing features, typical altitude, likelihood of precipitation, as well as its rarity. One side of the Cloud Selector shows the ten main cloud types, while the other shows more specific & unusual formations. Cloud Appreciation Society has produced a cloud identification device meticulously designed & printed onto durable & weather-proof plastic. All the photographs were kindly contributed by Cloud Appreciation Society members from around the world. Famous"ations about the beauty of clouds & a nickel-plated chain finish the Cloud Selector & make it a unique & practical gift for experienced as well as beginners cloudspotters. ...

Published for the first time in flipback
- the new, portable, stylish format that`s taken Europe by storm. ` Souls cross ages
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Clouds in the shape of dolphins, elephants, UFOs, even Alfred Hitchcock & Andy Murray...they`re all here in this beautiful & hilarious collection of clouds photographed around the world by members of The Cloud Appreciation Society, selected & wittily captioned by Gavin Pretor-Pinney, winner of the Royal Society Winton Science Writing Prize. Author of the bestselling The Cloudspotter`s Guide, A Pig With Six Legs & The Cloud Collector`s Handbook, & creator of The Cloud Appreciation Society, Gavin`s mission is to fight blue-sky thinking & encourage us to love & understand clouds. His new book is divided by themes such as ` Celestial Celebrities` & ` Airborne Animals`, &

Includes:: an informative section on what clouds are & how they are formed. The perfect gift book for anyone willing to look skywards & discover the beauty & fascination of clouds.

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Cloudstreet: a broken-down house of former glories on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories of its own, a place of shudders & shadows & spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families flee to the city & find themselves sharing this great sighing structure & beginning their lives again from scratch. Together they roister & rankle in a house that begins as a roof over their heads & becomes a home for their hearts. ...

With an introduction by Philip Hensher Winton`s Miles Franklin award-winning masterpiece. Will you look at us by the river! The whole restless mob of us on spread blankets in the dreamy briny sunshine skylarking & chiacking about for one day, one clear, clean, sweet day in a good world in the midst of our living. No. 1 Cloudstreet: a broken-down house on the wrong side of the tracks, a place teeming with memories, with shudders & shadows & spirits. From separate catastrophes, two families
- the Pickles & Lambs
- flee to the city & find themselves thrown together, forced to start their lives afresh. As they roister & rankle, the place that began as a roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts. Winner of Australia`s prestigious Miles Franklin Award, Cloudstreet is Tim Winton`s great family drama, a twenty-year story of life & love, full of boisterous energy, joy & heartbreak. His visceral evocation of the Australian landscape is nowhere more extraordinary than in this classic.

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A detailed topographic map from the Ordnance Survey Explorer series, covering Bideford & Bradworthy (showing part of the South West Coast Path). Edition B2; Publication date February 2011 About this series: These highly detailed maps show all the administrative boundaries, settlements as small as isolated farms, the road network down to unfenced roads & country tracks, & field boundaries (hedges & drystone walls) which make navigation across the countryside much easier. Steep gradients on roads are indicated. Various landmarks, e.g. powerlines, archaeological sites, windmills, churches & lighthouses are shown & additional graphics indicate natural terrain features such as cliffs, scree, mud & vegetation variations. The contour interval is 5 metres in the lower parts of the country & 10 metres in the uplands, & spot heights are marked. Each map covers an area of 30 x 20km (i.e. approx. 19 x 12 miles), with some double-sided maps covering more, as indicated in the individual descriptions. The maps are fully GPS compatible, with the National Grid shown at 1km intervals & latitude & longitude indicated by margin ticks at 1'. The Explorer series has replaced the earlier, green-cover Pathfinder maps. The Explorer series is now complete & covers all of Engl&, Wales & Scotl&. Some sheets for popular areas like the National Parks are still branded as Outdoor Leisure (OL) maps, but are now included in this series as the cartography is the same as that in the Explorer Maps. The Explorer maps offer a substantial improvement on the Pathfinder series, with greater use of colour, larger area per map, & stronger emphasis on information for ramblers & tourists. This series is ideal for walking & other outdoor pursuits & each map shows a large amount of information for ramblers & tourists. Public rights of way are shown (except in Scotland), together with other routes with public access: National Trails & Recreational Paths, permitted paths & bridleways, & selected cycle routes. Open access land created under the Countryside & Rights of Way Act 2000 is marked. Tourist information

Includes:: caravan & camp sites, Park & Ride locations, recreation/leisure/sport centres, museums, historic buildings, English Heritage & National Trust sites, rural pubs, etc. The map legend is in English only, except for the tourist information content which is also in French & German.

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Clovelly, Hartl&, Bideford & Bradworthy area on a detailed topographic & GPS compatible map No. 126, waterproof version, from the Ordnance Survey’s 1:25, 000 Explorer series.MOBILE DOWNLOADS: this title & all the other OS Explorer maps include a code for downloading after purchase the digital version onto your smartphone or tablet for viewing on the OS smartphone app.OS EXPLORER SERIES: to see the list of all the titles in the OS Explorer series, both paper & waterproof versions, please click on the series link. The Explorer series, Ordnance Survey’s most detailed maps recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities, provides topographic coverage of Great Britain at 1:25, 000 on GPS compatible maps with hiking trails, cycling routes & extensive tourist information. Each printed map is available either on paper or as a waterproof & tear-resistant OS Active Map, as indicated in its title. Britain’s National Parks & other areas of particular tourist interest are presented on often double-sided OL (Outdoor Leisure) maps, whilst most standard format Explorers cover an area of 30 x 20km (approx. 19 x 12 miles). All three versions (paper, waterproof & digital) are the same & provide plenty of recreational & tourist information, indicating the traditional public right of way paths (except in Scotland where different laws apply), including bridleways & byways. National Trails & other long-distance paths are marked, as well as permissive footpaths or bridleways & on-road or traffic-free cycle routes with, where appropriate, their National/ Regional Cycle Network numbers. Boundaries of access land are clearly marked. A wide range of symbols provides additional tourist information, highlighting camping & caravanning sites, information offices & visitors’ centres, parking & picnicking places, country pubs, sport & recreational facilities including cycle hire locations & mountain biking trails, historic buildings & museums, etc. Exceptionally clear presentation of the landscape is provided by contours at 5m or in the uplands at 10m intervals, with additional spot heights plus colouring and/or graphics for different types of woodlands, orchards, heath, marshl&, scree or boulders, & other topographic features. For GPS users the maps have British National Grid lines at 1km intervals, with latitude & longitude given by margin ticks at 1`. Clearly laid out map legend

Includes:: French & German translations for the tourist information symbols.

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