BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES, PETER WOHLLEBEN, INVITES US TO RECONNECT WITH NATUREAs soon as we step out of the door, nature surrounds. Thousands of small & large processes are taking place, details that are long often fascinating & beautiful. But we`ve long forgotten how to recognise them. Peter Wohlleben, bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, invites us to become an expert, to take a closer look & interpret the signs that clouds, wind, plants & animals convey. Chaffinches become weather prophets, bees are live thermometers, courgettes tell us the time. The Weather Detective combines scientific research with charming anecdotes to explain the extraordinary cycles of life, death & regeneration that are evolving on our doorstep, bringing us closer to nature than ever before. A walk in the park will never be the same again ...

In 1865 a broken Admiral Robert Fitz Roy locked himself in his dressing room & cut his throat. His grand meteorological project had failed. Yet only a decade later, Fitz Roy`s storm-warning system & `forecasts` would return, the model for what we use today. In an age when a storm at sea was evidence of God`s great wrath, nineteenth-century meteorologists had to fight against convention & religious dogma. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment a generation of mavericks set out to explain the secrets of the atmosphere & learned to predict the future. Among them were Luke Howard, the first to classify the clouds, Francis Beaufort who quantified the winds, James Glaisher, who explored the upper atmosphere in a hot-air balloon, Samuel Morse whose electric telegraph gave scientists the means by which to transmit weather warnings, & Fitz Roy himself, master sailor, scientific pioneer & founder of the Met Office. Reputations were built & shattered. Fractious debates raged over decades between scientists from London to Galway, Paris to New York. Explaining the atmosphere was one thing, but predicting what it was going to do seemed a step too far. In 1854, when a politician suggested to the Commons that Londoners might soon know the weather twenty-four hours in advance, the House roared with laughter. Peter Moore`s exhilarating account navigates treacherous seas, rough winds & uncovers the obsession that drove these men to great invention & greater understanding. ...

Spring, summer, autumn or winter
- the intrepid Weather Girls are ready for whatever the seasons might bring! Join them as they
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The Weather Handbook is the essential guide to how the weather is formed, providing readers with the ability to look at the sky & interpret its signs, & combine this knowledge with information provided by professional forecasts to assess for themselves what the coming weather is likely to be. This handbook has been the standard reference for almost 20 years for students on Day Skipper & Yachtmaster courses, & the handbook of choice for skippers & crew of cruising & racing yachts. It has now been completely redesigned for the third edition to be more user friendly, with new photos & updated explanatory text. The book also addresses new sources of weather information that have exploded on to the market. There are countless websites & apps providing forecast data, & The Weather Handbook guides users in how to use & interpret this information for themselves. ` The perfect introduction to understanding weather` Practical Boat Owner ...

Taking up where AN INVITATION TO THE WALTZ left off, THE WEATHER IN THE STREETS shows us Olivia Curtis ten years older, a failed marriage behind her, thinner, sadder, & apprently not much wiser. A chance encounter on a train with a man who enchanted her as a teenager leads to a forbidden love affair & a new world of secret meetings, brief phone calls & snatched liaisons in anonymous hotel rooms. Years ahead of its time when first published, this subtle & powerful novel shocked even the most stalwart Lehmann fans with its searing honesty & passionate portrayal of clandestine love. ...

The Pacific Northwest experiences the most varied & fascinating weather in the United States, including world-record winter snows, the strongest non-tropical storms in the nation, & shifts from desert to rain forest in a matter of miles. Local weather features dominate the meteorological landscape, from the Puget Sound convergence zone & wind surges along the Washington Coast, to gap winds through the Columbia Gorge & the ” Banana Belt” of southern Oregon. This book is the first comprehensive & authoritative guide to Northwest weather that is directed to the general reader; helpful to boaters, hikers, & skiers; & valuable to an expert meteorologist. In ” The Weather of the Pacific Northwest”, University of Washington atmospheric scientist & popular radio commentator Cliff Mass unravels the intricacies of Northwest weather, from the mundane to the mystifying. By examining our legendary floods, snowstorms, & windstorms, & a wide variety of local weather features, Mass answers such interesting questions as: Why does the Northwest have localized rain shadows? What is the origin of the hurricane force winds that often buffet the region? Why does the Northwest have so few thunderstorms? What is the origin of the Pineapple Express? Why do ferryboats sometimes seem to float above the water`s surface? Why is it so hard to predict Northwest weather? Mass brings together eyewitness accounts, historical records, & meteorological science to explain Pacific Northwest weather. He also considers possible local effects due to global warming. The final chapters guide readers in interpreting the Northwest sky & in securing weather information on their own. Cliff Mass, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington & weekly guest on KUOW, is the preeminent authority on Northwest weather. He has published dozens of articles on Northwest weather & leads the regional development of advanced weather prediction tools. ...

Created as a three-ring binder, this title has tabs for each category: The Big Picture & Contacts; Budget; Location, Location, & Location; Menu & Flowers; Rentals; The Dress! (And What Everyone Else Is Wearing); The Guests & the Invitations; Music, Photography, & Videography; &, Making It Official: Rings, Licenses, Vows, Officiants. Packed throughout are tips, tools, checklists, spreadsheets, & schedules to help brides (and grooms) manage everything from building a wedding timeline & organizing the dreaded seating chart to getting the wedding party matched & fitted. From ” Will you marry me?” to ”I do”, nothing will slip through the cracks. ...

Mr Ali`s flourishing marriage bureau seems to have chalked up another success when his ward, Pari, receives a surprise proposal from a rich, handsome aristocrat. But why is the boy`s family so keen to get him married to Pari
- an orphan, a widow, & now a single mother? Meanwhile Communist insurgents on the warpath in India`s rural hinterl&, & gays on the march for their rights in the big cities of Bombay & Delhi seem from another world. But soon these threatening forces invade the peaceful lives of Mr & Mrs Ali, their son Rehman & their able assistant Aruna...
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Tiffany wants to be a witch when she grows up. A proper one, with a pointy hat. & flying, she`s always dreamed of flying (though it`s cold up there, you have to wear really thick pants, two layers). But she`s worried Tiffany isn`t a very `witchy` name. & a witch has always protected Tiffany`s l&, to stop the nightmares getting through. Now the nightmares have taken her brother, & it`s up to her to get him back. With a horde of unruly fairies at her disposal, Tiffany is not alone. & she is the twentieth granddaughter of her Granny Aching: shepherdess extraordinaire, & protector of the l&. Tiffany Aching. Now there`s a rather good name for a witch. ...

Nine-year-old Tiffany Aching thinks her Granny Aching
- a wise shepherd
- might have been a witch, but now Granny Aching is

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