Martha Gellhorn`s three intertwined novellas are concerned with the integration of European outsider into the dramatic landscape of East Africa. It is a story of rejection & enchantment. Two sisters, one beautiful, one plain, return unmarried from their adventures in the great to their parents` hotel on the mountain, where they are caught up in a scandalous relations with an African official & an English botanist. A heartbroken woman tries to escape the memory of her son`s death on a doomed holiday by the sea. A lonely, awkward young Englishman, disorientated by years as a prisoner-of-war, orphaned by bombs in London, seeks a new life in the highlands. ...

A charming & beautifully illustrated book, first published in 1893, covering all aspects of the weather including: Times & Seasons, Months, Days of the week, Winter birds & times of their arrival, Sun, Moon & Stars, Wind, Clouds, Mists, Haze, Dew, Fog, Sky, Air, Sound, Sea, Tide, Heat, Rain, Rainbow, Frost, Hail, Snow, Ice, Thunder & Lightning. Measuring instruments include: Barometer, Thermometer, Hygrometer, Telescope, Spectroscope. Animals include: Quadrupeds, Birds, Fish, Molluscs, Reptiles, Insects, Plants etc. This new edition has been completely redesigned & is fully illustrated with reproductions of woodcuts, photographs & drawings throughout. ...

It is no accident that the weather is a perpetual topic of conversation in Britain. For its range of extreme conditions our climate is quite unusual. Winds of over 130 mph (1976), arctic conditions like those in early 1963 & snowstorms producing 6 feet of undrifted snow in 15 hours (1929), fogs in which you cannot see your own feet (1952), protracted droughts as in 1975-6 & 1995-7 & heatwaves with temperatures reaching 100 F (1868), hailstorms showering down lb hailstones (1925), ice-storms so severe that birds fell to the ground in mid flight, weighed down by coats of ice (1940), & deluges releasing 11 inches of rain in 24 hours (1955) -- Robin Stirling tells us of these & many other equally remarkable phenomena, assessing their significance in relation to average conditions both locally & nationally, & putting all the facts into perspective. A mine of information, The Weather of Britain has proved absorbing for all those with a general interest in the subject & valuable for people whose jobs & even lives depend on having a detailed & accurate knowledge of Britain`s weather. It is now appearing in paperback for the first time in this second, extensively revised & completely updated edition ...

Investigate weather with experiments on wind, rain, storms, clouds, rainbows, temperature, evaporation, pressure, & more. Learn about clouds, rainbows, thunderstorms & lightning. Build a weather station with wind speed indicator, rain gauge & wind vane.

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This book summarises the climate of each country in a simple format, so the weather you can expect in any part of the world is easy to look up, & different countries can be compared. Brief details are given of the temperature & rainfall, with other general comments including what clothing to take. A very useful book for planning where & when to travel. ...

Weather Wise is a highly practical, lively & very accessible guide to weather phenomena for anyone who enjoys the outdoors. Suitable for sailors, walkers, climbers, skiers, fishermen, golfers & holidaymakers, it explains how forthcoming weather will affect them, as well as how to predict what is coming & assess how severe it will be. No other weather book has the practical hands-on approach of Alan Watts, whose reputation for explaining complicated meteorological situations in an understandable way for the average reader is second to none. Packed with practical tips, hints & fact panels, it will be a godsend to anyone pursuing an outdoor activity. Covers: the seasons, clouds, heat & cold, rain, changeable weather, showery weather, wind, thunder, fog & mist, sea weather, hill & mountain weather & hurricanes & tornadoes ...

Andrew Revkin, senior climate reporter at Pro Publica after a prize-winning 21-year stint at The New York Times, presents an intriguing illustrated history of humanity`s evolving relationship with Earth`s dynamic climate system & the wondrous weather it generates. Colourful & captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History traces the history of weather & meteorology from prehistory to today`s headlines in accessible, bite-sized stories. The descriptions touch on such varied topics as Earth`s first atmosphere, the physics of rainbows, Groundhog Day, the Year Without Summer, our increasingly strong hurricanes, & climate diplomacy from Rio to Paris. Written by award-winning environmental writer Andrew Revkin, this is a groundbreaking illustrated book that chronologically traces the evolution of weather forecasting & climate science. ...

Writers & artists across the centuries, from Chaucer to Ian Mc Ewan, & from the creator of the Luttrell Psalter in the 14th century to John Piper in the 20th, looking up at the same skies & walking in the same brisk air, have felt very different things & woven them into their novels, poems & paintings. Alexandra Harris` subject is not the weather itself, but the weather as it is daily recreated in the human imagination. She builds her remarkable story from small evocative details & catches the distinct voices of compelling individuals: ` Bloody cold`, says Jonathan Swift in the `slobbery` January of 1713; Percy Shelley wants to become a cloud & John Ruskin wants to bottle one... Weatherland is both a sweeping panorama of cultural climates on the move & a richly illustrated, intimate account
- for although weather is vast, it is experienced physically, emotionally & spiritually; as Harris cleverly reveals, it is at the very heart of English life & culture.
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The story of English culture over a thousand years can be told as the story of changing ideas about the weather. Writers & artists across the centuries, looking up at the same skies & walking in the same brisk air, have felt very different things. In a sweeping panorama, Weatherland allows us to witness cultural climates on the move. The Anglo-Saxons before the Norman Conquest lived in a wintry world, writing about the coldness of exile or the shelters they must defend against enemies outdoors. The Middle Ages brought the warmth of spring; the new lyrics were sung in praise of blossom & cuckoos. It is hard to find a description of a rainy night before 1700, but by the end of the eighteenth century the Romantics will take a squall as fit subject for their most probing thoughts. There have been times when the numbers on a rain gauge count for more than a pantheon of aerial gods. There have been times for meteoric marvels & times for gentle breeze. The weather is vast & yet we experience it intimately, which is why Alexandra Harris builds her remarkable story from small evocative details. There is the drawing of a twelfth-century man in February, warming bare toes by the fire. There is the tiny glass left behind from the Frost Fair of 1684, & the Sunspan house in Angmering that embodies the bright ambitions of the 1930s. Harris catches the distinct voices of compelling individuals. Bloody cold, says Jonathan Swift in the slobbery January of 1713. Percy Shelley wants to become a cloud & John Ruskin wants to bottle one. Weatherland is a celebration of English air & a life-story of those who have lived in it. As we enter what may be the last decades of English weather as we know it, this is a history for our times. ...

This weatherproof map case, designed specifically for the A-Z Adventure Atlas range is ideal for walkers & outdoor activities. The soft feel clear plastic map case

Includes:: a Velcro closure providing a weatherproof seal. Simply insert your double-page of A-Z Adventure Atlas mapping, seal & head out to brave the elements in confidence. Provided is an optional neck lanyard that can be attached or detached easily depending on whether you want to wear the map case or store it away in a bag. Additional Velcro tabs on the map case allow the atlas to be closed & stored in pockets or a rucksack. PLEASE NOTE: A-Z Adventure Atlas not included. To see the list of A-Z Adventure Atlases with mapping at 1:25, 000 from the Ordnance Survey`s Explorer Series please click on the series link.

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