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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This text is a guide to the British weather. The book comprises a collection of linked essays based on the Weatherwise columns in the Sunday Telegraph, but rewritten & with additional new material. It offers an introduction to the British climate & explains how the weather works, followed by chapters on each month of the year, freak weather, holiday weather, sporting weather, weather people, worldwide weather disasters, & climate change. An appendix of UK weather records is included. ...

A contemporary classic. 1920s Weber Costello globe is displayed on ebonized rosewood stand accented in nickel-plated brass. Colored gores are applied to the globe core by hand with authentic construction & detail. If we do not have this item in stock we will order it for you from our supplier. Delivery generally takes 3 weeks within the UK. For overseas delivery queries please email sales@stanfords.co.uk ...

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- Bucklige Welt
- Bernstein area of south-eastern Austria presented at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible

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You`re called Fidge & you`re nearly eleven. You`ve been hurled into a strange world. You have three companions: two are unbelievably weird & the third is your awful cousin Graham. You have to solve a series of nearly impossible clues. You need to deal with a cruel dictator & three thousand Wimbley Woos (yes, you read that sentence correctly). & the whole situation
- the whole, entire thing
- is your fault. Wed Wabbit is an adventure story about friendship, danger & the terror of never being able to get back home again. & it`s funny. It`s seriously funny.

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Wednesbury in 1902 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the Black Country town of Wednesbury, together with the industrial hinterland to its west, with the site of many disused collieries. Coverage stretches from the town centre & Market Place westward to Gospel Oak Road, & from Bilston Road southward to Ocker Hill Road. Features include the town centre, tramways, St Peter`s church, St John`s church, St Bartholomew`s church, Monway Collieries (disused), Walsall Canal, Monway Branch canal, Willingsworth Collieries (disused), Gosepel Oak area, Moorcroft Old Colliery, Doe Bank area, GWR railway with Wednesbury station & goods station, Brunswick Sidings, LNWR Princes End Branch with Ocker Hill station, LNWR South Staffordshire Line with Wednesbury station an stretch of Darlaston Branch, several large factories, etc. On the reverse are extracts from a 1901 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Wednesbury: Mesty Croft in 1902 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions have been published for this area. The map covers the Mesty Croft area east of Wednesbury, including the eastern edge of Wednesbury itself & the hamlet of Hall Green. Features include the Tame Valley Canal, Hall Green area, Brunswick Park, Burrs Colliery, short stretch of LNWR line, tramways, Oakeswell Hall, South Staffordshire Tube Works, Hope Patent Tube Works, Imperial Tube Works, Globe Tube Works, Balls Hill Colliery, Millfield Colliery, Moorlands Colliery (disused), some mineral tramways, Friar Park Farm, old air shafts, old shafts, etc. On the reverse of the 1888 version are entries A to K from an 1889 directory of Wednesbury; on the 1902 version is a list of private residents in Wednesbury from a 1912 directory. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...