“The Vendée Globe is even a greater challenge than climbing Mt. Everest.” …Senator John Kerry in a U.S. Senate Tribute to Rich Wilson
“The Vendée Globe is a race that is almost beyo……続きを見る
著者:Scott Chaskey
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2006年05月02日
In the tradition of Michael Pollan, Joan Gussow, and Verlyn Klinkenborg's The Rural Life, This Common Ground is an inspirational evocation of a life lived close to the earth, written by the head far……続きを見る
A compact introduction to observing, predicting, and understanding the weather
Note: this ebook for black and white devices was originally created and printed in colour. For this reason, a small num……続きを見る
著者:H. H. Lamb
出版社: Taylor & Francis
発売日: 2013年07月04日
First published in 1966 these collected papers, written by the distinguished and visionary climatologist Hubert H. Lamb, describe how climates come about and give a history of climatic changes from ……続きを見る
著者:Diana Craig
出版社: Michael O' Mara Books
発売日: 2012年07月26日
The Weather Book is a delightful miscellany of everything remotely meteorological. It is jam-packed with enlightening facts, practical diagrams, and clear explanations about weather phenomena and wh……続きを見る
著者:David Toomey
出版社: W. W. Norton & Company
発売日: 2012年05月28日
Fifty years after Isaac's Storm, a riveting story of the first Hurricane Hunters, and the one crew who paid the ultimate price.
"In a virtual age when tempests are monitored by global positioning an……続きを見る
著者:Ian Wishart
出版社: Howling At The Moon Publishing Ltd
発売日: 2013年01月13日
For the past twenty five years, climate change has dominated the news agenda and the political sector. As the media whip up a frenzy of public concern, politicians use that concern as a cover to sei……続きを見る
Instant Wind Forecasting is a quick reference guide for all who work or play outdoors whether dinghy, coastal or offshore sailors, fishermen, motorboaters, farmers, golfers, walkers or pilots. It wi……続きを見る
In This Manual You’ll Discover Must-Read Information On Using A System To Evacuate, First Aid, Medical Emergencies, Disaster Insurance and Having A Family Disaster kit.続きを見る
From the ancient story of Noah’s deluge to the China floods of 1931 that killed more than 3 million people, from the broken levees in New Orleans to submerged streets and homes all over Britain, flood……続きを見る
著者:Charlie English
出版社: Granta Publications
発売日: 2013年12月05日
In this unique book, part eulogy, part history, part travelogue, Charlie English goes in search of the best snow on the planet. Along the way he explains the extraordinary hold this commonplace phen……続きを見る
The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.
Oren Lyons is a tribal chief of the Onondaga Nat……続きを見る
Land Management as Public Policy discusses goals, plans, and implementation means concerning public interference in land management after a more principal discussion of how far this ought to stretch……続きを見る
This is weather beyond your wildest imaginationーyet it’s all true: showers of worms from the sky, watermelon snow, gory storms, and other freakish and fun phenomena! These stories are anything but ……続きを見る
著者:Gary Lockhart
出版社: Turner Publishing Company
発売日: 2008年05月02日
The Weather Companion An Album of Meteorological History, Science, Legend, and Folklore Throughout history, as farmer, sailor, hunter, and artist, humans have watched and worried about the weather. ……続きを見る
In presenting to the people of this country and the world a chronicle of the frightful visitation of hurricane and flood upon the beautiful and enterprising City of Galveston, which unparalleled cal……続きを見る
Want to save money on your monthly electricity bill? Well, solar energy can be the answer to this.
This ebook compiles tons of tips from REAL solar energy users, sharing how they start using solar e……続きを見る
The weather has always dominated our daily lives and it remains our favourite topic of conversation. We all want to know what the weather will be for the week ahead in order to plan our days. But ho……続きを見る
著者:Dr. Peter Göbel
出版社: Naumann & Göbel Verlag
発売日: 2012年02月24日
Was verraten die Wolken am Himmel über die künftige Wetterentwicklung? Worunter leiden wetterfühlige Menschen? Welche Folgen hat das Ozonloch? Auf diese und 97 weitere interessante Fragen gibt das B……続きを見る
This guide is to teach others how to protect themselves. The author, Martin Lisius is a veteran storm chaser, producer, director and cinematographer. He is sometimes called "The Storm Whisperer" bec……続きを見る
Rain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive.
It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the world's water. Yet this is the first book t……続きを見る
Most people know the saying “Red sky in the morning, shepherds warning”, but did you know that saying could be far older than the Bible?
This book contains a collection of aspects of weather folklor……続きを見る
著者:Eric Pinder
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2000年09月04日
Where can you find the worst weather on earth? The surprising answer is: everywhere! You don’t need to climb Mount Everest or voyage to the icy desert of Antarctica to witness both the beauty and th……続きを見る
This is a discussion of some of the issues related to climate change such as greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide, water vapor and how they are heating the Earth and particularly the oceansーand the dir……続きを見る
Tsunamis – ferociously dangerous sea waves – have caused widespread destruction to countries, populations and natural landscapes since antiquity. Crashing upon land with the entire weight of an ocea……続きを見る
An accessible book that examines the mathematics of weather prediction
Invisible in the Storm is the first book to recount the history, personalities, and ideas behind one of the greatest scientific……続きを見る
The ultimate guide to the ultimate storms, Hurricane Watch is a fascinating blend of science and history from one of the world's foremost meteorologists and an award-winning science journalist. This……続きを見る