Author: Elizabeth Austin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988235
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States' economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather—that is more than $500 billion dollars each year. Weather applications on mobile devices are the second most popular apps—more popular than social networking, maps, music, and news.In Treading on Thin Air, Dr. Elizabeth Austin, a world-renowned atmospheric physicist, reveals how the climate is intimately tied to our daily lives. The effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times. Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Nino, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe. She has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather.
Treading on Thin Air
Author: Elizabeth Austin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988235
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States' economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather—that is more than $500 billion dollars each year. Weather applications on mobile devices are the second most popular apps—more popular than social networking, maps, music, and news.In Treading on Thin Air, Dr. Elizabeth Austin, a world-renowned atmospheric physicist, reveals how the climate is intimately tied to our daily lives. The effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times. Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Nino, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe. She has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1605988235
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
Weather, water, and climate. How we feel, how productive we are, even our sheer existence, depends on these three things. The United States' economic activity varies annually by 1.7% due to weather—that is more than $500 billion dollars each year. Weather applications on mobile devices are the second most popular apps—more popular than social networking, maps, music, and news.In Treading on Thin Air, Dr. Elizabeth Austin, a world-renowned atmospheric physicist, reveals how the climate is intimately tied to our daily lives. The effects and impacts of weather on humans, society and the planet are changing with the times. Dr. Austin will demystify climate change, revealing what is really happening with our climate and why, whether it is El Nino, tornadoes, floods or hurricanes.Weather and society are at its most fascinating at extremes, and as Dr. Austin is one of a handful of forensic meteorologists around the globe. She has been called upon to investigate plane crashes, murders, wildfires, avalanches, even bombing cases. Drawing upon her rich experiences, Austin’s Treading on Thin Air promises to be an enlightening and informative journey through the wild word of weather.
Thin Air
Author: Greg Child
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898865882
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Recounts the author's first three Himalayan climbs and describes the disorientation and fatigue each climber must overcome to reach the summit
Publisher: The Mountaineers Books
ISBN: 9780898865882
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Recounts the author's first three Himalayan climbs and describes the disorientation and fatigue each climber must overcome to reach the summit
The Portfolio
The Foreign quarterly review [ed. by J.G. Cochrane].
Author: John George Cochrane
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Foreign Quarterly Review
Vanquish
Author: Z.L. Arkadie
Publisher: Flaming Hearts Press LLC
ISBN: 0984988475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In this final installment of the Parched novel series, the world has certainly been changed--and not for the better. The sun has disappeared and the Evil, by way of Lario Exgesis, has been successful in creating a deadlier vampire species. Fortunately, the Daughters of Benel and Sons of Gogulon were created specifically for these times and they will not quit fighting until they've landed the crushing blow and supplant Lario Exgesis’s plan to rule the Earth.
Publisher: Flaming Hearts Press LLC
ISBN: 0984988475
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
In this final installment of the Parched novel series, the world has certainly been changed--and not for the better. The sun has disappeared and the Evil, by way of Lario Exgesis, has been successful in creating a deadlier vampire species. Fortunately, the Daughters of Benel and Sons of Gogulon were created specifically for these times and they will not quit fighting until they've landed the crushing blow and supplant Lario Exgesis’s plan to rule the Earth.
The Wheel of Life and Death
Author: Julian Sedgwick
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 1541586859
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Hodder Children's Books"--Title page verso.
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 1541586859
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Hodder Children's Books"--Title page verso.
The Killing Site
Author: Caro Peacock
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780109520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Held captive by a ruthless gang of kidnappers, Liberty Lane must call on all her investigative skills to discover who has taken her – and why. July, 1847. Now a happily married mother-of-two, Liberty Lane is undertaking very few private investigative assignments. But when she is kidnapped from outside a smart London townhouse, where she had been attending a dinner party with her husband Robert, she must call on all her old investigative skills to discover who has taken her, and why. As Libby tries to formulate a plan of escape, her old friends, former street urchin Tabby and groom Amos Legge, desperately search for her. Convinced that somebody in the Maynard household, where the dinner party was held, knows something about Libby’s disappearance, Tabby keeps watch on the house – and makes a truly shocking discovery.
Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 1780109520
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Held captive by a ruthless gang of kidnappers, Liberty Lane must call on all her investigative skills to discover who has taken her – and why. July, 1847. Now a happily married mother-of-two, Liberty Lane is undertaking very few private investigative assignments. But when she is kidnapped from outside a smart London townhouse, where she had been attending a dinner party with her husband Robert, she must call on all her old investigative skills to discover who has taken her, and why. As Libby tries to formulate a plan of escape, her old friends, former street urchin Tabby and groom Amos Legge, desperately search for her. Convinced that somebody in the Maynard household, where the dinner party was held, knows something about Libby’s disappearance, Tabby keeps watch on the house – and makes a truly shocking discovery.
The Living Age
Neighbourhood
Author: Tickner Edwardes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Country life
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description