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Welcome! The Weather Doctor is pleased to add this bookstore to his website. It will provide information on ordering reviewed books and other weather-related books which we feel are of high quality. Most may be ordered through our association with Amazon.com or in Canada with Amazon.ca. They list hundreds of weather titles as well as many other books which may be of interest to our friends. If the book you are looking for is not given here, use their search feature below. (Note that books are directly linked to Amazon.com unless unavailable from them. Specific Canadian books are liked to Amazon.ca. If you wish to order the book from Amazon.ca, click on its logo at the end of the listing.) We have also added DVD and video links and links to other sites that may help your enjoyment of weather and life.


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Reviewed Weather Book Titles
Weather Books Intended for Kids | Other Recommended Weather Books
Weather DVDs | And for Further Enjoyment of Weather | To Search For Other Specific Weather Books

Reviewed Titles

(click on the cover to read the review; click on titles to order from Amazon.com or on following logo to order from Amazon.ca)

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Alley, Richard B.: The Two-Mile Time Machine, Princeton University Press, 2000, paperback edition, ISBN 0691102961. Amazon.ca
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Barnes, Jay: Florida's Hurricane History, University of North Carolina Press, 1998, pb, ISBN: 0807847488. Amazon.ca
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Barnes, Jay: North Carolina's Hurricane History, University of North Carolina Press, 2001, pb ISBN: 0807849693. Amazon.ca
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Barry, John M.: Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America , 1998, Touchstone Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, pb, ISBN 0-684-81046-8. Amazon.ca
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Blanchard, Duncan C.: The Snowflake Man: A Biography of Wilson A. Bentley, 1998, The McDonald & Woodward Publishing Company, Blacksburg, Virginia, ISBN 0-939923-71-8. Amazon.ca
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Bluestein, Howard B.: Tornado Alley: Monster Storms of The Great Plains, 1999, Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 019-510552-4. paperback (hardcover)Amazon.ca
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Branford, Marlene: Scanning The Skies: A History of Tornado Forecasting, 2001, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK, ISBN 0-8061-3302-3. Amazon.ca
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Brown, David G.: White Hurricane: The Great Lakes Storm of 1913, 2001, McGraw Hill International Marine, ISBN 0071435417 (paperback) ISBN 007138037X, (Hardcover Edition). Amazon.ca
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Burt, Christopher C.: Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book, 2004 (pb), W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 039333015X. Amazon.ca
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Caviedes, Cesar N. : El Niño in History: Storming Through the Ages, 2001 (HC), University Press of Florida, ISBN 0813020999. Amazon.ca
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Cline, Isaac M.: Storms, Floods and Sunshine: An Autobiography, 1945 (reprint 2000), Pelican Publishing Company, ISBN 1-56554-766-7.
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Collier, Michael and Webb, Robert H.: Floods, Droughts, and Climate Change , The University of Arizona Press, 2002, ISBN 0816522502, paperback.Amazon.ca
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Conrad, Cathy T.: Severe and Hazardous Weather in Canada: The Geography of Extreme Events , Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 0816522502, paperback, 256 pp.
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Day, John A. and Schaefer, Vincent J.: Peterson First Guide: Clouds and Weather, 1991, Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, ISBN 0-395-90663-6. Amazon.ca
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Deblieu, Jan: Wind: How the Flow of Air has Shaped Life, Myth, and the Land, 1998, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-395-78033-0. Amazon.ca
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Dennis, Jerry: The Living Great Lakes: Searching for the Heart of the Inland Seas, 2003, St. Martin's Press, ISBN: 0312251939 (HC). Amazon.ca
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Drye, Willie: Storm of the Century: The Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, 2002, National Geographic Society; Washington DC, ISBN: 0792241037, paperback, (Hardcover Edition). Amazon.ca
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Dunlop, Storm: The Weather Identification Handbook: The Ultimate Guide for Weather Watchers,, 2003, The Lyons Press, ISBN 1585748579. (pb). Amazon.ca
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Fagan, Brian M.: The Long Summer: How Climate Changed Civilization, 2003, Basic Books, New York, ISBN 0465022820, paperback Hardcover Edition, (ISBN 0465022812). Amazon.ca
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Fagan, Brian M.: The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History 1300-1850, 2001, Basic Books, New York, ISBN 0465022723, pb. Amazon.ca
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Fleming, James Rodger: Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control, 2010, Columbia University Press, September 2010, 344 pages, 43 illus.ISBN: 9780231144124. Amazon.ca
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Glantz, Michael H.: Currents of Change: Impacts of El Niño and LA Niña on Climate and Society , 2nd Edition, 2001, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 052178672X. Amazon.ca
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Gornitz Vivien.: Rising Seas: Past, Present, Future, 2013, Columbia University Press, New York, Paper, 360 page ISBN: 978-0-231-14739-2. Amazon.ca
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Grazulis, Tom P.: The Tornado: Nature's Ultimate Windstorm, 2001, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, paperback, ISBN: 0806135387: Hardcover Edition. Amazon.ca
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Greenberg, Gary: A Grain of Sand — Nature's Secret Wonder. 2008, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, Mn, ISBN: 0760331987, Hardcover, 112 pp. Amazon.ca
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Grenci, Lee M. and Nese, Jon M.: A World of Weather: Fundamentals of Meteorology, . Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque IA, 2016, Fifth Edition, ISBN 0-7575-2042-1.
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Gribbin, John and Mary Gribbin: FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast, 2004, Yale University Press, New Haven CT, ISBN: 0300103611, 352pp (hardcover) . Amazon.ca

Hamblyn, Richard: The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meteorologist Forged the Language of the Skies, 2001, Farrar Straus & Giroux; paperback, ISBN: 0374177155. for hardcover edition

For United States Orders

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Heidorn, Keith C. and Whitelaw, Ian : The Field Guide to Natural Phenomena: The Secret World of Optical, Atmospheric and Celestial Wonders, 2006, Firefly Books, ISBN 1554077079, 224pp.
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Heidorn, Keith C.: And Now...The Weather, 2006, Fifth House Publishers, ISBN 1894856651, 265pp.
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Heidorn, Keith C.: The BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain, 2004, Fifth House Ltd, ISBN 1894004892, 224pp.

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Heidorn, Keith C. and Whitelaw, Ian : The Field Guide to Natural Phenomena: The Secret World of Optical, Atmospheric and Celestial Wonders, 2006, Firefly Books, ISBN 1554077079, 224pp.
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Heidorn, Keith C.: And Now...The Weather, 2005, Fifth House Ltd, ISBN 1894856651, 265pp.
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Heidorn, Keith C.: The BC Weather Book: From the Sunshine Coast to Storm Mountain, 2004, Fifth House Ltd, ISBN 1894004892, 224pp.

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Henson, Robert: The Rough Guide to Weather, 2002, Rough Guides/Penguin, ISBN 1858288274, pb. Amazon.ca
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Hill, Jerry D: Kentucky Weather, 2005, University Press of Kentucky, ISBN: 0813123518, Hardcover 198 pages. Amazon.ca
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Huler, Scott: Defining the Wind: the Beaufort Scale, and How a 19th-Century Admiral Turned Science Into Poetry, 2004, Crown Publishers, ISBN 1400048842 HC, 304 pages. Amazon.ca
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Larson, Eric: Isaac's Storm, 1999, The Crown Publishing Group, ISBN 0-609-60233-0 pb. Amazon.ca
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Laskin, David: The Children's Blizzard, 2005, Harper Perennial, ISBN 0060520752 pb. Amazon.ca
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Leatherman, Stephen P. and Jack Williams: Hurricanes: Causes, Effects, and the Future, 2008, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, ISBN: 0760329923, Softbound, 72 pages. Amazon.ca

Lee, Raymond L., Jr and Fraser, Alistair B.: The Rainbow Bridge: Rainbows in Art, Myth, and Science, 2001, Pennsylvania State Univ Press, ISBN 0271019778. Amazon.ca

Libbrecht, Kenneth: Snowflakes, 2008, Voyageur Press; ISBN: 0760334986, Hardcover, 512 pages. Amazon.ca

Libbrecht, Kenneth: The Art of the Snowflake: A Photographic Album, 2007, Voyageur Press; ISBN: 0760329974, Hardcover, 156 pages. Amazon.ca
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Libbrecht, Kenneth: Ken Libbrecht's Field Guide to Snowflakes , 2006, Voyageur Press; ISBN: 0760326452 (HC). Amazon.ca
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Libbrecht, Kenneth: The Little Book Of Snowflakes, 2004, Voyageur Press; ISBN: 0896586529 (HC). Amazon.ca
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Libbrecht, Kenneth and Rasmussen, Patricia: The Snowflake: Winter's Secret Beauty, 2003, Voyageur Press; ISBN: 0896586308 (HC). Amazon.ca

Lynch, David K. and Livingston, William: Color and Light in Nature, 2nd edition reprint, 2010, Thule Scientific; (PB).
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McQuaid, John and Mark Schleifstein: Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms, 2006, Hachette Book Group USA, ISBN:031601642X, Hardcover, 368pp.
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Mergen, Bernard: Weather Matters: An American Cultural History Since 1900, 2008, University Press of Kansas, ISBN: 070061611X, Hardcover, 397 pages. Amazon.ca
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Mogil, H. Michael: Extreme Weather: Understanding the Science of Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Heat Waves, Snow Storms, Global Warming and Other Atmospheric Disturbances, 2007, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, New York, ISBN 1579127436, Hardcover, 304 pages. Amazon.ca
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Mogil, H. Michael: Tornadoes, 2001, Voyageur Press, Stillwater MN, ISBN 0-89658-522-0. Amazon.ca
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Monmonier, Mark: Air Apparent: How Meteorologists Learned to Map, Predict and Dramatize Weather 1999, The University of Chicago Press, paperback. Amazon.ca
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Mykle, Robert: Killer 'Cane: The Deadly Hurricane of 1928, 2002, Cooper Square Press; ISBN: 081541207X (HC). Amazon.ca
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Nash, J. Madeleine: El Nino: Unlocking the Secrets of the Master Weather-Maker 2002, Warner Books; ISBN: 0446524816 (pb). Amazon.ca
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Nese, Jon and Schwartz, Glenn: The Philadelphia Area Weather Book 2002, Temple University Press, ISBN: 1566399564 (HC). Amazon.ca
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Phillips, David: Uncle John's Presents Blame It on the Weather: Amazing Weather Facts, 2002, Portable Press, ISBN 1571458689.
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Pinder, Eric: Among The Clouds, 2008, Alpine Books, Berlin, New Hampshire, ISBN: 0615204597, soft cover, 99 pages
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Pinder, Eric: North To Katahdin, 2005, Milkweed Editions, ISBN 1571312803, paperback.
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Pielou, E.C. : The Energy of Nature, 2001, University of Chicago Press, ISBN 0-226-66806-1. Amazon.ca
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Provenzo,Eugene F., Jr and Asterie Baker Provenzo: In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew 2002, University Press of Florida; ISBN: 0813025664 (HC). Amazon.ca
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Reice, Seth R.: The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters , Princeton University Press, 2001, pb, ISBN 0691113688. Amazon.ca
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Robinson, Peter J.: North Carolina Weather & Climate, 2005, The University of North Carolina Press, 2005, 256 pp, ISBN: 0807856258, pb.
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Rousmaniere, John: After the Storm: True Stories of Disaster and Recovery at Sea, 2002, McGraw-Hill Trade; ISBN: 0071427929, pb. Amazon.ca
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Scotti, R.A.: Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938, 2003, Back Bay Books; ISBN: 0316832111. Amazon.ca
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Sheets, Bob and Jack Williams: Hurricane Watch : Forecasting the Deadliest Storms on Earth, 2001, Vintage Books; ISBN: 037570390X. Amazon.ca
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Stewart, George: Storm, reprint 2003, Heyday Books, ISBN: 1890771740, paperback, 352 pages.
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Taylor, George R. and Hatton, Raymond H.: The Oregon Weather Book: A State of Extremes, 1999, Oregon State University Press, ISBN 0-87071-467-8, paperback. Amazon.ca
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Taylor, George R. and Hannan, Chris: The Climate of Oregon: From Rain Forest to Desert, 1999, Oregon State University Press, ISBN ISBN 0-87071-468-6, paperback. Amazon.ca
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Thomas, Pat: Under the Weather: How Weather and Climate Affect Our Health, 2004, Vision Books. ISBN: 1904132308.
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Toomey, David M.: Stormchasers: The Hurricane Hunters and Their Fateful Flight into Hurricane Janet , 2002, W.W. Norton & Company, paperback edition, ISBN: 0393324486. Amazon.ca
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Toth, Susan Allen: Leaning into the Wind: A Memoir of Midwest Weather, 2003, University of Minnesota Press, ISBN 0816642621.
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Tougias, Michael: The Blizzard of '78, 2003, On Cape Publications, ISBN 0971954755.
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Vasquez, Tim: Extreme American Weather, 2004, Weather Graphics Technologies, Austin, TX, ISBN 0970684059, trade paperback, 136 pp. To order through Amazon.com, click here
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Vasquez, Tim: Weather Forecasting Red Book, 2006, Weather Graphics Technologies, Austin, TX, ISBN 0-9706840-6-1, trade paperback, 304 pp. To order through Amazon.com, click here
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Vasquez, Tim: Weather Map Handbook, 2003, Weather Graphics Technologies, Austin, TX, ISBN 0970684045. To order through Amazon.com, click here
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Vasquez, Tim: Storm Chasing Handbook, 2002, Weather Graphics Technologies, Austin, TX, ISBN 0970684037. To order through Amazon.com, click here
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Vasquez, Tim: Weather Forecasting Handbook (5th Edition), 2002, Weather Graphics Technologies, Austin, TX, ISBN 0970684029. To order through Amazon.com, click here

Watts, Alan: Instant Wind Forecasting, 2002, Sheridan House Inc, ISBN 1574091433 (pb).

Watts, Alan: The Weather Handbook (2nd Edition), 1999, Sheridan House Inc, ISBN 1-57409-081 X . Amazon.ca

Watts, Alan: Instant Weather Forecasting, 2001, Sheridan House Inc, ISBN 1574091360 (pb).
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Wheaton, Elaine: But It's A Dry Cold! Weathering The Canadian Prairies, 1998, Fifth House Ltd, Calgary, Alberta, ISBN 1-894004-01-9.

Williams, Jack: The AMS Weather Book: The Ultimate Guide to America's Weather, 2009, University Of Chicago Press, ISBN 0226898989. Amazon.ca
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Williams, John M. and Duedall, Iver W.: Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 2002, University Press of Florida, Gainesville FL, ISBN 0813024943 (pb). Amazon.ca
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Winsberg, Morton D.: Florida Weather, (second edition) 2003, University Press of Florida, Gainesville FL, ISBN 0813026849 (pb). Amazon.ca
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Zebrowski, Ernest Jr: Perils of a Restless Planet: Scientific Perspectives on Natural Disasters, 1999, Cambridge University Press, New York, soft cover, ISBN 0521654882, 320 pages.
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Zebrowski, Ernest Jr and Judith A. Howard: Category 5: The Story of Camille — Lessons Unlearned from America's Most Violent Hurricane, 2005, ISBN 0472115251, Hardcover, 304 pages.
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Zielinski, Gregory A. and Keim, Barry D. : New England Weather New England Climate, 2005, University Press of New England, paperback, ISBN: 1584653124. Amazon.ca
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Kahl, Jonathan D. W.: National Audubon Society First Field Guide: Weather, 1998, Chanticleer Press, Scholastic Inc, ISBN 0-590-05488-0.
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Leatherman, Stephen P. and Jack Williams: Hurricanes: Causes, Effects, and the Future, 2008, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, ISBN: 0760329923, Softbound, 72 pages. Amazon.ca
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Mogil, H. Michael: Tornadoes, 2001, Voyageur Press, Stillwater MN, ISBN 0-89658-522-0. Amazon.ca


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Other Recommended Weather Books and Charts

For Spacious Skies: Skywatcher's Cloud Chart

This is For Spacious Skies edition of the internationally acclaimed cloud chart that measures 25"x36". Most of the photos and all of the text are by Dr. John A. Day, co-author of the Peterson Field Guide to the Atmosphere and the Peterson First Guide--Clouds and Weather. The chart is Premium 3 mil Laminated to permit use under the harshest outdoor conditions without risking harm to the full-color illustrations.To order, click on the image.

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Bastedo, Jamie: Falling for Snow: A Naturalist's Journey into the World of Winter, 2003, Red Deer College Press, ISBN 0889952655. Amazon.ca
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Blanchard, Duncan C.: From Raindrops to Volcanoes : Adventures with Sea Surface Meteorology, reprint 2004, The McDonald & Dover Publications, ISBN 0486434877.
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Bentley, W. A. and Humphreys, W. J.: Snow Crystals, 1931, Dover Books, ISBN 0-486-20287-9. Amazon.ca
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Bohren, Craig F.: Clouds in a Glass of Beer : Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics, 2001, Dover Publications, 0486417387, paperback.
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Curzon, Julian: The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St. Louis, May 27, 1896, Southern Illinois University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8093-2124-6.
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Cromie, Robert: The Great Chicago Fire, Rutledge Hill Press, Revised edition, 1994), ISBN: 155853265X.
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Elsner, James B. and Kara, Birol Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society, 1999, Oxford University Press, New York, ISBN 0-19-512508-8. Amazon.ca
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Emanuel, Kerry Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes, 2005, Oxford University Press, Oxford, England, ISBN 0195149416. Amazon.ca
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Fagan, Brian M.: Floods, Famines, and Emperors : El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations, 2008, Basic Books, New York, ISBN 0465005306. Amazon.ca
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Gess, Denise and Lutz, William: Firestorm at Peshtigo, 2002, pb, Henry Holt and Company, ISBN 0805072934.
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Heinrich, Bernd: Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival, 2009, Harper Perennial; ISBN: 0061129070.
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Junger, Sebastian: The Perfect Storm, 1998, Harper Paperbacks, ISBN 0-06-101351-X. Amazon.ca
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Lange, Owen S: The wind came all ways: A quest to understand the winds, waves and weather in the Georgia Basin, 1999, Environment Canada; ISBN: 0660175177 .
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Laskin, David: Braving the Elements: The Stormy History of American Weather, 1996, Anchor Books, ISBN 0-385-46956-X. Amazon.ca
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Lehr, Paul E. et al.: Weather: Air Masses, Clouds, Rainfall, Storms, Weather Maps, Climate, (Golden Guides), rereleased 2001, St. Martin's Press; ISBN: 1582381593. Amazon.ca
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Ludlum, David M., Keen, R.A. and Hoole, R.L.: National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Weather, 1991, Knopf, ISBN 0-6794-0851-7. Amazon.ca
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Lyons, Walter A.: The Handy Weather Answer Book 1997,Visible Ink Press, ISBN 0-7876-1034-8.
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Miller, George R.: Pacific Northwest Weather: But My Barometer Says Fair!, 2002, Frank Amato Publications; ISBN: 1571882359.
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Minnaert, M.: The Nature of Light and Colour in the Open Air, 1948, Dover Publications; ISBN: 0486201961. Amazon.ca
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Schaefer, Vincent J. and Day, John A.: A Field Guide to the Atmosphere, 1983, Houghton Mifflin Company, ISBN 0-395-33033-5. Amazon.ca
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Schmidlin, Thomas W. and Schmidlin, Jeanne Appelhans: Thunder in the Heartland: A Chronicle of Outstanding Weather Events in Ohio, 1996, The Kent State University Press, Kent, OH, ISBN 0-87338-549-7. Amazon.ca
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Sloane, Eric: Look at the Sky and Tell the Weather, reprint 2004, Dover Publications, ISBN: 0486433854, paperback, 87 pages. Amazon.ca
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Sloane, Eric: Eric Sloane's ABCs of Early Americana, A Sketchbook of Inventions, Curiosities, and Lore, reprint 2005, Voyageur Press (MN) ISBN: 0896586871, paperback, 64 pages. Amazon.ca
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Sloane, Eric: Eric Sloane's An Age of Barns, reprint 2001, Voyageur Press (MN) ISBN: 0896585654, paperback, 97 pages. Amazon.ca
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Sloane, Eric: A Museum of Early American Tools , reprint 2002, Dover Publications, ISBN: 0486425606, paperback, 128 pages. Amazon.ca
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Smith, Mike: Waernings: The True Story of How Science Tamed the Weather, 2010, Greenleaf Book Group Press, 304pp, hc; ISBN: 1608320340.

Watts, Alan: Instant Weather Forecasting, 2001, Sheridan House Inc, ISBN 1574091360 (pb).
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Weems, John Edward: The Tornado, 1977, Texas A&M University Press; Reprint edition (March 1991), pb; ISBN: 0890964602.

Williams, Jack: The Weather Book, 1997, Vintage Books, ISBN 0-679-77665-6. Amazon.ca

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Weather DVDs

DVD: World Almanac Video's Guide to Extreme Weather, 2003. Amazon.ca

National Geographic DVD: National Geographic - Forces of Nature, 2004. Amazon.ca

National Geographic DVD: National Geographic's Nature's Fury, 1996. Amazon.ca

National Geographic DVD: National Geographic's Strange Days on Planet Earth, 2005. Amazon.ca

National Geographic DVD: National Geographic - Tsunami: Killer Wave, 2005. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: NOVA - Hurricane, 2004. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: NOVA: Hunt For the Supertwister, 2004. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: NOVA: Lightning! , 2004. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: Nova: New Orleans - Anatomy of a Disaster, 2006. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: Nova: Mystery of the Megaflood, 2006. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: Nova - Descent into the Ice, 2004. Amazon.ca

NOVA DVD: NOVA - Magnetic Storm, 2003. Amazon.ca

DVD: The Weather, 2003. Amazon.ca


And for Further Enjoyment of Weather

Basic Instruments, Wind Vanes and Wind Chimes

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