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Thunder & Lightning

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Weather is the very air we breathe--it shapes our daily lives and alters the course of history. In Thunder & Lightning, Lauren Redniss tells the story of weather and humankind through the ages. This wide-ranging work roams from the driest desert on earth to a frigid island in the Arctic, from the Biblical flood to the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Redniss visits the headquarters of the National Weather Service, recounts top-secret rainmaking operations during the Vietnam War, and examines the economic impact of disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Drawing on extensive research and countless interviews, she examines our own day and age, from our most personal decisions--Do I need an umbrella today? To the awesome challenges we face with global climate change. Redniss produced each element of Thunder & Lightning the text, the artwork, the covers, and every page in between. She created many of the images using the antiquated printmaking technique copper plate photogravure etching. She even designed the book's typeface.
Product Overview
ISBN 9780812993172
Categories 1.99 Deal, Highlight, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Lifestyle, Pets and Animals
Author(s) Lauren Redniss
Publisher Random House
Pages 261
Format Hardback
Dimensions 29.5cm x 2.5cm x 22.4cm
Weight 1.38 kg