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Global Weirdness
Global Weirdness
Written by Climate Central
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307743367
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Global Weirdness
Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central


Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $15.00

Global Weirdness summarizes everything we know about the science of climate change, explains what is likely to happen to the climate in the future, and lays out, in practical terms, what we can do to avoid further shifts. In fifty easy-to-read entries, Climate Central tackles basic questions such as:
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Global Weirdness
Global Weirdness
Written by Climate Central
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780307907301
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Global Weirdness
Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central


Format: Hardcover
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $22.95

Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent, nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to...

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Global Weirdness
Global Weirdness
Written by Climate Central
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307743374
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Global Weirdness
Severe Storms, Deadly Heat Waves, Relentless Drought, Rising Seas and the Weather of the Future
Written by Climate Central


Format: eBook, 224 pages
On Sale: July 24, 2012
Price: $11.99

Produced by Climate Central—a highly regarded independent, nonprofit journalism and research foundation founded in 2008—and reviewed by scientists at major educational and research institutions the world over, Global Weirdness summarizes, in clear and accessible prose, everything we know about the science of climate change; explains what is likely to happen to...

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Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm
Written by Erik Larson
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307874092
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Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Written by Erik Larson


Format: eBook, 336 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2011
Price: $11.99

At the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city... Read more >
Cosmos
Cosmos
Written by Carl Sagan
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307800985
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Cosmos

Written by Carl Sagan


Format: eBook, 352 pages
On Sale: July 6, 2011
Price: $7.99

This visually stunning book with over 250 full-color illustrations, many of them never before published, is based on Carl Sagan’s thirteen-part television series. Told with Sagan’s remarkable ability to make scientific ideas both comprehensible and exciting, Cosmos is about science in its broadest human context, how science and civilization grew up... Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider


Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00

It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Science as a Contact Sport
Science as a Contact Sport
Written by Stephen H. Schneider, Introduction by Tim Flannery
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781426205408
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Science as a Contact Sport
Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate
Written by Stephen H. Schneider
Introduction by Tim Flannery


Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: November 3, 2009
Price: $28.00

It’s been nearly four decades since scientists first realized that global warming posed a potential threat to our planet. Why, if we knew of the threats way back in the Carter Administration, can’t we act decisively to limit greenhouse gases, deforestation, and catastrophic warming trends? Why are we still addicted to... Read more >
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Weather's Greatest Mysteries Solved!
Weather's Greatest Mysteries Solved!
Written by Randy Cerveny
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781591027201
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Weather's Greatest Mysteries Solved!

Written by Randy Cerveny


Format: Hardcover, 328 pages
On Sale: June 23, 2009
Price: $26.99

Why did T-Rex become extinct? Why did the Mayan civilization disappear? If the ancient Israelis did indeed cross the Red Sea, as reported in the Bible, what weather phenomena might have produced the parting of the waters? Why was nearly all human life swept away 73,000 years ago? And what factors... Read more >
Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm
Written by Erik Larson, Read by Edward Herrmann
Format: Abridged Compact Disc
ISBN: 9780739340363
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Isaac's Storm
A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
Written by Erik Larson
Read by Edward Herrmann


Format: Abridged Compact Disc
On Sale: August 22, 2006
Price: $19.99

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September 8, 1900, began innocently in the seaside town of Galveston, Texas. Even Isaac Cline, resident meteorologist for the U.S. Weather Bureau failed to grasp the true meaning of the strange deep-sea swells and peculiar winds that greeted the city that morning. Mere hours later, Galveston found itself submerged in... Read more >
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