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Teaches children weather words with pages of wonderfully textured illustrations.

Fun is always in season with this book that teaches children words for different kinds of weather conditions. The wonderfully textured illustrations depict active children enjoying all kinds of weather. The last section is a pronunciation guide for the weather words and the four seasons. 20 pages, 4.75 x 5.875

Enseña a los niños palabras sobre el tiempo recorriendo maravillosas páginas de ilustraciones con textura.

La diversión no tiene estación con este libro que enseña a los niños palabras referentes a distintos tipos de condiciones climáticas. Las bellas ilustraciones con textura muestran a vivaces niños que gozan de todo tipo de clima. La última sección consiste en una guía de pronunciación para las palabras relacionadas con el tiempo y las cuatro estaciones. 20 páginas, 4.75 x 5.875

The Benefits and Features of the English ·Spanish Foundations series include:
• Helps teach vocabulary and other oral language concepts
• Summary page at the end to recap and instruct
• Helps kids get ready to read
• Helps develop phonemic, print, and numeric awareness
• Large bright colorful pictures to keep kids engaged
• Rounded corners for children s safety
• Laminated to protect from spills
• Board book so they can last
• Great size for little hands
• Simple but engaging text
• Useful for beginning Spanish at any level
• Useful for beginning English at any level

Our Guiding Principles:
• We believe that every child should be read to from birth.
• We believe every child should be taught at least two languages.
• We strive to surpass each customer's expectations.
• We will only produce the highest quality products.

Our Vision:
me+mi publishing will be a company that is recognized for producing the finest dual language products that allow children to function at a high level equally well in English and Spanish.

Awards:
me+mi publishing has received the following literary awards:
• Benjamin Franklin Award
• Chicago Book Clinic Book and Media Show
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Mariposa Award
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame
• Latino Literary Hall of Fame Honorable Mention
• Writer s Digest Certificate of Merit

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The Weather - English and Spanish
Great for bilinqual ed and also students who are learning Spanish.
Clear pictures and neat labeling.
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One word per page, but good for vocabulary.
This book is nice, sturdy, and slick so it's lasted through countless Spanish classes as well as my own three children for close to four years. If you're looking for a story, this isn't it. It has an English word and a Spanish word on each page. The main thing it lacks is the phonetic Spelling. Overall, a good vocabulary builder, or an addition to a comprehensive curriculum's chapter on weather, like Flip Flop Spanish.

Bright pictures and nice sized words are easy to see, but just not a real show-stopper for daily use with my own children. However, it is great in my Spanish classes.

At home, it would be a great addition to any curriculum, to change things up with some colorful pictures. Many of my clients use it with Flip Flop Spanish.
Sra. Gose
Author of Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 1 & Flip Flop Spanish: Ages 3-5: Level 2

Spanish/English fun for little ones
It amazes me to hear my grandson and granddaughter using the Spanish words from this volume and the others in the author's bilingual series. I guess that is the best tribute to the quality of the books in the series--they reach and they teach. The books are thoughtfully put together and have great visual appeal. Lots of fun for the grandkids (and for me) as we learn.

Bilingual Fun for Beginners
Que suerte!What luck!We are so glad we came across this book and the others in Gladys Rosa-Mendoza's series.The author does a nice job of introducing basic English and Spanish vocabulary words in an interesting way.My son enjoys listening and looking at the colorful drawings and trying to repeat the words. All in all it's a nice addition to our children's bilingual collection.Gracias Amazon for providing these great teaching tools!!!! ... Read more

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ScienceWorks for Kids, Grades K-1 series of resource books connects science with real life. Each book covers at least 10 science concepts related to the National Science Education Standards. ... Read more

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Carefully, clearly and thoroughly covers Wx for the modern mariner
David Burch has created another first class reference book. Modern Marine Wx carefully, clearly and thoroughly covers Wx from a mariners point of view. The information on modern means of gathering info is up to the minute as internet links are given to the sources and the ramifications of using various means of accessing the data are considered (net, satellite , SSB, etc). The explanation of and interpretation of meteorological features is clear and complete.It will be given a place of highest honor on the bookshelf, right next to one of his other books 'Emergency Navigation'.

The definitive text on marine meteorology
This is the definitive text for those wanting to learn more about marine meteorology. It's a shame that this book wasn't around
when I was studying marine meteorology. It would have made the job a lot easier. I've been an operational meteorologist for some 35 years, have raced yachts both here in Australia and abroad for 40years and have taught marine meteorology for 30years. This is the book that I recommend to students who are requiring an in depth understanding of the weather (along with its companion work book).
David Burch should be applauded for this beautiful piece of work.

Modern Marine Weather - book review
I am a weather buff.I have read a lot of weather books, but this one is definately my favorite.I think it is easy to follow, everything is explained in great detail.So many books leave these details out, so these details are up to the imagination of the reader.

I like the fact that if the author sometimes partially explains a future subject to clarify the one that he is talking about at the moment, but lets you know that he will be talking about it more later.That way the reader knows there will be more detail later and doesn't spend a lot of time figuring it out at the moment.The future subject was only being talked about to clarify the present subject.

I frequently found that while reading other weather books that my thought process was derailed because of lack of detail.I would have to spend time trying to figure out what the author was talking about.Everything is very clear to me with this book.

If a person was to only read one marine weather book, I would recommend this one.It is like a complete weather course, but written in a way that is very easy to understand and remember.This book will be good for the beginner, or the more advanced student.David discusses weather routing nicely.

The reason that I bought this book in the first place is because I've taken other courses and read other books from David Burch.I have enjoyed each one and recommended them to my friends.

Modern Marine Weather
This book by author David Burch has to be one of the worst weather books written for a person attempting to learn simple guidelines for predicting weather.It is difficult to follow his discussions and justifications for various weather patterns unless you are a seasoned meteorologist.There are several better books available for individuals wanting to learn about weather without all the technical jaron.It continually makes references to topics to be discussed later in the book.Why mention them if you are not going to cover the material at that time?I read the first 100 pages and doubt if I will go any further.It a great book to settle into bed with.....you'll be asleep within ten minutes, guaranteed. ... Read more

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my review
the book what will the weather be like today is a good book of the younger readers. it tell the children abould all the different types of weather and how it can effect people, one of my favorite characters was the fish because they don't really nkow about the weather because there not really effected by it.

I've gotten so much mileage out of this one....
My son just loved the rhyming text of this book when he was about 2-5 years old.Also there is a lot of detail in the pictures, so parent and child can spend time counting the umbrellas or finding the bee in the picture. When my son outgrew it, I gave it to a friends' 2-yr-old, and they told me she loved it too.Then I started teaching 2 and 3-yr-olds and I had to find a copy again.... luckily I was able to find a second hand copy, and I enjoyed reading it to the preschoolers today.One kept interrupting because she wanted to point out things in the pictures.I think it's a hard-to-find combination of good rhyming text, and illustrations that are artistic (collage-style) and not too cutsey.I like the mole that is underground and oblivious to the weather (as are the fish)! ... Read more

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This Level 1 book is appropriate for children who are just beginning to read.

One day it snows, the next it hails, and then the sun shines. Buy why does William wish for rain? For children who are just beginning to read and who have a limited vocabulary, these 32-page Level 1 books-about everything from tadpoles to puppies-use word repetition and simple sentences to convey meaning. Picture dictionary boxes with word labels "show" the meanings of words. These books contain between 400 and 450 words each, and they are 80 percent pictures and 20 percent text.The Dorling Kindersley Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies. There is a DK Reader to interest every child at every level, from preschool to grade 4. ... Read more

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Ok, but odd.
The book was fine but it was strange to see a little boy sitting by the window through all different kinds of weather.Even my 4-year-old asked, "It's snowing.Why doesn't he go outside to build a snowman?""It's a sunny day, why doesn't he go outside and play?"The reason he's waiting is revealed at the end, but it is weird that he waits *so long*.

The weather terms are very simple and explained clearly.

Great for my 6 year old grandson.
I bought several titles from this series for my 6 year old grandson who loves science and they were right on target.Great pictures and text... very interesting and informative.

DK Readers: Whatever the Weather
DK Readers: Whatever The Weather (Level 1: Beginning to Read)

I bought this book for a 7 year old girl who is interested in science and nature.Even though the book is about a boy named William, a girl who likes non fiction will enjoy reading this.This is a good book for a child who is not ready for "chapter books" but would like to read about a more "grown up" subject.

Interesting Book for Kids
My son - just now five - really enjoyed this book.It shows a boy - William looking out his window as the seasons progress.The pictures are colorful and up-to-date.This book would be enjoyable for parents and kidsalike.The flow of this book plus the "cool" pictures make itbetter than average bedtime reading and the with the weather the way it isthese days - expanding your child's weather vocabulary seems like a goodidea!

Interesting Book for Kids
My son - just now five - really enjoyed this book.It shows a boy - William looking out his window as the seasons progress.The pictures are colorful and up-to-date.This book would be enjoyable for parents and kidsalike.The flow of this book plus the "cool" pictures make itbetter than average bedtime reading and the with the weather the way it isthese days - expanding your child's weather vocabulary seems like a goodidea! ... Read more

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Light and air, greenery and earth take on unaccustomed qualities in the poet's deft hand in this new long (80 pages) poem from Governor General's Award finalist Robertson. Seven sections - "Sunday" to "Saturday," alternating prose and verse, repattern quotidian conversations and atmospheres: "bright and fresh," "brisk and west," "streaky and massed," January to December. A constellation of radical women is invoked to pass, elegiac, among clouds: Violette Leduc, Patty Hearst, Mary Wollstonecraft, Olympe de Gouges, Shulamith Firestone, Ti-grace Atkinson. This is exhilarating poetry, wild and troubled, that seamlessly integrates lived experience with the play of the mind. Sure to entrance. ... Read more

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For Young Scientists
This was a gift for a grandson who is definitely a future scientist.He was reading it almost immediately, andenjoying it immensely.The information in the book is well presented for a young reader. ... Read more

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A concise guide to weather systems and weather forecasting.

As recent events have shown, weather can have very different consequences depending on where you live. b>Guide to Weather Forecasting covers every aspect of making a forecast and is a handy resource to understanding the professionals' daily weather predictions.

Storm Dunlop provides detailed information and expert explanations, including:

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In this first comprehensive comparison of left-wing violence in the United States and West Germany, Jeremy Varon focuses on America's Weather Underground and Germany's Red Army Faction to consider how and why young, middle-class radicals in prosperous democratic societies turned to armed struggle in efforts to overthrow their states. Based on a wealth of primary material, ranging from interviews to FBI reports, this book reconstructs the motivation and ideology of violent organizations active during the 1960s and 1970s. Varon conveys the intense passions of the era--the heat of moral purpose, the depth of Utopian longing, the sense of danger and despair, and the exhilaration over temporary triumphs. Varon's compelling interpretation of the logic and limits of dissent in democratic societies provides striking insights into the role of militancy in contemporary protest movements and has wide implications for the United States' current "war on terrorism."
Varon explores Weatherman and RAF's strong similarities and the reasons why radicals in different settings developed a shared set of values, languages, and strategies. Addressing the relationship of historical memory to political action, Varon demonstrates how Germany's fascist past influenced the brutal and escalating nature of the West German conflict in the 60s and 70s, as well as the reasons why left-wing violence dropped sharply in the United States during the 1970s. Bringing the War Home is a fascinating account of why violence develops within social movements, how states can respond to radical dissent and forms of terror, how the rational and irrational can combine in political movements, and finally how moral outrage and militancy can play both constructive and destructive roles in efforts at social change. ... Read more

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Contourless Visions of the Coming Time
The Symbionese Liberation Army fascinated me as a child. For one thing, the Patty Hearst kidnapping story was wall-to-wall for weeks. Then Patty showed up at a bank robbery and in those days before the Stockholm Syndrome it was assumed that the heiress had had her consciousness raised by her kidnappers. There were many things about the SLA that intrigued. What, for example, is a Symbion and why did it need liberating? Is it any wonder that I had the vague idea this was all connected to the Lebanese civil war? In news reports the SLA was talked about in the same breath as the Baader-Meinhof gang. If the SLA was vague, the Baader-Meinhof gang was practically a ghost. By the time I became aware of them there wasn't a Baader or a Meinhof on the scene which only added to the confusion. Sometimes they were referred to as the Red Army Faction making it easy to confuse them with the Red Brigade. A few years later members of the Weather Underground starting turning themselves into the police after years, well, underground. It seemed like the Seventies were crawling with middle class white kids sashaying around throwing bombs. Why they were throwing bombs had something to do, vaguely again, with the Vietnam war.

I couldn't make sense of it then and for years later I couldn't find any books (in those pre Web days) to explain even the basics let alone attempt to answer any of the larger questions. Finally some thoughtful research is being applied to this era, starting with the incredible documentary Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst. Then there was Susan Braudy's slightly less scholarly but oh-so-much fun Family Circle about Kathy Boudin of Weather Underground Fame. Both are entertaining and illuminating of the individuals involved. What's been missing for me is a deeper understanding of what the "radicals" in question where trying to achieve. That's where Bringing the War Home comes in.

It's hard to overstate Jeremy Varon's accomplishment. He tackles the Baader-Meinhof Gang (Red Army Faction or RAF) and the Weather Underground - two groups as focused on their own myth-making as on the "change" they sought to affect - and rescues them from being either "left wing nuts" or "revolutionary heroes". He makes a clear case for what inspired both groups. For the RAF Germany's Nazi past seemed unexorcised, former Nazis were in positions of power in government and business. Worse, for the RAF, some of the mindset that enabled the Nazis to rise to power remained in place: a desire for order over law, conformity at any cost over dissent, etc. Socialism, even communism, still seemed a better venue for achieving true equality over what they perceived as the failed promises of Western Democracy.For the Weathermen it was the blatant inequality that plagued Black Americans on every level that inspired them. For both groups, the Vietnam War was both a cause and an inspiration. If the people of a small Third World Country could stand up to (and even defeat) a super power in the name of their own liberation, surely a revolutionary vanguard in Germany or the US could do the same. That was their reasoning, at least.

Varon goes deeper still in the both the workings of each group and their ideology. His analysis of their writings and intra-group debates is thoughtful and thought-inspiring. While some may think Varon gives each group a little too much credit for their ideological writings, I'd argue that Varon exposes the weaknesses (and a few of the strengths) in each. The Weather Underground's writings can look like a Mad Magazine parody of Trotsky or Lenin's works one minute, then coolly rational when refusing to back down on the necessity of American Workers to give up some of their benefits in order for workers around the world to be at parity. The RAF, by contrast, has far fewer rational moments. A truly shattering quote from Ulrike Meinhof's mother sums up the flaw in both groups: "social-ethical-utopian ecstasy, a contourless vision of the Coming Time." Power to the people, death to the fascist insect they preys upon the people, and kill the pigs. They believed, they KNEW, things had to change, but then what? What aside from not being what it was before was society going to become?

The Weather Underground and the RAF came to embody a radical chic in the early 1970s that, along with the fear they inspired, was entirely out of proportion to their numbers, their followers or even their acts. They spent more time on their communiques then on educating the oppressed about their status or on anything else for that matter. The revolution had better be televised or there wasn't much chance of anybody knowing these groups existed. But of course they were made for tv: articulate, attractive middle-class young people spouting moral outrage.(See the documentary for a few unintentionally hilarious clips of young radicals on tv.) You can't help but think that Lenin or Trotsky would have joined the Black Panthers in their disdain of both groups.

So while I can't say that Varon made me respect either the Weather Underground or the RAF, he did something far more important. His book has helped me to understand why they came to be in the first place and rescued their goals - vague though they sometimes were - from the fog of myth.

This is isn't an easy read. Varon is an academic and he writes like one. The prose is not impenetrable but it requires attention.

Anarchy in America
This was required reading for a graduate course in American history.In the 1960s and 1970s there were revolutionaries all over the world. Most in the third world had good reason to rebel against the establishment. Many governments were ruled by power hungry tyrants who oppressed the masses for their personal economic gain. Other countries suffered under the colonial powers. Jeremy Varon's book Bringing the War Home is a history of two revolutionary groups in the developed world. The Weather Underground operated in the United States and the Red Army Faction in Germany. Both these countries had prosperous economies and had democratic forms of government. Varon endeavors to impartially show the reasons why these two groups came to be. These groups are mainly remembered because of their violent acts. This is an important work because it delves into the motivations behind the members' acts of violence.

Both these groups came to be in the late 1960s and were small. Most if not all members came from prosperous families and had good educational and labor opportunities. Varon's purpose for his book is "to restore a stronger measure of rationality and moral purpose to Weatherman and RAF." Varon believes that they saw themselves as part of the global revolutionary struggle that was taking place at the time. They existed in an era where passive resistance had proven effective yet they subscribed to the violent revolutionary ideas of Franz Fannon and the criticism of society of Herbert Marcuse. They idolized Ernesto "Che Guevara who embodied Fannon's philosophy and believed that violent struggle was the only way to change the oppressive establishment that
existed in every poor country. Guevara believed that the United States was imperialistic and aided the oppressors. He advocated fighting small revolutions or "many Vietnams" to defeat it.

The Weather Underground and Red Army Faction believed that by attacking their governments they were adding to the small revolutions thereby helping in the global struggle against imperialism. They believed that the Vietnam War was a criminal imperialist war and they saw Ho Chi Ming as a freedom fighter. He was successfully fighting the most powerful army in the world with peasants. They idealized revolutionary violence. They saw themselves as being oppressed by the police and they saw violence as a "natural right to resistance."

Varon writes that other reasons for the group's intense radicalism involved the concepts of "white guilt" in the Weather Underground and Nazi guilt on the part of the RAF. The Germans could not believe that their parents had stood by while the Nazis tortured and killed millions. The Weathermen could not understand how some people suffered in horrible poverty in the richest country in the world. Both groups were appalled at the inequalities in the world.

There was also an element of competition. Who was more committed to the revolution? They had to prove themselves as authentic fighters against the establishment. They believed that they had to stand up for their beliefs to the death. Martyrdom was an acceptable risk. Even the Black Panthers considered them extreme. After the 1968 Days of Rage in Chicago, Fred Hampton said "We no not support people who are anarchistic, opportunistic, adventuristic, and Custeristic [i.e., suicidal]."

When the Vietnam War ended so did the Weather Underground. The RAF continued becoming increasingly violent until shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union. Their ideology gone and most members in prison, they could not find a reason to exist. Varon's work is very timely because the Cold War mentality has been replaced by the War on Terror mentality. The suicide bombers of September 11 were all from prosperous homes and had
excellent education and job opportunities and like the members of the Weather Underground and the RAF they had no problems being martyrs.

Recommended reading for anyone interested in American history.

a fine work
This is a fine piece of comparative history.I think it's far superior to other texts on the WUO.I don't think I'm qualified to judge the sections on the RAF, though I found them clear, informative, and provocative.
I respect that Varon has the courage to draw some uncomfortable conclusions about the groups he surveys.
For those who think Varon is a right winger because of the conclusions he draws, you might want to have a look at his C.V.

In way over his head
Varon has a valuable mission in attempting to draw lessons from the activities, beliefs, and commentaries generated by the Weather Underground and the RAF. It's unfortunate, then, that he settles into the very "pathology" of resistance that he criticizes at the opening of his book. By focusing tightly on individual reflections of these groups' former members, he centers his discussion on emotion, theory, and abstraction. His decision to provide little context for their actions leaves us with the same problems as Aust's study of the RAF: the sense that these people were crazy and disconnected from reality. That might have been the case, but without making some attempt to at least depict that reality, Varon ensures that we can't "read" the Weather Underground or the RAF as anything other than irrational abberations. A more detailed history of the period might provide a better view - it would at the least allow for the possibility that these extremists' actions had concrete roots.

Not much to like here.

Bringing The War Home ~ An Eclectic Balance
Jeremy Varon's "Bringing The War Home" is simply a "must read" for anyone who wishes to "understand" the '60's and '70's--the very concept of "revolution"--from the perspectives of the Weatherman/Weather Underground, the Red Army Fraction, AND the very governments and societies these groups sought to radically change. Both probing and honest, Varon's narrative and analysis is an important and eclectic cotribution to this critical and defining era. The relevance of this work to contemporary "war on terror" response is impossible to overstate. While a bit "pedantic" in parts--Varon's work is a long overdue illumination of that which defined not only a generation but an entire world. A real "keeper". ... Read more

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Funny Read
This book , like all of her books, is laugh out loud funny. Should be on ever southern womans "must read" list.

Book Length Blog Post...
or maybe stand up comedy routine.Not that there's anything wrong with that....just wasn't what I was expecting.

Gotta love that Celia.I love the titles of her books, and love her irreverent wit, Souther-en charm and kiss my ass attitude.I think she has a lot of good ideas, and she makes you laugh out loud, but after awhile, her collections of essays don't really work as full books.She does try hard to tie them all in together, and for the first one or two books, it was a novel concept.At this juncture, however, I would like to see her sit down, pop a ritalin and focus, and write a true and complete book, because I think she is quite capable of doing so.

Belle Weather
Very funny Southern humor. True Southerns can relate to the slightly offbeat humor in this book.

Rivenbank is an author who views things from a decidedly Southern viewpoint; hence, my interest since I now live in NC.
Got a kick out of listening to the CD version of BELLE WEATHER; MOSTLY SUNNY
WITH A CHANCE OF SCATTERED HISSY FITS--written and read by Celia
Rivenbank.

Rivenbank is a columnist and author who views things from a decidedly Southern
viewpoint; hence, my interest in hearing what she had to say . .. furthermore,
since she lives in my (new) home state of North Carolina, I figured that I
might pick up some useful pointers along the way . . . and I did, such as this
piece of advice on interpreting what home inspectors mean:

* I'm fairly certain the inspector was on crack when he proclaimed our house had
"good bones." Perhaps he simply meant that he'd run into some while underneath
the house, perhaps the brittle, calcified remnants of whatever handyman had been
sucked into the murk for whatever repair long before we were born.

The author also had me laughing--Ok, relating too--on what husbands really mean
when they say something:

* "Don't worry!" husband crowed. "I can do a lot of the work myself." Well, not really.
Hubby isn't what you'd call handy. The one time I asked him to hang a picture
in our apartment, it took twelve hours and a six-pack and even then that picture
was crookedly 'til the day we moved out.

And when it comes to diet commercials, Rivenbank was spot on with this
observation:

* "Who can fail to mist at Fergie's anthem, 'My humps, my humps, my lovely
lady lumps.' Hmmmm. 'My lunch, my lunch, I swear it's coming up.' "


I now find myself looking forward to reading some of the author's earlier books!

Avoid this book if you are going to have a baby!
Before I went into the hospital to have my son, I got this book as reading material to pass the time.There is a lot of waiting around when you are being induced and I loved Celia's other books.Well, I wasn't disappointed.I had to practically wrestle the book from my husband at one point, and even the nurses were checking it out when they came in to check on me.The problem?I ended up having a c-section.If you've never had that experience, let me assure you that laughing is quite painful after a c-section and there are plenty of laughs in this book!

Although I don't think that this book is quite as funny as some of her other books (Stop Dressing Your Six-year-old Like a Skank is my favorite!) this book is well worth the read.Sure, it is obvious that Celia Rivenbark and I have differing opinions on politics, and I did have a few opportunities to roll my eyes at her attempts to be political, but those moments were few and far between and if I avoided everyone with a different opinion from myself, I'd miss a lot of good stuff!

Anyway, This is a great book and I would easily recommend it. ... Read more

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“I can tell you that some force within me rejected death at the last moment and then guided me, blind and stumbling — quite literally a dead man walking — into camp and the shaky start of my return to life....”

In 1996 Beck Weathers and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded on the mountain, ripping the team to shreds, forcing brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. Rescuers who reached Weathers saw that he was dying, and left him.

Twelve hours later, the inexplicable occurred. Weathers appeared, blinded, gloveless, caked with ice — coming down the mountain as a “dead man walking.”

In this powerful memoir, Weather describes not only his escape from hypothermia and the murderous storm that killed nine climbers; he describes another journey, a life’s journey. This is the story of a man’s route to a dangerous sport and a fateful expedition, as well as the road of recovery he has traveled since.

In Left for Dead, we are witness to survival in the face of certain death, the reclaiming of a family and a life, and the most remarkable adventure of all: what we can do when we’re offered a second chance.
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Left for Dead is a deeply personal story, told in first person by a variety of people who contributed to the survival of Beck Weathers during the Everest accident of 1996 that left nine climbers dead. It goes past the tragedy to discuss why Weathers got involved in climbing in the first place, his lengthy and painful recovery, and the all-important relationship with his wife, Margaret (commonly referred to as Peach). Without Peach's hope and tenacity, it's likely that rescue efforts would not have been continued, and Weathers may never have recovered from the hypothermic coma and its dreadful results. The story of their relationship--they were estranged at the time of the accident--is told from both perspectives, and his obsession with mountains seems almost like another family member. The overall tone is straightforward and conversational: children, pets, and clothing feature as prominently as reconstructive surgery and heroic rescues. But no matter how plainly they are told, the events of that climb are sure to bring tears. Rob Hall's last conversation with his wife, climbers disappearing into the storm, Anatoli Boukreev's rescuing three people, and Weathers and climbing partner Yasuko being left for dead are just a few from a long list. Still, you'll find yourself laughing just pages later, when Weathers gets his rescue team to sing "Chain of Fools" while hiking back to safety--you can imagine Peach being in full agreement of that song's appropriateness. The Everest deaths affected people around the world, and this chronicle of one survivor and his family is a hopeful reminder of the good that can result from such tragedies. --Jill Lightner ... Read more

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Raw emotions and some climbing
The book isn't too bad and an easy read if you are bored for a weekend. I have read several mountaineering books and I was eager to get this one. I was somewhat less impressed with the account of the May 96' disaster on Everest in this book. Into Thin Air, by Jon Krakauer, did a much more detailed job of this. But, I don't think that was Beck's purpose in writing this book. I think this was an attempt, a very good one I might add, to describe his emotions and feelings towards climbing and in particular how it affected his family. I appreciated the rawness of his writing. There are no hidden messages in the book, his life was falling apart and it took a near death experience at twenty some thousand feet to help put it all in perspective and he could then work to put it all back together. All in all good book and a descent author.

Amazing what the being is capable of!
Beck describes the unimaginable--a true inspiration from one's soul!Murder on Everest (A Summit Murder Mystery)

If you are looking for a good Everest book - THIS IS NOT IT!!
After reading Into Thin Air and The Climb I was anxious to find another viewpoint about the Everest disaster so I turned to this book.That was a mistake.I suffered through the family history at the beginning which is extremely dull.I felt cheered when I began to get to the part about Everest which was fine and going well until he began to malign Anatoli Boukreev.Many of his objections (climbing without oxygen - coming down the mountain quickly) I felt were just parroting what Jon Krakauer was saying.One wonders how Beck Weathers honestly had any idea what Anatoli was doing considering he spent most of his time sitting in one spot, snowblind, waiting for Rob Hall.It's interesting that he and Krakauer (both complete amateurs in high altitude climbing) feel the need to criticize someone that was considered one of the foremost experts in high altitude climbing.But let's get past that.After Beck complains about Anatoli not using oxygen (which actually would have left them even more short of oxygen than they already wore and more than likely would have caused at least one more death) claiming that, in effect, he was not properly caring for his clients, he then goes on to complain that Anatoli did not rescue he and Namba when he was rescuing the others.He puts it basically like this:Anatoli rescued Pittman, Fox and Madsen "(Mountain Madness Clients)" and left me and Yasuko "(Adventure Consultant clients)".So now we are to believe that Anatoli did not care properly for his clients by not climbing with oxygen but should have left his clients and rescued Beck and Yasuko?What sense does that make?

I wonder that Beck was not annoyed that Mike Groom (who had actually been with them for some time) walked off back to Camp IV without EITHER him or Namba??I wonder that Beck commended Rob Hall for staying with Doug Hansen knowing that he was likely to die also.I wonder that Beck doesn't come to the obvious conclusion (as anyone else should that has read anything about the Everest expedition) that Rob Hall should never have gone up to the summit with Doug Hansen at all and that in doing so, he chose to forego the well being of all his other clients (and guides!).But that obviously is not as big a crime as climbing without oxygen when oxygen was in short supply.

The real question should be:why did Beck even NEED to be rescued?When he realized he was snow blind he should have been returned to camp by one of the guides or the Sherpas.What kind of client care is it to tell your client to sit and wait while you go up to the summit and back down again (likely a period of possibly 12-16 hours) while your client cannot see and has no way to go up OR down the mountain????And then when you know you have a snow-blind client waiting for you to sit just under the summit with another client who is clearly not going to make it and refuse to leave??Rob Hall had 3 clients and one guide who desperately needed help and he chose to remain with only one client and leave everyone else to fend for themselves - causing the death of two and severe injuries to the third.What kind of client care is THAT??

Anyow, after I read that I could not in good conscience continue with the book.Beck Weathers probably needs to keep his opinions to himself regarding who did the right thing and the wrong thing on Everest and remember that the Mountain Madness team had all of its clients survive and with very little injury thanks mostly in part to Anatoli Boukreev.

Left for Dead whould be Left on the Shelf
I have read several books and many articles relating to the 1996 Everest disaster and was looking forward to reading Beck Weather's account.
Instead, we get a whiny, pathetic tale of poor little rich man who needs to indulge his every obesession and whim at the expense of his family and friends. Although his tale of survival on Everest is amazing, in the context of this book the reader will be amazed that Mr. Weathers lasted so long as to get to Everest in the first place.
The writing is horrible and self-serving, with interludes from various people in his life, including his wife and friends, many of which seem to have nothing nice to say about him.
Conversely, one may find it tough to relate to Mr. Weathers or those who interject themselves into the narrative, in particular his wife Peach whose life seemingly revolves around the gossip of other North Dallas housewives and standing a top a high perch of revolting moral righteousness [at one point, she acts like a divorce is akin to cold blooded murder]. About two-thirds of the way through the book I was hoping that somehow Mr. Weathers and his wife would both find themselves trapped in a hopeless cold, this time without such a happy ending.

disappointed
I was a little disappoined in this book.If you have read "Into Thin Air", you know how riveting it was, and it gave lots of details of the tragedy on Everett.Beck Weathers, in his autobiography, does not provide much more detail about what happened to him and how he survived.Worth reading, but i was looking for more. ... Read more

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CRASH! BOOM! FLASH! There are stormy skies ahead for Ms. Frizzle and her class. What happens when the Magic School Bus turns into a weather balloon? Take off with the Magic School Bus and learn all about what happens during a thunderstorm. ... Read more

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Great Book for Young Readers
My son is three years old and is in love with the Magic Schoolbus. He likes this book because it has simple concepts that he can understand, and I think it is helping him learn new words to add to his vocabulary. Top notch adaptation on this popular series. ... Read more

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In Bob Tarte's home, pandemonium is the order of the day, and animals literally rule the roost—thirty-nine of them at last count. Whether it's the knot-tying African grey parrot, or the overweight cat who's trained Bob to hold her water bowl just above the floor, or the nightmarish duck who challenges him to a shoving match, this menagerie, along with his endlessly optimistic wife, Linda, provides daily lessons on the chaos inherent in our lives. But not until this modern-day Noah's Ark hits stormy weather—and Bob's world spins out of control—does he realize that this exuberant gaggle of animals provides his spiritual anchor. It is their alien presence, their sense of humor, and their impulsive behavior that both drive Bob crazy and paradoxically return him to sanity.

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VERY FUNNY
I read this book and often laughed out loud - and since I was often reading it in public, I got some funny looks!But I just couldn't help myself.

Great Book
This book came quickly and in the condition stated.
Thank You!My kids and I are enjoying the book.

Perfect Weather
McGuffy Ann Morris...
Bob Tarte is a true "feel-good" author. His books are both hilarious & heartwarming.
"Fowl Weather" takes us back into the home & barn of the author and his wonderful, wacky critters.
He manages to make you laugh and cry as he tells his tales ("tails"?).

I hated to see the book end,but I look for more from Bob Tarte! If you haven't read "Enslaved By Ducks",
his first book, get it! Read it & enjoy! Look for his third book in 2011 (or so)!

Not funny
I was really unimpressed by this book...it was more sad than funny and in the end, it wasn't what I was looking for.If you are looking for a great book that takes you from laughter to tears, I'd highly recommend So We Bought A Zoo.That was a 5-star book, in my opinion!

Precisley Charming
Fowl Weather is exacting in intersecting the joys and trials of daily life with the original adeventures only a couple with 39 animals can have. Bob Tarte outdoes himself by juxtaposing the funny, the touching, and the tragic events that one inevitably experiences with both family members and pets.This is a must read for not only animal lovers, but readers always wanting to grapple (lightly) with the human condition.

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An excellent read
If you like a challenge, read these exquisite short stories. It's a promise that you haven't read prose like this before.Enright will surprise you with every story....with her words bashing against each other.I turned around and am reading the stories again.They are ever better the second time around.

Yesterday's Weather
It felt like all the stories were the same by the time I was half way through the book. Having read a review prior to purchase, I was disappointed it didn't live up to my expectations.

Less is More
There are several themes in the numerous short stories in this book. Loss, infedelity, grief are but to name a few. To be honest, I enjoyed the writing style at first, but perhaps the number of stories overshadowed that..after a while, it felt like the book would never end.

This was my first Enright book, and maybe I shouldn't have started off with a collection of 20+ short stories. Like I said, I liked the style. I enjoyed the first couple of stories but then the rest seemed to be replicas of each other.

The only story that stands out in my memory (because the rest seem to have just blended with each other) is "My Little Sister". A young woman replays events of her little sister's life, her sister's aneroxia. Snippets of memories that were artfully constructed, but then the ending was not satisfying. All the same, this was one of the good ones, haunting and realistic.

Curate's egg
Great writing but inconsistent stories and characters - feels more like sketches for deeper portraits rather than complete short stories.

One error that drove me crazy is that in one story, "Little Sister", a crucial plot point revolves around the absence of the sister for 91 days. This time length is emphasized and repeated, and yet the actual dates given are from July 14 to Sept 13, or just 60 days ! How could this be? How did this story get written and edited without this glitch being noticed and being corrected? It's just one example but may be an indicator of the incompleteness on display here.

Despite all this, Anne Enright shows wonderful insight and promise, as demonstrated in her magnificent "Gathering", and I look forward to reading her for years to come.

A Novel Menagerie's Perspective of Yesterday's Weather
This book is comprised of 29 short stories, all of them in chapter format.Somewhere along the line, I missed understanding this, so for the first 6 chapters, I could not find the connection between the characters.DUH!I went back and read the "inside cover" to discover that I was on the wrong reading path and needed to re-start the book.

I love short stories and usually devour a book that contains them.This book, however, I had a bit more trouble with.It's almost as though a chapter, for me, is too short for a "short story." I need, for my PERSONAL TASTE, more depths to the characters and the stories.Like, in Unaccustomed Earth, the stories were rich and just the perfect length for my taste. This book, however, the stories were too short.Now, this may be just me.I realize that.

Enright does a great job in her prose and her absurdly EXCELLENT writing skills.Her ability to describe a setting and its characters is WONDERFUL.I just didn't get enough of the stories I liked... and wanted to skip the stories that held no interest for me.It's almost as if I feel guilty about my reading or review of this book... like I need to take WAY MORE TIME and approach it with a different mind-set to fully appreciate this work.

This book may be up so many other's alleys.. and, this may just be me.She, obviously, is an INCREDIBLE writer.I just couldn't connect with Yesterday's Weather, for the most part.There are some chapters, like "Until the Girl Died," that I loved.And, others that were just outside of my realm of understanding and taste.But, do not let that preclude you from reading this book if you are interested in it.This book may be your favorite!Again, I think it's just me.This writer seems to have the ability to look into the psyche's of others unlike anything I've ever seen.So, give it a chance if you like short stories and interesting takes on the "norm."

On Sher's "One Out of Ten Scale:"
Like, Being Written,I don't want to give this book a rating because it's so different from the books that I normally gravitate torwards.This author is obviously SO TALENTED and, I'm sure it's just me on this one.But, in my PERSONAL opinion, which others may plainly disagree with, I have to give this book a 5.Some chapters... a definite 8... but, overall, for me, a 5.There are just some of the short stories that left me thinking... "what?" or "what else?"I'm sorry Ms. Enright.... I really did look forward to this book and PAID FULL PRICE PLUS SHIPPING FOR IT.(Oh, the guilt over the 5).

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Here are more than 120 hysterical, philosophical, rhetorical, and commonsensical poems and pictures that explore the perfectly not-so-perfect world of picky kids, Miss Muffet's revenge, magic homework wands, yellow snow, and Sunday's sundaes!

New York Times bestselling author Karma Wilson and renowned New Yorker cartoonist Barry Blitt have created a brilliantly entertaining poetry collection sure to be a source of pleasure and inspiration to kids everywhere. ... Read more

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Good Poems, Poor Illustrations
Many of the poems in this collection are thoughtful, witty, and well done, but unfortunately the illustrations act more as a distraction than a compliment to the book. Being an aspiring poet myself, I usually I take to a book of children's poems easily, but the illustrations are gross caricatures (and I mean 'gross' in both senses of the word)and in my opinion do more harm than good. It took me awhile to enjoy many of the poems because they were accompanied by such distracting and annoying illustrations. Yes, I know Barry Blitt is an accomplished artist, but he does this collection no favors with some images that border on the bizarre, almost disturbing. ... Read more

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Follow the adventures of Bryan Bronson and his friends Rudy and Olivia as they experience the wonders of the weather. Their journey takes them from a sandstorm on Mars through the earth's atmosphere to survive a hurricane, tornado, flash flood, avalanche, and more. Along the way they see things as strange as snowflakes the size of pizzas and talk to a man who survived a nine-mile fall from an airplane.

As they read about these adventures, kids will learn basic facts about the weather and how it works, including information about atmosphere, pressure, sun, clouds, rain, wind, and snow. Experiments include learning about condensation and evaporation, making your own rain gauge, and much more. The book also includes dozens of interesting weather facts and safety tips.

Mark Eubank graduated from the University of Utah in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science in Meteorology. For twenty years he owned and operated WeatherBank, Inc., a weather consulting firm. Mark was the weatherman for KUTV for twenty-two years and is currently the weatherman for KSL TV in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mark A. Hicks is an award-winning illustrator who has done work for many books, magazines, advertising firms, puzzles, and games. He lives with his family in Arizona. ... Read more

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A book that keeps kids coming back to it
We purchased this and many other books for a class project on weather. The other books were very good quality, but this was the favorite. The kids were reading it for pleasure, not just to glean information for the project. The weather project has come and gone and yet the kids keep going back to read this book. It is never in the class bookshelf for long.

When the authors say that "The Weather Detectives" is full of fun filled facts, they are not exaggerating. I'm still hearing the kids discussing various stories that captured their imaginations. The results of the Chinook Wind seemed to fascinate them the most. The Chinook Wind can change the temperature rapidly. In chapter 12 the temperature from 50 degrees below zero to 51 degrees above zero overnight as a result of the snow-eating Chinook. The rapid temperature change causes a tree to explode.

"The Weather Detectives" does an outstanding job of explaining various weather phenomena in a down-to-earth, clear and memorable fashion. The facts are woven into stories that are interesting and well illustrated. This is a book that should be in every classroom and is bound to be a classic.

weather for kids and experiments
This is a great book ! It is fun to read and has applicable little experiments so your child can understand the weather.

what a fun book!
I loved this book, my 9 year old son and I did the experiments together and he couldnt wait come home from school and see what we got to do next, this book was well written and makes learning and teaching how weather works fun and interesting for everyone. I loved it so much I bought a copy for his teacher.... This a a must have if you have children!

Clue in to "The Weather Detectives"
I love "The Weather Detectives"!! It has a clever plot--three globe-trotting kids who keep getting caught in extreme storms. The main character, Brian Bronson, reminds me of Encyclopedia Brown or The Great Brain. My children (ages 16,15,13,and 11)enjoyed reading it and my two youngest have especially enjoyed doing the experiments from the book. "The Weather Detectives" is a great tool for helping kids understand how our weather works and what conditions produce certain kinds of weather--like tornados, hurricanes, and thunderstorms--especially when they can do the experiments and make it a hands-on learning experience. I wish we'd had this book when a couple of my kids did weather units in science! The only thing I wonder is: where are these kids' parents and why are they letting them run around the world without supervision?! ... Read more

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Fans of P. G. Wodehouse's comic genius are legion, and their devotion to his masterful command of the hilarity borders on an obsession.

It's Heavy Weather for Lord Emsworth and the Empress, especially with the appalling Sir Gregory Parsloe-Parsloe snooping around with designs on the prize pig. ... Read more

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Belly Laughs Abound
Heavy Weather

Some humor is timeless. My father loved Wodehouse. I'd hear him in the living room laughing out loud, and catch him reading Wodehouse. Now, I hear my husband in the living room laughing out loud, reading Wodehouse.

So I read this book. It is set in a timeless England, somewhen between the wars. The people Wodehouse writes about are archetypes, and are as familiar as the faces around my table at Thanksgiving. The situations are pure farce. I ask myself, how does this work?

I think it's the language. No one writes like Wodehouse. His timing and word choices are unique.

I invite you to sample a timeless classic that will never be a book you are proud to be caught reading, but will always be a friend that can cheer you up in the bleakest of weather. Wodehouse. Ah.

LIGHT READING
PART OF THE BLANDINGS CASTLE SAGA. GOOD FOR WHAT AILS YOU.WHENEVER YOU FEEL BLUE READ 2 PAGES BEFORE SLEEPING.

The Direct Route Pays Off!
In most P.G. Wodehouse stories, the innocents and the not-so-innocents attempt to solve tricky family problems with feats of misdirection and partial truths.The result of these complicated ruses is usually a great deal of unexpected consequences that will tickle almost any funny bone.Heavy Weather is an unusually fine example of this type of story.

Monty Bodkin, who's rolling in dough, must hold a job for a year to win the approval of his fiancee's father.Then the wedding bells can chime.Monty isn't the most helpful fellow, and makes a hash out of his writing for Tiny Tots.He soon uses his uncle's influence a second time to get a new job as private secretary to Clarence, ninth Earl of Emsworth, whose pride and joy is his prize-winning pig, the Empress of Blandings.

This new employment creates much consternation for Sue Brown, who is engaged to marry the jealous Ronnie Fish.Monty and Sue had been engaged earlier, and Sue's afraid that Ronnie won't be able to handle having Monty around.Wedding bells for Sue and Ronnie depend on getting Clarence to release trust funds for Ronnie.There are a few other problems, as well.For example, Sue earns her living as a chorus girl.What will Ronnie's mother, Lady Julia, think?

The key theme of the story is that true love will win out, if the lovers follow their hearts and seize opportunity when it arises.In that way, the end will charm almost anyone . . . much like Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream does.

In most stories like this, you can anticipate how the obstacles will be overcome.Well, Heavy Weather will surprise you, if you are like me.The plot complications and resolution are delightfully adept, acrobatic, and subtle.I felt like I was watching the elephants do their ballet dance again in Fantasia.The contradictions between the messy moments and the final neatness are brilliantly handled!

The conflict between the desire to have a good reputation and the willingness to do whatever it takes to succeed (including cutting all possible corners) is shown off to good effect in Heavy Weather.Developing this point creates questions about what real goodness is, versus assumed goodness from social position and family connections.In fact, inherited intelligence is also questioned for its morality.The more powerful minds in the story tend to use those capabilities to plot for self-advantage, rather than to accomplish anything meaningful for all involved.Those of limited intelligence, by contrast, tend to follow their hearts and try to do the right thing.

Good results follow in this story whenever people are loyal and honor goodness.

What can you accomplish by being loyal and honoring goodness today?And tomorrow?

Pretty neat
This certain novel has a really complex plot, very many characters, so it is pretty hard to tell if there's a real centre-character in this book because there are so many differnt people that dramatically change thecourse of happenings. It has a fairly good story but what I was amazedabout the most, was the poor ending of the novel and its lack of GREAThumor. To first-time Wodehouse-readers I recommend books like Right HoJeeves and The Mating Season. ... Read more

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This lab manual’s 18 exercises encourage readers to review important ideas and concepts through problem solving, simulations, and guided thinking. The graphics program and seven computer-based simulations and tutorials help to convey key concepts. Designed to accompany any meteorology book, it features a two-column format with perforated pages for easy use in the lab. Interactive computer modules are presented as Flash applets, examining topics such as Earth-Sun geometry, radiation fluxes, moisture, hurricanes, and climate controls. A CD containing seven modules of simulations and tutorials has been completely revised to run in with Flash, offering a more user-friendly interface and a higher degree of interactivity. This software is bound into every new copy of the Exercise manual.
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere; Earth-Sun Geometry; The Surface Energy Budget; Simulating the Earth's Energy Budget; Atmospheric Moisture; Saturation and Atmospheric Stability; Cloud Droplets and Raindrops; Atmospheric Motion; Weather Map Analysis; Mid-Latitude Cyclones; Thunderstorms and Tornadoes; Hurricanes; Climate Controls; Climate Classification and World Climates; Climatic Variability and Change; Simulating Climatic Change; Dimensions and Units; Earth Measures; GeoClock; Weather Symbols.
A useful reference for anyone interested in learning more about weather and climate.

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Too long to arrive !!
The book is just a regular text book manual, BUT the company took too long to send me it. This company, as well as others on line, are more than happy to charge us money for them to send us our ordered products BUT then they send them at the cheapest postal rates where, often, they become lost, and it takes many more weeks to arrive to us, as was the case here.
This company is a cheap one and did just that. I wont use them ever again.

too many errors
This book is an adjunct to a meteorology class I am taking.It is full of errors, mathmatical ones, graphics, even page numbers. I expect better from Pearson.I don't know who edited this book but they did a poor job.
Also the labs do not flow particularly well, and some things don't make sense.Not the greatest teaching tool I have ever seen, even with the cool CD.
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He is "The Master"
If you are obsessive or not, you may have noticed over the years that Mike Lynch is incredibly accurate when compared to the TV windbags who don't dare forecast, but only rely on the computers. Mike is a down to earth guy who knows how to read a weather map as well as the sky. He also knows that animals in the wild are indicators of what's coming. I am a weather junkie who got hooked on it when I was in pilot training. Mike reveals the tools of his accurate forecasts in this book in factual and humorous detail. The photography is beautiful.
If you read it, you will laugh and learn, then realize what buffoons there are on TV. ... Read more

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An introduction to the weather, filled with hundreds of experiments that let the reader discover for themselves the way the weather works. The book allows the reader to make their own "home laboratory" with available materials from the house and garden. Step-by-step instructions show clearly how to carry out each project. ... Read more

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AMAZING!
I've loved this book since I was a little girl, checking it out at my local library. I was happy to see it on Amazon and had to buy it. This book will teach you a lot about weather.

Disappointing experiments
This series of books has a major problem with the experiments.I purchased the entire set to use for home schooling, and when I started doing the experiments with my son ran into a lot of problems quickly.I took the books to a local science shop and they identified that many of the experiments were missing important components.An example:one experiment in one of the books showed how to make a battery using pennies, litmus paper and lemon juice.The battery never worked.According to the local science shop it never would work without some zinc.This was information was ommitted from the book.I found using these books to be very frustrating and wouldn't recommend them to others.However, I do have friends who like them a lot.So, I guess it is just a matter of opinion.

good for many ages
This is great for ideas to do experiments with your kids.There are easy and harder experiments (you can do part of the set up for younger children and let older children do it all).I do wish there was a little more explanation of some the background science specifics.This copy was in great shape even though it says good it looks great with minimal wear. ... Read more