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The secret world of weather : how to read signs in every cloud, breeze, hill, street, plant, animal, and dewdrop / Tristan Gooley ; illustrations by Neil Gower.

Gooley, Tristan, (author.). Gower, Neil, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"A guide to uncovering the mysteries of weather using close observation-decoding the ever-shifting alchemy of heat, water, and air to understand how it shapes our cities, woods, and hills."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1615197540
  • ISBN: 9781615197545
  • Physical Description: 373 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : The Experiment, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Text and illustrations on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Two worlds -- The secret laws -- The talk of the skies -- Who changed the air? -- How to feel the wind -- Dew and frost -- Rain -- A bloodhound in the woods -- Hail and snow -- Fog -- Cloud secrets -- Thirsting for sings: an interlude -- The local winds -- The trees -- Plants, fungi, and lichens -- The hoodoos: an interlude -- The city -- The coast -- The animals -- Storms -- The celestial and the sublime -- Our weather.
Subject:
Weather forecasting.

Available copies

  • 10 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 15 total copies.
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Marion Library 551.63 GOO (Text) 37810435776629 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/12/2026