The Chorus Girl and Other Stories

Did you know that floods cause more damage than any other natural phenomenon? Or that there are 2,000 thunderstorms in progress around the world right now? Feel the force of nature with this Guide to Weather. Cutting edge satellite imagery allows you to examine amazing weather phenomena in close-up detail - from powerful storms to blistering heat.
Reading/Interest Level: Grades 3-6

GCSE Glossary for Babylon

GCSE Glossary contains over 600 entries from nine dictionaries in the fields of Coasts, Farming, Glaciation, Industry, Population, Rivers, Settlement and Urban Geography, and Weather studies.

Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the skies above us. Superb color photographs of the sky in all kinds of weather conditions, together with specially built 3-D models, offer a unique and revealing view of weather, from calm summer days to the bitter storms of winter. See the biggest hailstone, inside the eye of a hurricane, a warm front in 3-D, the beauty of a snow crystal, a moon dog, and a dust devil. Learn the difference between a stratus and cumulonimbus cloud, how our weather may change in the future, and why tornadoes are so ferocious. Discover why deserts are dry, how clouds are born, how to make your own forecast, why the sky is blue, and much, much more.

Here is a dramatic and compelling guide to nature's most dangerous and destructive forces. Stunning full-color photographs, models and illustrations offer a unique eyewitness view of catastrophic weather conditions. Look into the eye of a cyclone, watch the devastating effects of the El Nino phenomenon, or how a gentle mountain stream can become a raging torrent within a few minutes. Learn the techniques developed through the centuries to forecast weather, about Benjamin Franklin's lightning rod, and why human activity can cause weather patterns to change. Discover what causes giant waves capable of engulfing entire cities, the weather patterns beyond Earth, and much, much more.