A combination of art and cultural history, from an uncategorisable and unique creative spirit, it will leave readers looking at the wind, the sun and the rain with new eyes. Along the way, through interviews and research, she has unearthed curious stories of exploration, savagery and coincidence – stories which show us how weather has shaped humanity, intervened in the course of history, and how mankind, in turn, has tried to bend the weather to its ends.Ī book of exquisite beauty, with each illustration etched and coloured by hand, Thunder and Lightning informs, charms and transports. Note: This eBook file contains many richly detailed. Her book, Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future, won the 2016 PEN/E. Lauren Redniss’s latest, Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future (Random House) takes a deep dive into human efforts to grapple with the elements, with forays into mythology. Read Thunder & Lightning Weather Past, Present, Future by Lauren Redniss available from Rakuten Kobo. In Thunder and Lightning, Guggenheim fellow and Pulitzer nominee Lauren Redniss draws a new account of the weather. She has travelled from the frozen archipelagos of the Arctic Ocean to the ‘absolute desert’ of Atacoma, Chile, to show us the elements at their most extreme. Lauren Redniss is the author of several works of visual non-fiction and the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation 'genius' grant. 21st-century genius Elle A howling wind, a thunderstorm, the beating sun its with the elements that nature shows its true force and wonder. In Thunder and Lightning, Guggenheim fellow and Pulitzer nominee Lauren Redniss draws a new account of the weather. Thunder & Lightning - by Lauren Redniss (Hardcover) 24.99When purchased online In Stock Add to cart About this item Specifications Dimensions (Overall):11.6 Inches (H) x 8.8 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D) Weight:3. Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present and Future. An uncategorisable, distinctly beautiful piece of science writing a visual biography of the weather by a writer of sheer imaginative genius (Malcolm. The images form part of the description and should be considered to determine the. : Thunder and Lightning: Weather Past, Present and Future (9780224096751) by Redniss, Lauren and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices. A howling wind, a thunderstorm, the beating sun – it’s with the elements that nature shows its true force and wonder. Thunder & Lightning: Weather Past, Present, Future by Lauren Redniss.
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