Tempest : hurricane naming and American culture / by Skilton, Liz, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Maria and the Birth of Modern Meteorology; 2 Camille and Cold War Sexual Politics; 3 Roxcy and the Feminist Resistance; 4 Andrew and the Business of Storms; 5 Katrina and Hurricane 2.0; 6 Tempest: Assessing Current Conditions; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index…”
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Divine tempest : the hurricane as a psychic phenomenon / by Schoen, David E. 1951-

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Infrasound and low frequency vibration /

A voice in the wilderness : conversations with Terry Tempest Williams / by Williams, Terry Tempest

Table of Contents: “…A Life Engaged:- A critical introduction / Michael Austin -- Memory is the only way home: a conversational interview with Terry Tempest Williams / David Petersen, 1991 -- Wild heart: The politics of place / Justine Toms, 1994 -- Terry Tempest Williams / Derrick Jensen, 1995 -- The politics of place / Scott London, 1995 -- Terry Tempest Williams and Ona Siporin: a conversation / Ona Siporin, 1996 -- A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams / Jocelyn Bartkevicius and Mary Hussmann, 1997 -- Talking to Terry Tempest Williams: about writing, the environment, and being a Mormon / Tom Lynch, 1999 -- Testimony, refuge, and the sense of place / David Thomas Sumner, 1999 -- The transformative power of art / Michael Toms, 2000 -- Lighting the match / Susie Caldwell, 2001 -- Wild mercy and restoring the dialogue Reflections on 9/ 11 / Michael Toms, 2001 and 2002 -- An interview with Terry Tempest Williams / Jana Bouck Remy, 2002 -- Coffee talk A chat with Terry Tempest Williams / Aria Seligmann, 2003 -- A conversation with Terry Tempest Williams / Delicious Living magazine, 2003 -- An interview with Terry Tempest Williams / David Kupfer, 2005 -- The wild mind Terry Tempest Williams and the writing process / Michael Austin, 2005 -- Appendix: Interviews with Terry Tempest Williams.…”
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The narrative of the most terrible and dreadfull tempest, hurricane, or earthquake in Holland, on Wednesday the 22 of July last, : with the particulars of the damages, how it overthrew and bent down vast numbers of steeples, mills, and houses destroyed many men and children, cast away abundance of ships in several places, almost utterly ruined the citty of Utrecht, where the churches following are demolished; the famous Dome, or cathedral of that place....

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A true rllation [sic] of a most strange and wonderful tempest which hapned on the 29th of June 1680. at Newtowu [sic]-Stewart in Ireland. : as it was communicated in a letter by a gentleman to his friend in London.

“…True relation of a most strange and wonderful tempest which happened on the 29th of June 1680 at Newtown-Stewart in Ireland…”
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Strange newes from Virginia : being a true relation of a great tempest in Virginia, by which many people lost their lives ... : as a further addition to this calamity, the sea exceeded its usual height above twelve foot, overflowing all the plain country ...

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An account of a strange and prodigious storm of thunder, lightning & hail, : which happened in and about London, on Tuesday the eighteenth of this instant May; wherein there fell some hailstones as big as a pullets egg, and other five, six and seven inches in compass, which cut the faces, heads and hands of several persons, and shattered, broke and destroyed abundance of glass-windows in and apout the city. Likewise, a relation of a terrible tempest of thunder, lightning, &c. at a town in Oxfordshire, which burnt much corn, some barns, and houses, and killed many cattel, and had like to have consumed the whole town....

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Winds of change : hurricanes and the transformation of nineteenth century Cuba / by Pérez, Louis A., Jr., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Coming into Being; 3. A Time of Tempests; 4. When Winds Disturb the Surface; 5. Bending to the Force of the Wind; 6. …”
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The viral storm : the dawn of a new pandemic age / by Wolfe, Nathan

Table of Contents: “…The viral planet ; The hunting ape ; The great microbe bottleneck ; Churn, churn, churn -- The tempest. The first pandemic ; One world ; The intimate species ; Viral rush -- The forecast. …”

Divest! : the climate movement on tour /

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Divine wind : the history and science of hurricanes / by Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Kamikaze -- Anatomy of a meteorological monster -- Hurac⡮ -- The tropical hothouse -- Columbus's hurricane -- The tropical downpour -- France gives up La Floride, 1565 -- The trade winds -- The tempest -- Nature's steam engine -- The hurricanes of 1780 -- Hurricane intensity -- Galveston, 1900 -- Genesis -- Miami, 1926 -- Death and transfiguration -- Their eyes were watching God : San Felipe and the Okeechobee disaster of 1928 -- Taking aim : how hurricanes move -- The Labor Day hurricane of 1935 -- The storm surge -- The great New England hurricane of 1938 -- Waves -- Bull Halsey's typhoons -- Rain -- The hunters -- Hurricane Camille -- Into the maelstrom : a photo essay -- The great East Pakistan cyclone of November, 1970 -- Forecasting hurricanes -- Cyclone Tracy -- Hurricane Andrew, 1992 -- Hurricanes and climate.…”

A world to live in : an ecologist's vision for a plundered planet / by Woodwell, G. M.

Table of Contents: “…In the beginning ; Nuclear energy : the commons redefined ; DDT drives a geochemical tempest ; Carbon and the climatic disruption -- Environment is political : climate heats up. …”
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Illustrissimo heroi Richardo Domino Maitland, Caroli Comitis de Lauderdale filio natu maxime : picturæ omniumque bonarum artium cultori egregio, amplissimo suo mecanati / by Barlow, Francis, 1626?-1702

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The flower of empire : the Amazon's largest water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it helped create / by Holway, Tatiana M.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Victoria's floras -- Terra incognita -- Perils and wonders -- A floral sensation -- An international tempest -- Return to the wild -- Cultivating Kew Gardens -- His grace and his gardener -- The flowering of Chatsworth -- Golden square -- Evergreens -- Salvaging Kew Gardens -- Trading favors -- Trials and errors -- The great stove -- Reviving Kew Gardens. -- Return to El Dorado -- Paxton, inc -- First bloom -- Nature's engineer -- Empire under glass -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux.…”
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The flower of empire : the Amazon's largest water lily, the quest to make it bloom, and the world it helped create / by Holway, Tatiana M.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Victoria's floras -- Terra incognita -- Perils and wonders -- A floral sensation -- An international tempest -- Return to the wild -- Cultivating Kew Gardens -- His grace and his gardener -- The flowering of Chatsworth -- Golden square -- Evergreens -- Salvaging Kew Gardens -- Trading favors -- Trials and errors -- The great stove -- Reviving Kew Gardens. -- Return to El Dorado -- Paxton, inc -- First bloom -- Nature's engineer -- Empire under glass -- Epilogue: Victoria regia redux.…”
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Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / by Musil, Robert K., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- Carson and her sisters: Rachel Carson did not act alone -- Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- The environment around us and inside us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: endocrine disruption and ethics -- Epilogue.…”
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Rachel Carson and her sisters : extraordinary women who have shaped America's environment / by Musil, Robert K., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Alice Hamilton, and their heirs take on polluting industries -- Carson and her sisters: Rachel Carson did not act alone -- Rachel Carson, Terry Tempest Williams, and ecological empathy -- The environment around us and inside us: Ellen Swallow Richards, Silent spring, and Sandra Steingraber -- Rachel Carson, Devra Davis, pollution, and public policy -- Rachel Carson and Theo Colborn: endocrine disruption and ethics -- Epilogue.…”
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Discovering the deep blue sea : research, innovation, social engagement : conference summary /

Table of Contents: “…Dam : from the surface to the deep -- The trouble with jellyfish : an exhibition by Mark Dion and Lisa-ann Gershwin -- Participant profile : Tempest van Schaik : outsiders bring insight -- Participant profile : Q & A with Kelsey Bisson -- Participant profile : the mysterious eel larvae : a brief look at Larry Pratt's research -- Seed group : memory in the deep sea -- Seed group : virtual reality -- Roll of twine -- What is science? …”
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The essential Aldo Leopold : quotations and commentaries /

Table of Contents: “…Johnson -- Agriculture : preparing for a sustainable agriculture / Wes Jackson -- Wilderness : a place of humility / Terry Tempest Williams -- Ecological restoration : the continuing challenge of restoration / Joy B. …”
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