Turned Out Nice Again
On Living With the Weather
In his trademark style, Richard Mabey weaves together science, art and memoirs (including his own) to show the weather's impact on our culture and national psyche. He rambles through the myths of Golden Summers and our persistent state of denial about the winter; the Impressionists' love affair with London smog, seasonal affective disorder (SAD - do we all get it?) and the mysteries of storm migraines; herrings falling like hail in Norfolk and Saharan dust reddening south-coast cars; moonbows, dog-suns, fog-mirages and Constable's clouds; the fact that English has more words for rain than Inuit has for snow; the curious eccentricity of countr…
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- ISBN: 978-1-84765-895-1
- EAN: 9781847658951
- Produktnummer: 14843860
- Verlag: Profile
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'399 KB
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