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Language
English
Description
From an award-winning author, two recent divorcees meet at a North Carolina inn in the midst of a brewing storm.
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina...
Adrienne Willis is 45 and has been divorced for three years, abandoned by her husband for a younger woman. The trials of raising her teenage children and caring for her sick father have worn her down, but at the request of a friend and in hopes of respite, she's gone to the coastal village of Rodanthe in North Carolina...
Author
Publisher
DK Travel
Publication Date
2025.
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Explore nature's wildest weather shows through the eyes of a storm chaser. A thrilling introduction to the world of storms, told in the unmistakable voice of Hank Schyma. Over three decades of storm chasing, Hank Schyma has witnessed some of planet Earth's most incredible weather shows. STORM brings together the very best of his work, featuring dramatic photography, unforgettable stories from the road and clear, engaging explanations of the science...
Author
Publication Date
2024.
Language
English
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Description
A young, queer couple who flip houses, Charlie and Eve, while restoring an old house, answer the door to a man claiming to have lived there years before, which sets in motion a chain of uncanny and inexplicable events leading to Charlie's disappearance and Eve's descent into insanity.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xv, 270 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Here is the story of the largest storms on earth and how those storms are growing bigger and stronger. The tale of extreme weather doesn't begin with floods, fires, or even the air that carries this change to our lives. It begins with the ocean. Oceans create weather, climate, floods, droughts, and most of the geophysical fallout of global warming. Exactly how, award-winning writer Porter Fox contends, depends on invisible ocean currents, planetary...
5) The winners
Author
Language
English
Description
"Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place...
9) Lightning
Author
Publisher
Bullfrog Books
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs introduce emergent readers to the science behind lightning and thunder. Includes picture glossary and index."-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Publication Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
A raccoon forages for food at night and at dawn returns to its home in a strong, old tree, which safely shelters the raccoon through wild winds and ferocious rain so that it can go out searching for food again.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"On a snowy island, a little boy waits and watches while his father sails out on one last fishing trip. As the snow becomes a blizzard and then a powerful storm, the little boy must find his father. But when he needs help, who will save him?" -- From dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. il. ; 23. cm.
Language
English
Description
Children's faces, depicted with letters of the alphabet, react to the onset of a storm and its aftermath in this picture book, accompanied by simple alliterative text.
15) The lighthouse
Publisher
Lionsgate
Publication Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
16) Baby Polar
Author
Publication Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Even though his mother warms him of a coming storm, Baby Polar goes outside to play, but when he cannot see his own paw he realizes that he now faces danger.
17) Storm warning
Author
Language
English
Description
"Haunted by a half-forgotten past, former army photographer Remi Grant is working at an isolated storm-watching lodge on the rocky Washington coast when she receives a mysterious puzzle piece. The puzzle piece may be the catalyst to unlock a disturbing incident she struggles to remember--the event that sent her into hiding. But with heavy storms rolling in, she has to focus on the present, not get caught up in the past. When a mysterious man at the...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Publication Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Language
English
Description
Explores some of the most dangerous weather events from history including the 1931 flood of the Yangtze River, the blizzard of 1888 in New York City, and the 1970 cyclone that hit Pakistan.
19) Wild weather
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tornadoes or sandstorms take simple ingredients like air, earth and water and transform them into something spectacular, powerful and incredibly dangerous. And despite scientists studying it for thousands of years, we know far less about how weather works than anyone might expect. This, however, is about to change: by teaming up with maverick experts and renowned specialists from all around the world, a whole range of fascinating new discoveries from...
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Publication Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"What exactly is a cloud made of? Water travels in a cycle. It evaporates from Earth's surface, rises into the atmosphere, cools and forms clouds, and falls back to Earth as precipitation in the form of rain or snow. In this educational text, readers will learn about the steps of the water cycle and how it works. By examining this essential topic in science curriculum, readers will glean a greater awareness of Earth's forces at work through relatable,...