The Cloudspotter's Guide
Explore sky patterns with a playful guide that turns cloud watching into an artful hobby, offering quick identification tips, whimsical illustrations, and a pocket‑size field notebook for on‑the‑go observations
Stores where to buy this product
Similar products
The clouds are nature’s poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them. Clouds are for dreamers, and their contemplation benefits the soul. Yet their beauty is so everyday as to be in danger of being overlooked …’. Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman and founder member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. He contends that we are blessed in this country with a uniquely rich and varied cloudscape, which has hitherto been sadly undervalued.
His book teaches us to appreciate their different varieties – the cumulus, nimbostratus and Morning Glory to name only a few – and all their beauties and significances, both meteorological and cultural. We learn how Hindus believed the cumulus clouds were the spiritual cousins of elephants, how thermal air currents act on fair weather cumuli, and how to save a fortune in psychiatric bills by using the clouds as Rorschach images that reflect our state of mind as well as nature’s moods.
| This product in Comparor | |
|---|---|
|
Category
This product is cataloged in our store in these categories
|
|
|
International
Find this product in one of our international stores
|
This product has not been found in other countries
|
| Colors
Predominant colors of the product |
|
| Identifiers | |
| Brand |  Hodder & Stoughton General Division is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette UK. It was founded in 1868 by John Hodder and George Stoughton, and was the first publishing house to be established in London after the Great Fire of 1866.The company publishes a wide range of books, from educational materials and children's books to fiction and non-fiction. Hodder & Stoughton also publishes a number of magazines, including the Sunday Times Magazine, and operates a book club. |
| ISBN | Hodder & Stoughton General Division 034089590X |
| ID | 9299430 |
| Dimensions / Weight | |
| Key Features | |
