Customer Review: Erik Larson has documented an extraordinary narrative of an epic storm which killed over 6,000 people and wiped out the City of Galveston, Texas.
Here we find Isaac Cline employed as the resident U.S. Weather meteorologist failing to warn the residents of Galveston of an epic hurricane which... more info
Customer Review: This book is one of those books once you open the cover you put it down when you get to the back cover, I have been suggesting to everyone I know to read this book.
Customer Review: This book is long on illustrating a make-believe world that the author desires, and short on facts.
Very short on facts....... The author manages to insults virtually every racial and geographic group - except for his own, of course. Honestly, save your money, this book is a waste of... more info
Customer Review: The textbook is concise and well written. The chapters are set up in a manner that enables one to follow along with the reading attentively. Main ideas are emphasized effectively. Overall, the textbook explains well the subject matter and is a useful tool for introductory level courses focusing on... more info
Customer Review: This was an outstanding book. Filled with a lot of information I had only partially known, and seldom understood. The story of thousands of dams built for no reason other then to keep two Federal agencies in business. Some success and some death causing failures. A must read for anyone west of the... more info
Customer Review: I am a solar physicist, who has also studied climate change, and atmospheric dynamics. I do not find such books to be anything more than bunk. The author is a well known bunk writer. If you wish to believe in the tooth fairy, you will like this book. Otherwise, read less uplifting books, such as an... more info
Customer Review: Another example of how, as the saying attributed to Benjamin Disraeli goes, there's "Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics". Like many things ( or I should say most things ) when one "follows the money" it often leads to the perpetrator. I remember when my children were small and had all those "why"... more info
Customer Review: This book will change the way you look at your impact on the world. Whether you consider the environment to be an important issue or not, it is well worth your time to read this short yet powerful book. The world is changing, fast, and it is becoming impossible to reasonably deny that fact. News... more info
Customer Review: A brilliant expose` of the truth about Climate Change,from a wealth of well researched and documented information.Should be read by all who believe(or doubt)the hype about global warming.
Customer Review: Mr. Fagan has written an easily read account of climate and its effects on history. He makes the story interesting and wanting the reader to forge ahead into the book. He unfortunately starts off the prologue and spottily throughout the book with a false premise. He believes that man has caused much... more info
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