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Stormy Weather Stars

 

Page Modified: April 5, 2008

Fiction (all genres) and Nonfiction related to all aspects of the weather.

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Fiction

• Breathtaker
  Author: Blanchard, Alice
  Publisher: Warner $ 24.95 ISBN: 0446531391 Date: 2003
  LJ
  An award-winning author delivers a must-read literary thriller--a twister of a tale about a detective trying to outwit a killer (and Mother Nature) in Tornado Alley.
  Suggested Reading: Thrillers
  Updated 9.25.03
• Too Cool
  Author: Brenna, Duff
  Publisher: Doubleday List Price: $ 22.95 ISBN: 0385489714 Date: 1998
  PW Booklist
  A taut and fast-paced novel set in the unforgiving landscape of the American West. A reform school escapee is forced to confront the violence of his nature and the acts that have brought him to the brink of destruction, after he and his girlfriend are trapped in a blizzard.
  Read-alike suggestion: The Pact by Jodi Picoult.
  
• Student of Weather
  Author: Hay, Elizabeth
  Publisher: Counterpoint $ 24 ISBN: 158243123x Date: 2001
  Booklist PW Kirkus
  On the prairie of Dust Bowl Canada, two sisters fall down the same well, and the well is named Maurice Dove. Spanning 30 years, this brilliant first novel is a Canadian bestseller about the rivalry between Lucinda and Norma-Joyce and the stranger who changes both of their lives forever.
  Suggested Reading: All Stars | Debuts | Stormy Weather
  Updated 12/7/00
• Stormy Weather
  Author: Hiaasen, Carl
  Publisher: Knopf $ 24 ISBN: 0679419829 Date: 1995
  Kirkus PW
  The bestselling author of Strip Tease continues the hilarious and scathing muckraking tradition that he has so mercilessly made his own. When a ferocious hurricane rips across southern Florida, the con artists and carpetbaggers waste no time in swarming over the disaster area. But a man who has dedicated his life to saving Florida from just these kind of people also moves among them--and he's the boldest and craziest of them all.
  Updated 2.8.06
• Ice Queen
  Author: Hoffman, Alice
  Publisher: Little Brown $ 23.95 ISBN: 0316058599 Date: 2005
  PW LJ
  From the bestselling author of Practical Magic comes a miraculous, enthralling tale of a woman who is struck by lightning, and finds her frozen heart is suddenly burning. A magical story of passion, loss, and renewal, this work is Hoffman at her best.
  Updated 4.19.05
• The Weatherman
  Author: McCown, Clint
  Publisher: Graywolf $ 23 ISBN: 1555974058 Date: 2004
  LJ
  Responsibility, free will, and fate loom large in McCown's hilarious, suspenseful new novel. Taylor Wakefield uses his position as an unqualified weatherman for a fly-by-night broadcasting company to try to drop hints about his cousin's guilt in a murder case.
  Updated 9.20.04
• Wintering: A Novel of Sylvia Plath
  Author: Moses, Kate
  Publisher: St Martins $ 23.95 ISBN: 031228375x Date: 2003
  PW LJ
  This stunning literary debut captures the haunting last months of Sylvia Plath's life and the painful creation of her legendary Ariel poems. Wintering is a deeply felt novel about artistry, marriage, motherhood, and self-understanding.
  Suggested Reading: First Fiction & Mystery Debuts | Biographical Fiction | Poets
  Updated 1.16.03
• Heavy Weather
  Author: Sterling, Bruce
  Publisher: Spectra $ 21.95 ISBN: 0553093932 Date: 1994
  One of the founding fathers of the cyberpunk genre, Bruce Sterling now presents a novel of vivid imagination and invention that proves his talent for creating brilliant speculative fiction is sharper than ever. The co-author (with William Gibson) of The Difference Engine spins cutting-edge science fiction tale pitting techno-hackers against the forces of nature.
  Updated 2.2.06
• Angels Crest
  Author: Schwartz, Leslie
  Publisher: Doubleday $ 23.95 ISBN: 038551185x Date: 2004
  Booklist
  Ethan Denton's near-perfect life is shattered when his three-year-old son disappears just before an unexpected blizzard blankets the region. Schwartz creates a rich cast of characters whose reactions to the tragedy reflect the complexities of human emotions.
  Updated 6.1.04
• The Weatherman
  Author: Thayer, Steve
  Publisher: Viking $ 21.95 ISBN: 0670849588 Date: 1995
  Combining action and suspense with nature's power to dwarf and mirror human passions, this astonishing thriller is also a naturalistic tour de force which features a cast of complex and original characters, who nonetheless take a backseat to the electrifying, shifting weather and landscape of Minnesota.
  Updated 2.2.06
• Wide Blue Yonder
  Author: Thompson, Jean
  Publisher: Simon & Schuster $ 24 ISBN: 074320512x Date: 2002
  Library Journal Kirkus
  From the 2001 National Book Award finalist for Who Do You Love, a tale of storms both meteorological and human in Springfield, IL.
  Suggested Reading: Stormy Weather
  Updated 11/6/01

Nonfiction

• A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck by Lightning
  Author: Ehrlich, Gretel
  Publisher: Pantheon $ 21 ISBN: 0679425500 Date: 1994
  Booklist
  In Ehrlich's astonishing chronicle of her experience of momentary death and of the physical, psychological, and spiritual consequences of the event, she turns her naturalist's eye on herself and on the natural world of the body.
  Updated 2.16.06
• Weather Makers: The Hsitory and Future Impact of Climate Change
  Author: Flannery, Tim
  Publisher: Atlantic $ 25 ISBN: 0871139359 Date: 2006
  Kirkus PW LJ
  Both an urgent warning and a call to arms, The Weather Makers outlines the history of climate change, how it will unfold over the next century, and what people can do to prevent a cataclysmic future.
  Suggested Reading: All Stars
  Updated 11.23.05
• The Invention of Clouds: How an Amateur Meterologist Forged the Language of the Skies
  Author: Hamblyn, Richard
  Publisher: Farrar Straus & Grioux $ 24 ISBN: 0374177155 Date: 2001
  Kirkus
  A captivating mixture of biography, history, and science. - Publisher marketing.
  Suggested Reading: Nature
• Isaac's Storm: A Man, A Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History
  Author: Larsen, Erik
  Publisher: Crown $ 25 ISBN: 0609602330 Date: 1999
  LJ PW
  SLJ Best Books
  The large audience that drove The Perfect Storm high on national bestseller lists is sure to welcome this superb narrative of the extreme hurricane that struck Galveston, Texas, in 1900, leaving at least 8,000 dead in its wake. An unforgettable story of the conflict between human hubris and the last great uncontrollable force, Isaac's Storm offers a cautionary tale for the millennium.
  Updated 2.14.06
• Change in the Weather: People, Weather, and the Science of Climate
  by Stevens, William K.
  Publisher: Dellacorte $ 24.95 ISBN: 0385320124 Date: 2000
  PW Kirkus
  An armchair scientist's glimpse into the science of climate, The Change in the Weather is an eye-opening and authoritative exploration of today's world and tomorrow's uncertainty.
  
• Big Weather: Chasing Torandos in the Heart of America
  Author: Svenvold, Mark
  Publisher: Holt $ 26 ISBN: 0805076468 Date: 2005
  Booklist
  Following a rowdy band of storm chasers during tornado season, a writer delves deep into the fascination with catastrophic weather with a riveting combination of devastating tornadoes and uniquely American eccentrics.
  Updated 4.22.05

 

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