The Cloud Collector's Handbook
By (Author) Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Hodder & Stoughton
Sceptre
1st August 2009
11th June 2009
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
551.576
Hardback
112
Width 115mm, Height 143mm, Spine 13mm
183g
THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK fits into the pocket, allowing cloudspotters to identify cloud formations anytime and anywhere. All the common cloud types are represented, as are many of the rare ones, each fully described and illustrated with a range of photographs. Not only is THE CLOUD COLLECTOR'S HANDBOOK an invaluable resource for anyone who wants to be able to identify and understand every cloud that floats by, it also caters for the competitive cloudspotter. Points are awarded for each cloud type identified the rarer the cloud, the greater points and there s space to fill in where and when it was sighted.
Beautifully designed, in colour throughout, and full of the humour that made THE CLOUDSPOTTER'S GUIDE so engaging, the HANDBOOK is the essential reference for anyone with their head in the clouds.Praise for THE CLOUDSPOTTER'S GUIDE -- . 'A lovely book, the sort that everybody should have in the car or on the kitchen windowsill' -- Daily Telegraph 'His style is genial, his enthusiasm uplifting and his book nothing less than a subtle but glorious mantra for a way of life.' -- Metro 'Eloquent and engaging ... Beautiful illustrations, photos and diagrams throughout, which show how spectacular the sights can be for the ardent cloudspotter.' -- Financial Times
Gavin Pretor-Pinney is the founder of The Cloud Appreciation Society, a global organisation he set up to fight 'blue-sky thinking'. He is also the co-founder and creative director of The Idler" magazine and author of the bestselling THE CLOUDSPOTTER'S GUIDE. He lives in London and Somerset.