Rain. A Natural and Cultural History - Softcover travelogue The extraordinary detail of the

The extraordinary detail of the natural history he described has given us

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Feral is the lyrical and gripping story of George Monbiot's efforts to re-engage with nature and discover a new way of living

Rain. A Natural and Cultural History - Softcover travelogue The extraordinary detail of theRain is elemental, mysterious, precious, destructive. It is the subject of countless poems and paintings; the top of the weather report; the source of the worlds water. Yet this is the first book to tell the story of rain. Cynthia Barnetts Rain begins four billion years ago with the torrents that filled the oceans, and builds to the storms of climate change. It weaves together sciencethe true shape of a raindrop, the mysteries of frog and fish