New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester looks at which
way the wind blows in this exciting book about giant storms.
Simon Winchester is an avid weather watcher. He's scanned the skies in
Oklahoma, waiting for the ominous "finger" of a tornado to touch the
Earth. He's hunkered down in Hong Kong when typhoon warning signals went
up. He's visited the world's hottest and wettest places, reported on
fierce whirlpools, and sailed around South Africa looking for freak
winds and waves.
He knows about the worst weather in the world.
A master nonfiction storyteller, Winchester looks at how, when, where,
and why hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, and tornadoes start brewing, how
they build, and what happens when these giant storms hit. His lively
narrative also includes an historical look at how we learned about
weather systems and where we're headed because of climate change.
Stunning photographs illustrate the power of these giant storms.