Rain: A Natural and Cultural History

Rain: A Natural and Cultural History

By
Cynthia Barnett
Cynthia Barnett
2015 • 355 pages

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60 books

Natural History

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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
Scent
A History of the World Through Body Parts
Explorers of Deep Time: Paleontologists and the History of Life
The Hot Zone
Butts: A Backstory
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law

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89 books

Nonfiction

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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Glass Castle
Stop Pretending
Trailing
At the Heart of the White Rose
Ghost Boy: The Miraculous Escape of a Misdiagnosed Boy Trapped Inside His Own Body
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

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16 books

Nature

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Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

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19 books

Science

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What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
A Short History of Nearly Everything
The Ends of the World: Supervolcanoes, Lethal Oceans, and the Search for Past Apocalypses
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from A Secret World
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Overstory

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490 books

Social History

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Paradox of Plenty
The Age of Edison
Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures
Voices from Chernobyl
A History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium

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790 books

Sociology Anthropology

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Culture of Fear
Paradox of Plenty
Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
When Prophecy Fails
The Age of Edison
Jesus and John Wayne
The Authoritarians

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166 books

Microhistory

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Libraries in the Ancient World
Blame It on the Dog: A Modern History of the Fart
Who Cut the Cheese?: A Cultural History of the Fart
Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding
Sweat
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
The Royal Art of Poison

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1,458 books

Wish List

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Of Mice and Men
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Weather

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Rain: A Natural and Cultural History
Reading the Glass: A Captain's View of Weather, Water, and Life on Ships
Reading the Clouds: How You Can Forecast the Weather
What Stands in a Storm: Three Days in the Worst Superstorm to Hit the South's Tornado Alley
Firmament
The Weather Makers: Our Changing Climate and what it means for Life on Earth
The Weather Machine: A Journey Inside the Forecast