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The Cloudspotter´s Guide
Gavin Pretor-Pinney
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Description for The Cloudspotter´s Guide
Paperback. A runaway Top Ten hardback bestseller becomes a must-have non-fiction paperback for summer 2007. Num Pages: 320 pages, B&W throughout. BIC Classification: WNWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 250.
'The clouds are nature's poetry, and the most egalitarian of her displays, since everyone has an equally fantastic view of them. Clouds are for dreamers, and their contemplation benefits the soul. Yet their beauty is so everyday as to be in danger of being overlooked ...'
Gavin Pretor Pinney is the chairman and founder member of the Cloud Appreciation Society. He contends that we are blessed in this country with a uniquely rich and varied cloudscape, which has hitherto been sadly undervalued. His book teaches us to appreciate their different varieties - the cumulus, nimbostratus and Morning Glory to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340895900
SKU
V9780340895900
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Gavin Pretor-Pinney
Gavin Pretor Pinney is co-founder, with Tom Hodgkinson, of The Idler magazine and contributor to Crap Towns. As head, together with Tom, of Idle Industries, he has worked on creative development for clients including the Guardian and Channel 4. He has degrees in philosophy and graphic design from Oxford and St Martin's respectively, and in August 2004 became chairman and ... Read more
Reviews 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
'Read this eye-opening and amusingly written book and you will realise that beautiful ... Read more
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
'Read this eye-opening and amusingly written book and you will realise that beautiful ... Read more