Peter Moore

A history of weather forecasting and an animated portrait of the nineteenth-century pioneers who made it possible. --

"A history of the British thinkers who developed the Enlightenment-era ideas and ideals that drove the American Revolution"-- "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as...

Outlines a deprivation-free alternative approach to weight loss that focuses on the strategic consumption of eight nutrient rich "superfoods" and an eight-hour window during which readers can eat according to personal preferences.

Explains where plants and animals live, why they exist where they do, and traces the vital geographical dimensions of natural history in maps.