Bring Me Sunshine: A Windswept, Rain-Soaked, Sun-Kissed, Snow-Capped Guide To Our Weather

Bring Me Sunshine: A Windswept, Rain-Soaked, Sun-Kissed, Snow-Capped Guide To Our Weather

by Charlie Connelly (Author), Charlie Connelly (Author)

Synopsis

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds and on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession.

He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers and cloud-busters and brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain's weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe and why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea.

Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a melange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves and the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining and hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Digital original
Publisher: Abacus
Published: 01 Sep 2013

ISBN 10: 034912373X
ISBN 13: 9780349123738
Book Overview: * Review copies mailed to the press * Existing author website http://www.charlieconnelly.com/

Media Reviews
For fans of Charlie Connelly, things have indeed turned out nice again * Spectator *
Author Bio
As well as writing bestselling travel books such as Attention All Shipping and In Search of Elvis, Charlie Connelly is also a broadcaster for Radio 4 and presenter for BBC1's The Holiday Programme.