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1	Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India more books like this by Alexander Frater add to wishlist In 1987 Frater was able to realize his dream of witnessing firsthand the most dramatic of meteorological events: the Indian monsoon. He followed it from its "burst" on the beaches of Trivandrum, through Delhi, Calcutta and across Bangladesh. The result is an illumination of the towering influence of nature over the lives and culture of India and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.02!
2	Chasing the monsoon more books like this by Alexander Frater add to wishlist Each year, on the first of June, the summer monsoon arrives over Trivandrum at the southernmost tip of India. Its majestic progress north towards the Himalayas, marked by celebrations, processions, festivals and a lot of released personal emotion, brings it ultimately to the old British hill station of Cherrapunji, listed in the Guinness Book of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.43! \| first editions
3	Monsoon more books like this by Uma Krishnaswami, Jamel Akib (Illustrator), James Akib (Illustrator) add to wishlist A young girl observes the scents and sounds, dazzling colors, and breathless anticipation of a parched cityscape in northern India that are evoked before the welcome arrival of a monsoon. Full color. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 3.4, 0.5 Points. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.41! \| SVS
4	Monsoon more books like this by Motoi Ichihara add to wishlist A photographic journey through the vast Asian regions governed by the monsoon and the dry and rainy seasons it creates. Life on the Indian subcontinent is ruled by the annual coming and going of the southwest monsoon. The additional threat of tropical cyclones and devastating floods creates a climate unlike any other in the world. Motoi Ichihara ... see all copies from $2.75! new only from $14.05! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Monsoon more books like this by Steve McCurry add to wishlist For more than half the world's people, the weather can be a matter of survival. Good monsoons mean prosperity and life, and poor ones are attended by famine and death. The monsoon is immune to control by government and technology alike. Photojournalist Steve McCurry had just completed a working tour of India when he was commissioned by the ... see all copies from $18.18! new only from $27.65! \| first editions
6	The Asian Monsoon: Causes, History and Effects more books like this by Peter D Clift, R Alan Plumb add to wishlist The Asian monsoon is one of the most dramatic climatic phenomena on Earth, with far reaching environmental and societal effects. Almost two thirds of humanity lives within regions influenced by the monsoon. With the emerging Asian economies, the importance of the region to the global economy has never been more marked. The Asian Monsoon describes ... see all copies from $98.18! new only from $110.37!
7	Monsoons Over China more books like this by I-Hui Ting add to wishlist The monsoon over China is one of the major components of the global circulation patterns. A remarkable relationship exists between this part of the monsoon and other world regions. However, in western countries little is yet known about monsoons over China. This monograph provides a systematic and comprehensive description of the major aspects of ... see all copies from $191.13! new only from $191.13! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Monsoon Afternoon more books like this by Kashmira Sheth, Yoshiko Jaeggi (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from $2.15! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
9	Strategic Processes in Monsoon Asia's Economic Development more books like this by Harry T Oshima add to wishlist The countries of monsoon Asia - whose economies traditionally depend on rice cultivation - experience unique problems in economic development because of their weather. Typically, heavy rains come during one half of the year, while the other half remains relatively dry. This places unusual demands on the work-force, which can be fully employed ... see all copies from $7.20! first editions \| SVS
10	The First Rains more books like this by Peter Bonnici add to wishlist A young Indian boy waits impatiently for the first rains of the monsoon season as his family and the villagers prepare for it. see all copies from $3.00! first editions
11	Hip, Hip, Hooray, It's Monsoon Day! =: Ajua, YA Llego El Chubasco! more books like this by Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.92!
12	Monsoons more books like this by Peggy J Parks add to wishlist Monsoons are seasonal wind changes that bring rain or dry seasons to several areas of the world. The most significant monsoon brings moisture from the Indian Ocean to the India sub-continent. This monsoon can bring prosperity or disaster to the billion-plus people living in the region. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $14.00! \| SVS
13	Monsoon Meteorology more books like this by Chang, Krishnamurti 1932- add to wishlist This collection of 15 essays aims to present the first major review of monsoon research since the Global Weather Experiment in 1978-79. It aims to cover the most important aspects of monsoon meteorology and is divided into 4 broad sections. The first section includes a synthesis of the planetary scale aspects of the northern summer monsoon, ... see all copies from $72.80! first editions
14 view cover	Monsoon more books like this by Brian Brake add to wishlist A unique photographic look at the life of India as it is moulded by the annual coming of the rains from one of the major photojournalists of the 20th century. Photographed in 1960, the images from Monsoon became part of the lexicon of photojournalism when they appeared in Life, Queen, Epoca and Paris-Match in the early 1960s; the young girl ... see all copies from $44.95! new only from $44.95!
15	The Indian Monsoon and Its Frontiers more books like this by V. S. Katiyar add to wishlist see all copies from $31.62! new only from $31.62!
16 view cover	Swimming in the Monsoon Sea more books like this by Shyam Selvadurai add to wishlist Nominated for the Governor General's Literary Awards 2005, (Children's Literature, Text) The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky. He tries not to think of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.11! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Climate and culture : a philosophical study more books like this by Tetsuro Watsuji add to wishlist A pioneering philosophical exploration, this volume seeks to clarify the function of climate as a key factor within the structure of human existence. The author takes as his starting point the argument that the phenomena of climate should be treated as expressions of subjective human existence and not of natural environments. In developing his ... see all copies from $190.90!
18 view cover	Monsoon Dynamics more books like this by James Lighthill, R P Pearce add to wishlist This volume presents a survey of our state of knowledge of the physical and dynamical processes involved in the Asian monsoon. Although traditionally the main emphasis has been on the study of the atmospheric component, it has long been known that the oceans play a vitally important part in determining the occurrence of this spectacular seasonal ... see all copies from $42.71! new only from $76.23! \| SVS
19	Macburnie King in Monsoon more books like this by John Ballard, Prema Ghose (Editor), Rosanne Litzinger (Illustrator) add to wishlist In India to search for a missing boy she's been sponsoring, teen-ager MacBurnie King becomes stranded in a village during a monsoon, where she has the chance firsthand to experience the hunger and poverty of the desperate villagers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20	Monsoons more books like this by P. K. Das add to wishlist see all copies from $7.93! new only from $7.93!
21	The monsoon more books like this by Pierre Pedelaborde add to wishlist see all copies from $11.25! first editions
22	Tropical Indian Ocean Clouds, more books like this by Andrew F. Bunker, Margaret Chaffee add to wishlist see all copies from $6.88! first editions
23	Structure of an Arabian Sea summer monsoon system more books like this by Forrest R. Miller, R. N. Keshavamurthy add to wishlist see all copies from $8.89! first editions
24	The monsoon regime of the currents in the Indian Ocean. more books like this by Walter Düing add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! first editions
25	Monsoon meteorology more books like this by Colin S Ramage add to wishlist For advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students in atmospheric, oceanic, and climate science, "Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics" is an introductory textbook on the circulations of the atmosphere and ocean and their interaction, with an emphasis on global scales. It will give students a good grasp of what the atmosphere and oceans ... see all copies from $55.00!

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