Weather Control

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER From the beloved author of the nationwide best seller Dept. of Speculation—one of the New York Times Book Review's Ten Best Books of the Year—a “darkly funny and urgent” (NPR) tour de force about a family, and a nation, in crisis Lizzie Benson slid into...

Yay! We are all being sprayed to death by a horrible science experiment.

Look up. No, really—look. Those lines across the sky? Some vanish in minutes. Others spread out, hang around, and… Well, they don’t look normal. Sure, people have talked about chemtrails for years... you know, those lingering streaks behind planes. Are they natural? Weather experiments? Geoengineering? Climate control? This isn’t a doom-and-gloom book, and it’s not full of conspiracy theories either. Instead, you’ll get some history, some real government projects that sound like sci-fi but actually happened (yep, they’ve been trying to mess with the weather for a long time), ...

Lizzie Benson slid into her job as a librarian without a traditional degree. But this gives her a vantage point from which to practise her other calling: as an unofficial shrink. For years, she has supported her God-haunted mother and her recovering addict brother. They have both stabilized for the moment, but then her old mentor, Sylvia Liller, makes a proposal. Sylvia has become famous for her prescient podcast, 'Hell and High Water', and wants to hire Lizzie to answer the mail she receives: from left-wingers worried about climate change and right wingers worried about the decline of western civilization.

An outrageous story of dreamers and schemers, and a warning for the present For millennia, humans have been trying – or claiming – to influence the weather. We have thought up ever more audacious and technologically advanced ways to change our climate to suit our needs, from performing human...

Some secrets should stay buried. Book Fourteen in the Dan Kotler archaeological thrillers Climate scientist Evan Calder was murdered seven years ago. So how did he just send a letter to the FBI? FBI Agent Roland Denzel is pulled into a mystery that defies logic—and threatens the balance of the world itself. To unravel it, he turns to Dr. Dan Kotler—brilliant archaeologist, relentless investigator, and a man with a habit of finding trouble where history and the modern world collide. The trail leads to a powerful biotech empire, a missing manuscript page tied to the ancient Chinese figure...

Uncover the sweeping history of engineering innovation that allowed humanity to finally conquer the brutal summer heat. Perfect for an educational daily commute, this informative journey transports curious listeners from ancient Persian wind catchers to humming modern office towers. We...

Think Electraweave. Think of fabrics of tomorrow! Textile scientist Eliza Bennett attends a textile conference where she plans to present her work, accompanied by her talking cat, Merlin. Their plans are disrupted by a blackout during which Eliza's presentation banner is stolen, leading them to uncover a complex plot involving corporate espionage, a mysterious surveillance network, and a dangerous rival named Croft who seeks to weaponize Eliza's technology for his own gain. Eliza's revolutionary material called Electraweave nullifies static discharge and has potential applications in space....