Gavin Pretor-Pinney

Cloudspotting for Beginners by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is your passport to the ethereal world that floats above us. This enchanting guide is authored by the internationally bestselling founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, who also holds acclaim as a prize-winning children's book author and illustrator. Through its elegant prose and stunning illustrations, the book introduces readers to the mesmerising variety and...

The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is an enchanting and practical guide to the world above. Whether you are a casual observer or a dedicated cloud enthusiast, this handbook fits snugly in your pocket, ensuring it is always at hand to help you identify cloud formations, anytime and anywhere. This beautifully designed, fully-colour handbook presents all the common cloud...

The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney is an enchanting journey into the world above us, revealing the wondrous and often overlooked beauty of clouds. This informative and delightful book dives into the identification of various cloud types — from the towering cumulus to the delicate cirrus and the rare but magnificent Morning Glory. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, the chairman and founding member...

Passionate cloud spotter and bestselling author Gavin Pretor-Pinney gives you a cloud a day in his new book, A Cloud A Day. We know that spending a few moments a day with your head in the clouds has a profound effect on your well-being, which is why Gavin's Cloud Appreciation Society sends a cloud image and story every day to...

A cloudspotter's interactive journal. Our interest in clouds is more profound than we ever thought. Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society and author of A Cloud A Day, has been spreading the word via social media and hugely popular TED talks, and the response has been revelatory. Following on from his very successful A Cloud A Day book,...

Pause for a moment and look up at the skies. There is ever-changing beauty to behold in the cloudscape. Learn the difference between common cloud types (do you know your cirrostratus from your cumulonimbus?) and find out which is most likely to herald the arrival of the rains or approaching fair weather. Includes 30 illustrated cards plus an altitude map...