{"product_id":"blame-it-on-the-rain-laura-lee-9780060839826","title":"Blame It on the Rain: How the Weather Has Changed History","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn amazing, enlightening, and endlessly entertaining look at how weather has shaped our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout history, great leaders have fallen, the outcomes of mighty battles have been determined, and the tides of earth-shattering events have been turned by a powerful, inscrutable force of nature: the weather. In \u003cem\u003eBlame It on the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e, author Laura Lee explores the amazing and sometimes bizarre ways in which weather has influenced our history and helped to bring about sweeping cultural change. She also delights us with a plethora of fascinating weather-related facts (Did you know that more Britons die of sunburn every year than Australians?), while offering readers a hilarious overview of humankind's many absurd attempts to control the elements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf a weather-produced blight hadn't severely damaged French vineyards, there might never have been a California wine industry. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat weather phenomenon was responsible for the sound of the Stradivarius?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf there had been a late autumn in Russia, Hitler could have won World War II. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eDid weather play a part in Truman's victory over Dewey?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEye-opening, edifying, and totally unexpected, \u003cem\u003eBlame It on the Rain\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating appreciation of the destiny-altering vagaries of mother nature—and it's even more fun than watching the Weather Channel \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura Lee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0060839821\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060839826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.50w x 0.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2006 pg. 507\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/19\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2006 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2006 pg. 174","brand":"Laura Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946126344447,"sku":"9780060839826","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_72e121e0-b682-4168-a15a-9fec1f2cd166.jpg?v=1681511672","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blame-it-on-the-rain-laura-lee-9780060839826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}