Books with title heat lightning

Lightning strikes the earth more than a hundred times every second. It's bright and dramatic, but it happens so fast that we rarely get a chance to see it. Now celebrated children's science writer Seymour Simon and the Smithsonian Institution give you an opportunity to take a closer look at lightning. Newly updated, and boasting vivid photographs and Simons classic writing, this brand-new edition of a science favorite provides clear explanations of what causes those bright flashes of light in a stormy sky.

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review

Two perps—one a serial killer and the other a rapist who revisits his victims—test the limits of the 87th Precinct’s detectives as they race to catch these maniacs loose on the city’s streets.“McBain has the ability to make every character believable—which few writers these days can do.” —Associated Press“McBain forces us to think twice about every character we meet…even those we thought we already knew.” —New York Times Book Review