A revealing memoir about the director and his films, by his first assistant for fifty years.

This wise and beautiful book draws on the experience of unchosen waiting – in sickness, in old age, and in the struggles and frustrations of everyday life – to explore the challenges of waiting and the skills it demands. A lifeline for anyone who finds themselves in a time of waiting, chosen or unchosen, or accompanying others through such times, it shows how the paradoxical gifts of patience point to the God who kindly waits for us. A book of grace, depth and beauty, destined to become a modern spiritual classic.

(Black/White/Greyscale Edition) "If you don't like the weather in Ohio, just wait ten minutes." Weather is the one thing we all have in common. We all have to contend with that stuff churning around in the atmosphere. But what causes that weather? What forces are at work? Why does it happen when, where, and how it does? And can we actually predict what's going to happen in Central Ohio? Meteorologist Marshall McPeek takes us on a Central Ohio weather adventure to show us how the weather works and how we can prepare for what comes our way. The weather influences what we wear, how we behave, even what we talk about at chatty dinner parties. It's usually just part of the background in our busy, daily routines, but every now and then, Mother Nature makes a big fuss to make sure we're respectful. The weather is fascinating! Once we understand how difficult it is to create a single raindrop, we're blown away by the incredible power of our atmosphere!

A near-future eco-thriller from the bestselling author of Schismatrix Plus and The Difference Engine. The Storm Troupers are a group of weather hackers who roam the plains of Texas and Oklahoma, hopped up on adrenaline and technology. Utilizing virtual reality, flying robots, and all-terrain vehicles, they collect data on the extreme storms ravaging an America decimated by climate change. But even their visionary leader can’t predict the danger on the horizon when a volatile new member joins their ranks and faces a trial by fire: a massive tornado unlike any the world has seen before. “A remarkable and individual sharpness of vision . . . Sterling hacks the future, and an elegant hack it is.” —Locus “Lucid and tremendously entertaining. Sterling shows once more his skills in storytelling and technospeak. A cyberpunk winner.” —Kirkus Reviews “So believable are the speculations that . . . one becomes convinced that the world must and will develop into what Sterling has predicted.” —Science Fiction Age “A very exciting coming-of-age story in a wild future America . . . What’s it got? Cyberpunk attitude, genuine humor, nanotechnology, minimal sex but some cool medications and very big weather systems.” —SFReviews.net “Brilliant . . . Fascinating . . . Exciting . . . A full complement of thrills.” —The New York Review of Science Fiction

The author profiles real tornadoes and severe weather patterns over six thousand miles of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska, known as Tornado Alley.

A mother reassures her child about the wind, lightning, and thunder when a storm passes through.