The Weather Makers
How We Are Changing the Planet and What it Means for Life on Earth
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Price:
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$22.95
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On Sale:
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19/12/2006
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Formats:
Trade PB
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Climate change is real, and it will affect all of us. From
desertification to rising ocean levels, from killer storms to wildlife
extinction, we’re already seeing the effects of human activity on the most
sensitive part of the global ecosystem. In this extraordinary book, Tim Flannery
not only describes the problem of global warming and climate change, he suggests
in detail how the world can act to solve it.
More than just a #1 bestseller across Canada, The Weather
Makers is an international publishing phenomenon that has won praise from
critics, scientists and world leaders, including British Prime Minister Tony
Blair and Australian Prime Minister John Howard. Flannery’s clear explanations
and practical suggestions bring an issue of monumental scope and importance down
to the individual level, making us aware of how everyday activities contribute
to climate change and what we can do, personally and collectively, to work
against this urgent crisis.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
The Weather Makers
"This authoritative and maddeningly important book will fuel dinner arguments, spark school debates and rudely challenge the truffle-eaters and climate deniers among Calgary's oil elit.... [Flannery is] one of the world's great science writers."
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The Globe and Mail
"This is one of the most important books of this young century....An urgent call to action that we cannot afford to ignore."
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David Suzuki
"At last, here is a clear and readable account of one of the most important but controversial issues facing everyone in the world today."
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Jared Diamon, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel
"The Weather Makers shows us that we now longer have any excuse for letting our governments deceive us about the Earth's vulnerability."
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The Vancouver Sun
"It would be hard to imagine a better or more important book."
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Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything
"Simple, doable advice, superb science writing and fascinating speculation combine to make The Weather Makers a great book, one even skeptics will like."
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Edmonton Journal
"A book of the utmost importance to everyone on Earth."
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Ronald Wright, author of A Short History of Progress
"Straightforward and powerfully written....Destined to become required reading."
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Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Now or Never
When The Weather Makers was first published, the book actually forced the John Howard government in Australia to change its environmental policy. While on tour to promote awareness of global warming, Flannery met with other political and business leaders, including Al Gore, Richard Branson and...
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Now or Never
When The Weather Makers was first published, the book actually forced the John Howard government in Australia to change its environmental policy. While on tour to promote awareness of global warming, Flannery met with other political and business leaders, including Al Gore, Richard Branson and...
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The Weather Makers
Watch a video trailer for The Weather Makers (Requires Flash Player. May take a few minutes to load.) Rarely has there been a time when the fate of every one of the earth’s inhabitants has been in peril. Such is our present age. This generation of decision makers and consumers will, one way...
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