Status
Available
Description
Friedman's bestseller "The World Is Flat" has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now the author brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy.
Collection
Publication
FSG Adult (2008), Edition: 1, 448 pages
Media reviews
Where does a man who needs his own offshore drilling platform just to keep the east wing of his house heated get the balls to write a book chiding America for driving energy inefficient automobiles?
Why do we race to use up the earth’s non-renewable resources? How can we prevent the destruction of our ecosystem? Those are key questions posed in Tom Friedman’s follow-up to The World is Flat, entitled Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Subjects
Awards
Audie Award (Finalist — Non-Fiction — 2009)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize (Runner-Up — Non-Fiction 2009)
Books for a Better Life Award (Winner — 2008)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Science — 2008)
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Nonfiction — 2008)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2008
Physical description
448 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0374166854 / 9780374166854