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Hot, Flat, and Crowded Audio Book
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Hot, Flat, and Crowded:
Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America
Author:
Thomas L. Friedman
Reader: Oliver Wyman
2009 Audie Award winner, Non-Fiction and Judges Award-Politics. This discussion of the challenges of climate change proposes an ambitious national strategy to make America more innovative, more productive, and more secure. It's a revolution – in clean-technology breakthroughs and energy technology – and we must lead it. The author of The World Is Flat shows us how. "Wyman deftly reflects Friedman's intelligence, passion, and, perhaps most importantly, impartiality when discussing [these] hot-button issues."—AudioFile
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Available Audio Book Editions:
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Audio CDs ( 17 ) |
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Publish Date: 09/08/2008
ISBN: 9781427204585
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Synopsis:
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Proposes an ambitious national strategy to address key issues in climate change and energy shortages, identifying the factors that have contributed to current circumstances while outlining an American-led revolution of clean-technology solutions. Simultaneous.
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Book Reviews:
| "[Friedman's] basic policy guidelines, and most of his specific suggestions...are sound. He really does get globalization, in a way only ceaseless travelers can...." |
| New York Review of Books - Bill McKibben (11/06/2008) |
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Author Bio:
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Thomas L. Friedman's journey to his prestigious and influential position as Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times began early; he credits his high school teachers for instilling in him a "love of writing" and a "passion for journalism." Friedman was educated at Brandeis University, where he earned his B.A., and Oxford University, where he earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Middle East studies. He also attended the American University in Cairo. Friedman won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting in the 1980s, when he served first as bureau chief in Beirut and later as bureau chief in Jerusalem for the New York Times. His first book, FROM BEIRUT TO JERUSALEM (1989) recounts his experiences in those cities, and it was followed in 2000 by THE LEXUS AND THE OLIVE TREE, his first work on globalization.
In 2005, Friedman published THE WORLD IS FLAT, a major statement on globalization whose provocative world view and common-sense explanations helped make it a bestseller. It also showed, as he explicitly states, how much the world had changed since his earlier books. Friedman welcomes the exciting new world of globalization and the many opportunities it offers, but he advises that America needs to be better prepared if it is to maintain its lead in a globalized, flat world.
Thomas Friedman's columns in the New York Times are avidly read by fans for their rational, centrist views of current events, and for the high caliber of their writing. In 2006, Friedman's achievements were honored when he was named a Pulitzer judge.
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