Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #169170 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-02
• Binding: Hardcover
• 368 pages

Bill Bryson
'It would be hard to imagine a better or more important book'

Jared Diamond
'If you are not already addicted to Tim Flannery's writing, discover him now: this is his best book yet'

Redmond O'Hanlon
'This is a magnificent book; exciting, poetic, passionate'

Customer Reviews

Everyone should read this book
Superbly written, easy to understand (even for non-science people like me) and well laid out with facts and details cleaerly defined for the reader to make their own conclusions. Everyone should read this book as we all have a stake in the future of this planet, and Tim proves that there are things that can be done so simply if we, the individuals just get off our butts and stop being complacent. For the sake of our children, and our childrens children, I truly hope his message gets across.

Balanced, informative, highly recommended
This is a very balanced and fair view of the subject, extremely informative and intelligently written. I am lending it to a friend as a highly recommended book as I think it should be read by as many people as possible who want to make some difference to this world.

A rude awakening to global warming.
Flannery provides readers with a interesting, yet informative look at our planet and how our human society is effecting it. Global warming is something that we are taking far too lightly, and Flannery makes it obvious that we are in danger. He starts off by looking at the history of our planet's climate, and certain situations that have affected our climate in the past. He then throws a number of harsh stats at the reader, mainly having to do with rising in global temps. and the extinction of some animal species. He does not put it lightly that human activity is slowly ruining our planet. If we continue on this path of destruction, whether it be intentional or not, Flannery believes that our Earth will eventually become 'unlivable'. Us as individuals, our governments, and our society in general our the only ones who can stop the tragedy of global warming from occuring. Tim does not leave us hanging there. He provides many was that us, both as individuals and as a society, can stop this monster before it takes over our future generations. I highly recommend that anyone who feels a slight concern for the future of our climate to read this book. It is a real eye-opener.