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Book Cover for: The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water, Charles Fishman

The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water

Charles Fishman

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Praised as "an entertaining and torrential flow of a book" by Nature magazine, The Big Thirst is a startling examination of the passing of the golden age of water and the shocking facts about how water scarcity will s

Book Details

  • Publisher: Free Press
  • Publish Date: Feb 14th, 2012
  • Pages: 416
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.50in - 1.00in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781439102084
  • Categories: • Natural Resources• Environmental Conservation & Protection - General

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About the Author

Fishman, Charles: - Charles Fishman is the acclaimed author of the New York Times bestseller One Giant Leap, A Curious Mind (with Brian Grazer), The Wal-Mart Effect, and The Big Thirst. He is a three-time winner of the Gerald Loeb Award, the most prestigious prize in business journalism.

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"An engrossing, globe-trotting narrative [and] a comprehensive, remarkably readable panorama of our dependence on--and responsibilities to--a priceless resource."
"[A] lively and invaluable assessment of the current politics, economics, and culture of water. Lyrical in his descriptions of the beauty and wonder of water, Fishman is rigorous when explaining that the water we have now is all the water we will ever have."
"A wide-ranging look at that most precious of goods, water, and a world in which it is a subject of constant crisis...A timely warning."

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