DeSmog Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change
Naomi Oreskes
New book alert! 📖 “The Big Myth” written by @NaomiOreskes and @ErikMConway, the powerhouse duo behind “Merchants of Doubt,” is out today. https://t.co/JVpb5tzmts
Paperback, 2011
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Fire Weather: On the Front Lines of a Burning World
John Vaillant
Author @JohnVaillant's new book "Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World" is coming out in just a few days and tells the story of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire in horrific, page-turning detail. Read @GeoffDembicki's new article with the author 👇 https://t.co/wIknh5GFpP
Paperback, 2024
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Petroleum Papers: Inside the Far-Right Conspiracy to Cover Up Climate Change
Geoff Dembicki
Looking for a great read? @GeoffDembicki's new book The Petroleum Papers reveals how Canada's oil sands "bankrolled the assault on truth," spawning an international web of climate denial and delay. Washington Post named it a top 10 book of 2022. https://t.co/lcEeLgv121
Paperback, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Myth: How American Business Taught Us to Loathe Government and Love the Free Market
Naomi Oreskes
New book alert! 📖 “The Big Myth” written by @NaomiOreskes and @ErikMConway, the powerhouse duo behind “Merchants of Doubt,” is out today. https://t.co/JVpb5tzmts
Hardcover, 2023
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Alex Epstein
This story by @nickcunningham1 follows @maxinejoselow's excellent reporting for @washingtonpost. Author of “The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels,” Epstein argues that developing countries should burn more oil, gas, and coal to eliminate “energy poverty.” https://t.co/BMXMPBDjUD
Hardcover, 2014
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book