Penguin UK - Talking About The Weather




		The Weather Makers Our changing climate and what it means for life on earth Tim Flannery Buy now 'It would be hard to imagine a better or more important book' Bill Bryson 'Shocking … straight-talking … refreshingly different' Guardian INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER, scientist and explorer Tim Flannery's pioneering work in New Guinea led Sir David Attenborough to describe him as being 'in the league of the all-time great explorers'. In The Weather Makers he takes us on a journey though the history of the Earth's climate, showing how abruptly and apocalyptically the climate has changed in the past, and the far-reaching consequences, putting into stark perspective the scale of the challenge ahead of us. Read an interview with Tim Flannery here

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		The Revenge of Gaia Why the earth is fighting back - and how we can still save humanity James Lovelock Buy now 'The most important book ever to be published on the environmental crisis.' Independent 'This book could prove to be one of the 21st century’s most important pieces of polemic.' Daily Telegraph JAMES LOVELOCK, our most radical and visionary environmental scientist, first propounded the Gaia Theory of a self-regulating planet some forty years ago. Writing now as a 'geophysician', he fearlessly delivers the unpalatable message that our earth is overheating. The Revenge of Gaia is an original and thought-provoking analysis of the earth as a living organism, examining the mistakes we've made in our treatment of our planet and how we must adapt in the future, specifically arguing the case for the use of nuclear energy. Here James Lovelock explains the Gaia Theory, global warming and us.

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		Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive Jared Diamond Buy now 'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' Daily Mail 'This book shines like all Diamond’s work' Sunday Times FROM GROUNDBREAKING WRITER and thinker Jared Diamond comes an epic, visionary book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or to Succeed is about the critical lessons we can learn from the ecological collapses of past civilizations, taking a look at Easter Island, Maya civilizations, Angkor Wat and others. The abandoned monuments of these vanished societies have long captured the imagination as romantic mysteries and we are now starting to realise that what happened to them is also in the process of happening to us. Reflective snapshots from Jared Diamond Jared Diamond on Collapse Article kindly supplied by Waterstone's Books Quarterly

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		Heat How to stop the planet burning George Monbiot Available to buy from 7 June 'A dazzling command of science and a relentless faith in people' Naomi Klein, Author of No Logo 'Scourge of the lying industry … Monbiot is one of the best-informed people on the planet' Scotsman STARTING TO WORRY about just how hot our world is going to get, and whether you can do anything about it? As the effect of climate change grows by the day, so does the amount of hot air and bluster spouted by politicians and businessmen on what we should do about it. What with the excuses, the lies, the fudged figures, the PR greenwashing and the downright misinformation on the power of everything from wind turbines to carbon trading, when it comes to saving the world, most people don’t know what they’re talking about. Luckily, George Monbiot – scourge of big business, riler of governments, arch-enemy of climate change deniers everywhere – does. Packed with killer facts and inspiring ideas, shot through with passion and underlined by brilliant investigative journalism, with a copy of Heat you really can protect the planet. Read an interview with George Monbiot

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