Premium Members Get 10% Off and Earn Rewards Find Out More

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

Add to Wishlist

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

Paperback(Revised ed.)

$18.00

Paperback(Revised ed.)
$18.00

SHIP THIS ITEM

Qualifies for Free Shipping
PICK UP IN STORE
Check Availability at Nearby Stores

Available within 2 business hours

Want it Today?
Check Store Availability

Related collections and offers

Want it Today?
Check Store Availability

Overview

Former Vice President Al Gore's New York Times #1 bestselling book is a daring call to action, exposing the shocking reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and the future we face if we do not take action to stop global warming. Now, Viking has adapted this book for the most important audience of all: today's youth, who have no choice but to confront this climate crisis head-on.

Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs combine with Gore's effective and clear writing to explain global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it. An Inconvenient Truth will change the way young people understand global warming and hopefully inspire them to help change the course of history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780670062720
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	04/10/2007
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	158,684
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)
Lexile:	1070L (what's this?)
Age Range:	11 - 17 Years

About the Author

Former Vice President Al Gore is currently the chairman of both Current TV and Generational Investment Management. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990, and served eight years as vice president of the United States, from 1993 to 2000. He is the author of the 1992 bestseller Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit. He lives with his wife, Tipper, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Introduction     10
Our Changing Planet     12
A Silent Alarm     18
Cold, Hard Evidence     32
Hurricane Watch     59
Extremely Wet, Extremely Dry     72
The Ends of the Earth: The North Pole     80
The Ends of the Earth: The South Pole     92
A New Atlas?     108
Deep Trouble     118
Hazardous to Your Health     124
Off Balance     130
Collision Course     136
Technology's Side Effects     149
"Denial Ain't Just a River in Egypt"     158
Crisis = Opportunity     166
Acknowledgments     184
Credits     186
Index     188

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, [Gore] shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves–but, suggesting that “what happens locally has worldwide consequences,” —School Library Journal, starred review

From the B&N Reads Blog

Page 1 of

Editorial Reviews

Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, [Gore] shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves–but, suggesting that “what happens locally has worldwide consequences,”—School Library Journal, starred review

From the Publisher

Former vice president Al Gore has always intended that urgent information about global warming reach the largest possible audience. It seems only logical then that he would adapt his bestselling book An Inconvenient Truth for a new generation of readers. This juvenile and teen edition contains a simplified text enhanced by full-color photographs, illustrations, and graphs. A head start on environmentalism.

Gr 5–8
This young readers' version of the recent documentary film's companion adult volume cuts the page count by about a third but preserves the original's cogent message and many of its striking visuals. After explaining that his interest in the environment predates even his mother's reading of Silent Spring aloud to him as a teenager, Gore proceeds to document steeply rising carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere, and then to link that to accelerating changes in temperature and precipitation patterns worldwide. Using easy-to-grasp graphics and revealing before-and-after photos, he shows how glaciers and ice shelves are disappearing all over the globe with alarming speed, pointing to profound climate changes and increased danger from rising sea levels in the near future. O'Connor rephrases Gore's arguments in briefer, simpler language without compromising their flow, plainly intending to disturb readers rather than frighten them. He writes measured, matter-of-fact prose, letting facts and trends speak for themselves—but, suggesting that "what happens locally has worldwide consequences," he closes with the assertion that we will all have to "change the way we live our lives." Like the film, this title may leave readers to look elsewhere for both documentation and for specific plans of action, but as an appeal to reason it's as polished and persuasive as it can be.
—John PetersCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

A bestselling tie-in book, now adapted for middle- and high-school readers by Jane O'Connor, accompanied the award-winning documentary film about global warming, from Vice President Gore. Gore has contributed a new introduction, and a new table of contents clarifies his argument. Most of the illustrations have been retained. Beginning with an introduction to the issue, the evidence is presented in striking then-and-now pictures, simple graphs and straightforward, clearly written text. Some of the logic of individual bits of his original presentation has been lost in the simplification, but readers are likely to be familiar with his examples and the potential consequences: storms, floods, droughts, changes at the poles and in the oceans, public-health issues and even the rhythm of the seasons. Gore points out the effects of the population explosion and political denial but holds out hope that this crisis can also provide an opportunity for change. Four simple action steps are suggested, and readers are referred to the website from the film for further information. Multiple copies should be in every school and library. (acknowledgements, credits, index) (Nonfiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

An Inconvenient Truth: The Crisis of Global Warming

Paperback(Revised ed.)

Paperback(Revised ed.)

Related collections and offers

Overview

Product Details

About the Author

Table of Contents

What People are Saying About This

Customer Reviews

Related Searches

Explore More Items

Related collections and offers

Overview

Product Details

About the Author

Table of Contents

What People are Saying About This

Related Subjects

Customer Reviews