Temperatures Rising

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Darkly handsome with an arrogant edge, architectural engineer Scout Ritland is the kind of American man who spells trouble. Chantal duPont should know, for she has experienced the best and worst of the country and its people—including one who broke her heart. Yet here she is, home on sultry Parrish Island, putting herself in the way of another bold Yankee. This time, however, it’s for a good cause: Scout is the one man who can help her village, and she’s not about to let him get the better of her—no matter how much she may want to.

Fresh from completing his work on the island’s new luxury resort, Scout’s ready for a little recreation—though being kidnapped and shot isn’t on his agenda. But when he catches sight of an exotic beauty with electric blue eyes, events quickly spin out of control. Scout should be outraged to find himself held captive, but an abductor as alluring as Chantal makes it hard to stay angry.

Soon Scout is swept up by Chantal’s need to help her people—and the role he is to play in her ambitious plan. With each passing day, the work and the woman present him with challenges he could never find at home. But as the project progresses, intrigue and adventure burn hotter than the island’s volcano—and two people who have met their match in each other face a future that could tear them apart....

Customer Reviews:

Sandra Brown Worst.......2006-12-04

This the worst Sandra Brown novel ever. I know that Sandra Brown has a knack for making impossible situations seems likely. But this is beyond Chantal Dupoint kidnapps Scout and shoots him all to build a bridge for the people. Wonders why Scout is mad meanwhile he falls for his beautiful captive. Talk about Stockholm syndrome at work. This is a total pass. Stick to Richocet.

Would rather watch paint dry.......2006-10-12

After completing construction on a luxury resort on Parrish Island, engineer Scout Ritland is ready for a break - and he finds just the person to spend some time with at a party, sexy French siren Chantal DuPont. When he finds himself waking in a strange place kidnapped with a gunshot wound, he's a little angry. Chantal explains that the reason he is needed is to help her tropical village build a bridge, and he reluctantly helps out the locals. Of course the two engage in hot jungle love before proclaiming their undying devotion to each other.

This book was a real chore to finish. In fact, if this was my fist SB book, it would also be the last. Poor writing, lame dialog, and a generally uninteresting plot make this a pretty poor entry in Brown's list of hits. I find it hard to believe that she would allow it to be re-released and just proves that you can publish anything with the right name attached to it.

When will I learn not to read Brown's "classic" romances?

Get A Way Reading!!!!.......2003-04-19

I am a fan of Miss Brown's writing. I picked this one up as I perused the shelf in my local library and I did enjoy it.

It tells the story of Scout, an engineer and how he is persuaded to help the inhabitants of a tropical village. It follows the normal sequence of a guy falling in love with a girl and that girl's name is Chantal. What I like about her writings is that you know they will end up together but how she gets them together is the fun part. Scout is a man with more than his dilema on his mind and Chantal is a beautiful woman with a killer body that has Scout "going crazy". It all takes place in a tropical place. You can almost feel the breezes from the ocean.

This was written in her earlier days and you can tell the difference in her writing style. ENVY is fantastic and Mirror Image is mind blowing. I have read 80% of her books as I am trying to read all of them. I am trying to find two that are in limited or any supply. Keep in mind that time has made her a better writer. I also know that I do not have the skills to write so I can not criticize her so harshly. Reading is just an escape!

Asi-Asi.......2000-02-20

I gave Mrs. Brown 3 stars for trying though the plot did drag. However I've read some pretty bad books and this was, by far, NOT the worst. I did not like the book myself, but hey, don't take my word for it. Try it yourself!

Disappointing.......1999-11-09

I have read almost all of Sandra Brown's books and have enjoyed just about all of them. This was by far the least entertaining. I actually disliked the heroine of this book.

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Temperature's Rising
Karen Kelley
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Great Book!.......2007-05-24

I was a little timid about purchasing this book at first, but one of my other books had a sample of this one in the back of it. After I read that I knew I needed to get this book fast. It keeps you very much engaged from page 1 and doesn't disappoint at all. If you are looking for a funny and steamy read, definitely spend the money on this one!

Simply awful.......2006-08-13

Ms. Kelley uses a strange writing technique where the characters constantly ask themselves questions and then answer back. My question, asked with as much tact as possible, is this: How did this terrible book get published?

The reviews were generally favorable, so I thought I'd try this author. I was expecting a funny, sexy romance along the lines of Rachel Gibson.

Unfortunately, the writing was extremely amateurish, bordering on juvenile. Style was nonexistent. The plotline was downright dumb, no character development, no chemistry whatsoever between the two leads. Sorry to say that there is nothing remotely positive I can say about this book. If I could give it zero stars, I would.

One of the most annoying parts (and believe me, there were many) was the ongoing fake Italian "accent" adopted by one of the characters. ("Excus-a, I'm-a Giorgio.") Reading every other word with "-a" attached to it was beyond ridiculous.

I'm quite shocked that Brava would publish such drivel, let alone try to charge $14.00 for it! Shame, shame, shame on you.

Sexy Hot Read.......2006-04-30

This is a most enjoyable read. Jessica Nelson comes from a background of cops, with her father being the Chief of Police. But Jessica is tired of being a cop and always having to compete with the family and wants a steady, but respectable job that has normal hours. She turns in her badge and becomes a Realtor. Connor Richmond is the new cop in town and arrests Jessica for prostitution, but figures his job is finished now that he has arrested the Chief's daughter. He is unprepared for the matchmaking chief. Jessica does not date cops and Connor is not into committed relationships, which is unfortunate since there is heat and desire between them, but neither are going to pursue it. When Jessica goes to help her Dad out to set up a sting operation, she finds herself ending up having to stay on the stakeout as Connor's wife due to circumstances gone array. Now things are really heating up between the two as they are confined to the house. There is inner conflict between the two, but through it all loyalty to family comes through. This is a fun, sassy read that will have you laughing out loud in places and reaching for ice in others, as well as the adventure of the undercover operation. This is my first time reading this Author and I will be looking for more books from Karen.

Enough already...........2006-03-31

I just finished this book and I would say it was mildly pleasant. There were a couple of places where I chuckled and a few more that made me smile but overall it was just so-so.

It isn't a long book but what there was of a story could have been told much faster. The book goes on ad naseum about the unwanted attraction the two main characters had for one another with alot of fantasizing about sex by both of them. Okay we get it - they have different goals, they don't want to get involved - now make me care! Make me want to root for them to get together! I did not feel like I knew either of these characters. I felt like I was just walked into the middle of a movie and missed all the "set-up".

I did like the few times when we got a look inside both the man's and the woman's head and saw how differently the interpreted the same scene. It was clever and could have been put to better and more frequent use (rather than make us listen to her whine incessantly to herself about the same thing, over and over).

And about the heroine's angst over her job - I guess it was supposed to be funny and/or tragic? - it was just stupid. And speaking of the heroine, it was incongruant to me that she could kick a** but she couldn't speak up for herself? She let the guy run roughshod over her (albeit, verbally), all the while the reader is being told how strong and independent she was. Hmmm, what's wrong with this picture? And how dense is the guy for not seeing her for what she really was? I guess he just had sex on the brain.

This is one I will pass on. Probably donate it.

A Funny mistake! .......2006-01-16

After trying to follow in her family footsteps for so long Jessica decided to do with her life something different and decide to become a real estate agent. Suddenly sexy cop and hot specimen Connor Richmond appears in the picture. Arresting her for prostitution was just the beginning of a lot of mistakes, or so they thought. Then her matchmaking father manages to get them in a stakeout, together! Torn between saving her dads job and just keep doing what she thinks she needs, she finally decides to brave the odds and embrace her fate. Soon sparks started flying between the pair and things started getting hot! Karen Kelly has weaved a masterful story that will have you laughing out loud. She includes loyalty and respect within a family as some of the ingredients in this read. Her funny remarks and sexy wit will have you enjoying this read so much that you will keep turning pages. A fun and sexy romance you will enjoy.

Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming

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good overview but short on any deep details of global warming debate
A "risky business"
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Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming
S. George Philander
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Is the Temperature Rising? Well, yes, according to S. George Philander, a geoscientist at Princeton University whose introductory course in climatology provided the seed of this book. Written in a clear, literate style aimed at the layperson, Philander is a welcome antidote to the all-too-often sensational claims made by one side or the other in the global-warming debate. This is not to say that his book is comforting: Philander has little doubt that current conditions on earth--the proliferation of CFCs in the atmosphere, the forest fires and factory emissions that contribute to the destruction of the ozone and to the blanket of gases that trap heat--are having damaging effects. In the long run, he writes, the earth can take care of itself, adapting to the changes in its atmosphere; over the short term, however, the picture is grimmer, for no one can predict with any certainty just how these atmospheric changes will play out. And herein lies the real interest in Is the Temperature Rising? Rather than rant about imminent doom or deny it, Philander explains just why it is so difficult to forecast the consequences of global warming. Clouds, for example, are a huge uncertainty, since they can either heat or cool the earth depending on their form.

But just because you can't predict exactly what will happen is no reason not to do something about the problem, Philander argues. He opposes those who suggest we wait for more accurate scientific information about global warming on the grounds that the science of climatology will never be exact; put off making decisions for too long, he warns, and it could be too late. Is the Temperature Rising? is both a solid explanation of the factors that contribute to global warning and a no-nonsense exhortation to act while there is still time.

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Most of us have heard the dire predictions about global warming. Some experts insist that warming has already started, and they warn of such impending disasters as the sea level rising to flood coastal cities. Others, however, have issued loud counterclaims, assuring us that global warming is a myth based on misleading data. How can we tell who is right, and how we should respond? And why is there no scientific consensus on a matter of such vital importance? George Philander addresses these questions in this book, as he guides the nonscientific reader through new ideas about the remarkable and intricate factors that determine the world's climate.

In simple, nontechnical language, Philander describes how the interplay between familiar yet endlessly fascinating phenomena--winds and clouds, light and air, land and sea--maintains climates that permit a glorious diversity of fauna and flora to flourish on Earth. That interplay also creates such potent weather disrupters as El Niño and La Niña, translates modest fluctuations in sunlight into global climate changes as dramatic as the Ice Age, and determines the Earth's response to the gases we are discharging into the atmosphere, such as those that led to the ozone hole over Antarctica and those that are likely to cause global warming. In his discussion of these matters, Philander emphasizes that our planet is so complex that the scientific results will always have uncertainties. To continue to defer action on environmental problems, on the grounds that more accurate scientific results will soon be available, could lead to a crisis. To make wise decisions, it will help if the public is familiar with the geosciences, which explore the processes that make ours a habitable planet.

The book is an excellent introduction to the basics of the Earth's climate and weather, and will be an important contribution to the debate about climate change and the relationship between scientific knowledge and public affairs.

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good overview but short on any deep details of global warming debate.......2006-12-25

I enjoyed this book, being a good introduction to the science of climate, over seasons and over eons. He leads the reader to plausible conclusions by offering examples of how things have been, on the Earth and its neighboring planets, and the direction they are likely to head. I think all reasonable people today agree that increased greenhouse gases will cause SOME warming in the future. Question is how much? and how quickly? And that is where the science needs to be more exact, and where more insight is needed. This book does not do that adequately. It remains a good starting point, however, for those who can seek further details elsewhere, later.

A "risky business".......2004-04-24

If you retain any doubts about whether the atmosphere around us is warming, this book will dispel them. George Philander has produced the most complete study yet of climate mechanics and trends. His theme is the complexity of the global weather systems. With three decades of experience teaching the subject, he understands these intricate systems. He knows each part must be dealt with individually. Although derived from a series of lectures, he rises above a purely pedantic approach in presenting the issues. He's fully aware that human-induced factors in climate change can be modified only by those same humans. Although containing a wealth of detail, the book is directed at the general reader. It's an indispensable starting point in learning about climate and global warming.

In coping with the many interacting elements that must be addressed in assessing global warming, he begins at the fundamental level. Once any form of atmosphere is in place, what does light do in generating change? No atmosphere merely sits in place - light drives chemical and temperature changes. What changes take place, and how severe, great or minimal, can they be? This is the "uncertain science" Philander uses to subtitle the book. Because interactions of light, water vapour and various molecules react differently, he cautions the reader and his fellow scientists not to arrive at conclusions without making fully comprehensive assessments. It is too easy, he cautions, to draw conclusions through focussing on one or a few players in the climate drama. Ignored or dismissed factors are likely to hold surprises. The biggest surprise, of course, is a scenario that proves false.

With global warming universally accepted, with only the pace and impact in dispute, Philander's book is a welcome summary of the science. His style is neither alarmist nor overly detached from the issues. The balance keeps the book readable. He even banishes most of the mathematical explanations to Appendices at the back of the book. The text is enhanced by highly effective graphics. The theme of uncertainty is introduced early in the book with an image of a skier's wallet skidding down a slope. "Moguls" of heaped snow make the wallet's track unpredictable - a point referred to frequently in the narrative. He images the way
mountains affect rain patterns, how globe-girdling oceanic currents move and what happens in the deep seas as fresh, salt, cold and warm waters interact. Anyone still thinking the oceans are simply beds of salty water should look here.

Although Philander's style is understated, he leaves no doubt as to the seriousness of the problem. The atmosphere is warming. Whether humanity initiated the current cycle is irrelevant. We are aggravating it and only we can reduce our impact. We are unlikely to curb the El Nino cycles, but we can learn to better cope with them. We can also reduce the likelihood of their growing more intense. Philander cites the case of fluorocarbons and the Antarctic Ozone Hole. An accord led to reduction in those gases, new accords can reduce or eliminate production of others clogging the atmosphere. Global warming, he says, is a "risky business". It's up to us to reduce the risk. Read this book and find out how. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

Not an easy read but worthwhile.......2004-02-25

In his book "Is The Temperature Rising?: The Uncertain Science of Global Warming", S. George Philander provides an excellent overview of the various geological, climatic, atmospheric and oceanic forces that bear on the debate over global warming. In contrast to other groups who have taken sides on this issue, Philander's book reflects a basically moderate view which seeks to bridge the chasm between the overly-simplistic or just plain hysterical rhetoric that too often characterizes the debate over global warming.

The primary focus of the book is a tour of the science that bears on the ultimate climatic question: is the temperature rising? Philander dives into a detailed review the energy inputs and forces that shape the earth's temperature balance and discusses what is happening now that will affect those forces, in particular, the impact of man-made greenhouse gasses. No doubt this survey is a necessary foundation for understanding the problem, however it comprises the bulk of the book and required some dedication on my part to get through it. In other words, it's not a quick and dirty read and you may find yourself, like me, putting it down frequently.

This review gives the reader the understanding of the many factors that will impact the outcome of current trends in fossil fuel gas buildup - factors which are not unidirectional. For instance, models of global warming generally predict that increased temperature will lead to more water moisture in the air, which in turn acts to reflect sunlight and helps cool the atmosphere. What is not fully understood is how the opposing forces interact and which trend will prevail. Unfortunately, the complexity of the issue - as exemplified by this interaction - greatly clouds the debate, leaving ample room for sophistical arguments from those who both accept and reject the global warming hypothesis.

According to Philander (and essentially everybody else), what is indisputable is that the concentration of so-called greenhouse gasses is rising dramatically, and that alone should be enough to engender caution and attention to this issue. The author lands with those who believe that the earth will continue to warm but implicitly acknowledges that he doesn't know the answer either. Nor can we be sure, but the debate is not likely to go away, so those interested in participating in it could do worse than to read this book. Other reviewers appear to have been disappointed that the book chose to concentrate so heavily on the science behind the global warming debate, but to them my reply is that the science is the crux of that debate - if you're interested in the topic don't let them dissuade you from reading Philander's book. It could be a bit more readable - but it couldn't really be any more on-topic.

He indeed has built a house, but on the foundation of facts.......2003-06-22

'Is the temperature rising?' is an amazing book. It's perfect for anyone who really wants to get the facts straight on the issue. It states that to make a proper judgement, one must be familiar with the way the earth works. The way light interacts with molecules, heat, albedo, the weather, air, carbon dioxide, etc. Without a basic knowledge of the way the planet functions, it's hard to undestand what Global warming really does. Philander explains all of this in great detail so it's not exactly light reading but well worth the time. Best of all, it's writen from an unbiased point of view.

an excellent mistitled book.......2000-11-21

This book should really be called _How the Temperature Rises: the Fundamentals of Global Warming_.

In concise readable prose Philander outlines all the physics, chemistry, biology and geology that you will need to understand to truly follow the debate about global warming. This is no mean feat. We are talking about GLOBAL warming here, i.e. the science of how everything works. He methodically proceeds component by component through the environment and explains basic scientific principles that govern, among other things, how the wind works, how ocean currents move, how heat is transported through the atmosphere and in the oceans, how the atmosphere is heated from below and why, and how mathematical models represent climate.

He is determined to make his readers into informed participants in a discussion that he makes clear that he believes is very important. He does not hector, but he does take an unambiguous position: we should do something about this. It is a pleasure to read a book that reaches a passionate conclusion through reasoning. I withhold one star because I thought that the summary chapter that actually does address global warming directly could have been more detailed.

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Outgrowing The Earth by Lester Brown

enlightening review of the upcoming global food crisis

A sober, apparently scientific presentation of relevent facts

Outgrowing the Earth: An Imaginary Problem and Fanciful Solutions

must read for people who expect to eat in the future
Outgrowing the Earth: The Food Security Challenge in an Age of Falling Water Tables and Rising Temperatures
Lester R. Brown
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How human demands are outstripping the earth's capacities—and what we need to do about it.

Ever since 9/11, many have considered al Queda to be the leading threat to global security, but falling water tables in countries that contain more than half the world's people and rising temperatures worldwide pose a far more serious threat. Spreading water shortages and crop-withering heat waves are shrinking grain harvests in more and more countries, making it difficult for the world's farmers to feed 70 million more people each year. The risk is that tightening food supplies could drive up food prices, destabilizing governments in low-income grain-importing countries and disrupting global economic progress. Future security, Brown says, now depends on raising water productivity, stabilizing climate by moving beyond fossil fuels, and stabilizing population by filling the family planning gap and educating young people everywhere.

If Osama bin Laden and his colleagues succeed in diverting our attention from the real threats to our future security, they may reach their goals for reasons that even they have not imagined.

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Outgrowing The Earth by Lester Brown.......2007-08-11

Excellent work as all of this author's are. This book should be required reading for all government ministers of all stated globally.
Nick Robson, South Asian Strategic Stability Institute.

enlightening review of the upcoming global food crisis.......2007-01-03

"Outgrowing the Earth" is another great contribution by Lester Brown. In ten concise chapters the author reviews the relationship between continuing human population growth and the finite land and water resources of the planet. I found the discussion of falling water tables especially interesting and important. I was also glad to see the increasing food needs of China as well as the potential for increasing food production in Brazil were both covered from several angles. There were also extensive endnotes and a decent index, both of which I found useful. In summary, this is another important and well-researched publication for anyone interested in issues of food security in these times of diminishing fuel reserves, rising temperatures, and falling water tables.

A sober, apparently scientific presentation of relevent facts .......2006-07-02

I'm not a scienttist. I recently became interested, however, in the issue of the sustanability of the human race. Much of my concern has been due to political uncertainties, but I also wondered about some fundamental environmental issues.

Since I have not read much in the field of environmentalism, I can not say for certain how solid Brown's facts are, but it does appear he presents many claims, in this book and in the web site that the book refers to, which would enable his claims (and priorities) to be tested. It would be unusual for one person to have everything right on such complex issues but if Brown has presented what he sees clearly and verifiably, that seems a great help to us all. It seems a big help to me personally.

Brown does not focus on catastrophe in this relatlively subdued 2005 book: it is clearly instead stated many times to be about food security. He is concerned, but doesn't speculate, as to how polticians and nations will react if the food security challenge is not met. Beyong warming, which dominates the news, Brown raises concerns about issues I was less familar with such as the water tables.

I definitely plan now to read Brown's "Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble" which does sound more alarmist. Even if scientists ran the world, it seems we might be in grave danger but with our current set of politicians, how can we feel confident? This may be a time when every good world citizen sets aside national boundaries and steps forward to seek a solution to the earth's woes for the sake of the future of our descendants.

Outgrowing the Earth: An Imaginary Problem and Fanciful Solutions.......2005-12-11

Brown's thesis is that humanity is outgrowing the earth and putting world food security at risk. One might assume that Brown would support his thesis with charts and statistics on hunger, starvation, famine, nutrition and food prices... but one would be wrong. Outgrowing the Earth eschews all of this and instead focuses on global warming, dust storms, grain stocks, water tables and world population which are only indirectly related to food security.

The key to understanding world food security, Brown argues, is to understand world grain production. For example, the "Japan Syndrome" is a pattern of rapid industrialization followed by rising grain consumption, shrinking grainland and falling grain production (p10). Japan, South Korea and Taiwan have all followed this pattern and today they are heavily dependant on grain imports. Brown predicts that very soon China will also tumble down this path and that the world will be unable to produce enough grain to feed 1.2 billion Chinese. Brown warns that catastrophic starvation looms large in China's future.

Brown presents his discussions of water and livestock also in terms of grain production. Livestock is analyzed in terms of "protein efficiency." Fish are the most efficient at converting grain feed into live weight whereas steer are the least efficient (p44). Therefore, diets will need to shift from less efficient livestock to more efficient livestock as grain becomes increasingly scarce in the near future. In the chapter on water tables, Brown argues that when nations import grain they are, in a sense, importing water "since it takes a thousand tons of water to produce one ton of grain" (p111).

Brown's ideas about the Japan Syndrome, protein efficiency, and grain markets (i.e. water markets) are among the highlights of Outgrowing the Earth. Unfortunately, these are overshadowed by a fundamentally flawed thesis.

The problem with Brown's thesis is that recent history does not indicate an impending food catastrophe. The past 50-100 years have produced trends of falling food prices, better diets, improved nutrition, better access to clean water, less hunger, less famine and ever increasing agricultural productivity and efficiency. Brown concedes all of this but he chooses to wave such facts aside and treats his own tenuous predictions of future catastrophe as more compelling than the current real-life long-term trends of declining hunger and improving diets.

Often, Brown's ideas are plain silly. Brown believes that we can use arable land for either cropland or roads but not both. Hence, to preserve cropland Brown argues for more bicycles, more public transportation and less automobiles. He even engages in some class warfare: the competition between roads and cropland is "a struggle between the rich and the poor-between those who can afford automobiles and those who are struggling to get enough food to survive" (p93). Brown argues that wind erosion is carrying away precious topsoil and depositing it in the ocean. Wind erosion is such a serious problem in Africa that it is literally "draining the continent of its fertility" (p85). Apparently, Brown has no trouble believing that wind can carry away an entire continent's worth of topsoil! Fortunately, Brown has a solution: "for areas with strong winds and in need of electricity, such as northwestern China, wind turbines can simultaneously slow wind speeds and provide cheap electricity" (p93).

Over the past decades, plant breeders have greatly increased crop productivity by breeding hardier and pesticide resistant crops. Brown concedes that this is a good thing but he laments that plant breeders have been unable to "fundamentally improve the efficiency of photosynthesis." In fact the photosynthesis of today's crops "remains unchanged from that of their wild ancestors" (p62). Brown believes that this bodes ill for world food security.

Drip irrigation is more water efficient that current methods of irrigation, but alas, it's also very labor intensive (p113). Undeterred by the labor needs, Brown proposes that drip irrigation is well suited to countries suffering from both water shortages and high unemployment! Other deep thoughts from Outgrowing the Earth are that there are no substitutes for water and that people can "live for only a matter of days without water" (p99). Brown believes that governments should "coordinate population policy with water availability" and he's bewildered that "there appears to be no effort to do so" (p105). Notice that Brown's argument is not that water policy should be based on population but that "population policy" should be based on water availability! "Population policy" sounds like a euphemism for government restrictions on family size but Brown declines to go into specifics. In all seriousness, Brown proposes that wind power and bicycles are good for food security whereas automobiles are bad for food security. By the time Brown claims that water prices are "irrational" (p114) this reviewer was laughing out loud. I imagine that much of the world appears "irrational" to Brown.

The bulk of Outgrowing the Earth consists of many such imaginary problems and Brown's fanciful solutions. If you would also like to worry about paving over cropland, the stagnant efficiency of photosynthesis, and the soil-pilfering wind then I recommend Outgrowing the Earth for you.

must read for people who expect to eat in the future .......2005-06-07

This is an outstanding work, highlighting the very likely risk of future global food shortages and food price inflation. During most of our western-world memory there was on oversupply of basic food and governments were concerned about too much grain and prices dropping too low. Lester Brown makes a very convincing case that the opposite is likely to happen in the future. His opinions are very well documented and based on plenty of statistics.

The Biblical Flood: Global Warming & Bush's Harvest

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It is generally agreed by all reputable, mainstream climatologist that Global Warming is real. That there will be rising sea levels and temperature changes ranging from an ice age to desertification of large parts of the planet. With our present societal system based on coercion we have Global Dumbing. The result will be uncontrollable disorder and chaos, preventing us from solving the problems of Global Warming. We can not survive as a viable specie with our present societal system based on coercion. Darwin and Galambos tell us that the only system under which we can first solve Global Dumbing and then Global Warming-and they must be solved in that order-is with total and complete individual freedom. This book describes the problems and how to solve them. To prevent our extinction.

Bedside Manners Series (Harlequin Temptation Series, No. 726 and 738): Say 'Ahhh . . .'; Temperature's Rising

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European Forests and Global Change: Likely Impacts of Rising CO2 and Temperature

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ASIN: 0521584787

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Studies of global climate change predict that increases in atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature are expected to occur over the next century. To help gain an insight into the potential effect of these changes on forests, this book describes how major European tree species respond to experimentally manipulated environmental conditions. The contributors describe the effects on photosynthesis, respiration, and development and use the results to generate models of the likely response of European forests to the predicted changes in climate. The volume encompasses studies carried out under the ECOCRAFT (European Collaboration on CO2 Responses Applied to Forests and Trees) program, focusing on the major tree species found in eight European countries. As such, it provides an authoritative report of the current status of European research into this important area of global environmental biology.

Long Time Coming, Temperature's Rising, Led Astray, Hawke O'Tooles Hostage

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Long Time Coming, Temperature's Rising, Led Astray, Hawke O'Tooles Hostage
Sandra Brown
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000SZSAF4

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Led Astray: Jenny Fletcher had selflessly put her needs and dreams behind those of her fiance, Hal, a man more committed to a cause than to her. On the eve of his departure for Central America, he gave Jenny what she wanted more than anything...one passionate night. It was his final gift. Cage Hendren was the opposite of his brother, Hal, in every way. The black sheep of the family, he was all rough edges, with a soft spot for just one thing: Jenny. But she'd always thought Cage was too wild and reckless....until he showed her a wildness in herself she hadn't known was there. And now that she'd been led astray...she couldn't possibly turn back.

Rising Temperatures of the Past and the Future (Donnelly, Karen J. Earth's Changing Weather and Climate.)

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Rising Temperatures of the Past and the Future (Donnelly, Karen J. Earth's Changing Weather and Climate.)
Karen Donnelly
Manufacturer: PowerKids Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Library Binding

General | Ages 4-8 | Children's Books | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0823962148

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The Temperature Is Rising
Angela C. Kirkendoll
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Self-Help | Health, Mind & Body | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 142574379X

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Are you frustrated with being a Christian woman and living a single and holy lifestyle? The reality is that you are not alone. The Temperature Is Rising offers simple tips to encourage and uplift women who want to give up. Many hot issues single women face are brought to light and diagnosed with a young and spiritual perspective. Through advice, scriptures, personal testimonies, and laughter you'll see that the best is yet to come. So grab a cup of tea, sit back, and relax. Allow the Lord to minister to you in a creative way that will bless your spiritual journey.

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