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The Future in Plain Sight: A Look at Our Planet in the Year 2050
by Eugene Linden
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0452282993
- ISBN 13
- 9780452282995
- Seller
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Champaign, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Plume, January 2002. Trade . Good. Good+ Softcover. Light to Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Spine lightly rubbed. Textblock yellowed. Pages yellowed, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.
Synopsis
For more than half a century, our planet has enjoyed a prolonged period of privilege and stability. Recent decades have seen some of the most extraordinary prosperity in all of human history, and we have come to view this as the norm. But what if instability returned? And what can we do to prevent that from happening? In The Future in Plain Sight , author Eugene Linden lays out the nine factors that are symptomatic of instability in today's world. They include overpopulation, the widening gap between rich and poor, the resurgence of infectious disease, and the effects of a changing global climate. Linden explores these and other destabilizing forces and tells us what we can do to plan and prepare for life in an unsettled and unsettling universe. From crises in the world's financial markets to the breakdown of natural systems that support human life, The Future in Plain Sight is a powerful look at what lies in store for us in the coming decades.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 171670
- Title
- The Future in Plain Sight: A Look at Our Planet in the Year 2050
- Author
- Eugene Linden
- Format/Binding
- Trade
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0452282993
- ISBN 13
- 9780452282995
- Publisher
- Plume
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- January 2002
- Pages
- 288
Terms of Sale
Jane Addams Book Shop
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About the Seller
Jane Addams Book Shop
Biblio member since 2010
Champaign, Illinois
About Jane Addams Book Shop
We are a locally owned, independent bookstore that has been in business for more than twenty-five years. With more than 70,000 titles in our shop we have a number of very well-stocked sections that span fifteen separate rooms on three floors.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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