{"product_id":"water-the-epic-struggle-for-wealth-power-and-civilization-9780060548315","title":"Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power, and Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"I read this wide-ranging and thoughtful book while sitting on the banks of the Ganges near Varanasi--it's a river already badly polluted, and now threatened by the melting of the loss of the glaciers at its source to global warming. Four hundred million people depend on it, and there's no backup plan. As Steven Solomon makes clear, the same is true the world over; this volume will give you the background to understand the forces that will drive much of 21st century history.\" --Bill McKibben \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWater\u003c\/em\u003e, esteemed journalist Steven Solomon describes a terrifying--and all too real--world in which access to fresh water has replaced oil as the primary cause of global conflicts that increasingly emanate from drought-ridden, overpopulated areas of the world. Meticulously researched and undeniably prescient, \u003cem\u003eWater\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunningly clear-eyed action statement on what Robert F Kennedy, Jr. calls \"the biggest environmental and political challenge of our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven Solomon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.03h x 6.06w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060548315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSolomon, Steven:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven Solomon is a journalist who has written for \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForbes\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, and has commented on NPR's \u003cem\u003eMarketplace\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Confidence Game\u003c\/em\u003e. Solomon lives in Washington, D.C.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43099430649971,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_399313a9-8f5f-4d29-8cea-2d734ba06946.jpg?v=1748699373","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/water-the-epic-struggle-for-wealth-power-and-civilization-9780060548315","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}