Monday, February 07, 2011

TWO BOOK REVIEWS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES

‘Hot: Living Through the Next Fifty Years on Earth’

By Mark Hertsgaard
Reviewed by Wen Stepehenson

A lot has to happen by 2020 if this planet is to remain a livable place, Mark Hertsgaard warns. Read review.


‘The Magnetic North: Notes From the Arctic Circle’
By Sara Wheeler
Reviewed by Holly Morris

A threatened region’s raw beauty shines amid the bleak, shameful story of the ruin of native cultures. Read review.

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