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Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
by Friedman, Thomas L
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0374166854
- ISBN 13
- 9780374166854
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 1st Printing Stated First Edition 2008. Also complete number line including number one. Blue boards with silver gilt spine lettering in fine condition. Text block clean and tight with no markings noted. DJ crisp and colorful with only hint of lightest shelf and edge wear; not price clipped. * From the jacket flap, "". . . a fresh and provocative look at two of the biggest challenges we face today: America's surprising loss of focus and national purpose since 9/11l and the global environmental crisis, which is affecting everything from food to fuel to forests. In this groundbreaking account of where we stand now, he shows us how the solutions to these two big problems are linked - how we can restore the world and revive America at the same time.""
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Includes index.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M000567
- Title
- Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution--and How It Can Renew America
- Author
- Friedman, Thomas L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0374166854
- ISBN 13
- 9780374166854
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Green movement - United States, Power resources - Environmental aspects, Energy resources - Environmental aspects
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sustainable Living;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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