Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2009-11-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0141036664

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Friedman proposes that an ambitious national strategy, which he calls 'Code-Green', is not only what we need to save the planet from overheating - it is what we need to make us all healthier, richer, more innovative, more productive, and more secure.

Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Picador
Total Pages: 529
Release: 2009-11-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1429963689

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago Tribune Best Book of the Year In this brilliant, essential book, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Thomas L. Friedman speaks to America's urgent need for national renewal and explains how a green revolution can bring about both a sustainable environment and a sustainable America. Friedman explains how global warming, rapidly growing populations, and the expansion of the world's middle class through globalization have produced a dangerously unstable planet--one that is "hot, flat, and crowded." In this Release 2.0 edition, he also shows how the very habits that led us to ravage the natural world led to the meltdown of the financial markets and the Great Recession. The challenge of a sustainable way of life presents the United States with an opportunity not only to rebuild its economy, but to lead the world in radically innovating toward cleaner energy. And it could inspire Americans to something we haven't seen in a long time--nation-building in America--by summoning the intelligence, creativity, and concern for the common good that are our greatest national resources. Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0 is classic Thomas L. Friedman: fearless, incisive, forward-looking, and rich in surprising common sense about the challenge--and the promise--of the future.

The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2007-08-07
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 9780374292782

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Explores globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks--environmental, social, and political.

Longitudes and Attitudes

Longitudes and Attitudes
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2002-09-11
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1429916346

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America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11, 2001--before, during and after . As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, Thomas L. Friedman is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week, Friedman's celebrated commentary provides the most trenchant, pithy,and illuminating perspective in journalism. Longitudes and Attitudes contains the columns Friedman has published about the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his experiences and reactions during this period of crisis. As the author writes, the book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, my hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate how I, and others, felt as we tried to grapple with September and its aftermath, as they were unfolding." Readers have repeatedly said that Friedman has expressed the essence of their own feelings, helping them not only by explaining who "they" are, but also by reassuring us about who "we" are. More than any other journalist writing, Friedman gives voice to America's awakening sense of its role in a changed world.

From Beirut to Jerusalem

From Beirut to Jerusalem
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 840
Release: 2010-04-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0374706999

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This revised edition of the number-one bestseller and winner of the 1989 National Book Award includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new, updated epilogue. One of the most thought-provoking books ever written about the Middle East, From Beirut to Jerusalem remains vital to our understanding of this complex and volatile region of the world. Three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman drew upon his ten years of experience reporting from Lebanon and Israel to write this now-classic work of journalism. In a new afterword, he updates his journey with a fresh discussion of the Arab Awakenings and how they are transforming the area, and a new look at relations between Israelis and Palestinians, and Israelis and Israelis. Rich with anecdote, history, analysis, and autobiography, From Beirut to Jerusalem will continue to shape how we see the Middle East for many years to come. "If you're only going to read one book on the Middle East, this is it."--Seymour M. Hersh

That Used to Be Us

That Used to Be Us
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 434
Release: 2012-08-21
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1250013720

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Friedman, an influential columnist, and Mandelbaum, a leading foreign policy thinker, analyze four American challenges--globalization, information technology, chronic deficits, and energy consumption--and show what America needs to do.

The Lexus and the Olive Tree

The Lexus and the Olive Tree
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2000
Genre: Capitalism
ISBN: 0006551394

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An analysis of globalisation as an international system that today directly or indirectly influences the politics, environment, geopolitics and economics of virtually every country in the world.

Thank You for Being Late

Thank You for Being Late
Author: Thomas L. Friedman
Publisher: Picador USA
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250141222

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"Version 2.0 with a new afterword"--Cover.

Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist

Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist
Author: Ray Anderson
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2011-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0771007558

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“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays. His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest”: the founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 82%, and the goal is to reach zero environmental footprint by 2020. Thoughtful and winning, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist shows how Anderson revolutionized his company, in the process bringing costs down, improving quality, making it one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” — and driving up profits. *The publisher has aimed for sustainability in all aspects of this book’s production, from the inks and glues to the trim size. The interior paper is 100% post-consumer recycled, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and ancient-forest friendly. Instead of a jacket, the cover boards are wrapped in 100% recycled paper stock coated in a biodegradable varnish – and these are just two examples among many.

Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer

Sustainability Guidelines for the Structural Engineer
Author: Structural Engineering Institute. Sustainability Committee
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2010
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780784411193

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The Sustainability Committee of the American Society of Civil Engineer s Structural Engineering Institute (ASCE SEI) prepared these guidelines to advance the understanding of sustainability in the structural community and to incorporate concepts of sustainability into structural engineering standards and practices. This book will educate and guide structural engineers as they meet the challenge to design and construct a sustainable built environment. The guidelines are organized into five sections: Sustainable Design and Construction, Sustainable Strategies, Building Materials, Infrastructure, and Case Studies. Although many of the subjects presented are related, each section and the related subsections have been written to stand alone, allowing this report to be used as a practical reference. This report was written for structural engineers, but related disciplines will also benefit from the contents. The book includes an important section on infrastructure because, many of the concepts and ideas presented in this guide relate to infrastructure, as well as design and construction.