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Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit Paperback – October 31, 2006

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Re-released on the heels of Al Gores #1 New York Times bestseller, An Inconvenient Truth, comes the paperback edition of his classic bestseller, Earth in the Balance. First published in 1992, it helped place the environment on the national agenda; now, as environmental issues move front-and-center in the public consciousness, the time is right to reflect deeply on the fate of our planet and commit ourselves to its future. While An Inconvenient Truth closely examines one menace to our environment--global warming--Earth in the Balance takes a broader approach, focusing on the threats that everyday choices pose to our climate, water, soil, and diversity of plant and animal life. A passionate, lifelong defender of the environment, Gore describes in brave and unforgettable terms how human actions and decisions can endanger or safeguard the vulnerable ecosystem that sustains us.
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    407 pages
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    Rodale Books
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    October 31, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 1.09 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1594866376
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1594866371
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“This obviously isn't a standard politician's book, tossed off in a few weekends with aides doing most of the work and the famous man's name slapped on the cover. This is Gore's book, cover to cover, not only from the personal anecdotes and wide-ranging travel experiences he brings to the political and scientific aspects of global environmental problems, but also from the historical, philosophical, religious, spiritual, economic and moral dimensions he explores.” —Bob Thompson, The San Francisco Chronicle

“A work of intelligence and passionate authenticity...Gore has produced a labor of statesmanship, evangelism, and scientific exposition. His book itself is an act of leadership” —Time

“Earth in the Balance is a brilliantly written, prophetic, even holy book, clearly pointing the way we need to change to assure the survival of our grandchildren. I pray it will have the dramatic impact it deserves--and must have for our collective salvation.” —M. Scott Peck

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Former Vice President Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an independently owned cable and satellite television nonfiction network for young people based on viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused on a new approach to sustainable investing. Gore is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc., and a senior advisor to Google, Inc.

Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. He is the author of the 2006 bestseller An Inconvenient Truth.

Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, live in Nashville, Tennessee. They have four children and two grandchildren.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rodale Books (October 31, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 407 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1594866376
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1594866371
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.09 x 9 inches
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Former Vice President Al Gore is co-founder and chairman of Generation Investment Management. He is also a senior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a member of Apple, Inc.'s board of directors.

Gore spends the majority of his time as chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a non-profit devoted to solving the Climate Crisis.

Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982 and the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993, and served eight years. During the Administration, Gore was a central member of President Clinton's economic team. He served as President of the Senate, a Cabinet member, a member of the National Security Council and as the leader of a wide range of Administration initiatives.

He is the author of the bestsellers Earth in the Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, The Assault on Reason, and Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. He is the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary and is the co-recipient, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for "informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Our Earth is a Trust and a Treasure
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2012
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We are burdening our fragile environment with waste and tearing it apart to acquire, always, more we than we need. In one lifetime even I have seen the detrimental effects of our careless use of resources and disregard for the fragility of the earth. This book is a wake up call for those who will listen, a call coming barely in time, if not already too late. This book is comprehensive, but clearly comprehensible.....an absolutely gripping read.
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Jones
5.0 out of 5 stars Required reading for Everyone
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2015
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Excellent and very scary, should be required reading for all high schoolers, IMO. Explains in very readable and understandable detail how we are consuming our planet, and what we need to do to change.
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Michael Larthey
5.0 out of 5 stars GOre's masterpiece is superb like Prince Charles earth in balance 1991
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2015
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Great book and great vice president and should had been president in 2000 on a cake walk book was a great price odd it came from Florida
West Palm beach Florida
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Bruce Nothdurft
3.0 out of 5 stars I only bought it for the historical perspective of "climate ...
Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2017
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I only bought it for the historical perspective of "climate change" distortion and extortion. Yeah, I am an earth scientist who has studied climatology...
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Enjuneer
1.0 out of 5 stars Leave it to the scientists Al. You are not up to the task.
Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2014
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Good service and delivery, but it's a terrible book filled with junk science, which is what one should expect when reading what a scientific illiterate has to say about something as complex as climate change.

Al Gore's social science degree with it's 6 hour of bone head math and 6 hours of bonehead science coupled with his life's experience as a master politician just isn't near enough to write anything meaningful.

Leave it up to the scientists to write scientific books Al. It's just not up your alley.
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L. Stone-Cretsinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-Opener!!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2007
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This book is an easy reader, meaning that it was easy to follow and understand. The need for more informative books like this one could definitely help inform the world how crucial it is to put pressure on the Amercian government, United Nations, and other countries to take reponsibilty for their part in deteriating the ozone layer.
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Nora
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2017
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Excellent read for those endeavoring to understand the truth about global warming and to become part of the solution
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Paul E. Williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Gore is a thinker and a concerned environmentalist
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 1999
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This book is now eight years old and some of the concerns about global warming raised by Gore have been researched and disputed. But this doesn't take away a single bit from Gores concerns about urban sprawl and the quality of life issues he raises. This great book establishes Gores credentials as both a thinker and an environmentalist and the kind of person well equipped to lead our country into the next century.
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