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"Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his wife Anna know all too well about the shriking of the Arctic ice pack. Back in the '50's the ice pack registered 30 feet deep in midwinter. Half a centurey later, the ice broke and it's been breaking earlier every year."@en
"A riveting new trilogy of cutting-edge science, international politics, and the real-life ramifications of global warming as they are played out in our nation's capital--and in the daily lives of those at the center of the action. Hauntingly realistic, here is a novel of the near future that is inspired by scientific facts already making headlines. When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year. It's an increasingly steamy summer in the nation's capital as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler cares for his young son and deals with the frustrating politics of global warming. Charlie must find a way to get a skeptical administration to act before it's too late--and his progeny find themselves living in Swamp World. But the political climate poses almost as great a challenge as the environmental crisis when it comes to putting the public good ahead of private gain. While Charlie struggles to play politics, his wife, Anna, takes a more rational approach to the looming crisis in her work at the National Science Foundation. There a proposal has come in for a revolutionary process that could solve the problem of global warming--if it can be recognized in time. But when a race to control the budding technology begins, the stakes only get higher. As these everyday heroes fight to align the awesome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of modern science, they are unaware that fate is about to put an unusual twist on their work--one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm. This captivating novel propels us into a world on the verge of unprecedented change--in a time quite like our own."@en
""When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year. It's a muggy summer in Washington, D.C., as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his scientist wife Anna, work to call attention to the growing crisis of global warming. But as these everyday heroes fight to align the awsome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of technology, fate puts an unusual twist on their efforts--one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm."--Jacket."
"Two married scientists teach a Buddhist delegation from South Asia the intricacies of dealing with politicians in Washington while observing signs of an approaching catastrophe from global warming."
"Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his wife Anna know all too well about the shrinking of the Arctic ice pack. Bak in the '50s, the ice pack registered 30 feet deep in midwinter. Half a century later, the ice broke -- and it's been breaking earlier every year. Spurred on by the powers that be have their own agenda, and it may already be too late to avert the natural disaster bearing down on the nation's capital."@en
"Een wetenschapster en een politiek adviseur krijgen te meken met de gevolgen van klimatologische veranderingen door het opwarmen van de aarde."
""When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year. It's a muggy summer in Washington, D.C., as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his scientist wife Anna, work to call attention to the growing crisis of global warming. But as these everyday heroes fight to align the awsome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of technology, fate puts an unusual twist on their efforts--one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm."--Page 4 of cover."@en

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"Political fiction"
"Political fiction"@en
"Spy stories"
"Spy stories"@en
"Spy stories, American"@en
"Fiction"
"Fiction"@en
"Political fiction, American"@en
"Science fiction, American"@en
"Electronic books"@en
"Science fiction"
"Science fiction"@en
"Suspense fiction"
"Suspense fiction"@en

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"Les quarante signes de la pluie : roman"
"Señales de lluvia"@es
"Señales de lluvia"
"Forty Signs of Rain"@en
"Het broeikaseffect"
"Forty signs of rain"@en
"Forty signs of rain"
"Yağmurun kırk işareti"@tr
"Yağmurun kırk işareti"
"Les 40 signes de la pluie"

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