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Under the Covers: An Inconvenient TruthGore's new book is full of truths, pretty picturesPosted by Sarah van Schagen at 4:44 PM on 05 Jun 2006
I hold in my hand a copy of Al Gore's new book An Inconvenient Truth. Though subtitled "The planetary emergency of global warming and what we can do about it," this is not the photo-less, textbookish, only-a-few-graphs-and-charts-to-save-you from the sea-of-endless-sentences-and-paragraphs-of-boring-text that you might have (and I definitely) expected. This is a coffee-table book, people! There are pretty, pretty pictures! And fonts large enough for crotchety Aunt Edna to read!
Even the cover folds out, revealing Gore (in all his smart-and-dreamyness) standing against a black background and dwarfed by the iconic photo of the earth from space. Just below the earth, this text: We have everything we need to begin solving this crisis, with the possible exception of the will to act. But in America, our will to take action is itself a renewable resource. Oh, Al. Such wisdom, such surprisingly good graphic design skillz, and such ballsitude for bringing it all together in this book and in the movie. Get yourself a copy of this book. Put it on your coffee table. Encourage conversation as guests thumb through it. When holidays and birthdays and just any-old-days come around, buy this book for friends and family and colleagues. This is not just an entertaining read, an educational tool, and a collection of pretty pictures -- though it is all these things -- this is an important book. A book that is vital reading for anyone -- and this is going to sound quite cliché, which normally I would strive to avoid, but I don't care because this book makes me all aflutter with hope -- who cares about our future here on earth. OK, enough sap -- go buy it!
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