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A unique view of climate change glimpsed through the world's resources that are disappearing.
The world itself won’t end, of course. Only ours will: our livelihoods, our homes, our cultures. And we’re squarely at the tipping point. Longer droughts in the Middle East. Growing desertification in China and Africa. The monsoon season shrinking in India. Amped-up heat waves in Australia. More intense hurricanes reaching America. Water wars in the Horn of Africa. Rebellions, refugees, and starving children across the globe. These are not disconnected events. These are the pieces of a larger puzzle that environmental expert Jeff Nesbit puts together.
Unless we start addressing the causes of climate change and stop simply navigating its effects, we will be facing a series of unstoppable catastrophes by the time our preschoolers graduate from college. Our world is in trouble - right now. This Is the Way the World Ends tells the real stories of the substantial impacts to Earth’s systems unfolding across each continent. The bad news? Within two decades or so, our carbon budget will reach a point of no return.
But there’s good news. Like every significant challenge we’ve faced - from creating civilization in the shadow of the last ice age to the Industrial Revolution - we can get out of this box canyon by understanding the realities, changing the worn-out climate conversation to one that’s relevant to every person. Nesbit provides a clear blueprint for real-time, workable solutions we can tackle together.
©2018 Jeff Nesbit (P)2018 Macmillan Audio
PEACE: Principalities & Powers
"When Iran's nuclear program accelerates, alarmed Israelis launch stealth bombers. While fundamentalist Christians and Jews celebrate and Islamic populations rage, world leaders look for peaceful solutions. Robertson Dean handles Nesbit’s complex plot with precision. His depictions of the anxiety over peace talks aimed at permanently partitioning Jerusalem to settle the Arab-Jewish conflict capture Israelis’ genuine fears of their nation’s extinction. Dean's deft handling of diverse nationalities, dual genders, and varying ages ensures that listeners can easily keep track of characters and plot. The story’s subtle Christian perspective is portrayed through brief remarks and an occasional prayer that is essential to the story."
G.D.W. © AudioFile Portland, Maine
Narrated by Broadway actor Robertson Dean
OIL: A Novel
Global powers race to exploit the chaos that has exploded overnight. Terrorist attacks against three of the world's largest oil fields in Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq threaten to cripple the fragile global economy. Clues link to a rogue, nuclear-armed country and a radical Sunni group, but not all are convinced they're the perpetrators. Who had something to gain? All roads seem to lead to Israel, where Russia and America are locked in a titanic struggle over Israel's large, undeveloped oil shale reserves.
Nash Lee, entrepreneur of an online global network, is thrust into the tumultuous politics of the powerful Saudi kingdom when he uncovers information about a deadly plot to spark dissension among the Arab nation-states. As the Arab Spring revolts push the entire planet to the brink of war, news of the emergence of the Twelfth Imam changes everything.
Plunge into the heart of the oil conflicts that pit nation against nation in the Middle East - and threaten to alter the balance of power forever.
©2012 Jeff Nesbit; (P)2012 Oasis Audio
THE INSIDER
He began as a youthful idealist, drawn by the ideas and dynamism of congressional candidate Sam Adams. His career, linked with Adams' rapid ascent through the ranks of power, led him to a position of national influence achieved by few. Yet in the process, a question nagged Jon Abelson, image-shaper for Washington's brightest political star: How far can you go before compromise becomes corruption?
Jon would ultimately discover the answer through events too horrifying to imagine . . . and a shocking, hidden agenda he could never have dreamed of.
The Insider is a fascinating and disturbing look at the politics of power. Written by a Washington insider, it probes the hard choices Christians must make in an arena where the ends justify all means. Here are well-developed characters, wrenching realism and a gripping read that will keep you turning the pages right up to the unexpected, stunning finale.