Author:Peter Wadhams
'Astonishing ... beautiful, compelling and terrifying' Observer
'Wadhams' writing sparkles ... a lyrical sense of wonder at the natural world ... essential reading ... may be the best reader-friendly account of the greenhouse effect available to date' John Burnside, New Statesman
Ice is beautiful and complex. It regulates our planet's temperature. And it is vanishing - fast. Peter Wadhams, the world's leading expert on sea ice, draws on his lifetime's research in the Arctic region to illuminate what is happening, what it means for the future, and what can be done.
'This most experienced and rational scientist states what so many other researchers privately fear but cannot publicly say' John Vidal, Guardian
'Wadhams brings huge expertise to his subject - and he is an excellent writer' Martin Rees
'Utterly extraordinary' Jonathon Porritt
Wadhams's particular combination - of scientific passion, a lyrical sense of wonder at the natural world, an ability to pluck clear analogies from the air, and outspoken analysis of consumer-capitalist politics - marks out A Farewell to Ice as essential reading.
—— John Burnside , New StatesmanA passionate, authoritative overview of the role of ice in our climate system, past, present and, scarily, the future.
—— Carl Wunsch, Professor Emeritus of Physical Oceanography, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe remarkable true story of a Yemeni coffee farmer... A vibrant depiction of courage and passion, interwoven with a detailed history of Yemeni coffee and a timely exploration of Muslim American identity
—— Entertainment WeeklyWorks as both a heart-warming success story with a winning central character and an account of real-life adventures that read with the vividness of fiction
—— Publishers WeeklyIt'll open your eyes - very wide - to the singular origins of your single origin
—— Esquire (UK)Definitely one for book club
—— Elle (UK)Eggers's narrative is guaranteed to be every bit as compelling as that of any novel
—— The ObserverDave Eggers returns to his "factional" mode with The Monk Of Mokha, in which a Yemeni immigrant to the US discovers an obsession with coffee, returns home, and is caught in a war. Given his previous form with What Is The What and Zeitoun I have high hopes of this book
—— The ScostmanThis is a book that celebrates ethnic diversity and the exuberance of the human spirit
—— Mail on Sunday[Dave Eggers] is on a mission to use the platform he has created as a writer/activist to give direct voice to the marginalised or unheard... No story is more urgent
—— ObserverBridgemakers such as Mokhtar courageously embody America's reason for being - as a place of radical opportunity and ceaseless welcome... a blended people united not by stasis and cowardice and fear, but by irrational exuberance, by global enterprise on a human scale
—— The GuardianIt's hard to imagine ALkhanshali's story being told with more pace, scope or sensitivity. An extraordinary adventure
—— The TimesMokhtar's story is a remarkable one, full of derring-do, tenacity and exceptional luck
—— MetroIt is impossible not to root for Mokhtar. And as with all good bildungsromans, it is as much the reader as the hero who receives an education
—— The Daily TelegraphBrad Stone's The Upstarts reads like a detective story: A page turning who-did-it on the creation of billion dollar fortunes and the ruthless murder of traditional businesses. No single book will tell you more about what life feels like inside companies like Airbnb and Uber as they grow from mere ideas into merciless machines for innovation, riches and unease. The sweat. The stress. The power highs of new instant fortunes. It's all here. You won't be able to put The Upstarts down. And when you finally do, you'll look at your own company and career in a totally fresh way.
—— Joshua Cooper Ramo, author of The Seventh SenseBrad Stone gives us a lively, fascinating picture of the new new thing in technology - startups like Uber and Airbnb that are disrupting old businesses across the world. He provides a much needed glimpse into the companies that fail as well as the ones that make it big. And he points to the broad policy issues raised by these new technologies, which are surely no fun for the people whose lives are being disrupted.
—— Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-American WorldFor a flavour of how fast the world is changing, turn to Brad Stone’s The Upstarts
—— DirectorBrad Stone unravels the facts from the mythology surrounding the companies’ rise
—— Harvard Business ReviewA penetrating study marked by the same thorough reporting that distinguished [The Everything Store]
—— SF Gate