From Publishers Weekly
The much-discussed and highly regarded 2006 book and film by Gore arrives on audio two years later. While the material and central focus on global warming is clearly the most important aspect of the book, Beau Bridges is the only truly captivating reader here. Cynthia Nixon and Blair Underwood tend to drone on in monotone voices that take some of the impact out of Gore’s findings. Bridges, however, reads with a stern and commanding tone that grips readers from (more…)
Tags: al gore, an inconvenient truth, beau bridges, global warming emergency, Inconvenient
June 26th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
4.0 out of 5 stars
Still Inspiring in 2009
I wanted to read An Inconvenient Truth again now that climate change is a more mainstream topic and the hoopla over the movie has passed.
June 26th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Base-less Picture Book
I did some background research on “Global Warming” before I read this book. When I began reading it, I kept an open mind.
June 26th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
What Can We Do ?!
This is a beautiful book, filled with information. Others have reviewed these aspects better than I can.
June 27th, 2009 at 6:56 am
5.0 out of 5 stars
The little things matter
Fantastic book. I haven’t seen the film yet, but I loved the book.
Gore does a wonderful job of presenting the data beside interesting diagrams which really help…
June 27th, 2009 at 9:12 am
2.0 out of 5 stars
Gore’s “truth” is more like Propaganda
“An Inconvenient Truth” The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do About It” is more like Propaganda.
June 27th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
An Inconvenient Truth, or calculating deception?
Inconvenient truth, or calculating deception?
As a scientist, the book’s points — though fascinating — echo as insincere.
June 27th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
1.0 out of 5 stars
Hyperventilation
Hyperventilation over a non problem. Not a scholarly or unbiased look at the issue. Fails to provide any evidence of how global warming may prevent cold weather related deaths and…
June 27th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a book that every American should read!
Although i was well aware of global warming, the scientific evidence and the real statistics of the global warming from this book definitely raised my awareness even more.
June 28th, 2009 at 2:31 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
An emotion-driven, picture book, with no footnotes
As close to everyone knows, this is Al Gore’s book which allegedly proves that, because of mankind’s increased carbon emissions, therefore the global climate is warming and…
June 28th, 2009 at 3:22 am
1.0 out of 5 stars
Eco Fraud
31,000 U.S. scientests have signed a petition refuting the claims that mankind is causing global warming and many scientests are now saying we are about to enter a period of…