Now with a New Preface and Conclusion: 'Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election'The United States of America is in the midst of a deepening crisis for their democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that the grave threats to the American way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign are addressed. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vice President Al Gore examine...

Now With a New Preface and Final Chapter: “Post-Truth: On Donald Trump and the 2016 Election”What has happened to our country and how can we fix it?We are in the midst of a deepening crisis for our democracy. After the strangest election cycle in modern American history it is important that we address the grave threats to our way of life that were glaringly revealed in this campaign. In The Assault on Reason, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former Vic...

Baanbrekend werk van voormalig vicepresident en Nobelprijswinnaar Al Gore Wij staan in onze huidige tijd voor revolutionaire veranderingen waar geen enkel ander tijdsgewricht mee is geconfronteerd. In Onze toekomst brengt Al Gore al deze veranderingen in kaart: hij onderzoekt de donkere wolken die zich aan de horizon samenpakken en biedt een sobere, doorwrochte en uiteindelijk hoopvolle voorspelling over de krachten die onze wereld aan het hervormen zijn. Onze toekomst is meeslepend en vis...

The federal government is ailing and needs a cure. The cure lies in embracing a principle long known to the American people but little recognized by Washington—until now: common sense.In this pathbreaking report, Vice President Al Gore, presiding over the National Performance Review, at the request of President Clinton, charts a fundamental shift in how government conducts itself. This report understands that a government that recognizes who its real customers are, works with them ...

In this brave and provocative work, former US Vice President, Al Gore asserts that only a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature will save the earth's ecology for future generations. Gore's analysis of where we've gone wrong ranges across politics, history, science, economics, psychology, and religion. He argues that only a worldwide mobilization can save us from disaster and presents a brilliant and comprehensive plan for action that encompasses not only the earth's ecology, b...

'Vernietigend en uiterst precies,' Publishers Weekly2017-editieMet De aanval op de redelijkheid schreef Al Gore een vooruitziend en krachtig manifest over de essentiële rol van de rede en het heldere denken in een gezonde democratie. In de afgelopen tien jaar zijn Gore's zorgen over de Amerikaanse democratie alleen maar groter geworden. Over deze 2017-editie zegt Al Gore: 'Ik heb een uitgebreide nieuwe Conclusie toegevoegd, waar...

Al Gore leads the charge against climate change, the world's greatest threat, in an incendiary new foreword to this timeless classic that launched his environmental career. If you want to know Gore, you need this book!

"Sich die Zukunft auszumalen ist immer riskant. Noch riskanter ist allerdings, es nicht zu tun." AL GOREDer ehemalige Vizepräsident der USA, Friedensnobelpreisträger und Bestsellerautor Al Gore wagt einen Blick in die Zukunft, identifiziert diejenigen Kräfte, die unser Leben in den kommenden Jahrzehnten am meisten verändern werden, und zeichnet so ein beeindruckend detailliertes Bild der Welt von morgen. Durch diese wegweisende Analyse bewirkt er ein Umdenken, denn ...

A visionary analysis of how the politics of fear, secrecy, cronyism, and blind faith has combined with the degration of the public sphere to create an environment dangerously hostile to reasonAt the time George W. Bush ordered American forces to invade Iraq, 70 percent of Americans believed Saddam Hussein was linked to 9/11. Voters in Ohio, when asked by pollsters to list what stuck in their minds about the campaign, most frequently named two Bush television ads that played to fear...

In this audio read by the former Vice Present, Al Gore outlines a call to action to save the earth. In this brave and provocative work, former US Vice President Al Gore asserts that only a rethinking of our relationship with nature will save the earth's ecology for future generations. Gore's analysis of where we've gone wrong ranges across politics, history, science, economics, psychology, and religion. He argues that only a worldwide mobilization can save us from disaster and presents a b...

A "balanced, insightful" biography of the politician that "shows how the pressure to succeed has shaped virtually every aspect of Gore's career" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Why did Al Gore, after angry opposition to the Vietnam War, submit to the draft? What happened in Vietnam that made him sullen and bitter? After he renounced politics, what set this son of a Tennessee senator back on the track mapped out for him? What was the real nature of his...

For many years Al Gore has been an influential figure in national politics. He may soon become even more significant to the United States and the world.We've gotten to know him via thousands of sound bites and images. For the first time, a cohesive and substantive representation of this man is available. In The World According to Al Gore, the vice president's opinions and statements on a broad spectrum of important topics are assembled in one volume.Here is Al Gore i...