HEAT: How to Stop the Planet from Burning By George Monbiot, South End Press, 277 pages, $22.
Heat is a labor of love, a technically dense analysis that is simultaneously courageous, hopeful and uncompromisingly honest. George Monbiot takes on our most paralyzing challenge and shows us that we can handle it. As the author describes it, HEAT is both a manifesto and a thought experiment. He makes a compelling case that we must ratchet up our expectations and make the required changes. Now. ...