{"product_id":"the-delicate-balance-vicki-turpen-9781948749428","title":"The Delicate Balance","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Earth is dying--its life forms bound for extinction--unless the most fundamental of changes is made: Carbon-based fuels must be abandoned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChaos results--migrating hordes of starving people, abandoned hospitals and prisons (patients and inmates still inside), and deserted cities where only cockroaches still live.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then Jesse Forester, the U.N. scientist responsible for the changes that survival demands, finds hints that the data at the core of the new global policy may be flawed. And murders start happening.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRushing headlong into a frantic search for the truth, Jesse and his team discover pockets of people who are living rich and satisfying lives in Eden-like landscapes without any use of carbon fuels. As the plotters Jesse is seeking become more desperate, can these flourishing communities help avert humanity's slow death from the poisonous fruits of climate change growing at its doorstep?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vicki Turpen,Shannon Horst\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948749424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948749428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Terra Nova Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.74d","brand":"Vicki Turpen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47474303107327,"sku":"9781948749428","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_73ea1025-47a2-460b-9f72-ff843275fea6.jpg?v=1762316008","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-delicate-balance-vicki-turpen-9781948749428","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}