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BL
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1033898
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b788268
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| Main Entry
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Robinson, Kim Stanley
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| Title & Author
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Forty signs of rain /\ Kim Stanley Robinson.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Bantam Books,, 2004.
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, ©2004
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| Page. NO
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358 pages ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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0553585800
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: 0553803115
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: 9780553585803
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: 9780553803112
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| Notes
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First book in Kim Stanley Robinson's climate change trilogy.
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Jacket art by Dominic Forbes and Tom Hallman.
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Trilogy known as Science in the Capitol.
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"When the Arctic ice pack was first measured in the 1950s, it averaged thirty feet thick in midwinter. By the end of the century it was down to fifteen. One August the ice broke. The next year the breakup started in July. The third year it began in May. That was last year. It's a muggy summer in Washington, D.C., as Senate environmental staffer Charlie Quibler and his scientist wife Anna, work to call attention to the growing crisis of global warming. But as these everyday heroes fight to align the awesome forces of nature with the extraordinary march of technology, fate puts an unusual twist on their efforts--one that will place them at the heart of an unavoidable storm."--Jacket.
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Two married scientists teach a Buddhist delegation from South Asia the intricacies of dealing with politicians in Washington while observing signs of an approaching catastrophe from global warming.
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Business intelligence, Fiction.
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Climatic changes, Fiction.
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Environmental degradation, Fiction.
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Environmental policy, Fiction.
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Global warming, Fiction.
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Human beings-- Effect of climate on, Fiction.
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Legislators, Fiction.
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Political fiction.
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Scientists, Fiction.
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Business intelligence.
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Climatic changes.
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Environmental degradation.
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Environmental policy.
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Global warming.
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Human beings-- Effect of climate on.
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Legislators.
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Political fiction.
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Scientists.
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Washington (D.C.), Fiction.
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Washington (D.C.), Fiction.
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Washington (D.C.), Fiction, Fiction.
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Washington (D.C.)
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| Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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| LC Classification
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PS3568.O2893F67 2004
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PS3568.O2893S353 2004
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| Parallel Title
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40 signs of rain
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