Conversations With Bob: Why everything's going to be okay - Softcover

Gentle, Robert

 
9781482012866: Conversations With Bob: Why everything's going to be okay
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1482012863 ISBN 13: 9781482012866
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

Bob, a regular guy from the present, finds himself back in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century, when humanity was facing some of its most daunting challenges. They hinged on life-and-death issues such as insufficient food for a rocketing global population; the exhaustion of the coal reserves driving the Industrial Revolution; the ever-growing filth and pollution from horse-drawn transport; and, more recently, the increasing likelihood of a new ice-age by the year 2000.Can Bob convince people that this is not the end of the road? Or will he come across as crazy?Nine parts fact and one part fiction, CONVERSATIONS WITH BOB is a witty, clever take on society’s enduring fascination with doomsday scenarios. It puts a fresh, historical twist on the challenges of our own time – from poverty and disease to global warming – and leaves us feeling far more hopeful about the future of the planet.

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About the Author

Robert Gentle is an optimist who believes that the 21st century is a great time to be alive, and that nothing is ever as bad as it’s made out to be in the media. He is a former financial journalist, and the author of two books on business writing and marketing.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1482012863
ISBN 13 
9781482012866
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
136