Reader recommendation: World on the Edge
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
World on the Edge, by Lester R. Brown, W. W. Norton & Co, 240 pp.
I believe World on the Edge by Lester R. Brown is required reading. Don’t take my word alone. Bill Clinton said of this book: “Lester Brown tells us how to build a more just world and save the planet ... in a practical, straightforward way,” while Ted Turner called it “exciting ... a masterpiece!”
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