High tide

The No Logo of climate change -- a book that shows how global warming is not a theory we should still debate, but something that has already happened on a global scale.

Climate change is not a concern for the future. It's happening right now. In this book - based on the latest scientific evidence - the author takes us around the world to show the impact of global warming already being felt in people's lives.

From sand-buried houses in China to thawing Alaskan plains, the author witnesses some of the worst effects of climate change at first hand.

Some, like the floods in the UK, are near home. Others - like the drowning Pacific island of Tuvalu - are a world away from the exhaust pipes and factory chimneys that are actually causing global warming.

But this isn't simply an inventory of disaster, it's a wry look at how people around the globe are coping as their world changes at unprecedented speed.

In the process, the author eats whale blubber in Alaska, swims in shark-infested waters off the Great Barrier Reef and struggles to the top of Andean peaks in Peru.

An adventure with a conscience and an argument with an urgent purpose, High Tide is an extremely important book.