Cocktail Party Guide to Global Warming : Everything You Need to Know to Converse Intelligently About Global Warming

Whether you need help sorting facts from sensationalism or want to have an informed opinion about the most important conversation going on today, "Cocktail Party Guide to Global Warming" provides what you need to know.

In this acclaimed environmental primer, Saliken: translates scientific data into clear, simple language that readers can digest quickly and easily, drawing on credible scientific sources such as the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 'connects the dots' between climate change, global warming, natural processes, greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide and fossil fuels; clarifies common misconceptions and answers frequently asked questions about global warming; and, explores breakthroughs in alternative energy technologies such as solar, geothermal, wind, ocean, hydro and bioenergy.

Saliken avoids political and environmental bias, maintaining objectivity and presenting information in a straightforward manner that is never preachy.

Her self-published first edition of the book garnered positive reviews and awards, including a 2009 Reader Views Readers' Choice Award in the current events category. "Global Warming" is the first in the "Cocktail Party Guide" series of easy-to-read, up-front books on contemporary issues.

Coming next is Saliken's "Cocktail Party Guide to Alternative Energy".