The water wars is a fastpaced novel geared towards young adults. A wide range of water conflicts appear throughout history, though rarely are traditional wars waged over water alone. The water wars by cameron stracher, 9781402243691, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The water wars may hold some students attention, but those looking for strong young adult dystopian fiction should look elswhere. Cameron stracher cameron stracher is a writer and media lawyer. He stood in the open road drinking water from a plastic cup, then spilled the remaining drops into the dirt. The united nations recognizes that water disputes result from opposing interests of water users, public or private. He lives in westport, ct, with his wife, two children, and two dogs, not necessarily in that order. His writing has appeared in the new york times, the new york times magazine, and the wall street journal, among other publications. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Welcome to a future where water is more precious than oil or gold.
His clients include major broadcast and cable networks, national newspapers and magazines, television production companies, and many local and regional news and entertainment companies, websites, authors, reporters, and private individuals. The water wars book by cameron stracher thriftbooks. The water wars by cameron stracher published by sourcebooks fire on january 1st 2011 pages. Western times and water wars chronicles more than a hundred years of tumultuous events in the history of californias owens valley. The water wars is the kind of book i keep thinking about long after ive finished reading because its based on a realistic scenario. Cameron stracher is a writer, law professor, and media lawyer. How frank shorter, bill rodgers, and alberto salazar made running go boom. I really wanted to like this book but every time i started to think it was getting in. Hundreds of millions of people have already died, a. In this devastated, mad maxstyle future, north america has devolved into warring, depopulated regions, and nearly all of the planets fresh water has melted into the oceans, become polluted or is tightly controlled by tyrannical governments and corporations.
Cameron stracher tells a story with quick pacing, compelling characters and a vision of a frightening future. Buy the paperback book the water wars by cameron stracher at indigo. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Cameron stracher has nearly thirty years of experience as a media and entertainment lawyer.
He is a graduate of harvard law school and teaches at new york law school. Download or read the water wars 2011 in pdf, epub formats. Will saw them first while i rummaged through a stack of paper and notebooks on a desk made of real wood. Download read the water wars 2011 by cameron stracher. Click download or read online button to the water wars book pdf for free now. Radio hope postapocalyptic novel is a free download. And even though it deals with environmental issues and greed, it never felt preachy. The water wars by cameron stracher sourcebooks january 2011 256pp. Strachers waterdesperate world will make readers rethink letting the water run before a shower or while brushing their teeth. The cover is gorgeous but that should have been a give away for me. He lives in westport, ct, with his wife, two children, and two dogs. In the water wars, stracher hopes to build a dystopian novel in the style of hunger games, unwind, matched, among the hidden, and others in which children take the lead in righting a society gone seriously wrong.
There are fines for wasting it and prison sentences for exceeding the quotas. An unlikely premise isnt the weakest feature of this illogical, contrived and poorly blockedout ecothriller. Cameron stracher in a world where water has become a precious resource, vera and her brother befriend a boy who seems to have unlimited access to water and who suspiciously disappears, prompting a dangerous search. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. Download read the water wars 2011 by cameron stracher in. The apocalyptic world that cameron stracher invented was lacking in solidityit had no real background all were told is that there was a war, with undertones of global warming and poor care of the environment. The water wars download the water wars ebook pdf or read online books in pdf, epub, and mobi format. The water wars is a gripping environmental thriller with a tooreal message.
The water wars by cameron stracher overdrive rakuten. While the water wars has a unique dystopian concept, i felt it was poorly executed. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read kings of the road. Howard gordon, executive producer, 24, and author of gideons war forthcoming 2011.
Cameron stracher is a noted media lawyer and has written for a number of news publications, so i was eager to see how his writing would translate to fiction. Download pdf the water wars by cameron stracher ebook for free in pdf and epub format. Welcome to a future where water is more precious than gold or oil and worth killing for welcome to a future where water is more precious than oil or gold hundreds of millions of people have. The hunger games, cameron stracher s water wars is both a trenchant cautionary tale of a world drained of its most precious resource and a rousing adventurestory of the plucky young heroes who set out to save it.
If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. When the most enticing part of the book is the cover its quite possible that you are in for a dud of a book. How frank shorter, bill rodgers, and alberto salazar made running go boom ebook written by cameron stracher. And as populations and economies grow, and as we increasingly reach peak water limits to local water resources, i believe that the risks of conflicts will increase, even here in the united states, and not just in the water scarce arid west. Pdf the water wars by cameron stracher download pdfepub. Water conflict is a term describing a conflict between countries, states, or groups over an access to water resources. Welcome to a future where water is more precious than gold or oiland worth killing for vera and her brother, will, live in the shadow of the great panic, in a country that has collapsed from environmental catastrophe.
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The water wars welcome to a future where water is more precious than oil or gold. In his lively, informative history, cameron stracher traces the boom of running culture in america back to the 1970s when a trio of singleminded athletesfrank shorter, bill rodgers, and alberto salazarcaptured the national spotlight with their intense passion for pounding the road. Oct 01, 2011 buy the paperback book the water wars by cameron stracher at indigo. Privatization, pollution and profit, acclaimed author vandana shiva sheds light on the activists who are fighting corporate manoeuvres to convert this lifesustaining resource into more gold for the elites. The water wars, book by cameron stracher paperback. The rivers have dried up, the polar caps have melted, and drinkable water is now in the hands of the powerful few. I first caught word of the water wars last year, and was struck by the idea of a droughtridden future. Digital rights management drm the publisher has supplied this book in encrypted form, which means that you need to install free software in order to unlock and read it. Pdf the water wars by cameron stracher also available in format docx and mobi. The water wars of the twentyfirst century may match or even surpass the oil wars of the twentieth. Cameron stracher is a graduate of harvard law school and the iowa writers workshop, and the author of the laws of return, double billing, and dinner with dad, as well as ya dystopian thriller the water wars.
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