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is the author of many books, including , , ÌýLosing Our Cool: Uncomfortable Truths About Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer),ÌýAny Way You Slice It: The Past, Present and Future of Rationing, andÌýHow the World Breaks: Life in Catastrophe’s Path, from the Caribbean to SiberiaÌý(co-authored with Paul Cox). His writing has appeared in theÌýThe New York Times,ÌýThe Washington Post,ÌýLos Angeles Times,ÌýThe New Republic,ÌýThe Guardian,ÌýAl Jazeera, andÌýSalon.