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Charles Fishman

Charles Fishman
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Charles Fishman

Charles Fishman is the author of The Wal-Mart Effect, a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Business Week bestseller, as well as a finalist for the Goldman Sachs-“Financial Times” Business Book of the Year award in 2006. Fishman is a former metro and national reporter for The Washington Post. Since 1996, he has worked for the innovative business magazine Fast Company. He has won numerous awards, including twice winning UCLA’s Gerald Loeb Award for outstanding business writing, the most prestigious award in business journalism. His story about bottled water, “Message in a Bottle,” was a finalist for the 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for... Read full bio

The Big Thirst will be released on February 14, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Feb 14, 2012
The Big Thirst is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 14, 2012
The Big Thirst will be released on April 12, 2011 in
Apr 12, 2011
The Big Thirst is now available in
Apr 12, 2011

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Fresno Bee, April 30, 2012
..._ I expect the audience to develop a love-hate relationship with Charles Fishman when he speaks Thursday at the International Water Technology Conference. Fishman, author of "The Big Thirst," likely will praise California farmers for saving water and...
Michigan Live, April 22, 2012
...In a January blog, I recapped a stimulating chat with Charles Fishman, author of The Big Thirst: The Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water. That interview led to a recent visit to Michigan State University where Fishman participated in a...
MSU Today, April 6, 2012
...EAST LANSING, Mich. — Charles Fishman, an award-winning journalist and author of “The Big Thirst,” a highly acclaimed book that explores humans’ relationship with water, will speak at Michigan State University Thursday, April 12. His...
Right Wing News, March 27, 2012
...Inside Human Violence and Cruelty (A-: An excellent book on the true, more complex nature of evil. 225) Charles Fishman: The Wal-Mart Effect: How the World’s Most Powerful Company Really Works–and HowIt’s Transforming the American Economy (B:...
Duke University Chronicle, March 20, 2012
...Charles Fishman, center, speaks about the turbulent future of water across the globe. The days of water, water everywhere are numbered, journalist Charles Fishman said Monday. Soon, water will no longer...
WRTI 90.1 FM, March 7, 2012
...fresh look at the Wild West of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp. In nonfiction, Sarah Vowell tours Hawaii, Charles Fishman looks at the future of water, Allen Shawn reflects on being a twin, and Ben Ryder Howe on running a Brooklyn deli. Fiction and...
Individual.com, January 31, 2012
...giant; others hold it up as a shining example of American capitalism. There's "The Wal-Mart Effect" by Charles Fishman, "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and the World" by Bill Quinn and "The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of...
Sayville Patch, March 2, 2012
...us for a wonderful afternoon of poetry, tea and cookies in the beautiful setting of our tropical greenhouse. Charles Fishman reads from In the Language of Women, his latest book of poems. He will also discuss what moved him to write this book, & will...
Lawn and Landscape, February 23, 2012
...Landscape water usage was one of several topics covered at the international conference in Las Vegas. Font size Charles Fishman, author of “The Big Fish,” talks about the role of water in the modern world. The 4th Annual WaterSmart Innovations...
Small Business Times, February 14, 2012
...ahead of its time and will position the city for future economic growth, according to journalist and author Charles Fishman. Read more in todays by BizTimes executive editor Steve Jagler...
Small Business Times, February 14, 2012
...performed by the women in Third World countries. Given the scarcity of fresh drinking water around the world, Charles Fishman thinks Milwaukee’s effort to become the “World Water Hub for water research, economic development and education” is a...
Small Business Times, February 6, 2012
...Author Charles Fishman recently visited TEMPO Milwaukee to discuss the economics of water. Fishman’s latest book, “The Big Thirst; the Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water,” examines how water resources...
Individual.com, January 31, 2012
...giant; others hold it up as a shining example of American capitalism. There's "The Wal-Mart Effect" by Charles Fishman, "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and the World" by Bill Quinn and "The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of...
PJStar.com, January 29, 2012
...giant; others hold it up as a shining example of American capitalism. There's "The Wal-Mart Effect" by Charles Fishman, "How Wal-Mart is Destroying America and the World" by Bill Quinn and "The Retail Revolution: How Wal-Mart Created a Brave New World of...