Thomas L. Friedman

Thomas L. Friedman
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Thomas L. Friedman is an internationally renowned author, reporter, and columnist—the recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes and the author of five bestselling books, among them From Beirut to Jerusalem and The World Is Flat.
He was born in Minneapolis in 1953, and grew up in the middle-class Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. He graduated from Brandeis University in 1975 with a degree in Mediterranean studies, attended St. Antony's College, Oxford, on a Marshall Scholarship, and received an M.Phil. degree in modern Middle East studies from Oxford.
After three years with United Press International, he joined The New York Times, where he has worked ever since as a reporter, correspondent, bureau chief, and columnist. At the Times, he has won three Pulitzer Prizes: in 1983 for international reporting (from Lebanon), in 1988 for international reporting (from Israel), and in 2002 for his columns after the September 11th attacks. 
Friedman’s first book, From Beirut to Jerusalem, won the National Book Award in 1989. His second book, The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization (1999), won the Overseas Press Club Award for best book on foreign policy in 2000. In 2002 FSG published a collection of his Pulitzer Prize-winning columns, along with a diary he kept after 9/11, as Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11. His fourth book, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century (2005) became a #1 New York Times bestseller and received the inaugural Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award in November 2005. A revised and expanded edition was published in hardcover in 2006 and in 2007. The World Is Flat has sold more than 4 million copies in thirty-seven languages. 
In 2008 he brought out Hot, Flat, and Crowded, which was published in a revised edition a year later. His sixth book, That Used to Be Us: How American Fell Behind in the World We Invented and How We Can Come Back, co-written with Michael Mandelbaum, will be published in September 2011.
Thomas L. Friedman lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his family.

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Thomas Friedman in Melbourne, Australia

Thomas Friedman in conversation with Maxine McKew at the Wheeler Centre, Melbourne, Australia.

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On Charlie Rose

Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum visit Charlie Rose to talk about their new book.

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In Studio: Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum

The authors read an excerpt from their book, That Used To Be Us.

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Tom Friedman in the Studio

We caught up with author Tom Friedman (Hot, Flat, and Crowded; The World is Flat; Longitudes and Attitudes) recently in a recording studio in D.C. and asked him some of the questions that are on a lot of people's minds these day. Here he speaks to the new developments in both green technology and green policy, how the economic crisis is affecting the green revolution and how he manages to remain an optimist in these troubled times.

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Tom Friedman Addresses Liberals and Conservatives on Environment

The author of THE WORLD IS FLAT returns with a new, essential book: HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION--AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA. Friedman explains how by embracing green technology and clean energy, America can regain its world stature and lead the next big industry.

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New York Times Columnist Tom Friedman recalls his first assignment in Beirut: the bombing of the US Embassy.

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The author of THE WORLD IS FLAT returns with a new, essential book: HOT, FLAT, AND CROWDED: WHY WE NEED A GREEN REVOLUTION--AND HOW IT CAN RENEW AMERICA. Friedman explains how by embracing green technology and clean energy, America can regain its world stature and lead the next big industry.

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Google Founders Climate Change Conversation w. Tom Friedman

A Climate Change Conversation with Google Founders, moderated by Tom Friedman, held at the World Economic Forum's Annual General Meeting in Davos, January 2008.

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Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman--Book Excerpt

Listen to an audiobook excerpt from Hot, Flat, and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman, read by Oliver Wyman. In this brillian book, Friedman takes a provocative look at two of our biggest challenges today: America’s loss of focus since 9/11 and the global environmental crisis. Learn more about the book Hot, Flat, and Crowded at http://us.macmillan.com/hotflatandcrowded/ThomasFriedman Read more about author and journalist Thomas L. Friedman at http://us.macmillan.com/author/thomaslfriedman

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From Beirut to Jerusalem
From Beirut to Jerusalem

Thomas L. Friedman
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National Bestseller Winner of the National Book Award Updated with a New Chapter Author of The World Is Flat and That Used to Be Us One of the most...


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That Used to Be Us
That Used to Be Us

Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum
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America is in trouble. We face four major challenges on which our future depends, and we are failing to meet them—and if we delay any longer, soon it will be...


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Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0
Hot, Flat, and Crowded 2.0

Thomas L. Friedman
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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Best Book of the Year A Businessweek Best Business Book of the Year A Chicago...


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Hot, Flat, and Crowded
Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Thomas L. Friedman
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Thomas L. Friedman’s phenomenal number-one bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see the world in a new way. In his brilliant,...


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The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]
The World Is Flat [Further Updated and Expanded; Release 3.0]

Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications...


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The World is Flat New Material from Release 3.0
The World is Flat New Material from Release 3.0

Thomas L. Friedman
Macmillan Audio

Tying into the new paperback and with a new preface, Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the flattening of the earth is a modern classic


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The World Is Flat 3.0
The World Is Flat 3.0

Thomas L. Friedman
Picador

A New Edition of the Phenomenal #1 Bestseller "One mark of a great book is that it makes you see things in a new way, and Mr. Friedman certainly...


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The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]
The World Is Flat [Updated and Expanded]

Thomas L. Friedman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

The World Is Flat is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications...


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The World Is Flat
The World Is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman; Read by Oliver Wyman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux

When scholars write the history of the world twenty years from now, and they come to the chapter "Y2K to March 2004," what will they say was the most crucial...


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