“The theory of global warming and the hypothesis on its causes, which has spread around massively nowadays, may be a bad theory, it may also be a valueless theory, but in any case it is a very dangerous theory”, Václav Klaus concludes in his book “Planeta azul (no verde)”. Why? He asks himself. Amongst other reasons, he answers, because as “Communism has proved, megalomaniac human ambitions, the lack of modesty and humbleness always finish badly.”

With the eyes of a liberal economist and the heart of somebody who has suffered in his own flesh Communist totalitarianism, Václav Klaus analyses in this book the soundness of the hypothesis and solutions offered by the latest trend among ecologists; global warming. The questions he asks are very simple: “Is global warming really taking place?”, “Is there any evidence of human influence in global warming?”, “Can man do anything about the climate?” and he offers an alternative solution based on a premise: “the best environment for human beings is an environment of freedom”.

This book begins with a fable, The Fire Raisers, which shows how a middle-class ordinary citizen – Mr. Biedermann – shuts his eyes to the advance of destructive forces threatening his society, the same thing that happened with Nazism. The objective, a warning: Nazism won supporters appealing to their racial identity (the Aryans); Communism did so appealing to their social identity (the proletariat); and Islamism appeals to their religious identity. The account is an analysis of how Denmark and Europe confronted the Islamist challenge after Mohammed's cartoons were published.

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” William Shakespeare wrote in Twelfth Night, published in 1601. Steven F. Hayward admires greatness and, particularly, political greatness. He describes in this book why Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill, two giants of the 20th century, are excellent examples of political greatness.