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The British edition is the Allen Lane hardback of 20 October 2009, ISBN 978-0-7139-9990-7, 288 pages, subtitled Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance. The book first appeared in October 2009, so the Allen Lane hardback is the British first rather than a later reprint. Check for the Allen Lane imprint on spine and title page. Penguin paperbacks and the illustrated edition of 2010 came later. A few trade listings attach this ISBN to Penguin Books Ltd or to a paperback; go by the binding and imprint of the copy.
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Allen Lane, London, in 2009, in hardback.
Points of issue are listed only where at least two independent sources agree. Last reviewed 28 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.
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