Cover of a white book with title in large blue letters 'The Ministry For The Future' an image of a small green seedling is between the words 'for' and 'the'. Other text below in black Kim Stanley Robinson. Small text in black at top 'One of Barack Obama's favourite books of the year' Small black text at bottom of page 'A novel that presents a rousing vision of how we might unite to overcome the greatest challenge of our time.' TED.com