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Energy : a human history / by Rhodes, Richard,1937-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time--wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond. People have lived and died, businesses have prospered and failed, and nations have risen to world power and declined, all over energy challenges. Ultimately, the history of these challenges tells the story of humanity itself. Through an unforgettable cast of characters, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes explains how wood gave way to coal and coal made room for oil, as we now turn to natural gas, nuclear power, and renewable energy. Rhodes looks back on five centuries of progress, through such influential figures as Queen Elizabeth I, King James I, Benjamin Franklin, Herman Melville, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford. In Energy, Rhodes highlights the successes and failures that led to each breakthrough in energy production; from animal and waterpower to the steam engine, from internal-combustion to the electric motor. He addresses how we learned from such challenges, mastered their transitions, and capitalized on their opportunities. Rhodes also looks at the current energy landscape, with a focus on how wind energy is competing for dominance with coal and natural gas. He also addresses the specter of global warming, and a population hurtling towards ten billion by 2100. Human beings have confronted the problem of how to draw life from raw material since the beginning of time. Each invention, each discovery, each adaptation brought further challenges, and through such transformations, we arrived at where we are today. In Rhodes's singular style, Energy details how this knowledge of our history can inform our way tomorrow.
Subjects: Energy development; Energy development; Power resources; Power resources;
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The looting machine : warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth / by Burgis, Tom.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A curse of riches -- Futungo, Inc. -- "It is forbidden to piss in the park" -- Incubators of poverty -- Guanxi -- when elephants fight, the grass gets trampled -- A bridge to Beijing -- Finance and cyanide -- God has nothing to do with it -- Black gold -- the new money kings -- Complicity.The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing stood in 2011 exactly where it stood in 2000: at 1 percent. In his first book, The Looting Machine , Tom Burgis exposes the truth about the African development miracle: for the resource states, it's a mirage. The oil, copper, diamonds, gold and coltan deposits attract a global network of traders, bankers, corporate extractors and investors who combine with venal political cabals to loot the states' value. And the vagaries of resource-dependent economies could pitch Africa's new middle class back into destitution just as quickly as they climbed out of it. The ground beneath their feet is as precarious as a Congolese mine shaft; their prosperity could spill away like crude from a busted pipeline. This catastrophic social disintegration is not merely a continuation of Africa's past as a colonial victim. The looting now is accelerating as never before. As global demand for Africa's resources rises, a handful of Africans are becoming legitimately rich but the vast majority, like the continent as a whole, is being fleeced. Outsiders tend to think of Africa as a great drain of philanthropy. But look more closely at the resource industry and the relationship between Africa and the rest of the world looks rather different.LSC
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mines and mineral resources;
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Severn speaks out / by Cullis-Suzuki, Severn.; Nogués Otero, Alex.; Ouriou, Susan.; Suárez, Ana,1987-;
Includes bibliographical references.The text of a speech given by twelve-year-old Severn Cullis-Suzuki at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro entreating the world leaders in attendance to protect the earth, followed by an analysis of the speech and details about Severn's life. LSC
Subjects: Cullis-Suzuki, Severn; Environmental protection; Conservation of natural resources; Ecology; Environmentalists;
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If... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / by Smith, David J.(David Julian),1944-; Adams, Steve.;
Includes bibliographical references and Internet addresses.The author scales down a number of concepts from such topics as space, time, inventions, resources, humanity and more. For example, if the sun were the size of a grapefruit, earth would be the size of a grain of salt.LSC
Subjects: Astronomy; World history; Population; Natural resources; Natural history;
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iPad & iPhone for musicians for dummies / by Williams, Ryan C.; Levine, Mike(Editor);
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Subjects: iPad (Computer); iPhone (Smartphone); Tablet computers.; Smartphones.; Music; Sound; Music;
© c2015., Wiley,
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Ultimate guide to LinkedIn for business / by Prodromou, Ted,author.;
Subjects: LinkedIn (Electronic resource); Business networks.; Online social networks.; Internet marketing.;
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Ultimate guide to Facebook advertising : access more than a billion potential customers in 10 minutes ; leverage the latest game-changers to pinpoint your most profitable audiences ; master strategies and techniques of successful Facebook advertisers / by Marshall, Perry,1969-author.; Regnerus, Bob,author.; Meloche, Tom,author.; Ingles, Mark,author.;
"Facebook makes it easy for businesses like yours to share photos, videos, and posts to reach, engage, and sell to more than 1 billion active users. Advertising expert Perry Marshall is joined by co-authors Bob Regnerus and Thomas Meloche as he walks you through Facebook Advertising and its nuances to help you pinpoint your ideal audience and gain a ten-fold return on your investment."
Subjects: Facebook (Electronic resource); Internet advertising.; Internet marketing.; Online social networks.;
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Android phones for seniors in easy steps / by Vandome, Nick,author.;
Subjects: Android (Electronic resource); Cell phones.; Mobile computing.; Pocket computers.; Smartphones.;
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WordPress all-in-one for dummies / by Sabin-Wilson, Lisa,author.;
Provides step-by-step instructions on using WordPress to create and maintain blogs and Web sites.
Subjects: WordPress (Electronic resource); Blogs; Web sites;
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Mood swings : a novel / by Barnet, Frankie,author.;
Set in a pre-apocalyptic world not unlike our own, 'Mood Swings' follows a young Instagram poet who starts an affair with a California billionaire whos promised a time machine that will make everything normal again - whatever that means. Frankie Barnet lives in Montreal, QC.
Subjects: Apocalyptic fiction.; Satirical fiction.; Novels.; Instagram (Electronic resource); Billionaires; Cosplay; Poets; Time travel;
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