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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"
Robert Bryce · PublicAffairs; 1st edition
Pages: 371
Format: Hardcover
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Everybody is talking about energy independence But is it really achievable Is it actually even desirable In this controversial meticulously researched book Robert Bryce exposes the false promises behind the rhetoric while blasting nearly everybody Republicans Democrats environmentalists... |
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Rocket Team
Frederick Ira Ordway · Ty Crowell Co; 1st edition
Pages: 462
Format: Hardcover
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A complete history of the von Braun team, this biography covers the group of scientists and engineers who led the United States’ development of rocket science and technology from the end of World War II to the end of the space race. Responsible for developing and engineering the rockets... |
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Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
Adam Minter · Bloomsbury Press
Format: Hardcover
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When you drop your Diet Coke can or yesterday’s newspaper in the recycling bin, where does it go? Probably halfway around the world, to people and places that clean up what you don’t want and turn it into something you can’t wait to buy. In Junkyard Planet, Adam Minter—veteran... |
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Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death
Joshua Slocum · Upper Access, Inc.; 1 edition
Format: Paperback
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Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry not much has improved Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and services they dont need or want Prepaid funeral money vanishes into thin air Body parts are sold... |
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Beyond: Our Future in Space
Chris Impey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space -- and then reminds us that we're already there.Human exploration has been an unceasing engine of technological progress, from the first homo sapiens to leave our African cradle to a future in which mankind promises to settle... |
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LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
P W Singer · Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Two defense experts explore the collision of war, politics, and social media, where the most important battles are now only a click away. Through the weaponization of social media, the internet is changing war and politics, just as war and politics are changing the internet. Terrorists... |
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The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual
James F. Amos · University of Chicago Press; 1 edition
Pages: 472
Format: Paperback
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When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them, nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is fair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more... |
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Energy: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Jose Goldemberg · Oxford University Press
Format: Paperback
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Without a doubt, the topic of energy--from coal, oil, and nuclear to geothermal, solar and wind--is one of the most pressing across the globe. It is of paramount importance to policy makers, economists, environmentalists, and industry as they consider which technologies to invest in, how to promote... |
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Hoover Dam: An American Adventure
Joseph E. Stevens · University of Oklahoma Press; 1st edition
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In the spring of 1931, in a rugged desert canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, an army of workmen began one of the most difficult and daring building projects ever undertaken—the construction of Hoover Dam. Through the worst years of the Great Depression as many as five thousand laborers... |
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Chilton's Truck and Van Repair Manual, 1993-97 - Perennial Edition
Chilton Book Company. · Chilton
Pages: 2096
Format: Hardcover
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Chilton's Perennial Edition Service Manuals contain repair and maintenance information for all major systems that may not be available elsewhere. They include repair and overhaul procedures, thousands of illustrations, and troubleshooting. This 1997 Truck & Van Manual offers a wide... |
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