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The availability of low-cost energy from fossil fuels - in particular oil - has been the driving force behind postwar global economic growth, such that the petroleum industry has some of the world's largest companies. This book examines the economics of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525561989Author Richard A. ClarkeFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This best-selling handbook is packed with detailed information on housing, feeding, and fencing dairy goats. It's been the trusted resource on the topic for farmers and homesteaders since it was originally published in 1975, and the new edition -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780873512619Author Albro MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 702Imprint Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S.Publisher Minnesota Historical Society Press,U.S...

Far from becoming classless, Britain's elite is increasingly formed by a select group of professional egalitarians. Rather than aim to raise popular aspirations, they exploit mass taste, mass gullibility, mass spending power for their personal...

This book is intended for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners interested in the dynamics and governance of low-carbon transitions. Drawing on the Multi-Level Perspective, it develops a whole system reconfiguration approach that explains how the...

Television is the dominant mass medium of the current era. Its lifeblood in whatever form it takes is content - the programs it broadcasts to the public. This book is an insider's view of the business of production of TV programs, for university-level...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910723210Author Michael ClaytonFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint Merlin Unwin BooksPublisher Merlin Unwin BooksWeight(grams) 687gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781761044373Author Richard FlanaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House Australia

Across digital and print media, editorial illustrators create visuals to support text and convey ideas, but there is more to these illustrations than meets the eye. Internationally-recognised illustrator and educator Andy Selby takes you through the...

The next shock will comeWhether you run a business, lead a team or have people who depend on you, in today's uncertain and increasingly unstable world you want to be ready to respond effectively. Recent history has proven that an unexpected crisis has...

Estimating software development often produces more angst than value, but it doesn't have to. Identify the needs behind estimate requests and determine how to meet those needs simply and easily. Choose estimation techniques based on current needs and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910551806Author Natalie BraberFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Bradwell BooksPublisher Bradwell Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781853411298Author J. S. NixFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Packard Publishing LtdPublisher Liverpool University Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648914228Author Jessica MuddittFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Jessica MuddittPublisher Jessica MuddittWeight(grams) 327g

This engaging and clearly written textbook/reference provides a must-have introduction to the rapidly emerging interdisciplinary field of data science. It focuses on the principles fundamental to becoming a good data scientist and the key skills needed...

A new and urgently needed guide to making the American economy more competitive at a time when tech giants have amassed vast market power.The U.S. economy is growing less competitive. Large businesses increasingly profit by taking advantage of their...

Small-scale pig keeping is expanding, not only in the countryside but also in urban areas. However, at the outset the prospect of owning pigs can be frightening for the uninitiated. Pigs for the Freezer is aimed at the small-scale producer in a...

My name is Tommy Turnbull. I've been a coalminer all my life. My father was a miner, so was my grandfather, my uncles, my cousins and my brother. Wherever there's a pit, you can bet there'll be a Turnbull somewhere down there.About the AuthorJoseph...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781601730114Author Newman TurnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 195Imprint Acres U.S.A., IncPublisher Acres U.S.A., IncWeight(grams) 346gDimensions(mm) 228mm *...

"Part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott, essayist and NPR commentator Heather Lende introduces readers to life in the town of Haines, Alaska . . . subtly reminding readers to embrace each day, each opportunity, each life that touches our own and to note...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910356838Author Colin BarkerFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Three acknowledged experts in search engine optimization share guidelines and innovative techniques that will help you plan and execute a comprehensive SEO strategy. Complete with an array of effective tactics from basic to advanced, this fourth edition...

High fashion unquestionably goes hand-in-hand with sartorial and stylistic perfection. A driving force behind the entire fashion and garment industry, it represents the search for new solutions concerning fabrics, style or patterns. In this context, the...

This thoroughly readable overview of the nature and history of the construction industry offers a clear understanding of how this vast and complex industry operates. Exploring its main features - the markets, the principal players, and ways of working -...

Covering all our pressing food dilemmas, the award-winning food writer leads the way to sensible and practical choices about what to eat. Food should be one of life's greatest pleasures yet, increasingly, choosing it is becoming a chore...

The behind-the-scenes story of the world's most notorious and controversial video games company - Rockstar Games. Jacked is the incredible story behind the phenomenon that changed video games for ever - Grand Theft Auto. Powerful...

This Element analyses the relationship between gender and literary letterpress printing from the early 20th century to the beginning of the 21st. Drawing on examples from modernist writer/printers of the 1920s to literary book artists of the early 21st,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043047Author Steven HannaFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

A "meticulously researched" (The New York Times Book Review) examination of energy transitions over time and an exploration of the current challenges presented by global warming, a surging world population, and renewable energy-from Pulitzer Prize- and...

Second Edition: Solar Power Finance Without the JargonSolar power has become big business, with $131 billion invested in 2018, up from just $11.2 billion in 2004 but down from $171 billion in 2017 as unit costs fell. New installed capacity grew from 1...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781600251658Author David LundFormat PaperbackPage Count 314Imprint Maurice BassettPublisher Maurice BassettWeight(grams) 422gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

*Focuses on the ‘how’ and ‘why’ of digital reporting, placing values and concepts above tools so as to help ensure longevity. *Each chapter leads with short interviews, anecdotes and examples from journalists working in that area and concludes with...

A vision of the future where the latest Silicon Valley tech meets cutting-edge genetics.Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such uncertainty. It starts with Po Bronson coming to IndieBio.Arvind...

Traditional shops are facing challenging and unprecedented times. Future-Ready Retail explains how changing consumer needs, the impact of digital and the issues around health, wellness and distancing have transformed retail and provides compelling...

The story of aviation is, above all, the story of success. Few, if any, industries could have equalled the astounding pace of the development of flight. For many, however, it was also the story of failure - of wasted ideas, wasted designs and wasted...

As can be imagined there are countless Sheffield pubs - past and present. Therefore, finding a unique, manageable angle on the subject to produce a book is difficult. Yet Peter Tuffrey has done just that featuring endless unique tales about the pubs...

The bestselling introduction to the field, updated and expanded Construction Management Jumpstart is the definitive introduction to the field, providing a detailed walkthrough of each stage of a project from the construction manager's perspective...

Sheffield has been dubbed 'Steel City' but it was and still is much more than that, and it is for much more than manufacturing metal ingots that Sheffield earned its national and international reputation. For centuries it produced cutlery, files, a vast...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901706413Author Richard AddersonFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton PressDimensions(mm) 240mm * 168mm * 12mm