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  • Energy in Changing Climate

    by Martin Nicholson ...
    There are widely differing views about solutions to energy and climate change. This book provides an unbiased look at both sides of this debate and addresses what still needs to be done before we can return to an all-renewable energy economy. It looks at why using renewable energy sources is not quite as simple as it seems. It considers the impact of aggressive emission reduction targets that ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Towards a Russia of the Regions

    by Martin Nicholson ...
    Series series Adelphi series
    Russia's state system has changed significantly since 1991, but the question of how the country should be governed has not been answered. Russia's constitutional framework is weak and inherently flawed, and the balance of political and economic power between the centre and the regions is ill-defined. In the absence of a firm constitutional settlement, regional elites have consolidated power, ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Power Makers' Challenge

    And the Need for Fission Energy

    by Martin Nicholson ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The Power Makers - the producers of our electricity - must meet the demands of their customers while also addressing the threat of climate change. There are widely differing views about solutions to electricity generation in an emission constrained world. Some see the problem as relatively straight forward, requiring deep cuts in emissions now by improving energy efficiency, energy conservation ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Audiobook

    Gone Green: A World Without Food

    by Lori Nicholson ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.In this thought-provoking book, readers will delve into the intricate relationship between deforestation and food security on a global scale. Shedding light on this pressing issue, the interconnectedness of these two phenomena is analyzed, urging readers to question and reflect upon the consequences of our actions. By exploring the domino effect that ... Read more

    $4.33 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Audiobook

    Shadowlands

    by William Nicholson ...
    Narrated by Harriet Harris, Martin Jarvis, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 44 min

    William Nicholson’s Tony nominated stage adaptation of his award-winning BBC Teleplay relates the story of shy Oxford don and children’s author C.S. Lewis and American poet Joy Gresham. Shadowlands shows how love, and the risk of loss, transformed this great man’s relationships, even with God.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Arthur Hanket, Harriet Harris, Nicholas Hormann, ... Read more

    $6.95 USD

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    Australia’s Electric Future

    by Saul Griffith ...
    An inspiring, practical plan to transform Australia’s energy system and supercharge our response to the climate crisis‘About f-cking time we have an actual plan written down that can be executed and financed. In a decarbonised world, Australia is a winner. The opportunity now is ours for the taking.’ —Mike Cannon-BrookesClimate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now – but ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Frontline Ukraine

    Crisis in the Borderlands

    by Professor Richard Sakwa ...
    The unfolding crisis in Ukraine has brought the world to the brink of a new Cold War. As Russia and Ukraine tussle for Crimea and the eastern regions, relations between Putin and the West have reached an all-time low. How did we get here? Richard Sakwa here unpicks the context of conflicted Ukrainian identity and of Russo-Ukrainian relations and traces the path to the recent disturbances through ... Read more

    $19.69 USD

  • North Korea

    State of Paranoia

    by Paul French ...
    Series series Asian Arguments
    North Korea continues to make headlines, arousing curiosity and fear in equal measure. The world's most secretive nuclear power, it still has Gulag-style prison camps, allows no access to the Internet and bans its people from talking to foreigners without official approval. In this remarkable and eye-opening book, internationally best-selling author Paul French examines in forensic detail the ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Sustainable Energy - without the hot air

    by David JC MacKay ...
    Series series without the hot air
    The enlightening, best-selling book on understanding sustainable energy and how we can make energy plans that add up.If you've ever wondered how much energy we use, and where it comes from – and where it could come from – but are fed up with all the hot air and 'greenwash', this is the book for you. Renewable resources are 'huge', but our energy consumption is also 'huge'. To compare 'huge' things ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

  • Beyond NATO

    A New Security Architecture for Eastern Europe

    by Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    Series series The Marshall Papers
    In this new Brookings Marshall Paper, Michael O'Hanlon argues that now is the time for Western nations to negotiate a new security architecture for neutral countries in eastern Europe to stabilize the region and reduce the risks of war with Russia. He believes NATO expansion has gone far enough. The core concept of this new security architecture would be one of permanent neutrality. The countries ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Electrify

    An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future

    by Saul Griffith ...
    An optimistic--but realistic and feasible--action plan for fighting climate change while creating new jobs and a healthier environment: electrify everything.Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now—but what? Saul Griffith has a plan. In Electrify, Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint—optimistic but feasible—for fighting climate change while creating millions of new ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Putin

    Russia's Choice

    by Richard Sakwa ...
    The new edition of this extremely well-received political biography of Vladimir Putin builds on the strengths of the first edition to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the man, his politics and his profound influence on Russian politics, foreign policy and society. New to this edition:analysis of Putin's second term as Presidentmore biographical information in the light of recent ... Read more

    Was $70.99 USD Now $62.99 USD