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“steven cork”

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  • Resilience and Transformation

    Preparing Australia for Uncertain Futures

    Edited by Steven Cork ...
    Resilience and Transformation explores what factors contribute to Australia’s resilience, what trends are apparent, and what actions are required to better prepare us for the immediate and longer term future. Resilience is a word used more and more across societies worldwide as decision makers realise that predicting and controlling the future does not work and that preparing for uncertainty and ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Looting Machine

    Warlords, Oligarchs, Corporations, Smugglers, and the Theft of Africa's Wealth

    by Tom Burgis ...
    An “impressive” (Wall Street Journal) exposé of twenty-first century individuals and companies who have become obscenely rich from the resource trade in AfricaAfrica is the world’s poorest continent and, arguably, its richest. In The Looting Machine, Tom Burgis takes readers on a gripping journey into the world of the magnates and militiamen, the despots and jet-setting executives who gorge on ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • It's the Crude, Dude

    Greed, Gas, War, and the American Way

    by Linda McQuaig ...
    Twenty years ago, George W. Bush said he invaded Iraq to bring democracy to the Middle East—some people believed that. But if you have nagging doubts, you'll be intrigued by the story unraveled here.With all the drama of a thriller, Canadian bestselling author Linda McQuaig probes the mystery of what really lay behind the U.S. invasion of Iraq. She points to Washington's desire to gain control of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Aurum Solis

    Gold Of The Sun

    by steven school ...
    The ancient art of alchemy, secrets hidden in the bible, the fountain of youth, the formation of crystals within the earths crust, journey across time and explore these ancient mysteries and more which are illuminated like never before in this exciting book. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • BP Blowout

    Inside the Gulf Oil Disaster

    by Daniel Jacobs ...
    The story of the worst environmental disaster in American history and its enduring consequencesBP Blowout is the first comprehensive account of the legal, economic, and environmental consequences of the disaster that resulted from the April 2010 blowout at a BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The accident, which destroyed the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, killed 11 people. The ensuing oil dischargethe ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Energy and Security

    Strategies for a World in Transition

    Edited by Jan H. Kalicki, David L. Goldwyn ...
    The second, completely updated edition of this widely read and respected guide is the most authoritative survey available on the perennial question of energy security. Energy and Security gathers today's topmost foreign policy and energy experts and leaders to assess how the United States can integrate its energy and national security interests.This edition offers fresh analysis and insight into• ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Forgotten Founders

    Rethinking The History Of The Old West

    by Stewart L. Udall ...
    "…an impressive new book… [The Forgotten Founders] is a gem that encompasses virtually every aspect of the development of our region." -ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS"[Udall] offers a convincing argument that it wasn't the cavalry, fur traders, prospectors, gunslingers or railroad builders who tamed the West; it was 'courageous men and women who made treks into wilderness and created communities in virgin ... Read more

    $26.69 USD

  • The Last Drop

    The Politics of Water

    by Mike Gonzalez, Marianella Yanes ...
    Indispensable for human existence yet increasingly owned and controlled by private capital; the last decade has witnessed an intensifying battle for water. The Last Drop is a wake-up call to everyone who takes for granted what comes out of their kitchen tap.This book traces a path through the arguments that surround the question of water, setting out to make the scientific arguments more ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Urban Mining Systems

    by Kohmei Halada, Takashi Nakamura ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book focuses on the fundamental concept of and current endeavors in “urban mining” among those who are interested in both metal resources and ecology. Systems for recycling and reusing precious metals and rare-earth minerals contained in used and discarded electronics are introduced in this book. The target audience is not academic researchers in the resource management and ecology fields but ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Managing Forest Carbon in a Changing Climate

    Edited by Mark S. Ashton, Mary L. Tyrrell, Deborah Spalding, Bradford Gentry ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    The aim of this book is to provide an accessible overview for advanced students, resource professionals such as land managers, and policy makers to acquaint themselves with the established science, management practices and policies that facilitate sequestration and allow for the storage of carbon in forests. The book has value to the reader to better understand: a) carbon science and management of ... Read more

    $80.99 USD

  • Knowledge and Rural Development

    Dialogue at the heart of innovation

    by Danièle Clavel ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    Successive food, economic and environmental crises have prompted the world Agricultural Research for Development (ARD) bodies to spring into action. Faced with the clear failure of public development aid to reduce inequalities and hunger, especially in Africa, wide consensus has been achieved from the World Bank to the G8 via the UN, the European Union and the African Union these past five years ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Stochastic Analysis in Production Process and Ecology Under Uncertainty

    by Bogusław Bieda ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The monograph addresses a problem of stochastic analysis based on the uncertainty assessment by simulation and application of this method in ecology and steel industry under uncertainty. The first chapter defines the Monte Carlo (MC) method and random variables in stochastic models. Chapter two deals with the contamination transport in porous media. Stochastic approach for Municipal Solid Waste ... Read more

    $89.99 USD