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The Thirst For Power
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Author : Azlaan Ranjha
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-06
The Thirst For Power written by Azlaan Ranjha and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-06 with categories.
A story from the war-torn country of Afghanistan; a saga of adventure, love and crime that will make the reader sit on the edge of his seat. Amer, a teenage boy, is born in poverty and finds ways to navigate through the street life and achieve his dream: to have power to get everything his heart ever desires. However, the road is one with many dangers. Would Amer succeed
Thirst For Power
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Author : Michael E. Webber
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-04-26
Thirst For Power written by Michael E. Webber and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-26 with Science categories.
Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted book offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water—a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure the continuing sustainability of both. Michael Webber, a leader and teacher in the field of energy technology and policy, explains how energy and water supplies are linked and how problems in either can be crippling for the other. He shows that current population growth, economic growth, climate change, and short-sighted policies are likely to make things worse. Yet, Webber asserts, more integrated planning with long-term sustainability in mind can avert such a daunting future. Combining anecdotes and personal stories with insights into the latest science of energy and water, he identifies a hopeful path toward wise long-range water-energy decisions and a more reliable and abundant future for humanity.
Thirst For Power
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Thirst For Power written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Current affairs categories.
Water is life. It is crucial to survival, a successful civilization, and the ability to make energy in our modern era. These two fundamental components are interconnected in society and when one is in short supply the other will be vulnerable. Adapted from Dr. Michael E. Webber's book of the same name, THIRST FOR POWER explores our dependence on water for energy as well as the huge vulnerabilities in our current systems, exacerbated by climate change.
Thirst For Power
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Author : Don Pendleton
language : en
Publisher: Gold Eagle
Release Date : 1999-11-24
Thirst For Power written by Don Pendleton and has been published by Gold Eagle this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-11-24 with Bolan, Mack (Fictitious character) categories.
From Peru to San Diego, the world's largest dams are being blown up, cutting off the fresh water supply around the world. Stony man sends in the troops to hunt down the faceless mastermind behind the mass destruction.
The Thirst For Power
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Author : Wolcott Wheeler
language : en
Publisher: Volume Press
Release Date : 2016-06-13
The Thirst For Power written by Wolcott Wheeler and has been published by Volume Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-13 with Fiction categories.
Thirst
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Author : Steven Mithen
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2012-11-26
Thirst written by Steven Mithen and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-26 with Social Science categories.
Water is an endangered resource, imperiled by population growth, mega-urbanization, and climate change. Scientists project that by 2050, freshwater shortages will affect 75 percent of the global population. Steven Mithen puts our current crisis in historical context by exploring 10,000 years of humankind’s management of water. Thirst offers cautionary tales of civilizations defeated by the challenges of water control, as well as inspirational stories about how technological ingenuity has sustained communities in hostile environments. As in his acclaimed, genre-defying After the Ice and The Singing Neanderthals, Mithen blends archaeology, current science, and ancient literature to give us a rich new picture of how our ancestors lived. Since the Neolithic Revolution, people have recognized water as a commodity and source of economic power and have manipulated its flow. History abounds with examples of ambitious water management projects and hydraulic engineering—from the Sumerians, whose mastery of canal building and irrigation led to their status as the first civilization, to the Nabataeans, who created a watery paradise in the desert city of Petra, to the Khmer, who built a massive inland sea at Angkor, visible from space. As we search for modern solutions to today’s water crises, from the American Southwest to China, Mithen also looks for lessons in the past. He suggests that we follow one of the most unheeded pieces of advice to come down from ancient times. In the words of Li Bing, whose waterworks have irrigated the Sichuan Basin since 256 BC, “Work with nature, not against it.”
Toxic And Intoxicating Puritan Theology And The Thirst For Power
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Author : Matthew Rowley
language : en
Publisher: Latimer Trust
Release Date : 2019-04-29
Toxic And Intoxicating Puritan Theology And The Thirst For Power written by Matthew Rowley and has been published by Latimer Trust this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-29 with Religion categories.
A Thirst For Empire
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Author : Erika Rappaport
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-03-05
A Thirst For Empire written by Erika Rappaport and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-05 with Cooking categories.
"Tea has been one of the most popular commodities in the world. Over centuries, profits from its growth and sales funded wars and fueled colonization, and its cultivation brought about massive changes--in land use, labor systems, market practices, and social hierarchies--the effects of which are with us even today. A Thirst for Empire takes a vast and in-depth historical look at how men and women--through the tea industry in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa--transformed global tastes and habits and in the process created our modern consumer society. As Erika Rappaport shows, between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries the boundaries of the tea industry and the British Empire overlapped but were never identical, and she highlights the economic, political, and cultural forces that enabled the British Empire to dominate--but never entirely control--the worldwide production, trade, and consumption of tea. Rappaport delves into how Europeans adopted, appropriated, and altered Chinese tea culture to build a widespread demand for tea in Britain and other global markets and a plantation-based economy in South Asia and Africa. Tea was among the earliest colonial industries in which merchants, planters, promoters, and retailers used imperial resources to pay for global advertising and political lobbying. The commercial model that tea inspired still exists and is vital for understanding how politics and publicity influence the international economy ..."--Jacket.
Thirst
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Author : Scott Harrison
language : en
Publisher: Currency
Release Date : 2020-09-08
Thirst written by Scott Harrison and has been published by Currency this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-08 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An inspiring personal story of redemption, second chances, and the transformative power within us all, from the founder and CEO of the nonprofit charity: water. At 28 years old, Scott Harrison had it all. A top nightclub promoter in New York City, his life was an endless cycle of drugs, booze, models—repeat. But 10 years in, desperately unhappy and morally bankrupt, he asked himself, "What would the exact opposite of my life look like?" Walking away from everything, Harrison spent the next 16 months on a hospital ship in West Africa and discovered his true calling. In 2006, with no money and less than no experience, Harrison founded charity: water. Today, his organization has raised over $400 million to bring clean drinking water to more than 10 million people around the globe. In Thirst, Harrison recounts the twists and turns that built charity: water into one of the most trusted and admired nonprofits in the world. Renowned for its 100% donation model, bold storytelling, imaginative branding, and radical commitment to transparency, charity: water has disrupted how social entrepreneurs work while inspiring millions of people to join its mission of bringing clean water to everyone on the planet within our lifetime. In the tradition of such bestselling books as Shoe Dog and Mountains Beyond Mountains, Thirst is a riveting account of how to build a better charity, a better business, a better life—and a gritty tale that proves it’s never too late to make a change. 100% of the author’s net proceeds from Thirst will go to fund charity: water projects around the world.
Power Trip
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Author : Michael E. Webber
language : en
Publisher: Basic Books
Release Date : 2019-05-07
Power Trip written by Michael E. Webber and has been published by Basic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-07 with Business & Economics categories.
A global tour of energy--the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat. Energy is humanity's single most important resource. In fact, as energy expert Michael E. Webber argues in Power Trip, the story of how societies rise can be told largely as the story of how they manage energy sources through time. In 2019, as we face down growing demand for and accumulating environmental impacts from energy, we are at a crossroads and the stakes are high. But history shows us that energy's great value is that it allows societies to reinvent themselves. Power Trip explores how energy has transformed societies of the past and offers wisdom for today's looming energy crisis. There is no magic bullet; energy advances always come with costs. Scientific innovation needs public support. Energy initiatives need to be tailored to individual societies. We must look for long-term solutions. Our current energy crisis is real, but it is solvable. We have the power.