Oil Change
Oil Changes: How to Change Oil in your Own Driveway
Changing your vehicle’s oil regularly is the single most important thing you can do for your car. Regular oil changes will extend the life of your vehicle and enhance its performance. Because contaminants are regularly deposited into your car’s oil resulting in sludge that decreases your engine’s performance (and that will over time cause engine failure) frequent oil changes are a mandatory maintenance procedure.
Most people know that they should get an oil change approximately every three months or 3,000 miles, but less know that an oil change is something that can be done in their own driveway. Doing so can save about a hundred dollars per year, and is a great way to be active with and knowledgeable about your own transportation.
Oil Change Equipment
Before getting started with your oil change, make sure you have the following materials on hand. Many of these items are sold inexpensively and are great to have handy in any garage.
3/8-drive socket set
Combination metric wrench set, including both closed and open ended wrenches.
Oil filter wrench
Oil receptacle such as a pail or old kitchen pot
Two plastic milk containers with screw on caps.
Oil funnel
Plastic Ziploc bag – 1 quart.
Several newspapers / old rags
Two pair latex gloves (optional)
A few bricks, concrete blocks or boulders.
New oil filter (see owner’s manual for specifications)
New oil to refill the engine. (The back page of your vehicle’s manual should indicate grade and number of quarts.) Quick Change Oil recommends the use of synthetic oil for oil changes, such as Castrol GTX.
Before you begin, be sure to have a planned method for disposing of your dirty oil. It is illegal to dispose of used motor oil improperly. Most oil change locations will accept dirty oil for disposal free of charge.
Oil Change Step 01: Warming Up
Identify a flat space to work in your drive way or garage for you to perform the oil change once you’ve driven your vehicle for a short distance. Driving around just enough to heat up the engine will liquefy the oil for an easier emptying.
Oil Change Step 02: Stationing
Turn off your engine, put the car in Neutral and set the emergency brake firmly in place. Place several bricks in front of each of the four tires to prevent them from moving.
Oil Change Step 03: Locating the drain plug
If there is not enough room to slide under your vehicle comfortably, you’ll need to jack it up using a hydraulic pump and settle it on jack stands. (Never mount your car on a jack only – you must use jack stands.) While beneath your vehicle, identify the drain plug by searching for the lowest piece to the ground. This piece will most commonly be the nut of the oil drain plug. To avoid confusion with the transmission fluid drain plug, feel the metal around it – the oil plug will usually be much hotter than the transmission plug. In some cases the drain plug is actually labeled. Call a friend or a local oil change company for direction if you’re still unsure.
Oil Change Step 04: Draining the oil
Set out several newspapers underneath your car, focusing more on the area directly beneath the oil drain. Once you’ve located the drain plug, choose the correct socket from your set by experimenting with each until you’ve found one that nicely fits over the nut. Then, using a lot of force, turn the socket counter clockwise to crack the nut. If a socket doesn’t work, try a closed end wrench. Once the nut is cracked, loosen it carefully, using caution. Loosening the nut too much or too quickly will cause the oil to spill out. Place your oil receptacle underneath the plug making sure it is straight making sure the plug points sideways rather than straight down. A sideways pointing plug will cause the oil to empty all over instead of into your receptacle. Once correctly positioned, loosen the plug entirely. Most of the oil should drain in about two minutes.
Oil Change Step 05: Loosening the oil filter
Look up into the engine and locate the oil filter, which should look like an inverted cone. Retrieve your oil filter wrench, remove the socket from the socket wrench and set it next to the drain plug. Slip the oil filter wrench onto your socket wrench (it’s best to use a socket wrench with a short extension) and set it up to grab the filter in a counterclockwise motion. Tug on the filter slightly to loosen it. Again, caution is important because loosening the filter too quickly will spill out hot oil. Loosen a bit more using the wrench, and use your hands to remove it entirely. Make sure your face is clear of the area and pour the contents of the filter into the receptacle.
Oil Change Step 06: Removing the oil cap
Slide out from under your vehicle and open the hood. Locate the oil cap and remove it so that the oil can drain more quickly. If you have the time, wait an hour or so for all of the old oil to drain completely. This isn’t necessary, but is a good practice if you’re willing to wait.
Oil Change Step 07: Threading the new oil filter
Underneath your vehicle again, dip one gloved finger into the oil receptacle and coat the rubber edges of the new oil filter. This will help it adhere to the engine. With a clean rag, wipe off the round metal circle on the engine where the oil filter fits and put the new filter in place. By hand, tightening it should take about 1/2 or 3/4 of a turn. If it doesn’t tighten simply fit the wrench back onto the filter and tighten it the same manner it was loosened, but this time tightening in a clockwise motion.
Oil Change Step 08: Re-attaching the drain plug
At Quick Change Oil, we recommend using a new sealing washer on the drain plug when performing your own oil change. If you must use the old one, be sure to clean it prior to use. Put the washer in place and thread the drain plug back into its hole. Tighten it up with the socket set, but not so tight that removal will be difficult for the next oil change.
Oil Change Step 09: Replacing the oil
Before pouring the new oil into the spout underneath the hood, pour the content of the old oil into your milk bottle using the funnel. Wipe the funnel clean and seal the milk carton with its lid. Place the old oil filter into your Ziploc bag and set both aside for later disposal at your nearest recycling center such as your nearest Quick Change Oil location. Now place your clean funnel over the oil spout underneath your hood and deposit as many quarts of oil as directed by your vehicle’s manufacturer. Once the oil is emptied, replace the oil cap and close the hood.
Oil Change Step 10: Checking for leaks
Start your engine and let idle for 5 minutes. Make sure to look underneath your vehicle for oil leaks. If your vehicle is leaking, it’s probably best to have it corrected by an oil change station.
Remember that safety is paramount. If you have a friend who will accompany you, it’s best to perform your first oil change in the company of another person. Changing your own oil is a rewarding experience, but if you prefer to have it taken for you, make sure it’s done right. Choose an oil change company that uses high quality Castrol synthetic motor oil, the best oil, engineered for extreme heat extreme cold, frequent stop and go driving, towing heavy loads, and high speed.
About the Author
Tim LaGanke, Jr. is president of QuickChange Oil, a 10 minute oil change center, with locations across Cleveland, Ohio. QuickChange is currently seeking applicants interested in the oil change franchising business. Please contact LaGanke at gank@quickchangeoil.com for more information.
How to change your oil
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”Keep going”: African Americans on the road in the era of Jim Crow. $49.99 Americans loved their automobiles. African Americans in particular embraced their automobiles because every aspect of travel in the era of Jim Crow was circumscribed by race and cars allowed them to avoid the segregation of the Jim Crow railroad car and bus. Buying a car also meant participating in consumer capitalism, the essence of American culture. African Americans expressed middle class American values through car ownership and cars helped to alter the way that people behaved toward one and to change deeply entrenched racial etiquette. Along the highways there was a close relationship between race and the organization of space. As black families and business travelers went out on the road, from the 1930s to the 1960s, they discovered a landscape of public establishments where they were unwelcome or even treated with hostility.;To help navigate the hostile roadside environment a variety of guidebooks assisted African Americans as they traveled in a country still in the throes of segregation. These travel guides provided state-by-state listings of public accommodations—hotels and motels, tourist houses, colored YMCAs, restaurants, movie theaters, doctors, barbershops and beauty parlors and various places of entertainment—that welcomed black patronage. The longest lasting and most successful of the African American travel guides was the Negro Motorist’s Green Book, published by Victor and Alma Green in their offices in Harlem. The Green Book appealed to middle class African Americans with its polite and restrained language. Ironically, middle class black travelers believed that travel would promote integration and defeat prejudice, but they were forced to stay in segregated accommodations when they traveled. The Green Book sustained itself for thirty years (1936-1966) by appealing to black middle class travelers and to white liberal supporters. The Standard Oil Corporation sponsored the Green Book and circulated it to their Esso gas station patrons. Travel |
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100% Renewable: Energy Autonomy in Action $34.9 The greatest challenge of our time is to build a world based on the sustainable use of renewable power. Our massive dependence on fossil fuels has upset the very climatic system that made human evolution possible. The global economy and its financial system are in jeopardy, running hot on overtly cheap yet increasingly costly and fast depleting oil. A 100% renewable world is seen by many as an impossible dream in anything but the very long term. But not only do a growing number of initiatives and plans dare to make the change but many have already achieved it. This rich collection presents a series of pioneering efforts and their champions, and the paths to their successes. Ranging from initiatives by individuals to visions for companies, communities and entire countries, it defeats tired economic and technical counter-arguments, showing how the schemes featured not only can and do work but do so economically and with available technology. The book is introduced by incisive writing by Peter Droege, explaining the challenges and framing a roadmap towards a 100% renewable reality. |
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1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America $1.99 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity’s Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family, the cultural artifacts of the year reveal a nation in the middle of a serious identity crisis. 1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a fever chart of a year of uncertainty and change, a year in which post-war prosperity crumbled and modernism gave way to postmodernism in a lively and revelatory analysis of one of the most important periods in the second half of the 20th century. |
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1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America $11.99 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity’s Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family, the cultural artifacts of the year reveal a nation in the middle of a serious identity crisis. 1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a fever chart of a year of uncertainty and change, a year in which post-war prosperity crumbled and modernism gave way to postmodernism in a lively and revelatory analysis of one of the most important periods in the second half of the 20th century. |
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1973 Nervous Breakdown: Watergate, Warhol, and the Birth of Post-Sixties America $14.95 1973 marked the end of the 1960s and the birth of a new cultural sensibility. A year of shattering political crisis, 1973 was defined by defeat in Vietnam, Roe v. Wade, the oil crisis and the Watergate hearings. It was also a year of remarkable creative ferment. From landmark movies such as The Exorcist, Mean Streets, and American Graffiti to seminal books such as Fear of Flying and Gravity’s Rainbow, from the proto-punk band the New York Dolls to the first ever reality TV show, The American Family, the cultural artifacts of the year reveal a nation in the middle of a serious identity crisis. 1973 Nervous Breakdown offers a fever chart of a year of uncertainty and change, a year in which post-war prosperity crumbled and modernism gave way to postmodernism in a lively and revelatory analysis of one of the most important periods in the second half of the 20th century. |
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1975 Austrian Grand Prix $57.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Niki Lauda delighted his home crowd by claiming his seventh pole position of the year. Rolf Stommelen returned after his crash in Spain, Chris Amon had returned for Ensign and Brett Lunger qualified well in his début for Hesketh. Practice was marred by a series of accidents, Brian Henton crashing his Lotus when he hit an oil patch and Wilson Fittipaldi breaking two bones in his hand. During the final practice session, Mark Donohue crashed on a flat out curve. The catch fencing balled up under the car, catapulting it into an advertising hoarding. Two marshals died in the accident, and a resulting brain hemorrhage would kill Donohue three days later. As the grid formed up, there were reports of rain at the far side of the track. Thunderclouds were forming ominously and the cars were returned to the pits to change to wet tyres. After 45 minutes, the grid reformed.Lauda led off the start from James Hunt and Patrick Depailler who had shot up from the fourth row. Mario Andretti spun off, whilst Bob Evans retired the BRM. |
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2000s Documentary Films (Study Guide) $36.93 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bowling for Columbine, Naqoyqatsi, an Inconvenient Truth, Fitna, Sicko, Loose Change, the Power of Nightmares, Fahrenheit 9/11, Zeitgeist, the Movie, Capitalism: a Love Story, Super Size Me, Waltz With Bashir, Religulous, the Cove, John Peel’s Record Box, Who Killed the Electric Car?, the Voyage That Shook the World, Growing up in the Universe, No End in Sight, March of the Penguins, Food, Inc., the King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters, the Corporation, Jesus Camp, Burma Vj, Red Tail Reborn, Scratch, Outrage, Jenin, Jenin, Grizzly Man, Order Castles of the Third Reich, the Fog of War, Earth, Act of God, Man on Wire, Anvil! the Story of Anvil, Revolution Os, Shine a Light, Capturing the Friedmans, the Final Inch, Why We Fight, Encounters at the End of the World, Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room, the Aristocrats, Outfoxed, When the Levees Broke, Taxi to the Dark Side, Control Room, Born Into Brothels, the Heart of Texas, the Original Kings of Comedy, Scottsboro: an American Tragedy, Spellbound, Oil Factor, in Search of the Second Amendment, War/dance, Deliver Us From Evil, Black Chicks Talking, Speedy Delivery, Mad Hot Ballroom, Trouble the Water, Our Daily Bread, Daughter From Danang, Spencer Halpin’s Moral Kombat, Hurricane on the Bayou, Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman, Twist of Faith, a Reason to Live, Flight of the Red Tail, Unknown White Male, Unfair Dealing, No Direction Home, Dear Zachary: a Letter to a Son About His Father, Prisoner of Paradise, Tarnation, Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Ghosts of the Abyss, Good Hair, Dave Chappelle’s Block Party, Planet B-Boy, Lalee’s Kin: the Legacy of Cotton, Every Little Step, Dogtown and Z-Boys, One Nation Under God, Darwin’s |
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2010s Establishments: 2010 Establishments, 2011 Establishments, 2013 Establishments, Hospitals Established in the 2010s $21.24 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 2010 Establishments, 2011 Establishments, 2013 Establishments, Hospitals Established in the 2010s, Jurassic Park River Adventure, Kaiser Westside Medical Center, Shrek 4-D, Arab Gas Pipeline, List of Attractions at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Dragon Challenge, Sakhalin-khabarovsk-vladivostok Pipeline, Gran Scala, Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova, New Battlefront Foundation, Dauletabad-sarakhs-khangiran Pipeline, Staythorpe Power Station, Medgaz, Ambo Pipeline, National Leprechaun Museum, Lega Calcio Serie A, Mozambique – South Africa Oil Pipeline, World Chocolate Wonderland, Louvre-Lens, National Energy Commission, Yunnan-guangdong Hvdc, Indian Network on Climate Change Assessment, Transformers, Battlestar Galactica, Gazela Pipeline, Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey, Flight of the Hippogriff, Meydan Racecourse, Six Flags Dubailand, Latitude 43 Motorsports, Teesport Renewable Energy Plant, Mcmillen High School, Nasir Hussein Shaheed Hospital, Ziggo Dome. Excerpt: The Jurassic Park River Adventure is a water-based amusement ride that is based on Steven Spielberg’s hit film Jurassic Park and Michael Crichton’s novel. The Hollywood incarnation, called Jurassic Park: The Ride, was actually researched and built while the Jurassic Park film was still in its production phase. It opened first at Universal Studios Hollywood as Jurassic Park: The Ride on June 21, 1996. A copy of the ride, called the Jurassic Park River Adventure, was later built at Islands of Adventure at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida in 1999. A third copy of the ride is also featured at Universal Studios Japan. There is little difference between the three rides, although the Hollywood version is slightly longer and co… More: |
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4 in 1 Oil Sprayed Replacement Housing Case for BlackBerry 8520 (Purple) $5.86 Here is our 4 in 1 oil sprayed replacement housing case including frame, faceplate, battery cover and keyboard. You can change your BlackBerry 8520 into a freshly new mobile phone. |
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4-in-1 Oil Sprayed Replacement Housing Case with Flower Patterns for BlackBerry 8520 (Purple) $6.36 The replacement of a mobile phone shell is not only because is needed to do so; sometimes it’s just for the sake of beautiful and personality. If you see this 4-in-1 oil sprayed replacement housing case, you will want to change it at once. |
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7-Day Detox Miracle: Revitalize Your Mind and Body with This Safe and Effective Life-Enhancing Program $17.95 There is an effective way to free yourself of chronic aches and pains, feel healthier, and be more energetic. It’s called detoxification, a process that stimulates your body’s natural ability to cleanse itself. Inside, you’ll discover a simple seven-day detoxification program that will help you improve resistance to disease, normalize weight, and increase physical and mental stamina. Completely updated and revised, this edition features easy-to-prepare recipes, sample menu plans, and everything else you need to begin your new life of healthier living—today!A Sample 7-day Home Detox ProgramHealthful diet of liquids, fresh fruits and vegetables, and riceSpecific vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and herbsHome hydrotherapy and a one-week toxin-free lifestyleHealthier living”Similar to an oil change for your car, the 7-Day Detox Miracle can clean and improve the filtering of your internal fluids in a way that produces immediate benefits in fighting disease.”—Michael T. Murray, N.D., co-author, Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine”This fine work again proves to me there is something ‘miraculous’ to be found in the time-honored precepts of naturopathic medicine.”—Peter J. D’Adamo, N.D., author, Eat Right 4 Your Type |
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A Bullet for the Environment $5.99 This is an era where the youth or doubters no long accept what is told to them. No longer are they willing, like their parents to believe those in power are truly responsible and caring. Too many examples of their failure in parliament or from disasters seen on the nightly TV news have proved that trust is no longer possible. The governments’ line, as well as the positions taken by big companies fall on disbelieving minds. In the case of the environmental protection carried out by oil and gas companies or companies harvesting natural resources, the youth of many nations are rebelling because they know how hollow the current policies are. Yet, it is the youth who hold the key to change … that key for some; is murder. |
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A Crash Course on How to Change Your Transmission Oil $6.97 Patrick Perry,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Axel Publishing |
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A Crash Course on How to Change the Oil and Oil Filter on a Motorcycle $6.97 Johnathan Murphy,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Axel Publishing |
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A Crash Course on How to Change the Oil in Your Car $6.97 Steven Thompson,NOOK Book (eBook), English-language edition,Pub by Axel Publishing |
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A Cubic Mile of Oil: Realities and Options for Averting the Looming Global Energy Crisis $21.95 One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world’s current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world’s total annual energy consumption – from all energy sources- is currently 3.0 CMO. By the middle of this century the world will need between 6 and 9 CMO of energy per year to provide for its citizens. Adequate energy is needed remove the scourge of poverty and provide food, clothing, and shelter for the people around the world, and more will be needed for measures to mitigate the potential effects of climate change such as building dikes and desalinating water. A Cubic Mile of Oil describes the various energy sources and how we use them, projects their future contributions, and delineates what it would take to develop them to annually produce a CMO from each of them. The requirement for additional energy in the future is so daunting that we will need to use all resources. We also examine how improved efficiency and conservation measures can reduce future demand substantially, and help distinguish approaches that make a significant impact as opposed to merely making us feel good.Use of CMO eliminates a multitude of units like tons of coal, gallons of oil, and cubic feet of gas; obviates the need for mind-numbing multipliers such as billions, trillions, and quadrillions; and replaces them with an easy-to-understand volumetric unit. It evokes a visceral response and allows experts, policy makers and the general public alike to form a mental picture of the magnitude of the challenge we face. In the absence of an appreciation of the scale of the problem, we risk squandering efforts and resources in pursuing options that will not meet tomorrow’s global energy needs. We must make critical choices, and a common understandable language is essential for a sustained meaningful dialog. |
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A Cubic Mile of Oil: Realities and Options for Averting the Looming Global Energy Crisis $29.95 One cubic mile of oil (CMO) corresponds very closely to the world’s current total annual consumption of crude oil. The world’s total annual energy consumption – from all energy sources- is currently 3.0 CMO. By the middle of this century the world will need between 6 and 9 CMO of energy per year to provide for its citizens. Adequate energy is needed remove the scourge of poverty and provide food, clothing, and shelter for the people around the world, and more will be needed for measures to mitigate the potential effects of climate change such as building dikes and desalinating water. A Cubic Mile of Oil describes the various energy sources and how we use them, projects their future contributions, and delineates what it would take to develop them to annually produce a CMO from each of them. The requirement for additional energy in the future is so daunting that we will need to use all resources. We also examine how improved efficiency and conservation measures can reduce future demand substantially, and help distinguish approaches that make a significant impact as opposed to merely making us feel good.Use of CMO eliminates a multitude of units like tons of coal, gallons of oil, and cubic feet of gas; obviates the need for mind-numbing multipliers such as billions, trillions, and quadrillions; and replaces them with an easy-to-understand volumetric unit. It evokes a visceral response and allows experts, policy makers and the general public alike to form a mental picture of the magnitude of the challenge we face. In the absence of an appreciation of the scale of the problem, we risk squandering efforts and resources in pursuing options that will not meet tomorrow’s global energy needs. We must make critical choices, and a common understandable language is essential for a sustained meaningful dialog. |
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A Northern Front: New and Selected Essays $22.95 In places as remote as Alaska’s north slope and as familiar as a midwestern family farm there are tensions that exist between nature and the people who define a given land as home. People drawn to the wilderness are often moved to save it or resist it, depending on their desire for adventure or comfort, tradition or change, sustainability or profit. In sixteen elegant essays, award-winning writer and naturalist John Hildebrand takes a clear-eyed look at how these forces move and change the people and the land. Hildebrand writes of landscapes in dispute: Native Alaskan groups are pitted against each other over oil development, Hmong emigrants jostle locals in a public hunting ground, farmers battle a formidable company town and city hall. Nature itself is also in flux as timber wolves and sandhill cranes reclaim lost ground and a marine biologist gauges the effect of an invading species on previously undisturbed areas. A Northern Front reflects the day-by-day disappearance of wild places and the ever-changing face of the American landscape. Hildebrand’s characters are unforgettable, and his stories gracefully capture the spirit of all people who care deeply about the land. |
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A Romanov Returns $13.95 Will the Romanov Dynasty return to power in Russia? Russia had been in turmoil since the fall of communism. During this period of chaos the managers of the crumbling Soviet bureaucracy loot the wealth of the country for their personal gain. These Oligarchs quickly become the shadow power of Russia. Rich and powerful they want permanency and legitimacy. Fearing how quickly the political environment of the country can change, these men want to create a leader answerable only to them. These men believe they have found such a leader in the young and charismatic Mikhail Romanov. To finance their plans, the Russian mafia turn to an American industrialist promising him exclusive rights to the oil bounty of the Russian Federation. As American science develops practical fuel options and the value of those rights come into question, murdering U.S. scientists becomes a solution. Mike Williams investigates the deaths and learns of the Russian plot. As the plot unfolds we learn that Mikhail Romanov not only has his own plans to bring back the Romanov dynasty but has a mysterious and powerful benefactor. |
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A Short History of the Future: Surviving the 2030 Spike $1.4 Has the future a future? Are we bringing history to an end? Observing any one of several individual but critical trends suggests that, without rapid and positive action, history may have only a very short way to run. Whether it is the growth of world population, of greenhouse gas concentrations and the accelerating rate of climate change, the running down of oil and natural gas reserves, growing shortages of fresh water for agriculture, industry and domestic use, or the increasing difficulty in controlling epidemic diseases � we are facing a mounting global crisis that will peak in less than a generation, around the year 2030. Taken together, these trends point to a potentially apocalyptic period, if not for the planet itself then certainly for human societies and for humankind. In this compelling book, and update to The 2030 Spike, Colin Mason explains in clear and irrefutable terms what is going on � largely below the surface of our daily or weekly news bulletins. The picture he paints is stark, and yet it is not bleak. Being forewarned, we are forearmed, and he draws on his own extensive political experience to describe how much we can do as individuals, and above all collectively, not merely to avert crisis but to engineer thoroughgoing change that can usher in genuinely sustainable and valuable alternatives to the way we live now. |
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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World $16.95 In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed onethousand barrels per second. The news marks animportant change that will have a far-reachingimpact on world economies, investments, and businessprofitability.In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief EnergyEconomist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakiandelivers a provocative look at the future of oil andoffers fresh insight into what it will taketo rebalance our energy needs and seize newopportunities.Tertzakian provides a unique analysis of shifts inenergy trends, describing how past critical junctures-what he calls energy “break points”-developed,evolved, and shaped nations; changed consumerbehavior; and launched or ruined businesses.With the world already consuming 85 millionbarrels of oil a day, Tertzakian answers the topquestions that business leaders, policy makers,investors, and concerned citizens are asking himas we approach the coming break point: Are today’s high oil and gas pricespart of a routine business cycle, or arethere more profound forces at play? Have we entered a new multi-polarworld where energy is the primarysource of geopolitical tension? Are hybrid vehicles our only solutionagainst high gasoline prices? Is China’s growing thirst for energysustainable? What sort of global landscape willemerge from the turmoil? Which government policies work andwhich do not? Will nuclear power and coal save theday-again?Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed lookinto the volatile future of our energy supply chainsand how our consumption patterns may evolve,revealing how governments, businesses, and evenindividuals can meet the coming challenges withbetter solutions and innovations.Serving as a sobering yet hopeful wake-up call,this book shows how the lessons of history willhelp us find our way toward a better, moresecure energy |
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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World $27.95 In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed onethousand barrels per second. The news marks animportant change that will have a far-reachingimpact on world economies, investments, and businessprofitability.In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief EnergyEconomist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakiandelivers a provocative look at the future of oil andoffers fresh insight into what it will taketo rebalance our energy needs and seize newopportunities.Tertzakian provides a unique analysis of shifts inenergy trends, describing how past critical junctures-what he calls energy “break points”-developed,evolved, and shaped nations; changed consumerbehavior; and launched or ruined businesses.With the world already consuming 85 millionbarrels of oil a day, Tertzakian answers the topquestions that business leaders, policy makers,investors, and concerned citizens are asking himas we approach the coming break point: Are today’s high oil and gas pricespart of a routine business cycle, or arethere more profound forces at play? Have we entered a new multi-polarworld where energy is the primarysource of geopolitical tension? Are hybrid vehicles our only solutionagainst high gasoline prices? Is China’s growing thirst for energysustainable? What sort of global landscape willemerge from the turmoil? Which government policies work andwhich do not? Will nuclear power and coal save theday-again?Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed lookinto the volatile future of our energy supply chainsand how our consumption patterns may evolve,revealing how governments, businesses, and evenindividuals can meet the coming challenges withbetter solutions and innovations.Serving as a sobering yet hopeful wake-up call,this book shows how the lessons of history willhelp us find our way toward a better, moresecure energy |
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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World $27.95 In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed onethousand barrels per second. The news marks animportant change that will have a far-reachingimpact on world economies, investments, and businessprofitability.In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief EnergyEconomist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakiandelivers a provocative look at the future of oil andoffers fresh insight into what it will taketo rebalance our energy needs and seize newopportunities.Tertzakian provides a unique analysis of shifts inenergy trends, describing how past critical junctures-what he calls energy “break points”-developed,evolved, and shaped nations; changed consumerbehavior; and launched or ruined businesses.With the world already consuming 85 millionbarrels of oil a day, Tertzakian answers the topquestions that business leaders, policy makers,investors, and concerned citizens are asking himas we approach the coming break point: Are today’s high oil and gas pricespart of a routine business cycle, or arethere more profound forces at play? Have we entered a new multi-polarworld where energy is the primarysource of geopolitical tension? Are hybrid vehicles our only solutionagainst high gasoline prices? Is China’s growing thirst for energysustainable? What sort of global landscape willemerge from the turmoil? Which government policies work andwhich do not? Will nuclear power and coal save theday-again?Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed lookinto the volatile future of our energy supply chainsand how our consumption patterns may evolve,revealing how governments, businesses, and evenindividuals can meet the coming challenges withbetter solutions and innovations.Serving as a sobering yet hopeful wake-up call,this book shows how the lessons of history willhelp us find our way toward a better, moresecure energy |
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A Thousand Barrels a Second: The Coming Oil Break Point and the Challenges Facing an Energy Dependent World $16.4 In 2006, world oil consumption will exceed onethousand barrels per second. The news marks animportant change that will have a far-reachingimpact on world economies, investments, and businessprofitability.In A Thousand Barrels a Second, Chief EnergyEconomist of ARC Financial Peter Tertzakiandelivers a provocative look at the future of oil andoffers fresh insight into what it will taketo rebalance our energy needs and seize newopportunities.Tertzakian provides a unique analysis of shifts inenergy trends, describing how past critical junctures-what he calls energy “break points”-developed,evolved, and shaped nations; changed consumerbehavior; and launched or ruined businesses.With the world already consuming 85 millionbarrels of oil a day, Tertzakian answers the topquestions that business leaders, policy makers,investors, and concerned citizens are asking himas we approach the coming break point: Are today’s high oil and gas pricespart of a routine business cycle, or arethere more profound forces at play? Have we entered a new multi-polarworld where energy is the primarysource of geopolitical tension? Are hybrid vehicles our only solutionagainst high gasoline prices? Is China’s growing thirst for energysustainable? What sort of global landscape willemerge from the turmoil? Which government policies work andwhich do not? Will nuclear power and coal save theday-again?Tertzakian also offers a realistic, informed lookinto the volatile future of our energy supply chainsand how our consumption patterns may evolve,revealing how governments, businesses, and evenindividuals can meet the coming challenges withbetter solutions and innovations.Serving as a sobering yet hopeful wake-up call,this book shows how the lessons of history willhelp us find our way toward a better, moresecure energy |
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A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilisation: And How to Save it $32 It often seems that different crises are competing to devastate civilization. This book argues that financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages need to be considered as part of the same ailing system. Most accounts of our contemporary global crises such as climate change, or the threat of terrorism, focus on one area, or another, to the exclusion of others. Nafeez Ahmed argues that the unwillingness of experts to look outside their specialisations explains why there is so much disagreement and misunderstanding about particular crises. This book attempts to investigate all of these crises, not as isolated events, but as trends and processes that belong to a single global system. We are therefore not dealing with a “clash of civilizations,” as Huntington argued. Rather, we are dealing with a fundamental crisis of civilization itself. This book provides a stark warning of the consequences of failing to take a broad view of the problems facing the world. |
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A User’s Guide to the Crisis of Civilisation: And How to Save it $100 It often seems that different crises are competing to devastate civilization. This book argues that financial meltdown, dwindling oil reserves, terrorism and food shortages need to be considered as part of the same ailing system. Most accounts of our contemporary global crises such as climate change, or the threat of terrorism, focus on one area, or another, to the exclusion of others. Nafeez Ahmed argues that the unwillingness of experts to look outside their specialisations explains why there is so much disagreement and misunderstanding about particular crises. This book attempts to investigate all of these crises, not as isolated events, but as trends and processes that belong to a single global system. We are therefore not dealing with a “clash of civilizations,” as Huntington argued. Rather, we are dealing with a fundamental crisis of civilization itself. This book provides a stark warning of the consequences of failing to take a broad view of the problems facing the world. |
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A Working Stiff’s Manifesto: A Memoir $0.99 Iain Levison can find work but not fulfillment. The frustration of dead-end, deadhead labor induces a kind of pink-slip payback syndrome as the realization sets in that his college degree will gain him little by way of psychic wages on the job. He is adrift in a workaday world where one human is as good as the next and all are expendable. Meaningless promises abound, “like when they were telling us [at commencement that] we were the future of the world, the bright shining blah blah blah.” In ten years, Iain Levison has lived in six states and worked at forty-two jobs, from fish cutter in Alaska to furniture mover in North Carolina, film-set gopher, oil deliveryman, truck driver, crab fisherman . . . He quit thirty of them, got fired from nine, and has difficulty remembering the other three. Whatever could go wrong often did, hilariously. A Working Stiff’s Manifesto makes Nickel and Dimed look like chump change. It is a funny book about the not-so-funny American workplace. The real thing, written not by a high-priced journalist disguised as a counter clerk, or a tenured professor passing as a vagrant, but by a genuine wage-dependent, red-blooded working stiff too “rich” for welfare and too broke to fit a consumer demographic. He works to keep his car running to get back and forth from work. He works to get by and get back to square one for the next day’s labors. |
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A Working Stiff’s Manifesto: A Memoir $12 Iain Levison can find work but not fulfillment. The frustration of dead-end, deadhead labor induces a kind of pink-slip payback syndrome as the realization sets in that his college degree will gain him little by way of psychic wages on the job. He is adrift in a workaday world where one human is as good as the next and all are expendable. Meaningless promises abound, “like when they were telling us [at commencement that] we were the future of the world, the bright shining blah blah blah.” In ten years, Iain Levison has lived in six states and worked at forty-two jobs, from fish cutter in Alaska to furniture mover in North Carolina, film-set gopher, oil deliveryman, truck driver, crab fisherman . . . He quit thirty of them, got fired from nine, and has difficulty remembering the other three. Whatever could go wrong often did, hilariously. A Working Stiff’s Manifesto makes Nickel and Dimed look like chump change. It is a funny book about the not-so-funny American workplace. The real thing, written not by a high-priced journalist disguised as a counter clerk, or a tenured professor passing as a vagrant, but by a genuine wage-dependent, red-blooded working stiff too “rich” for welfare and too broke to fit a consumer demographic. He works to keep his car running to get back and forth from work. He works to get by and get back to square one for the next day’s labors. |
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A World Without Ice $0.01 A co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet’s imperiled ice.Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus-until now. As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Henry Pollack provides an accessible, comprehensive survey of ice as a force of nature, and the potential consequences as we face the possibility of a world without ice.A World Without Ice traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice-a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an international race for seabed oil and minerals. Catastrophic possibilities loom, including rising sea levels and subsequent flooding of lowlying regions worldwide, and the ultimate displacement of millions of coastal residents. A World Without Ice answers our most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out the necessary steps for managing the unavoidable and avoiding the unmanageable. |
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A World Without Ice $0.99 A cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize offers a clear-eyed explanation of the planet’s imperiled ice. Much has been written about global warming, but the crucial relationship between people and ice has received little focus-until now. As one of the world’s leading experts on climate change, Henry Pollack provides an accessible, comprehensive survey of ice as a force of nature and the potential consequences as we face the possibility of a world without ice. A World Without Ice traces the effect of mountain glaciers on supplies of drinking water and agricultural irrigation, as well as the current results of melting permafrost and shrinking Arctic sea ice-a situation that has degraded the habitat of numerous animals and sparked an international race for seabed oil and minerals. Catastrophic possibilities loom, including rising sea levels and subsequent flooding of low-lying regions worldwide. A World Without Ice answers our most urgent questions about this pending crisis, laying out the necessary steps for managing the unavoidable and avoiding the unmanageable. |
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A gasoline demand model for the United States light vehicle fleet. $49.99 The United States is the world’s largest oil consumer demanding about twenty five percent of the total world oil production. Whenever there are difficulties to supply the increasing quantities of oil demanded by the market, the price of oil escalates leading to what is known as oil price spikes or oil price shocks. The last oil price shock which was the longest sustained oil price run up in history, began its course in year 2004, and ended in 2008. This last oil price shock initiated recognizable changes in transportation dynamics: transit operators realized that commuters switched to transit as a way to save gasoline costs, consumers began to search the market for more efficient vehicles leading car manufactures to close assembly plants producing low mileage vehicles, and the government enacted a new law entitled the Energy Independence Act of 2007, which called for the progressive improvement of the fuel efficiency indicator of the light vehicle fleet up to 35 miles per gallon in year 2020. The past trend of gasoline consumption will probably change; so in the context of the problem a gasoline consumption model was developed in this thesis to ascertain how some of the changes will impact future gasoline demand.;Gasoline demand was expressed in oil equivalent million barrels per day, in a two steps Ordinary Least Square (OLS) explanatory variable model. In the first step, vehicle miles traveled expressed in trillion vehicle miles was regressed on the independent variables: vehicles expressed in million vehicles, and price of oil expressed in dollars per barrel. In the second step, the fuel consumption in million barrels per day was regressed on vehicle miles traveled, and on the fuel efficiency indicator expressed in miles per gallon. |
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A gasoline demand model for the United States light vehicle fleet. $49.99 The United States is the world’s largest oil consumer demanding about twenty five percent of the total world oil production. Whenever there are difficulties to supply the increasing quantities of oil demanded by the market, the price of oil escalates leading to what is known as oil price spikes or oil price shocks. The last oil price shock which was the longest sustained oil price run up in history, began its course in year 2004, and ended in 2008. This last oil price shock initiated recognizable changes in transportation dynamics: transit operators realized that commuters switched to transit as a way to save gasoline costs, consumers began to search the market for more efficient vehicles leading car manufactures to close assembly plants producing low mileage vehicles, and the government enacted a new law entitled the Energy Independence Act of 2007, which called for the progressive improvement of the fuel efficiency indicator of the light vehicle fleet up to 35 miles per gallon in year 2020. The past trend of gasoline consumption will probably change; so in the context of the problem a gasoline consumption model was developed in this thesis to ascertain how some of the changes will impact future gasoline demand.;Gasoline demand was expressed in oil equivalent million barrels per day, in a two steps Ordinary Least Square (OLS) explanatory variable model. In the first step, vehicle miles traveled expressed in trillion vehicle miles was regressed on the independent variables: vehicles expressed in million vehicles, and price of oil expressed in dollars per barrel. In the second step, the fuel consumption in million barrels per day was regressed on vehicle miles traveled, and on the fuel efficiency indicator expressed in miles per gallon. |
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Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World $24 Our intuition about how things should behave is usually right in the everyday world. We see the baseball soar in the air, arc, drop, and lie stationary on the ground. Through data gathered by our senses and basic knowledge of the laws of classical mechanics, the motion of a ball makes perfect sense. But enter the world of the tiniest particles on earth—the motion of electrons, the shapes of molecules—and everything we think we know about the world radically changes. To understand what’s really happening in the world around us, to comprehend the mysterious, counterintuitive science of the small, we must take a quantum theory view of nature. Like no other book before it, Absolutely Small makes the inherently challenging field of quantum theory understandable to nonscientists, without oversimplifying and without bogging down in complicated math. Written by an award-winning professor at Stanford University, the book uses clear explanations, real-world examples, and diagrams instead of dense equations to help you understand: Why strawberries are red and blueberries are blue How particles can change from “mixed states” to “pure states” based solely on observation How a single photon can be in two places at the same time Why quantum matter sometimes acts like particles, and other times like waves Why a piece of metal will glow red when it is hot, and turn blue when it’s even hotter What makes salt dissolve in water, while oil does not, and much more In the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Lewis Thomas, but without the rigorous mathematical requirements, Absolutely Small demystifies the fascinating realm of quantum physics and chemistry, complete with compelling accounts of the scientists and experiments that helped form our current understanding of quantum matter. Challenging without being intimidating, accessible but not |
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Absolutely Small: How Quantum Theory Explains Our Everyday World $49.98 Our intuition about how things should behave is usually right in the everyday world. We see the baseball soar in the air, arc, drop, and lie stationary on the ground. Through data gathered by our senses and basic knowledge of the laws of classical mechanics, the motion of a ball makes perfect sense.But enter the world of the tiniest particles on earth—the motion of electrons, the shapes of molecules—and everything we think we know about the world radically changes. To understand what’s really happening in the world around us, to comprehend the mysterious, counterintuitive science of the small, we must take a quantum theory view of nature.Like no other book before it, Absolutely Small makes the inherently challenging field of quantum theory understandable to nonscientists, without oversimplifying and without bogging down in complicated math. Written by an award-winning professor at Stanford University, the book uses clear explanations, real-world examples, and diagrams instead of dense equations to help you understand:Why strawberries are red and blueberries are blue How particles can change from “mixed states” to “pure states” based solely on observation How a single photon can be in two places at the same time Why quantum matter sometimes acts like particles, and other times like waves Why a piece of metal will glow red when it is hot, and turn blue when it’s even hotter What makes salt dissolve in water, while oil does not, and much moreIn the tradition of Stephen Hawking and Lewis Thomas, but without the rigorous mathematical requirements, Absolutely Small demystifies the fascinating realm of quantum physics and chemistry, complete with compelling accounts of the scientists and experiments that helped form our current understanding of quantum matter.Challenging without being intimidating, accessible but not condescending, Absolutely Small develops your |
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Acorn Class Destroyer $49.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Acorn class (officially redesignated the H class in 1913) was a class of twenty destroyers of the Royal Navy all built under the 1909-1910 Programme, and completed between 1910 and 1911. The Acorns served during World War I. After the coal-burning Beagle or G class of 1909, the Acorns marked a return to oil-firing as pioneered in the Tribal or F class of 1905 and HMS Swift of 1907. This change allowed a generally smaller vessel than the Beagles even with an increase in armament. |
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Acting in Time on Energy Policy $26.95 Energy policy is on everyone’s mind these days. The U.S. presidential campaign focused on energy independence and exploration (“Drill, baby, drill!”), climate change, alternative fuels, even nuclear energy. But there is a serious problem endemic to America’s energy challenges. Policymakers tend to do just enough to satisfy political demands but not enough to solve the real problems, and they wait too long to act. The resulting policies are overly reactive, enacted once damage is already done, and they are too often incomplete, incoherent, and ineffectual. Given the gravity of current economic, geopolitical, and environmental concerns, this is more unacceptable than ever. This important volume details this problem, making clear the unfortunate results of such short-sighted thinking, and it proposes measures to overcome this counterproductive tendency. All of the contributors to Acting in Time on Energy Policy are affiliated with Harvard University and rank among America’s pre-eminent energy policy analysts. They tackle important questions as they pertain to specific areas of energy policy: Why are these components of energy policy so important? How would “acting in time” — i.e. not waiting until politics demands action — make a difference? What should our policy actually be? We need to get energy policy right this time — Gallagher and her colleagues help lead the way. Contents Foreword — David T. Ellwood Introduction — Kelly Sims Gallagher1. Acting in Time on Climate Change — Kelly Sims Gallagher2. Making Carbon Capture and Storage Work — Daniel Schrag3. Oil Security and the Transportation Sector — Henry Lee4. Policy for Energy-Technology Innovation– Laura Diaz Anadon & John P. Holdren5. Electricity Market Structure and Infrastructure — William H. Hogan6. Overcoming the Barriers to Acting in Time — Max H. Bazerman |
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Advanced Course Of Composition And Rhetoric (1865) $19.15 Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book:extent, a temporary admixture of foreign terms. To decide what words we owe to this era is extremely difficult, oil account of the analogy subsisting between the Scandinavian and German dialects,.both of which, it will be remembered, were derived from the same Gothic parent. It is certain, however, that very few Danish terms were ultimately incorporated; as fie island suffered a change of masters, rather than of people, customs, or laws. The Norsemen have left in our language but little trace of their invasion; and this chiefly in the names of places on or ncar the coast. 7 – v’ LESSON VIII. ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (CONTINUED). § 26. First Introduction of Norman French Elements.— Not perceptibly affected by the invasions of the Norsemen or even by their temporary usurpation of the thronc, Saxon continued to be the language of the island until the Norman Conquest, 1066 A. D. During the six hundred years that elapsed between its introduction and this event, it underwent, indeed, sorne modifications of greater or less moment; and these are particularly noticeable in the century immediately preceding the battle of Hastings. It was at this period that the first importation of Norman French words took place, under the auspices of Edward the Confessor. Educated in France and prejudiced in favor of all that belonged to that country, this prince, on returning to England and assuming the thronc, surrounded himself with Norman favorites, and sought to introduce French customs into his court and French idioms into had moet to do with the invasion ? What effect did their supremacy produce on the language? Were many now terms incorporated? As regards the names of places, where hare they left the principal traces of their invasion ? What renders it difficult to determinc |
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After The Car $73.88 It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades. Specifically, the book examines how several major processes are shaping the future of how we travel, including:Global warming and its many global consequencesPeaking of oil suppliesIncreased digitisation of many aspects of economic and social lifeMassive global population increasesThe authors look at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and make a convincing argument for a future where, by necessity, the present car system will be re-designed and re-engineered.Yet the book also suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible ‘post-car’ future scenarios. These they describe as ‘local sustainability’, ‘regional warlordism’ and ‘digital networks of control’.After The Car will be of great interest to planners, policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in industry, as well as general readers.Some have described the 20th Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a close – and things are about to change. |
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After the Car $19.95 It is difficult to imagine a world without the car, and yet that is exactly what Dennis and Urry set out to do in this provocative new book. They argue that the days of the car are numbered: powerful forces around the world are undermining the car system and will usher in a new transport system sometime in the next few decades. Specifically, the book examines how several major processes are shaping the future of how we travel, including:Global warming and its many global consequencesPeaking of oil suppliesIncreased digitisation of many aspects of economic and social lifeMassive global population increasesThe authors look at changes in technology, policy, economy and society, and make a convincing argument for a future where, by necessity, the present car system will be re-designed and re-engineered.Yet the book also suggests that there are some hugely bleak dilemmas facing the twenty first century. The authors lay out what they consider to be possible ‘post-car’ future scenarios. These they describe as ‘local sustainability’, ‘regional warlordism’ and ‘digital networks of control’.After The Car will be of great interest to planners, policy makers, social scientists, futurologists, those working in industry, as well as general readers.Some have described the 20th Century as the century of the car. Now that century has come to a close – and things are about to change. |
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After the Ice: Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic $26.99 An eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to natives to animals to the very landscape itself The Arctic—like the canary in the coal mine—has reacted more quickly and dramatically to global warming than many had anticipated. Hundreds of scientists are urgently trying to predict just how the Arctic will change and how those changes will in turn affect the rest of the planet. But plenty of other people, driven by profit rather than data, are interested as well. The riches of the world’s last virgin territory have spurred the reawakening of old geopolitical rivalries. The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and the Danish territory of Greenland all control areas around the Arctic Ocean. We face a new era of oil rigs and drill ships, of tankers taking shortcuts from Yokohama to Rotterdam, as well as a potential fight over the Arctic’s treasures.Alongside the winners from an open Arctic sea are the many losers, from the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia and Scandinavia to the Inuit hunters of Alaska, Greenland, and Canada. Other creatures that rely on the vast expanses of sea ice, including seals, birds, and whales—and the ecosystems within which they live—may disappear to be replaced by different creatures. Combining science, business, politics, and adven-ture, Alun Anderson takes the reader to the ends of the earth for what may be the last narrative portrait of this rapidly changing land of unparalleled global significance. |
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After the Ice: Life, Death, and Geopolitics in the New Arctic $12.99 An eye-opening look at the winners and losers in the high-stakes story of Arctic transformation, from nations to natives to animals to the very landscape itself The Arctic—like the canary in the coal mine—has reacted more quickly and dramatically to global warming than many had anticipated. Hundreds of scientists are urgently trying to predict just how the Arctic will change and how those changes will in turn affect the rest of the planet. But plenty of other people, driven by profit rather than data, are interested as well. The riches of the world’s last virgin territory have spurred the reawakening of old geopolitical rivalries. The United States, Canada, Russia, Norway, and the Danish territory of Greenland all control areas around the Arctic Ocean. We face a new era of oil rigs and drill ships, of tankers taking shortcuts from Yokohama to Rotterdam, as well as a potential fight over the Arctic’s treasures.Alongside the winners from an open Arctic sea are the many losers, from the nomadic reindeer herders of Siberia and Scandinavia to the Inuit hunters of Alaska, Greenland, and Canada. Other creatures that rely on the vast expanses of sea ice, including seals, birds, and whales—and the ecosystems within which they live—may disappear to be replaced by different creatures. Combining science, business, politics, and adven-ture, Alun Anderson takes the reader to the ends of the earth for what may be the last narrative portrait of this rapidly changing land of unparalleled global significance. |
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Age, growth, reproduction, and movements of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the eastern Chukchi Sea. $49.99 Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are an important subsistence resource for many aboriginal peoples across the Arctic and subarctic. Environments of these whales are being subjected to considerable change, including increased human activities (e.g., oil and gas exploration and development) and climate change. To conserve belugas, we need to better understand their biology. Collection of biological samples of harvested whales and capture of live ones was possible because of an annual subsistence hunt at Point Lay in northwest Alaska along the eastern Chukchi Sea. Samples and measurements were collected from 688 harvested whales. These focused on aspects of age, growth, and reproduction. Measurements of standard length were compared with measurements from photographs taken during aerial surveys. Results indicated that the subsistence harvest was biased toward the larger, whiter animals and away from the smaller, darker ones. Measurements of harvested belugas showed that white males were longer than white females but the lengths of younger, darker animals were similar between sexes. Asymptotic lengths of males and females were 436 and 362 cm, respectively. The overall pregnancy rate was 0.56 but included females pregnant with near-term or small fetuses. When only accounting for small fetuses, the pregnancy rate was 0.41, which indicated a calving interval of 2 to 3 years. Production of young declined in older females (>∼25 years). Satellite transmitters were attached to 26 live-captured belugas and tracked for up to 520 days. After leaving the Point Lay area, whales moved north and east and mostly remained in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean during the summer and early autumn. Females and younger animals tended to remain near the shelf break while some large males moved far to the north (∼80°N) through deep, ice-covered waters. Some belugas were tracked south through the central and eastern Chukchi Sea. One animal provided the first known winter |
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Age, growth, reproduction, and movements of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the eastern Chukchi Sea. $49.99 Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) are an important subsistence resource for many aboriginal peoples across the Arctic and subarctic. Environments of these whales are being subjected to considerable change, including increased human activities (e.g., oil and gas exploration and development) and climate change. To conserve belugas, we need to better understand their biology. Collection of biological samples of harvested whales and capture of live ones was possible because of an annual subsistence hunt at Point Lay in northwest Alaska along the eastern Chukchi Sea. Samples and measurements were collected from 688 harvested whales. These focused on aspects of age, growth, and reproduction. Measurements of standard length were compared with measurements from photographs taken during aerial surveys. Results indicated that the subsistence harvest was biased toward the larger, whiter animals and away from the smaller, darker ones. Measurements of harvested belugas showed that white males were longer than white females but the lengths of younger, darker animals were similar between sexes. Asymptotic lengths of males and females were 436 and 362 cm, respectively. The overall pregnancy rate was 0.56 but included females pregnant with near-term or small fetuses. When only accounting for small fetuses, the pregnancy rate was 0.41, which indicated a calving interval of 2 to 3 years. Production of young declined in older females (>∼25 years). Satellite transmitters were attached to 26 live-captured belugas and tracked for up to 520 days. After leaving the Point Lay area, whales moved north and east and mostly remained in the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean during the summer and early autumn. Females and younger animals tended to remain near the shelf break while some large males moved far to the north (∼80°N) through deep, ice-covered waters. Some belugas were tracked south through the central and eastern Chukchi Sea. One animal provided the first known winter |
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Agenda-Setting $55.14 What is the major social problem in the news today? Who made it so important? Social issues that are widely recognized on the media agenda often demand attention on the public agenda, and in turn move quickly up the policy agenda, creating policy changes.Based on research of contemporary social issues that have hit the headlines – including the war on drugs, drink-driving, the Exxon Valdez oil spillage, AIDS and the Ethiopian famine – this book provides important theoretical and practical insights into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change. |
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Agenda-Setting $55.95 What is the major social problem in the news today? Who made it so important? Social issues that are widely recognized on the media agenda often demand attention on the public agenda, and in turn move quickly up the policy agenda, creating policy changes.Based on research of contemporary social issues that have hit the headlines – including the war on drugs, drink-driving, the Exxon Valdez oil spillage, AIDS and the Ethiopian famine – this book provides important theoretical and practical insights into the agenda-setting process and its role in effecting social change. |
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Agricultural Marketing: Structural Models for Price Analysis $140 The price of food has become very volatile in recent years for a variety of reasons, including a strengthened connection between the prices of agricultural commodities and other commodities such as oil and metals, more volatile production due to more frequent droughts and floods, and a rising demand for biofuels. Understanding the determinants of agricultural commodity prices and the connections between prices has become a high priority for academics and applied economists who are interested in agricultural marketing and trade, policy analysis and international rural development.This book builds on the various theories of commodity price relationships in competitive markets over space, time and form. It also builds on the various theories of commodity price relationships in markets that are non-competitive because processing firms exploit market power, private information distorts commodity bidding, and bargaining is required to establish prices when the marketing transaction involves a single seller and buyer. Each chapter features a spreadsheet model to analyze a particular real-world case study or plausible scenario, and issues considered include:the reasons for commodity price differences across regionsthe connection between the release of information and the rapid adjustment in a network of commodity pricesthe specific linkage between energy and food pricesbidding strategies by large exporters who compete in import tenders.The simulation results that are obtained from the spreadsheet models reveal many important features of commodity prices. The models are also well suited for additional “what if” analysis such as examining how the pattern of trade in agricultural commodities may change if shipping becomes more expensive because of substantial increase in the world price of oil. Model building and the analysis of the simulation results is a highly effective way to |
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Agricultural Marketing: Structural Models for Price Analysis $49.49 The price of food has become very volatile in recent years for a variety of reasons, including a strengthened connection between the prices of agricultural commodities and other commodities such as oil and metals, more volatile production due to more frequent droughts and floods, and a rising demand for biofuels. Understanding the determinants of agricultural commodity prices and the connections between prices has become a high priority for academics and applied economists who are interested in agricultural marketing and trade, policy analysis and international rural development.This book builds on the various theories of commodity price relationships in competitive markets over space, time and form. It also builds on the various theories of commodity price relationships in markets that are non-competitive because processing firms exploit market power, private information distorts commodity bidding, and bargaining is required to establish prices when the marketing transaction involves a single seller and buyer. Each chapter features a spreadsheet model to analyze a particular real-world case study or plausible scenario, and issues considered include:the reasons for commodity price differences across regionsthe connection between the release of information and the rapid adjustment in a network of commodity pricesthe specific linkage between energy and food pricesbidding strategies by large exporters who compete in import tenders.The simulation results that are obtained from the spreadsheet models reveal many important features of commodity prices. The models are also well suited for additional “what if” analysis such as examining how the pattern of trade in agricultural commodities may change if shipping becomes more expensive because of substantial increase in the world price of oil. Model building and the analysis of the simulation results is a highly effective way to |
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Alaska $11.99 The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches — and ever present are new people with competing views over how the valuable resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of “Gold!”; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.While some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier. |
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Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land $1.99 The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches — and ever present are new people with competing views over how these resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of “Gold!”; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.Major themes include Alaska Natives, exploration and mountaineering, mining rushes, railroads and aviation, military operations, and the conflict pitting conservation against development, with a spotlight on the current debate over oil drilling in ANWR.Some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier. |
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Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land $1.99 The history of Alaska is filled with stories of new land and new riches — and ever present are new people with competing views over how these resources should be used: Russians exploiting a fur empire; explorers checking rival advances; prospectors stampeding to the clarion call of “Gold!”; soldiers battling out a decisive chapter in world war; oil wildcatters looking for a different kind of mineral wealth; and always at the core of these disputes is the question of how the land is to be used and by whom.Major themes include Alaska Natives, exploration and mountaineering, mining rushes, railroads and aviation, military operations, and the conflict pitting conservation against development, with a spotlight on the current debate over oil drilling in ANWR.Some want Alaska to remain static, others are in the vanguard of change. Alaska: Saga of a Bold Land shows that there are no easy answers on either side and that Alaska will always be crossing the next frontier. |
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Alice Ayres $43.02 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alice Ayres (12 September 1859 – 26 April 1885) was an English household assistant and nursemaid to the family of her brother-in-law and sister, Henry and Mary Ann Chandler. The Chandlers owned an oil and paint shop in Union Street, Southwark, at the time just south of London, and Ayres lived with the family above the shop. In 1885 fire broke out in the shop, and Ayres rescued three of her nieces from the burning building, before falling from a window and fatally injuring herself. Ayres died during a period of great social change in Britain in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, in which rapidly growing news media were paying increasing attention to the activities of the poorer classes. The manner of her death caused great public interest, and large numbers of people attended her funeral and contributed to the funding of a memorial. |
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Allen and Mark Auto-Tarzana $64.95 - No cash value/cash back. – Does not include tax. – $3.65 hazardous waste disposal. – Up to 5 qts. regular oil. – Not to be combined with any other offers. – Expires 30 days from date of purchase. |
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Altered Visions $16.75 America has been a fortunate land, as Will Rogers noted. If we needed to build a house, there was all the wood at hand; if we wanted coal or iron, there was aplenty for the scratching, or if we sought oil, all we had to do was stick a pipe in the ground. But, as he said, we would find out how smart we were when all that came to an end. And that is what is happening. Nothing lasts forever except change, and denial that the future will be different is simply dysfunctional. There is Global Warming, pollution, and running out of resources, which will come to control us painfully if we will not face up to them. Altered Visions are not an option. |
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Altered Visions $9.99 America has been a fortunate land, as Will Rogers noted. If we needed to build a house, there was all the wood at hand; if we wanted coal or iron, there was aplenty for the scratching, or if we sought oil, all we had to do was stick a pipe in the ground. But, as he said, we would find out how smart we were when all that came to an end. And that is what is happening. Nothing lasts forever except change, and denial that the future will be different is simply dysfunctional. There is Global Warming, pollution, and running out of resources, which will come to control us painfully if we will not face up to them. Altered Visions are not an option. |
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Altered Visions $29.98 America has been a fortunate land, as Will Rogers noted. If we needed to build a house, there was all the wood at hand; if we wanted coal or iron, there was aplenty for the scratching, or if we sought oil, all we had to do was stick a pipe in the ground. But, as he said, we would find out how smart we were when all that came to an end. And that is what is happening. Nothing lasts forever except change, and denial that the future will be different is simply dysfunctional. There is Global Warming, pollution, and running out of resources, which will come to control us painfully if we will not face up to them. Altered Visions are not an option. |
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Alternative Fuels for Transportation $93.83 With existing petroleum oil and natural gas reserves enough for only several more decades, there is an imminent need for alternative energy sources. This critical situation has incited greater improvements in automotive technology and the increased use of nonconventional fuels. Alternative Fuels for Transportation covers the potential, production methods, properties, vehicle tests, merits, and drawbacks of alternative fuels. The esteemed editor highlights the importance of moving toward alternative fuels and the problems and environmental impact of depending on petroleum products.Each self-contained chapter focuses on a particular fuel source, including vegetable oils, biodiesel, methanol, ethanol, dimethyl ether, liquefied petroleum gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electric, fuel cells, and fuel from nonfood crops. For most of these fuels, production methods, storage, transportation and distribution, physiochemical properties, system modification, engine tests, economics, applications, safety aspects, material compatibility, and future scope are discussed.Although we now know that increases in greenhouse gases will contribute to global climate change, the transportation sector and decentralized power generation continue to heavily rely on petroleum products, particularly gasoline and diesel. Exploring how to counteract the world’s energy insecurity and environmental pollution, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of nonconventional fuel sources and technology. |
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America The Greatest, But… $12 British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on the third anniversary of the coalition invasion of Iraq said. “What happens in Iraq or Afghanistan today is not just crucial for the people in those countries or even in those regions, but for our security here and round the world. It is an entirely noble cause to help people in need of our help in pursuit of liberty, and a self-interest one, since in their salvation is our own security.”America is at one of the most critical stages in U. S. history. There are so many BUTS that have to be taken care of, or we will never last another two hundred years. It is imperative that we, the American citizen start paying attention, and voice opinions about issues that are slowly eroding our freedom that was mandated by the Constitution. It is very easy to contact your Representatives and Senators by E-Mail or by the blue pages in your phone book. Let all your friends on your E-Mail list know how you feel and encourage them to side with you on the issues. Your Representatives in Washington will listen, because you are the voters that put them there.Times change very fast because some people are never satisfied with the status quo. Some are very slow because of greed, uncertainty and politics. As we reflect back on the past, these words are so true. Take a look the advancement we have made in space exploration, medicine, DNA, gene knowledge, electronics and communications. On the negative side, we are still forced to use gasoline to operate our automobiles and pollute the air we breathe. We are polluting the air with all kinds of health problems from coal-fired electric generating plants. We are destroying the oceans and marine lifewith oil spills from cargo ships and drilling rigs. We are destroying the ozone layer, thereby causing the ice in the Artic to melt, thereby creating another problem. The weather pattern is changing, which in turn will create more devastating storms.Here is a question for all you |
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America The Greatest, But… $20.6 British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on the third anniversary of the coalition invasion of Iraq said. “What happens in Iraq or Afghanistan today is not just crucial for the people in those countries or even in those regions, but for our security here and round the world. It is an entirely noble cause to help people in need of our help in pursuit of liberty, and a self-interest one, since in their salvation is our own security.”America is at one of the most critical stages in U. S. history. There are so many BUTS that have to be taken care of, or we will never last another two hundred years. It is imperative that we, the American citizen start paying attention, and voice opinions about issues that are slowly eroding our freedom that was mandated by the Constitution. It is very easy to contact your Representatives and Senators by E-Mail or by the blue pages in your phone book. Let all your friends on your E-Mail list know how you feel and encourage them to side with you on the issues. Your Representatives in Washington will listen, because you are the voters that put them there.Times change very fast because some people are never satisfied with the status quo. Some are very slow because of greed, uncertainty and politics. As we reflect back on the past, these words are so true. Take a look the advancement we have made in space exploration, medicine, DNA, gene knowledge, electronics and communications. On the negative side, we are still forced to use gasoline to operate our automobiles and pollute the air we breathe. We are polluting the air with all kinds of health problems from coal-fired electric generating plants. We are destroying the oceans and marine lifewith oil spills from cargo ships and drilling rigs. We are destroying the ozone layer, thereby causing the ice in the Artic to melt, thereby creating another problem. The weather pattern is changing, which in turn will create more devastating storms.Here is a question for all you |
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America’s Other War: Terrorizing Colombia $31.95 This controversial book maintains that in Colombia the US has long supported a pervasive campaign of state violence directed against both armed insurgents and a wide range of unarmed progressive social forces. While the context may change from one decade to the next, the basic policies remain the same: maintain the pro-US Colombian state, protect US economic interests and preserve strategic access to oil. Colombia is now the third largest recipient of US military aid in the world, and the largest by far in Latin America. Using extensive declassified documents, this book shows that the so-called “war on drugs”, and now the new war on terror in Colombia are actually part of a long-term Colombian “war of state terror” that predates the end of the Cold War with US policy contributing directly to the human rights situation in Colombia today. |
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American Cars, 1973-1980: Every Model, Year by Year $75 The 1973 oil crisis forced the American automotive industry into a period of dramatic change, marked by stiff foreign competition, tougher product regulations and suddenly altered consumer demand. With gas prices soaring and the economy in a veritable tailspin, muscle cars and the massive "need-for-speed" engines of the late ’60s were out, and fuel efficient compacts were in. By 1980, American manufacturers were churning out some of the most feature laden, yet smallest and most fuel efficient cars they had ever built. This exhaustive reference work details every model from each of the major American manufacturers from model years 1973 through 1980, including various "captive imports" (e.g. Dodge’s Colt, built by Mitsubishi.) Within each model year, it reports on each manufacturer’s significant news and details every model offered: its specifications, powertrain offerings, prices, standard features, major options, and production figures, among other facts. The work is heavily illustrated with approximately 1,300 photographs. |
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American Gold Rush In The Twenty-First Century $9.95 Ethanol made in the United States eliminates the need to import foreign oil, provides more efficient fuel and creates hundreds of thousands of good jobs. But there are still people who feel that producing and using it is a mistake.To show that corn ethanol really does have benefits, Keith B. Zacharias, who has worked at companies such as Texaco and ABB, explains the facts behind its production. For instance: Ethanol produced in the U.S. utilizes corn, 80 percent of which is used for animal feed, not human consumption. Almost all gasoline in the U.S. has approximately 10 percent ethanol in it at this time. The U.S. economy is now in serious jeopardy because we import 65 percent of the oil we need, and the price is bankrupting our nation. After years of being held hostage by foreign oil cartels, people are finally beginning to grasp the need for alternative fuels. Find out why corn ethanol is a worthy option and one that could change the nation for the better in American Gold Rush in the Twenty-First Century. |
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An Economic History of the Middle East and North Africa $235 The economic history of the Middle East and North Africa is quite extraordinary. This is an axiomatic statement, but the very nature of the economic changes that have stemmed directly from the effects of oil resources in these areas has tended to obscure longterm patterns of economic change and the fundamental transformation of Middle Eastern and North African economies and societies over the past two hundred years. In this study Professor Issawi examines and explains the development of these economies since 1800, focusing particularly on the challenge posed by the use and subsequent decline of Western economic and political domination and the Middle Eastern response to it. The book beg ins with an analysis of the effects of foreign intervention in the area: the expansion of trade, the development of transport networks, the influx of foreign capital and resulting integration into international commercial and financial networks. It goes on to examine the local response to these external forces: migration within, to and from the region, population growth, urbanization and changes in living standards, shifts in agricultural production and land tenure and the development of an industrial sector. Professor Issawi discusses the crucial effects of the growth of oil and oil-related industries in a separate chapter, and finally assesses the likely gains and losses in this long period for both the countries in the area and the Western powers. He has drawn on long experience and an immense amount of material in surveying the period, and provides a clear and penetrating survey of an extraordinarily complex area. |
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An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days $24.95 From Eudora Welty’s memoir of childhood to May Sarton’s reflections on her seventieth year, writers’ journals offer an irresistible opportunity to join a creative thinker in musing on the events–whether in daily life or on a global scale–that shape our lives. In An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days, best-selling mystery novelist Susan Wittig Albert invites us to revisit one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, 2008, through the lens of 365 ordinary days in which her reading, writing, and thinking about issues in the wider world–from wars and economic recession to climate change–caused her to reconsider and reshape daily practices in her personal life.Albert’s journal provides an engaging account of how the business of being a successful working writer blends with her rural life in the Texas Hill Country and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. As her eclectic daily reading ranges across topics from economics, food production, and oil and energy policy to poetry, place, and the writing life, Albert becomes increasingly concerned about the natural world and the threats facing it, especially climate change and resource depletion. Asking herself, “What does it mean? And what ought I do about it?”, she determines practical steps to take, such as growing more food in her garden, and also helps us as readers make sense of these issues and consider what our own responses might be. |
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An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days $24.95 From Eudora Welty’s memoir of childhood to May Sarton’s reflections on her seventieth year, writers’ journals offer an irresistible opportunity to join a creative thinker in musing on the events–whether in daily life or on a global scale–that shape our lives. In An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days, best-selling mystery novelist Susan Wittig Albert invites us to revisit one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, 2008, through the lens of 365 ordinary days in which her reading, writing, and thinking about issues in the wider world–from wars and economic recession to climate change–caused her to reconsider and reshape daily practices in her personal life.Albert’s journal provides an engaging account of how the business of being a successful working writer blends with her rural life in the Texas Hill Country and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. As her eclectic daily reading ranges across topics from economics, food production, and oil and energy policy to poetry, place, and the writing life, Albert becomes increasingly concerned about the natural world and the threats facing it, especially climate change and resource depletion. Asking herself, “What does it mean? And what ought I do about it?”, she determines practical steps to take, such as growing more food in her garden, and also helps us as readers make sense of these issues and consider what our own responses might be. |
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An Inconvenient Purpose: Linking Godly Stewardship and Alternative Energy $4.39 How should Christians respond to global warming? Should we drill for more oil? Build more nuclear power plants? Invest in wind, solar, or other alternative energy resources? What does responsible Christian stewardship of the Earth look like? If you’ve ever wondered . . . What’s the truth about global warming and climate change?Why should I care about the dangerous state of unrest in the Middle East?What is energy independence and why is it important to our national security?What alternatives to oil, coal, and natural gas do we have?How do we get from here (dependent on oil from the Middle East) to there (responsible stewardship of the Earth)? . . . then this book will be an indispensable resource for you. Author Richard Gasaway offers helpful information and useful suggestions for Christians who care about leading the way to a better, cleaner world for everyone. |
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An Indispensable Truth: How Fusion Power Can Save the Planet $49.95 Both global warming and oil shortage can be solved by controlled fusion, a clean power source that will serve mankind for millennia.� The idea of hydrogen fusion as well as its difficulties are presented in non-technical language to dispel the notion that fusion is always 50 years away.� This book also summarizes the evidence for climate change and explains the principles of both fossil and “green” energy sources to show that fusion is the best alternative for central-station po |
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Aqua Shock, Revised and Updated: Water in Crisis $16.95 Praise for AQUA shock”Water is truly the challenge of the twenty-first century—our century—and we have to start having a serious mainstream conversation about the legacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren. In Aqua Shock: Water in Crisis, Susan Marks does a great job of getting that conversation started.”—Alexandra Cousteau, Explorer, Filmmaker, and Water Advocate, www.AlexandraCousteau.org”We must shift from business as usual to a plan of action to save our environment. As Aqua Shock details, that means water conservation, recycling, reuse, and rethinking how and where we use water today. We can do it, but time is not on our side. We must act now before it’s too late.”—Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute”Susan J. Marks brings to our attention the dire straits that America faces and will continue to face because of water shortages and pollution of existing sources. It is time that the American public awoke to these conditions and took steps, however costly, to change them. Aqua Shock helps achieve this goal.”—Joel A. Tarr, Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University”With Aqua Shock, Susan J. Marks has delivered a highly readable and tremendously informative account of what she quite rightly calls America’s water crisis. Marks not only spells out in rich detail how and why we as a country find ourselves in the present predicament, but also how we can emerge from it and satisfy our thirst for water in a safe and sane manner.”—Ronald F. Poltak, 2006 EPA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control CommissionWater is the new oil—a precious and diminishing natural resource, one ultimately far more important and far less replaceable. Aqua Shock is a lucid examination of how America arrived at this crisis point. Susan J. Marks focuses on the most pressing issues: who controls the |
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Aqua Shock, Revised and Updated: Water in Crisis $16.95 Praise for AQUA shock”Water is truly the challenge of the twenty-first century—our century—and we have to start having a serious mainstream conversation about the legacy we are leaving our children and grandchildren. In Aqua Shock: Water in Crisis, Susan Marks does a great job of getting that conversation started.”—Alexandra Cousteau, Explorer, Filmmaker, and Water Advocate, www.AlexandraCousteau.org”We must shift from business as usual to a plan of action to save our environment. As Aqua Shock details, that means water conservation, recycling, reuse, and rethinking how and where we use water today. We can do it, but time is not on our side. We must act now before it’s too late.”—Lester Brown, President, Earth Policy Institute”Susan J. Marks brings to our attention the dire straits that America faces and will continue to face because of water shortages and pollution of existing sources. It is time that the American public awoke to these conditions and took steps, however costly, to change them. Aqua Shock helps achieve this goal.”—Joel A. Tarr, Richard S. Caliguiri University Professor of History and Policy, Carnegie Mellon University”With Aqua Shock, Susan J. Marks has delivered a highly readable and tremendously informative account of what she quite rightly calls America’s water crisis. Marks not only spells out in rich detail how and why we as a country find ourselves in the present predicament, but also how we can emerge from it and satisfy our thirst for water in a safe and sane manner.”—Ronald F. Poltak, 2006 EPA Lifetime Achievement Award Winner, and Executive Director, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control CommissionWater is the new oil—a precious and diminishing natural resource, one ultimately far more important and far less replaceable. Aqua Shock is a lucid examination of how America arrived at this crisis point. Susan J. Marks focuses on the most pressing issues: who controls the |
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Arab Businesspeople: Rafic Hariri $9.62 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Rafic Baha El Deen Al-Hariri (November 1, 1944 February 14, 2005), (Arabic: ), business tycoon, was the Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1992 to 1998 and again from 2000 until his resignation, 20 October 2004. He headed five cabinets during his tenure. Hariri dominated the country’s post-war political and business life and is widely credited with reconstructing Beirut after the 15-year civil war, but also for the widespread corruption that followed the war and the crippling damages done to the economy, with the public debt rising from $2.5 billion to over $40 billion and economic growth slowing from 8% to -1% during his time as prime minister. Hariri was assassinated on 14 February 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 1000 kg of TNT were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. The investigation, by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, into his assassination is still ongoing and currently led by the independent investigator Daniel Bellemare. In its first two reports, UNIIIC indicated that the Syrian government may be linked to the assassination. Hariri’s killing led to massive political change in Lebanon, including the Cedar Revolution and the withdrawal of Syrian troops from Lebanon. Hariri was born in a modest Muslim family, along with two siblings (brother, Shafic and sister Bahia in the Lebanese port city of Sidon. Hariri attended elementary and secondary school in his city and pursued his business administration studies at the Beirut Arab University. In 1969, Hariri established CICONEST a small subcontracting firm. Although mildly successful for a brief period of time, CICONEST began to be, counter-intuitively, damaged by rising oil prices. As the oil boom took off, CICONEST’s profits d… More: |
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Archipelago Botanicals – Morning Mint Shaving Creme $18 Jump-start each morning with a natural boost from Mother Nature. Archipelago Botanicals Aromatherapy goes a whole new level in this unique collection of morning products – each infused with naturally stimulating essential oils and extracts. Shampoo, conditioner and foaming body wash clean and condition – and immediately fill the room with the invigorating scent of citrus and mint. Award winning personal care formulations are loaded with gentle jojoba ester and dry milk solids – making them suitable for even the most sensitive skin types. Recommended as a part of a daily ritual. World’s best shave! Avoid the common nicks, scrapes, and burns associated with everyday shaving. Archipelago Shaving Cream combines premium oils, natural proteins, and plant extracts to protect and leave skin hydrated and silky-smooth. Ultra slippery Jojoba Ester base in this shaving cream allows for a uniquely close and clean shave on even the roughest and most sensitive areas. Invigorating essential oils help to naturally awake the senses. Directions: Apply liberally in shower, tub or at basin. Massage thoroughly with soft, circular motions. Rinse razor frequently. For best results, change razor blade after every other use. Net Weight: 6.5 oz. / 184 g Ingredients: Deionized Water, Cyclomethicone, Jojoba Ester, Dimethicone, Wheat Germ Oil, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Stearic Acid, Caprylic/Capric triglycerides, Sunflower Oil, Cetearyl alcohol, PEG-40-Stearate, Acrylate C10-30 alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, propylene glycol, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Mandarin Orange Extract, Peppermint Extract, Spearmint Extract, Menthyl lactate bead, Essential Oil Fragrance Blend. |
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Arctic Oil and Gas $180 This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The focus is on the territories of the Arctic rim where the current and future oil and gas activities in the Arctic are and will be located. The book raises a number of questions including how sustainable development has been framed in the Arctic and the interaction between indigenous peoples, governments and oil and gas companies. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part of the book, oil and gas are approached through the concepts of sustainable development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) together with the challenge of climate change. The second part consists of case studies from Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia where the discourses on oil and gas in the Arctic are explored and the final part of the book draws together the material from the country studies in a comparative manner. |
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Arctic Oil and Gas: Sustainability at Risk? $149.99 This book analyzes the expanding oil and gas activities in the Arctic from the perspective of Sustainable Development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The focus is on the territories of the Arctic rim where the current and future oil and gas activities in the Arctic are and will be located. The book raises a number of questions including how sustainable development has been framed in the Arctic and the interaction between indigenous peoples, governments and oil and gas companies. The book is divided into three parts. In the first part of the book, oil and gas are approached through the concepts of sustainable development (SD) and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) together with the challenge of climate change. The second part consists of case studies from Alaska, Canada, Norway and Russia where the discourses on oil and gas in the Arctic are explored and the final part of the book draws together the material from the country studies in a comparative manner. |
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Art Forgery: Han Van Meegeren $19.99 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Art Forgery, F for Fake, Kenneth Walton, How to Steal a Million, Franz Tieze, Naomi V. Jelish, Giovanni Bastianini, Aged Artwork, Alceo Dossena, Jacob Baart de La Faille, Eadred Reliquary, Craquelure. Excerpt: Ageing is a process by which an artwork, typically a painting or sculpture, is made to appear old. It is meant to emulate the natural deterioration that can occur over many decades or centuries.Paintings deteriorate over time because they are created using essentially incompatible materials, with each having a different reaction to the changes in the environment, including light, temperature and relative humidity.An oil painting consists of several layers, comprising the base canvas, a layer of gesso base coat, several layers of the oil based paint and then several coats of varnish to protect the paint surface. With many different materials, it is understandable that each layer may dry at different rates and will also absorb and release moisture at different rates. When this occurs, expansion and contraction of the painting will result in a crazing of the varnish surface. This pattern of small cracks is known as craquelure. Along with the darkening or yellowing of the varnish surface, it is this visual representation of the cracking that is typically the primary indicator of ageing.Florence, Italy has historically been a center of ageing craft, the process of ageing paintings and sculptures has been practised by a small number of artisans who have passed down the techniques through generations, with very little change over the years.The purpose for artificially ageing is to create a finished product that accurately reflects an era or is consistent with the environment (usually period) into which it is to be placed.The most obvious indication of the ageing of an |
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Assessment of environmental change and its socio-economic impacts in the mangrove ecological zone of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. $49.99 The Niger Delta, located in the central part of Southern Nigeria, is endowed with immense Mangrove resources, estimated to be the fourth largest in the world. The term Mangrove refers to salt tolerant species of trees or shrubs that grow on shores and in estuaries located in the coastal tropics and sub-tropical regions of the world. They support highly productive marine food chains. However, Mangrove ecosystems are in serious decline around the world due to the rapid increase in maritime commerce and exploration of mineral resources in the last few decades. These pressures often have immediate consequences on sensitive coastal environments and can potentially impact future human use of coastal space and resources. This dynamic process presents unique opportunities for research to explore the nature and consequences of these pressures. This dissertation focused on the Mangrove ecological zone of the Niger Delta, where resource exploitation and indigenous use of the environment are in direct conflict with important socio-economic implications. Environmental accounting metrics derived from the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework were used to assess changes in the spatial extent of the Niger Delta Mangrove ecosystem and the socio-economic impacts of the observed changes. Landsat remotely sensed satellite data from the mid-1980s through 2003 was used to assess change in the spatial extent of the Mangrove vegetation in the region. A total of 21,340 hectares of Mangrove forest was determined to be lost over the study period. Field research in the region confirmed that this loss was primarily driven by urbanization and activities of the multinational oil and gas corporations operating in the region. To estimate the socio-economic impacts of the Mangrove loss in the region, neoclassical economic valuation and participatory social valuation approaches were adopted. Results from the economic valuation revealed that the net present value of future income |
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Assessment of environmental change and its socio-economic impacts in the mangrove ecological zone of the Niger Delta, Nigeria. $49.99 The Niger Delta, located in the central part of Southern Nigeria, is endowed with immense Mangrove resources, estimated to be the fourth largest in the world. The term Mangrove refers to salt tolerant species of trees or shrubs that grow on shores and in estuaries located in the coastal tropics and sub-tropical regions of the world. They support highly productive marine food chains. However, Mangrove ecosystems are in serious decline around the world due to the rapid increase in maritime commerce and exploration of mineral resources in the last few decades. These pressures often have immediate consequences on sensitive coastal environments and can potentially impact future human use of coastal space and resources. This dynamic process presents unique opportunities for research to explore the nature and consequences of these pressures. This dissertation focused on the Mangrove ecological zone of the Niger Delta, where resource exploitation and indigenous use of the environment are in direct conflict with important socio-economic implications. Environmental accounting metrics derived from the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework were used to assess changes in the spatial extent of the Niger Delta Mangrove ecosystem and the socio-economic impacts of the observed changes. Landsat remotely sensed satellite data from the mid-1980s through 2003 was used to assess change in the spatial extent of the Mangrove vegetation in the region. A total of 21,340 hectares of Mangrove forest was determined to be lost over the study period. Field research in the region confirmed that this loss was primarily driven by urbanization and activities of the multinational oil and gas corporations operating in the region. To estimate the socio-economic impacts of the Mangrove loss in the region, neoclassical economic valuation and participatory social valuation approaches were adopted. Results from the economic valuation revealed that the net present value of future income |
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Auto Professional Service $39.99 No cash value or cash back. Basic oil change includes up to 5 qts. of oil. Standard size vehicles. Bulk motor oil and filter. $3.00 disposal fee. Not valid with any other offers or discounts. Coupon expires 90 days from date of purchase. May purchase additional as gifts. Call with coupon code for appointment. |
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Auto Repair For Dummies $12.16 Get the confidence and know-how you need to fix and maintain your vehicle like a pro!Want to handle basic auto repairs yourself? This easy-to-follow guide gives you the nuts and bolts of diagnosing trouble and performing simple maintenance and repairs on your vehicle. You’ll explore each system part by part and keep everything running in tiptop shape. Plus, you’ll see how to go green on the road — from recycling oil and parts to choosing alternatively fueled vehicles. Get to know your vehicle — understand automotive systems; check under the hood; change a tire; follow basic safety rules; change spark plugs, fuses, and the battery; and replace the air filter and PCV valveKeep cool and in control — add and change coolant, find and repair leaks, change the oil, and check brakesEnsure a smooth ride — choose, check, and care for tires; and understand balancing and alignmentHandle emergencies — identify strange sounds and smells, jump-start your car, handle overheating, and moreWork with a mechanic — find a reliable service facility, describe problems accurately, and get the best dealExtend your vehicle’s value — clean it inside and out, touch up paint, and fix dings and dentsStay safe on the road — install child seats properly; learn about rollover protection, traction and stability control, and navigation systems; and moreOpen the book and find:The inner secrets of your vehicle — what makes it start, run, and stopA step-by-step under-the-hood checklist Advice on buying and using the proper toolsDriving techniques to extend the life of your carEco-friendly tips for saving fuel Helpful illustrations that demonstrate repairsReproducible Specifications and Maintenance Records The pros and cons of alternative fuels and |
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Auto Repair For Dummies $21.99 Get the confidence and know-how you need to fix and maintain your vehicle like a pro!Want to handle basic auto repairs yourself? This easy-to-follow guide gives you the nuts and bolts of diagnosing trouble and performing simple maintenance and repairs on your vehicle. You’ll explore each system part by part and keep everything running in tiptop shape. Plus, you’ll see how to go green on the road — from recycling oil and parts to choosing alternatively fueled vehicles. Get to know your vehicle — understand automotive systems; check under the hood; change a tire; follow basic safety rules; change spark plugs, fuses, and the battery; and replace the air filter and PCV valveKeep cool and in control — add and change coolant, find and repair leaks, change the oil, and check brakesEnsure a smooth ride — choose, check, and care for tires; and understand balancing and alignmentHandle emergencies — identify strange sounds and smells, jump-start your car, handle overheating, and moreWork with a mechanic — find a reliable service facility, describe problems accurately, and get the best dealExtend your vehicle’s value — clean it inside and out, touch up paint, and fix dings and dentsStay safe on the road — install child seats properly; learn about rollover protection, traction and stability control, and navigation systems; and moreOpen the book and find:The inner secrets of your vehicle — what makes it start, run, and stopA step-by-step under-the-hood checklist Advice on buying and using the proper toolsDriving techniques to extend the life of your carEco-friendly tips for saving fuel Helpful illustrations that demonstrate repairsReproducible Specifications and Maintenance Records The pros and cons of alternative fuels and |
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Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age $22.5 Cars are the scourge of civilization, responsible for everything from suburban sprawl and urban decay to environmental devastation and rampant climate change—not to mention our slavish dependence on foreign oil from dubious sources abroad. Add the astonishing price in human lives that we pay for our automobility—some thirty million people were killed in car accidents during the twentieth century—plus the countless number of hours we waste in gridlock traffic commuting to work, running errands, picking up our kids, and searching for parking, and one can’t help but ask: Haven’t we had enough already? After a century behind the wheel, could we be reaching the end of the automotive age? From the Model T to the SUV, Autophobia reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new—in fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century now, ever since the automobile was invented. According to Brian Ladd, this love and hate relationship we share with our cars is the defining quality of the automotive age. And everyone has an opinion about them, from the industry shills, oil barons, and radical libertarians who offer cars blithe paeans and deny their ill effects, to the technophobes, treehuggers, and killjoys who curse cars, ignoring the very real freedoms and benefits they provide us. Focusing in particular on our world’s cities, and spanning settings as varied as belle epoque Paris, Nazi Germany, postwar London, Los Angeles, New York, and the smoggy Shanghai of today, Ladd explores this love and hate relationship throughout, acknowledging adherents and detractors of the automobile alike. Eisenhower, Hitler, Jan and Dean, J. G. Ballard, Ralph Nader, OPEC, and, of course, cars, all come into play in this wide-ranging but remarkably wry and pithy book. A dazzling display of erudition, Autophobia is cultural commentary |
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Autophobia: Love and Hate in the Automotive Age $15 Cars are the scourge of civilization, responsible for everything from suburban sprawl and urban decay to environmental devastation and rampant climate change—not to mention our slavish dependence on foreign oil from dubious sources abroad. Add the astonishing price in human lives that we pay for our automobility—some thirty million people were killed in car accidents during the twentieth century—plus the countless number of hours we waste in gridlock traffic commuting to work, running errands, picking up our kids, and searching for parking, and one can’t help but ask: Haven’t we had enough already? After a century behind the wheel, could we be reaching the end of the automotive age? From the Model T to the SUV, Autophobia reveals that our vexed relationship with the automobile is nothing new—in fact, debates over whether cars are forces of good or evil in our world have raged for over a century now, ever since the automobile was invented. According to Brian Ladd, this love and hate relationship we share with our cars is the defining quality of the automotive age. And everyone has an opinion about them, from the industry shills, oil barons, and radical libertarians who offer cars blithe paeans and deny their ill effects, to the technophobes, treehuggers, and killjoys who curse cars, ignoring the very real freedoms and benefits they provide us. Focusing in particular on our world’s cities, and spanning settings as varied as belle epoque Paris, Nazi Germany, postwar London, Los Angeles, New York, and the smoggy Shanghai of today, Ladd explores this love and hate relationship throughout, acknowledging adherents and detractors of the automobile alike. Eisenhower, Hitler, Jan and Dean, J. G. Ballard, Ralph Nader, OPEC, and, of course, cars, all come into play in this wide-ranging but remarkably wry and pithy book. A dazzling display of erudition, Autophobia is cultural commentary |
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Bahia Class Cruisers $8.5 Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher’s book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: 3.81 m (12.5 ft) forward4.75 m (15.6 ft) amidships4.42 m (14.5 ft) aft Bahia was the lead ship of a two-vessel class of scout cruisers built for Brazil by Armstrong Whitworth in the United Kingdom. Six months after her commissioning (May 1910), crewmen aboard Bahia, Deodoro, Minas Geraes, and São Paulo mutinied, beginning the (Revolt of the Whip). During the four-day rebellion, Brazil’s capital city of Rio de Janeiro was held hostage by the possibility of a naval bombardment, leading the government to give in to the rebel demands, which included the abolition of flogging in the navy. During the First World War, Bahia and her sister ship Rio Grande do Sul were assigned to the (Naval Division in War Operations), the Brazilian Navy’s main contribution in that conflict. Based out of Sierra Leone and Dakar, the squadron escorted convoys through an area believed to be heavily patrolled by U-boats. In the mid-1920s, Bahia was extensively modernized. She received three new BrownCurtis turbine engines and six new Thornycroft boilers, and, in the process, was converted from coal-burning to oil. The refit resulted in a striking aesthetic change, with the exhaust being trunked into three funnels instead of two. The armament was also modified; three 20 mm (0.79 in) Madsen guns, a 7 mm (0.28 in) Hotchkiss machine gun, and four 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes were added. In the 1930s, she served with government forces during multiple revolutions. In the Second World War, Bahia was once again used as a convoy escort, sailing over 100,000 nautical miles (190,000 km; 120,000 mi) in the span of about a year. On 4 July 1945 she was acting as a plane guard for transport aircraft flying from the Atlantic to Pacific theaters of war. While Bahias gunners were firin… More: |
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Band of Acadians $8.99 In 1755, on the eve of the Seven Years’ War, fifteen-year-old Nola and her Acadian parents face expulsion from Grand Pré by the British. Nola, her friends Hector and Jocelyne, Nola’s grandfather, and a band of bold teenagers manage to flee by boat only to encounter challenges tougher than their wildest imaginings. Their destination is French-occupied Fort Louisbourg, but along the way hostile soldiers, a harsh environment, enigmatic Mi’kmaq, and superpowers at war turn their journey into a series of hair-raising adventures.As it turns out, the runaways’ route to freedom may be rudimentary technology. Using raw gypsum, limestone, coal, and salt, they forge coal-oil fire bombs that keep their attackers at bay for a short time but not long enough to ensure their survival.Will the resourceful teenagers finally discover what it takes to prevail in a continent poised on the edge of irrevocable change? |
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Band of Acadians $2.14 In 1755, on the eve of the Seven Years’ War, fifteen-year-old Nola and her Acadian parents face expulsion from Grand Pré by the British. Nola, her friends Hector and Jocelyne, Nola’s grandfather, and a band of bold teenagers manage to flee by boat only to encounter challenges tougher than their wildest imaginings. Their destination is French-occupied Fort Louisbourg, but along the way hostile soldiers, a harsh environment, enigmatic Mi’kmaq, and superpowers at war turn their journey into a series of hair-raising adventures.As it turns out, the runaways’ route to freedom may be rudimentary technology. Using raw gypsum, limestone, coal, and salt, they forge coal-oil fire bombs that keep their attackers at bay for a short time but not long enough to ensure their survival.Will the resourceful teenagers finally discover what it takes to prevail in a continent poised on the edge of irrevocable change?John Skelton, a chemistry and economics graduate, worked for many years in the federal government fostering innovation in Canadian small businesses. The founding editor of Industry Canada’s award winning Small Business Quarterly, he is currently an educator with the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. |
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Being Caribou: Seven Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd $0.4 What begins as a wildlife research project becomes much more as the author and his wife learn to hear the earth, pay attention to their dreams and slowly change, beyond their expectations, into being caribou.Wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer and filmmaker Leanne Allison spend five months migrating on foot with more than 100,000 caribou Both gripping adventure and stark portrayal of an Arctic ecosystem threatened by oil development Fresh off a ninecity tour in Spring 2005 for his book, Walking the Big Wild, the author will tour in Fall 2005 for this new book and a film by the same name In April 2003 newlyweds Karsten Heuer and Leanne Allison embarked on a fivemonth research journey to migrate more than 2,000 miles with a herd of 120,000 Porcupine Caribou. From Old Crow, Yukon, to the calving grounds in Alaska, and back again, the Heuers followed the ancient paths and primordial rhythms of the herd from its winter range through Canada and across the border to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the United States. The couple traveled by foot and by skis through unforgiving landscapesfording swift, deadly cold rivers, as well as encountering ravenous grizzlies who tracked them as prey. Having begun their expedition with the practiced pragmatism of two seasoned outdoor adventurers, Karsten and Leanne soon learned that they would only be able to find and discern the intent of the herd by adopting the ancient ways of the area’s indigenous people. Given advice by a Gwich’in native in Old Crow at the start of their trip to “listen to dreams”, Karsten and Leanne find they must shed the many insulating layers of pragmatism that distance them from the natural world. They discover that there is a truth that is transformational in listening to the music of the earth, paying attention to the urgings within dreams, and in truly, beyond their expectations, being caribou. Author Bio: KARSTEN HEUER is a wildlife biologist, park warden and |
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Beneficial Role of Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) on Machining $56.12 Minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) refers to the use of cutting fluids of only a minute amount typically of a flow rate of 50 to 500 ml/hour which is about three to four orders of magnitude lower than the amount commonly used in flood cooling condition. The concept of minimum quantity lubrication (MQL) has been suggested since a decade ago as a means of addressing the issues of environmental intrusiveness and occupational hazards associated with the airborne cutting fluid particles on factory shop floors. This research work deals with experimental investigation on the role of MQL by VG-68 cutting oil on chip thickness ratio, cutting temperature, cutting forces, tool wear and surface roughness in turning medium carbon steel at industrial speed-feed combinations by uncoated carbide insert in a MQL environment. The encouraging results from experimental investigations include significant reduction in tool wear rate, dimensional inaccuracy and surface roughness by MQL over dry machining mainly through reduction in the cutting zone temperature and favorable change in the chip-tool and work-tool interaction. |
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Bentley Mark VI $43.99 High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Bentley Mark VI was the first post-war luxury car from Bentley. Produced from 1946 to 1952, it was also the first car from Rolls-Royce with factory coachwork but chassis were still also supplied to independent coachbuilders . The chassis and engine went on to be used as the basis of those in the Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith of 1946 and Silver Dawn of 1949. The Mark VI used an F-head straight-6 engine 4.3 L (4257 cc/259 in³) in size. In 1951, a 4.6 L (4566 cc/278 in³) version of the engine was introduced. A four speed syncromesh manual transmission was fitted with the change lever to the right of the driver on right hand drive cars and on the column on left hand drive versions. The 4.3 L was referred to as the 4¼ L with a single exhaust and the 4.6 L as the 4½ L with a twin exhaust. The chassis used leaf springs at the rear and independent coil springing at the front with a control on the steering wheel centre to adjust the hardness of the rear springing. A central lubrication system allowing oil to be applied to moving parts of the suspension from a central reservoir was fitted. |
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Beyond Business: An Inspirational Memoir from a Visionary Leader $1.99 Containing a new chapter on the BP oil spill, this is the first book by former BP CEO John Browne, today a highly influential international business figure and authoritative business speakerJohn Browne, the CEO of BP for 12 years, invented the oil “supermajor” and is said to have led the way on issues such as climate change, human rights, and transparency. Here, Browne brings to life what he learned about leadership in a tough industry. His story encompasses the insights gained as he transformed a national company, challenged an entire industry, and prompted political and business leaders to change. He takes readers across the world on adventures that include going toe-to-toe with both tyrants and elected leaders, and involve engineering feats which in many ways rival those of going to the moon, and he shares his views on the true purpose of business and the leadership needed to tackle the grand challenges of the era. It is also a story of failure and human frailty as Browne reveals how his private and public lives collided at frightening speed in full view of the world, prompting his abrupt resignation as CEO of BP.  |
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Beyond Business: An Inspirational Memoir from a Visionary Leader $35 Containing a new chapter on the BP oil spill, this is the first book by former BP CEO John Browne, today a highly influential international business figure and authoritative business speakerJohn Browne, the CEO of BP for 12 years, invented the oil “supermajor” and is said to have led the way on issues such as climate change, human rights, and transparency. Here, Browne brings to life what he learned about leadership in a tough industry. His story encompasses the insights gained as he transformed a national company, challenged an entire industry, and prompted political and business leaders to change. He takes readers across the world on adventures that include going toe-to-toe with both tyrants and elected leaders, and involve engineering feats which in many ways rival those of going to the moon, and he shares his views on the true purpose of business and the leadership needed to tackle the grand challenges of the era. It is also a story of failure and human frailty as Browne reveals how his private and public lives collided at frightening speed in full view of the world, prompting his abrupt resignation as CEO of BP.  |
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Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East $1.99 Since 2001, two dominant worldviews have clashed in the global arena: a neoconservative nightmare of an insidious Islamic terrorist threat to civilized life, and a jihadist myth of martyrdom through the slaughter of infidels. Across the airwaves and on the ground, an ill-defined and uncontrollable war has raged between these two opposing scenarios. Deadly images and threats—from the televised beheading of Western hostages to graphic pictures of torture at Abu Ghraib, from the destruction wrought by suicide bombers in London and Madrid to civilian deaths at the hands of American occupation forces in Iraq—have polarized populations on both sides of this divide.Yet, as the noted Middle East scholar and commentator Gilles Kepel demonstrates, President Bush’s War on Terror masks a complex political agenda in the Middle East—enforcing democracy, accessing Iraqi oil, securing Israel, and seeking regime change in Iran. Osama bin Laden’s call for martyrs to rise up against the apostate and hasten the dawn of a universal Islamic state papers over a fractured, fragmented Islamic world that is waging war against itself. Beyond Terror and Martyrdom sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt—neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam. Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West, one for which Europe, with its expanding and restless Muslim populations, may be the proving ground. |
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Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East $17.95 Since 2001, two dominant worldviews have clashed in the global arena: a neoconservative nightmare of an insidious Islamic terrorist threat to civilized life, and a jihadist myth of martyrdom through the slaughter of infidels. Across the airwaves and on the ground, an ill-defined and uncontrollable war has raged between these two opposing scenarios. Deadly images and threats—from the televised beheading of Western hostages to graphic pictures of torture at Abu Ghraib, from the destruction wrought by suicide bombers in London and Madrid to civilian deaths at the hands of American occupation forces in Iraq—have polarized populations on both sides of this divide.Yet, as the noted Middle East scholar and commentator Gilles Kepel demonstrates, President Bush’s War on Terror masks a complex political agenda in the Middle East—enforcing democracy, accessing Iraqi oil, securing Israel, and seeking regime change in Iran. Osama bin Laden’s call for martyrs to rise up against the apostate and hasten the dawn of a universal Islamic state papers over a fractured, fragmented Islamic world that is waging war against itself. Beyond Terror and Martyrdom sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt—neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam. Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West, one for which Europe, with its expanding and restless Muslim populations, may be the proving ground. |
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Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East $17.95 Since 2001, two dominant worldviews have clashed in the global arena: a neoconservative nightmare of an insidious Islamic terrorist threat to civilized life, and a jihadist myth of martyrdom through the slaughter of infidels. Across the airwaves and on the ground, an ill-defined and uncontrollable war has raged between these two opposing scenarios. Deadly images and threats—from the televised beheading of Western hostages to graphic pictures of torture at Abu Ghraib, from the destruction wrought by suicide bombers in London and Madrid to civilian deaths at the hands of American occupation forces in Iraq—have polarized populations on both sides of this divide.Yet, as the noted Middle East scholar and commentator Gilles Kepel demonstrates, President Bush’s War on Terror masks a complex political agenda in the Middle East—enforcing democracy, accessing Iraqi oil, securing Israel, and seeking regime change in Iran. Osama bin Laden’s call for martyrs to rise up against the apostate and hasten the dawn of a universal Islamic state papers over a fractured, fragmented Islamic world that is waging war against itself. Beyond Terror and Martyrdom sounds the alarm to the West and to Islam that both of these exhausted narratives are bankrupt—neither productive of democratic change in the Middle East nor of unity in Islam. Kepel urges us to escape the ideological quagmire of terrorism and martyrdom and explore the terms of a new and constructive dialogue between Islam and the West, one for which Europe, with its expanding and restless Muslim populations, may be the proving ground. |
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Big O Tires – Glendora $49 Basic oil change includes up to 5 quarts of oil. Most vehicles. Bulk motor oil and filter. Plus $3.00 disposal fee. Not valid with other offers or promotions, coupons, or discounts. Coupon expires in 90 days. Does not include taxes. Good for the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena and Glendora stores ONLY. |
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Big O Tires – Pasadena $49 Basic oil change includes up to 5 quarts of oil. Most vehicles. Bulk motor oil and filter. Plus $3.00 disposal fee. Not valid with other offers or promotions, coupons, or discounts. Coupon expires in 90 days. Does not include taxes. Good for the Thousand Oaks, Pasadena and Glendora stores ONLY. |
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