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Author: Richard Heinberg Publisher: New Society Publishers ISBN: 155092334X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. In The Party's Over , Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the 20th century, and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the 21st century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion, and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the U.S. -- the world's foremost oil consumer -- is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a "managed collapse" that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future. More readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications, and recommendations for personal, community, national, and global action, Heinberg's updated book is a riveting wake-up call for humankind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current U.S. foreign policy. Listen to an interview with Richard Heinberg from WRPI.
Author: Beatrix Potter Publisher: Frederick Warne Publishers ISBN: 9780723235668 Category : Rabbits Languages : en Pages : 6
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Before the creation of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter illustrated a series of six pictures for the holidays. Published here for the first time are the pictures in the original sequence, for an elegant Christmas frieze sure to delight Potter fans and yuletide enthusiasts.
Author: Binnie Kirshenbaum Publisher: Soho Press ISBN: 1641290544 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 385
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Master of razor-edged literary humor Binnie Kirshenbaum returns with her first novel in a decade, a devastating, laugh-out-loud funny story of a writer’s slide into depression and institutionalization. It’s New Year’s Eve, the holiday of forced fellowship, mandatory fun, and paper hats. While dining out with her husband and their friends, Kirshenbaum’s protagonist—an acerbic, mordantly witty, and clinically depressed writer—fully unravels. Her breakdown lands her in the psych ward of a prestigious New York hospital, where she refuses all modes of recommended treatment. Instead, she passes the time chronicling the lives of her fellow “lunatics” and writing a novel about what brought her there. Her story is a brilliant and brutally funny dive into the disordered mind of a woman who sees the world all too clearly. Propelled by razor-sharp comic timing and rife with pinpoint insights, Kirshenbaum examines what it means to be unloved and loved, to succeed and fail, to be at once impervious and raw. Rabbits for Food shows how art can lead us out of—or into—the depths of disconsolate loneliness and piercing grief. A bravura literary performance from one of our most indispensable writers.
Author: Mary Elizabeth Kovar Publisher: Liferich ISBN: 9781489707918 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 28
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Who doesn't like to go to a birthday party? Who wouldn't like to have a birthday party to celebrate his or her special day? Everyone likes a party, and most would like to have a birthday party with all their friends. Author Mary Elizabeth Kovar tells the story of Peter Rabbit's excitement to celebrate his eighth birthday in her book, Peter Rabbit's Surprise Birthday Party. He knew his family would celebrate his special day, but he has no idea his parents have planned a surprise party with all the neighborhood children. Mr. and Mr. Rabbit know he'll have a good time-if they can keep it a secret. Peter Rabbit's Surprise Birthday Party is a fun story for all young children. The book also shows the importance of friendship. Mrs. Rabbit has so much to do, but fortunately, her friends can help her out. It's amazing what friends working together can accomplish.
Author: S. D. Smith Publisher: Brand Nu Words ISBN: 9780996436809 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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The stage is set. It's war. Morbin Blackhawk, slaver and tyrant, threatens to destroy the rabbit resistance forever. Heather and Picket are two young rabbits improbably thrust into pivotal roles. The fragile alliance forged around the young heir seems certain to fail. Can Heather and Picket help rescue the cause from a certain, sudden defeat?
Author: Richard Heinberg Publisher: New Society Publishers ISBN: 155092334X Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 322
Book Description
The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. We are entering a new era, as different from the industrial era as the latter was from medieval times. In The Party's Over , Richard Heinberg places this momentous transition in historical context, showing how industrialism arose from the harnessing of fossil fuels, how competition to control access to oil shaped the geopolitics of the 20th century, and how contention for dwindling energy resources in the 21st century will lead to resource wars in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South America. He describes the likely impacts of oil depletion, and all of the energy alternatives. Predicting chaos unless the U.S. -- the world's foremost oil consumer -- is willing to join with other countries to implement a global program of resource conservation and sharing, he also recommends a "managed collapse" that might make way for a slower-paced, low-energy, sustainable society in the future. More readable than other accounts of this issue, with fuller discussion of the context, social implications, and recommendations for personal, community, national, and global action, Heinberg's updated book is a riveting wake-up call for humankind as the oil era winds down, and a critical tool for understanding and influencing current U.S. foreign policy. Listen to an interview with Richard Heinberg from WRPI.
Author: Chris Donlan Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 9780863778162 Category : Mathematics Languages : en Pages : 356
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This collection of papers from an international group of academics invites the reader to explore the complex set of phenomena surrounding mathematical skills acquisition and development in children.
Author: Bernard L. Herman Publisher: UNC Press Books ISBN: 1469600331 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 39
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'There's only one piece of white meat in him and that's his neck. The rest of the meat is dark meat. If you fry it, it's still like a white piece of meat, like a chicken breast. The rest of it looks like a chicken leg." This article appears in the Summer 2012 issue of Southern Cultures. The full issue is also available as an ebook. Southern Cultures is published quarterly (spring, summer, fall, winter) by the University of North Carolina Press. The journal is sponsored by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South.
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