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Report copyright infringementby Xenophon (Author)The Economist' is a treatise written by ancient Greek philosopher and historian Xenophon. The book discusses the principles of household management and how they can be applied to managing the state. Xenophon explains that a good manager must have virtues such as honesty, hard work, and good judgment to be successful in their endeavors. Through a dialogue between Socrates and a young man named Critobulus, Xenophon highlights the importance of ed...

The Dancing Bees: An Account of the Life and Senses of the Honey Bee

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Report copyright infringementby Karl Frisch (Author) Number of Pages: 232 Dimensions: 0.53 x 8 x 5.25 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: January 01, 1954

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures - Hardcover

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by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (Author)"With a thoughtfully curated series of essays, poetry, and conversations, the brilliant scientist and climate expert Ayana Elizabeth Johnson has assembled a group of dynamic people who are willing to imagine what seems impossible, and articulate those visions with enthusiastic clarity."--Roxane Gay Our climate future is not yet written. What if we act as if we love the future? Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagin...

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Report copyright infringementby Jiju Antony (Editor), Ashok Kumar (Editor), Ricardo Banuelas (Editor) World Class Applications shows what real organisations have done to implement Six Sigma, the methodology used, and the results delivered. The book provides details of how these organisations overcame issues with the statistical tools of Six Sigma and provides valuable lessons by explaining what went wrong when implementation failed. Cases cover topics including: Six Sigma in HR; Implementing...

Emerging from Poverty: The Economics That Really Matters

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Report copyright infringementby Gerald M. Meier (Author)Commisioned by the World Bank, this book is a history and analysis of the efforts to assist less developed countries achieve a higher economic level. It also offers a new way of thinking about economic development. Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 29, 1985

Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization

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Report copyright infringementby Bill McKibben (Author)Our climate, and our democracy, are melting down. But Bill McKibben, one of the first to sound the alarm about the climate crisis, insists the moment is also full of possibility. Energy from the sun and wind is suddenly the cheapest power on the planet and growing faster than any energy source in history--if we can keep accelerating the pace, we have a chance. Here Comes the Sun tells the story of the sudden spike in power from the sun and...

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Report copyright infringementby Martin Stenfeldt (Author)SCALING LIFE SCIENCES: Wisdom and Lessons Learned from 150+ Industry PractitionersScaling a life science company is a high-stakes challenge-delays are frequent, resources are stretched, and setbacks can be costly, even fatal. Yet few structured insights exist on how to foresee and manage critical issues, leaving managers to rely on trial-and-error strategies or best practices from industries that don't share the complexities of life sci...

The Production Of Iron Ores In Various Parts Of The World

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Report copyright infringementby John Birkinbine (Author), Geological Survey (U S ) (Created by)"The Production Of Iron Ores In Various Parts Of The World" provides a detailed overview of iron ore production and resources. This book examines the geological formations, mining techniques, and industrial processes involved in extracting and utilizing iron ore across different regions. Offering insights into the economic and technological aspects of iron ore production, this work is valuable for g...

The Lobster Trap: The Global Fight for a Seafood on the Brink

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Mercer (Author)A page-turning examination of how a multi-billion dollar industry creates enormous wealth and endless heartache, at a time when climate change, swings in the market, and greed are impacting fishermen's livelihoods in new and dramatic ways. Lobster has been a phenomenal success story, with a commercial fishery that has generated enormous wealth and fuelled appetites for one of the world's most recognizable luxury foods. The great lobster boom...

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Report copyright infringementby Cassie Leonard (Editor) Number of Pages: 364 Dimensions: 0.75 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 12, 2025

The Gigacorn Hunter: Seven Principles for a Climate Investor - The

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Report copyright infringementby Nelson Switzer (Author)#1 International BestsellerWe have entered the 5th economic revolution of human history, an era that can be referred to as the Decarbonization of Everything. For investors to thrive in this new era, they must understand the new rules of engagement - and become Gigacorn Hunters.Climate Capitalist and Gigacron Hunter Nelson Switzer frames how investors can access the incredible $250 trillion market opportunity through climatech by finding, ...

On Capitalism and Inequality: Progress and Poverty Revisited

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Report copyright infringementby Robert U. Ayres (Author)Capitalism is under attack. Defenders say that capitalism has raised billions of people from poverty. But a central activity of capitalism today, Wall Street style, is speculation (gambling), using other people's money, and privatizing the profits while socializing the debts. Skeptics argue that capitalism has redistributed the wealth of the planet in favor of a very few, meanwhile leaving the planet in bad shape and leaving billions of ...

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Report copyright infringementby David Luke (Editor)Why do images and reports of starving and malnourished Africans appear so often in the media? What are the actual dimensions of the problem? What has trade and climate got to do with it? In How Africa Eats: Trade, Food Security and Climate Risks, award-winning author David Luke and a team of researchers seek to answer these questions, to explain why Africa struggles with food security and what can be done about it. The intersection between tr...

Cybersecurity Management: An Organizational and Strategic Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Nir Kshetri (Author)Cybersecurity Management looks at the current state of cybercrime and explores how organizations can develop resources and capabilities to prepare themselves for the changing cybersecurity environment. Number of Pages: 432 Dimensions: 1.2 x 9.2 x 7.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: November 08, 2021

The New Silk Road Becomes The World Land-Bridge

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Report copyright infringementby Helga Zepp-Larouche (Concept by), Michael Billington (Author), Rachel Douglas (Author)EIR's _ROAD-MAP_ TO THE NEW WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER! Read EIR's comprehensive study of the progress of the Eurasian Land-Bridge project which Lyndon and Helga LaRouche have championed for over 20 years. The 374-page report, entitled _The New Silk Road Becomes the World Land-Bridge, _ is nothing less than a conceptual, and often physical, road-map to a new world economic order. Th...

Project Development in the Solar Industry

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Report copyright infringementby Albie Fong (Editor), Jesse Tippett (Editor)This book provides an extensive overview of utility scale solar project development and the various tasks required to bring large solar power plants from plans to realities. The various topics have been organized and presented in a way to clearly define important development fundamentals including basic business and legal considerations. The reader is also guided through the more complex aspects of renewable energy dev...

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Report copyright infringementby Nelson Switzer (Author)The #1 International Best Seller We have entered the 5th economic revolution of human history, an era that can be referred to as the Decarbonization of Everything. For investors to thrive in this new era, they must understand the new rules of engagement - and become Gigacorn Hunters.Climate Capitalist and Gigacorn Hunter Nelson Switzer frames how investors can access the incredible $250 trillion market opportunity through climatech by fin...

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Report copyright infringementby Ray Hyman (Author)Ever since the Society for Psychical Research was founded over a hundred years ago, parapsychologists have been attempting to prove the existence of paranormal phenomena - things like clairvoyance, telepathy, precognition, and remote viewing. This research into what is now often called "psi" has become increasingly technical. "Controlled" laboratory experiments have replaced "systematic surveys of spontaneous occurrences"; complicated statisti...

Fundamental Principles of Environmental Physics

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Report copyright infringementby Abel Rodrigues (Author), Raul Albuquerque Sardinha (Author), Gabriel Pita (Author)Back JacketThis book is an interdisciplinary guide to environmental physics grounded in sound mathematical formulation. Its holistic approach allows readers to gain a more complete understanding of physical processes and their interactions with ecological ones, which underpin important environmental issues. The primary focus is on the atmospheric surface layer and topsoil layers. ...

The Middle East Economy: Decline and Recovery: Selected Essays

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Report copyright infringementby Charles Issawi (Author)In this work, Charles Issawi examines the main reasons for the economic decline of the Middle East. He discusses climate, geography, and religion, with particular emphasis on the military elite, whose contempt for artisans and merchants thwarted positive economic initiatives. The role played by minorities and foreigners throughout the region's history is also examined. Finally, the author compares the economic histories of different Middl...

The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations - Paperback

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by Daniel Yergin (Author)A Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020 Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society "A master class on how the world works." --NPRPulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert, Daniel Yergin offers a revelatory new account of how energy revolutions, climate battles, and geopolitics are mapping our future The world is being shaken by the collision of energy, climate change, and the clashing power of ...

Climate Changed: The Science of Sustainability and How Each of Us Can Do Our Part

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Report copyright infringementby Pablo Ribeiro Dias (Author) Number of Pages: 278 Dimensions: 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 07, 2025

Essential Concepts of Global Environmental Governance

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Report copyright infringementby Jean-Frederic Morin (Editor), Amandine Orsini (Editor)This book is a timely and up-to-date compilation of the main pieces of the global environmental governance puzzle. Innovative thinking and high-profile expertise come together to create a volume that is accessible to students, scholars and practitioners alike.Author BiographyJean-Frédéric Morin is Full Professor at the Political Science Department of the Université Laval (Québec City, Canada) and chair holde...

The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure

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Report copyright infringementby Ian H. Robertson (Author) Number of Pages: 320 Dimensions: 0.81 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN Publication Date: October 16, 2012

The Great Transition to a Green and Circular Economy: Climate Nexus and Sustainability

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Report copyright infringementby Gitte Haar (Author)The green transition is the way to a sustainable and fair planet, and necessary to secure supply chains, deliver predictable prices, and ensure access to raw materials despite resource scarcity through sustainable production and consumption.This book provides broad, essential insights into the main elements of the green transition, circular economy, and sustainability. Sustainability and the green transition will mean new market conditions fo...

Global Climate Change: A Guide for Future Action

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Report copyright infringementby Malcolm Prowle (Author)Recently, large parts of the world faced record high temperatures-another item on a long list of warning signs about the climate. This book is for the reader interested in having a better understanding of the nature and causes of climate change and the measures being undertaken.Global Climate Change suggests success is unlikely and to prevent catastrophe, more radical and uncomfortable actions will be needed. Many groups in society (e.g. ...

Turnaround Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries: A Project Management Approach

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Report copyright infringementby Robert Bruce Hey (Author)Turnaround Management for the Oil, Gas, and Process Industries: A Project Management Approach helps readers understand the phases of development in preparation for a turnaround, with each relevant phase easily identified. Specific to the process industry, especially oil and gas, petrochemical and power plants, this reference simplifies the entire lifecycle of a turnaround and provides specific examples of both successful and unsuccessfu...

ISO 26000 - A Standardized View on Corporate Social Responsibility: Practices, Cases and Controversies

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel O. Idowu (Editor), Catalina Sitnikov (Editor), Lars Moratis (Editor)This book provides a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the ISO 26000 standard for social responsibility (SR) in businesses and corporations. In addition to discussing the standard's focus on various stakeholders and seven core topics, the book underscores its key aspects and most debatable issues, with a focus on its connection to sustainable business practices. It presents nume...

Sir David Brewster's Letters on Natural Magic

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Report copyright infringementby David Brewster (Author)David Brewster (1781-1868) wrote this fascinating treatise to illustrate the use of scientific principles by ancient governments and religious orders to frighten and delude the populace for their own advantage. He also covers a variety of other scientific curiosities and marvels (optical, auditory, chemical, mechanical, atmospheric, etc.), providing logical reasoning to counter superstition, while recognizing the hand of the Creator. ...

Geography: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by John A. Matthews (Author), David T. Herbert (Author)This Very Short Introduction answers four basic questions: what is Geography, how do geographers work, why is Geography important, and where is the discipline of Geography heading? Geography has always been important, though it has had only a short history as an academic discipline and is much misunderstood. Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, in mapping the world and in describing th...

Afro Hair Guide: Strategies for Healthy Growth, Versatile Styling, and Self-Love

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Report copyright infringementby Emily Hartman (Author)Unlock the secrets of Afro hair care with this comprehensive guidebook, "AFRO HAIR GUIDE," meticulously crafted for those seeking to embrace the natural beauty and versatility of Afro hair. Expertly curated, this book is an essential companion for anyone looking to nurture, style, and celebrate Afro hair's unique characteristics.Dive into the world of Afro hair with Chapter 1: Understanding Afro Hair, where the journey begins by unraveling...

The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science

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Report copyright infringementby Dava Sobel (Author)The acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author of Galileo's Daughter crafts a luminous chronicle of the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science, and the untold story of the many young women trained in her laboratory who were launched into stellar scientific careers of their own"Even now, nearly a century after her death, Marie Curie remains the only female scientist most people can name...