Energy History

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    • A History
    • Auteur(s): Vaclav Smil
    • Narrateur(s): David Colacci
    • Durée: 20 h et 9 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-05-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 64 évaluations
    • In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization and offers listeners a magisterial overview of humanity's energy eras....

    Prix courant: 33,40$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Human History
    • Auteur(s): Richard Rhodes
    • Narrateur(s): Jacques Roy
    • Durée: 11 h et 48 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-05-29
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 évaluations
    • Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....

    Prix courant: 26,21$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Keys to Understanding Our Hidden Past, Emerging Energy Age and Enlightened Future
    • Auteur(s): Joseph Selbie, David Steinmetz, Swami Kriyananda - foreword
    • Narrateur(s): Paul Brion
    • Durée: 12 h et 43 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-09-25
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 évaluations
    • Today's view of history cannot account for ancient anomalies, such as the Pyramids and advanced knowledge contained in India's Vedas. But in 1894, an Indian sage gave us an explanation not only for our hidden past but for the trends of today and for our future enlightenment....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
    • Auteur(s): Serhii Plokhy
    • Narrateur(s): Ralph Lister
    • Durée: 14 h et 52 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-05-15
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 évaluations
    • From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster....

    Prix courant: 32,31$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The People, Pipelines, and Politics of the Oil Sands
    • Auteur(s): Chris Turner
    • Narrateur(s): Stephen Graybill
    • Durée: 14 h et 1 min
    • Date de publication: 2017-09-19
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 évaluations
    • Best-selling author Chris Turner brings listeners onto the streets of Fort McMurray, showing the myriad ways the oil sands of Alberta impact the lives of everyone around the world....

    Prix courant: 32,89$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
    • Auteur(s): Daniel Yergin
    • Narrateur(s): Robert Petkoff
    • Durée: 29 h et 26 min
    • Date de publication: 2011-10-12
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 évaluations
    • In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them....

    Prix courant: 32,42$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Auteur(s): Michael Lewis
    • Narrateur(s): Victor Bevine
    • Durée: 6 h
    • Date de publication: 2018-10-02
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 287 évaluations
    • What happens when the President of the United States governs one Tweet at a time? When the elected leader of the free world may not have a firm grasp on the names of government agencies, much less an understanding of their intricate inner-workings? Find out....

    Prix courant: 37,53$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
    • Auteur(s): Gretchen Bakke
    • Narrateur(s): Emily Caudwell
    • Durée: 11 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2016-09-08
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 28 évaluations
    • The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with....

    Prix courant: 27,21$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Global History of Nuclear Disasters
    • Auteur(s): Serhii Plokhy
    • Narrateur(s): Leighton Pugh
    • Durée: 12 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-05-17
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents, Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power....

    Prix courant: 22,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Making Energy Poverty History with an Energy Mix
    • Auteur(s): NJ Ayuk
    • Narrateur(s): Edward Herrmann
    • Durée: 8 h et 34 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-03-21
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • In just a few short decades, the many countries of our planet have become interconnected beyond our wildest imaginations. While thinking globally is often well-meaning, acting globally without consideration for local countries can unintentionally cause harmful results....

    Prix courant: 19,82$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Cradle of the Demon Metals, Birth of a Mining Superpower
    • Auteur(s): Charlie Angus
    • Narrateur(s): Charles Constant
    • Durée: 6 h et 25 min
    • Date de publication: 2022-12-13
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • The world is desperate for cobalt. It drives the proliferation of digital and clean technologies. But this "demon metal" has a horrific present and a troubled history....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Theological Exploration of Human Time, Energy and Bitcoin
    • Auteur(s): Alin Armstrong
    • Narrateur(s): Alin Armstrong
    • Durée: 1 h et 39 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-12-04
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • Our current monetary system is broken. Inflation is rampant, our savings are being devalued, and it seems there is no hope for a solution. Fiat money is robbing us and our neighbors of our most valuable commodity - time....

    Prix courant: 8,71$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Chernobyl Guide to the Future
    • Auteur(s): Kate Brown
    • Narrateur(s): Christina Delaine
    • Durée: 12 h et 53 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-06-11
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 évaluations
    • After 1991, international organizations from the Red Cross to Greenpeace sought to help the victims, yet found themselves stymied by post-Soviet political circumstances they did not understand. International diplomats and scientists allied to the nuclear industry evaded or denied facts....

    Prix courant: 27,83$ ou 1 crédit

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    • A Little Book on Thermodynamics
    • Auteur(s): R. Stephen Berry
    • Narrateur(s): Eric Martin
    • Durée: 4 h et 45 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-04-09
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A short and entertaining introduction to thermodynamics that uses real-world examples to explain accessibly an important but subtle scientific theory....

    Prix courant: 14,47$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Volume Two of Carbon Ideologies
    • Auteur(s): William T. Vollmann
    • Narrateur(s): Sean Runnette
    • Série: Carbon Ideologies, Livre 2
    • Durée: 22 h et 11 min
    • Date de publication: 2018-08-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 évaluation
    • The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic book about the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coal fields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel, but a "heritage"....

    Prix courant: 38,97$ ou 1 crédit

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    • The Story of Energy
    • Auteur(s): Michael E. Webber
    • Narrateur(s): L. J. Ganser
    • Durée: 9 h et 8 min
    • Date de publication: 2019-05-07
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 évaluations
    • A global tour of energy - the builder of human civilization and also its greatest threat....

    Prix courant: 28,27$ ou 1 crédit

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    • Electricity and the Wealth of Nations
    • Auteur(s): Robert Bryce
    • Narrateur(s): Robert Bryce
    • Durée: 8 h et 41 min
    • Date de publication: 2020-03-10
    • Langue: Anglais
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 évaluations
    • Historically, it was guns, germs, and steel that determined the fates of people and nations. Now, more than ever, it is electricity....

    Prix courant: 25,24$ ou 1 crédit

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    • High-Stakes Mining in a Lowlands Wilderness
    • Auteur(s): Virginia Heffernan
    • Narrateur(s): Nikki Zakocs
    • Durée: 7 h et 30 min
    • Date de publication: 2023-03-14
    • Langue: Anglais
    • Pas de évaluations
    • A valuable discovery under the world's second-largest temperate wetland and in the traditional lands of the Cree and Ojibway casts light on the growing conflict among resource development, environmental stewardship, and Indigenous rights....

    Prix courant: 22,26$ ou 1 crédit

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