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  Energy Systems - A Very Short...

  Nick Jenkins

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  Modern societies require energy systems to provide energy for cooking, heating, transport, and materials processing, as well as for electricity generation. Energy systems include the primary fuel, its conversion, and transport to the point of use. In many cases this primary fuel is still a fossil fuel, a one-use resource derived from a finite supply within our planet, causing considerable damage to the environment. After 300 years of increasing reliance on fossil fuels, particularly coal, it is becoming ever clearer that the present energy systems need to change. 
  In this Very Short Introduction Nick Jenkins explores our historic investment in the exploitation of fossil energy resources and their current importance, and discusses the implications of our increasing rate of energy use. He considers the widespread acceptance by scientists and policy makers that our energy systems must reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases, and looks forward to the radical changes in fuel technology that will be necessary to continue to provide energy supplies in a sustainable manner, and extend access across the developing world.

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  World's Greatest Warplanes

  Colin Higgs

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  The World's Greatest Warplanes are the ones that get the job done. Visionary engineers and inventors have created some of the most impressive fighting machines. RJ Mitchell's Spitfire and Sydney Camm's Hurricane fought for control of the skies against Kurt Tank's FW190 and Willy Messerschmitt's Bf 109. Roy Chadwick's Lancaster and Boeing's mighty B-17 Flying Fortress battled to take the attack to the enemy in dangerous skies. In the Cold War great names such as the RAF's Lightning and Vulcan, the US Air Force's Sabre and Phantom were up against the best from Mikoyan and Gurevich's Mig factory. And in the last decades the skies have been dominated by the powerhouse American aviation industry. The F-16 is the defender of choice for the West and the amazing B-52 Stratofortress and B2 Spirit stealth bomber provide awesome offensive capability.In this ebook you will discover all these great military aircraft and many more, aircraft that have dominated the skies for more than a century.

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  Plants on Fire

  Melissa Petruzzello

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  Melissa Petruzzello of Encyclopædia Britannica and Emily Booth of Temple University discuss the effects of fire on plants and how climate change may alter the impacts of fire on plant communities. This is the second installment of the Botanize! podcast series.

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  Salamander 101 - How to Learn...

  HowExpert, Molly Weinfurter

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  Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have your very own pet salamander? Salamanders are a type of amphibian that most people know very little about, but they are unusual creatures that the world needs to be more educated on. With the right amount of research and dedication, anyone can become a salamander owner if they are truly interested. In this book, you will learn:Information about different salamander breeds.What makes amphibians and reptiles different from each other.How to find the right salamander for you.What you'll need to be the perfect salamander owner.How to properly care for your new pet.How to keep your salamander healthy.What makes salamanders unique.And more! 
  This book is designed both for those interested in owning a salamander of their own and for those that are just interested in learning more about them. Getting a pet salamander starts with gaining as much information about these incredible creatures as possible. You should always be fully prepared before you decide to bring one of these new pets into your home. Therefore, use this book to get you started with everything you need to know about properly raising and caring for a salamander of your own.   
  About the Expert 
  Molly Weinfurter has been fascinated with salamanders ever since she saw one during a camping trip when she was little, and she spent a lot of her childhood reading and researching about them so that she could get a salamander of her own. Throughout her life, she had two pet salamanders: Sally and Sammy. Unfortunately, she currently does not have any salamanders of her own anymore, but she would love to care for more in the future. 
  HowExpert publishes quick 'how to' guides on all topics from A to Z by everyday experts.

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  Science and Nonduality...

  Maurizio Benazzo, Zaya Benazzo

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  First held in 2009, the Science and Nonduality Conference was formed to bring together the two disciplines of science and spirituality in an open minded, non-dogmatic inquiry. Intrinsic to both of these modes of thought is the concept of nonduality. The concept of nonduality and the idea of this conference is explored by its founders.

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  We Hold Our Breath - A Journey...

  Micah Fields

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  Developed as the commercial hub of the Texas cotton and sugarcane industries, Houston was designed for profit, not stability. Its first residents razed swamplands into submission to construct a maze of highways and suburbs, giving the city a sprawling, centerless energy as storms and floods rattled coastal Texas.When Hurricane Harvey made landfall in 2017, Fields set off from his home in Iowa back to the battered city of his childhood to rescue his mother. Fields tracks the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, one storm in a long lineage that threatens the fourth largest city in America.Fields depicts the history of Houston with reverence and lyrical certainty, investigating the conflicting facets of Texan identity that are steeped in racial subjugation, environmental collapse, and capitalist greed. He writes of the development of the modern city in the wake of the destruction of Galveston in 1900; of the oil booms and busts that shaped the city; of the unchecked lust for growth that makes Houston so expressive of the American dream.We Hold Our Breath is a portrait of a city that exists despite it all, a city whose story has always been one of war waged relentlessly against water.

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