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  • Energy

    A Beginner's Guide

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    Collections series Beginner's Guides
    With one famous equation, E=mc2, Einstein proved all matter can be described as energy. It is everywhere and it is everything.In this newly updated and engaging introduction, renowned scientist Vaclav Smil explores energy in all its facets – from the inner workings of the human body to what we eat, the car we drive and the race for more efficient and eco-friendly fuels.Energy: A Beginner's Guide ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Oil

    A Beginner's Guide

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    Collections series Beginner's Guides
    World acclaimed scientist Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resourceIn this fully revised and updated edition, Vaclav Smil reveals everything there is to know about nature's most sought-after resource'There is no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.' Bill GatesOil is the lifeblood of the modern world. Without it, there would be ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

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  • Need to Know

    World War II and the Rise of American Intelligence

    One of The New Yorker's "Best Books of the Year" * A Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize Finalist"Authoritative. . . . [Reynolds's] contribution to our understanding of the rise of American intelligence is unparalleled." —Journal of Intelligence History“The most thorough and detailed history available on the origins of U.S. intelligence.” —Michael Morell, former Deputy Director and Acting ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Growth

    From Microorganisms to Megacities

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    **A BILL GATES RECOMMENDED BOOKThe Energy and Civilization author offers “an epic, multidisciplinary analysis of growth” in nature and society—from tiny organisms to empires (Guardian).**Features 178 illustrations and fascinating insights on energy innovations throughout world history.Growth has been both an unspoken and an explicit aim of our individual and collective striving. It governs the ... En savoir plus

    $20.79 CAD

  • We Have Been Harmonized

    Life in China's Surveillance State

    Named a Notable Work of Nonfiction of 2020 by the Washington PostAs heard on NPR's Fresh Air**, We Have Been Harmonized, by award-winning correspondent Kai Strittmatter,offers a groundbreaking look, based on decades of research, at how China created the most terrifying surveillance state in history.**China’snew drive for repression is being underpinned by unprecedented advances intechnology: f... ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Story of China

    The Epic History of a World Power from the Middle Kingdom to Mao and the China Dream

    par Michael Wood ...
    A single volume history of China, offering a look into the past of the global superpower and its significance today.Michael Wood has travelled the length and breadth of China, the world's oldest civilization and longest lasting state, to tell a thrilling story of intense drama, fabulous creativity, and deep humanity that stretches back thousands of years.After a century and a half of foreign ... En savoir plus

    $23.19 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Energy and Civilization

    A History

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    **A BILL GATES “BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR”A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped 10,000 years of human history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today’s fossil fuel–driven civilization.**Energy is the only universal currency; it is necessary for getting anything done. The conversion of energy on Earth ranges from terra-forming forces of plate tectonics to cumulative erosive ... En savoir plus

    $27.19 CAD

  • Power Density

    A Key to Understanding Energy Sources and Uses

    par Vaclav Smil ...
    The first systematic, quantitative appraisal of power density, offering detailed reviews of power densities of renewable energy flows, fossil fuels, and all common energy uses.“There's no author whose books I look forward to more than Vaclav Smil.”—Bill GatesIn this book, Vaclav Smil argues that power density is a key determinant of the nature and dynamics of energy systems. Any understanding of ... En savoir plus

    $31.99 CAD

  • All the Knowledge in the World

    The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia

    par Simon Garfield ...
    From the “deliriously clever” (Boston Globe) Simon Garfield, New York Times bestselling author of Just My Type, comesthe wild and fascinating story of the encyclopedia, from Ancient Greece to the present day.New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice"A brilliant book about knowledge itself.” —Deirdre Mask, author of The Address Book**“Garfield’s witty history captures the... ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD

  • Living on Earth

    Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World

    One of the Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction Books of 2024The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet.If the history of the Earth were compressed down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself is not such a late arrival: It has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Pity of War

    Explaining World War I

    par Niall Ferguson ...
    **From a bestselling historian, a daringly revisionist history of World War I“A rich and provocative book, evocative and heartbreaking.” — Atlantic**The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England’s fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims, thereby transforming a ... En savoir plus

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Future Is Analog

    How to Create a More Human World

    par David Sax ...
    Bestselling culture writer David Sax lays out the case against a false digital utopia—and for a more human futureIn The Future Is Analog, David Sax points out that the onset of the pandemic instantly gave us the digital universe we’d spent so long anticipating. Instant communication, online shopping, virtual everything.It didn’t take long to realize how awful it was to live in this promised future ... En savoir plus

    $22.99 CAD