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  • All The Dark Secrets

    The first heartwarming, heartrending saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 1 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    The compelling first book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!**'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson ... Read more

    €2.49

  • The Miner's Daughter

    The second dramatic and powerful saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 2 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    The enthralling second book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!**'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine ... Read more

    €4.49

  • The Girl Below Stairs

    The third emotionally gripping saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 3 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    'Believable characters, a vivid sense of time and place, thoroughly enjoyable' Rosie GoodwinThe emotionally gripping third book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!**'Jennie Felton knows how to tell ... ... Read more

    €4.49

  • Material World

    A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future

    by Ed Conway ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*An Economist, Financial Times, Times and New Statesman Book of the Year***Shortlisted for the FT Business Book of the Year Award and the British Academy Book Prize, Longlisted for the Wainwright Conservation Writing Prize'Compelling'** TIM MARSHALL'Lively, rich and exciting' PETER FRANKOPAN'Vitally impor... ... Read more

    €7.99

  • The Sister's Secret

    The fifth moving saga in the beloved Families of Fairley Terrace series

    by Jennie Felton ...
    Series Book 11 - The Families of Fairley Terrace
    The moving fifth book in the beloved classic series from 'one of the nation's favourite saga author' (Lancashire Post) in the grand tradition of Katie Flynn, Dilly Court and Josephine Cox.Jennie's heartwarming and heartrending sagas are richly praised!**'Jennie Felton knows how to tell a cracking story and keep the reader gripped... if you enjoy reading books in the style of Catherine Cookson then ... Read more

    €3.99

  • Power Metal

    The Race for the Resources That Will Shape the Future

    by Vince Beiser ...
    The powerful ways the metals we need to fuel technology and energy are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and rising violence - and how we can do better.An Australian millionaire's plan to mine the ocean floor. Nigerian garbage pickers risking their lives to salvage e-waste. A Bill Gates-backed entrepreneur harnessing AI to find metals in the Arctic.These people and millions more ... Read more

    €2.99

  • Blood Sisters

    A gripping, twisty murder mystery about friendship and revenge

    by Cate Quinn ...
    ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**'A fantastic whodunnit'** HEAT MAGAZINE⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Sensational' CRIME MONTHLY'This is not the usual story of vulnerable women in jeopardy ... but one in which the victims fight back.' SUNDAY TIMES____________________Some women just can't take a joke.At least, that's what locals tell the police when a man is found gruesomely murdered a... ... Read more

    Was €6.49 Now €4.49

  • The High Seas

    Ambition, Power and Greed on the Unclaimed Ocean

    by Olive Heffernan ...
    THE IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER'A comprehensive investigation of the staggering damage we have done to the world's oceans and its life forms' Observer'A vital, fascinating, deeply researched exploration of Earth's last wilderness... Shocking and starkly 'illuminating - a must-read' Gaia VinceThe ocean covers seventy per cent of the surface of our planet, and two thirds of this lie beyond national ... Read more

    €9.29

  • Fracking 101

    A Beginner's Guide to Hydraulic Fracturing

    by Eric George ...
    Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing to give its proper name, has become part of our lives recently, due to the massive exploitation of America’s shale oil and gas fields. Along the way it has stirred up controversy, with passionate opponents fighting against the oil companies. The fight has generated a lot of heat, but not much understanding. This guide, written by some-one who knows what he is ... Read more

    €4.25

  • Volt Rush

    The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green

    by Henry Sanderson ...
    'A remarkably hopeful and useful book...The climate crisis leaves us no choice but to build a new world and as Sanderson makes clear, we are capable of making it a better one than the dirty and dangerous planet we’ve come to take for granted.' Bill McKibben, Observer book of the weekWe depend on a handful of metals and rare earths to power our phones and computers. Increasingly, we rely on them to ... Read more

    €10.51

  • The Denniston Rose

    by Jenny Pattrick ...
    Series series Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics
    A number one bestseller, this favourite New Zealand novel captures a real 19th century community.The bleak coal-mining settlement of Denniston, isolated high on a plateau above New Zealand's West Coast, is a place that makes or breaks those who live there. At the time of this novel - the1880s - the only way to reach the makeshift collection of huts, tents and saloons is to climb aboard an empty ... Read more

    €11.48

  • History's Most Dangerous Jobs: Miners

    by Anthony Burton ...
    Series series History's Most Dangerous Jobs
    Mining is Britain's oldest industry, and this book follows the men and, in the past, women who spent their lives working underground. Since the New Stone Age various minerals have been wrested from British soil – copper, tin, gold, lead – but in later periods the key commodity was coal. Those who worked in the mines were constantly battling on two fronts: there was the continual danger of flood ... Read more

    €8.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Production of Iron Ore Pellets

    by vitaliy khmil ...
    This book presents the basic provisions and principles of production of iron ore pellets from magnetite concentrates. The main stages of the technological process are considered, starting from the preparation of raw materials and ending with the production of commercial pellets. The basics of rating raw materials are reflected. The factors of pelletizing processing that affect the production of ... Read more

    €43.49 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Mining and Indigenous Livelihoods

    Rights, Revenues, and Resistance

    Edited by Thierry Rodon, Sophie Thériault, Arn Keeling, Séverine Bouard, Andrew Taylor ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This book maps the encounters between Indigenous Peoples and local communities with mining companies in various postcolonial contexts.Combining comparative and multidisciplinary analysis, the contributors to this volume shine a light on how the mining industry might adapt its practices to the political and legal contexts where they operate. Understanding these processes and how communities respond ... Read more

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  • Mining, Mobility, and Social Change in the Global South

    Regional Perspectives

    Edited by Gerardo Castillo Guzmán, Matthew Himley, David Brereton ...
    Series series Routledge Studies of the Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
    This volume focuses on how, why, under what conditions, and with what effects people move across space in relation to mining, asking how a focus on spatial mobility can aid scholars and policymakers in understanding the complex relation between mining and social change.This collection centers the concept of mobility to address the diversity of mining-related population movements as well as the ... Read more

    €45.94

  • Mining is the Future

    Three-Step Process to Achieve Sustainability in Mining

    by Alp Bora ...
    Metals and minerals are all around us in our everyday lives. They’re used in everything from cars and kitchen appliances to smartphones and complex medical equipment. These natural resources are also integral to many forms of renewable energy. Mining is part of our transition to a clean future. As we expand the use of clean energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, the demand for metals ... Read more

    €4.99

  • Bulkeley Wells And The Uncertain Luck Of The Mining Game

    by Richard E Lippoth ...
    The economics of hardrock mining evolved dramatically during the first decades of the twentieth century as demand for metals surged while mineral deposit grades decreased. The era contains many examples of how the adoption of new technology offset changes in the quality of available mineral resources and the growing number of restrictions placed by society on how the resources could be extracted. ... Read more

    €15.99

  • Surface and Underground Excavations

    Methods, Techniques and Equipment

    by Ratan Raj Tatiya ...
    Surface and Underground Excavations – Methods, Techniques and Equipment (2nd edition) covers the latest technologies and developments in the excavation arena at any locale: surface or underground. In the first few chapters, unit operations are discussed and subsequently, excavation techniques are described for various operations: tunnelling, drifting, raising, sinking, stoping, quarrying, surface ... Read more

    €68.91

  • Old Victoria

    A Copper Mining Ghost Town in Ontonagon County Michigan

    by Mikel B. Classen ...
    Old Victoria, a ghost town from the copper boom, shows what life was like homesteading in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Over the years, some of the site has been destroyed or has collapsed; still, many of Old Victoria's original homesteads remain standing. Thanks to the efforts of a local group, The Society for the Restoration of Old Victoria, quite a few of the buildings have been restored and ... Read more

    €4.17 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advancements in Underground Infrastructures

    Edited by Manoj Khandelwal, Danial Jahed Armaghani, Ramesh Murlidhar Bhatawdekar, Pijush Samui, Saffet Yagiz ...
    Advancements in Underground Infrastructures presents the advanced modelling tools and experimental techniques applied in underground infrastructure development. It examines the usage of mathematical tools, experimental techniques, and data-driven models, as well as the latest technological advancements in underground engineering used to enhance the safety and stability of underground structures. ... Read more

    €110.27

  • Maîtriser LiteCoin: Guide pour débutant pour commencer à gagner de l'argent avec LiteCoin

    by Adidas Wilson ...
    Litecoin a été fondé pour agir comme alternative au Bitcoin afin de remédier aux lacunes constatées dans le réseau Bitcoin— il a été conçu pour être « léger » et plus prolifique que Bitcoin.Litecoin a également un coût de paiement quasi nul et facilite les paiements presque quatre fois plus vite que Bitcoin. ... Read more

    €2.49

  • Ground Support Technology for Highly Stressed Excavations

    Integrated Theoretical, Laboratory, and Field Research

    by Ernesto Villaescusa, Alan G Thompson, Christopher R Windsor, John R Player ...
    The performance of ground support as a scheme is essential to constrain failures occurring at the rock surfaces of deep or highly stressed excavations. This book covers laboratory and theoretical developments coupled with field experiments and observations with the implementation of the methodology at mines. It explains the energy dissipation capabilities of reinforcement and support systems ... Read more

    €67.77

  • Hollowed Ground

    Copper Mining and Community Building on Lake Superior, 1840s–1990s

    by Larry Lankton ...
    Series series Great Lakes Books
    Details a century and a half of copper mining along Upper Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, from the arrival of the first incorporated mines in the 1840s until the closing of the last mine in the mid-1990s.In Hollowed Ground, author Larry Lankton tells the story of two copper industries on Lake Superior-native copper mining, which produced about 11 billion pounds of the metal from the 1840s until the ... Read more

    €21.62 or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Gold, Grit, Guns

    Miners on BC's Fraser River in 1858

    by Alexander Globe ...
    The first book to reveal the 1858 mining milieu by those who witnessed it firsthand.“An extraordinary book.” - The TyeeOnly four extensive miners’ journals are known to have survived from 1858. Quoting generously from the diaries, Alexander Globe focuses on the miners’ actual words providing an engaging authenticity and bringing the miners’ distinctive voices, personalities and experiences back to ... Read more

    €12.19