Power Resources category: 2047 books
Unbuilt Environments
Tracing Postwar Development in Northwest British Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
This book will be of interest to scholars of history, geography, environmental studies, and Aboriginal studies, as well as those working in anthropology, resource and development studies, and political ecology.
by Shahab Esfandiary
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2012
Despite critical acclaim and a recent surge of popularity with Western audiences, Iranian cinema has been the subject of lamentably few academic studies and those have been limited to the genres most visible on the international film circuit. Iranian cinema and globalization seeks to broaden readers’...
TV Museum
Contemporary Art and the Age of Television
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
TV Museum takes as its subject the complex and shifting relationship between television and contemporary art. Informed by theories and histories of art and media since the 1950s, this book charts the changing status of television as cultural form, object of critique, and site of artistic invention....
by Prasun Barua
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2019
Welcome to the KNOW HOW SOLAR PV TECHNOLOGY! This book contains various types of topics on solar PV technology. After reading this book, you will know about solar PV technology in detail. Solar PV technology is one of the significant technologies contributing in solar PV industry. This environmentally...
by Aminul Islam, Pogaku Ravindra
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
This book provides a single-source reference to green technologies in advanced biofuel technology. The main focus is on the description of the state of the art in catalytic processes for the "green" production of biofuels. The authors describe two different, practical approaches for catalysts,...
by Bernard Dumpleton, Muriel Miller
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Few men have rightly earned the title of genius, but one must surely be Isambard Kingdom Brunel. In his short lifetime he pioneered the railways, built bridges, tunnels and termini. He also built three ships - theGreat Western, Great Britain and Great Eastern. Each one contributed more to the development...
The Art of Nick Cave
New Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Known for his work as a performer and songwriter with The Birthday Party, the Bad seeds and Grinderman, Australian artist Nick Cave has also pursued a variety of other projects including writing and acting. Covering the full range of Cave’s creative endeavours, this collection of critical essays...
Reframing Reality
The Aesthetics of the Surrealist Object in French and Czech Cinema
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Marcel Duchamp’s urinal re-named ‘fountain’ and placed in an art gallery. The classic image that can be seen as a duck or a rabbit, depending on how you look at it. A random object that grabs your attention and, like a Freudian slip, sums up whatever’s on your mind. These are just a few examples...
David Cronenberg
Author or Film-Maker?
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2007
For more than 30 years, David Cronenberg has produced films, mostly outside the Studio system, which continue to disturb, surprise and challenge audiences. He has also been repeatedly drawn to literary fiction for inspiration, adapting works by figures like William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard and Patrick McGrath.
by Alessandro Lavacchi, Hamish Miller, Francesco Vizza
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2014
This book focuses on nanotechnology in electrocatalysis for energy applications. In particular the book covers nanostructured electrocatalysts for low temperature fuel cells, low temperature electrolyzers and electrochemical valorization. The function of this book is to provide an introduction to...
Russia’s New Fin de Siècle
Contemporary Culture between Past and Present
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This volume investigates Russian culture at the turn of the twenty-first century, with scholars from Britain, Sweden, Russia and the United States exploring aspects of culture with regards to one overarching question: What is the impact of the Soviet discourse on contemporary culture? This question...
Gusher of Lies
The Dangerous Delusions of ""Energy Independence""
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Everybody is talking about energy independence.” But is it really achievable-or even desirable? In this controversial, meticulously researched book, Robert Bryce exposes the false promises and political posturing behind the rhetoric. Gusher of Lies explains why the idea of energy independence...
by David A. Bell, Brian F. Towler, Maohong Fan I
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Skyrocketing energy costs have spurred renewed interest in coal gasification. Currently available information on this subject needs to be updated, however, and focused on specific coals and end products. For example, carbon capture and sequestration, previously given little attention, now has a prominent...
Oil
An Overview of the Petroleum Industry
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
Now in its sixth edition, this guide to the oil industry, written in non-technical language, is a must-read for
anyone involved in or curious about the oil industry. Engineers, executives, managers and laypersons will all
find this to be a valuable, entertaining and informative guide that presents...