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Blood Sisters

A gripping, twisty murder mystery about friendship and revenge

by Cate Quinn ...

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐**'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...
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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 FRANKOPA... ... Read more

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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 FRANKOPA...
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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

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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
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The Elements of Power

A Story of War, Technology and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth

by Nicolas Niarchos ...

ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING‘A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics […] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism’ Patrick Radden Keefe‘Joseph Conrad called colonial ventures in Africa “the vilest ... Read more

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ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING FINALIST 2026LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING‘A tale of rapacious colonialism, Cold War spy games, dazzling technical innovation, big business rivalry, big power geopolitics […] an unflinching, landmark work on the nature of extractive capitalism’ Patrick Radden Keefe‘Joseph Conrad called colonial ventures in Africa “the vilest
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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

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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
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Smoke & Mirrors

How Hype Obscures the Future and How to See Past It

by Gemma Milne ...

'Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and climate tech is a healthy dose of critical thinking'David Rowan, founding editor of WIRED UK and author of Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from ... Read more

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'Stop following the news until you've read Gemma Milne's persuasive analysis of the hype and bullshit that distort our understanding of emerging science. As she shows, the starting point to grasping the genuine opportunities of AI, life sciences and climate tech is a healthy dose of critical thinking'David Rowan, founding editor of WIRED UK and author of Non-Bullshit Innovation: Radical Ideas from
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Biochar

A Guide to Analytical Methods

Edited by Balwant Singh, Marta Camps-Arbestain, Johannes Lehmann ...

Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle, by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and ... Read more

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Interest in biochar among soil and environment researchers has increased dramatically over the past decade. Biochar initially attracted attention for its potential to improve soil fertility and to uncouple the carbon cycle, by storing carbon from the atmosphere in a form that can remain stable for hundreds to thousands of years. Later it was found that biochar had applications in environmental and
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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

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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
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Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability

Edited by John Read, Geoff Beale ...

Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability is a comprehensive account of the hydrogeological procedures that should be followed when performing open pit slope stability design studies. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book expands on the ... Read more

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Guidelines for Evaluating Water in Pit Slope Stability is a comprehensive account of the hydrogeological procedures that should be followed when performing open pit slope stability design studies. Created as an outcome of the Large Open Pit (LOP) project, an international research and technology transfer project on the stability of rock slopes in open pit mines, this book expands on the
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100 Years of the Mines Rescue Service

by Malcolm Davies ...

This book is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mines Rescue Service in the Rhondda Valleys and South Wales Based at the Dinas Mines Rescue Station, Rhondda many thousands of volunteer miners were trained to become members of their colliery rescue team; to deal with the many hundreds of varied underground emergencies, sadly many resulting in loss of life. All coalfields in Britain and ... Read more

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This book is to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mines Rescue Service in the Rhondda Valleys and South Wales Based at the Dinas Mines Rescue Station, Rhondda many thousands of volunteer miners were trained to become members of their colliery rescue team; to deal with the many hundreds of varied underground emergencies, sadly many resulting in loss of life. All coalfields in Britain and
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Riesgos Y Peligros

Exploraciones Geológicas Para La Minería En Gran Altura Geográfica

by Helvio Soto Salles ...

El creciente desarrollo de la actividad minera ha trasladado la industria a lugares que eran insospechados hace unos aos, como es la altura geogrfica o las zonas remotas. Este hecho, obliga hoy a las mineras a efectuar una demanda de profesionales y trabajadores debidamente capacitados para desenvolverse de manera segura ante los nuevos riesgos a que se vern enfrentados. En consecuencia, el ... Read more

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El creciente desarrollo de la actividad minera ha trasladado la industria a lugares que eran insospechados hace unos aos, como es la altura geogrfica o las zonas remotas. Este hecho, obliga hoy a las mineras a efectuar una demanda de profesionales y trabajadores debidamente capacitados para desenvolverse de manera segura ante los nuevos riesgos a que se vern enfrentados. En consecuencia, el
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PolyMet

14 Years Of Bullshit

by Steve Timmer, Aaron Klemz, Jen Tuder, Tony Petrangelo ...

PolyMet: Fourteen Years of Bullshit is the story of ineptitude, inattention, and outright corruption by Minnesota and federal regulators in consideration of permits for copper sulfide mining near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota for PolyMet Mining, a Canadian penny-stock company and its shadowy bad-boy backer, Glencore Plc. It is also the story of the failure of Minnesota’s political leadership to intervene, ... Read more

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PolyMet: Fourteen Years of Bullshit is the story of ineptitude, inattention, and outright corruption by Minnesota and federal regulators in consideration of permits for copper sulfide mining near Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota for PolyMet Mining, a Canadian penny-stock company and its shadowy bad-boy backer, Glencore Plc. It is also the story of the failure of Minnesota’s political leadership to intervene,
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Lake Eyre Basin Rivers

Environmental, Social and Economic Importance

Edited by Richard Kingsford ...

Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. The region goes through natural cycles of boom and bust, and the flooding of the basin rivers is accompanied by spectacular responses from wildlife and vegetation. However, the Lake Eyre Basin faces the threat of diversion of water from rivers and wetlands and development of floodplains for irrigation and mining. Around the world, ... Read more

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Water is scarce in the Lake Eyre Basin in the heart of Australia. The region goes through natural cycles of boom and bust, and the flooding of the basin rivers is accompanied by spectacular responses from wildlife and vegetation. However, the Lake Eyre Basin faces the threat of diversion of water from rivers and wetlands and development of floodplains for irrigation and mining. Around the world,
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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

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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
The ECPH Encyclopedia of Mining and Metallurgy

Edited by Kuangdi Xu ...

This encyclopedia volume comprehensively reflects the basic knowledge and latest research results in the field of mining and metallurgy technology, as well as the latest characteristics of the development in this field. In this reference book, the knowledge system, basic concepts, basic theories, as well as important figures, representative works and institutions of these two engineering ... Read more

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This encyclopedia volume comprehensively reflects the basic knowledge and latest research results in the field of mining and metallurgy technology, as well as the latest characteristics of the development in this field. In this reference book, the knowledge system, basic concepts, basic theories, as well as important figures, representative works and institutions of these two engineering
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Intelligent Evaluation of Coalbed Methane Target Selection Under Complex Geological Conditions

by Gaofeng Liu, Zhen Zhang, Huan Liu, Ping Chang, George Barakos ...

Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
This book starts from the perspective of "geological engineering integration" in coalbed methane development and conducts a detailed analysis and evaluation of the geological conditions (including regional geology and resource geology) and mining conditions (including reservoir recoverability and modifiability) that affect coalbed methane development. It establishes the optimal evaluation ... Read more

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This book starts from the perspective of "geological engineering integration" in coalbed methane development and conducts a detailed analysis and evaluation of the geological conditions (including regional geology and resource geology) and mining conditions (including reservoir recoverability and modifiability) that affect coalbed methane development. It establishes the optimal evaluation
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Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981

Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium Held by the Uranium Institute, London, 2 – 4 September, 1981

by Sam Stuart ...

Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981 is a collection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Uranium and Nuclear Energy, held by The Uranium Institute, London on September 2-4, 1981. This six-part volume represents a true cross-section of world opinion on nuclear matters. After briefly discussing the leading problems linked to world's energy and ideas concerning possible ... Read more

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Uranium and Nuclear Energy: 1981 is a collection of 27 papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Uranium and Nuclear Energy, held by The Uranium Institute, London on September 2-4, 1981. This six-part volume represents a true cross-section of world opinion on nuclear matters. After briefly discussing the leading problems linked to world's energy and ideas concerning possible
... Read more
Railways and Industry in the Tondu Valleys

Ogmore, Garw & Porthcawl Branches

by John Hodge, Stuart Davies ...

Series series South Wales Valleys
A photo-filled history of this part of Welsh coal country and its freight and passenger service.Following the first volume dealing with the Llynfi Valley, this book provides details on individual aspects of railways operation focusing on the Ogmore, Garw, and Porthcawl branches in this area of South Wales. The books give a history of the railway, coal mining, and other industrial aspects of each ... Read more

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A photo-filled history of this part of Welsh coal country and its freight and passenger service.Following the first volume dealing with the Llynfi Valley, this book provides details on individual aspects of railways operation focusing on the Ogmore, Garw, and Porthcawl branches in this area of South Wales. The books give a history of the railway, coal mining, and other industrial aspects of each
... Read more
Edge

Power can't be left to trust

by Ed Adams ...

Series Book 1 - Edge
Too good to be true?There’s power in a moon of Jupiter.If you can trust Ganymede's gatekeepers,know what is realand think before selecting a future ... Read more

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Too good to be true?There’s power in a moon of Jupiter.If you can trust Ganymede's gatekeepers,know what is realand think before selecting a future
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Gold-Mining Boomtown

People of White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory

by Roberta Key Haldane ...

The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday.Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its ... Read more

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The town of White Oaks, New Mexico Territory, was born in 1879 when prospectors discovered gold at nearby Baxter Mountain. In Gold-Mining Boomtown, Roberta Key Haldane offers an intimate portrait of the southeastern New Mexico community by profiling more than forty families and individuals who made their homes there during its heyday.Today, fewer than a hundred people live in White Oaks. Its
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From Two Lines

The Life Story of Captain Josiah Holman

by Michael Webb ...

Curiosity got the better of me when I read Captain Holman's letter of 11 January 1859 where he wrote...I have been abroad six times viz. - to the Philippine Islands, the Brazils, twice to the Canadas and the Native Copper Mines of Lake Superior - to South Africa and lastly to Malacca .But these were only a few of the countries this Cornish miner explored for mineral wealth.This is an imaginative ... Read more

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Curiosity got the better of me when I read Captain Holman's letter of 11 January 1859 where he wrote...I have been abroad six times viz. - to the Philippine Islands, the Brazils, twice to the Canadas and the Native Copper Mines of Lake Superior - to South Africa and lastly to Malacca .But these were only a few of the countries this Cornish miner explored for mineral wealth.This is an imaginative
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电解锰节能减排理论与工程应用

by 陶长元, 刘作华, 范兴 ...

陶長元、劉作華、範興著的《電解錳節能減排理論與工程應用》是一本關於電解錳節能減排理論與實踐方面的專著。全書從錳產業的現狀出發，分析了礦資源利用技術現狀；著重以電解錳為例，從錳礦浸出、溶液除雜淨化、電解、三廢利用及處理、新裝備開發等介紹了節能減排及過程強化新理論、新工藝、新技術；從非平衡態熱力學及非線性動力學的角度闡釋了電解錳能耗與內在非線性機制之間的關係，進而提出了新的節能降耗理論和思路；同時全書結合工程實踐應用，深入淺出地介紹了減排新工藝、新技術。 ... Read more

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陶長元、劉作華、範興著的《電解錳節能減排理論與工程應用》是一本關於電解錳節能減排理論與實踐方面的專著。全書從錳產業的現狀出發，分析了礦資源利用技術現狀；著重以電解錳為例，從錳礦浸出、溶液除雜淨化、電解、三廢利用及處理、新裝備開發等介紹了節能減排及過程強化新理論、新工藝、新技術；從非平衡態熱力學及非線性動力學的角度闡釋了電解錳能耗與內在非線性機制之間的關係，進而提出了新的節能降耗理論和思路；同時全書結合工程實踐應用，深入淺出地介紹了減排新工藝、新技術。
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La Minería ha Muerto. Larga Vida a la Minería Geopolítica

Cómo China y Occidente transformaron los minerales críticos en poder geopolítico

by Eduardo Zamanillo, Marta Rivera ...

La minería ha muerto. Viva la geopolítica minera.Cómo China y Occidente transformaron los minerales críticos en poder geopolítico**.**Occidente enfrentó la minería desde una mirada jurídica y burocrática: multiplicó normas, procesos y autorizaciones, pero perdió de vista el propósito. China, en cambio, actuó con mentalidad de ingeniero: diseñó el sistema, construyó refinerías y aseguró el control ... Read more

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La minería ha muerto. Viva la geopolítica minera.Cómo China y Occidente transformaron los minerales críticos en poder geopolítico**.**Occidente enfrentó la minería desde una mirada jurídica y burocrática: multiplicó normas, procesos y autorizaciones, pero perdió de vista el propósito. China, en cambio, actuó con mentalidad de ingeniero: diseñó el sistema, construyó refinerías y aseguró el control
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Colorado and the Silver Crash

The Panic of 1893

by John F. Steinle ...

Series series Disaster
A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898, ... Read more

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A catastrophic depression engulfed Colorado in 1893. The government's decision to adopt the gold standard and stop buying silver hit the mining industry like a cave-in. Unemployment reached 90 percent in Leadville, a city built on silver. Strikes by union miners in Cripple Creek and Leadville led to destruction and death. Political parties split along battle lines of gold versus silver. By 1898,
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