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The Quest; Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
by Daniel Yergin
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594202834
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202834
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: The Penguin Press, 2011 The Penguin Press, New York. 2011. Hardcover. Stated First Edition/First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($37.95). Black paper over boards with black paper overlay on spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Author initials in gilt on front board. 804 pp 8vo. A gripping account of the quest for the energy that our world needs. Taking off from his book The Prize, the author shows how energy is an engine of global political and economic change. The drama of oil is explained as well as the tumultuous history of nuclear and coal, electricity, and the "shale gale" of natural gas: and the rebirth of renewable energies and the distinctive stories of wind, solar, and biofuels. A resource for economics and politics of the 21st Century. A clean pristine copy.
Synopsis
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize–winning book, The Prize . In The Quest , Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them. The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013768
- Title
- The Quest; Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
- Author
- Daniel Yergin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1594202834
- ISBN 13
- 9781594202834
- Publisher
- The Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2011
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Energy, Oil, Petroleum, Politics of Oil, Politics of Energy, fracking, shale gas, coal, electricity, solar power, wind power, electric cars, energy politics, climate change, geopolitics, energy production, The Prize, global energy, environmental concerns,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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