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Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
From wood to coal to oil and gas, the sources of energy on which civilization depends have always changed as technology advances. Now renewables are overtaking fossil fuels, with wind and solar energy becoming cheaper and more competitive every year. Growth in renewable energy will further accelerate as electric vehicles become less expensive than traditional automobiles. Understanding the implications of the energy transition will prepare us for...
24) Renewable energy
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press in association with the Open University
Pub. Date
c2004.
Language
English
25) Nature power
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Looks at such natural power resources as ocean energy, solar power, wind power, and geothermal energy.
Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Explore six renewable energy technologies that are used around the world! Accessible verse and lush illustrations introduce children to important information about how we can harness the planet's natural resources including wind, water and sun. Inset boxes define new words like "turbine," while extensive endnotes further explain the science behind each power source and the benefits of clean energy." --
27) Renewable fuels
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Looks at a variety of renewable fuels, including corn ethanol, cellulosic ethanol, and landfill gas.
Publisher
Signature
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Part of a multi-volume collection of over 450 documents offers readers access to the primary written and printed sources relating to Mormon origins in Vermont, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania. As such, it is essentially a documentary history of the Joseph Smith, Sr., family and the infant Church of Christ (later The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), beginning with the early lives of Joseph Smith Sr. and Lucy Mack Smith and ending...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
As a columnist for the Washington Post, Alexandra Petri has watched in real time as those who didn't learn from history have been forced to repeat it. And repeat it. And repeat it. If we repeat history one more time, we're going to fail! Maybe it's time for a new textbook. Alexandra Petri's US History contains a lost (invented!) history of America. (A history for people disappointed that the only president whose weird sex letters we have is Warren...
35) Liberty's daughters: the revolutionary experience of American women, 1750-1800 : with a new preface
Author
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
First published in 1980, Liberty's Daughters is widely considered a landmark book on the history of American women and on the Revolution itself. Norton brilliantly portrays a dramatic transformation of women's private lives in the wake of the Revolution. This fascinating human story includes lively anecdotes and revealing details from the personal papers of 450 eighteenth-century families. - Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Genealogical Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
John Grenham's well-established and detailed guide has thorough descriptions of all the relevant sources and county-by-county reference lists - all expanded, updated and indexed to make the book easier to use than ever before.
Publisher
Brigham Young University Press
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
Opening the Heavens gathers in one place the key historical collections documenting divine manifestations from 1820 to 1844. Gathered here are the historical documents concerning the First Vision, the translation of the Book of Mormon, the restoration of the priesthood, the many visions of Joseph Smith, the outpouring of keys at the Kirtland Temple, and the mantle of Joseph Smith passing to Brigham Young.
Series
Publisher
Signet Classic
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The dissenting opinions of Patrick Henry and others who saw the Constitution as a threat to our hard-won rights and liberties. The complete text of dissenting opinions of those who saw the Constitution as a threat are collected in this volume with Convention debates, commentaries, and lists that cross-reference to its companion Signet Classics volume The Federalist Papers.
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