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Petrostate: Putin, Power, and the New Russia
Marshall I. Goldman
Oxford University Press, USA, 2008
Excellent Background!
"Petrostate" provides good insights into Russia's comeback after its late 1990s nadir, as well as an understanding of its economic-political strategies.
Russia regained its place as the world's largest oil producer in 2007; energy generates about 30% of Russia's GDP ...
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Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Meals to Feed Your Muscles and Fuel Your Workouts
Gregg Avedon
Rodale Books, 2007
Definitely worth it!
This book is very cool. Gregg does a nice job of compiling recipes that are easy and taste good. Also, the three phases he recommends (Relaxed phase, lean phase, ripped phase) really helped me to strike a balance in my nutrition plan.
Bottom line: I am in much ...
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Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence
Robert Bryce
PublicAffairs, 2008
missing some aspects of the problem
This is an excellent book and well written. It is slightly out of date in that the price of oil has risen so quickly, but that is more a problem with a jittery oil market and not the date on the book. The arguments are clear and timely. My one and only problem with ...
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Biodiesel Basics and Beyond: A Comprehensive Guide to Production and Use for the Home and Farm
William H. Kemp
Aztext Press, 2006
Excellent book - an ABSOLUTE MUST for your bookshelf
After researching most of the books available on the market on the subject of BIO-DIESEL I eventually settled for this book.
It is well-written and covers every aspect of the manufacture of bio-diesel that the smaller-scale individual would look for in a book. The ...
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Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy
Michael T. Klare
Metropolitan Books, 2008
Good
This book was a real eye opener about the rising importance of geopolitics in the oil markets.
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The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
Jon Gordon
Wiley, 2007
Great Energy Builder
This book was recommended by several collegues at a recent convention. I read it in one sitting. There is so much usable information in this book! When I went back thru it, to highlight the key items, I ended up highlighting something on almost every page. Buy the book ...
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Alcohol Can Be a Gas!: Fueling an Ethanol Revolution for the 21st Century
David Blume
International Institute for Ecological Agriculture, 2007
This books helps strip away the myths of history.
This book delves into the kind of information that could help us avoid making the same mistakes over and over. If it can help create awareness of how susceptible the public is to being flim-flammed by the Oil Industry experts and its sycophants imbedded throughout the ...
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Engine Management: Advanced Tuning
Greg Banish
S-A Design, 2007
Great step by step process and layout
This book allowed me to take my knowledge of control systems and apply it to a vehicle with confidence. Having this information contained in this book is essential when going off to tune your own vehicle.
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Energy Victory: Winning the War on Terror by Breaking Free of Oil
Robert Zubrin
Prometheus Books, 2007
This is a serious book
A serious book calls for a serious review and I will try to provide that. Zubrin covers a lot of ground so I will take this by chapter. First, the author has a PhD in nuclear engineering so he knows the science. The first two chapters provide the rationale for his ...
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The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
Richard Heinberg
New Society Publishers, 2005
The Future is Now
If you want to know what the near future holds for you, your family and society, Heinberg does a reasonably good job at describing it for the reader. There are, in my opinion, some limits to his content, as well as some "disinformation" about the field of economics, ...
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Building & Tuning High-Performance Electronic Fuel Injection
Ben Strader
S-A Design, 2004
Very good reading
I can highly recommend this book. It is written in such a way that you will enjoy learning about the subject at hand. It is not overly complicated at all and has helped me understand a lot of things that I `thought' I already knew. The second half of the book is ...
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Fuel Cell Projects for the Evil Genius
Gavin D J Harper
McGraw-Hill/TAB Electronics, 2008
outstanding
It was very exciting to have all of this knowledge available, easy to understand and made it fun too.
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Runner's World Performance Nutrition for Runners: How to Fuel Your Body for Stronger Workouts, Faster ...
Matt Fitzgerald
Rodale Books, 2005
Amazing Resource
This is a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn how to best feed their body for running. As a beginning runner who's training for my first marathon, the information included in this book has been priceless.
As is the case with Runner's World, the quality ...
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Freedom From Oil: How the Next President Can End the United States' Oil Addiction
David Sandalow
McGraw-Hill, 2007
Sacrifice for "Freedom From Oil"
I tend to steer clear and far away from any type of political book. My disinterest stems from the obvious bias and propaganda that these types of political figures tend to bring into their views and writing. The viewpoint and rambling on and on bores my racing mind. ...
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The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil-Fuel Habit
Stephen & Rebekah Hren
Chelsea Green Publishing, 2008
The Carbon-Free home
The Carbon Free home is one of the most useful guides I have ever seen to greening your old white elephant. They give practical advice to city dwellers on how to retrofit your home to make it much less of an energy hog and perhaps even carbon free. There are three ...
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