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1) The New Beekeeping Manual: The Most Comprehensive Step-By-Step Complete Guide to Raising a Healthy A
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The New Beekeeping Manual is the ultimate guide for anyone interested in raising a healthy and thriving beehive. This comprehensive and step-by-step manual covers everything you need to know about beekeeping, from selecting the right beehive and equipment to understanding bee behavior and managing common challenges. It is a must-have resource for both beginner beekeepers and experienced enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge and skills.With...
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The eminent historian and author of The Rise of King Cotton uncovers the centuries-old story of tin mining in Southern England.
Tin mining has existed in Cornwall and parts of Devon, since before the Romans arrived in Britain. In this book, historian Anthony Burton explores the region's tin mining industry from its earliest period through to the present day.
A specialist in the history of technology, Burton examines the evolution of extraction methods...
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A nonfiction legal thriller that traces the fourteen-year struggle of two lawyers to bring the most powerful coal baron in American history, Don Blankenship, to justice
Don Blankenship, head of Massey Energy since the early 1990s, ran an industry that provides nearly half of America's electric power. But wealth and influence weren't enough for Blankenship and his company, as they set about destroying corporate and personal rivals, challenging the...
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In Resource Nationalism in Indonesia, Eve Warburton traces nationalist policy trajectories in Indonesia back to the preferences of big local business interests. Commodity booms often prompt more nationalist policy styles in resource-rich countries. Usually, this nationalist push weakens once a boom is over. But in Indonesia, a major global exporter of coal, palm oil, nickel, and other minerals, the intensity of nationalist policy interventions increased...
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The adoption of environment-friendly practices in ports around the world has gained significant momentum in recent years. It is a response to the growing concerns over climate change and environmental degradation. Greek ports are vital components of the trade and transportation of the country's infrastructure that have also embarked on this transformative journey towards sustainability. This study is conducted to evaluate the extent to which environmentally...
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A comprehensive history of the sawmill towns of East Texas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Sawmill communities were once the thriving centers of East Texas life. Many sprang up almost overnight in a pine forest clearing, and many disappeared just as quickly after the company "cut out" its last trees. But during their heyday, these company towns made Texas the nation's third-largest lumber producer and created a colorful way of life that...
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Although Africa has long been known to be rich in oil, extracting it hadn't seemed worth the effort and risk until recently. But with the price of Middle Eastern crude oil skyrocketing and advancing technology making reserves easier to tap, the region has become the scene of a competition between major powers that recalls the nineteenth-century scramble for colonization there. But what does this giddy new oil boom mean-for America, for the world,...
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