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The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming World By : William D. Nordhaus READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Climate change is profoundly altering our world in ways that pose major risks to human societies and natural systems. We have entered the Climate Casino and are rolling the global-warming dice, warns economist William Nordhaus. But there is still time to turn around and walk back out of the casino, and in this essential book the author explains how.?Bringing together all the important issues surrounding the climate debate, Nordhaus describes the science, economics, and politics involved?and the steps necessary to reduce the perils of global warming. Using language accessible to any concerned citizen and taking care to present different points of view fairly, he discusses the problem from start to finish: from the beginning, where warming originates in our personal energy use, to the end, where societies employ regulations or taxes or subs...

Desperate: An Epic Battle for Clean Water and Justice in Appalachia By : Kris Maher READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Erin Brockovich meets Dark Waters in this propulsive and heart-wrenching legal drama set in Appalachian coal country, as one determined lawyer confronts a coal industry giant in a battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community?from Wall Street Journal reporter Kris Maher. For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn?t look, smell, or taste right. Could it be the root of the health problems?from kidney stones to cancer?in this Appalachian community? Environmental lawyer Kevin Thompson certainly thought so. For seven years, he waged an epic legal battle against Massey Energy, West Virginia?s most powerful coal company, helmed by CEO Don Blankenship. While Massey?s lawyers worked out of a gray glass office tower in Charleston known as ?the Death Star,? Thompson set up shop in a ramshackle hotel in the fading coal...

Food52 A New Way to Dinner: A Playbook of Recipes and Strategies for the Week Ahead By : Amanda Hesser READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Book Detail : Author : Amanda Hesser Pages : pages Publisher : Language : en-US ISBN-10 : B01B0K98YW ISBN-13 :   Supporting format: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, MOBI, HTML, RTF, TXT, etc. Supporting : PC, Android, Apple, Ipad, Iphone, etc. ================*================  

The Moon Cycle Cookbook: A Holistic Nutrition Guide for a Well-Balanced Menstrual Cycle By : Devon Loftus READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : The Moon Cycle Bakery, founded in 2017, creates sweet treats that replenish certain micronutrients women lose during the different stages of their menstrual cycle. In The Moon Cycle Cookbook, bakery founder Devon Loftus and nutritionist Jenna Radomski empower women to nourish themselves with recipes for sweets, savory meals, and snacks, organized around each of the four phases of the menstrual cycle, that can be customized to suit their bodies? fluctuating needs. ? Every recipe is formulated with the knowledge of what is happening hormonally in a woman?s body during each cycle phase, using ingredients that replenish and support essential nutrients. Suffering from cramps? Try adding more cacao to your diet. Mood swings? A sweet-potato brownie can help with that. A happy mix of creativity, self-empowerment, and downright deliciousne...

Vers Une Architecture By : Le Corbusier READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-?douard Jeanneret, 1887?1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond "style," to achieve a pure creation of the spirit which established "emotional relationships by means of raw materials."The first major exposition of his ideas appeared in Vers une Architecture (1923), a compilation of articles originally written by Le Corbusier for his own avant-garde magazine, L'Esprit Nouveau. The present volume is an unabridged English translation of the 13th French edition of that historic manifesto, in which Le Corbusier expounded his technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, relation of form to function, the "mass-production sp...

L'art de la guerre By : Sun Tzu READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : ?crit au ive si?cle avant J.-C., ? l??poque des ? Royaumes combattants ?, dans une Chine en pleine effervescence commerciale et culturelle, L?Art de la guerre n?est pas seulement un trait? de strat?gie. Si nous le lisons encore avec fascination, c?est parce qu?il repr?sente une le?on de sagesse, un art de vivre, et constitue un v?ritable syst?me philosophique.Cette traduction est l??dition de r?f?rence de Jean L?vi. Elle restitue toute la force litt?raire et la concision de ce grand texte classique et le replace dans son contexte historique, ? la lumi?re des derni?res ?tudes et des textes d?couverts r?cemment lors de fouilles arch?ologiques. Elle s?adresse ? tous les lecteurs, curieux et savants. Directeur de recherche au CNRS, sp?cialiste de la Chine ancienne, Jean L?vi est ? la fois essayiste (Les Fonctionnaires divins), romancier (Le Grand Empereur et ses automates), et le traducteur remarqu? de ...

Analytics at Work: Smarter Decisions, Better Results By : Thomas H. Davenport READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : Most companies have massive amounts of data at their disposal, yet fail to utilize it in any meaningful way. But a powerful new business tool - analytics - is enabling many firms to aggressively leverage their data in key business decisions and processes, with impressive results.In their previous book, Competing on Analytics, Thomas Davenport and Jeanne Harris showed how pioneering firms were building their entire strategies around their analytical capabilities. Rather than "going with the gut" when pricing products, maintaining inventory, or hiring talent, managers in these firms use data, analysis, and systematic reasoning to make decisions that improve efficiency, risk-management, and profits.Now, in Analytics at Work, Davenport, Harris, and coauthor Robert Morison reveal how any manager can effectively deploy analytics in day-to-day operations?...

Reading with Meaning: Teaching Comprehension in the Primary Grades By : Debbie Miller READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : In the second edition of Reading with Meaning, Debbie Miller shares her new thinking about comprehension strategy instruction, the gradual release of responsibility instructional model, and planning for student engagement and independence.It has been ten years since the first edition, in which Debbie chronicled a year in her own classroom. Reading with Meaning, Second Edition supports that work and expands her vision of strategy instruction and intentional teaching and learning. Debbie believes that every child deserves at least a full year of growth during each classroom year and offers planning documents with matching assessments to ensure that no child falls through the cracks. The second edition also provides new book recommendations that will engage and delight students, and current picture books for reading aloud and strategy instruction.This n...

The Making of a Chef: Mastering Heat at the Culinary Institute of America By : Michael Ruhlman READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : "Well reported and heartfelt, Ruhlman communicates the passion that draws the acolyte to this precise and frantic profession."?The New York Times Book Review Just over a decade ago, journalist Michael Ruhlman donned a chef?s jacket and houndstooth-check pants to join the students at the Culinary Institute of America, the country?s oldest and most influential cooking school. But The Making of a Chef is not just about holding a knife or slicing an onion; it?s also about the nature and spirit of being a professional cook and the people who enter the profession. As Ruhlman?now an expert on the fundamentals of cooking?recounts his growing mastery of the skills of his adopted profession, he propels himself and his readers through a score of kitchens and classrooms in search of the elusive, unnameable elements of g...

Samson (The Boundarylands, #3) By : Callie Rhodes READ BOOK NOW   DOWNLOAD BOOK NOW   Book Synopsis : She can never be his omega, but she?s everything he craves.No woman willingly travels to the Boundarylands.It?s where they are?the Alphas.They keep to themselves in the wilderness, and beta civilization knows to keep its distance. Especially beta women?for fear they may not be a beta after all.The only way to know your true nature is to feel the touch of an Alpha. Omegas may be rare, but every woman knows their fates are hellish?held captive, broken, mated, knotted, and bred.Cassidy is one of the few trusted betas in the Boundarylands, and maybe the one who knows them best. She?s spent years keeping her head down and studying their ways. But her submissive ways and mundane nature hasn?t stopped the biggest and baddest Alpha from noticing her.Even though she?s no one special, Cassidy can?t deny the pull that draws her toward Samson. She might never be his omega, but that?s the benefit o...