Seize The Daylight

Author : David Prerau
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 078673695X
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seize the Daylight written by David Prerau and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Benjamin Franklin conceived of it. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle endorsed it. Winston Churchill campaigned for it. Kaiser Wilhelm first employed it. Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt went to war with it, and more recently the United States fought an energy crisis with it. For several months every year, for better or worse, daylight savings time affects vast numbers of people throughout the world. And from Ben Franklin's era to today, its story has been an intriguing and sometimes-bizarre amalgam of colorful personalities and serious technical issues, purported costs and perceived benefits, conflicts between interest groups and government policymakers. It impacts diverse and unexpected areas, including agricultural practices, street crime, the reporting of sports scores, traffic accidents, the inheritance rights of twins, and voter turnout. Illustrated with a popular look at science and history, Seize the Daylight presents an intriguing and surprisingly entertaining story of our attempt to regulate the sunlight hours.

Author : Ian R. Bartky
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804756426
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Time Fits All written by Ian R. Bartky and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Time Fits All tells the story of the development, integration, and obstacles overcome in setting an the International Date Line, establishing the worldwide system of Standard Time zones, and adopting Daylight Saving Time—including their global impacts on how the general public keeps time today.

Author : Tooraj Jamasb
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107008506
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of Electricity Demand written by Tooraj Jamasb and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-15 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a comprehensive and analytical perspective on the future of electricity demand in a low-carbon world.

Author : Jeffrey B. Webb
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440872155
Total Pages : 1015 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Energy in American History written by Jeffrey B. Webb and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 1015 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contextualizes and analyzes the key energy transitions in U.S. history and the central importance of energy production and consumption on the American environment and in American culture and politics. Focusing on the major energy transitions in U.S. history, from the pre-industrial era to the present day, this two-volume encyclopedia captures the major advancements, events, technologies, and people synonymous with the production and consumption of energy in the United States. Expert contributors show how, for example, the introduction of electricity and petroleum into ordinary American life facilitated periods of rapid social and political change, as well as profound and ongoing impacts on the environment. These developments have in many ways defined and accelerated the pace of modern life and led to vast improvements in living conditions for millions of people, just as they have also brought new fears of resource exhaustion and fossil-fuel induced climate change. Today, as America begins to move beyond the use of fossil fuels toward a greater reliance on renewables, including wind and solar energy, there is a pressing need to understand energy in America's past in order to better understand its energy future.

Author : Leith Anderson
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 0764202707
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jesus written by Leith Anderson and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An expanded retelling of the life of Jesus, including all the details from the Gospels in chronological order, the geopolitical scene, the historical and cultural setting, and the likely emotions and motives of those who interacted with Him. Here is a great introduction to the greatest man who ever lived for those who don't know much about Him, and a fascinating read for those who have grown up in the church and are very familiar with the Gospel accounts. Leith Anderson's conversational storytelling style makes the book appealing to a wide range of audiences and ages.

Author : Seth Godin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101218363
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Is the New Big written by Seth Godin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As one of today’s most influential business thinkers, Seth Godin helps his army of fans stay focused, stay connected, and stay dissatisfied with the status quo, the ordinary, the boring. His books, blog posts, magazine articles, and speeches have inspired countless entrepreneurs, marketing people, innovators, and managers around the world. Now, for the first time, Godin has collected the most provocative short pieces from his pioneering blog—ranked #70 by Feedster (out of millions published) in worldwide readership. This book also includes his most popular columns from Fast Company magazine, and several of the short e-books he has written in the last few years. A sample: • Bon Jovi And The Pirates • Christmas Card Spam • Clinging To Your Job Title? • How Much Would You Pay to Be on Oprah’s Show? • The Persistence of Really Bad Ideas • The Seduction of “Good Enough” • What Happens When It's All on Tape? • Would You Buy Life Insurance at a Rock Concert? Small is the New Big is a huge bowl of inspiration that you can gobble in one sitting or dip into at any time. As Godin writes in his introduction: “I guarantee that you'll find some ideas that don’t work for you. But I’m certain that you're smart enough to see the stuff you’ve always wanted to do, buried deep inside one of these riffs. And I’m betting that once inspired, you’ll actually make something happen.”

Author : Charlie Bevis
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786431598
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New England League written by Charlie Bevis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-11-30 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book delves deep into the history of the New England League, whose years of operation spanned six decades during the pivotal early years of minor league baseball. Author Charlie Bevis, an expert on New England's baseball past, explores the complex ties to the regional economy, especially to the textile industry, and discusses the pioneering experiments with playoffs, night baseball, and integration.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book NAWCC Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Latiful Islam Shibli
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1528985095
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Seize written by Latiful Islam Shibli and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-29 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiction based on fact. The fight to seize a secret city within the city. A soft-hearted, loving poet becomes a murderer, and a murderous gangster becomes merciful – only for love. The war between two lovers to win a woman’s heart is spread throughout a city... A city named Dhaka. A city that is totally unknown to the world. A city where there is a dark world full of unknown faces, called ‘the Underworld’... Like the government, they also have a secret control over the citizens, and shifting of power. In the dark side of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, where organised criminals are fighting ruthlessly to seize power, another war continues simultaneously to win a heart...

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1198 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sessional Papers written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 1198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: