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"Bill McKibben is not a person you'd expect to find handcuffed in the city jail in Washington, D.C. But that's where he spent three days in the summer of 2011, after leading the largest civil disobedience in thirty years to protest the Keystone XL pipeline. A few months later the protesters would see their efforts rewarded when President Obama agreed to put the project on hold. And yet McKibben realized that this small and temporary victory was at...

"A history of the CIA's 1953 coup in Iran and its aftermath"--Provided by publisher.

In this book the author goes deep inside ExxonMobil Corp, the largest and most powerful private corporation in the United States. He investigates the notoriously secretive ExxonMobil Corporation, revealing the true extent of its power. ExxonMobil's annual revenues are larger than the economic activity in the great majority of countries, equivalent to the GDP of Norway. In many of the countries where it conducts business, ExxonMobil's sway over politics...

Katusa takes a look at the ways the western world is losing control of the energy market, and what can be done about it. He shows that Russia is in the midst of a rapid economic and geopolitical renaissance under the rule of Vladimir Putin, and that understanding his rise to power provides the keys to understanding the shift in the energy trade from Saudi Arabia to Russia.

Looks at how the energy resources in Texas have influenced politicians and advanced economic interests of the oil industry.

"As oil prices - and public outrage - skyrocket, Antonia Juhasz, a leading industry critic and expert on corporations and globalization, gives us the hardest-hitting expose of the oil industry in decades. In The Tyranny of Oil she investigates the true state of the U.S. oil industry - uncovering its virtually unparalleled global power, influence over our elected officials, and lack of regulatory oversight. as well as the truth behind $150-a-barrel...