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The sequel to Allan Folsom's New York Times bestselling The Machiavelli Covenant! When an ocean of oil is found beneath Equatorial Guinea, the discovery sets of an international plot to overthrow the nation's corrupt government.
Nicholas Marten has come face to face with the world's most dangerous men—-secret global alliances that go back centuries and involve those at the highest ranks of political power and economic
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The technology of fracking in shale rock has transformed America into the world's top producer of both oil and natural gas. The U.S. is expected to be "energy independent" and a "net exporter" in less than a decade, a move that will upend global politics, destabilize Saudi Arabia, crush Russia's chokehold over Europe, and finally bolster American power again. Or will it? Investigative journalist Bethany McLean digs deep into the cycles of boom and...
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Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 3
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English
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Bestselling author Dorothy Garlock delivers a moving, nostalgic tale of Americana set in Oklahoma in the late twenties.
The small town of Rainwater, Oklahoma, has become a notoriousboomtown now that a gusher has flooded its streets with drillers, welders, and roustabouts of every description. Jill, a spunky and hardworking young woman who runs the hotel for her aunt, is unprepared to cope with the attention she receives from the woman-hungry...
The small town of Rainwater, Oklahoma, has become a notoriousboomtown now that a gusher has flooded its streets with drillers, welders, and roustabouts of every description. Jill, a spunky and hardworking young woman who runs the hotel for her aunt, is unprepared to cope with the attention she receives from the woman-hungry...
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“Full of schadenfreude and speculation—and solid, timely history too.” —Kirkus Reviews
“This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons—a story that resonates with today's economic upheaval.” —Publishers Weekly
“What's not to enjoy about a book full of monstrous...
“This is a portrait of capitalism as white-knuckle risk taking, yielding fruitful discoveries for the fathers, but only sterile speculation for the sons—a story that resonates with today's economic upheaval.” —Publishers Weekly
“What's not to enjoy about a book full of monstrous...
12) Slow apocalypse
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Ace Books
Pub. Date
2012.
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First edition.
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438 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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After a former U.S. Marine warns him of an impending apocalypse due to a virus that will contaminate the world's fuel supply, Los Angeles screenwriter Dave Marshall must keep his family safe when he discovers the tale is true.
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Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2010]
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1 DVD (173 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Deathsport: In the year 3000, there will be no more Olympic Games, World Series, or Superbowl. There will be only Deathsport (82 min.) -- Battletruck: After the oil wars, gasoline has become a precious commodity. On his marauding search to commandeer all of the oil in existence to feed his massive, heavily armored commune, Colonel Straker ravages a peaceful commune. Also known as Warlords of the 21st century (91 min.).
16) Eclipse: a novel
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English
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The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case--the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murdering three PetroGlobal workers.
17) The formula
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
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1 DVD (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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35 years after the disappearance of a formula developed by Germany during World War II to derive cheap, pollution-free gasoline from coal, a Los Angeles detective is on the brink of unearthing the secret which could change the couse of world history.
18) Spindletop
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Random House
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[1952]
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306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"With her piercings, tattoos and spiky blond hair, Ellen Truesdale doesn't quite fit in with the other folks in Coyote Canyon--and that's just fine with her. She's only here to put her father out of business, as payback for abandoning her when she was young. Or is she more interested in finally proving that she was worth keeping? Either way, she's struggling to keep her rival well-drilling company afloat. And being a single woman in a male-dominated...
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