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The Mortal Sea: Fishing the Atlantic in the Age of SailW. Jeffrey Bolster201218 pts3 wins3 listsHarvard University PressNature & EnvironmentArt, Music & Performance+3
Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical TechnologyChris Miller202218 pts2 wins3 listsScribnerTechnologyCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American PowerSteve Coll201218 pts1 wins3 listsAllen LaneBusiness & EconomicsEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerDaniel Yergin199116 pts1 wins3 listsSimon & SchusterHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+1
Janesville: An American StoryAmy Goldstein201714 pts2 wins2 listsSimon & SchusterSociety & CultureEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor WarThomas G. Andrews201014 pts2 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryGenocide, Atrocity & Political Violence+3
The Great Arizona Orphan AbductionLinda Gordon199914 pts2 wins2 listsHarvard University PressHistoryCourts & Trials+3
Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United StatesKenneth T. Jackson198714 pts2 wins2 listsOxford University PressHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American BusinessAlfred D. Chandler Jr.197714 pts1 wins2 listsBelknap PressBusiness & EconomicsLabor, Work & Organizing+2
Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical RightJane Mayer201614 pts1 wins4 listsDoubledayPolitics & GovernmentMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+2
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi EconomyAdam Tooze200612 pts1 wins2 listsAllen LaneBusiness & EconomicsCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
A Machine to Move Ocean and Earth: The Making of the Port of Los Angeles and AmericaJames Tejani202510 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Pithy ChaptersHenry Gee202110 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintScienceOceans, Rivers & Water+3
This Red Line Goes Straight to Your HeartMadhur Anand202010 pts1 wins1 listsMcClelland & StewartSociety & CultureEducation & Universities+3
A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905Bill Waiser201610 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryIndigenous History+3
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman TownMary Beard201010 pts1 wins1 listsProfile BooksHistoryDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974James T. Patterson199610 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar DetroitThomas J. Sugrue199610 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressRace & EthnicityDemocracy & Elections+3
Rockdale: The Growth of an American Village in the Early Industrial RevolutionAnthony F. C. Wallace197810 pts1 wins1 listsKnopfHistoryRegional & Local History+1
Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in LynnAlan Dawley197610 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig's War Against Big OilAndrew Nikiforuk200210 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentEssays & Cultural Criticism+2
Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and FutureEd Conway20249 pts0 wins3 listsEbury PublishingBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
In a Day's Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence against America's Most Vulnerable WorkersBernice Yeung20198 pts1 wins2 listsThe New PressGender & SexualityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865–1925David Montgomery19878 pts1 wins2 listsCambridge University PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+2
Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial KillersCaroline Fraser20256 pts1 wins2 listsPenguin PressTrue Crime & JusticeCrime, Policing & Violence+3
Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical LifeAgnes Callard20254 pts1 wins1 listsW. W. NortonSociety & CultureTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Introduction to Catastrophe Risk Modelling: A Physics-based ApproachArnaud Mignan20244 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Offshore Attachments: Oil and Intimacy in the CaribbeanChelsea Schields20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of California PressRace & EthnicityEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary FuturesGabrielle Hecht20234 pts1 wins1 listsDuke University PressNature & EnvironmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Science of Reading: Information, Media, and Mind in Modern AmericaAdrian Johns20234 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceDemocracy & Elections+3
Quantum Steampunk: The Physics of Yesterday's TomorrowNicole Yunger Halpern20224 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Oil Palm: A Global HistoryJonathan E. Robins20214 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Diet for a Large Planet: Industrial Britain, Food Systems, and World EcologyChris Otter20204 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Year of Peril: America in 1942Tracy Campbell20204 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryWorld War Ii+3
American Lucifers: The Dark History of Artificial Light, 1750–1865Jeremy Zallen20194 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
Anna Zieglerin and the Lion’s Blood: Alchemy and End Times in Reformation GermanyTara Nummedal20194 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressBiographyMedicine, Health & the Body+2
A Certain Idea of France: The Life of Charles De GaulleJulian Jackson20184 pts1 wins1 listsAllen LaneBiographyEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Global Flood Hazard: Applications in Modeling, Mapping and ForecastingGuy J-P. Schumann, Paul D. Bates, Heiko Apel, Giuseppe T. Aronica20184 pts1 wins1 listsWileyScienceScience & Discovery+3
The Global Interior: Mineral Frontiers and American PowerMegan Black20184 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard University PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
A Concise Geologic Time Scale: 2016James G. Ogg, Gabi Ogg, Felix M. Gradstein20164 pts1 wins1 listsElsevierScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
Fighting King Coal: The Challenges to Micromobilization in Central AppalachiaShannon Elizabeth Bell20164 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressNature & EnvironmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Mozart's Music of Friends: Social Interplay in the Chamber WorksEdward Klorman20164 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressArts & CriticismEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Power Lines: Phoenix and the Making of the Modern SouthwestAndrew Needham20164 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, & Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human HistoryThor Hanson20154 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksNature & EnvironmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Ancient Pathways, Ancestral KnowledgeNancy J. Turner20144 pts1 wins1 listsMcGill-Queen's University PressScienceNatural History & Animals+3
Bioprocessing of Renewable Resources to Commodity BioproductsVirendra S. Bisaria, Akihiko Kondo20144 pts1 wins1 listsWileyScienceEnvironment, Conservation & Pollution+2
Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological HistoryGregory Cushman20144 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The Half Has Never Been ToldEdward E. Baptist20144 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksHistorySlavery & Emancipation+3
The Climate Casino: Risk, Uncertainty, and Economics for a Warming WorldWilliam Nordhaus20134 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressNature & EnvironmentScience & Discovery+3
Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared ResourcesBrett M. Frischmann20124 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressBusiness & EconomicsEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Dilbit Disaster: Inside the Biggest Oil Spill You've Never Heard OfLisa Song, Elizabeth McGowan20124 pts1 wins1 listsInsideClimate NewsNature & EnvironmentOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic EnlightenmentDaniela Bleichmar20124 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
Hybrid Nature: Sewage Treatment and the Contradictions of the Industrial EcosystemDaniel Schneider20114 pts1 wins1 listsMIT PressScienceTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and IslamEliza Griswold20104 pts1 wins1 listsMacmillanReligionOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Toxic Archipelago: A History of Industrial Disease in JapanBrett Walker20104 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Washington PressMedicine & Public HealthEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant Mines that Wired America and Scarred the PlanetTimothy LeCain20094 pts1 wins1 listsRutgers University PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a ContinentAndrew Nikiforuk20094 pts1 wins1 listsGreystone BooksNature & EnvironmentTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Democracy and Knowledge: Innovation and Learning in ClassicalJosiah Ober20084 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressPolitics & GovernmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Europe Between the Oceans: 9000BC-AD1000Barry Cunliffe20084 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Economic Origins of Dictatorship and DemocracyDaron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson20054 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressPolitics & GovernmentClass, Poverty & Inequality+3
The Corporate Eye: Photography and the Rationalization of American Commercial Culture, 1884-1929Elspeth H. Brown20054 pts1 wins1 listsJohns Hopkins University PressBusiness & EconomicsTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Nature: An Economic HistoryGeerat J. Vermeij20044 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of RichesPatricia Seed20014 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Minnesota PressHistoryEmpire & Colonialism+3
The Life and Times of Pancho VillaFriedrich Katz19984 pts1 wins1 listsStanford University PressBiographyHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
The Science of Energy: A Cultural History of Energy PhysicsCrosbie Smith19984 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
A Sense of Place, A Sense of TimeJohn Brinckerhoff Jackson19944 pts1 wins1 listsYale University PressSociety & CultureHousing, Cities & Urban Life+3
Living Within Limits: Ecology, Economics, and Population TaboosGarrett Hardin19934 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressNature & EnvironmentBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Ogallala: Water for a Dry LandJohn Opie19934 pts1 wins1 listsUnknown imprintHistoryEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Thinking for a Living: Education and the Wealth of NationsRay Marshall, Marc Tucker19934 pts1 wins1 listsBasic BooksBusiness & EconomicsReconstruction+3
Mass CustomizationB. Joseph Pine II19924 pts1 wins1 listsHarvard Business School PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Small Wars, Big Defense: Paying for the Military After the Cold WarMurray Weidenbaum19924 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressWar & MilitaryCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord KelvinCrosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise19894 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressMemoir & AutobiographyEmpire & Colonialism+2
Games Against Nature: An Eco-Cultural History of the Nunu of Equatorial AfricaRobert Harms19874 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressHistoryOceans, Rivers & Water+3
Pax AmericanaRonald Steel19674 pts1 wins1 listsVikingPolitics & GovernmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
Great Britain and the German Trade Rivalry, 1875-1914Ross Hoffman19334 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Pennsylvania PressHistoryBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Climate Change and Energy in the 21stBurton Ritcher20114 pts1 wins1 listsCambridge University PressScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
Coming Back Brockens: A Year in a Mining VillageMark Hudson19954 pts1 wins1 listsJonathan CapeBusiness & EconomicsEssays & Cultural Criticism+1
Emma's War: An Aid Worker, Radical Islam, and the Politics of Oil – A True Story of Love and Death in the SudanDeborah Scroggins20044 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksBiographyDeath, Memory & Commemoration+3
From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital UtopianismFred Turner20064 pts1 wins1 listsUniversity of Chicago PressSociety & CultureCold War & Nuclear Politics+3
Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Control of ClimateWilliam F. Ruddiman20064 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceScience & Discovery+3
Strategic Investment: Real Options and GamesHan T.J. Smit, Lenos Trigeorgis20044 pts1 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressBusiness & EconomicsEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Free-Market Family: How the Market Crushed the American Dream (and How It Can Be Restored)Maxine Eichner20214 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressPolitics & GovernmentFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Abundance: How We Build a Better FutureEzra Klein, Derek Thompson20254 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintPolitics & GovernmentImmigration, Refugees & Borderlands+3
Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the FutureDan Wang20254 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksBusiness & EconomicsEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Good Allies: How Canada and the United States Fought Together to Defeat Fascism during the Second World WarTim Cook20254 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintWar & MilitaryIndigenous History+3
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural WorldRobin Wall Kimmerer20244 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksRace & EthnicityBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
Charged: A History of Batteries and Lessons for a Clean Energy FutureJames Morton Turner20234 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of Washington PressHistoryPresidency & Executive Power+2
Out of the Darkness: The Germans, 1942-2022Frank Trentmann20234 pts0 wins1 listsAllen LaneHistoryGenocide, Atrocity & Political Violence+3
Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises that Shaped GlobalizationHarold James20234 pts0 wins1 listsYale University PressBusiness & EconomicsBusiness, Capitalism & Corporations+3
The World According to PhysicsJim Al-Khalili20204 pts0 wins1 listsPrinceton University PressScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+1
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern WorldJoshua B. Freeman20184 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonHistoryLabor, Work & Organizing+2
The End of Loyalty: The Rise and Fall of Good Jobs in AmericaRick Wartzman20174 pts0 wins1 listsPublicAffairsBusiness & EconomicsLabor, Work & Organizing+2
The Social Life of Ink: Culture, Wonder, and Our Relationship with the Written WordTed Bishop20144 pts0 wins1 listsVikingSociety & CultureTechnology, Computing & Ai+3
Seven Elements That Have Changed The World: Iron, Carbon, Gold, Silver, Uranium, Titanium, SiliconJohn Browne20134 pts0 wins1 listsOrionScienceEnergy, Extraction & Resources+3
The Oil Man and the Sea: Navigating the Northern GatewayArno Kopecky20134 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintNature & EnvironmentEnergy, Extraction & Resources+2
Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It MattersRichard Rumelt20114 pts0 wins1 listsProfile BooksBusiness & EconomicsDisability & Difference+3
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our PerilMargaret Heffernan20114 pts0 wins1 listsSimon & SchusterSociety & CultureCourts & Trials+3
All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial CrisisBethany McLean, Joe Nocera20104 pts0 wins1 listsPortfolioBusiness & EconomicsMoney, Markets & Economic Policy+3
ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the FutureIain Carson, Vijay Vaitheeswaran20074 pts0 wins1 listsTwelveTechnologyEnergy, Extraction & Resources+1
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All awards · Topic: Energy, Extraction & Resources · Sorted by score · 146 books · filtered