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Master the complexities of project management with "PMP PMBOK 7 Edition" from Davidson's Audiobooks.

How can effective project management transform not just outcomes but entire organizations? In a world of constant change, mastering project management is more crucial than ever.

In The Quest, Yergin shows us how energy is an engine of global political and economic change and conflict, in a story that spans the energies on which our civilization has been built and the new energies that are competing to replace them....

Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time - wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond....

The War Below reveals the explosive brawl among industry titans, conservationists, community groups, policymakers, and many others over whether the habitats of rare plants, sensitive ecosystems, Indigenous holy sites, and other places should be dug up for their riches.

Atoms and Ashes recounts the dramatic history of nuclear accidents that have dogged the industry in its military and civil incarnations since the 1950s. Through the stories of six terrifying major incidents, Cold War expert Serhii Plokhy explores the risks of nuclear power....

The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with....

Chronicled here for the first time is the strange tale of SL-1, a military test reactor located in Idaho’s Lost River Desert that exploded on the night of January 3, 1961....

From a preeminent historian of Eastern Europe, the definitive history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster....

Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America’s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared....

A real-life thriller in the tradition of The Perfect Storm....

Companies like Netflix, Spotify, and Salesforce are just the tip of the iceberg for the subscription model. The real transformation - and the real opportunity - is just beginning....

William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery....

With clear explanations of some of the most complex scientific endeavors in history, Mahaffey's book looks back at the atom's wild, secretive past and then toward its potentially bright future....

Kristen Iversen grew up in a small Colorado town close to Rocky Flats, a secret nuclear weapons plant once designated "the most contaminated site in America"....

In the twentieth century, wealth and power was dictated by access to oil. This century will have different kingmakers, perhaps different wars....

Most people who are considering off grid living, are those who are wanting to escape the stress and busyness of city life, and enjoy the peace and tranquility of country living....

Nuclear weapons are, today, as important as they were during the Cold War, and some experts say we could be as close to a nuclear catastrophe now as we were at the height of that conflict. Despite that, conversations about these bombs generally often happen in past tense.

The question is no longer if electric vehicles will happen, or even when they'll happen, but how.

In the spring of 1931, in a rugged desert canyon on the Arizona-Nevada border, an army of workmen began one of the most difficult and daring building projects ever undertaken....

Learn how to stop pouring vast sums of money into technology projects that don’t have a lasting impact by closing the communication gap between IT and leadership....

Historically, it was guns, germs, and steel that determined the fates of people and nations. Now, more than ever, it is electricity....

Grid insiders know how fragile the grid is becoming. Shorting the Grid shines light on the vulnerabilities of our grid, and includes suggestions for making the grid more dependable....

Eloquent, insightful, and deeply heartening, In Search of the Canary Tree is the surprisingly hopeful story of ecologist Lauren E. Oakes' search for resiliency in a warming world....

As companies evolve to adopt, integrate, and leverage software as the defining element of their success in the 21st century....