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Prize The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (Reissue)

The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power (Reissue)

By Daniel Yergin

Hailed by "The New York Times" as "a book that must be read to understand the first thing about the role of oil in modern history," Yergin's bestselling Pulitzer Prize-winner was made into an exciting eight-part miniseries that aired on PBS. 32 pages of photos.

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Book Information

Publisher: Free Press..
Publish Date: 12/23/2008
Pages: 928
ISBN-13: 9781439110126
ISBN-10: 1439110123
Language: Eng

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September 08, 2011

The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin, The Penguin Press, 816 Pages, $37. 95, Hardcover, September 2011, ISBN 9781594202834 For almost thirty years, I have made a living telling people about business books that are important. There are nearly 11,000 business books published each year, so this job requires me to make quick judgments based on those years of experience. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

July 07, 2011

Stranger to Fiction

Book Review by Porchlight

I read something in the industry newsletter Shelf Awareness recently that took me aback. It was from an interview Philip Roth did with Jan Dalley of the Financial Times. The conversation I’d longed to have with him since I first read him many decades ago, a conversation about fiction itself, died an early death. READ FULL DESCRIPTION

January 10, 2012

The time has come! Drum roll, please. . READ FULL DESCRIPTION

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"The Prize" recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. "The Prize" is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.

About the Author

Daniel Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Global Energy Expert for the CNBC business news network, is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics.

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