<div>Taking the reader on a journey through North East Scotland, Merseyside, South Wales, the Thames Estuary and London, this is the story of Britain's oil-soaked past, present and future. Travelling the country, the authors discover how the financial power and political muscle of an industry built the culture of a nation from pop music to kitchen appliances, and how companies constructed an empire, extracting the wealth of the world from Iran to Nigeria and Alaska. Today, the tide seems to be going out - Britain's refineries have been quietly closed, the North Sea oilfields are declining and wind farms are being built in their place. As the country painfully shifts into its new post-industrial role in the shadow of Covid, Brexit and the climate crisis, many believe the age of oil to be over. But is it? Speaking to oil company executives and traders, as well as refinery workers, filmmakers and musicians, activists and politicians, the authors put real people at the heart of a compelling story.</div>

Crude Britannia: How Oil Shaped a Nation

Business & Money

Marriott, James

Macalister, Terry

Economics

Pluto Press

From the slasher icons of Jason, Freddy and Leatherface to the slick horror of Alien, Scream, and Ring, to the cult classics of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy, this book analyzes the definitive works (and the most influential directors) of the genre over the last 50 years.

Horror Films (Virgin Film)

Humor & Entertainment

Movies

Virgin Pub

From the slasher icons of Jason, Freddy, and Leatherface and the slick horror of Alien, Scream, and The Ring to the cult classics of Dracula, Frankenstein, and The Mummy, horror has earned its place in the movie-going psyche, with many of the key films spawning numerous copycats. This book analyzes the definitive works and the most influential directors of the genre over the last 50 years—from silent Expressionist classics to Hollywood scream queens—looking at the themes and impact of the genre on both the movie-making industry and audiences the world over. Such categories are included as directors, cast, soundtrack, critical reception and marketing. as well as information on the inspiration behind the films, their impact on the industry and the public, and the tales that often surrounded their production and release.

Virgin Books

Political Considerations: Being A Few Thoughts Of A Candid Man At The Present Crisis (1762)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Kessinger Publishing

Kessinger Publishing, LLC

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T093374 Signed: [A]2, B-04, P.1. London : printed for R. and J. Dodsley; and sold by M. Cooper, 1759. [4],106p. ; 8°

The case of the Dutch ships, considered. By James Marriott, LL.D. The third edition, corrected and enlarged.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Gale ECCO, Print Editions

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.This collection reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the day-to-day workings of society.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++British LibraryT092917London, 1774. [4],292p. ; 8°

Plan of a code of laws for the Province of Quebec; reported by the Advocate-General.

Legal History

A letter to the Dutch merchants in England.

Political Considerations: Being a Few Thoughts of a Candid Man at the Present Crisis

History

Nabu Press

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