Tag: Blue

Marx in Paris, 1871 Jenny’s Blue Notebook


Free Download Marx in Paris, 1871: Jenny’s "Blue Notebook" by Michael Löwy, Olivier Besancenot, translated by Todd Chretien
English | March 15, 2022 | ISBN: 1642596620 | True EPUB | 100 pages | 0.9 MB
In celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune, leftist writers Olivier Besancenot and Michael Löwy offer a deeply informed, and eminently enjoyable, imagined history of what might have been if Karl Marx and his eldest daughter, Jenny, had travelled to Paris during the heady weeks of April 1871.

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Blue Urbanism Exploring Connections Between Cities and Oceans


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English | July 8, 2014 | ISBN: 161091404X, 1610914058 | True EPUB | 216 pages | 7.6 MB
What would it mean to live in cities designed to foster feelings of connectedness to the ocean? As coastal cities begin planning for climate change and rising sea levels, author Timothy Beatley sees opportunities for rethinking the relationship between urban development and the ocean. Modern society is more dependent upon ocean resources than people are commonly aware of-from oil and gas extraction to wind energy, to the vast amounts of fish harvested globally, to medicinal compounds derived from sea creatures, and more. In Blue Urbanism, Beatley argues that, given all we’ve gained from the sea, city policies, plans, and daily urban life should acknowledge and support a healthy ocean environment.

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Alternative Worlds Blue-Sky Thinking since 1900


Free Download Alternative Worlds: Blue-Sky Thinking since 1900 (Cultural History and Literary Imagination) edited by Ricarda Vidal, Ingo Cornils
English | December 16, 2014 | ISBN: 3034317875 | True EPUB/PDF | 333 pages | 16.9/18.3 MB
In an attempt to counteract the doom and gloom of the economic crisis and the politicians’ overused dictum that ‘there is no alternative’, this interdisciplinary collection presents a number of alternative worlds that were conceived over the course of the last century. While change at the macro level was the focus of most of the ideological struggles of the twentieth century, the real impetus for change came from the blue-sky thinking of scientists, engineers, architects, sociologists, planners and writers, all of whom imagined alternatives to the status quo.

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The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth


Free Download The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth by Dan Buettner
English | August 29, 2023 | ISBN: 1426223471 | 288 pages | MOBI | 95 Mb
The creator of National Geographic’s popular Blue Zones-now a documentary on Netflix-brings readers a beautifully illustrated and informative guide to the places on Earth where people live the longest-including lessons learned, top longevity foods, and the behaviors to help you live to 100-plus a surprising new blue zone.

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Space Race 2.0 SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, NASA, and the Privatization of the Final Frontier


Free Download Space Race 2.0: SpaceX, Blue Origin, Virgin Galactic, NASA, and the Privatization of the Final Frontier by Brad Bergan
English | October 25, 2022 | ISBN: 0760375542 | 176 pages | PDF | 14 Mb
Space Race 2.0 is the only authoritative photographic history of the efforts of private companies-often alongside NASA-to accelerate humankind’s exploration and understanding of the final frontier.

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Blue Machine


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English | June 1, 2023 | ISBN: 1911709100 | 464 pages | PDF | 6.36 Mb
All of Earth’s ocean, from the equator to the poles, is a single engine powered by sunlight – a blue machine.

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China’s Blue Economy


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032499354 | 231 Pages | PDF (True) | 23 MB
The United States and China are each actively pursuing development of a Blue Economy to promote greater marine, maritime, and naval capabilities through more innovation, sustainable and environmentally friendly means. This book examines China’s approach to developing a Blue Economy, compares China’s efforts to developments in the United States, analyses prospects for cooperation, and competition, and outlines strategic implications arising from China’s linkage of the Blue Economy development concept to its Maritime Silk Road initiative. An understanding of the Blue Economy as it is being pursued in China and the Indo-Pacific region is extremely relevant for academics, industry professionals, and government officials.

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