The Tupi Field


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If you liked the flavor of Top Gun, you will love this military action thriller. It has handsome Marine F/A-18 pilots, hot chicks, plenty of steamy sex, magnificent aircraft carriers, stealth jets, SEAL and Force Recon teams, stealth submarines, and lots of air-to-air combat between US F/A-18s, F-35s, F-22s, and Chinese Su-30MK2 Flankers. It is a hoot to read.




Battle Tupi


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This book is the riveting conclusion of The Tupi Field series. Ever wonder what it would be like to fly America's top jets in combat? This is your chance. Feel the agony of defeat as the first raid on the hidden DF-21 missiles fails miserably when they fly into the teeth of a clever Chinese anti-stealth radar system that could see our stealth jets coming. Puzzle with our young pilots as they try to figure out what the Chinese are doing, and rejoice when they figure it out. Plan with them to devise a second raid that will leave the hidden DF-21 carrier killer missiles in pieces in a scorched earth smoking hole in the ground. Thrill with them as they fly against a tactically superior force of Flankers and J-20 Chinese stealth jets and apply the lessons they learned at TOPGUN to protect against having the American tankers and AWACs wiped out. Feel the thrill of victory as they shoot down the technically superior Flankers and Chinese stealth jets, and clear the way for their carriers to advance into the Tupi Field without fear of disappearing in a nuclear fireball to take the battle for control of the oil and gas from the offshore oilfield to the Chinese. And finally, feel the thrill of Carmen nuking three fleeing Chinese carriers with their own DF-21s, and falling in love with one of our courageous pilots. This book took over 5 years of research on the weapons systems and tactics the Chinese and Americans used, including the stealth radars, submarine anti-cloaking system, Flankers and Chinese stealth jets, the Aurora spy planes and the capabilities of Chinese hackers.




Sovereign Wealth Funds


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Sovereign wealth funds are a growing and dynamic force in international finance. This is the first book to compile a history of sovereign wealth funds, recounting the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's involvement with the scandal-plagued BCCI bank and Chinese arms exports to Iran. In a straightforward and accessible style, the author examines the complex and amazing growth of an unknown group of investors controlling trillions of dollars worldwide.




Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore


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Developments in Renewable Energies Offshore contains the papers presented at the 4th International Conference on Renewable Energies Offshore (RENEW 2020, Lisbon, Portugal, 12 - 15 October 2020). The book covers a wide range of topics, including: resource assessment; wind energy; wave energy; tidal energy; ocean energy devices; multiuse platforms; PTO design; grid connection; economic assessment; materials and structural design; installation planning and maintenance planning. The book will be invaluable to professionals and academics involved or interested in Offshore Engineering, and Renewable and Wind Energy.




Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability 4/10


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Natural Resources and Sustainability explores how human needs and desires, from sustenance and shelter to recreation and travel, have spurred the consumption of Earth's material resources. Scientists, ecologists, and other expert authors present the historical impact of commercial activities (in industries as varied as fisheries, agriculture, energy, and mineral extraction), discuss the global distribution and use of renewable and nonrenewable resources, and focus on innovative approaches for the future. Readers will learn why renewal doesn't necessarily put a resource beyond harm and why the no-free-lunch adage applies to all natural resources.




Investing in Brazil! Istructions. what to Do and What... Not to Do!


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In this practical guide have been collected the results of ten year experience in terms of investments that Brazil Real Property has matured in Brazil, deeply analyzing every single situation. It will let you get started having already a considerable experience of real estate investments so that you won’t be victim of the myriad of “tricks†that you will inevitably run into, being aware of the rough truth.Don’t let your Paradise turn into your Hell…You can choose!




Investing in Brazil! What to Do and What... Not to Do!


Book Description

In this practical guide have been collected the results of ten year experience in terms of investments that Brazil Real Property has matured in Brazil, deeply analyzing every single situation. It will let you get started having already a considerable experience of real estate investments so that you won’t be victim of the myriad of “tricks†that you will inevitably run into, being aware of the rough truth. Don’t let your Paradise turn into your Hell… You can choose!




Militarizing the Environment


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As the seriousness of climate change becomes more and more obvious, military institutions are responding by taking a prominent role in the governing of environmental concerns, engaging in “climate change war games,” and preparing for the effects of climate change—from conflicts due to loss of food, water, and energy to the mass migration of millions of people displaced by rising sea levels. This combat-oriented stance stems from a self-destructive pattern of thought that Robert P. Marzec names “environmentality,” an attitude that has been affecting human–environmental relations since the seventeenth century. Militarizing the Environment traces the rise of this influential mindset in America and other nations that threatens to supplant ideas of sustainability with demands for adaptation. In this extensive historical study of scientific, military, political, and economic formations across five centuries, Marzec reveals how environmentality has been instrumental in the development of today’s security society—informing the creation of the military-industrial complex during World War II and the National Security Act that established the CIA during the Cold War. Now embedded in contemporary Western thought, environmentality has even infiltrated scientific thinking—transforming Darwinian insights into a quasi-theology that makes security the biological basis of existence. Marzec exposes the self-destructive nature of this increasingly accepted worldview and offers alternatives that counter the blind alleys of national and global security.




The American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009


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The Petropolis of Tomorrow


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In recent years, Brazil has discovered vast quantities of petroleum deep within its territorial waters, inciting the construction of a series of cities along its coast and in the ocean. We could term these developments as Petropolises, or cities formed from resource extraction. The Petropolis of Tomorrow is a design and research project, originally undertaken at Rice University that examines the relationship between resource extraction and urban development in order to extract new templates for sustainable urbanism. Organized into three sections: Archipelago Urbanism, Harvesting Urbanism, and Logistical Urbanism, which consist of theoretical, technical, and photo articles as well as design proposals, The Petropolis of Tomorrow elucidates not only a vision for water-based urbanism of the floating frontier city, it also speculates on new methodologies for integrating infrastructure, landscape, urbanism and architecture within the larger spheres of economics, politics, and culture that implicate these disciplines. Contributions: Oriol Bohigas, Arnold Reijdorp and Casanova+Hernandez