This follow-up to Yergin’s fabulous book THE PRIZE: THE EPIC QUEST FOR OIL is every bit as good. This is a must-read for anyone interested in history, global politics, and what drives economic changes around the world. Robert Petkoff is a great choice for narrator. If you’re fearful that this book will be bogged down in statistics and mind-numbing genealogies, be assured that Yergin’s gifted storytelling and Petkoff’s masterful handling of it convey the material with a lightness and sophistication that draw one in. Petkoff's pacing and journalistic delivery are perfect. You do need to be prepared to rewind, however, when you can’t believe the jaw-dropping amounts of cash that trade hands and whom those hands belong to. D.G. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” -Wall Street Journal
“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century.*The Quest*is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” -The Financial Times
This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Prize*provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. 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.
The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising* insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
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“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century.*The Quest*is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” -The Financial Times
This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Prize*provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. 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.
The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising* insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
“A sprawling story richly textured with original material, quirky details and amusing anecdotes . . .” -Wall Street Journal
“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century.*The Quest*is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” -The Financial Times
This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Prize*provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. 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.
The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising* insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
“It is a cause for celebration that Yergin has returned with his perspective on a very different landscape . . . [I]t is impossible to think of a better introduction to the essentials of energy in the 21st century.*The Quest*is . . . the definitive guide to how we got here.” -The Financial Times
This long-awaited successor to Daniel Yergin's Pulitzer Prize-winning*The Prize*provides an essential, overarching narrative of global energy, the principal engine of geopolitical and economic change
A master storyteller as well as a leading energy expert, Daniel Yergin continues the riveting story begun in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Prize. 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.
The Quest tells the inside stories, tackles the tough questions, and reveals surprising* insights about coal, electricity, and natural gas. He explains how climate change became a great issue and leads readers through the rebirth of renewable energies, energy independence, and the return of the electric car. Epic in scope and never more timely, The Quest vividly reveals the decisions, technologies, and individuals that are shaping our future.
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BN ID: | 2940171844561 |
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Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
Publication date: | 09/20/2011 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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