mines-ccebook-Valuable English Books

We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us: Dependency and Exploitation in Bolivian Tin Mines

Author: June Nash
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Keywords: mines, tin, bolivian, exploitation, dependency
Number of Pages: 363
Published: 1993-04-15
List price: $36.50
ISBN-10: 0231080514
ISBN-13: 9780231080514

In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians.

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The Friend

Author: Tina M. Mines
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Keywords: friend
Number of Pages: 470
Published: 2005-11-28
List price: $34.00
ISBN-10: 141206063X
ISBN-13: 9781412060639

In Fort Collins, a picturesque community of the Rocky Mountains, a killer finds his next victim. Linking their two cases together, Detective Sergeant Dewight Pruss and Detective Murphy partner up. The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting for them to find the ruthless lady-killer before he strikes again.

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Dodging The North Sea Mines

Author: Ross Kay
Publisher: Nag Press
Keywords: mines, sea, north, dodging
Number of Pages: 244
Published: 2009-12-09
List price: $29.45
ISBN-10: 1444685643
ISBN-13: 9781444685640

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

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Environmental Engineering in Mines

Authors:V. S. Vutukuri, R. D. Lama,
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: mines, engineering, environmental
Number of Pages: 518
Published: 1986-02-28
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0521246059
ISBN-13: 9780521246057

The total environment in which mineral extraction takes place is the result of many physical, regional and circumstantial conditions. This book provides a source of ready reference for engineers and advanced students working on environmental engineering in mines, including mining of coals, metals, radioactive minerals, sand mining and open cast mining. With the need for greater economy in the extraction of fuels, the search for new deposits of minerals, increasing mining legislation, and pressure from environmental groups, the study of mining engineering is becoming increasingly important. Env

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King Solomon’s Mines

Author: H. R. Haggard
Publisher: Digireads.com
Keywords: mines, solomon, king
Number of Pages: 132
Published: 2005-01-01
List price: $5.99
ISBN-10: 1420925814
ISBN-13: 9781420925814

H. R. Haggard’s "King Solomon’s Mines" is quite simply one of the greatest adventure novels ever written. Originally published in 1885, "King Solomon’s Mines" quickly became one of the best selling and most popular novels of the late 19th century. "King Solomon’s Mines" is the story of elephant-hunter Allan Quatermain and his quest for a fabled treasure in the wilds of Africa.