Alastair Sweeny: 4 books
Black Bonanza
Canada's Oil Sands and the Race to Secure North America's Energy Future
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2010
What if Canada 's so-called environmental nightmare was really an engineering triumph and the key to a stable and sustainable future?
For years, Canadians have been hearing nothing but bad news out of the Athabasca Oil Sands. From 20th Century economists decrying it as a perpetual money-loser...
The Trackers
How to Manage Your Privacy on the Web
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2013
The World loves the Web, and it's a big part of our daily lives. We use it to search, to find, to learn, to shop, to connect, to post, to create and to find out where we are.
Sad to say, a slithering mass of serpents have invaded this Garden of Eden, in the guise of Web marketers....
BlackBerry Planet
The Story of Research in Motion and the Little Device that Took the World by Storm
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2009
BlackBerry Planet is a new tribe of people who simply cannot get along without their favorite device, Research in Motion’s innovative electronic organizer, the BlackBerry. This omnipresent device has gone beyond being the world’s foremost mobile business tool and entered the consumer mainstream...
Fire Along the Frontier
Great Battles of the War of 1812
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
A view of the War of 1812 from a social perspective.
This book provides a fresh new view of the battles of the war and goes behind the scenes to explore wartime trading activity, particularly American dealings with Napoleon and cross-border commerce, as well as the activities of John Jacob...