Oil


The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power
Oil 101
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
Oil!
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
The Son
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources
Little Bee
The Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes
Oil: A Beginner's Guide (Beginner's Guides)
Germinal by Émile ZolaHow Green Was My Valley by Richard LlewellynKing Solomon's Mines by H. Rider HaggardThe Colour by Rose TremainAngle of Repose by Wallace Stegner
Mining
150 books — 68 voters

Spindletop Gusher by Carmen BredesonThe Prize by Daniel YerginEnergy Development and Wildlife Conservation in Western North... by David E. NaugleThe Quest by Daniel YerginThe Boom by Russel Gold
Oil & Gas Mineral Rights
6 books — 3 voters
Oman by Rory Patrick AllenCelestial Bodies by Jokha AlharthiUnoriginal Tales by Ammar Al NaaimiRegionalizing Oman by Steffen WippelMajan Chronicles by Ammar Al Naaimi
Oman
29 books — 4 voters

Oilfield Survival Guide, Volume One by Matthew J. HatamiThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Quest by Daniel YerginThe Global Oil & Gas Industry by Andrew InkpenThe Big Rich by Bryan Burrough
Best Books About Oil & Gas
49 books — 30 voters
The Cavalier by Israh AziziLost Boy by Jacob BlosserThe Color of Jadeite by Eric D. GoodmanThe Book of Occult by Simon W. ClarkStory of The Ghost by Charles  Mahoney
Best Action Adventure Novels
103 books — 101 voters

Amanda Elliot
You really can't go wrong with the food at any Jewish holiday. Well, with the exception of Passover, because matzah is terrible and eight days of no carbs but matzah and potatoes can have you crying for pizza by the end. But think bagels and lox to break the Yom Kippur fast. All sorts of exotic fruits on Tu B'Shevat. Brisket and tzimmes and noodle kugel for pretty much any occasion. And that's only the Ashkenazi food; I'd been treated to Sephardic and Mizrahi food occasionally at friends' houses ...more
Amanda Elliot, Love You a Latke

Ryszard Kapuściński
Oil creates the illusion of a completely changed life, life without work, life for free. Oil is a resource that anaesthetises thought, blurs vision, corrupts.
Ryszard Kapuściński, Shah of Shahs

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