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Brian Black is an American professor of history and environmental studies at Pennsylvania State University at Altoona and head of its department of Arts and Humanities. He received a Bachelor of Arts in English in 1988 from Gettysburg College, a Master of Arts in American Civilization in 1991 from New York University and a Doctor of Education degree in American Studies from the University of Kansas in 1996. Books Black is the author of : Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom (Johns Hopkins, 2003; ISBN 0801877326, ISBN 978-0801877322) Crude Reality: Petroleum in World History (Rowman & Littlefield, 2012, ISBN 0742556549, ISBN 978-0742556546), selected as a CHOICE outstanding academic book for 2012 He is the editor of: Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of History and Science (4 vols, ISBN 1598847619, ISBN 978-1598847611) Other publications Gettysburg Contested, August 15, 2013 | ISBN 1938086120 | ISBN 978-1938086120 Nature and the Environment in Twentieth-Century American Life, May 30, 2006 | ISBN 0313332002 | ISBN 978-0313332005 Nature and the Environment in Nineteenth-Century American Life, April 30, 2006 | ISBN 0313332010 | ISBN 978-0313332012 America at War!: Battles That Turned the Tide, 1992 ISBN 0-590-45505-2 Nature's Entrepot, November 16, 2012 | ISBN 0822944170 | ISBN 978-0822944171 Alternative Energy, February 26, 2010 | ISBN 0313344841 | ISBN 978-0313344848 Global Warming, June 2, 2010 | ISBN 0313345228 | ISBN 978-0313345227 Great Debates in American Environmental History, May 30, 2008 | ISBN 0313339309 | ISBN 978-0313339301 References External links Official website. Discover the Brian Black popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Brian Black books.

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  • Unseen Universe synopsis, comments

    Unseen Universe

    Caroline Harper

    This is the universe as you've never seen it before. Discover how the aweinspiring images from Webb are rapidly changing our understanding of our solar system and beyond.From the t...

  • Shirley synopsis, comments

    Shirley

    Muriel Burgess

    Shirley Bassey is one of the alltime greats of the entertainment business. She has sold more records than any other British female singer and still commands massive audiences aroun...

  • The Short Story of the Universe synopsis, comments

    The Short Story of the Universe

    Gemma Lavender & Mark Fletcher

    The Short Story of the Universe is a new introduction to the subject of the universe. Covering 130 key components that make it up from dwarf galaxies and spiral arms to red giants...

  • Black and White synopsis, comments

    Black and White

    Dan Mahoney

    In a secluded New York City park, a double homicide draws two detectives named McKenna. One is a legend; the other is a brilliant young investigator. Together, they are entering a ...

  • The Tao of Cosmos synopsis, comments

    The Tao of Cosmos

    Zhen G. Ma

    Connects the philosophy of the I Ching with key recent advances in cosmology, such as the Big Bang theory, Roger Penrose's cyclic conformal cosmology, and his and Stuart Hameroff'...

  • Help the Poor Struggler synopsis, comments

    Help the Poor Struggler

    Martha Grimes

    Around bleak Dartmoor, where the Hound of the Baskervilles once bayed, three children have been brutally murdered. Now Richard Jury of Scotland Yard joins forces with a hottempered...

  • Dreams for a Daughter synopsis, comments

    Dreams for a Daughter

    Carole Boston Weatherford

    This stunning and empowering picture book from a New York Times bestselling author and an acclaimed illustrator celebrates a Black mother’s hopes and dreams for her daughter.As I c...

  • Family Meal synopsis, comments

    Family Meal

    Bryan Washington

    “Tender and poignant, Washington’s latest hits the spot.” – PEOPLE Magazine From the bestselling, awardwinning author of Memorial and Lot, an irresistible, intimate novel about two...

  • The Privilege Race synopsis, comments

    The Privilege Race

    Brian Thomas

    I am a Black man in America . . . and I am privileged.While growing up, author Brian Thomas might not have considered himself privileged. The biracial son of a Black father and a w...

  • The Iron Duke synopsis, comments

    The Iron Duke

    Bobby Windsor & Peter Jackson

    Lions legend Bobby Windsor has enjoyed triumphs beyond the dreams of most international players but has also suffered personal tragedy. His rugby career as the best hooker in the B...

  • I Am the Only Running Footman synopsis, comments

    I Am the Only Running Footman

    Martha Grimes

    In a rainy ditch in a Devon wood, a hitchhiker is found dead. Almost a year later, on another rainy night, another murder; this time, however, the victim is found just outside a pu...

  • The Tower synopsis, comments

    The Tower

    Uwe Tellkamp

    In derelict Dresden a cultivated, middleclass family does all it can to cope amid the Communist downfall. This striking tapestry of the East German experience is told through the t...

  • Lot synopsis, comments

    Lot

    Bryan Washington

    One of Barack Obama’s “Favorite Books of the Year” "Phenomenal" Justin Torres, author of We the Animals"Brilliant" Nicole DennisBenn, author of Here Comes the Sun“A profound e...

  • Someone You Know synopsis, comments

    Someone You Know

    Brian McGilloway

    All three parts in one volume!From the author of New York Times bestseller Little Girl Lost, this unforgettable and moving thriller is perfect for fans of Tana French and Dennis Le...

  • Supreme Villainy synopsis, comments

    Supreme Villainy

    King Oblivion & Matt D. Wilson

    For eons, King Oblivion, Ph.D., was one of the most ruthless supervillains the world has ever known. As the CEO of the ISS (International Society of Supervillains) for half a centu...

  • No Holding Back synopsis, comments

    No Holding Back

    Michael Holding

    The autobiography of West Indies fastbowling legend turned Sky pundit, Michael Holding, author of the awardwinning Why We Kneel, How We RiseAs one of the fastest bowlers the world ...

  • Dragons and All Blacks synopsis, comments

    Dragons and All Blacks

    Huw Richards

    'The Bounce of the Century' they called it. A ball kicked across Cardiff Arms Park in the dying minutes of a match between two of international rugby's fiercest rivals. The world's...

  • Slipknot synopsis, comments

    Slipknot

    Jason Arnopp

    "The only plan right now is to kill everybody" Joey Jordison, drummerIgnoring every rule in the book and more besides, Slipknot are a notoriously controversial band who combine a ...

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    In Your Hands

    Carole Boston Weatherford

    A black mother expresses the many hopes and dreams she has for her child in this powerful picture book masterpiece that’s perfect for giftgiving.When you are a newborn, I hold your...

  • Bad Blood synopsis, comments

    Bad Blood

    Brian McGilloway

    “Brian McGilloway blends timeless values with rippedfromtheheadlines issues to produce some of the very best crime fiction being written today.” Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestse...

  • Seven Days in Utopia synopsis, comments

    Seven Days in Utopia

    David L. Cook

    Golfers and nongolfers alike will be moved by this powerful story of transformation revealing the secrets to success in life beyond success in our game or work.Luke Chisolm is a ta...

  • I Feel Like Going On synopsis, comments

    I Feel Like Going On

    Ray Lewis

    In this New York Times bestselling memoir, Ray Lewislegendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generationholds nothing back on the state...

  • The Jazz of Physics synopsis, comments

    The Jazz of Physics

    Stephon Alexander

    A spectacular musical and scientific journey from the Bronx to the cosmic horizon that reveals the astonishing links between jazz, science, Einstein, and ColtraneMore than fifty ye...

  • The Power of Kindness synopsis, comments

    The Power of Kindness

    Dr. Brian Goldman

    As a veteran emergency room physician, Dr. Brian Goldman has a successful career setting broken bones, curing pneumonia, and otherwise pulling people back from the brink of medical...

  • The Wallabies at War synopsis, comments

    The Wallabies at War

    Greg Growden

    Aussie heroes who have proved themselves on the battlefield as well as on the sporting field. Members of the Wallabies, the national rugby union team, have fought in virtually ever...

  • The Basis of Everything synopsis, comments

    The Basis of Everything

    Andrew Ramsey

    Before the Manhattan Project, before nuclear warfare and the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, there was the twentieth century's great scientific quest to fathom the secrets of th...

  • The Night Shift synopsis, comments

    The Night Shift

    Dr. Brian Goldman

    In The Night Shift, Dr. Brian Goldman shares his experiences in the witching hours at Mount Sinai Hospital in downtown Toronto. We meet the kinds of patients who walk into an E.R. ...

  • The Bloody Black Flag synopsis, comments

    The Bloody Black Flag

    Steve Goble

    Agatha Christie meets Patrick O'Brian in the first book in a new series of swashbuckling historical mysteries featuring Spider John Rush, a most reluctant pirate. 1722aboard a pira...

  • The Rolling Stones All the Songs Expanded Edition synopsis, comments

    The Rolling Stones All the Songs Expanded Edition

    Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon

    Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums...

  • Psychomania synopsis, comments

    Psychomania

    Stephen Jones

    When journalist Robert Stanhope arrives at the Crowsmoor asylum for the criminally insane to interview the institutes enigmatic director, Dr. Lionel Parrish, little does he realize...

  • The Hitmen synopsis, comments

    The Hitmen

    Stephen Breen & Owen Conlon

    The No 1 Bestseller!'A triumph' Nicola Tallant, Sunday World Crime World podcast'An incredible catalogue of mayhem ... amazing' Pat Kenny, Newstalk'Riveting' Irish TimesMeet the Wi...

  • Dombey and Son synopsis, comments

    Dombey and Son

    Charles Dickens & Andrew Sanders

    'There's no writing against such power as this one has no chance' William Makepeace ThackerayA compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores t...

  • The Rolling Stones All the Songs synopsis, comments

    The Rolling Stones All the Songs

    Philippe Margotin & Jean-Michel Guesdon

    Comprehensive visual history of the "World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band" as told through the recording of their monumental catalog, including 29 studio and 24 compilation albums...

  • The Conditions synopsis, comments

    The Conditions

    Brian Black

    Gregor knew that the UK was on the brink of bankruptcy with infrastructure crumbling around him and People Against Greed stoking the fires of anarchy. Could this harebrained idea w...

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    Paul Black v. Brian Dale Reynolds

    Supreme Court Of Idaho

    Leona, a sixteenyearold, was killed while walking along the edge of State Highway 57 when she was struck by a Chevrolet van driven by Reynolds. The jury returned a verdict of $275,...

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    Killing Goldfinger

    Wensley Clarkson

    KILLING GOLDFINGER charts the extraordinary rise and spectacular bulletriddled fall of John Palmer, the richest, most powerful criminal ever to have emerged from the modern British...

  • The Journals of Captain Cook synopsis, comments

    The Journals of Captain Cook

    Captain James Cook & Philip Edwards

    Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the who...

  • The Universe synopsis, comments

    The Universe

    Andrew Cohen

    Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraord...

  • Black Pill synopsis, comments

    Black Pill

    Elle Reeve

    This tour de force of investigative journalismin the vein of The Next Civil War and Why We’re Polarizeddepicts the United States of America as a country at a crossroads with the ba...