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The World for Sale: Money, Power and the Traders Who Barter the Earth’s Resources (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.32 — 13,864 ratings — published 2021
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,907 ratings — published 2009
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.44 — 12,977 ratings — published 1991
The New Merchants of Grain: Out of the Shadows (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 18 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.99 — 187 ratings — published
Material World: The Six Raw Materials That Shape Modern Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.50 — 9,589 ratings — published 2023
Commodity Conversations: An Introduction to Trading in Agricultural Commodities (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.21 — 106 ratings — published
Oil 101 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.16 — 807 ratings — published 2009
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.14 — 5,256 ratings — published 2011
Merchants of Grain: The Power and Profits of the Five Giant Companies at the Center of the World's Food Supply (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.13 — 200 ratings — published 1979
Metal Men: How Marc Rich Defrauded the Country, Evaded the Law, and Became the World's Most Sought-After Corporate Criminal (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.01 — 199 ratings — published 1985
Salt: A World History (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.75 — 78,401 ratings — published 2002
Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,406 ratings — published 2004
The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.17 — 6,109 ratings — published 2020
Empire of Cotton: A Global History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,849 ratings — published 2014
The Secret Club That Runs the World: Inside the Fraternity of Commodities Traders (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.42 — 500 ratings — published 2014
Price Wars: How the Commodities Markets Made Our Chaotic World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.78 — 394 ratings — published 2022
The Sugar Casino (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.83 — 46 ratings — published 2015
The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,903 ratings — published 2013
Higher Probability Commodity Trading: A Comprehensive Guide to Commodity Market Analysis, Strategy Development, and Risk Management Techniques Aimed at Favorably Shifting the Odds of Success (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.95 — 64 ratings — published
Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.92 — 25,837 ratings — published 1997
Maritime Economics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.34 — 141 ratings — published 1988
Oil: Money, Politics, and Power in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.69 — 216 ratings — published 2009
Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.00 — 4,332 ratings — published 2012
Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,871 ratings — published 1985
Commodity Crops : And The Merchants Who Trade Them (Commodity Conversations Book 2)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.47 — 45 ratings — published
Energy Trading and Investing: Trading, Risk Management, And Structuring Deals In The Energy Markets (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.93 — 111 ratings — published 2009
Energy and Civilization: A History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,232 ratings — published 2017
Diary of a Professional Commodity Trader: Lessons from 21 Weeks of Real Trading (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.84 — 308 ratings — published 2011
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.22 — 28,690 ratings — published 2003
Commodities and Commodity Derivatives: Modeling and Pricing for Agriculturals, Metals and Energy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.71 — 28 ratings — published 2005
The War Below: Lithium, Copper, and the Global Battle to Power Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,513 ratings — published 2024
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.35 — 18,245 ratings — published 2023
Crop to Cup: Conversations over Coffee (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.29 — 24 ratings — published
Hedge Hogs: The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.86 — 416 ratings — published 2013
Crude Volatility: The History and the Future of Boom-Bust Oil Prices (Center on Global Energy Policy Series)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.18 — 220 ratings — published
Cargill: Trading the World's Grain (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.63 — 19 ratings — published 1992
The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,404 ratings — published 2018
Boom, Bust, Boom: A Story About Copper, the Metal that Runs the World (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.82 — 201 ratings — published 2012
Trading Natural Gas: A Nontechnical Guide, 2nd Edition (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.60 — 15 ratings — published
Philipp Brothers: The Rise and Fall of a Trading Giant 1901-1990 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published
Trading Commodities and Financial Futures: A Step by Step Guide to Mastering the Markets, 3rd Edition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.63 — 89 ratings — published 2004
Uncommon Grounds: The History of Coffee and How It Transformed Our World (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.69 — 3,103 ratings — published 1999
Commodities - Switzerland's Most Dangerous Business (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2012
The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.05 — 262 ratings — published 2015
Risk Management in Commodity Markets: From Shipping to Agriculturals and Energy (The Wiley Finance Series)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2008
40 Classic Crude Oil Trades: Real-Life Examples of Innovative Trading (Routledge Classic Market Trades)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.38 — 52 ratings — published
Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.08 — 928 ratings — published
World of Oil Derivatives: A Guide to Financial Oil Trading in a Modern Age (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.04 — 46 ratings — published
Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,602 ratings — published 2022
Kochland: The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in America (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 4 times as commodities)
avg rating 4.31 — 3,590 ratings — published 2019
“Economic growth has liberated societies from the natural pressures that forced them into an immediate struggle for survival; but they have not yet been liberated from their liberator. The commodity’s independence has spread to the entire economy it now dominates. This economy has transformed the world, but it has merely transformed it into a world dominated by the economy.”
― The Society of the Spectacle
― The Society of the Spectacle
“Australia's distance from Europe was probably only tolerable because it had strategic commodities which England, threatened by changing European alliances, might some day be unable to produce in the northern hemisphere. Flax was the first conqueror — a hollow conqueror — of the distance which so often shaped Australia's destiny.”
― The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
― The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
