{"product_id":"the-origin-and-end-of-ronald-a-appleton-9798272537843","title":"The Origin and End of Power: The Search for Energy, Truth, and Renewal","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Origin and End of Power\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBy Ronald A. Appleton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the first spark to the last light - the story of how humanity learned to borrow power, forgot to share it, and must now learn to keep it alive.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross centuries, every civilisation has been defined by its relationship with energy. Fire, coal, oil, atom, and sun - each discovery lifted humanity higher while binding it closer to dependence. \u003ci\u003eThe Origin and End of Power\u003c\/i\u003e traces that journey from the dawn of mastery to the edge of exhaustion, asking one urgent question: \u003cb\u003ecan we learn to steward energy as wisely as we once learned to wield it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending history, philosophy, and moral reflection, Ronald A. Appleton explores how the rise of invention became the age of addiction - and how a new era of stewardship could restore balance between humanity and the world that sustains it. This is not another book about climate or technology; it is about meaning, morality, and survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough poetic, reflective prose, the book moves from the birth of civilisation's energy hunger to its possible rebirth in a world of restraint and renewal. It reveals how progress, once measured by speed and consumption, must now be redefined by patience, wisdom, and endurance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald A. Appleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798272537843\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.46d","brand":"Ronald A. Appleton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997224841471,"sku":"9798272537843","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-origin-and-end-of-ronald-a-appleton-9798272537843","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}