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The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution by Richard Beeman
epub |eng | 2010-07-25 | Author:Richard Beeman

FEDERALIST NO. 78: ALEXANDER HAMILTON, MAY 28, 1788 “Federalist No. 78” is Alexander Hamilton’s most significant contribution to The Federalist Papers. The principle topic of the essay is the importance ...
( Category: Constitutions June 12,2015 )
The Great Stagnation by Tyler Cowen
epub |eng | 2011-01-24 | Author:Tyler Cowen

Most Web activities do not generate jobs and revenue at the rate of past technological breakthroughs. When Ford and General Motors were growing in the early part of the twentieth ...
( Category: Planning & Forecasting June 12,2015 )
Seven Events That Made America America by Larry Schweikart
epub |eng | 2010-05-05 | Author:Larry Schweikart

6. RONALD REAGAN TRIES TO KEEP THE PEACE . . . AND MAKES HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, ...
( Category: United States June 12,2015 )
Moonshot by Dan Parry
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-05 | Author:Dan Parry [Dan Parry]

Chapter 10 PUSHED TO THE LIMIT The final say on whether Apollo 11 would launch on schedule was down to the crew as much as anyone, and determined to make ...
( Category: Astronautics & Space Flight June 12,2015 )
Our Man in Tehran by Robert Wright
epub |eng | 2011-01-10 | Author:Robert Wright [Wright, Robert]

In Ottawa, meanwhile, the opposition Liberals were doing everything in their power to confound the government’s efforts to keep a lid on Canada’s role in the hostage crisis. Day after ...
( Category: Diplomacy June 12,2015 )
Game Over (2010) by Michaels Fern
epub | | 2011-01-14 | Author:Michaels, Fern [Fern, Michaels,]

Chapter 15 It was totally dark outside, but there were stars in the sky when the group left the dining hall, stuffed to the gills, as Jack put it. They ...
( Category: Suspense June 12,2015 )
The Big Oyster by Mark Kurlansky
epub, pdf |eng | 2007-01-08 | Author:Mark Kurlansky

Something ought to be done for the honour of the city, if for no other reason than to render the place less disgusting and pernicious, it being the resort of ...
( Category: State & Local June 12,2015 )
43* by Jeff Greenfield
epub |eng | 2012-08-30 | Author:Jeff Greenfield

September 11, 2001 “I can’t believe it!” First Officer LeRoy Homer said to Jason Dahl, the pilot of the Boeing 757. “Wheels up at 8:10? At Newark? When was the ...
( Category: Executive Branch June 12,2015 )
Death by Jury (Alo Nudger Series Book 9)
azw3 |eng | 2012-10-29 | Author:Lutz, John [Lutz, John]

No one answered when Nudger rang Ray’s doorbell. Nudger had heard a snatch of a Cubs game broadcast on WGNU cable. The TV’s volume had fallen silent after the ring ...
( Category: Murder June 12,2015 )
Rocks in the Water, Rocks in the Sun: A Memoir from the Heart of Haiti by Vilmond Joegodson Déralciné & Paul Jackson
epub |eng | 2015-06-11 | Author:Vilmond Joegodson Déralciné & Paul Jackson [Déralciné, Vilmond Joegodson and Jackson, Paul]

Monday morning, I started to search through the rubble of the main house in the courtyard where I lived for decent wood, with the idea of transforming it into furniture. ...
( Category: Haiti June 12,2015 )
The Mercy of the Sky: The Story of a Tornado by Holly Bailey
epub |eng | 2015-05-12 | Author:Holly Bailey [Bailey, Holly]

CHAPTER 12 3:15 P.M., MAY 20 Lando Hite was inside one of the barns at Celestial Acres, a horse-training facility on the grounds of the 160-acre Orr Family Farm just ...
( Category: State & Local June 12,2015 )
Ready For a Brand New Beat by Mark Kurlansky
epub |eng | 2013-06-11 | Author:Mark Kurlansky

We worked at home, Hitsville, where we all felt at home. We had the kitchen working—chili cooking. You could go back and get a cup of chili so you didn’t ...
( Category: African-American Studies June 12,2015 )
43*: When Gore Beat Bush--A Political Fable by Greenfield Jeff
mobi |eng | 2012-09-18 | Author:Greenfield, Jeff [Greenfield, Jeff]

September 11, 2001 “I can’t believe it!” First Officer LeRoy Homer said to Jason Dahl, the pilot of the Boeing 757. “Wheels up at 8:10? At Newark? When was the ...
( Category: United States June 12,2015 )
Canada in the Great Power Game 1914-2014 by Gwynne Dyer
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-08-04 | Author:Gwynne Dyer [Dyer, Gwynne]

Right down through 1941, the war went splendidly well for Mackenzie King. The political situation at home had stabilized, and very few Canadians were getting hurt in the war. In ...
( Category: 20th Century June 12,2015 )
Eye in the Sky: The Story of the CORONA Spy Satellites by Dwayne Day
mobi |eng | 2015-05-25 | Author:Dwayne Day

A mockup of the Sputnik II payload complete with Soviet dog. When the Soviet Union launched Sputniks I and II, they raised fears of surprise attack among many in the ...
( Category: Aeronautics & Astronautics June 12,2015 )

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