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ARDEN 2003 by Unknown
epub |eng | | Author:Unknown

Scars Diana Best I remember well The monstrous pounding of guns The roar of bombers overhead The screams of men The odor of sweat on my body The smell of ...
( Category: Architecture March 26,2014 )
War and the Future by H.G. Wells
epub | | | Author:H.G. Wells

These are not easy things to say in Elementary (and slightly Decayed) French or in Elementary and Corrupt Italian. "But why do people support the sham conscientious objector and issue ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
The 0,000 Bequest by Mark Twain
epub | | | Author:Mark Twain

* * * THE CALIFORNIAN'S TALE * * * Thirty-five years ago I was out prospecting on the Stanislaus, tramping all day long with pick and pan and horn, and ...
( Category: Humorous March 26,2014 )
Fooled by Randomness
epub | | 2006-03-25 | Author:Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Nine • IT IS EASIER TO BUY AND SELL THAN FRY AN EGG Some technical extensions of the survivorship bias. On the distribution of “coincidences” in life. It is preferable ...
( Category: Statistics March 26,2014 )
Living the Revolution by Jennifer Guglielmo
epub |eng | 2010-05-03 | Author:Jennifer Guglielmo [Guglielmo, Jennifer]

Antifascist rally on Fifth Avenue, New York City, ca. 1930. Banners include the Industrial Workers of the World (iww), the Italian Antifascist Front, and several antifascist and radical newspapers. Fort ...
( Category: Economics March 26,2014 )
The Tragedy of Great Power Politics by John J. Mearsheimer
epub, pdf, mobi |eng | 2001-03-22 | Author:John J. Mearsheimer [Mearsheimer, John J.]

BISMARCKIAN PRUSSIA (1862–70) Background Prussia did not become a great power until the mid-eighteenth century, but even then it was probably the weakest European great power until the mid-nineteenth century.42 ...
( Category: Diplomacy March 26,2014 )
Basic Economics 4th Ed by Thomas Sowell
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-02-01 | Author:Thomas Sowell [Sowell, Thomas]

Statistical Trends One of the problems with comparisons of national output over some span of time is the arbitrary choice of the year to use as the beginning of the ...
( Category: History & Theory March 26,2014 )
Ethics 101 by John C. Maxwell
epub |eng | 2008-11-14 | Author:John C. Maxwell [MAXWELL, JOHN C.]

UNDERMINING THE GOLDEN RULE Doing the right thing does get a lot of attention these days. Why is that? Because it’s news when someone practices the Golden Rule, experiences negative ...
( Category: Ethics March 26,2014 )
For God, Country, and Coca-Cola by Mark Pendergrast
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Mark Pendergrast [Pendergrast, Mark]

THE ARAB BOYCOTT BLUES That same year, Paul Austin convinced Woodruff that things could go better for Coke behind the Iron Curtain as well as in the drive-ins and skating ...
( Category: Hospitality, Travel & Tourism March 26,2014 )
Punching Out by Paul Clemens
epub |eng | 2011-01-17 | Author:Paul Clemens [Clemens, Paul]

I’d told Matt the day before that I’d be in around 7:30 in the morning to see the crown of 16-1 come down. How long would it take? “If everything ...
( Category: Company Profiles March 26,2014 )
American Made by B.J. Scott
epub |eng | 2012-03-26 | Author:B.J. Scott [Scott, B.J.]

Leo lay where he was, afraid to move, until the man returned. “You will dress yourself, and Rafael will bring you to me,” the man said, as he laid Leo’s ...
( Category: Music March 26,2014 )
Books & Islands In Ojibwe Country by Louise Erdrich
epub, mobi |eng | 2003-05-27 | Author:Louise Erdrich [Erdrich, Louise]

Binessiwag These spirits are particular about what they’re called—they prefer Binessiwag to Animikiig. They’re very powerful. Thunder is the beating of their wings. Lightning flashes from their eyes. You don’t ...
( Category: Literary & Religious March 26,2014 )
Moondust by Andrew Smith
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2005-03-25 | Author:Andrew Smith

The museum district comes on like a pleasant afterthought to the city, manicured green and – with no reason for anyone to go there other than culture – quiet. It’s ...
( Category: Military March 26,2014 )
Fallen Astronauts - Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon by Colin Burgess
epub |eng | 2003-01-02 | Author:Colin Burgess [Burgess, Colin]

Following his decision to join the air force as his career field, and after a two-month graduation leave, White went to Bartow Air Force Base in Florida to begin flight ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 26,2014 )
A Beautiful Mind. by Sylvia Nasar
epub |eng | 1994-01-15 | Author:Sylvia Nasar [Nasar, Sylvia]

At first, it seemed like just another one of Nash’s cryptic, disorganized performances, more free association than exposition. But halfway through, something happened. Donald Newman recalled in 1996: One word ...
( Category: Game Theory March 26,2014 )

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