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The Economics of Prohibition by Mark Thornton
epub, pdf |eng | 1991-11-01 | Author:Mark Thornton [Thornton, Mark]

PROHIBITION AS A TAX Economists have drawn the analogy of taxation to represent the effects of prohibition. The enforcement of prohibition creates risk for suppliers of illegal products. This risk ...
( Category: Theory March 27,2014 )
2030 by Albert Brooks
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-01 | Author:Albert Brooks [Brooks, Albert]

CHAPTER THIRTY To get Chen Biao, the premier of the People’s Republic of China, to come to Camp David without raising suspicion was a formidable task. Not that presidents and ...
( Category: Dystopian March 27,2014 )
Wealth of Nations, vol. 2 by Adam Smith
mobi |eng | 2010-09-07 | Author:Adam Smith

ARTICLE II Of the Expence of the Institutions for the Education of Youth THE institutions for the education of the youth may, in the same Institutions for education may also ...
( Category: Economic History March 26,2014 )
The Explorer
epub | | | Author:W. Somerset Maugham

6 Guy acts as if everything is normal, not telling any of the crew about his conversation. He doesn’t mention anything even related to it until after lunch, when he ...
( Category: Travelers & Explorers March 26,2014 )
Gettysburg: The Last Invasion by Allen C. Guelzo
epub, azw3, mobi |eng | 2013-05-14 | Author:Allen C. Guelzo [Guelzo, Allen C.]

For those civilians left in the town, the experience of Confederate occupation followed no consistent or predictable theme. The rebel soldiers were not shy about helping themselves to the stockrooms ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )
Defiant Brides by Nancy Rubin Stuart
epub, mobi |eng | 2013-05-03 | Author:Nancy Rubin Stuart [Stuart, Nancy Rubin]

Hopes for a son’s tales about Yorktown for another generation of the Washingtons were crushed when George and Martha’s son, Jackie, died on November 5 from “putrid fever.” Struck by ...
( Category: American Revolution March 26,2014 )
The Eleventh Day by Anthony Summers
epub, pdf |eng | 2011-07-18 | Author:Anthony Summers [Summers, Anthony]

Hijacker Jarrah’s farewell letter to his lover—he misaddressed it. The letter did not reach Aysel but was returned through the mail, for Jarrah had misaddressed this last sad letter of ...
( Category: Specific Topics March 26,2014 )
The Dark Side by Jane Mayer
epub, mobi |eng | 2008-03-25 | Author:Jane Mayer [Mayer, Jane]

At this point, a remarkable internal rebellion broke out on the island. It was led not by political opponents of the Bush Administration, nor by human rights activists, but rather ...
( Category: African March 26,2014 )
Colossus by Niall Ferguson
epub, mobi |eng | 2005-03-28 | Author:Niall Ferguson [Ferguson, Niall]

secure rights of private property, the better to encourage saving and investment; secure rights of personal liberty … against both the abuses of tyranny and … crime and corruption; enforce ...
( Category: Diplomacy March 26,2014 )
Fast and Furious: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal and the Shameless Cover-Up by Katie Pavlich
epub |eng | 2012-04-16 | Author:Katie Pavlich [Pavlich, Katie]

Burke appeared to be the administration’s sacrificial lamb. He denied, however, that he knew anything about the Justice Department authorizing gunwalking as a strategy. Q: Did anyone from Main Justice, ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism March 26,2014 )
Collision 2012: Obama vs. Romney and the Future of Elections in America by Balz Dan
epub |eng | 2013-08-06 | Author:Balz, Dan [Balz, Dan]

CHAPTER 16 The Empire Strikes Back The night after his defeat in South Carolina, Mitt Romney launched an aggressive new attack—the toughest of the campaign—on Newt Gingrich. He landed in ...
( Category: Elections March 26,2014 )
Barack Obama by David Maraniss
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:David Maraniss

In a survey of college admissions officers, Punahou was ranked among the ten best secondary schools in the nation. Mrs. Lucille Finlayson was reminded of that status almost every day ...
( Category: U.S. Presidents March 26,2014 )
Primetime Propaganda by Ben Shapiro
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-05-31 | Author:Ben Shapiro

MACGYVER (1985–1992): A MOD SQUAD OF ONE With the spectacular failure of the movie MacGruber, it’s sometimes difficult to remember that its source material, MacGyver, was a highly successful series ...
( Category: Conservatism & Liberalism March 26,2014 )
Guests of the Ayatollah: The Iran Hostage Crisis by Mark Bowden
epub |eng | 2007-03-21 | Author:Mark Bowden [Bowden, Mark]

A New and Mutually Beneficial Relationship With a secret process in place to secure the hostages’ release, the Carter White House subtly changed its tone. There was no more talk ...
( Category: Middle Eastern March 26,2014 )
Legacy of ashes: the history of the CIA by Tim Weiner
epub, mobi, azw3 |eng | 2007-10-15 | Author:Tim Weiner [Weiner, Tim]

In retrospect, you see, I really do not believe that an intelligence organization in this government is able to deliver an honest analytical product without facing the risk of political ...
( Category: United States March 26,2014 )

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