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Starmap is an introductory pictorial guide of our universe. It contains vivid NASA images, diagrams, and depictions of the cosmos with easy-to-understand explanations and descriptions. It contains full-page pictures of our universe. It makes a great coffee-table book and is great for virtual learning.
4882) America and Bahrain Winter: Analysis of the Relationship Between the Usa and the Sunnis in Bahrain
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Many would wonder why Washington reviewed ties with its old allies, such as the royal families and the Sunni sect in the Arabian Gulf. In spite of the advantages the USA had received over the past decades, it had lately reached an advanced level of political and military leverage, which was later legitimized by the agreement signed between the two sides. It was not a form of occupation, as some might have previously thought or still thinks. For this...
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#1 The painter is standing a little back from his canvas. He is glancing at his model, and perhaps considering whether to add some finishing touch. The arm holding the brush is motionless between canvas and paints. The skilled hand is suspended in mid-air, waiting on the painter's gaze.
#2 The painting is a representation of the invisible space behind the painting. It...
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#1 Police will lie to you. Do not talk to them. If you do, you are waiving your Fifth Amendment rights. I'm not talking about the innocent mistake of saying yes to a request from law enforcement when you really didn't mean to. I'm talking about the deliberate execution of a Fifth Amendment right by accident. If you are in the back seat of your car, and law enforcement...
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Why the title, Freedom, Common Sense, and the Nanny State? Freedom is the individuals ability to choose. The more choices one has in life, the greater ones freedom. America is world-famous as the Land of the Free. Common sense is the stuff wise decisions are based upon. Freedom and common senseand lots of good, old-fashioned ingenuityhave built the greatest nation the world has ever known, the United States of America. But freedom can be frustrating,...
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#1 Rosie was going to be bringing a very important man to Cottisbourne. She was bringing a major-general, no less! She was sure he wouldn't be scared of ghosts.
#2 Nancy went ghost hunting, and she was excited to see what she would find. She was driving to London, and she was accompanied by a smile from Rosie.
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World-altering discoveries that reveal a universe of uncertainty and constant change
Whether probing the farthest reaches of the vast universe or exploring the microscopic world of genetics and the subatomic world of quantum mechanics, Instability Rules is a remarkably informative and engaging look at ten milestone discoveries and their discoverers-a wide range of very human personalities whose insights have dramatically altered our most basic assumptions...
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#1 In 1222, Chinggis Khan sent for the most respected Taoist leader of northern China, Qiu Chuji. The old monk provided the backing the Mongols wanted, and his followers took control of temples and summoned the Buddhist and Taoist clergy to submit to the Mongol Empire.
#2 The Mongols had a unique political economy based on long-distance trade, circulation rather than...
4889) It's All Their Fault
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A call to arms, a chance for those born in the 70s and 80s to respond to the chaos. We cannot stop the debt bomb but we can remove the Boomer politicians from office. There will be a general election in May. This is our opportunity to kick them out of power. This is a terrible time to be young. Graduates are joining the dole queue as soon as they leave university, while their parents retire on cozy nest eggs. First time buyers are struggling to pay...
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#1 The term neoliberalism is used to describe a system of principles that is both new and based on classical liberal ideas. The doctrinal system is also known as the Washington consensus, which suggests something about global order.
#2 The neoliberal Washington consensus is an array of market-oriented principles implemented by the United States and international financial...
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This engaging narrative takes us behind the scenes and past the analyses and renders the inside story of the Allen County (Ohio) Democratic Party during the late 1980s and early 1990s. More than just portraying the internal dynamics of a political party, Not All Politics Is Local affords the reader an insight into political life and the contributions to society made by local parties. For Angel, political parties do more than register voters and win...
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#1 I went to an anime convention in Baltimore thirteen years ago. I didn't like anime, and I felt too old for the event, but I went out of curiosity. What I saw was the same kids in costumes.
#2 4chan. org, the website that Poole founded, was used to trade pictures of anime girls with his friends. It was eventually used by millions of people to trade pictures of anime...
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#1 My book is not a scholarly treatise with extensive citations and footnotes. It is a practical guide for the busy executive or professional who needs the bottom line up front. I deliver simple advice from an experienced insider, but I cannot cover every topic or circumstance in government contracting.
#2 Government contracting offers less freedom of contract than private sector...
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#1 The weakness of men is the facade of strength. The strength of women is the facade of weakness. Men have experienced a greater sense of powerlessness than women, and they have remained the silent sex because they have felt powerless.
#2 The question is how it is that if any other group is singled out to register for the draft based on its characteristics at birth,...
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#1 Don't be a feminist if and only if society generally treats men more fairly than women. Otherwise, no one's going to stop you.
#2 There's a gender earnings gap, but it is quite small. If you compare single, childless men and women, almost all of the earnings gap goes away. Also, if you compare single, childless men and men who work full-time jobs, the gap remains....
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Get the Summary of Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman's White Rural Rage The Threat to American Democracy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy" by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman delves into the political and cultural transformation of rural America, particularly focusing on the shift of rural white Americans towards the Republican Party and the implications for democracy....
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The Dark Side of the Moon series is a chronological collection of observations on social, political and occasionally even personal subjects. Jim Freeman's views of the American scene are salted with irony and lightly peppered by humor, a relief from the unending rants of the far left or far right and reasonably balanced by common sense. They're here as Freeman wrote and published them at the time, unedited and without the benefit of hindsight. These...
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#1 The Clintons have become exceedingly wealthy thanks to the millions of dollars they have collected from foreign entities. While there is debate about whether or not these transactions should be limited, there is near-universal agreement that they should be played by Americans only.
#2 The best way to investigate whether a politician is doing favors for a major...
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An accessible, user-friendly handbook for all amateur genealogists seeking their Scottish roots. With an emphasis firmly on the practical, this handy little book is designed to be used as a reference guide while actually working in record offices and other repositories of genealogical information. It provides detailed guidance on the variety of religious, governmental and other records available and is packed with hands-on advice on navigating the...
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Get the Summary of Edith Eva Eger's The Choice in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was, sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was, pulled from a pile of corpses, when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.
Edie spent decades struggling...
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