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Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds

Read by Patrick McHaffie


National Intelligence Council


Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National IntelligenceCouncil’s series aimed at pr…

Report of the Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms (The Brady Report)

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Presidential Task Force On Market Mechanisms


From the close of trading on Tuesday, October 13, 1987, to the close of trading on October 19, 1987, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ("…

U. S. Energy Sector Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather

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United States Department Of Energy


This report—part of the Obama Administration’s efforts to support national climate change adaptation planning through the Interagency Climat…

Secrets of Crewe House: the story of a famous campaign

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Campbell Stuart


Campbell Stuart, a Canadian, was involved in British efforts of propaganda during the two World Wars. His most active work was done during t…

Safeguarding children: pediatric medical countermeasure research

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Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Iss and Presidential Commission For The Study Of Bioethical Iss


Safeguarding Children: Pediatric Medical Countermeasure Research is the response from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethica…

Biographical Notice of the Works of Father Louis Hennepin

In Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley

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John Gilmary Shea


"It has long been a desideratum to have in English the early narratives, of the discovery and exploration of the Mississippi. Marquette…

Ch 3c: Accident Analysis, part 3

In The Columbia Accident Investigation Board Final Report, Volume 1

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Columbia Accident Investigation Board


In 1981, Columbia became the first spacecraft of its type to fly in Earth orbit and successfully completed 27 missions over more than two de…

A Suburban Complication

In The Idiot at home

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John Kendrick Bangs


The Idiot returns along with Ms Idiot and their two children, Mollie and Tommy, move into their first house in suburbia. What follows are en…

Chapter V, part 2

In Principles of Geology

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Charles Lyell


Principles of Geology: being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation is a b…

Introduction, Part 2

In The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

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Charles Darwin


The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is a book by Charles Darwin, published in 1872, concerning genetically determined aspects …