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The Time It Takes

by Kaitlyn Johnson ...

Raleigh Carlisle has been interested in the extraterrestrial ever since she can remember. However, after a brief encounter with the unknown, she wakes up to find that her world she once knew is long in the past. Now, armed with only a foreign book, Raleigh must find a way to navigate her new world and find her old memories. Can she figure out what happened during her absence and pick up the pieces ... Read more

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Raleigh Carlisle has been interested in the extraterrestrial ever since she can remember. However, after a brief encounter with the unknown, she wakes up to find that her world she once knew is long in the past. Now, armed with only a foreign book, Raleigh must find a way to navigate her new world and find her old memories. Can she figure out what happened during her absence and pick up the pieces
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Defense Acquisition Trends, 2016

by Jesse Ellman, Samantha Cohen, Andrew Hunter, Kaitlyn Johnson ...

Series series CSIS Reports
This report is the second in an annual series examining trends in what the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is buying, how DoD is buying it, and from whom DoD is buying. This year’s study looks in depth at issues in research and development, acquisition reform in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), performance of the defense acquisition system, the future of cooperative ... Read more

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This report is the second in an annual series examining trends in what the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is buying, how DoD is buying it, and from whom DoD is buying. This year’s study looks in depth at issues in research and development, acquisition reform in the FY2017 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), performance of the defense acquisition system, the future of cooperative
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Defense Against the Dark Arts in Space

Protecting Space Systems from Counterspace Weapons

by Todd Harrison, Kaitlyn Johnson, Makena Young ...

Series series CSIS Reports
The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect satellites from attack. This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to deter adversaries from attack. A wide range of active and passive defenses are available to ... Read more

$41.39 USD

The proliferation of counterspace weapons across the globe often calls into question what can be done to best protect satellites from attack. This analysis from the CSIS Aerospace Security Project addresses different methods and technologies that can be used by the United States government, and others, to deter adversaries from attack. A wide range of active and passive defenses are available to
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Implications of Ultra-Low-Cost Access to Space

by Todd Harrison, Andrew Hunter, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas Roberts ...

Series series CSIS Reports
Since the advent of the space age, a primary constraint on military, commercial, and civil space missions has been the cost of launch. Launching objects into space requires substantial investments in launch systems and infrastructure, which has restricted the market to only a handful of national governments and several large private companies. This study explores the possibility of a space ... Read more

$42.09 USD

Since the advent of the space age, a primary constraint on military, commercial, and civil space missions has been the cost of launch. Launching objects into space requires substantial investments in launch systems and infrastructure, which has restricted the market to only a handful of national governments and several large private companies. This study explores the possibility of a space
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Escalation and Deterrence in the Second Space Age

by Todd Harrison, Zack Cooper, Kaitlyn Johnson, Thomas G. Roberts ...

Series series CSIS Reports
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. Six decades later, space-faring nations face a much different space environment, one that’s more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous. Today’s space domain presents a number of asymmetries that differ from other domains, creating a deterrence environment with unique policy ... Read more

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On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. Six decades later, space-faring nations face a much different space environment, one that’s more diverse, disruptive, disordered, and dangerous. Today’s space domain presents a number of asymmetries that differ from other domains, creating a deterrence environment with unique policy
... Read more
Federal Research and Development Contract Trends and the Supporting Industrial Base, 2000–2015

by Jesse Ellman, Kaitlyn Johnson ...

Series series CSIS Reports
As the current U.S. defense budget drawdown has progressed, numerous analysts have expressed concern about the ability of the United States to retain technological superiority, particularly given how research and development (R&D) contracting appears to be in serious decline. To examine what has happened within the federal R&D contracting portfolio, CSIS has analyzed trends in federal contracting. ... Read more

$50.29 USD

As the current U.S. defense budget drawdown has progressed, numerous analysts have expressed concern about the ability of the United States to retain technological superiority, particularly given how research and development (R&D) contracting appears to be in serious decline. To examine what has happened within the federal R&D contracting portfolio, CSIS has analyzed trends in federal contracting.
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Falling Like Stars

by Emma Scott ...

Narrated by Caitlin Kelly, Zachary Johnson ...

Unabridged

9 hours 24 min

She kept her heart guarded and locked away... until she gave it to the world's biggest movie star.In the dazzling world of Hollywood where fame and glamour reign supreme, award-winning megastar Zachary Butler longs for something more than red-carpet events and paparazzi flashes. As he navigates fame and tries to extricate himself from his celebrity ex-fiancée, he discovers an unexpected spark with ... Read more

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She kept her heart guarded and locked away... until she gave it to the world's biggest movie star.In the dazzling world of Hollywood where fame and glamour reign supreme, award-winning megastar Zachary Butler longs for something more than red-carpet events and paparazzi flashes. As he navigates fame and tries to extricate himself from his celebrity ex-fiancée, he discovers an unexpected spark with
... Read more
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The Sinner

Angels and Demons, Book 1

by Emma Scott ...

Narrated by Zachary Johnson, Caitlin Kelly ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Angels and Demons
Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

Shy, introverted Lucy Dennings lives a quiet little life in New York City, working for a nonprofit and keeping to herself.Every afternoon, she goes home to her empty apartment and Edgar, her houseplant, and every night, she loses herself in the pages of her beloved romance novels. Her lonely heart seeks solace in tales of passionate, enduring, all-consuming love, but more and more, Lucy feels she ... Read more

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Shy, introverted Lucy Dennings lives a quiet little life in New York City, working for a nonprofit and keeping to herself.Every afternoon, she goes home to her empty apartment and Edgar, her houseplant, and every night, she loses herself in the pages of her beloved romance novels. Her lonely heart seeks solace in tales of passionate, enduring, all-consuming love, but more and more, Lucy feels she
... Read more
Breakdancing On A Balance Beam

How to Find Balance as a Business Person and an Everything-Else-That-You-Are-Too Person

by Kathy Frank ...

Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” And Ann Morrow Lindbergh said: “A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.” Breakdancing on a Balance Beam is all about the music of life and the peace of silence — and finding the equilibrium between the two. The thoughts collected in this book are grouped according to the ... Read more

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Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” And Ann Morrow Lindbergh said: “A note of music gains significance from the silence on either side.” Breakdancing on a Balance Beam is all about the music of life and the peace of silence — and finding the equilibrium between the two. The thoughts collected in this book are grouped according to the
... Read more
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Accounting for Slavery

Masters and Management

by Caitlin Rosenthal ...

Narrated by Allyson Johnson ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

The story of modern management generally looks to the factories of England and New England for its genesis. But after scouring through old accounting books, Caitlin Rosenthal discovered that Southern planter-capitalists practiced an early form of scientific management. They took meticulous notes, carefully recording daily profits and productivity, and subjected their slaves to experiments and ... Read more

$19.99 USD

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The story of modern management generally looks to the factories of England and New England for its genesis. But after scouring through old accounting books, Caitlin Rosenthal discovered that Southern planter-capitalists practiced an early form of scientific management. They took meticulous notes, carefully recording daily profits and productivity, and subjected their slaves to experiments and
... Read more

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Christmas Wishes and Irish Kisses

An utterly perfect Christmas romantic comedy

by Debbie Johnson ...

Narrated by Caitlin Shannon ...

Unabridged

9 hours 40 min

From crying into Santa's beard at Macy's department store, to working the bar at a historic seaside inn thousands of miles away, Ellie de Vere has been through it all this Christmas season...When Ellie trades her hectic New York life for the twinkling lights and snow-dusted charm of her childhood village of St Tilda, it's only to help her ailing father through the Christmas rush at their cozy ... Read more

$24.99 USD

From crying into Santa's beard at Macy's department store, to working the bar at a historic seaside inn thousands of miles away, Ellie de Vere has been through it all this Christmas season...When Ellie trades her hectic New York life for the twinkling lights and snow-dusted charm of her childhood village of St Tilda, it's only to help her ailing father through the Christmas rush at their cozy
... Read more
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At the End of the World, Turn Left

by Zhanna Slor ...

Narrated by Zura Johnson, Caitlin Kelly ...

Unabridged

10 hours 22 min

Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her. In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Masha remembers her childhood in the former USSR but found her life and heart in Israel. Anna was just an infant when her family fled but yearns to find her roots. When Anna is contacted by a stranger from their homeland and then disappears, Masha is called home to Milwaukee to find her. In 2008, college student Anna feels stuck in Milwaukee, with no real connections and parents who stifle her
... Read more

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