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Cheap and Free Kindle Books: More Ketchup than Salsa, HAPPILY EVER BEFORE And More

For the Mommas

The second book in the Beirut Trilogy, BRIDE OF A BYGONE WAR is set in the spring of 1981, following the American elections, when Lebanon hopes for fresh political winds that might end their seven-year civil war. Enter Walter Lukash, a midlevel CIA officer assigned as intelligence liaison to the Phalange militia.

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A Healthy Environment Should Be Our #1 Priority

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Every few years in this country we go through a song and dance show to elect our leaders and representatives. From education to taxes to the deficit to foreign policy, the candidates tell us what we want to hear only to constantly change positions throughout their elected tenure. Without a healthy environment, we don’t have anything.

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Gender Inequality in 2014

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Student council was for the guys, girls didn’t get elected. We are underrepresented politically – holding only 98 of 535 (18%) of seats in Congress. We have never elected a female US President, or Vice President and have only just experienced the confirmation of the first female Federal Reserve Chairwoman.

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