Reference Books
U.S. Government Oversight of Commercial Space Enterprises
How is it that we are able to enjoy live national or worldwide television and radio broadcasts? Make international telephone calls? Use high-speed Internet and nationwide paging services? Receive weather forecasts? Manage natural resource use? Respond to emergencies and disasters? Pay by credit...
A Short History of Chaplin Films
This is short (ish) history of Charlie Chaplin filmsand is meant as a reference book
The Ultimate Book of Powerful Quotations: 510 Quotes about Wisdom, Love and Success
Throughout human history, many where those who have enlightened mankind with the truth, and guided, each one in a special way, the rest of the world, toward a more joyful and prosperous way of living. While some are still remembered, most have been forgotten, and remain unknown to the masses, who...
Gun Control Legislation: Assault Weapons Ban of 2015
Dec 16, 2015. WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), along with 123 co-sponsors, introduced the Assault Weapons Ban of 2015 to prohibit the sale, transfer, production, and importation of new military-style weapons and high-capacity magazines that have become the firearm of...
Guns Laws In Great Britain, Australia, and Canada
This report examines the legal approach to gun control—including ownership and possession, licensing and registration, background checks, training, storage, weapons bans, and related issues—in Great Britain, Australia and Canada. This material was created and published at the Law Library of...
Inside The U.S. Transportation Security Administration
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia resulted in the creation of the Transportation Security Administration, designed to prevent similar attacks in the future. The Aviation and Transportation Security Act, passed by the 107th Congress and signed on...
Dictionary of Banking Terms and Phrases
Dictionary of Banking Terms and Phrases of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Published to preserve.
Glossary of U.S. National Weather Service Terminology
Glossary of U.S. National Weather Service Terminology has climate change terminology included. Published to preserve from censorship on U.S. government website.
Intellectual Property Terminology: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is the federal agency for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. In doing this, the USPTO fulfills the mandate of Article I, Section 8, Clause 8, of the Constitution that the legislative branch "promote the Progress of Science and...










