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The Mohammed Code: Why a Desert Prophet Wants You Dead    by Howard Bloom
Price: $9.99 USD. 123920 words. Language: English. Published on April 20, 2013. Nonfiction » History » World.

Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, and Adolph Hitler tried to take over the world. All of them failed. Yet an illiterate desert prophet and his followers hammered together an empire 11 times the size of Alexander the Great’s conquests, 5 times the size of the Roman Empire, and 7 times the size of the USA. How did Mohammed pull it off? And how does his success threaten you and me?
Files that Last    by Gary McGath
Price: $7.99 USD. 71130 words. Language: American English. Published on April 16, 2013. Nonfiction » Computers and Internet » Social aspects / human-computer interaction.

The e-book for the digital preservation geek! Computers are our long-term memory. If you want files that last, you need to know what you’re doing. “Digital preservation” is a term known mostly to people in libraries and archivists. The mission of this book is to bring it to the broader geek world — the individual user and the system administrator.
Bên Thắng Cuộc: Quyền bính    by Huy Đức
Price: $9.99 USD. 257870 words. Language: Vietnamese. Published on January 12, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Asian.

0.75 star(4.83 from 12 reviews)
Quyền Bính tiếp tục nói về những khúc quanh của Việt Nam. Nói về những thời điểm mà đảng cầm quyền thay vì nắm bắt tư duy của thời đại và ý chí của nhân dân, chỉ có thể loay hoay trong một cái vòng tự vẽ. Hệ thống chính trị, trải qua nhiều thế hệ, càng về sau lại càng có ít khả năng khắc phục sai lầm.
Bên Thắng Cuộc: Giải phóng    by Huy Đức
Price: $9.99 USD. 230810 words. Language: Vietnamese. Published on December 8, 2012. Nonfiction » History » Asian.

0.75 star(4.75 from 24 reviews)
Cuốn sách của tôi bắt đầu từ ngày 30-4-1975 - ngày nhiều người tin là miền Bắc đã giải phóng miền Nam. Nhiều người thận trọng nhìn lại suốt hơn ba mươi năm, giật mình với cảm giác bên được giải phóng hóa ra lại là miền Bắc.
Running Technique    by Brian Martin
Price: $9.99 USD. 63990 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2011. Nonfiction » Sports & outdoor recreation » Sports training.

(5.00 from 9 reviews)
A practical guide for distance runners to learn and train for the fundamentals of good running technique. Recognize problems with running form that cause injury, or frustrate achievement of your goals. A complete framework of coordination training, mental cues and a training philosophy to improve running technique. Foreword by Philo Saunders PhD, Senior Physiologist, Australian Institute of Sport.
The Turkish Language Explained for English Speakers    by John Guise
Price: $9.99 USD. 85600 words. Language: English. Published on March 31, 2012. Nonfiction » Language Instruction » Turkish.

This Treatise explains and answers some of the difficulties that the learner of Turkish may encounter along their way. It focuses on the understanding of Turkish grammar and logic with many examples and explanations. There are no practice exercises included as these can be found in many text books or on the internet. It covers the learning process from beginner to intermediate and advanced.
What Did You Say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback    by Gerald M. Weinberg
Price: $9.99 USD. 50050 words. Language: English. Published on March 31, 2013. Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / General.

This brief and engaging book can be of use to anyone who has to interact with other people. How to offer feedback when asked or hired to do so. Why feedback tells more about the giver than the receiver. How feedback is distorted or resisted by the receiver's point of view and defense mechanisms. And in dozens of enjoyable vignettes, how humans have struggled to understand each others' responses.
The State of American Thought: Ensnared in a fallacious liberal-conservative dichotomy    by Ethan Sewall
Price: $6.99 USD. 205510 words. Language: English. Published on March 28, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Activism.

The State of American Thought is a theoretical framework of American culture followed by a narrative of the preliminary platform of The Ecumenical Humanist International Political Party. The goal of the book is to help Americans and people around the world eliminate man-made sufferings through engagement in ecumenical humanist behavioral, cultural and political revolutions.
How Dangerous is this Person?    by Ronald Mah
Price: $2.99 USD. 53050 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Psychology » General.

"How Dangerous is this Person?" identifies cues for potential violence, including profiles from mental health along with frustration-based aggression, bullying, cultural influences, substance abuse, psychosis, and special considerations. Key criteria are explained to formulate therapy, treatment, and intervention, including helping laypersons decide when to seek legal and professional assistance.
Medieval Underpants and Other Blunders: A Writer’s (& Editor’s) Guide to Keeping Historical Fiction Free of Common Anachronisms, Errors, & Myths    by Susanne Alleyn
Price: $3.99 USD. 53210 words. Language: English. Published on December 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Reference » Writing skills.

A detailed guide to the factual mistakes that writers of historical fiction often make—and how to avoid them. From medieval knights smoking cigars to characters crossing streets that wouldn’t exist for another 2000 years, historical novelist Alleyn exposes and explains the often hilarious, always painful goofs that turn up most frequently in fiction set in the past.