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Children Who Kill: The Stories of 7 Children Convicted of Killing Their Parents    by John Summit
Price: $5.87 USD. 16140 words. Language: English. Published on May 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » True crime.

This book tells 7 horrific true crime stories of parricide, the killing of one's parent(s). Until the last 25 years or so, no one even knew what the word parricide meant. Even today, parricide remains an area that has had very little research conducted to understand the reasons behind what would make a child commit such a crime. Join John Summit, as he reveals these shocking stories.
¿La vida es de verdad?    by Julián Sanz Pascual
Price: $4.99 USD. 72290 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Editorial Amarante  on May 14, 2013. Nonfiction » Philosophy » Essays.

Se ha dicho que la filosofía no es otra cosa que preguntas, siendo ésta una de las más angustiosas: ¿La vida es de verdad? La vida, sin embargo, no es más que una abstracción, siendo su única realidad palpable cada una de las vidas que cada uno arrastramos...
Sans Domicile Fixe    by Jiva Bahati
Price: $0.99 USD. 2350 words. Language: French. Published on May 14, 2013. Fiction » Literature » Literary.

Un cadre aisé et bien installé dans la vie découvre un soir, suite à une avalanche de péripéties plus invraisemblables les unes que les autres, le monde de la rue et des SDF. Il va alors comprendre en une nuit ce qu'il n'avait jamais soupçonné tout au long de son existence...
えっ?これがフランス!?日常生活、出産、マナーなどフランスと日本の面白い違い    by Yuka Laugier
Price: $4.00 USD. 300 words. Language: Japanese. Published on May 13, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

カルチャーショック!! フランスに住み始めて10年ほどになるけれど、日本とフランスの違いに驚かされることがいっぱいです。フランスはこんな国だったのかと驚きです。 日常生活からマナーなどについての違いをたくさん載せています。 また、先進国で唯一出生率が上向きというフランスの出産事情についても語っています。日本とフランス、両方で出産経験を踏まえて本にしています。 興味本位で見るもよし、話のネタにするもよし、フランスに来る前の前知識にするもよしとお好みで気軽に読んでいただきたい一冊です。
The Islamic Law of Inheritance as a Formative Agent in Muslim Society. Also the Rejection of Aristotlean Logic    by carol fuller
Price: $4.99 USD. 38650 words. Language: English. Published on May 12, 2013. Nonfiction » Law » Islamic law.

Makes clear connections between the law of inheritance and the lag in prosperity and other acomplishments by Muslim peoples. The origins of low status of women are traced. Why Western inheritance is pro-prosperity. Second part of book tells astounding early progress of Muslim scientists, then rejection of logic of Greeks causing precipitous decline in scientific advances and in amending laws.
Los Aliados de la Humanidad: Libro Uno    by Marshall Vian Summers
Price: $4.95 USD. 35830 words. Language: Spanish. Published on May 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Regional studies.

Hace más de veinte años, un grupo de individuos de varios mundos se reunió en una discreta localización de nuestro sistema solar para observar la Intervención extraterrestre que está ocurriendo en nuestro mundo. Fueron capaces de determinar la identidad y las intenciones de aquellos que están visitando nuestro mundo. Este es su informe.
Long Road    by Steven Henry Martin
Price: $1.99 USD. 98000 words. Language: English. Published by Christopher Dutton on May 11, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

Long Road: a collection of blogs, other writings that address the human condition in social and individual terms over the angst and turmoil of the mid 1900's to present day.
More Water, Less Meat?    by Bruno McGrath
Price: $1.99 USD. 6190 words. Language: British English. Published by Pandora Poikilos on May 10, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Agriculture & food.

“If the wars of this century were fought over oil, the wars of the next century will be fought over water.” Ismail Serageldin (1995) This ebook will focus on the feasibility of maintaining a vegetarian diet and decreasing meat consumption to preserve the global water supply, while pointing out the key problem areas as to how this situation came about in the first place.
The Big Little Book of Native American Wit and Wisdom    by Anna Kolouthon
Price: $3.95 USD. 17600 words. Language: English. Published by Panther's Lodge  on May 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.

Who said American Indians have no sense of humor? Relive the scathingly satiric press releases of the American Indian Movement and other humorous, inspiring and heart-rending material from the first 15 years of Panther's Lodge. Read genealogical posts on little-known tribes from the Southeast like the Blackfoot, Yuchi and Whitetop Cherokee (a whole tribe of people with the same last names).
Culture Briefing: Italy - Your guide to Italian culture and customs    by Bob Martin
Price: $4.99 USD. 13060 words. Language: English. Published on May 7, 2013. Nonfiction » Travel » By region.

Culture Briefing: Italy provides current, in-depth information found in no other single publication to help you understand the culture, customs, values and beliefs of the Italian people. Whether traveling to Italy, working on a class paper or doing business with the Italians, you'll find Culture Briefing: Italy an invaluable resource.