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¿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...
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.
Seed of Zeus: The Gods, Heroes, and Monsters of Greek Mythology    by Mark Diller
Price: $4.99 USD. 84740 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Mythology, folklore and legend.

The stories that make up Greek mythology were old already when classical Greece was at its height. The men and women who told these stories have long since turned to dust, but we keep coming back to the heroes, the monsters they fought, the gods who watched over them, and the doom that awaited them all. "Seed of Zeus" casts a modern eye on these traditions and locates their enduring significance.
Переезд в Америку для Чайников    by Владимир Беляев
Price: $3.99 USD. 102130 words. Language: Russian. Published on May 4, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Immigration and Emigration.

О чем же эта книга? Если коротко, о моем опыте адаптации в США. Но не только, о жизни в Америке, о культуре и менталитете американцев. Советы и сценарии, как рассчитать свои шаги, снять квартиру или купить дом, как искать работу, и чем заняться в свободное время при наличии свободных денег.
Irish Mythology    by David Huttner
Price: $1.99 USD. 125030 words. Language: English. Published on April 29, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Mythology, folklore and legend.

Irish mythology, the world's best mythology, is too rich to cram into one book, even a three volume book like "Decoding the Deluge." As I said in DTD, it's "Everything you'd ever want to know about the deluge (Species War)." This work contains my interpretations of the cream of Irish Mythology, the myths and myth-tales collected by Jeremiah Curtin in the late 1800s from the Gaelic-speaking folk.
Witte geef geld    by Marcia Luyten
Price: $5.99 USD. 51370 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Fosfor  on April 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

Twee jaar lang woonde Marcia Luyten in Kigali, de hoofdstad van Rwanda. Dicht bij huis en op rondreis leerde ze vele Afrikanen kennen, van haar eigen kok en tuinvrouw tot zakenmannen en een minister. Aan de hand van hun opzienbarende, soms aangrijpende levensverhalen, schetst Luyten een caleidoscopisch portret van hedendaags Afrika.
Face of the New Peoples Army of the Philippines Volume Two Samar    by Frans Welman
Price: $4.99 USD. 51990 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

In Face of the New Peoples Army Frans Welman looks at the people behind the struggle for their rights. Often depicted as rebels, killers, criminals and the like they actually live in a semi feudal, a post colonial society where they are oppressed and exploited. The Government of the Philippines condones this exploitation of the poor and deploys its Army against its own people, cheap labor by milli
Face of the New Peoples Army of the Philippines, Volume One Cordillera    by Frans Welman
Price: $4.99 USD. 61730 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

In Face of the New Peoples Army Frans Welman looks at the people behind the struggle for their rights. Often depicted as rebels, killers, criminals and the like they actually live in a semi feudal, a post colonial society where they are oppressed and exploited. The Government of the Philippines condones this exploitation of the poor and deploys its Army against its own people, cheap labor by milli
Between David and Goliath    by Frans Welman
Price: $4.99 USD. 98980 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Regional studies.

Over a decade of Ceasefire and Peace Talks between India and Nagalim; Peace Negotiations in Practice - The Indo-Naga experience
Burma - The Uprising    by Frans Welman
Price: $4.99 USD. 89160 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

Sequel to Oh Burma the Uprising is more than a decade later and deals with the ‘suppressive’ situation Burmese people are in just before and just after the second Uprising. It also contains two accounts of Nagas and the Military in the extreme Northwest of the country.