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Bullies + Teen Dating = Bullying    by Linda Culbreth
Price: $2.99 USD. 6530 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Violence in Society.

You know You Want Your Teen & Pre-Teen Safe... Now Here’s How To Do It! This book is: Easy to read, easy to use. Confidence booster for both parents & teens. For parents of both girls & guys. A resource for parents of those who may become abused, those abused, & the abuser. WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING... •“Wonderful resource for parents.” (Karen.Carcia, Ph.D., professor) •“An excellent...primer." a dad
Our Virtuous Republic: The Forgotten Clause in the American Social Contract    by Richard Baris
Price: $7.99 USD. 62910 words. Language: English. Published on May 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

Why are we so surprised to hear of the recent White House scandals? Is it no longer a "self-evident" truth that it is government's nature to be corrupt? "Our Virtuous Republic" is the book that politicians and academia do not want Americans to read. It is a vociferous and comprehensive defense of Natural Law, and American traditionalism.
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.
Africa Has A Future    by Peter Mutanda
Price: $7.75 USD. 15500 words. Language: English. Published by LionheART Publishing House  on May 18, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Developing & Emerging Countries.

Africa Has a Future. Many challenges lie ahead but there is a way forward. This book explores the problems and possible solutions facing Africa today. "This book is a valuable contribution to the discourse" The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu "This book helps us engage with the question 'how did we get here in the first place?'" Dr Julius Mugwagwa, The Open University
No Road Out: Yarrabah Mission    by Kathleen Denigan
Price: $6.50 USD. 25760 words. Language: Australian English. Published on May 15, 2013. Nonfiction » History » Australia & New Zealand.

Yarrabah Mission was a dumping ground for Aboriginal people—especially half-caste children and women—forced from their homes by state police, who were appointed as their protectors. From its establishment in 1892, to its takeover by the Queensland Government in 1960, Yarrabah mission was a place of no return, with no way out and absolute control exercised over every aspect of an inmate's life.
¿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.