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Etiquette for Residents, Travelers, and Potential Immigrants to English-speaking Countries    by Ron Sunquest
Price: $6.00 USD. 6870 words. Language: English. Published by Euan Guides  on February 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Self-improvement » Personal Growth / Success.

How to get new friends and job? Many well-educated professional people cannot even find a job because of a lack of proper manners. This book gives a concise review of typical behavior of people living in Australia, Canada, U.K., and the U.S.A. It is invaluable to these who want to start a new life as immigrants, travel or live in these countries.
Transformations in Mississippian Native American Culture    by Jabe Fincher, Jr
Price: Free! 470 words. Language: English. Published on February 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Anthropology / Cultural.

This tells of the cultural changes in the Mississippian period Native Americans to include deculuration.
Holy Cow    by Darla Jasmine
Price: $4.99 USD. 47450 words. Language: English. Published by Jupiter Gardens Press on February 15, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Agriculture & food.

A hip, big-breasted messiah, who just happens to be a wise and enigmatic dairy cow with healing milk, materializes in a suburban intersection. When this sacred cow calls together her apostles—some human, some Holstein—they launch a ragtag interspecies revolution to overturn the factory farm system and awaken all earthlings to their interconnection.
Elijah Muhammad Meets The Press    by Elijah Muhammad
Price: $1.99 USD. 6240 words. Language: English. Published by Secretarius MEMPS on February 14, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Islamic studies.

Jan 14, 1972, 16 Chicago based journalists representing several local and national newspapers and magazines were received in the home of Messenger Elijah Muhammad. In this rare, hour and a half long group interview, Messenger Muhammad placed no limitations on questions asked.
When Allah Made Malcolm X Smile: The Man, The Minister, The Shining Black Prince    by Raymond Sturgis
Price: $2.99 USD. 10990 words. Language: English. Published on February 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Sociology / Urban.

Malcolm X will always be an important figure in the history of our world. Author Raymond Sturgis conveys how Malcolm X words of the past is still relevant to the social issues affecting African Americans today.
Repairing the Quilt of Humanity: A Metaphor for Healing and Reparation    by Deborah Howard
Price: $6.99 USD. 26070 words. Language: English. Published on February 10, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Discrimination & Race Relations.

The quilt of humanity is in a tattered state, says Deborah Howard, A New York City coach and consultant. We suffer too much as a result of racism, oppression, and the various ways that power and privilege affect us. Drawing on her own cultural background, she employs the Jewish concept of tikkun olam-healing and repairing the world-to present a provocatively insightful way out of our dilemma.
Australian Prisons – A Survival Guide For New Inmates    by Bill Bergman
Price: $2.99 USD. 13820 words. Language: English. Published on February 7, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Penology.

This booklet is for anyone concerned for anyone facing time in prison. It is for anyone who has just gone to jail and who needs advice about doing their jail time. It is for the parents of anyone going to jail so that they will know a little better how to help their loved ones cope. It is for the partners of anyone going to jail so they too will know how best to support their loved ones.
derp 1    by Lorenzo Chewparsad
Price: Free! 720 words. Language: English. Published on February 6, 2012. Nonfiction » Social Science » Philanthropy & Charity.

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Mythical Journeys, Legendary Quests    by Moyra Caldecott
Price: $5.99 USD. 61900 words. Language: English. Published by Mushroom Publishing on February 4, 2012. Fiction » Literature » Fairy tales.

The spiritual search... traditional stories from world mythology retold and explained by Moyra Caldecott.
Managers' manual for the 21st century.    by Kehinde Fawumi
Price: Free! 3340 words. Language: English. Published on February 3, 2012. Nonfiction » Business & Economics » Mentoring & coaching.

This brilliant piece came out as one of the (World) best in the 2010 edition of Peter Drucker's Global Challenge. The author has thus decided to share it with the world! It is a solution-driven missive on the numerous uncertainties hobbling the sustenance of the global community and especially of businesses.