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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.
Transforming Knowledge: Public Talks on Women's Studies, 1976-2011    by Jean Fox O'Barr
Price: $9.95 USD. 106040 words. Language: English. Published by Seattle Book Company  on April 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Women's studies.

Tackling the topics of feminism, women’s studies, and the transformation of knowledge, Transforming Knowledge’s essays tell the story of Jean O’Barr’s struggle to change both knowledge and structures on a university campus over four decades. Feminists working to effect institutional change will find guidance from and inspiration in O’Barr’s experiences.
Three Years of Hate: The Very Best of In Mala Fide    by In Mala Fide
Price: $9.99 USD. 103460 words. Language: English. Published on April 1, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Gender studies.

The blog that shouted love at the heart of the world...
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.
A Plague of People    by John Robinson
Price: Free! 115730 words. Language: English. Published on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Future Studies.

(3.00 from 2 reviews)
People fill every part of the planet, using all resources and driving other species to extinction, until further expansion is impossible. The process and consequences are fully explored here with a science-based forecast of a complete collapse by 2030. The culture change urgently required is refused by a kamikaze culture of growth controlled by a foolhardy powerful minority.
The International Political Economy of Risk: Rationalism, Calculation, and Power    by Robert Deuchars
Price: $12.00 USD. 115910 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

The discipline of international political economy faces a number of critical challenges at present, as it seeks to incorporate a number of relatively new issues, one of these being "risk". This captivating and enlightening study redresses the neglect of "risk" in this field by focusing on objectivist rationalism.
State and Class: A Sociology of International Affairs    by Ralph Pettman
Price: $12.00 USD. 110630 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

International affairs are most commonly explained in terms of the flow of diplomatic traffic and the wealth-springs of foreign policy. This study complements the conventional debates with one cast in terms of an emerging world society.
Human Behaviour and World Politics: A Transdisciplinary Introduction    by Ralph Pettman
Price: $12.00 USD. 123580 words. Language: English. Published by Society for Philosophy & Culture  on February 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

The work traces the history of the study of world politics, and the consequent attempt to build a science of world affairs.
Human Manipulation - A Handbook    by Malcolm Coxall
Price: $9.99 USD. 157710 words. Language: English. Published on February 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Social Science » Political science.

"Human Manipulation" seeks to comprehensively illuminate the entire subject at all levels - personal, political and institutional. It identifies 450 distinct manipulative methods, ranging from mild interpersonal psycho-tricks to the truly sinister political conspiracies that impact the daily lives of millions. It is probably the most comprehensive handbook on the subject of manipulation anywhere.