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L'ombra del Duomo    by Matteo Pontes
Price: $5.22 USD. 22980 words. Language: Italian. Published by Gingko edizioni on April 27, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.

L’aggressione a Silvio Berlusconi ad opera di Tartaglia, è reale? Si tratta di un attentato autentico alla vita del premier, oppure è una messinscena, gravissima, architettata per precisi scopi politici?
Meltdown in Tibet    by Michael Buckley
Price: Free! 5010 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

(5.00 from 1 review)
Tibet’s rivers supply freshwater to over a third of the planet’s population. China’s reckless damming and diversion of these same rivers jeopardizes the eco-systems of a dozen nations downstream. Extensive Chinese mining in Tibet has the potential to pollute the rivers at their source. This short work is a personal take on looming eco-disaster in Tibet and beyond. Includes over 20 photos + 2 maps.
The Middle Class Isn't Dying    by Michael Robinson
Price: $2.99 USD. 960 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Essay » Sociology.

It’s easy to see a world on the brink of collapse if you follow the popular threads running through the media. A volley of frantic articles describes the cratered surface of the once-thriving socioeconomic bracket popularly labeled "The Middle Class." Things look bad now, but there's light at the end of the tunnel, and I explain how in this essay.
A Long Train of Abuses- The Montana Freemen Chapter    by Humble O'Pinion
Price: $5.99 USD. 59910 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » US Constitution.

The FBI asked three 'Freemen' to assist them with a vehicle that was stuck in the mud on a desolate Montana ranch in the spring of 1996. When the Freemen attempted to help the agents out, they were arrested and jailed for 51 counts of conspiracy. Two dozen Freemen remained on the ranch, sparking the longest 'standoff' in American history. This Ebook is their story.
Woodsy On The Rampage: The Ecology Of Radical Environmentalism    by Frederick Meekins
Price: $1.00 USD. 2380 words. Language: English. Published on April 23, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

In "Woodsy On The Rampage: The Ecology Of Radical Environmentalism", social theorist Frederick Meekins analyzes the dark underside of this pervasive ideology and how a number of the movement's most enthusiastic adherents would like to see nothing less than the destruction of the United States of America and even the extinction of the human species.
Tegels lichten    by H.J.A. Hofland
Price: $5.99 USD. 81500 words. Language: Dutch. Published by Fosfor  on April 22, 2013. Nonfiction » History » European.

Tegels lichten - of ware verhalen over de autoriteiten in het land van de voldongen feiten stamt uit 1972 en is het bekendste en meest geprezen werk van H.J.A. Hofland, die in 1999 door zijn vakgenoten werd uitgeroepen tot ‘Journalist van de eeuw’ en in 2011 voor zijn gehele oeuvre werd bekroond met de P.C. Hooftprijs.
ایران آزاد    by Baktash Khamsehpour
Price: $4.99 USD. 19350 words. Language: Persian. Published on April 21, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Civil and human rights.

بکتاش خمسه پور در این کتاب که از طرح تا تکمیل حدود پنج سال بطول انجامید کوشیده است یک ایران آزاد را به زبانی ساده ترسیم کند. در کتاب «ایران آزاد» ویژگیهای یک کشور آزاد بازگو میگردد. نویسنده در این کتاب تشریح میکند که دستیابی به ایران آزاد و مهندسی یک کشور آزاد، آباد و آبرومند دور از دسترس نیست. «ایران آزاد» مسائل بازدارنده آزادی ایران را روشن مینماید و خواننده را به آزادی ایران امیدوار میسازد
Cambodia    by Frans Welman
Price: $4.99 USD. 96730 words. Language: English. Published by booksmango  on April 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.

Cambodia - Three decades after the great refugee escape and The Last stronghold of the Khmer Rouge
In Search of Good Government: A Personal Journey, Part One    by Jonathan Rouse
Price: $5.99 USD. 126270 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Government.

This is one person's search for what defines a "good" government. Beginning from basic ideas, the author uses the writings of "experts", as well as experiences from his own life, to help him draw conclusions about the Constitution, Property, and Freedom. This is not a work about politics, but rather it is an examination of the foundations of the United States federal government.
Improving Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific    by Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank
Price: Free! 3540 words. Language: English. Published on April 19, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » City planning.

(4.00 from 1 review)
A safe system approach to road safety offers a holistic view of road transport systems, and considers interactions between several elements. This ebook offers lessons for improving road safety and shares good road safety practices by drawing on various publications.