Democracia participativa y modernización de los servicios públicos: Investigación sobre las experiencias de presupuesto participativo en Europa    by Yves Sintomer
Price: Free! 115380 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Transnational Institute on August 30, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.
En 1989, la ciudad de Porto Alegre creó el mecanismo del presupuesto participativo. En Europa, la primera data de 1994, pero no sería hasta la entrada de este nuevo siglo que la experiencia se difunde globalmente en el viejo continente. Este libro pretende analizar ese viaje y su expansión por Europa. El objetivo es dar cuenta de cómo se ha generalizado este proceso.

Municipal Waste    by Alan Smithee
Price: $3.99 USD. 113960 words. Language: English. Published on August 19, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.
Bullets fly—a city councilman is dead—and when Kurt Lvov stops hiding, he curses his new camera gig. But that’s showbiz, and since the Queen Latifah show got canned he’ll shoot anything for a buck, even shadowing the arrogant mayor of New York City.

Diplomats & Terrorists - Or: How I Survived a 61-day Cocktail Party    by Diego Asencio
Price: $0.99 USD. 103380 words. Language: English. Published by MAP  on July 28, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Terrorism.
American Ambassador Diego Asencio bravely reconstructs his 61 days of captivity in Bogota, Colombia, with many other diplomats who were held by Colombia's M-19 guerrilla organization. This book is a rare look at how the captive diplomats played a large role in securing freedom. It is also testimony that, given time and effort, the honest practice of conflict resolution can bring positive results.

Breaking the Siege: Voyages of Free Gaza and the Freedom Flotilla    by Bill Dienst
You set the price! 131220 words. Language: English. Published on June 25, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Civil and human rights.
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Supporting the Civil Rights of Gaza’s Palestinians via the Sea. Edited by Dr. Bill Dienst, Greta Berlin and Huwaida Arraf

Understanding Thomas Sowell    by Richard Patterson
Price: $2.99 USD. 107780 words. Language: English. Published on June 22, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Social policy.
An examination of the underlying assumptions in Sowell's libertarian analysis of society with a view to pinpointing exactly where liberals are most likely to part company with him. Starting with Sowell’s view of the role of intellectuals in our society, Patterson digs down into the conceptions of knowledge and reason underlying Sowell’s ideas about social processes, justice, and morality.

Taming the Bureaucrat    by Gerlad W. Grumet MD
Price: $5.99 USD. 176740 words. Language: English. Published by Fideli Publishing on June 13, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Government.
"Taming the Bureaucrat" begins with one physician's curiosity about the increasing bureaucratization of medicine and concludes that bureaucratic systems cast a wide shadow over virtually all aspects of modern society - the legal system, government agencies, religious bodies, financial institutions, military organizations, etc.

The Republicrat Junta - How Two Corrupt Parties, in Collusion with Corporate Criminals, have Subverted Democracy, Deceived the People, and Hijacked Our Constitutional Government    by Joe Befumo
Price: $0.99 USD. 113600 words. Language: English. Published on May 23, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Activism.
Both the Democrats and the Republicans are peddling the exact same deception; and that bill of goods is that the Republicans represent the interests, values, and will of Conservative Americans, and the Democrats represent the interests, values, and will of Liberal Americans.

Desafiando al imperio    by Phyllis Bennis
Price: Free! 115790 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Transnational Institute on April 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
Phyllis Bennis analiza el auge del unilateralismo estadounidense y la doctrina de la guerra preventiva, centrándose especialmente en los casos de Iraq e Israel/Palestina, y examina los retos y las oportunidades para reivindicar las Naciones Unidas como parte del movimiento mundial por la paz.

Casus belli: cómo los Estados Unidos venden la guerra    by Achin Vanaik
Price: Free! 142800 words. Language: Spanish. Published by Transnational Institute on April 8, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.
Casus belli: cómo los Estados Unidos venden la guerra es una valiosa y didáctica recopilación de ensayos escritos por destacados expertos de todo el mundo. En ella, se analizan las diversas excusas que se han esgrimido para ir a la guerra durante las últimas décadas de crecientes ambiciones imperialistas por parte de los Estados Unidos.

The Conspiracy That Will Not Die: How the Rothschild Cabal Is Driving America into One World Government    by Robert Gates, Sr.
Price: $2.99 USD. 140340 words. Language: English. Published by Elderberry Press, Inc.  on February 11, 2011. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Communism and socialism.
A cabal of financial interests are rapidly driving America toward totalitarianism and Communism. If we are to stop them, their conspiracy must be exposed. Currently the National Debt is over $14 trillion dollars, and it grows at over $1.5 trillion a year. This book exposes those conspiring to destroy America.