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The Futility Of War    by Alphonse Bocelli
Price: Free! 14950 words. Language: British English. Published on May 7, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Activism.

The Futiliy of War is a collection of blog entries dealing with themes such as the protection of freedom of speech, the horrors of war, terrorism and how war cannot be relied on for the future of the planet.
Active Mind: April 2013    by Timothy Conerson
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

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Active Mind: March 2013    by Timothy Conerson
Price: $0.99 USD. 1590 words. Language: English. Published on May 6, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

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Crisis of the President    by NB Armstrong
Price: $0.99 USD. 8660 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » World politics.

Sometime in the first half of the twenty first century a crisis occured which threatened the very future of the American homeland. The world, for one day and night, held its breath. Now in his first interview since the rarely talked about events of 'The Crisis', president Sam W. Marsh relates in near accurate detail what happened behind the scenes during twenty four Armageddon hours.
The Maduro Papers    by Benjamin James
Price: Free! 4650 words. Language: English. Published on May 5, 2013. Essay » Political.

Some observations about the Venezuelan President elected in April 2013.His victory is being questioned as I write but how did he behave during the days of Chavez? How might he behave now? I have used these questions as a sub-plot to a novel I wrote earlier this year entitled, "Swimming in Oil". These notes may spur you to read the book - I hope so.
Meltdown in Tibet    by Michael Buckley
Price: Free! 5010 words. Language: English. Published on April 24, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Environmental politics.

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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.
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.
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
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.

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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.
Gramsci    by Alfonso Borello
Price: $1.99 USD. 3490 words. Language: English. Published on April 15, 2013. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » History.

On November 8th, 1926 Antonio Gramsci, a newspaper editor, and elected member of the parliament for the Italian Communist Party was arrested by the Italian Fascist police despite his parliamentary immunity, and sent to the Special Tribunal for the Defense of the State where he was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Eleven years later he died in a private clinic in Rome during probation.