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The 2012 American Values Survey: How Catholics and the Religiously Unaffiliated Will Shape the 2012 Election and Beyond    by Robert P. Jones
Price: Free! 20360 words. Language: English. Published on November 9, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

Explore how America’s diverse and fluid religious landscape influenced the outcome of the 2012 election in Public Religion Research Institute’s American Values Survey. This annual survey delves into the intricacies of American values, with a particular emphasis on the "Catholic vote" and the religiously unaffiliated, both of which reveal a greater complexity than previously acknowledged.
Climate Change and Peak-Oil    by Kar Lee
Price: Free! 35400 words. Language: English. Published by KL Books  on November 5, 2012. Nonfiction » Science and Nature » Environment.

Why is Climate Change so controversial? Are we running out of oil? Was the burning of Moscow in 2010 a result of Global Warming? What is the science behind all these claims? This book provides a critical but concise analysis of the evidence and anti-evidence of the Global Warming theory and the Peak-Oil claim. Anyone who is interested in the future of our society will find this book informational.
The Free Market Has Soon Turned 99 % Of Us Into Miserables    by Anderberg
Price: Free! 81480 words. Language: English. Published on October 25, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

If nothing else, the economic crisis in 2008 showed how close we are an economic collapse of the system we all suffer under today. The system that is named the "Free Market." This book shows how we got where we are beginning 100 years ago by presenting Edward Bernays who created a new political idea based on controlling people's irrational feelings, to keep them happy and calm by consuming.
Vote Your Ass Off    by Bradley Bright
Price: Free! 27200 words. Language: English. Published on October 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.

This is a humorous, tongue-in-cheek, hard-hitting commentary of political facts delivered in a comedic viewpoint to the masses.
Occupy Love: Heaven On Earth    by Jerry Alatalo
Price: Free! 70280 words. Language: English. Published on October 14, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

Can the human race create heaven on Earth? Occupy Love takes the reader on a profound journey of exploration through the Earthly and spiritual realms. For perhaps the first time there will be discovered a wide variety of viewpoints which will strongly suggest that the golden age of humanity is here. We know this evolutionary human condition as love. In the year 2013 mankind will become One.
Towards Division Not Peace    by Socialist Party
You set the price! 50310 words. Language: English. Published on October 13, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Communism and socialism.

Can the working class unite to build a real peace process
A Little Political Bedtime Story For Adults: Political Realities In The Kingdom Of The U.S.A.    by Poncho Threetrees
Price: Free! 30540 words. Language: American English. Published on September 20, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Current affairs.

This is a book of political satire dealing with three mythical kingdoms. It tells the story of how these kingdoms dealt with the same political problems that we see in the real world today. The book goes on to examine the ideas found in the story, through a critical dialogue.
Target Iran: Drawing Red Lines in the Sand    by William John Cox
Price: Free! 23120 words. Language: English. Published on September 11, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Islamic militancy.

A history of Iran and its conflict with the United States and Israel over its uranium enrichment program, a discussion of the likelihood of war between the parties and a proposal for a comprehensive nuclear weapons policy for all nations.
Reclaiming Socialism, or: Economic Democracy (Recovering a Stolen Word)    by Brian Rush
Price: Free! 258690 words. Language: English. Published on August 23, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Economic policy.

(5.00 from 2 reviews)
An attempt to reclaim the word "socialism" from those that have re-defined it and rendered it taboo. Socialism does NOT mean a state-run economy or the end of private property, let alone Soviet-style tyranny. Socialism DOES mean economic democracy, worker-owned business, an economy for the 99%, and a humane alternative to capitalism. Capitalism is broken and it's time to discuss replacing it.
Justice--Liberty or Equality    by Total Health Publications
Price: Free! 47610 words. Language: English. Published on August 22, 2012. Nonfiction » Politics and Current Affairs » Democracy.

Revolutionaries generally emphasize equality. The citizens believe they are equal to the kings and the cardinals. As America’s Declaration of Independence stated “All men are created equal.” But after the revolution the constitutions written almost universally emphasize liberty–– the freedom to vote, to stand equally before the law and possibly for equality of opportunity.