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Pop Psychology: The psychology of pop culture and everyday life!    by Bakari  Akil II, Ph.D.
Price: $3.99 USD. 14060 words. Published on June 9, 2010. .

Pop Psychology explores 20+ psychology and mass media theories and includes a heavy dose of pop culture, storytelling and humor to keep you entertained throughout. From the mind of Bakari Akil II, Ph.D. who blogs for Psychology Today and is an Assistant Professor in Communication when he's not writing, researching or conducting off the wall studies.
Buying Time (a story from Time, emiT, and Time Again)    by Teel McClanahan
Price: $0.99 USD. 4970 words. Published by Modern Evil Press  on July 31, 2010. .

This single short story gives a glimpse of two young people who fall in love at first sight, & of the time-bending company they work for: Chronomatics. Learn about Chronomatics' unique services, all of which make use of a form of time dilation, & about the challenges which spring up to test the strength of their love. Your conceptions of love and your understanding of time may be challenged.
The Chinese National Top Level Courses Project: Using Open Educational Resources to Promote Quality in Undergraduate Teaching    by Stian Haklev
Price: Free! 33170 words. Published on September 13, 2010. .

The Top Level Quality Project (jingpin kecheng, 精品课程) is a large Chinese project which uses the production of Open Educational Resources to improve the quality of undergraduate education. This work is an in-depth discussion of this project from a comparative education perspective, looking at the history of Chinese higher education, and comparisons with MIT OpenCourseWare.
Obey or Die    by A.J. Cushner
Price: $9.99 USD. 84230 words. Published on September 15, 2010. .

Something frightening is happening in Artificial Intelligence laboratories around the county. Something the CIA and the Pentagon have hidden until Boston University’s beloved poetry professor, Josh Parker stumbles upon a double murder at MIT’s secret Facets Project that makes him a target for killing and places the nation in peril.
Bi’ Ermeni Var    by Adem Yavuz Arslan
Price: $6.99 USD. 50700 words. Published by Timas Yayin Grubu  on March 19, 2011. .

Ergenekon sabahına uyandığımızda “yavuz hırsızlık” yapanlar, Hrant Dink öldürüldüğünde de aynı şeyi yaptılar ve bize odaklanmamız için bir nokta işaret ettiler. Bizden istedikleri sadece oraya bakmamız, baktıkça hipnotize olmamız ve ayan beyan ortada olanı görmememizdi.
Theory of Collective Behavior    by Neil J. Smelser
Price: $9.99 USD. 201480 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on August 21, 2011. .

A modern edition of a sociological and social psychology classic, adding a reflective new Preface by the author--plus an extensive, analytical 2011 Foreword by MIT's Gary Marx. Marx notes, "The book is elegant, original, carefully crafted and forcefully argued. In its totality, it is a fine example of an effort to define a field, identify major types and systematically connect central variables."