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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: $2.99 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."
EssaySnark's Strategies for the 2012-'13 MBA Admissions Essays for MIT Sloan    by Essay Snark
Price: $16.95 USD. 17260 words. Published on August 2, 2012. .

Career goals are surprisingly unimportant at MIT. They want you to be more real with them than that. To assess whether you'll be a high achiever in the future, MIT wants to hear about how you've been a high achiever in the past. Where have you made a contribution? This SnarkStrategies Guide covers all the many things that MIT does differently in their MBA admissions processes.
Building the Second Mind II, 1961-1980, From the Establishment of ARPA-IPTO through the Advent of Commercial Expert Systems    by Rebecca Skinner
Price: $0.99 USD. 118360 words. Published on September 3, 2012. .

Building the Second Mind II, 1961-1980: From the Establishment of ARPA-IPTO to the Advent of Commercial Expert Systems tells the story of the development of AI during the 1960s and 1970s.
Life Adventure    by David Barth
Price: $0.99 USD. 2750 words. Published on December 14, 2012. .

This is a fiction short story about a family that escapes Hong Kong by waling out after the Japanese occupation in 1941.
In the 47th Generation    by Steve Nelson
Price: $5.99 USD. 67660 words. Published on January 30, 2013. .

In the 47th Generation ©2013 by Steve Nelson. A Scifi Action/Adventure story of the distant future. Earth has finally cleansed itself from the radiation of 20th Century man. Follow the adventures of Dan & Kati47 as they explore their new world, together! Based on a Real Scientific paper by MIT Scientist, Matthew Stein. (Included) Exciting pics & more… Get set for Adventure In the 47th Generation