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This We Defend    by Paul Farrell
Price: $8.88 USD. 108860 words. Published on February 27, 2010. .

"This We Defend" is a true story told with humor on how to solve a noise or 'quality of life' problem with a neighbor in New York City. The neighbor is a group of veterans from an American Legion post. It's about conflict resolution, anger management, gun control and how to get things done when battling arrogance, detached government and neighborhood fascism. It's about responsibility and freedom.
My Country Is Called Earth    by Lawrence John Brown
Price: Free! 29960 words. Published on February 27, 2010. .

A man worried about the world he would be leaving to his children falls asleep in 1992 and wakes up in 2076. Fearing the worst, he asks the people he meets how the major problems of 1992 were resolved. Two weeks later, he returns to his time with the answers. This book, first published in 1994 but still relevant today, is not an apocalyptic nightmare, but a look at a possible healthy future earth.
Provide For The Common Defense: Thoughts Concerning The Nation’s Enemies    by Frederick Meekins
Price: $1.00 USD. 30070 words. Published on March 6, 2010. .

With what the naive considered the end of the Cold War and the fall of Communism, it was assumed the world would become a much safer and more peaceful place. Nothing could be farther from the truth as the danger has increased since the alleged demise of the Soviet Union. In "Provide For The Common Defense", political thinker and social theorist Frederick Meekins examines a number of these threats.
Good Manners and Bad Behavior    by Candida Slater
Price: $4.99 USD. 41770 words. Published on March 9, 2010. .

The Unofficial Rules of Diplomacy - and what happens when it all goes horribly wrong. Candida Slater was a British career diplomat and diplomatic wife. Through hilarious stories of an eventful life, she lifts the lid on what diplomats do, why they do it and how they deal with the most important things of all - parties, etiquette and damage limitation.
Three Pointing Back    by William Cooper
Price: $8.95 USD. 44620 words. Published on March 15, 2010. .

Personal responsibility has become the un-talked about aspect of politics that Washington politicians don't want us to think about anymore. But disabled Veteran William Cooper won't stop talking about it. His message is simple, until the citizens of the U.S. are willing to shed their dependency on the feds, and take responsibility for themselves, we can't turn back from the path we're on.
Warriors, Peacemakers and the Embarrassing Question of Love: A Peacenik's Memoir of the 1991 Gulf War    by Jack Preston King
Price: $0.99 USD. 4100 words. Published by New Paradigm Press  on March 17, 2010. .

Of this I was certain: To meet the violent hysteria of war with an equally hysterical peace movement could only create an irreconcilable "Us-Them" situation. As with the war, there would have to be winners and losers. But to meet a hysterical world with an open heart might bring a lasting peace, an "Us-Us" situation in which everybody won. And to be so idealistic, so Utopian, was embarrassing...
The Jefferson Project    by Thor Duffin
Price: $8.99 USD. 167380 words. Published on March 18, 2010. .

Homeland Security analyst Sam Archer discovers evidence of an impending terrorist attack, as well as a deeper threat that could bring about the collapse of the United States. Things grow more perilous as Sam's college student son, David, is pitted against the entrenched power of the corrupt government, and swept up in events that threaten to destroy both him and America as we know it.
When The Eagle Screams    by Stephen Bowman
Price: Free! 89200 words. Published on March 19, 2010. .

America's Vulnerability to Terrorism When The Eagle Screams was written prior to the first World Trade Center bombing. It is recognized as perhaps the first writing by an American author to warn that attacks on American soil were imminent. It predicted the events, the political response and almost every event to present day.
High Society    by Sandra Aragona
Price: $4.99 USD. 13610 words. Published by Candida Slater on March 25, 2010. .

Keeping up international relations is not as easy as you might think. Until the end of 2009, British born Sandra Aragona was Italian Ambassadress in London, and before that in Moscow. In this funny and observant book, she gives the lowdown on high society, and the perils and pitfalls of life in the diplomatic fast lane.
Moral Values, Politics and You: The Tribal Nature of All Politics    by Fidel Davila
Price: $4.99 USD. 28850 words. Published on March 30, 2010. .

Describes are how personal values lead to groups of similar values ("tribes") that try to lead using their values, i.e., politics. Primeval tribes are male lead, hierarchical and intolerant of other's values. Modern tribes are consensus driven and tolerant of diverse values as long as they respect an individual's human rights.