Books tagged: sociology

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Asian-Americans in the Star Trek Franchise    by Joel Kirk
Price: $1.25 USD. 3500 words. Published on January 21, 2012. .

This eBook studies various onscreen depictions of characters (portrayed mainly by Asian-Americans) from the Original 1960s television series to the 2009 film.
From the Ganges to the Snake River    by Debu Majumdar
Price: $4.99 USD. 86250 words. Published on January 23, 2012. .

From the Ganges to the Snake River, an East Indian in the American West is a tender, often amusing, account of the landscape and people of Idaho written with an outsider’s perspective. It interweaves East Indian culture with Northwestern reality, reflecting on the difficulties, discoveries, and delights of being a stranger in a strange land.
In Real Life    by S. A. Barton
Price: $0.99 USD. 6980 words. Published on January 30, 2012. .

When every aspect of every person's life is monitored in realtime, what happens when that monitoring fails? Will Daniel and Ruby be drawn into revolutionary chaos... or will they find another way?
The Sensual Chemist    by Andrew Sudell Davis
Price: $2.99 USD. 58880 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

The Sensual Chemist is a witty yet thoughtful alternative social history, about England and its relationship with the rest of the world over the last two thousand years. Seen through the eyes of a diverse set of characters, love, sex, death and war jostle alongside religion, hypocrisy, science and marijuana to tell previously unheard truths about the place we live in.
Shit I Believe In    by Enir Nabu
Price: $0.99 USD. 4090 words. Published on January 31, 2012. .

These are random tweets taken from my Twitter account. I have epiphanies all the time so I jot them down. People said write a book about all these thoughts. So I did.
Throwing Lead: A Writer's Guide to Firearms (and the People Who Use Them) by J. Daniel Sawyer and Mary Mason    by J. Daniel Sawyer
Price: $9.99 USD. 93090 words. Published by AWP Books  on February 20, 2012. .

Most people don't grow up around guns, but most fiction writers have to know about them. This entertaining, humorous, and accessible guide takes you from the very basics of gun tech through the social and psychological quirks of cops, crooks, spies, and other professional gunmen.
The Perpetual Calendar of Inspiration    by Vera Nazarian
Price: $2.99 USD. 29120 words. Published by Norilana Books  on February 21, 2012. .

THE PERPETUAL CALENDAR OF INSPIRATION: Old Wisdom for a New World 366 Days of Insight from the Inspired.Us Blog by Vera Nazarian The premise is simple... New bits of common sense, inspiration, and insight to jump-start your day. What if it inspired all of us?
The Changing Academic Market: General Trends and a Berkeley Case Study    by Neil J. Smelser
Price: $7.99 USD. 56890 words. Published by Quid Pro Books on March 14, 2012. .

Inside story and scholarly analysis of a major sociology department's search, during the mid-70s, to fill many faculty jobs--all attempted in the midst of fundamental changes to the college market that began in the 1960s. That sea change is exposed with candid self-awareness and examined in its practical effects: treatment of candidates, affirmative action, shrinking markets, and recommendations.
The American Iceberg: Debt, Inflation and Money    by Bob Blain
Price: Free! 51480 words. Published on March 27, 2012. .

United States total debt, public and private, not just Federal debt, grew from $82 billion in 1916 to $70 trillion in 2010, almost a thousand times bigger. The cause is traced back to decisions made in 1787 and 1790 by framers of the Constitution and members of the First Congress. The remedy is to now correct their mistakes by properly funding the U.S. economy with "dollar" properly defined.
Social Agitation Theory    by Big Pete Malone
Price: $4.99 USD. 4680 words. Published on April 24, 2012. .

Social Agitation Theory proposes a career that would help people make friends and find lovers and will change most everyone on the planet's life for the better.