Social science

Norse Greenland: A Controlled Experiment in Collapse--A Selection from Collapse (Penguin Tracks)

by Jared Diamond

A timely and fascinating exploration of the collapse of prehistoric Norse society in Greenland-excerpted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jared Diamond's Collapse

This excerpt from the New York Times-bestselling...

The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream, and Establish Obama's Legacy

by Reed Hundt & Blair Levin

The exploding pace of technological change today offers America opportunities to reduce our debt, grow our economy, and cement America as the most innovative and advanced nation on Earth. These solutions could...

South Africa's Uneasy Alliance

by Martin Plaut

The communist party in South Africa began as a revolutionary movement. In exile in the 1960s and 1970s it took on significance its numbers never warranted through its relationship with the Soviet Union and the...

The Politics of Water in Africa: Norms, Environmental Regions and Transboundary Cooperation in the Orange-Senqu and Nile Rivers

by Inga M Jacobs

Water resources and related issues are of great significance in 21st century politics. In Africa, for example, hydropolitics affect politics and policymaking at the local, national, and international levels....

London Folk Tales

by Helen East

The Folk Tales series, compiled by celebrated storytellers, gathers together tales from the oral tradition in book form. The selection of 30 tales and legends from the deepest corners of the area should reflect...

Litter: The Remains of Our Culture

by Theodore Dalrymple

What a book.' Clive Aslet, Country Life 'Characteristically brilliant.' Dominic Lawson, Sunday Times 'A little oasis of sanity.' Daily Mail Driving the four hundred miles from Glasgow to London, Theodore Dalrymple...

Playing Politics

by Scientific American & Scientific American Editors

Politics makes strange bedfellows, and that becomes even more apparent when trying to analyze the science of politics. Pulling from an array of disciplines including social science, behavioral science and mathematics,...

North Indian Proverbs (Folklore History Series)

by , R. C. Temple

This unusual book is a fantastic collection of the rich and beautiful proverbs of Northern India. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce...

The Principles of Fasting (Folklore History Series)

by , Edward Westermarck

Fasting has long been connected with worship and penitence, many religious orders and tribal cultures use fasting. This book explores the reason for fasting and the special connection it has for the participants....

False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency

by Gene Healy

In the waning days of the Bush administration, the Cato Institute published Gene Healy's The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power, which argued that the demands we place on...

What's Next: Essays on Geopolitics That Matter (A Penguin Special from Portfolio)

by Ian Bremmer

From the world’s leading experts on geopolitical risk, a guide to the major global issues and policies sure to dominate headlines in the next few years.

In the last four years, the world has suffered a financial...

Obama vs Romney: Who Should Win?

by Jack Goldstein & Jimmy Russell

In this totally and utterly impartial look at the race for the American Presidency, authors Jack Goldstein and Jimmy Russell wanted to have a serious debate as to who is better suited to take his place (or remain)...

The Origination of Unalienable Rights

by Christopher Alan Anderson

What are our unalienable rights and, maybe even more importantly, where do they originate from? If we knew where our rights actually originated from, perhaps we might be able to keep them. Author Bio: Christopher...

Concordia. The true story

by Marco Imarisio & Fiorenza Sarzanini

On a Friday night, off the island of Giglio. The gigantic cruise liner Costa Concordia crashes onto the rocks following a madcap manoeuvre, a sail-past. Captain Schettino flees. Captain De Falco shouts at him...

BFF Economics: It's an Emergency!

by M. James, PhD Freeman

BFF ECONOMICS makes a compelling argument for how America's economy must change, and change quickly. The book explains in everyday terms and uses unique and powerful analysis how to best vote in November, and...

Message to the Movement

by Mumia Abu-Jamal & Alice Walker

Radical black journalist gives organizing advice, political analysis and encouragement to activists from his cell on Death Row

47 Percent

by David Corn

From the reporter who broke the Romney video story, 47 Percent reveals for the first time the dramatic tale of how David Corn, Washington Bureau chief at Mother Jones, MSNBC analyst and author of the New York...

Replacing Obamacare: The Cato Institute on Health Care Reform

by Michael F. Cannon & Michael D. Tanner

This new eBook assembles the best of the Cato Institute's work on ObamaCare, and on how free markets are the only way to make health care better, more affordable, and more secure. These articles, written by...

Pussy Riot!: A Punk Prayer for Freedom

by Pussy Riot

Letters from prison, songs, poems, and courtroom statements, plus tributes to the punk band that shook the world.

Philosophy and the Common Law

by Christopher Alan Anderson

What is the connection between philosophy and law--or, more specifically, the common law? Moreover, what actually is the specific philosophy that can hold the commom law (thus our rights) in place? Author Bio:...