Content FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - October 2010

[koland]

It's a new month and there are new freebies. Several from last month are still free, so be sure to check the previous thread, HERE.

This is the sticky thread for free and bargain books in the Kindle store for October 2010. Rather than try to update the first post with a list of all the books, which is continually changing, instead new books will be posted at the end of the thread and each month there will be a new thread, letting the old one drop off the top of the forum. Anyone can post to the thread, but there are a few rules:

1. Only books in the kindle store. Yes, I realize that free books elsewhere will often work on the Kindle, but those should be reported in the Deals forum. This list is for those who only get their books from the Kindle store (and there are many who do) and don't want to deal with having to download and transfer books from elsewhere.
2. Do not edit old messages to add new books. Most people read this thread by clicking to see new posts. If you edit old messages, then no one is notified of a new post and often won't see the updates when they click to see new messages. If you need to edit an old message to correct a link or other info (or even want to note a book that is no longer free), that is perfectly ok.
3. No shortened URL's. No one likes to click on a link and end up somewhere that they were not expecting and few of the URL shorteners allow you to set up a preview mode so that you get a chance to see the destination first. So, use the full URL in your posting (yes, you can still just post a link on the title, but with the full URL, everyone can look at the status line or use Copy Shortcut to see where they will go before the new site opens).
4. No author self-promotions (unless your book is free in the Kindle store) or self-published books. If you are a Kindle author and posting another's work, it should be either a non-self-published book or one that you've read to the end and would not feel embarrassed to recommend to your mother, closest friends and priest/minister (assuming they read the same genre). In other words, the writing is exceptional (no misspellings or substituted words, grammar rules obeyed formatting that looks good on the Kindle screen). It isn't that we don't want you to post, but author self-promotions can overwhelm the list and a special child forum in the Deals and Bargains section has been provided for this purpose.
5. No excerpts or sample chapters (business minis are ok, so long as they are not just samples of another book)
6. Please indicate the price of any book that is not being offered free. You don't have to say "free" if one is, but it would be nice if you include that in the message. The maximum price for bargains is a bit flexible, but generally under $2 and nothing over $5, unless it is a volume that contains several titles in one and the total price per book puts it into the bargain realm or the digital price is below 25% of the list print price and 50% of the digital list price; this lets you include high priced reference books or cookbooks that are extremely heavily discounted, for one reason or another (but, let's not include books that Amazon has at $9.99 all the time, ok?).
7. If you see the genre of a book and it isn't clear from the book description that you post, please include it; conversely, if someone leaves this off, don't post to berate them, but you can post to include that info for others.
8. If you are posting a book that is free in the UK Amazon store, please say so. Also, if you do not have your current location set in your profile (below your name, it shows next to all of your posts), then add that to your post (as it "this is free here in Canada"). To all: please note that whether or not a book is free in a country other than the one a person is logged into is not easily discovered. The person who posts often has not way to determine that you will pay a different amount if you are in a different country. Also, prices at Amazon can change minute to minute and freebies can last as little as an hour (possibly less), so always check the price before one-clicking. If you discover that a book costs more (other than the "standard" $2+VAT international fee Amazon often takes onto books outside the US), you may leave a single comment with the country and price/restriction (for example: "This book costs $9.99 in the UK" or "Not available in Canada").
9. Try to keep chit-chat to a minimum. That will keep notifications of a new message in the thread down to (generally) only when a new book has been posted, making the thread more useful for all.

If you agree or disagree with the rules, have more to be added, etc, please send me a private message, rather than replying here. I'll discuss it with the moderators and we'll modify as needed.

[koland]

Here are the ones that have been free so far this month:

Love Me, by Kelly Jamieson
Outlander: with Bonus Content, by Diana Gabaldon
Listening to God, by Charles F. Stanley
Luke, by John MacArthur
Life Lessons Study Guide: Acts, by Max Lucado
Living Above Worry and Stress (Women of Faith Study Guide Series), by Thelma Wells

And these that are on Smashwords or free from other sites:

The Weight of Blood (The Half-Orcs, Book 1) by David Dalglish (I have this one; recommended)
Steal Me by Tina Folsom
Ransom X (Legacy Series) by I. B. Holder (previously UK only)
DEAD(ish) by Naomi Kramer
THE GATEWAY (Harbinger of Doom Volume 1) by Glenn G. Thater
How to Write a Great Query Letter: Insider Tips and Techniques for Success by Noah Lukeman
The Tempest: A Guy of Gisborne Story by Charlotte Hawkins
The Last Rakosh - a Repairmanjack tale (Repairman Jack) by F. Paul Wilson
A Man of Few Words by Katherine Woodbury
The Secrets of the Terracotta Warriors (Silk Road Travel Series) by Brian Lawrenson
Journey to Lhasa in Tibet (Silk Road Travel Series) by Brian Lawrenson
Fire Dance by Delle Jacobs
The Mudlark by Delle Jacobs
First Light Chronicles Omnibus (Spinward Fringe) by Randolph Lalonde
Rising (Dark Arts) by Randolph Lalonde
The Unsuspecting Mage (The Morcyth Saga Book One) by Brian S. Pratt
Sleeping Giant by Matt Kuntz
The Blood That Bonds by Christopher Buecheler
China Silk Road Adventures (Silk Road Travel Series) by Brian Lawrenson
Shatter (The Children of Man) by Elizabeth C. Mock
Rogue Hunter: Gaia #1: Into the Abyss by Kevis Hendrickson (I have this one; also recommended)
Journey in the Great Depression by John Lifflander
Arousing Love by M. H. Strom
Zombie Nights by Tom Lichtenberg
Haven by Justin Kemppainen
Mauled by Darren G. Burton
The Hunt for Sunan by Brian Paul Davis
Syria and Jordan Adventures (Silk Road Travel Series) by Brian Lawrenson
Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe
Be Vigilant: Daily Meditations for Advent by Michael Dubruiel
The Demon Queen and The Locksmith by Spencer Baum
Thai Beauties by Carl East (10 pages; erotica)
Call of the Herald (The Dawning of Power) by Brian Rathbone
Monster in the Mirror - With Bonus Short Story by MJA Ware
When Do I See God? by Jeff Inlo
Lord of the Trash by Sarah MacManus (cute cover!)
The First Completely Electronic Robot and Science Fiction Limerick Book by Peter Salisbury
29 Jobs and a Million Lies by Jennifer Topper
My Best Friends Have Hairy Legs by Cierra Rantoul (another cute cover and high list price)
Anti-requiem: New Orleans Stories by Louis Maistros
A Collection of Articles on Dating and Relationships by Darren G. Burton
Surviving the Fog by Stan Morris
DEAR JOAN (Optimized For Wireless Readers) by Francine Saint Marie
Planet of Doom (from the E2E Universe series) by Lawrence Johnson Sr. (very short)
The Soul Catcher by A.K. Stevenson
The Chambliss Tapes by Donald Capone (short)
Out From Edom: Book I of the Irredente Chronicles by J. Patrick Sutton
The Death Trip by Marion Stein (great cover)
Vampire Berserker by Carl East (short)
The Path of Dreams by Eugene Woodbury
For Sale in Palm Springs (Henry Wright Mystery #1) by Albert Simon
Letters To My Mother by Rebecca Heath
Boob Tube by Mark Coker & Lesleyann Coker (written by soap opera insiders)
Snapdragon Alley by Tom Lichtenberg
Balls Out: A Physical Challenge by Ace Waverly (short; explicit)
Woman of Sin by Debra Diaz
A Very Hairy Adventure - A Kaynos History Tale (Kaynos History Tales) by Tracey Alley (short)
Concrete Underground by Moxie Mezcal

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I now see why your fingers needed to recover. Thanks!

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The DNA of Relationships by Gary Smalley (Religious)

Product Description
"Everything in life that truly matters can be boiled down to relationships."

That’s why Gary Smalley says it’s so important to learn safe, healthy relating patterns. The DNA of Relationships will help you to understand how you’re designed to be in three exciting and fulfilling types of relationships. It teaches you the main barriers to great relationships and how to construct satisfying relationships with those close to you – your spouse, best friend, your son, even co-workers and neighbors.

[koland]

Thoughts on The Promise and Darkness On The Edge Of Town, by Bruce Springsteen

Book Description
In two essays, Bruce Springsteen discusses the making of his classic album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, as well as his forthcoming album The Promise which features 21 new tracks taken from the Darkness sessions.

The first essay is taken from Springsteen's 1998 book, Songs. The second essay appears in Springsteen's forthcoming releases, The Promise and The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story.

[TomF]

Originally Posted by koland

Thoughts on The Promise and Darkness On The Edge Of Town, by Bruce Springsteen

Book Description
In two essays, Bruce Springsteen discusses the making of his classic album, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, as well as his forthcoming album The Promise which features 21 new tracks taken from the Darkness sessions.

The first essay is taken from Springsteen's 1998 book, Songs. The second essay appears in Springsteen's forthcoming releases, The Promise and The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story.

HBO is running a documentary on the making of the album Darkness on the Edge of Town. Next showing is Thursday, 10/7 at 6:00 PM PDT with many more showings over the next 10 days.

[koland]

More christian publisher freebies:

Dawn's Prelude, by Tracie Peterson, the first in the Song of Alaska series, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Bethany House.

Book Description
Married off at a tender age to a harsh, older widower, Lydia Gray can't help but feel a measure of relief when an accident claims his life. What happens next, however, is a surprise to everyone: Through an unforeseen fluke, Lydia finds herself the sole recipient of her late husband's fortune. But instead of granting her security, strife ensues as her adult stepchildren battle to regain the inheritance for themselves.

Lydia longs to wash her hands of the situation and determines to join her aunt in Alaska, putting financial decisions in the capable hands of her lawyer. The beauty and serenity of life in Sitka appeal to Lydia, as does Kjell Lindquist, the handsome owner of the local sawmill. But a new discovery in Lydia's life forces her to rethink her future.

She is bound to her past as never before ... but what more must she sacrifice?

Rain Song, by Alice Wisler, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Bethany House.

Book Description
His words have unlocked a special place in her heart, but he lives in the one place she vowed she'd never return... Nicole Michelin avoids airplanes, motorcycles, and most of all, Japan, where her parents once were missionaries. Something happened in Japan. Something that sent Nicole and her father back to America alone. Something of which Nicole knows only bits and pieces. But she is content with life in little Mount Olive, North Carolina, with her quirky relatives, tank of lively fish, and plenty of homemade pineapple chutney.

Through her online column for the Pretty Fishy website, Nicole meets Harrison Michaels, who, much to her dismay, lives in Japan. She attempts to avoid him, but his e-mails tug at her heart.

Then Harrison reveals that he knew her as a child in Japan. In fact, he knows more about her childhood than she does! Will Nicole face her fears in order to discover her past and take a chance on love?

Oh God, Oh God, Oh God!: Young Adults Speak Out about Sexuality & Christian Spirituality, by Heather Godsey & Lara Blackwood Pickrel, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Chalice Press.

Book Description
Oh God, Oh God, Oh God! addresses issues of love, sex(uality) and embodiment from the perspectives of young adults who work for or are involved with the church. Discussions about sex, sexuality, and theology are taboo in many churches. What about the tensions felt between the commitments of love, dating, marriage, or parenthood and living lives of faith and integrity? The essays in this book address multiple perspectives on love, dating, marriage, parenthood, sex, and sexuality, as well as looking at the history of the church's struggle with human sexuality from a fresh perspective.

Holy Bible, GOD'S WORD Translation (GW) (with direct verse lookup and book and chapter navigation), from Baker Publishing Group

Book Description
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW) accurately translates the meaning of the original biblical texts into clear, everyday language. Readable and reliable, GW is living, active, and life-changing. The combination of accuracy and readability makes GW ideally suited for devotional reading and in-depth study, preaching, teaching, and worship, memorization, and discipleship.

The Kindle edition of GW includes direct verse lookup and book and chapter navigation.

To navigate this Bible on the Kindle, just start typing a Bible reference in the lookup bar using the book abbreviation. The search results will come up automatically, and you can move the cursor to click the verse you want to view. You can also type a full reference, using the period in place of a colon (e.g., Ps 119.111). On Kindle for the PC and other non-device versions of the Kindle, use the Table of Contents. Links to the Bible books will lead you to pages with links to individual chapters.

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Cybill Disobedience By Cybill Shepherf and Aimeee Lee Ball

Product Description
'How I survived beauty pageants, Elvis, sex, Bruce Willis, lies, marriage, motherhood, Hollywood, and the irrepressible urge to say what you think.'

From wholesome beauty queen to saucy cover girl, from heartbreaking movie star (THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, TAXI DRIVER) to one of television's most loved comediennes (MOONLIGHTING, CYBILL), Cybill Shepherd is renowned as sassy, shocking and sexy. In CYBILL DISOBEDIENCE, she opens her heart with the wit and honesty of a star who's seen and knows it all.

About the Author
Aimee Lee Ball has coauthored several books including No Time to Die with Liz Tilberis. She has written about health, politics, business, and the arts for many national magazines including New York, GQ, Harper's Bazaar, and the New York Times. She lives in New York City.

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Roseanna by Per Wahlöö

Product Description
Perennial launch the classic Martin Beck detective series from the 1960s -- the novels that have inspired all crime fiction written ever since. Widely recognised as the greatest masterpieces of crime fiction ever written, these are the original detective stories that pioneered the detective genre and inspired writers from Agatha Christie to Henning Mankell and Graham Greene to Jonathan Franzen. Translated into 35 languages, they have sold over 10 million copies around the world. Written in the 1960s, they are the work of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo -- a husband and wife team from Sweden. The ten novels follow the fortunes of the detective Martin Beck, whose enigmatic, taciturn character has inspired countless other policemen in crime fiction. The novels can be read separately, but do follow a chronological order, so the reader can become familiar with the characters and develop a loyalty to the series. Each book will have a new introduction in order to help bring these books to a new audience. 'Roseanna' begins on a July afternoon, the body of a young woman is dredged from Sweden's beautiful Lake Vattern. Three months later, all that Police Inspector Martin Beck knows is that her name is Roseanna, that she came from Lincoln, Nebraska, and that she could have been strangled by any one of eighty-five people. With its authentically rendered settings and vividly realized characters, and its command over the intricately woven details of police detection, 'Roseanna' is a masterpiece of suspense and sadness.

About the Author
Per Wahloo was born in Goteborg, the son of Waldemar and Karin (Svensson) Wahloo. After graduating from the University of Lund in 1946, he worked as a journalist, covering criminal and social issues for a number of newspapers and magazines. In the 1950s Wahloo was engaged in radical political causes, activities that resulted in his deportation from Franco's Spain in 1957. After returning to Sweden, he wrote a number of television and radio plays, and was managing editor of several magazines, before becoming a full-time writer. Maj Sjowall is a poet. She lives in Sweden.

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The New World by Patrick Ness

Product Description
In this dramatic prequel to the award-winning Chaos Walking Trilogy, author Patrick Ness gives us the story of Viola's journey to the New World. Whether you're new to Chaos Walking or an established fan, this prequel serves as a fascinating introduction to the series that the Sunday Telegraph called "furiously paced, terrifying, exhilarating and heart-breaking."

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Blood, Sweat and Tea by Tom Reynolds
also
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds

Real Life Adventures in an Inner-city Ambulance

Review
One of the most gripping blogs around - The Guardian

Product Description
Tom Reynolds is an Emergency Medical Technician who works for the London Ambulance Service in East London. He has kept a blog of his daily working life since 2003 and his writing is, by turns, moving, cynical, funny, heart-rending & compassionate.

About the Author
Tom Reynolds began work for the NHS when he was 23 and specialised as an A&E nurse. He moved to the London Ambulance Service when he discovered that 'he wanted to 'torture the patients in A&E'. In his own words, this is 'not healthy'. He has kept his critically-acclaimed blog since 2003 and is frequently quoted in the national press. This is his first book.

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Mix of Fiction/Business/Spiritual:

Dixie Divas by Virginia Brown (Mystery/Humor)

Product Description:
"You found my philandering ex-husband?" Bitty asked. "Where? Mexico? Paris? In Tupelo with a cocktail waitress?" "In your closet," I answered. "Dead."

Break out the hoop skirts and the zinfandel. The Divas are on the case. Wine. Chocolate. Transvestite strippers. Just another good-time get-together for the Dixie Divas of historic Holly Springs, Mississippi, where moonlight and magnolias mingle with delicious smalltown scandal. But Eureka "Trinket" Truevine, the newest Diva, gets more than she bargained for when she finds her best Diva girlfriend Bitty Hollandale's ex-husband in Bitty's hall closet. He's dead. Very dead. Now Trinket and the Divas have to help Bitty finger the murderer and clear her name. Virginia Brown is the nationally acclaimed, award-winning author of fifty novels.

On Bear Mountain by Deborah Smith (Contemporary Fiction)

Product Description:
Dirt-poor, sensitive as poets, and proud as kings, the Powell family has lived on a Georgia mountaintop for generations. Then, during the 1960-s, young Ursula Powell-s father convinces the Tiber family, owners everything in nearby Tiberville, to commission a huge iron sculpture of a bear for the town. Decades later the strange sculpture - rejected by the townspeople and left to rust on the Powell farm - symbolizes a family-s failure and thwarted dreams. But, unknown to Ursula, it is now worth such a huge fortune that the artist-s embittered son, Quentin Ricconni, is coming to reclaim it . . . and to change everything Ursula believes about the past, the choices that break a heart, and the redeeming powers of art and love.

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story by Jerry Weissman

Product Description:
Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly…discover common ground… and, together, decide to act.

In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world’s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for the audience.

Weissman’s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it’s your turn!

Retirementology: Rethinking the American Dream in a New Economy by Gregory Salsbury

Product Description
Looking ahead to retirement? Depending on your circumstances and your age, you may no longer have any margin for error. And your emotions and irrational behavior could be perpetuating a dangerous cycle of overspending and rising debt that may shatter whatever vision of retirement you still have. Welcome to the world of Retirementology.

Retirementology bridges retirement planning with investor psychology and the market Meltdown of 2008 to produce an entirely new way of thinking about how we spend, how we save, how we borrow, and how we invest. Financial mistakes are deeply rooted in human nature, but you may be able to overcome them--if you understand the breakthrough principles of behavioral economics and apply them in your own retirement planning.

Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims by Daniel R. Hyde (Spiritual)

Product Description
Who are these guys? That was the question the teenage Daniel R. Hyde posed to his father when he first encountered Reformed believers. With their unique beliefs and practices, these Christians didn t fit any of the categories in his mind.

Not so many years later, Hyde is now Rev. Daniel R. Hyde, a pastor of a Reformed church. Recognizing that many are on the outside looking in, just as he once was, he wrote Welcome to a Reformed Church: A Guide for Pilgrims to explain what Reformed churches believe and why they structure their life and worship as they do.

In layman s terms, Rev. Hyde sketches the historical roots of the Reformed churches, their scriptural and confessional basis, their key beliefs, and the ways in which those beliefs are put into practice. The result is a roadmap for those encountering the Reformed world for the first time and a primer for those who want to know more about their Reformed heritage.

Buying at the Point of Maximum Pessimism: Six Value Investing Trends from China to Oil to Agriculture by Lauren Templeton and Scott Phillips

Product Description
Legendary value investor Sir John Templeton knew the secret of earning consistent profits: In times of maximum pessimism, recognize what your long-term opportunities are–and be ready to pounce. This book shows you where today’s long-term opportunities are, so you can earn outsized profits when the “herd” is running away in terror.

Lauren Templeton Capital Management’s Scott Phillips identifies six powerful value investing themes for the 2010s: areas of long-term growth that become even more compelling in volatile or bear markets. This is value investing for the 2010s: a set of emerging opportunities you can profit from, while other investors are selling in fear!

Vince Lombardi's Winning Ways by New Word City

Product Description
Winning wasn't the only thing for the one of the greatest coaches of professional football, but wanting to win was. Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers ruled the game through the 1960s, and his skills of innovation, motivation, and teaching hold priceless lessons for leaders everywhere.

Averting the Financial Collapse of Our Health Care "System" by Jim Champy and Dr. Harry Greenspun

Product Description
Why health care must be systematically reengineered-and how to build a system that's both financially stable and delivers far better care!

The only answer to health care's impending financial crisis is for hospitals and clinicians to become dramatically more efficient. But these changes should not be driven by fear. They should be driven by an inspired vision of the future of care delivery. Imagine a health care system that is truly patient-centric, where patients are educated about their own care and helped to navigate its complexity-.

The Truth About Managing Effectively by Cathy Fyock, MarthaI Finney and Stephen Robbins

Product Description
150+ secrets of outstanding managers: how to hire great people, get the best from them, and lead them to success!

Three full books of proven management principles and bite-size, easy-to-use solutions! Find hidden talent sources…make great people want to work for you…build fully engaged, high-performance teams…promote communication and creativity…manage conflict…learn charisma…evaluate performance…quickly master evidence-based management techniques that work…and much more!

[koland]

Intervention, by Terri Blackstock, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Zondervan.

Book Description
'Barbara Covington has one more chance to save her daughter from a devastating addiction: staging an intervention. But when eighteen-year-old Emily disappears on the way to drug treatment---and her interventionist is found dead at the airport---Barbara enters her darkest nightmare of all.Barbara and her son set out to find Emily before Detective Kent Harlan arrests her for a crime he is sure she committed. Fearing for Emily's life, Barbara maintains her daughter's innocence, but does she really know her anymore? Meanwhile, Kent has questions of his own. His gut tells him that this is a case of an addict killing for drugs. But as he gets to know Barbara, he begins to hope he's wrong about Emily.Fear rises as the mysteries intensify: Did Emily's obsession with drugs lead her to commit murder---or is she another victim of a cold-blooded killer?In this gripping stand-alone novel of intrigue and suspense, bestselling fiction author Terri Blackstock delivers the up-all-night drama that readers around the world have come to expect from her.'

[koland]

Only You, by Deborah Grace Staley

Book Description
A charming romance about the lives and loves of people in a small Tennessee town. In the tradition of Debbie Macomber. "Hey, ya'll. Dixie Ferguson here. I run Ferguson's Diner in Angel Ridge, Tennessee. Population three hundred forty-five. It's a picturesque town in the valley of the Little Tennessee River, established in 1785. In the early days, its first families--the McKays, the Wallaces, the Houstons, the Joneses, and, of course, the Craigs--staked their claims on hundreds of acres of the richest bottom land anyone had ever seen. After all the years I've spent behind the counter at Ferguson's, I could probably tell ya'll a story about near everyone in town. But we only have so much time, so I'll narrow it down to just two for now. This is a story about coming home. It's also a story about acceptin' folks for who they are. You could say it's a story about Josie Allen, a librarian, and Cole Craig, a handyman, but I say it's a story about finding love where you'd least expect to."

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Remember Why You Play by David Thomas

Product Description
If you enjoyed Friday Night Lights, this book is a must-read. Remember Why You Play documents the lives, struggles, and triumphs of the players and coaches of Faith Christian School in Grapevine, Texas.
Sports columnist and author David Thomas followed the team for a full season, recording a story that will inspire readers to understand that relationships are more important than winning.
One of the key events was a game that Faith Christian played against the Gainesville State Tornadoes, a school for convicted juvenile offenders. The story of this spectacular game is being made into a movie, titled One Heart, with an anticipated release in November 2010. Reminiscent of Hoosiers and Remember the Titans, this true story makes a strong statement about the impact of compassion and sportsmanship.