Free and bargain Non-Fiction in August 2013

[mitford13]

Not sure if this is a temporary price reduction or not, but .99 is a pretty good deal...
(On Amazon)

The Hornet's Sting by Mark Ryan

“Highly recommended.” (Library Journal )

“Even fictional spy masters James Bond and Jason Bourne would be hard-pressed to match the real-life adventures of Thomas Sneum.... a treat for fans of wild WWII yarns.” (Publishers Weekly )

Assassination by crossbow, refueling homemade planes in mid-air, mother and daughter seduction—Allied spy Tommy Sneum has done it all. The exploits of Tommy Sneum, the Danish-born spy who died in 2007, made him a legend in espionage circles. But until now, the full extraordinary story of Sneum’s action-packed career as a British-run spy had never been told.Working with hundreds of hours of interviews with Sneum, Mark Ryan describes how Tommy made an incredible escape from Denmark in a battered old Hornet Moth aircraft—which he had to refuel in mid-air by climbing out on the wing. Later, he escaped from Denmark again—by walking across a treacherous frozen sea on which two of his companions died.Tommy brought over precious intelligence about the Nazi radar installations in Denmark and their atom bomb—his reward was to be imprisoned in Brixton as a suspected double agent and threatened with execution. He cheated the hangman—but it is only with the publi-cation of this enthralling book that Sneum can be celebrated as, in the words of Professor R.V. Jones, Churchill’s chief of scientific intelligence, “one of the true heroes of World War II.” According to Major General Richard Eyre Lloyd, Sneum’s King’s Medal for Courage should have been the prestigious Victoria Cross.

[koland]

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[dreams]

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[itisbomb]

The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
by Daniel Wolff

is today's Nook Daily Find. It can be downloaded for $3.99

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=9781608197507

Below is the blurb:
When Daniel Wolff first headed down to New Orleans five months after the levees breached, he thought he might spend a year reporting on the recovery ahead. He found people desperate to tell their stories; they had lost the documents of their personal history - the photos and diaries - in the flood. They wanted to recover and preserve their stories through telling, and as their recovery dragged on and they struggled to make their government keep its promises, they became desperate about the recorders and cameras turning away. A year of reporting became five.

Wolff follows the inevitable difficulties of rebuilding a city almost from scratch. A quarter of the population chose not to return; those who did had to rebuild not just houses but community. The city of their memory, their model, had one of the worst crime rates and worst school systems in the country; yet an organized plan for a brighter future might eliminate the very neighborhoods they had returned to fight for. The government was incompetent; the contractors were corrupt. In this environment, trust becomes a radical act and hope is its own small miracle.
The Fight for Home introduces an amazing cast of characters: ex-addicts and church women, ex-Black Panthers and Sons of the Confederacy; urban planners and anarchists. As their journeys unfold, Fight for Home becomes a story of surviving not just a flood, but the emergency of the everyday - of surviving in America.

[mitford13]

Sorry about that - saw a post on Goodreads and clicked through to Amazon, didn't realize it had somebody's affiliate tag on it. I'll be more careful in the future.

[itisbomb]

Amazon currently offers several kindle books on mind mapping for free.

Mind Mapping for Kids: How Elementary School Students Can Use Mind Maps to Improve Reading Comprehension and Critical Thinking
by Toni Krasnic

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Mapping-K...with+mind+maps

How to Study with Mind Maps: The Concise Learning Method for Students and Lifelong Learners (Expanded Edition)
by Toni Krasnic

http://www.amazon.com/How-Study-Mind...with+mind+maps

Mind Maps: Quicker Notes, Better Memory, and Improved Learning 2.0
by Michael Taylor

http://www.amazon.com/Mind-Maps-Impr...with+mind+maps

[itisbomb]

Today's Kindle Daily Deal offers several non-fiction books for $2.99 or less.

You might find some books to your liking. Some of them were New York Times bestsellers.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...d_i=1000677541

I myself will grab Freakonomics and SuperFreakonomics.

[hwlester]

Today's B&N Free Friday selection is The Midwife's Here!: The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives by Linda Fairley. Sometimes these are free for the entire week and sometimes only for the Friday, so I'd get it quickly if you want it.

[mitford13]

Originally Posted by hwlester

Today's B&N Free Friday selection is The Midwife's Here!: The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives by Linda Fairley. Sometimes these are free for the entire week and sometimes only for the Friday, so I'd get it quickly if you want it.

Free on Amazon now, too:

The Midwife's Here!: The Enchanting True Story of One of Britain's Longest Serving Midwives

[koland]

Newly free from Stackpole:

• Traditional Archery: 2nd Edition by Sam Fadala (repeat)
• Peach Cookbook: Beverages, Breakfast Treats, Appetizers, Soups, Salads, Sides, Entrees, Desserts by Mimi Brodeur

http://www.amazon.com/s/?rh=n:154606...sher=stackpole

[koland]

September thread is up.