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

[koland]

Also free for UK customers in the US store:

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by koland

Also free for UK customers in the US store:

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

US Amazon $5.39
iBookstore $9.99

[arcadata]

Originally Posted by arcadata

This was just posted on the official Amazon Kindle Team twitter account:

That's four games that will shortly be discounted (not yet in effect):

EA Sudoku
EA Solitaire
EA Texas Hold'em
SCRABBLE

The EA games are now at 50% OFF!

[arcadata]

Adding:

MONOPOLY (Play the Popular Game on Kindle) by Electronic Arts Inc. is also 50% OFF!

[koland]

Originally Posted by DixieGal

US Amazon $5.39
iBookstore $9.99

That would be because you are not a UK customer ... prices vary depending on where you live, even in the US store. Not all UK customers use the UK store (you have to keep your books in one or the other and the blogs and subscriptions are different).

[koland]

Now free in the UK store:

Run Like a Mother: How to Get Moving--and Not Lose Your Family, Job, or Sanity by Sarah Bowen Shea and Dimity McDowell

[koland]

More Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas, by Ace Collins, is free on Kindle and from B&N, courtesy of Christian publisher Zondervan.

Book Description
Ace Collins has dug deep to uncover the true stories behind your favorite Christmas songs. Explore how these songs came into being, and discover a deeper appreciation for these melodic messages of peace, hope, and joy that celebrate the birth of Jesus.

[koland]

The earlier volume, Stories Behind the Best-Loved Songs of Christmas (free Kindle), by Ace Collins, is once again free courtesy of Christian publisher Zondervan.

[koland]

More repeat freebies from Zondervan:

A Horse to Love, by Marsha Hubler
Sophie's Secret, by Nancy Rue, the second in her Sophie series

[koland]

From the earlier posted list, these have finally dropped to free:

Success Built to Last: Creating a Life that Matters , by Jerry Porras, Stewart Emery & Mark Thompson
The Truth About Managing Change: The Essential Truths in 20 Minutes , by William S. Kane
It's About More Than the Money (Introduction & Chapter 4): Take Responsibility, by Saly A. Glassman
Insights from Remarkable Businesspeople, a collection of business shorts from FT Press (repeat)
So What?: How to Communicate What Really Matters to Your Audience, by Mark Magnacca (repeat)
Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition, by Ken Blanchard (repeat)

Two more to go:
Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm's Assets from Swindlers, Scammers, and Imposters, by Kenneth Springer & Joelle Scott and Value Investing the Benjamin Graham Way, is a business short from New Word City and FT Press.

[arcadata]

Bargain book (Police procedural):

The first book in Joseph Wambaugh's Hollywood Station Series: Hollywood Station is currently priced down to $2.99 for the Kindle (from $7.99).

Synopsis:

A #1 New York Times bestselling author, Joseph Wambaugh invented the modern police procedural thriller. Now in his long-awaited return to the LAPD, he deploys his bone-deep understanding of cops' lives--and a lethal sense of humor--in a stunning new novel.

For a cop, a night on the job means killing time and trying not to get killed. If you're in Hollywood Division, it also means dealing with some of the most desperate criminals anywhere. Now the violent robbery of a Hollywood jewelry store quickly connects to a Russian nightclub and an undercover operation gone wrong, and the sergeant they call the Oracle and his squad of quirky cops have to make sense of it all. From an officer who dreams of stardom, to a single mother packing a breast pump, to partners who'd rather be surfing, they'll take you on a raucous ride through a gritty city where no one is safe. Especially not the cops.

[arcadata]

Bargain Book (Thriller):

Tom Rob Smith's Child 44, a thriller set in 1953 Soviet Union, is currently priced down to $2.99 for the Kindle (from $11.99).

Synopsis:

"There is no crime."

Stalin's Soviet Union strives to be a paradise for its workers, providing for all of their needs. One of its fundamental pillars is that its citizens live free from the fear of ordinary crime and criminals.

But in this society, millions do live in fear . . . of the State. Death is a whisper away. The mere suspicion of ideological disloyalty - owning a book from the decadent West, the wrong word at the wrong time - sends millions of innocents into the Gulags or to their executions. Defending the system from its citizens is the MGB, the State Security Force. And no MGB officer is more courageous, conscientious, or idealistic than Leo Demidov.

A war hero with a beautiful wife, Leo lives in relative luxury in Moscow, even providing a decent apartment for his parents. His only ambition has been to serve his country. For this greater good, he has arrested and interrogated.

Then the impossible happens. A different kind of criminal - a murderer - is on the loose, killing at will. At the same time, Leo finds himself demoted and denounced by his enemies, his world turned upside down, and every belief he's ever held shattered. The only way to save his life and the lives of his family is to uncover this criminal. But in a society that is officially paradise, it's a crime against the State to suggest that a murderer-much less a serial killer-is in their midst. Exiled from his home, with only his wife, Raisa, remaining at his side, Leo must confront the vast resources and reach of the MBG to find and stop a criminal that the State won't admit even exists.

[arcadata]

Valeria's Cross by Kathi Macias (Historical Christian Fiction) is FREE

Product Description:

Valeria's Cross is the story of a 3rd century Roman marriage, forged in violence and deceit and built on religious opposition. It is about the many ways that men and women love and fight and grudgingly respect. Yet in the end, God's faithfulness triumphs.

[arcadata]

The Middle Passage by Julia Golding, free in Amazon Main and Amazon UK

Description:

Summer 1792. Our favourite adventurer, Cat Royal, is sailing home from the Caribbean in the company of Billy Shepherd. They stumble into a mystery in the Azores involving stargazers, thieves and far too many wasps. A novella free to download.- A wonderful short novel by the prize winning author of The Diamond of Drury Lane series - perfect for girls aged 9 and above!

[koland]

Middle passage is no longer free in the UK (it was a few weeks back).

Now free:
Digging for Disclosure: Tactics for Protecting Your Firm's Assets from Swindlers, Scammers, and Imposters, by Kenneth Springer & Joelle Scott and Value Investing the Benjamin Graham Way, is a business short from New Word City and FT Press.