FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by bgalbrecht

Open Road Media has the US rights, Penguin has the Canadian rights.
Amazon US

Sorry to MobileReaders for the incorrect information. Thankfully, there are MobileReaders to correct me.

Heretofore, I've substituted ".com" for ".ca" and it's been accurate every time, as far as I know. But, I can see now that it's not reliable. Gotta actually do a search of the U.S. site to assure accuracy.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Interesting title, though. Usually when I see "trilogy," I automatically think "fiction" (probably sci-fi) and pass it by.

It's Gerald Durrell's memoir of the time he spent with his family on Corfu in the late 1930s; so possibly some fiction there

His brother was a well-known fiction writer (Lawrence Durrell - "Justine"), and is one of the persons included in the memoir.

The Corfu trilogy has been dramatized several times.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by bfisher

It's Gerald Durrell's memoir of the time he spent with his family on Corfu in the late 1930s; so possibly some fiction there

His brother was a well-known fiction writer (Lawrence Durrell - "Justine"), and is one of the persons included in the memoir.

The Corfu trilogy has been dramatized several times.

OIC.

I hate it when books do that. I saw information on an ebook a couple of days ago. I could not decide it is was fiction or non-fiction. I read and read. Finally, in the last one or two lines of the book description, it said something to indicate the fact that it was, indeed, fiction.

It's not just us non-fictionistas who don't appreciate that, I'm sure. Some people want to read fiction, and not any non-fiction. They would have had the same issue as I did.

Despite the adage, "you can't judge a book by its cover," in point of fact many times the front, at least, of the book jacket will give away the genre. Sometimes the title will. A clue that I very often use, but didn't on this particular book that we're talking about, is to check the amount of dialogue--fiction books will have much, much, much more than non-fiction books, generally speaking. In fact, some non-fiction books won't have any dialogue, for one reason or another. By dialogue, I mean quotes; non-fiction books may have something like, "this person said such-and-such," but don't use exact words (usually because that information is not known, but the gist of what the person said is).

[GtrsRGr8]

Oh, another sign that you might be dealing with fiction . . . if, on the cover, it says something about romance with a billionaire. The billionaire is pictured on the cover, and he would be considered drop-dead gorgeousby any woman in America. He's wearing a dark suit and white shirt. The white shirt is unbuttoned all the way to his waistline, revealingwashboard abs.

That might be a sign that the book is fiction.

If I had a penny for every book like that that I've seen, I'd be a billionaire by now.

[koland]

Originally Posted by issybird

Corfu Trilogy on sale at Amazon US for $17.57, regularly $30.

About 40% off list in both spots, but a much better deal in Canada.

And now on sale for $3.99 in the US!
Corfu Trilogy

[Gardenman]

Originally Posted by koland

And now on sale for $3.99 in the US!
Corfu Trilogy

Thanks for the heads up. I had to buy it

[Little.Egret]

Recent (2011) not a last century reprint.

Matchlocks to Flintlocks: Warfare in Europe and Beyond 1500–1700 by William Urban

US $1.26
https://www.amazon.com/Matchlocks-Fl.../dp/B00AE7DFVA

UK 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchlocks-...dp/B00AE7DFVA/

CDN$ 1.65
https://www.amazon.ca/Matchlocks-Fli...dp/B00AE7DFVA/


In the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions. One was Latin Christian western Europe. Another was Ottoman Islam. The third, no less vital for so often being overlooked, was east–central Europe: Poland/Lithuania, Livonia, Russia, the freebooting Cossacks, a volatile mix of variations on a general Christian theme.

William Urban’s fascinating narrative is an integrated account of early modern war at the sharp end: of campaigns and battles, soldiers and generals. Temporally it extends from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to Austria’s Balkan victories culminating in the 1718 Treaty of Peterwardein. Geographically it covers ground from the Low Countries to the depths of the Ukraine.

That narrative in turn focuses Urban’s major analytical points: the replacement of ‘crowd armies’ by professionals, and the professionals’ integration into crown armies: government-supervised, bureaucratized institutions. The key to this process was the mercenary. Originally recruited because the obligations of feudal levies were too limited, mercenary forces evolved operationally into skilled users of an increasingly complex gunpowder technology in ever more complex tactical situations. By the end of the seventeenth century, soldiers were identifying with the states and the rulers they served.

William Urban is the Lee L. Morgan professor of history and international studies at Monmouth College in Monmouth, Illinois. He is considered a leading expert on the Crusades and the Teutonic Knights. His many books include Matchlocks to Flintlocks, Bayonets for Hire and the highly acclaimed The Teutonic Knights.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Recent (2011) not a last century reprint.

Matchlocks to Flintlocks: Warfare in Europe and Beyond 1500–1700 by William Urban

US $1.26
https://www.amazon.com/Matchlocks-Fl.../dp/B00AE7DFVA

UK 99p
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchlocks-...dp/B00AE7DFVA/

CDN$ 1.65
https://www.amazon.ca/Matchlocks-Fli...dp/B00AE7DFVA/
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4.1 stars, from 6 reviews at Amazon.
3.00, from 5 ratings at GoodReads.
Both U.S.A.

[bfisher]

On sale today at Amazon.ca for $CDN 1.99
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B013S434Y8

The Goodreads description:

"Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million men and women. It signaled the beginning of the end for the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler; it foretold the Russian juggernaut that would destroy Berlin and make the Soviet Union a superpower. As Winston Churchill characterized the result of the conflict at Stalingrad: " the hinge of fate had turned."

William Craig, author and historian, has painstakingly recreated the details of this great battle: from the hot summer of August 1942, when the German armies smashed their way across southern Russia toward the Volga River, through the struggle for Stalingrad-a city Hitler had never meant to capture and Stalin never meant to defend-on to the destruction of the supposedly invincible German Sixth Army and the terror of the Russian prison camps in frozen Siberia. Craig has interviewed hundreds of survivors of the battle-both Russian and German soldiers and civilians-and has woven their incredible experiences into the fabric of hitherto unknown documents. The resulting mosaic is epic in scope, and the human tragedy that unfolds is awesome."

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by bfisher

On sale today at Amazon.ca for $CDN 1.99
Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad by William Craig

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B013S434Y8

Good book.

Also $1.99 in the US...
https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-at-Gate.../dp/B013S434Y8

and the audio for $3.99 when you own the ebook
http://www.audible.com/pd/History/En...ook/B017T1RS9S

[GtrsRGr8]

I'm assuming that this book is based on the old adage, "if life hands you a lemon, make lemonade."

Comes from a small publisher, but the book's very highly rated, and is the #1 seller in two Kindle store categories.

I haven't read in the book or even skimmed through it, but I have strong reason to believe that there might be some religious allusions, etc. in this book.

Squeezing Good Out of Bad: 10 Ways to Squeeze Good Out of Those Lemon of a Life, Lip Puckering, Time Sucking Situations. By James N. Watkins. Rated 4.6 stars, from 21 reviews at Amazon. Print list price $7.95; digital list price $3.29; Kindle price now $0.00. Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas, publisher. 101 pages. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01EH0C8US/.

Book Description
Learn the top ten ways to not only survive, but thrive with a lemon-fresh attitude as you face those lemon-juice-in-the-eye, life-puckering problems.

[Little.Egret]

Free

Fortune My Foe by Geoffrey Trease

The Life of a Legend, first published 1953 by Methuen

Respected author Geoffrey Trease gives a unique insight into the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, charting his rise to fortune, his fall from grace and everything in between.Once a trusted courtier, next a convicted criminal, Raleigh was at once beloved and despised…he led a life unlike any other.Trease tells a true-life adventure story, reliably building characters, setting and action from historical evidence.

Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998) was the author of more than one hundred books, including children’s books. He revolutionised children’s literature and was one of the first authors to deliberately appeal to both boys and girls through strong leading characters of both genders.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Free

Fortune My Foe by Geoffrey Trease

The Life of a Legend, first published 1953 by Methuen

Respected author Geoffrey Trease gives a unique insight into the life of Sir Walter Raleigh, charting his rise to fortune, his fall from grace and everything in between.Once a trusted courtier, next a convicted criminal, Raleigh was at once beloved and despised…he led a life unlike any other.Trease tells a true-life adventure story, reliably building characters, setting and action from historical evidence.

Geoffrey Trease (1909-1998) was the author of more than one hundred books, including children’s books. He revolutionised children’s literature and was one of the first authors to deliberately appeal to both boys and girls through strong leading characters of both genders.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01NAWPMZE/

Another one that I wish were available in audio. But, it's a must-grab as it is.

Amazon sells three editions; none of them have any ratings for some reason. GoodReads gives a 3.67 average, but from only 3 ratings. It looks like I could have dug up more, what with the book being around since 1953, but I couldn't.

The publisher, The Odyssey Press, looks like a self-pub kind of operation. When I Google it, the description says "Odyssey Press - The Original Ultrashort Run Printer." Then, I get re-directed to this self-pub outfit: Yurchak Printing. I wouldn't think that this book would violate the "no self-pub" rule on this thread, however, because it's a reprint of a book that almost certainly was published by a traditional publisher back in 1953. I would like to know, for my own benefit if that is correct. Moderators, am I right about that?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I wouldn't think that this book would violate the "no self-pub" rule on this thread, however, because it's a reprint of a book that almost certainly was published by a traditional publisher back in 1953. I would like to know, for my own benefit if that is correct. Moderators, am I right about that?

Yes. Little.Egret is scrupulous.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by issybird

Yes. Little.Egret is scrupulous.

And seems like just an all-around nice guy.

It's good to know the rule on that. I've probably posted more than one ebook in the Less than $3.00 thread because it was printed by a self-pub kind of outfit, although the book itself might have been quite old and gone through a number of editions and/or prior printings by traditional publishers before the self-pub outfit got its hands on it.