Content FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - August 2011

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A Time to Love (Quilts of Lancaster County Series #1) by Barbara Cameron (Abingdon Press)

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War correspondent Jennie King thinks she’s just a temporary guest in her grandmother’s Amish community while she recuperates from the devastating injuries sustained in a car bomb attack that changed her world. But when she meets Matthew Bontrager, the man she had a crush on as a teenager, she wonders if God has a new plan for her. Jennie has emotional and physical scars and though she feels she has come home to this man and this place, she's not sure she can bridge the difference between their worlds.

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Medical Error by Richard Mabry

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Dr. Anna McIntyre’s life was going along just fine until someone else started living it. Her patient died because of an identity mix-up; her medical career is in jeopardy because of forged prescriptions; and her credit is in ruins. She thought things couldn’t get worse, but that was before she opened the envelope and saw a positive HIV test with her name on it.Her allies are two men who are also competing for her affection. Dr. Nick Valentine is a cynic who carries a load of guilt. Attorney Ross Donovan is a recovering alcoholic. The deeper Anna digs to discover who’s behind the identity thefts the higher the stakes. Finally, when her life is on the line, Anna finds that her determination to clear her name might have been a prescription for trouble.

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The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo ($1.39)

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Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who adored him completely. And then, one day, he was lost. . . . Kate DiCamillo takes us on an extraordinary journey, from the depths of the ocean to the net of a fisherman, from the bedside of an ailing child to the bustling streets of Memphis. Along the way, we are shown a miracle�that even a heart of the most breakable kind can learn to love, to lose, and to love again.

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The Promise TP by Robert J. Morgan (B&H Publishing Group)

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In The Promise—now available in paperback—best-selling author Robert J. Morgan (Then Sings My Soul) illuminates the power of Romans 8:28 through real-life stories of hope overcoming heartache and points readers to an unshakable basis for faith and joy. With gentle yet certain power, the book inspires us to deal more effectively with everyday stress and strain and to be more equipped for serious trouble. You can use and share The Promise with others through all things, in every hour of need.

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The Gossip Ghouls: Zombies and Lipstick by Z

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Zombie punk Z wakes up in her designer coffin to learn that Vampie, the undead Paris Hilton wannabe, killed her. At first, Z believes this attack stems from Vampie’s jealousy over Z’s boyfriend. Soon, Z learns Vampie's master plan: stealing Z's boyfriend while eliminating werewolves and zombies altogether. Z decides to pose as Gossip Ghoul to get revenge on the billionaire vampress. Impersonating Vampie’s party girl cousin, Z enters the world of the super wealthy, of birka bags and designer fangs, of Parisian shopping sprees and lavish parties. Will Z be exposed before she texts Vampie's scandalous secrets to the undead world? Or will Z vanquish Vampie to once again make the high school of the living and the undead a safe and fashionable place for all?

Fey's Adventures by Poppet

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Fey is six. In her own back yard she goes on adventures to visit elves, ride monsters and walk on the wind. Along the way she makes unusual friends and learns the value of preserving nature.

This is a thrilling tale which is fun and exhilarating. Ogham lives in the oak tree, Wizlin in the Apricot tree, and the two of them take Fey to visit magical lands to meet fantastical creatures like Smudge and Majjel.

Painting by numbers by David Thyssen

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Years of humiliation in school and at home have finally caused fourteen year old Seth Mason to snap. High school didn't bring any change he had hoped for, the terrors of middle school years never stopped. His family is a joke, a beautiful facade of wealth and righteousness hiding a cesspool of dysfunction. His only ally, his grandmother, has died, and everyone else betrayed him. Not even the Nomans, the voices in his head, were ever really on his side. Sex couldn't satisfy him either because, as always, people only used him, which drained him emotionally. But it's all over now. He warned them after all. For more than a year he warned everyone in his blog, but no one listened. He knew one day he wouldn't take any of it anymore, and not even Alex, his psychiatrist who always made his hormones run wild, could have changed his mind. The hypnotherapy she insisted Seth should try only made things worse. It made him realize he didn't lose his innocence at age six like he always believed, when he found his mother in bed with a strange man while looking for his lost rabbit, but that all his life he had been living a lie. Now, besieged by police in his high school after killing numerous teachers and students, he reflects on the months leading up to his revenge, and prepares himself for the inevitable.

Rampant high school shootings still make headlines. But what drives a seemingly ordinary kid to walk into a school and shoot at other kids? Narrated by fourteen year old Seth Mason, PAINTING BY NUMBERS tells of the months leading up to the day he killed a number of his teachers and fellow students in his high school. Set in modern day America, this psychological journey takes the reader deep into the dark mind of a very disturbed teen. While not exactly that of Eric Harris or Dylan Klebold, the tale of Seth Mason is possibly closer to reality for more disconnected kids across America than most parents are aware of.

Gorinthian (Mirrors of the World) by Justin Mitchell and Marlaine Mitchell

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This represents a new dimension for the characters from Shalilayo, who have developed completely different lives in their distant world. The personalities of the characters are remarkably similar, and you will find yourselves comfortably settling into the adventurous world of Shalilayo with a a sense of familiarity with the characters that immediately renews your connection to them. On the world these characters inhabit, the ability to use Yar is almost completely lost to the human race. A scientist and his colleague from earth discovered the new world after inadvertently creating a wormhole while studying methods for dispelling radiation. The ability to sense their own spirits and use that energy to effect the world around them created whole knew possibilities for technological wonders. Their knowledge of physics from being scientists on Earth enhanced their ability to use Yar, and soon they organized the local nomads of the world to join together and build a civilization that surpassed Earth's greatest achievements. After a dispute on governing practices with his colleague, a war began as the two of them fought for what they believed to be the correct form of government. The culmination of the war nearly destroyed the planet, leaving only a fraction of the population alive to try and rebuild their homes in a world that was almost completely dominated by blighted wastelands as a result of the horrific weapons used by the warring factions. Now, two thousand years later, the same man who claimed to be the scientist fighting for what was right has resurfaced and is mixing several youth's from the city of Chasel Ri' Aven into his schemes. What lies at stake is not just the world they live in, but the entirety of existence as we know it.

Hilda - The Challenge (Hilda the Wicked Witch) by Paul Kater

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Hilda the Wicked Witch worries about a challenge, set forth to her by a powerful sorcerer. Help comes from a very unexpected side...

Searching for Meredith Love by Julie Christensen

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Meredith Love thought her life was just fine. Fresh out of graduate school, she had a shiny new job in the medical office where she used to be a secretary. Sure, she didn’t really like all her co-workers, and yes, her bosses still asked her to drop everything to send a fax. And, okay, she had an irritatingly successful best friend who was always telling Meredith that her life sucked. But Meredith was content with her quiet life in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Then Ben Abel, second-year medical resident, appears on the scene, and Meredith realizes how miserable her life is and what happiness could be. Suddenly, her life looks as bad as her best friend always said and it's getting worse by the minute. Now Meredith is going to have to stand up and fight for the life she wants instead of the life she's got. And even if she succeeds, a secret from her past could ruin everything.

Suspicions: a novel of suspense by Christine Kersey

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If you like Mary Higgins Clark, you'll like Suspicions.

When a neighbor boy is kidnapped for ransom, Stacey Hunter is stunned to discover that circumstantial evidence points to her husband. Not able to believe he could be involved in such a horrifying crime, she sets out to discover who is really behind the kidnapping.

Complicating Stacey's efforts is the odd behavior of her supervisor, Patricia Summers, who has taken a keen interest in Stacey's husband. Though uncertain of her husband's faithfulness, Stacey presses on with her investigation to flush out the kidnapper and is faced with losing everything she loves, as well as her own life.

Suspicions does not contain any profanity or sexual content and is appropriate for all ages. It is 72,000 words long, which is approximately 275 pages.

Novellas/Short stories:

How to Dump Your Boyfriend in the Men's Room (and other short stories) by Sibel Hodge

Whispers in the Shadows Vol II by Alan James Keogh

Gifts in Sand and Water by Annie Bellet

Forever Mine (The Moreno Brothers 1) by Elizabeth Reyes

Shaken and Stirred (Kizzie Baldwin Erotic Thriller) by Sable Jordan

Foolish Pride by Donna Marie Rogers

Immortal Temptress (Devil's Promenade) by Aileen Fish

The Vermin From The Black Abyss (A Dragolescu Vampire Hunter Story) by Robert Davis

Holding Out For a Hero by Stacey Joy Netzel

Morituri by A.D. Bloom

Stinky Dog by Michael Wenberg

The Forest of Sincerity by Rose Nanashima

This Totally Scary True Story About When My Aunt Died by Theodore Kohan

The Snow Owl by Jon Hartling and Heather Hartling

Tempting Yerva by Chris Turner

Eddie's Shorts - Volume 1 by M. Edward McNally

It's Not About You by Jennifer Zeliff

Checking It Twice by Melissa L. Webb

Summer Heat by Sable Jordan, Perri Forrest, Thee KWEEN and Ms. Downlow

Second-Hand Princess by Lorraine J. Anderson

Psychic Knights - The Beginning by P.B Thompson

Blood and Hairballs - Book 3 Spinoff of the Series Night of the Guppy: Sylvia Chesterton, Vampire Guppy Hunter by Jamie Wasserman

The Love Machine: The Erobotica Series - Novella One by Robyn McCoy

The Dawkins Delusion: an As-I'm-Reading-It Response to The God Delusion by Scott Reeves

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Wanderlust , by Kate Morton and Annia Ciezadlo, is free to pre-order in the Kindle store. I have no idea what this is, other than that the description the publisher has added isn't correct it's from a sampler book that features several authors, but neither of the ones listed for this one). No mention of the book on either author's websites (which are not updated frequently).

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The Story of the Scrolls: The miraculous discovery and true significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls by Geza Vermes ($2.28)

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The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Qumran, Palestine, in 1947 was one of the greatest archaeological finds of all time. Written in Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek, and hidden in caves by an ancient Jewish sect, these mysterious manuscripts revolutionized our understanding of the Bible, of Judaism and the early Christian world.

Geza Vermes is the world's leading Dead Sea Scrolls scholar, whose English translations brought these extraordinary documents to thousands, and whose life has been inextricably interwoven with the scrolls for over sixty years. In this illuminating book he relates the controversial story of their discovery and publication around the world, revealing cover-ups, blunders and academic in-fighting, but also the passion and dedication of many of those involved. He shares what he has learned about the scrolls and, evaluating passages from them, gives his views on their true significance and what they can teach us, as well as those areas where scholarly consensus has not yet been reached.

Few scholars have been as closely associated with the Dead Sea Scrolls as Vermes. Writing with candour and unique authority, he has created an ideal introduction to understanding these miraculous documents.

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Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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An atmospheric, gritty, and compelling novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932, by the bestselling author of Riding Lessons.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her.

Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.

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The Nemesis Worm by Guy Haley (Angry Robot)

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A standalone novella featuring the 22nd century's greatest detectives, The Nemesis Worm sees Richards & Klein involved in another high stakes investigation. Corpses are showing up all over Old London, and the finger of suspicion points right at Richards himself. Forced to clear his name, Richards and Otto uncover a fanatical group whose actions threaten the relationship between human and AI with destruction.

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Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks: The Reference Guide by Lynn E. Davis and Tom LaTourrette (RAND Corporation )

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The guide focuses on simple steps individuals can take to prepare for and respond to terrorist attacks with chemical, biological, radiological ("dirty bomb") and nuclear weapons. The guides contain both preparatory steps and specific response guidance. This includes what individuals will experience, what their goals should be, and what they should do during each type of attack

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End Malaria (E-Galley Review Copy) from The Domino Project

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What Is Node? by Brett McLaughlin

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Node.js. It’s the latest in a long line of “Are you cool enough to use me?” programminglanguages, APIs, and toolkits. In that sense, it lands squarely in the tradition of Rails,and Ajax, and Hadoop, and even to some degree iPhone programming and HTML5.

Dig a little deeper, and you’ll hear that Node.js (or, as it’s more briefly called by many,simply “Node”) is a server-side solution for JavaScript, and in particular, for receivingand responding to HTTP requests. If that doesn’t completely boggle your mind, by thetime the conversation heats up with discussion of ports, sockets, and threads, you’lltend to glaze over. Is this really JavaScript? In fact, why in the world would anyonewant to run JavaScript outside of a browser, let alone the server?

The good news is that you’re hearing (and thinking) about the right things. Node reallyis concerned with network programming and server-side request/response processing.The bad news is that like Rails, Ajax, and Hadoop before it, there’s precious little clearinformation available. There will be, in time — as there now is for these other “cool”frameworks that have matured — but why wait for a book or tutorial when you mightbe able to use Node today, and dramatically improve the maintainability.

What Is HTML5? by Brett McLaughlin

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HTML5: Everyone’s using it, nobody knows what it is. I realize that sounds more like a line out of an existential movie — maybe Waiting for Godot or a screenplay by Sartre — than a statement about HTML5. But it’s really the truth: most of the people using HTML5 are treating it as HTML4+, or even worse, HTML4 (and some stuff they don’t use). The result? A real delay in the paradigm shift that HTML5 is almost certain to bring. It’s certainly not time to look away, because by the time you look back, you may have missed something really important: a subtle but important transition centered around HTML5.

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ETA: Now free for those in the US and Canada

Paper Flow 28 Day Challenge by Mary Anne Bennie and Brigitte Hinneberg (Wrightbooks)

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The Paper Flow 28-day Challenge will help you establish a system for managing all of your paper work.

As featured in the best selling book Paper Flow, this system is a beautifully simple, tried and tested way to deal all the paper that enters our lives. The 28-day Challenge is your step-by-step guide to putting Paper Flow to work in any setting.

The challenge includes a home-office makeover, how to tame your action paperwork, how to conquer your reference paperwork, and adopt a routine that will prevent any more paper piles again.

Everybody will benefit from taking the Paper Flow 28-day Challenge: households, students, executives, home-based or mobile businesses, mums and dads, frequent travelers, retirees, empty-nesters and more!

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Sensei by John Donohue (YMAA Publication Center)

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A modern-day ronin, or masterless samurai, is traveling across the country-systematically murdering martial arts masters in ritualized combat. Martial artist Connor Burke, and his NYPD homicide detective brother, Mick, must outwit the assassin. And Connor must face his biggest fear-the specter of death at the hands of a far-superior warrior.

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Animals and the Afterlife by Kim Sheridan (Hay House) $0.99

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Kim Sheridan grew up with animals as her constant companions. Each time she faced the death of a beloved pet, along with the pain came the same questions, to which she could find no answers. Then, mysterious things began to happen that she couldn’t explain, which led her on an incredible journey to uncover the truth. Along with her own extraordinary experiences, she compiled heartwarming and meaningful true stories of everyday people around the world, and discovered compelling evidence that forever erased her own doubts about an afterlife for animals.

This book provides enormous comfort and reassurance to anyone who has ever cherished a pet, and food for thought for anyone who has ever questioned the place of these beloved creatures in the larger scheme of things, both here on Earth and beyond.