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

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Elvis and The Dearly Departed (A Southern Cousins Mysteries) by Peggy Webb

Synopsis

They say you can't get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis-the basset hound who's convinced he's the reincarnation of the King of Rock `n' Roll. Brewing up a big ol' pitcher of Mississippi mystery, Peggy Webb's delightful new series is as intoxicating as the Delta breeze.

Normally, Callie Valentine Jones spends her days fixing up the hairdos of the dead, but when the corpse of local, prominent physician Dr. Leonard Laton goes missing, it's bad for business. So Callie and her oversexed cousin Lovie (Eternal Rest's resident wake caterer) have no choice but to go in hot pursuit of the recently embalmed, last seen bound for Vegas by way of downtown Tupelo.

Now Elvis may be nothin' but a hound dog, but he knows a mystery when he smells one. But keeping his human mom from wandering off the trail isn't easy when she's back in the arms of her on-again, off-again ex, Jack. Not to mention the angry mourners squabbling over the estate of the late doctor inside the not-so-restful halls of Eternal Rest. Or the French poodle sniffing around for a hunk of Elvis' burning love.

In Vegas, Callie and Lovie hit the jackpot when they find the dearly departed inside a freezer owned by his showgirl mistress, Bubble Malone. But they're luck runs out when Bubble decides to join her man in the afterlife. With the poisonous Laton family tree providing plenty of rotten suspects, Callie's determined to crack this case-with a little help from that irresistible piece of man she used to call her husband-and have a killer singing "Jailhouse Rock" in time for her next haircutting appointment.

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Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing by Charles W. Bamforth

Product Description:

Legendary beer expert Charlie Bamforth presents the most compelling social history of beer ever written: where it’s come from, and where it’s headed. From centuries-old cultural values to radical new approaches, craft brewing to globalization, it’s an amazing story. Bamforth tells it all–with humor, behind-the-scenes insight, and sheer joy!

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

Griselda Takes Flight by Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
Now that her morbidly obese sister, Agnes Sparrow, is comfortably dieting at the Greenbrier Nursing Home, Griselda learns to fly—literally—after a pilot makes an emergency landing and creates quite a ruckus in the otherwise sleepy town of Bright’s Pond.But Griselda’s newfound freedom—and her flight time with handsome pilot, Cliff—is hampered by other happenings in town. Like the gold digger who prances around town and is supposedly engaged to Stella Kincaid’s brother—the lottery winner who is in a coma. And there’s Ivy Slocum’s dog, Al Capone, whose adventures continue long after they should.When Chief of Police Mildred Blessing starts investigating the gold digger, however, things really heat up—for Griselda and all the residents of the unique Pennsylvania hamlet called Bright’s Pond!

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need by Rev Joseph W III Walker by Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
"This book sheds light on the power of purpose in relationships for couples. Why does God bring us together? Is there a purpose bigger than us? To these questions, I would argue, YES! When two people understand their purpose in life, it becomes a qualifier for healthy relationships. God merges their individual purposes so that they compliment, not compete with each other." from the bookContents:IntroductionI. A Date with Destiny: Anticipate GreatnessII. Chasing Destiny: God’s Hand is upon YouIII. Date for Destiny: We Can, We Will, We MustIV. Destiny on Purpose: Defining MomentsV. Destiny: Don’t Sit on ItVI. Walk in Destiny: Go For It! VII. A Date for Destiny: Too Deep For Shallow Waters

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

The Big 5-OH! by Sandra D. Bricker (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
Olivia Wallace has a birthday curse . . . or so she thinks. It was a broken heart on her 16th, a car accident on her 21st, pneumonia on her 30th, and a fall down a flight of stairs on her 35th. There were Ohio blizzards on her 38th, 39th, and 40th; and six days before her 45th, she lost the love of her life to a heart attack. Numbing grief stole that birthday and a couple more to follow and, on the morning of her 48th birthday, she received the call she’d dreaded ever since losing her mom so many years ago…she was diagnosed with stage-3 ovarian cancer. The doctors didn’t hold out a lot of hope, but Liv survived and maintained her faith. Months of surgeries and chemotherapy and radiation treatments followed. But now, as her 50th birthday creeps up the icy Ohio path toward her, her hair has grown back, her energy level is up, and she is officially cancer free. It makes her nervous. After everything she’s gone through, Liv hates the idea of driving on icy roads and returning to work as an O.R. nurse in a local Cincinnati hospital.Her best friend Hallie knows just the thing to break Liv out of the winter doldrums, while providing a safe haven of warmth, sunshine, and a time to regroup: a holiday in the Florida sunshine!

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer Allee (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
Maura Sullivan never intended to set foot in Granger, Ohio, again. But when circumstances force her to return, she must face all the disappointments she tried so hard to leave behind: a husband who ignored her, a congregation she couldn’t please, and a God who took away everything she ever loved. Nick Shepherd thought he had put the past behind him, until the day his estranged wife walked back into town. Intending only to help Maura through her crisis of faith, Nick finds his feelings for her never died. Now, he must admit the mistakes he made, how he hurt his wife, and find a way to give and receive forgiveness. As God works in both of their lives, Nick and Maura start to believe they can repair their broken relationship and reunite as man and wife. But Maura has one more secret to tell Nick before they can move forward. It’s what ultimately drove her to leave him six years earlier, and the one thing that can destroy the fragile trust they’ve built.sunshine!

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40 total titles free to pre-order for those in Australia, all from Harper Collins, it appears. A few of these are the 12 Days of Christmas stories (and anthology), but the rest appear to be mostly history and short stories, along with one cookbook.

14 titles from Avon free for Australian Kindle customers. A few of these have been free for a while, but I found a couple that were new.

Halfway to the Grave with Bonus Material: A Night Huntress Novel by Jeaniene Frost
Happily Never After by Jeaniene Frost
A Very Vampy Christmas: From Sugarplums and Scandal by Kerrelyn Sparks
Rose in Bloom: A Novella with Bonus Excerpts by Stephanie Laurens
Fatal Heat: A Navy SEAL Novella by Lisa Marie Rice
Royal Weddings: An Original Anthology by Stephanie Laurens, Gaelen Foley and Loretta Chase
Reckoning: From Unbound by Jeaniene Frost
A Lady's Wish by Katharine Ashe
The Amanda Project: Book 2: Revealed: Part 1: Chapters 1-3 by Amanda Valentino and Peter Silsbee
Diaries of an Urban Panther by Amanda Arista
Before the Witches: An Original Novella by Karina Cooper
He Kills Me, He Kills Me Not by Lena Diaz
Dark Future by Kc Klein
The Perfect Hero by Victoria Connelly

Quite a few more that are not pre-orders. I've set up a search and list of titles in this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...3&postcount=13

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Now free in the US:

Griselda Takes Flight by Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main)

Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need by Rev Joseph W III Walker by Joyce Magnin (Abingdon Press) (Amazon Main)

The Big 5-OH! by Sandra D. Bricker (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main)

The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer Allee (Abingdon Press Fiction) (Amazon Main)

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You Can Do This!: Surviving Breast Cancer Without Losing Your Sanity or Your Style by Elisha Daniels, Kelley Tuthill

Product Description:

Breast cancer survivors Kelley Tuthill and Elisha Daniels are redefining what it means to be a cancer patient. More than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year, but that diagnosis does not mean sitting on the sidelines while life passes you by. Both Tuthill and Daniels worked throughout their extensive cancer treatments and continued to enjoy their family, friends, and high-profile careers while fighting the fight of their lives. You Can Do This! shares with you the strategies that worked, what didn't, and what they wish they'd have known at the time of diagnosis, namely to:

* Send a message to the world that you are healing, not dying.

* Surround yourself with people who know how to make you feel better.

* Try to stick to your routine when possible. Go to work. Take the kids to school.

* Have a plan for what you will do at 2:00 a.m. if you cannot sleep.

* Keep wearing makeup and high heels. You dont have to look and feel like a patient all the time.

* Believe that you can beat this!

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Moon Maya 2012: A Guide to Celebrations in Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras (Moon Handbooks) by Joshua Berman

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December 21, 2012 is an important date for the Maya; it marks the end of the Long Count, a 5,125-year cycle of the Maya calendar, and the world’s transition into a new era. Some believe this transition will be peaceful; others warn it will be nothing short of explosive. But there's one thing everyone can agree on: Traveling to the Mundo Maya in the year 2012 is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity—and it’s not to be missed.

Travelers to Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras in 2012 can expect a yearlong celebration of Maya culture, past and present—and Moon Maya 2012 is the guide to the best of these celebrations. From Palenque and Tulum to Tikal and Uaxactún, from Caracol to Copán, Central America expert Joshua Berman details the top offerings of each destination: Maya-themed sporting events and reenactments, ceremonies, dances, festivals, important archaeological sites, and more. Packed with strategies for planning a 2012 trip, lists of the organizations and tourism boards offering the best packages and tours, and easy-to-read maps to help you navigate your way through them all, Moon Maya 2012 gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

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God's Story, Your Story: When His Becomes Yours (Story, The) by Max Lucado (Zondervan )

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Carpools and car crashes, job switches and joint custody, moves and motionlessness. Is there a cohesive storyline to the chaos, confusion, and clutter of your daily life? According to well-loved author Max Lucado, the answer is a resounding yes!So what is the text of your life? With his unequaled warmth and honesty, Lucado plumbs the depths of your storyline and comes up smiling. 'Your story indwells God's,' writes Lucado. 'This is the great promise of the Bible and the hope of this book ... Above and around us God directs a grander saga, written by his hand, orchestrated by his will, unveiled according to his calendar. And you are a part of it ...' Join Max for an unforgettable journey woven with New Testament stories and contemporary examples of God's beautiful story-making skills. The beginning of the narrative is legendary, the middle unfolds with surprises still in store, and the ending of your final earthly chapter ushers in a reunion that almost defies description.It's time to see what your life looks like when God's story becomes your story.

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Free pre-order from Simon & Schuster:

The Last Testament: A Memoir by God (Author), David Javerbaum (Contributor)

Product Description:

In this ultimate celebrity autobiography, bestselling author God will “telleth-all” for the first time, going behind-the-chapters of the Old Testament, offering frank and hilarious insights about fatherhood and bringing the gospels into modernity with a New New Testament.
From the creation of the universe to jeggings, the Lord Almighty has been a pivotal player in nearly all the major decisions of the past twenty epochs. Now, for the first time since He wrote whichever holy book you happen to believe in, God offers startling “dish” about all aspects of the universe and creatures therein, starting with Adam and Steve (you read right) and ending with Snooki. He will also address hot-button topics like prayer in school and evolution; put to rest long-standing disputes concerning which athletes and teams He actually supports; and offer His “inside picks” for the next ninety-three Super Bowls. OMG is sure to appeal to a broad base of readers, from the most ardent apocalyptist to the most blasphemous Darwinian.

God on The 10 Commandments:

Ah, the Ten Commandments.

I hate the Ten Commandments in exactly the same way as Don McLean hates “American Pie.”

For when I wrote those words, they meant something very personal to Me; they expressed My worldview; I put My heart and soul into them; and I issued them forth as any writer does, hoping they would find their audience.

Never did I suspect how popular the work would prove; never did I imagine it would remain My best-known selection; the one people still cite, and debate, and quote from start to finish, all these years later.

I suppose I should be glad for it; glad that humanity has taken it to heart, and extracted so much meaning from it, and embraced its simple AAAAAAAAAA structure.

But I have grown weary of it defining Me; of being regarded as a one-list wonder; of remaining locked forever in the public consciousness, as “that deity who wrote ‘The Ten Commandments.’”On sale: November 8, 2011

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Originally Posted by arcadata

Free pre-order from Simon & Schuster:

The Last Testament: A Memoir by God (Author), David Javerbaum (Contributor)

From the way the description is written (and the incorrect title of OMG shown for the ebook), I'd say that there is a high chance that this is just a teaser version of the full book, which releases the next month

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Here's two new free short stories from Macmillian (pre-orders):

Haunted Destiny: A Midnight Dragonfly Bonus Short Story by Ellie James

Product Description
Teenage mystic Rachelle Dugas knows to expect the unexpected when she fills in for a friend leading a Haunted New Orleans tour. But when she decides to check out a haunted house on her own, nothing prepares her for the secrets lurking in the shadows—or the twist of destiny about to unfold.

A Very Holly Christmas: An Exclusive Short Story by Sheila Roberts

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Shelia Roberts is back with the hilarious short follow up to On Strike For Christmas. This short story will bring you right back to the spirited town of Holly, one year after the big strike! For even more Christmas (this time with a touch of romance) don’t miss The Nine Lives of Christmas, coming November 2011.

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Originally Posted by arcadata

Free pre-order from Simon & Schuster:

The Last Testament: A Memoir by God (Author), David Javerbaum (Contributor)

The original book now has a $10.99 price tag.

This is now the free one (and it is a teaser book): OMG, by David Javerbaum and God