FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[GA Russell]

How to Camp Out - free
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*****

Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt - free
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Camping Gear: Learn how to camp out - free
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Camping for Boys - free
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Scouting for Boys (Robert Baden Powell, The Original) - $1.75
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[Section8]

Originally Posted by ATDrake

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Golden Age of Piracy: A Short History of Privateers, Buccaneers and Pirates in the Caribbean by award-winning Canadian author Stephen R. Bown, who's a professional history book writer published by Douglas & MacIntyre, one of our top homegrown publishers (before it got acquired by the Random Penguin House), an overview of Exactly What It Says In The Title, which may or may not have been modified from his old columns in the Canadian history magazine formerly known as The Beaver, like his other freebie was.

Mariners were plagued by a multitude of dangers during the Great Age of Sail, "whole crews were drowned; men, women and children were starved to death in open boats; half starved sailors mutinied, scurvy ravaged helpless crews, but the worst danger of all was to fall into the hands of the pirates."

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries daring sea-rovers such as Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, armed with dubious letters of reprisal, wreaked havoc on Spanish treasure fleets hauling the gold of the New World across the Atlantic. The early 18th century, however, was piracy's golden age -- an age when notorious cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts almost paralyzed Caribbean commerce. Mere mention of these murderous marauders sent a shaft of fear through the hearts of merchants and sailors.

As violently and quickly as they arose these blackguards and villains were ruthlessly suppressed, leaving nothing but tales of their infamous deeds to future generations. Illustrated with hundreds of historical images. By the author of the ebook exclusive Wanders & Nomads: True Stories of Wild and Eccentric Explorers in the Americas.

Thanks - this looks interesting. It's also the first ebook I've ever seen that actually specifies comic sans as its font family in the formatting.

[AnemicOak]

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts has dropped to $3.79
Amazon US | so far hasn't dropped elsewhere

While much has been written about the men who signed the Declaration of Independence, battled the British, and framed the Constitution, the wives, mothers, sisters, and daughters they left behind have been little noticed by history. Roberts brings us the women who fought the Revolution as valiantly as the men, often defending their very doorsteps. While the men went off to war or to Congress, the women managed their businesses, raised their children, provided them with political advice, and made it possible for the men to do what they did. The behind-the-scenes influence of these women -- and their sometimes very public activities -- was intelligent and pervasive.

Drawing upon personal correspondence, private journals, and even favored recipes, Roberts reveals the often surprising stories of these fascinating women, bringing to life the everyday trials and extraordinary triumphs of individuals like Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green, Esther DeBerdt Reed, and Martha Washington -- proving that without our exemplary women, the new country might never have survived.

Social history at its best, Founding Mothers unveils the drive, determination, creative insight, and passion of the other patriots, the women who raised our nation. Roberts proves beyond a doubt that like every generation of American women that has followed, the founding mothers used the unique gifts of their gender -- courage, pluck, sadness, joy, energy, grace, sensitivity, and humor -- to do what women do best, put one foot in front of the other in remarkable circumstances and carry on.

[GtrsRGr8]

How to Work a Room, 25th Anniversary Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections--In Person and Online. By Susan RoAne. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 19 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $15.99; digital list(?) price $8.99;Kindle price now $0.99. HarperCollins Publishers, publisher. 403 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Work-Room-25th...son+and+Online.

Book Description
From Amazon.com
How To Work A Room is the classic bestselling self-help book on improving communication and socialization skills in business and life, giving you the confidence and tools to walk into any room and shine. The 25th Anniversary Edition is fully revised and updated, incorporating new research on interaction and the role of technology and social media in networking, with RoAne’s proven tips for using digital strategies to your advantage. RoAne lays down the fundamentals for savvy socializing, whether at a party, a conference, or online, with practical advice for starting conversations and strengthening rapport with strangers. How to Work a Room: The Ultimate Guide to Making Lasting Connections—In Person and Online will continue to be a vital tool for business professionals, job seekers, and career changers of all ages.

From the Back Cover
The classic bestseller on socializing—now fully updated for social interactions in a digital age

How to Work a Room® is the classic bestselling book on improving communication and socializing skills, and using them to create and leverage connections. This Silver Anniversary Edition is fully revised and updated to include the role of technology and social media in networking, as well as Susan RoAne's proven tips for using digital strategies to your advantage—plus practical hints for starting conversations and strengthening rapport with strangers. How to Work a Room®: The 25th Anniversary Edition is a vital tool for business professionals, job seekers and career changers of all ages.

[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts has dropped to $3.79
Amazon US so far hasn't dropped elsewhere

Wow, pretty mixed reviews from readers on this one. Gonna get it anyway.

[GA Russell]

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[ATDrake]

Bargain @ $1.99 each from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, prices valid for all the standard Canada & US stores, may or may not also be discounted in other region, etc.):

10 Books to Brighten Your Dark Winter Mood, which has a mix of humorous and heartwarming fiction and non-, including a memoir by the late veterinarian James Herriot (Wikipedia), an illustrated nature meditation by the late environmentalist Rachel Carson (Wikipedia), an LGBT humour guide, a column collection by a Village Voice writer, and Cheaper By the Dozen (Wikipedia), an autobiographical memoir by the children of early 20th century efficiency experts Frank (Wikipedia) & Lillian Gilbreth (Wikipedia), who had 12 kids in all and tried to apply their professional methods to raising them.

I recommend that last one, which I read as a kid from the library and really enjoyed, and will be buying myself, shortly.

I think this sale is supposed to be good through February, so if you happen to miss getting something you want before the current round of Kobo contest coupon expiries, they should still be around when the next one opens.

[avantman42]

These were both in the UK Kindle Daily Deal email, listed under "Kindle Deals up to 75% off":

Most Dangerous Enemy: A History of the Battle of Britain

£1.29

Stephen Bungay's magisterial history is the definitive book about this central event in Britain's history and mythology. Unrivalled for its synthesis of all previous historical accounts, for the acuity and intelligence of its strategic analysis and its sheer narrative drive, it is a book ultimately distinguished by the trenchancy of its conclusions -- that it was the British in the Battle who displayed all the virtues of efficiency, organisation and even ruthlessness we habitually attribute to the Germans, and they who fell short in their amateurism, ill-preparedness, engineering sub-standards and even in their old-fashioned notions of gallantry.
An addictive read and gripping throughout, this book is a classic of military history.

Stephen Bungay is Director of the Ashridge Strategic Management Centre in London. He is the author of Alamein (Aurum) and Making Strategy Happen (Nicholas Brealey 2009.) Since the first publication of The Most Dangerous Enemy in 2000, the author has become a respected authority in television documentaries, and lectures on the Battle to the RAF itself.

The Secret Life of Bletchley Park: The WWII Codebreaking Centre and the Men and Women Who Worked There

£1.09 (and if you buy the Kindle book, you can get the Audible audio book for £1.09, rather than the usual £16.60)

Bletchley Park was where one of the war’s most famous – and crucial – achievements was made: the cracking of Germany’s “Enigma” code in which its most important military communications were couched. This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain’s most brilliant mathematical brains, like Alan Turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology – indeed, the birth of modern computing. The military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the Battle of the Atlantic and the war in North Africa.

But, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction – from Robert Harris and Ian McEwan to Andrew Hodges’ biography of Turing – what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? What was life like for them – an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military?

Sinclair McKay’s book is the first history for the general reader of life at Bletchley Park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties – of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed Angus Wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) – of a youthful Roy Jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels – and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other’s work.

[GtrsRGr8]

Rosetta Books has a Valentine's Day sale going on right now. It started February 1 and goes through February 14. Why am I just now telling you about it if it started on February 1? Because I just got the email message yesterday (okay, I'll admit to being one day late) from RosettaBooks, telling about it!

The sale is "enjoy a new free or $0.99 eBook every day." It appears that all of the ebooks are on the theme of Valentine's Day in one way or another. There is a mixture of non-fiction and fiction. The reason that I'm posting this announcement in the "Non-fiction" thread initially, at least, is that today's (February 6's) book is non-fiction (I think).

Today's ebook is a free one. I won't post any additional information about today's book, however. You'll need to go to the sale's webpage and find it out for yourself. The reason being that the subject matter is delicate and sensitive (think about all of the different things associated with Valentine's Day, and you'll probably guess the subject) and so is the title. I think that I've got a good handle on the sensibilities of Americans (being one myself), but MobileRead has an international membership and I don't have a feel for the sensibilities of the people of those other countries. Out of an abundance of caution, I'll keep it out of open forum.

Unrelated to the above sale, RosettaBooks also is offering a free copy of Earthbound, by Richard Matheson. I don't know anything else about it, except that it does seem to be a work of fiction. You must download it to the RosettaBooks App. The link is at the bottom of the Valentine's sale webpage.

[Difflugia]

OPEN: How We'll Work, Live and Learn in the Future by David Price is Today's NOOK Free Fridays selection.
Barnes & Noble

[Calenorn]

Originally Posted by Difflugia

OPEN: How We'll Work, Live and Learn in the Future by David Price is Today's NOOK Free Fridays selection.
Barnes & Noble

Deliciously ironic, given B&N's strangulation of ebook downloading.

You can read "OPEN" for free, but only on your NOOK or NOOK ap!

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by Calenorn

Deliciously ironic, given B&N's strangulation of ebook downloading.

You can read "OPEN" for free, but only on your NOOK or NOOK ap!

BN-Dload

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

Wanderers & Nomads: True Stories of Eccentric and Wild Explorers in the Americas by award-winning Canadian history book writer Stephen R. Bown is a collection of his columns from the Canada's History (Wikipedia) magazine formerly known as The Beaver (which IMHO, they should have kept the name of, because you never know which body part the words "Canada" or "history" will become crude slang for in another 90 years and why give up on your own history just to pander to the ignorance of others who probably aren't even reading your mag?) & Alaska magazine (Wikipedia) between 1997 and 2010.

Wanderers and Nomads is a collection of fifteen true stories of historical adventurers and travelers in the Americas. From the first tourist voyage in 1536 that ended in shipwreck and cannibalism in Newfoundland, to the four year Arctic survival epic of Captain John Ross in the 1830s, to Lavrenity Zagoskin's first Russian scientific expedition in Alaska in 1842, to a duo of British spies scouting Old Oregon for military installations in 1845, these tales will be sure to bring to light shocking and little-known vignettes from an era when most of North America was still a frontier. With fourteen maps and dozens of historical images.

His other recent freebie on Golden Age Piracy which was posted a couple of days ago is still free, but probably not for much longer, since there's a max of 5 free days per 90 for KDP Select stuff.

[GtrsRGr8]

I am posting this ebook because it has an interesting premise, and one that I don't think that I've seen broached in any other book before. I personally am interested in reading what the author has to say.

This ebook currently is marked down 70%, to $2.99. Unfortunately, there are no ratings/reviews at Amazon yet. It is rated 5 stars at Goodreads, but that is from only one rating with no review.

My musings . . . . Scientists are human. I have given some small amount of thought in the past to the question of whether or not, because of that fact, we should trust scientists to always, or even most always, be completely objective. How many non-scientists do you know who are that way? The fact that scientists are in a vocation which is dedicated to a pursuit of truth does not, it seems to me, guarantee their objectivity. In some fields, such as mathematics, objectivity is irrelevant because answers to questions are straightforward and irrefutable. However, in other fields, such as the natural sciences of physics, geology, chemistry, and biology, the results of observation or experimentation are subject to interpretation. Interpretation certainly can be influenced by the biases of the ones doing the interpretation. Therefore, the theories and predictions resulting from their work can be, and maybe frequently are, flawed. The premise of this book, if I understand it correctly, goes far beyond these musings, however, and argues that not only are the results of scientists' work subject to the biases of the scientists, but professional scientists no longer even care about the truth. I am going to try to be open-minded when reading this book, but the author will have to present incontrovertible proof for me to believe such an extreme view.

Not Even Trying: The Corruption of Real Science. By Bruce Charlton. No reviews at Amazon at the present time. Digital list(?) $9.99; Kindle price now $2.99. University of Buckingham Press, publisher. 156 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Not-Even-Tryin...f+Real+Science.

Book Description
Briefly, the argument of this book is that real science is dead, and the main reason is that professional researchers are not even trying to seek the truth and speak the truth; and the reason for this is that professional ‘scientists’ no longer believe in the truth - no longer believe that there is an eternal unchanging reality beyond human wishes and organization which they have a duty to seek and proclaim to the best of their (naturally limited) abilities. Hence the vast structures of personnel and resources that constitute modern ‘science’ are not real science but instead merely a professional research bureaucracy, thus fake or pseudo-science; regulated by peer review (that is, committee opinion) rather than the search-for and service-to reality. Among the consequences are that modern publications in the research literature must be assumed to be worthless or misleading and should nearly always be ignored. In practice, this means that nearly all ‘science’ needs to be demolished (or allowed to collapse) and real science carefully rebuilt outside the professional research structure, from the ground up, by real scientists who regard truth-seeking as an imperative and truthfulness as an iron law.

[Ricky D'Angelo]

Why the Universe Is the Way It Is by Hugh Ross.

Kindle Price now $1.99

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