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

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Currently just free for those in the UK:

Presenting to Win : The Art of Telling Your Story: Updated and Expanded Edition by Jerry Weissman (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

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Named by FORTUNE Magazine as a "Must-Read"

Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly…discover common ground… and, together, decide to act.

In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world’s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for the audience.

Weissman’s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it’s your turn!

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Currently just free for those in the UK:

Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold by Jack Rudloe and Anne Rudloe (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

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The Most Fascinating Food You’ll Ever Love

The story of shrimp is as delicious as the creatures themselves. Renowned nature writers Jack and Anne Rudloe tell that story with passion, revealing a hidden history that has spanned millennia. You’ll discover the human stories and heritage behind centuries of shrimping around the world...meet the most remarkable of the world’s 4,000 species of shrimp...come aboard ragged old shrimp boats and spy on high-tech shrimp tanks...discover why shrimp might be a restaurant’s best friend and a real estate speculator’s worst nightmare. Read this utterly fascinating book, and you’ll never feel the same way about shrimp again: You’ll love it even more.

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Currently just free for those in the UK:

Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life (Pearson Custom Business Resources) (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

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TV’s newest personal finance star shows how to develop the mindset, discipline, and spirit to grow wealth on your own terms—without fear or anxiety, Farnoosh Torabi combines behavioral psychology with real attitude! Build a healthier relationship with money…map a plan based on what you care about…transform dreams into reality

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Free both at the US and UK Kindle store:

A Promise of Forever Love (Second Chance at Love) by Vanessa Miller (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

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Ever since the death of her husband almost two years ago, the church that Yvonne Milner pastored with him has been losing members and money–fast. When the board decides to find a new senior pastor, Yvonne determines to hang on to her position and do a better job of shepherding her flock. She's neither ready nor willing to hang up her minister's robe just yet.

Just before a pivotal meeting of the church board, Thomas Reed steps back into her life. The handsome, world–renowned motivational speaker was her husband's best friend, and, as a widower, he knows the pain she's going through. With his help, Yvonne fights to stay in the ministry, trusting that God has great plans yet for the church.

When a threat of a different kind targets the church, as well as her daughter, Yvonne is grateful to have Thomas standing by her side. But when long–buried emotions arise in their friendship for the first time, Yvonne hesitates, not wanting to betray her husband or break her promise to love him forever. Will her passion lie forever buried in the past, or can she let it live again?

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Now also free for US Kindlers:

Presenting to Win : The Art of Telling Your Story: Updated and Expanded Edition

Shrimp: The Endless Quest for Pink Gold by Jack Rudloe and Anne Rudloe

Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life

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Dark Legacy by Anna DeStefano is free at the US Kindle store

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Maddie Temple finds her life spiraling out of control as the mental link she shares with her twin sister pushes her closer and closer toward madness and her only hope for redemption lies with a psychiatrist who could end her career.

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A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul Miller is free at the US Kindle store

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Headline: Draw closer to God in the ordinary moments of your day.

Through lyrical anecdotes, Southern wit, and scriptural reflection, Pastor Thomas Steagald offers this sprawling oak of a work, rooted deeply in a life of prayer. This sepia-toned memoir takes you on Steagald's daily pastoral rounds from pre-dawn rising to a rest found only in the assurance of Christ's mercy. In between is a richly- textured account of little moments seized for consecration - prayers in the shower, coffee at Hardee's, choir practice and the surprises that test our perception of what in our lives is God's business. "It is our faith, and by faith I really mean trust, that no person, no situation, no circumstance exists without Him, or devoid of Him, or apart from His grace." So it is that Steagald dismantles the strict compartments of our ordinary" lives and invites us to offer our entire beings to Christ.

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A whole bunch of the TextVook Series by Dr. Vook Ph.D and Charles River Editors from Vook Publishing are currently free at the US Kindle store, and here's a handly search link to see all the books!

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How to Make Money with Mobile Media by Jamie Turner is free at the US Kindle store

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This is the eBook version of the printed book.

Why mobile media is right for your business--and quick, easy, low-cost ways to get started right now!

Mobile media is right for your business if you want to attract new customers...drive existing customers to come back more frequently...distribute coupons inexpensively...get customer feedback about new products or services...cross-promote...increase brand loyalty...differentiate your brand from competitors.... See where I’m going with this? Who wouldn’t want all this? That’s why it’s good you’re getting a headstart on this before your competitors do....

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Options Strategies for the Agile Investor (Collection) by Michael C. Thomsett, Sergey Izraylevich and Vadim Tsudikman

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This is the eBook version of the printed book.

7 breakthrough options trading strategies – with everything you need to know to apply them!

Seven options strategies every savvy trader needs to master — each presented concisely, with real-world guidance from a world-class expert! Discover powerful swing trading alternatives… strategies utilizing low risk-spreads… better ways to pick covered calls… how to compare investments through ranking analysis… how to use short puts and synthetic stock… even how to recover from losses!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Michael Thomsett and Sergey Izraylevich

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These are also free at Amazon UK:

Options Strategies for the Agile Investor (Collection)

How to Make Money With Mobile Media

A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World

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Secrets of the Tudor Court , by D.L. Bogdan, currently free for UK customers only (UK link)

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When young Mary Howard receives the news that she will be leaving her home for the grand court of King Henry VIII, to attend his mistress Anne Boleyn, she is ecstatic. Everything Anne touches seems to turn to gold, and Mary is certain Anne will one day become Queen. But Mary has also seen the King's fickle nature and how easily he discards those who were once close to him. . .

Discovering that she is a pawn in a carefully orchestrated plot devised by her father, the duke of Norfolk, Mary dare not disobey him. Yet despite all of her efforts to please him, she too falls prey to his cold wrath. Not until she becomes betrothed to Harry Fitzroy, the Duke of Richmond and son to King Henry VIII, does Mary finds the love and approval she's been seeking. But just when Mary believes she is finally free of her father, the tides turn. Now Mary must learn to play her part well in a dangerous chess game that could change her life--and the course of history.

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A New Kind of Bliss, by Bettye Griffin, currently free for UK customers only (UK link)

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After her father's death, Emily Yancy agrees to move back to the dead-end town she grew up in. But she's dreading every minute she'll have to spend in her mother's tiny apartment. After all, she's a forty-three-year-old divorcée who's been doing just fine on her own.

There are some rewards for dutiful daughters, though--like Aaron Merritt, a rich, single doctor with chocolate skin and bedroom eyes. Soon he's taking Emily to fancy restaurants and inviting her to meet his family. But when the lights go out, something's missing.

Enter Teddy Simms, Emily's eighth-grade crush. Teddy hasn't achieved what Aaron has--but she soon learns that he's picked up a few skills in other areas. Can Emily choose a relationship that doesn't satisfy her mind--or an easy compatibility that doesn't quite extend into the bedroom? Or is there some way that she can find the best of both worlds?

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Bargain Kindle game app:

Strimko (A Logic Game for Kindle) is discounted to $0.99 for a limited time (offer ends May 15).

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Discounted to $0.99 for a limited time (offer ends May 15).

Jump into Strimko and enjoy classic Sudoku gameplay with a twist!

The object of the game is to place a set of numbers in rows or columns without repeating them in any row or column. Strimko adds a concept of "streams" that crisscross throughout the puzzle. With streams, you must consider not only the rows and columns, but also the streams, and make sure that each contains different numbers.

You can choose from four different difficulty levels. Each difficulty level increases the size of the grid you play on: "Easy" has a 4x4 grid, while the "Master" level challenges you with a 7x7 grid. Each of the four difficulty levels has 30 different puzzles, allowing for a total of 120 different puzzles to play. A hint function can also let you keep playing if you get stuck.

Challenge yourself and tease your brain as you master the logic required to solve Strimko puzzles!

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Bargain books:

The Hachette Book Group has discounted many of their books to $1.99-$2.99 at the US Kindle store:

Contemporary Fiction:
Testimony: A Novel by Anita Shreve ($2.99)
The Girls: A Novel by Lori Lansens ($2.99)

Zombie Fiction:
Feed (Newsflesh Trilogy Series #1) by Mira Grant ($2.99)

Chick/Mom Lit:
Mrs. Perfect by Jane Porter ($2.99)
Odd Mom Out by Jane Porter ($2.99)

Romance:
Barely a Lady by Eileen Dreyer ($1.99)
Countess of Scandal by Laurel McKee ($1.99)

YA:
Confetti Girl by Diana Lopez ($2.99)
Vampirates: Demons of the Ocean by Justin Somper ($2.99)

Christian Fiction:
Broken: A Novel by Travis Thrasher ($1.99)

NonFiction:
Prime-Time Health: A Scientifically Proven Plan for Feeling Young and Living Longer by William Sears and Martha Sears ($1.99)
Mommy Grace: Erasing Your Mommy Guilt by Sheila Schuller Coleman ($1.99)
The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir by Katrina Kenison ($2.99)
Mitten Strings for God: Reflections for Mothers in a Hurry by Katrina Kenison ($2.99)
Going Gray: What I Learned about Beauty, Sex, Work, Motherhood, Authenticity, and Everything Else That Really Matters by Anne Kreamer ($2.99)
Measure of the Heart: A Father's Alzheimer's, A Daughter's Return by Mary Ellen Geist ($2.99)