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

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More indie freebies:

Waif (A fantasy short story from Greyhart Press) by Nigel Edwards

Martian Invaders Meet Mom by Alan Lickiss and Rebecca Lickiss

A Little "Bit" by Robert DeCoteau

All night by the Rose by Kevin Newman

THE CONTROLLER-Obsession by Jerry Bruce

THE CONTROLLER-Covenant by Jerry Bruce

Vandalism of Words by Derek Haines

Allegory by Robby Charters

Nowhere Man by Scott Cardinal

Pandora's Children: Dark Interludes by Bradley Convissar

The Fox by Arlene Radasky

I'm Getting Too Young For This! (The Complete Edition) by Steve Games

Legon Awakening: Book One in the Legon Series by Nicholas Taylor

Warriors Of The Cross (The Warrior Series) by T. R. Graves

FireHouse by Dave Conifer

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FYI, new Kindle game app:

Futoshiki (A Logic Puzzle for Kindle) by Braintonik Games ($0.99)

Product Description
Futoshiki is a Japanese number logic puzzle.

The rules of Futoshiki are deceptively simple but the game is challenging and addictive. Each row and column must be filled with unique numbers. However, Futoshiki has a twist. It adds greater-than or less-than signs between some cells. You must honor these signs in order to solve and complete the puzzles.

This collection of 120 puzzles is grouped into four different sets ranging from easy to expert. The grids are 5x5 in easy, medium, and hard modes. Expert mode holds thirty 7x7 puzzles. The game features annotations to help you keep track of possible solutions, and a hint function to help you keep playing if you get stuck.

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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood [Kindle Edition with Audio/Video] by Jane Leavy (US Kindle)

Product Description:
This book is enhanced with content such as audio or video, resulting in a large file that may take longer to download than expected.



The enhanced e-book of The Last Boy includes 30 minutes of video that provide unique analysis of Mantle's left and right handed swings * Mantle memorabilia not found in the book * Insight into the structure of the book * And other information sure to interest Mantle and baseball fans.



Meticulously reported and elegantly written, The Last Boy weaves together the author's own memories of Mickey Mantle with stories and reminiscences, both on and off the field, of a man who led the Yankees to seven world championships, was voted the American League's MVP three times, won the Triple Crown in 1956 and dueled teammate Roger Maris in the thrilling 1961 chase for the single season home-run record - all the while battling crippling injuries and the lifelong drinking problem that eventually led to his death.

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Some repeat freebies:

Craving God: A 21-Day Devotional Challenge

Catching Caroline by Sylvia Day

Snaring The Huntress by Sylvia Day

The Guilt Free 3 by Lisa Lillien

Solitary: A Novel by Travis Thrasher

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Originally Posted by koland

Free at Amazon.com, but only for UK, EU, AU and CA:

Hybrid, by Brian O'Grady (UK link)

Book Description
A virus engineered for genocide has been released in Colorado Springs, leading to mass, and seemingly unexplained violence. Some of the survivors of the infection begin to evolve into something that is both less than and more than human. The race is on to prevent world-wide release of the virus.

Kindle Price: £2.75



Seems was a very limited offer. Shame

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

Ten Moments That Shook The Sports World by Stan Isaacs (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
"The Shot Heard Round the World," in 1951. "The Fight of the Century," in 1971. The horror of the 1972 Munich Olympics. Secretariat's legendary win at the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Stan Isaacs saw them all live. Isaacs covered thousands of sports stories in his more than fifty years as a journalist. But ten moments stand out in his memory. Ten Moments That Shook the Sports World offers Isaacs's eyewitness accounts of the events that changed sports history. This collection offers those old enough to remember these events a chance to relive them, and younger sports lovers will get to hear this history from someone who was there. Isaacs makes sports history live again.

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Go the F--k to Sleep [Unabridged] [Audible Audio Edition] by Adam Mansbach (Author), Samuel L. Jackson (Narrator) is free

Product Description:

Academy Award nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) rocks this mock bedtime story, capturing a hilarious range of emotions as the voice of a father struggling to get his child to sleep.

Go the F**k to Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don't always send a toddler sailing blissfully off to dreamland. California Book Award-winning author Adam Mansbach's profane, affectionate, and radically honest verses perfectly capture the familiar - and unspoken - tribulations of putting your little angel down for the night. In the process, he opens up a conversation about parenting, granting us permission to admit our frustrations and laugh at their absurdity.

Beautiful, subversive, and pants-wettingly funny, Go the F**k to Sleep is a book for parents new, old, and expectant. Due to its explicit language, you probably should not play it for your children.

Go the F**k to Sleep is available free for a limited time. Feel free to share the link to this page with tired parents and other people who could use a good swear and a laugh.

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For those wanting a last look at Amazon's Sunshine deals promo before it goes poof, how about checking out the Top 100 Bestselling Sunshine Deals (as listed on Amazon)?

And here's a strange (but legit listing) for Kindle, Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6" Display with New E Ink Pearl Technology by Amazon for $114 (This one has no ads, but according to those who have bought it, it lacks the wall adapter, but does have the USB charging cable)

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free at Amazon.co.uk:
Soccer Dad by W. D. Wetherell

Writing with the same descriptive flair that has won his novels so much praise, W. D. Wetherell tells the true story of his high-school-age son’s winning soccer season. Soccer Dad is simultaneously the candid reflections of a devoted father and the enthusiastic observations of a diehard soccer fan.When Matt enters his senior year of high school, it is not without myriad parenting concerns on the part of his father, author W. D. Wetherell. What is his role in shaping his son’s future? What will life be like when Matt is away at college? And what of Matt’s soccer season?—Is Matt’s success in soccer just setting him up for disappointment later in life? With the pensive eye of an artist, Wetherell follows his son’s team from field to field and win to win and ruminates on topics ranging from soccer’s esoteric appeal in America to the conflicting emotions of a parent sending his youngest child out into the world. Reflecting on his own experiences both as a participant and a spectator, Wetherell offers a paean to the sport of soccer and the joys of parenthood.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004TC14JQ?tag=discounter-21

Also free at Amazon.de:
Soccer Dad

Not yet free at Amazon.com for US readers:
Soccer Dad

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free at Amazon.co.uk:
Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories by Alex Belth

In Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories, editor Alex Belth of BronxBanterBlog.com collects personal essays by some of the most well-known and respected voices in sportswriting and entertainment today. In these revealing, sometimes hilarious, oft-touching essays, the contributors recount their favorite moments inside the most famed of all American stadiums. The book also includes a special chapter on the new Yankee Stadium. Contributors include Bob Costas (NBC, HBO), Richard Ben Cramer, Pete Hamill, Tony Kornheiser (ESPN), Tom Boswell (Washington Post), Dave Kindred (Washington Post), Leigh Montville (Sports Illustrated), William Nack (Sports Illustrated), Joe Posnanski (Sports Illustrated), Jane Leavy, Pat Jordan, Maury Allen (New York Post), Bob Klapisch (Bergen Record), Tyler Kepner (New York Times), Allen Barra (Wall Street Journal), Marty Appel, Jeff Pearlman, Alan Schwarz (New York Times), Charles Pierce (Boston Globe), Steve Rushin (Sports Illustrated), Nathan Ward, Mike Vaccaro (New York Post), Rob Neyer (ESPN.com), Ken Rosenthal (ESPN), Scott Raab (Esquire magazine), and Luis Guzman.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004N62HVC?tag=discounter-21

Also free at Amazon.de:
Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories by Alex Belth

So a good chance it'll be free at Amazon.com shortly:
Lasting Yankee Stadium Memories by Alex Belth

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free at Amazon.co.uk:
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin

No longer able or willing to leave her home, Agnes Sparrow has committed herself to a life of prayer -- prayer that has resulted in numerous miracles, both large and garden variety, including a prize-winning pumpkin. The residents of quirky Bright's Pond, Pennsylvania, plan to erect a sign on the interstate in her honor, but Agnes wants no part of it. Then a stranger comes to call asking for his miracle, and the town is turned on its head.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004GHNIGQ?tag=discounter-21

Also free at Amazon.de:

The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin

so it'll probably be free for US readers shortly. Amazon.com link below:
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow by Joyce Magnin

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free at Amazon.co.uk:
Gods and Kings: Chronicles of the Kings #1 by Lynn Austin

Gods and Kings is the story of King Hezekiah, heir to the throne of King David. When his evil father plots to sacrifice him, Hezekiah's mother, Abijah, searches frantically for a way to save him. But only two men can help her, and neither of them seems trustworthy. In a time and place engulfed by violence, treachery, and infidelity to Yahweh, Abijah and her son must discover the one true Source of strength if they are to save themselves and their country. Book 1 of Chronicles of the Kings.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004X7B8QQ?tag=discounter-21

Not free at Amazon.com but link for your convenience:
Gods and Kings: Chronicles of the Kings #1 by Lynn Austin

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free at Amazon.co.uk:
Ben Hogan's Magical Device: The Real Secret to Hogan's Swing Finally Revealed by Ted Hunt

In 1954, Ben Hogan stated in the serialized lessons he wrote for <em>Life</em> magazine that he had “a secret.” He challenged the world to find it by stating "It is easy to see if I tell you where to look." He then wrote his legendary instructional book, <em>Five Lessons</em>, and created a remarkable golf swing puzzle, but somehow one important piece of information was missing. Golf expert after golf expert have attempted to define this secret over the years, serving to compile a rather lengthy list of what they think the secret is but never quite explaining how it's done. Enter <em>Ben Hogan's Magical Device</em>, a revealing book which intends to finally explain, in universally understandable terms, that long-lost secret to Hogan's swing.

As a lifelong golfer with 50+ years of experience, two degrees in Physical Education and a Doctorate in History, author Ted Hunt became determined to track down Hogan’s secret himself. He reviewed most of the literature concerning Hogan and interviewed many professionals (including Jack Nicklaus) and the result of his research produced a clearer understanding of the source of the confusion concerning Hogan’s secret. An hypothesis was conceived and tested, and Hunt was pleased to discover that his analysis stood up to critical examination. But perhaps more importantly, his golf responded with more accuracy and lower scores, which included shooting his age (79) several times within weeks of embracing the secret.

Complete with 100 photos/illustrations and a foreword by movie star Sean Connery, <em>Ben Hogan's Magical Device</em> gives an easy-to-follow explanation of Hogan’s secret, where it comes from, and the foundations which support its successful execution. Interspersed throughout the text are stories from professional acquaintances who spoke with Hunt about their times with Mr. Hogan.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002R81CG4?tag=discounter-21

Not yet free at Amazon.com:
Ben Hogan's Magical Device: The Real Secret to Hogan's Swing Finally Revealed by Ted Hunt

Also free at Amazon.de:
Ben Hogan's Magical Device: The Real Secret to Hogan's Swing Finally Revealed by Ted Hunt

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Miracle at Merion by David Barrett

Legendary sportswriter Red Smith characterized Ben Hogan's comeback from a near-fatal automobile crash in February 1949 as "the most remarkable feat in the history of sports." Nearly sixty years later, that statement still rings true. The crowning moment of Hogan's comeback was his dramatic victory in the 1950 U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club near Philadelphia, where his battered legs could barely carry him on the 36-hole final day. Miracle at Merion tells the stirring story of Hogan's triumph over adversity—the rarely-performed surgery that saved his life, the months of rehabilitation when he couldn't even hit a golf ball, his stunning return to competition at the Los Angeles Open, and, finally, the U.S. Open triumph that returned him to the pinnacle of the game.While Hogan was severely injured in the accident, fracturing his pelvis, collar-bone, rib, and ankle, his life wasn't in danger until two weeks later when blood clots developed in his leg, necessitating emergency surgery. Hogan didn't leave the hospital until April and didn't even touch a golf club until August. It wasn't until November, more than nine months after the accident, that he was able to go to the range to hit balls. Hogan's performance at the Los Angeles Open in early January convinced Hollywood to make a movie out of his life and comeback (Follow the Sun, starring Glenn Ford). Five months later, Hogan completed his miraculous comeback by winning the U.S. Open in a riveting 36-hole playoff against Lloyd Mangrum and George Fazio, permanently cementing his legacy as one of the sport's true legends.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004ULMIR8?tag=discounter-21

Not yet free at Amazon.com for US readers:
Miracle at Merion by David Barrett


Also free at Amazon.de
Miracle at Merion by David Barrett

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Blood in the Marsh by Chula Stone

Sometimes things are not what they seem - nor are people.

Lyra Seville is about to find out that little in her life is as she believed it to be. She's come home for the summer to St. Simon's island where she grew up. She plans on relaxing and coming to terms with the loss of someone close to her.

But fate has other plans in mind for Lyra. Just as she has returned to the island, so has something old and evil. Something that once caused much blood to be spilled in the sandy soil and marsh.

Lyra will discover that evil can present itself in a form that is too appealing - so attractive that it's hard to recognize its true nature.

She'll face the biggest test of her life and make decisions that could cost her life. And if she's very lucky, she'll find the love she's dreamed of.

And survive.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0037CF184?tag=discounter-21