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

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The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel by Michael Connelly from Hachette Book Group ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description
This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery - as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called "today's Dostoevsky of crime literature."

Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers - they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's even about justice.

A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney's dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal - this time to save his own life.

About the Author
A former police reporter for the LA TIMES, Michael Connelly is the bestselling author of the Harry Bosch thrillers. His books have been translated into 35 languages and have won awards internationally, including the Edgar and Anthony.

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The Oak Leaves by Maureen Lang

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Soon (Underground Zealot Series #1) by Jerry B. Jenkins (Tyndale House)

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Paul Stepola, an agent working for the National Peacekeeping Organization (NPO), has been assigned to enforce compliance with the world government's prohibition on religion. Paul relishes his job and is good at it. He is determined to expose underground religion--flush it out, expose it, and kill it--until his life is turned upside down and he is forced to look at life in a different way.
As Paul begins to unravel the truth about what he has found, events taking place around the world start to make sense. Something big is coming--something that can't be stopped. And it is coming soon.

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FYI, currently just free for those in Europe

Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness by Jan Johnson (NavPress) (Amazon Main, Amazon DE)

Product Description
It's easy to learn a little something about Jesus, but to encounter him on a daily basis changes everything. No longer can we live with the same earthly behavior or attitude. Our focus becomes eternal.

Jan Johnson helps readers experience Jesus in such a way that his love-drenched, others-focused nature shapes their character. Readers of all types will find the spiritual practices in each chapter inviting and challenging.

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This is free again, but currently just for the UK

Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise by Joyce Magnin (Amazon Main, Amazon UK) - Abingdon Press

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FYI, currently just free for those in Europe

Love's Magic by Traci E. Hall (Medallion Press) (Amazon Main, Amazon DE)

Product Description
While her sisters are tall and beautiful, Celestia Montehue is the misfit in a royal family—petite, with one green and one blue eye. The only thing she has in common with her ancestors is her magical healing ability. Fearing no one will ever accept her, she vows never to marry. Meanwhile, Nicholas Le Blanc, a haunted man, was trained as a knight but his childhood has convinced him he is a bastard. He is captured while on crusade and eventually forced to kill for his freedom. An arranged marriage between the two does not bode happiness, nor does Celestia's new home—a broken-down keep haunted by the ghost of Nicholas' mother. Soon a curse is set upon them, and they must decide if their love will save them or, ultimately, doom them.

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Now also free for those in the UK:

Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness by Jan Johnson (NavPress) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Love's Magic by Traci E. Hall (Medallion Press) (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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A Dream of Undying Fame: How Freud Betrayed His Mentor and Invented Psychoanalysis by Louis Breger is $2.99 at the US Kindle store (still $13.77 at B&N)

Book Description:

In 1877, a young Freud met an established physician named Josef Breuer and they began a collaboration that would lead to the publication of the classic work, Studies on Hysteria. But by the time it released, Freud was moving to establish himself as a major figure in the treatment of mentally ill patients, and would let no one stand in his way. He consequently minimized Breuer’s contributions, betraying his former mentor and benefactor.

In A Dream of Undying Fame, renowned psychologist Louis Breger narrates the story behind the creation of Studies as well as the case of Anna O., which helped contribute to Freud’s definition of “neurosis.” Breger reveals that Freud’s own self-mythologizing and history not only affected everything he did in life, but also helped shape his emerging beliefs about psychoanalysis. Illustrating the importance of personality and social context behind an intellectual breakthrough, Breger provides an in-depth look at a field that reshaped our understanding of what it means to be human.

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Hidden in Plain View (Darryl Billups Mysteries) by Blair S. Walker from AmazonEncore ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description
In the second installment of Blair S. Walker’s Darryl Billups series, the intrepid reporter has left his blue-collar Baltimore roots for a new gig in New York. But life in the big city isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Luckily for Darryl, the Baltimore Herald is only too happy to welcome its star reporter back home, as are Darryl’s girlfriend Yolanda and her young son Jamal. Darryl is promoted to editor, but before long is itching to return to his former crime beat. He gets his chance when the nude bodies of African-American professionals begin turning up around town, their faces ominously marked with Confederate-flag decals. At a loss for suspects, homicide detective Phillip Gardner calls on his old friend Darryl for help unraveling the case. Darryl eagerly reconnects with Baltimore’s seedy underbelly and is soon hot on the trail of a killer who will transform his notions about gender, race, and the workings of the criminal mind. To break this story, Darryl must learn to look at the world in a totally different way—or become the killer’s most high-profile victim yet!

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Now also free for those in the US:

Invitation to the Jesus Life: Experiments in Christlikeness by Jan Johnson (NavPress)

Love's Magic by Traci E. Hall (Medallion Press)

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Social Media Marketing with Established Technologies (Collection) by Clara Shih, Jamie Turner and R. Scott Corbett

Product Description
This is the eBook version of the printed book.

A brand new collection of state-of-the-art insights into social media marketing with established technologies, from world-renowned experts… in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

Drive powerful social media marketing profits from proven tools – including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and email

Six great mini-guides show you how to drive maximum profits from proven social media platforms and tools – easily, quickly, painlessly! Robert Scott Corbett’s How to Make Money with Social Media Optimization helps you master “SMO”: the strategic use of social media engagement to supercharge brands, extend reach, influence conversations, build share, and increase profits. In How to Make Money with Email Marketing, Corbett reveals how to use email to reach more prospects, retain more customers, and make more sales. Next, in How to Make Money Marketing Your Business on YouTube, top content marketer Jamie Turner walks you step-by-step through growing revenues with user-generated video. Turner’s How to Make Money Marketing Your Business on LinkedIn introduces powerful new techniques for attracting clients and customers on LinkedIn, even on a microscopic budget. His How to Make Money Marketing Your Small Business on Twitter offers step-by-step techniques for tweeting your way to profits, and transforming negative customer tweets into business-building opportunities. Finally, in How to Make Money Marketing Your Business on Facebook, legendary social marketing pioneer Clara Shih distills all you need to win on Facebook: strategy, systems, policies, and execution.

From world-renowned leaders in social media marketing, including Robert Scott Corbett, Jamie Turner, and Clara Shih

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Let's Get Real About Money!: Profit from the Habits of the Best Personal Finance Managers by Eric Tyson

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Transform Your Personal Financial Habits and Attitudes...And Your Life!
Real money solutions from the best-selling author of Personal Finance For Dummies, Eric Tyson!

Save smarter, invest smarter, and spend smarter, starting today
Reduce your financial risks--and eliminate your money anxieties
For everyone interested in improving their personal finances…whether you’re saving for college, retirement, or anything else

Worried about money? Join the club. Now, do something about it! One of America’s best-selling personal finance authors offers real, practical solutions that work: steps you can take right now to start replacing money anxiety with financial fulfillment and happiness. Eric Tyson gets straight to the point, identifying the habits that put you at risk--and helping you replace them with the habits of financial success. Tyson offers plain-English, no-gimmick techniques you can really use: knowledge you’d have to pay a fortune for, if you could get it at all!

Financial success doesn’t just “happen”: it’s determined by your financial habits. Fortunately, you can develop good financial habits--and systematically eliminate the bad ones that stand in your way. Eric Tyson will show you how--step-by-step and hands-on.

Millions of people have benefited from Tyson’s best-selling books and award-winning columns. Now he brings together all he’s learned over two decades--including financial management secrets most professionals never tell you about.

Tyson will help you organize your finances…take control of your future…make plans you’ll actually implement…save, spend, and invest more effectively…choose the right advisors…reduce your risks…and put money where it belongs in your life (instead of making it your whole life!).

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Winners Never Cheat: Even in Difficult Times, New and Expanded Edition by Jon M. Huntsman and Glenn Beck is free again

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The nationwide bestseller--fully updated for today’s tough times and worldwide financial crises

“Everyone does it.” Everyone cheats. Cuts corners. Tells lies. Maybe it was different once. Not today. If you want to succeed in this economic climate, you simply have to make compromises. Right?

Wrong. You can succeed at the highest levels, without sacrificing the principles that make life worth living. The proof? You’re holding it.

Jon M. Huntsman built a $12 billion company from scratch, the old-fashioned way: with integrity. There were short-term costs and difficult decisions. There were tough times. Times just like today. But ultimately, leading with integrity wasn’t just personally right for Huntsman, it also proved to be the best business strategy.

In Winners Never Cheat, Huntsman tells you how he did it, and how you can, too. This book is about remembering why you work, and why you were chosen to lead. It’s about finding the bravery to act on what you know is right, no matter what you’re up against.

It’s about winning. The right way.

Think about the kind of person you want to do business with. Then, be that person--and use this book to get you there.

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Making Sense of People: Decoding the Mysteries of Personality (FT Press Science) by Samuel Barondes

Product Description
This is the eBook version of the printed book.

Leading neuroscientist Samuel Barondes shares scientific frameworks and tools for improving your intuitions about people, and sizing them up more consciously, systematically, and successfully. He shows how to use the latest research about personality and character to get along better, choose great friends, decide whom to trust, and avoid narcissists and sociopaths.

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Now also free for those in the US:

Charlotte Figg Takes Over Paradise by Joyce Magnin