FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - May 2011

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FYI, currently only free for those in the UK

The Dead Saint (Bishop Lynn Peterson) by Marilyn Brown Oden (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
It begins with a single gunshot, and Bishop Lynn Peterson watches in horror as a good friend, who is a member of the New Orleans Saints, collapses on the street.

When a medal the player wore—a medal Lynn had promised to return to the man's family—disappears, Lynn is thrust into a suspenseful and fast-moving journey through four assassinations, an attempt on her life, conflicts with a mysterious and ancient society, and a behind-the-scenes conspiracy that reaches all the way to the White House.

The turbulent, unstoppable intrigue challenges Lynn mentally, physically, and spiritually as she engages in a desperate battle with an opponent who is just as determined to kill as Lynn is to stop him even though she has no idea where—or who—he will strike next.

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Development of Nominal Inflection in First Language Acquisition: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective by Ursula Stephany, Maria D. Voeikova, Ursula Stephany and Maria D. Voeikova

Product Description
Language documentation is a rapidly emerging new field in linguistics which is concerned with the methods, tools and theoretical underpinnings for compiling a representative and lasting multipurpose record of a natural language. This volume presents in-depth introductions to major aspects of language documentation, including overviews on fieldwork ethics and data processing, guidelines for the basic annotation of digitally-stored multimedia corpora and a discussion on how to build and maintain a language archive. It combines theoretical and practical considerations and makes specific suggestions for the most common problems encountered in language documentation.

Key features - introduction to Language Documentation - considers all common problems

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Free indie:

Treasure Lost by R.G. Cordiner

Product Description
What do you treasure and how far would you go to find it?

Peter and Farren are two brothers who think adventure is sneaking into a pub or going rabbit hunting. Little do they know! Soon the youths are on a whirlwind trip of betrayal, daggers, self-discovery and a giant reticulated python!

Somehow they have to find a way to stop fighting with each other, avoid a sadistic Navy Admiral and a mysterious cloaked pirate captain, whilst remembering to tap the biscuits on the side of the ship – maggots are never good for breakfast!

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The Dead Saint by Marilyn Brown Oden now also free for US Kindle

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More free indies/classics:

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea Latest Edition by Jules Verne
Little Miss Mary and The Big Monster Makeover by Gleb Toropov
No Good Deed: Book One (The Mark Taylor Series) by Mary McDonald
Still Life With Murder (Nell Sweeney Mysteries (formerly Gilded Age Mysteries)) by P.B. Ryan
Gunboat Number 14 by Jens Kuhn
Hilda the Wicked Witch by Paul Kater
Twin Shorts by Sybil Nelson
The Prophet of Panamindorah, Book One Fauns and Filinians by Abigail Hilton
Famous men of science by Sarah Knowles Bolton
Canadian Meds by John Moynihan
Secondhand Bounty (Skin Thieves) by Jacob Heim
Awakening: Dead Forever Book 1 by William Campbell
Round the Sofa by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Henry Thompson by Martin Rouillard

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Why Math Isn't an Awful Nerd by Jason Marshall (Macmillan pre-order) - US Kindle store

Product Description

In “Why Math isn’t an Awful Nerd” Jason Marshall, the guy behind the incredibly popular Math Dude’s Quick and Dirty Tips podcast, shows readers how insanely easy and downright elegant math can be. Marshall focuses on perfect squares and patterns (hint: they’re called perfect squares for a reason), and clearly—and most importantly concisely—explains step-by-step how numbers work. Multiple games and puzzles re-enforce the concepts Marshall presents, making for a crazy fun, accidental learning experience. Perfect for anyone looking for a leg-up on their algebra homework, that won’t put them to sleep.


And if this e-book leaves you wanting even more! more! more! there’s The Math Dude’s Quick and Dirty Guide to Algebra, with even more math number games, explanations, and—dare we say it—fun.

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Blood of My Brother, by James Lepore, is free in the Kindle store (UK link). His books are being published by the micro-publisher Story Plant and I suspect this price decrease is an Amazon penalty for having his book free elsewhere. You might also want to check the rest of his catalog at Amazon, with prices ranging from 99 cents to $3.99.

Book Description
When Jay Cassio’s best friend is murdered in a job clearly done by professionals, the walls that he has built to protect himself from the world of others begin to shatter. Dan Del Colliano had been his confidante and protector since the men were children on the savage streets of Newark, New Jersey. When Dan supports and revives Jay after Jay’s parents die in a plane crash, their bond deepens to something beyond brotherhood, beyond blood. Now Jay, a successful lawyer, must find out why Dan died and find a way to seek justice for his murder.

Isabel Perez has lived a life both tainted and charmed since she was a teenager in Mexico. She holds powerful sway over men and has even more powerful alliances with people no one should ever try to cross. She desperately wants her freedom from the chains these people have placed on her. When Jay catapults into her world, their connection is electric, their alliance is lethal, and their future is anything but certain.

Once again, James LePore has given us a novel of passions, intense moral complexities, and irresistible thrills. Filled with characters you will embrace and characters you will fear, Blood of My Brother is a story about a quest for revenge and redemption you won’t soon forget.

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DIY Cocktails , by Marcia Simmons, is free in the Kindle store (UK link).

Book Description
Black Rose, Blood Orange Tequila & Soda, Kentucky Apple Sour: the newest trend in cocktails is creating your own! Now, the editors of DrinkoftheWeek.com have concocted the only guide that teaches you to create your own infallible thirst-quenchers. Using a simple system of basic ratios, you will learn to:

* Mix new flavor combinations for the perfect new blend using the Flavor Profile Chart as a guide
* Master advanced mixology techniques from infusing liquors at home to creating custom-flavored syrups
* Serve the perfect drink every time, whether it kicks off a rowdy party or winds down a romantic evening!

With only nine ratios to master, you'll shake, stir, roll, and build literally thousands of unique and exceptional cocktails. All you need is a good thirst, an active imagination--and this guide!

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Real Life & Liars with Bonus Material, by Kristina Riggle, is a 99 cent pre-order in the Kindle store. The current edition without bonus material is $9.99 (linked for sampling).

Book Description
For Mirabelle Zielinski's children, happiness always seems to be just out of reach. Her polished oldest daughter, Katya, clings to a stale marriage with a workaholic husband and three spoiled children. Her son, Ivan, so creative, is a down-in-the-dumps songwriter with the worst taste in women. And the "baby," impulsive Irina, who lives life on a whim, is now reluctantly pregnant and hitched to a man who is twice her age. On the weekend of their parents' anniversary party, lies will be revealed, hearts will be broken...but love will also be found. And the biggest shock may come from Mirabelle herself, because she has a secret that will change everything.

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Best Friends ($0.99) is a backlist title by Consuelo Saah Baehr. You'll find two of her titles at 99 cents, a Kindle single (Thinner Thighs In Thirty Years) at the same price and three additional titles under $4, making this author's backlist very affordable.

Book Description
It was unlikely they would ever meet. Yet fate brought them together first as naïve schoolgirls . . . then as complicated women facing events that would alter the shape of their lives forever.

NATALIE– betrayed by her first love and consoling herself with the richest husband in America who is both powerful and dangerous.

SARA – buried her ambitions until a blazing passion reminds her of all she has given up. Her suburban security is about to be shattered by a new job and a passionate affair.

MIRANDA – exotically beautiful, dangerously trusting and driven by her own sexuality. She is in love with a famous screenwriter whose scenario doesn’t include a wife.

Three women with little in common . . . except a pledge made when they were children when they knew nothing about what life would bring . . . a pledge they will be called upon to keep.

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The Breakdown Lane by Jacquelyn Mitchard is discounted to $2.99 (US Kindle

Product Description

Where can a woman turn when her own life threatens to overwhelm her ability to keep her children safe? New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Mitchard takes the readers of her newest novel on a wry and moving journey of loss and healing.

Giving advice is what Julieanne does for a living -- every Sunday she doles it out to clueless people she doesn't know, in a column in her local Wisconsin paper. But when it comes to her personal life, Julie herself seems to have missed some clues. Having worked creatively to keep her twenty-year marriage to Leo fresh and exciting, she is completely caught off guard when he tells her he needs to go on a "sabbatical" from their life together, leaving Julie and their three children -- Gabe, Caroline, and Aury -- behind. But it soon becomes clear that his leave of absence is meant to be permanent. The succeeding months are filled with a confusion and sadness that shake the core of the entire family. Things take a turn for the worse when Julie is diagnosed with a serious illness and the children undertake a dangerous journey to find Leo -- before it's too late. As the known world sinksprecariously from view, the clan must navigate its way through the shoals of love, guilt, and betrayal. Together, with the help of Leo's parents and Julie's best friend, Cathy, they work their way back to solid ground and a new definition of family.

No one illuminates modern love, marriage, and parenting better than Jacquelyn Mitchard. Written with her trademark poignancy, humor, and insight, The Breakdown Lane is her most moving, eloquent,and life-affirming work yet.

About the Author
New York Times bestseller Jacquelyn Mitchard's novels include The Deep End of the Ocean, Twelve Times Blessed, and The Breakdown Lane.

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SERIAL by Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn is free again at the US Kindle store

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More bargains from the publisher HarperCollins:

The Widow's War by Sally Gunning ($0.99) [Literary / Historical Fiction]

City for Ransom by Robert W. Walker ($1.99) [Thriller / Historical]

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter ($1.99) [Thriller]

A Well Favored Gentleman by Christina Dodd ($1.99) [Romance]

The Price of Love by Peter Robinson ($1.99) [Short Story Collection]

Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing by Lydia Peelle ($1.99) [Short Story Collection]

Shadows in the White City by Robert W. Walker ($2.99) [Thriller / Historical]

Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block ($2.99) [Thriller / Mystery]

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK

Broken Angel (House Phoenix) by S.W. Vaughn (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

Product Description
One rule: don't lose.

When Gabriel Morgan's sister disappears somewhere in New York's underground, he'll do anything to save her. But finding her is only the beginning, because Marcus Slade won't let her go for less than ten million dollars – earned through Gabriel's blood.

Slade, one of five ruthless leaders of an organization identified only by a symbol, runs hookers and street fighters, and never gives up what's his. Including Gabriel's sister. To win her freedom, Gabriel is forced to undergo a brutal training program with Slade's top fighters in order to become one of them. He is branded, broken, given a new image, and a new name.

In the ring, Gabriel is known as Angel…and he does not lose.Because the price for losing is his sister's life.

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More Free indies (US Kindle):

Kali: The Food Goddess, A Compilation of Delightful Recipes and Memories of Food by Kali Amanda Browne

She-Wolf by Eleonora ''Gigi'' Bulz

Before Death by Eleonora ''Gigi'' Bulz

THE GATEWAY (Harbinger of Doom Volume 1) by Glenn G. Thater

Stray by Mark Matthews