FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[Little.Egret]

A Family of Kings: The Descendants of Christian IX of Denmark by Theo Aronson

In 1863, Queen Victoria decreed that Edward, Prince of Wales, should marry Princess Alexandra, daughter of the obscure and unsophisticated heir to the Danish throne. The beauty, grace and charm of Prince Christian's daughter had prevailed over the Queen's intense dislike of the Danish royal house, and had even persuaded the embarrassingly difficult Bertie to agree to the match.

Thus began the fairy-tale saga of a family that handed on its good looks, unaffectedness, and democratic manners to almost every royal house of modern Europe.

A Family of Kings is the story of the crowned children and grandchildren of Christian IX and Queen Louise of Denmark, focusing on the half-century before the First World War. It is an intimate, domestic study of a close-knit family, the individual personalities, and the courts to which they came. Without doubt, the chic and beautiful Alexandra epitomized the spectacular flowering of the Danish dynasty; and just as she brought an unprecedented popularity to the sobriety of the English court, so her brothers and sisters helped enliven the staid European scene.

Theo Aronson is the author of over twenty works of royal historical biography, published in eleven languages. Among the widely read are Grandmama of Europe, The King in Love, and Napoleon and Josephine.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00QKSK0TM/


http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00QKSK0TM/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00QKSK0TM/

Life in the Muscle Shoals by Kenneth R. Johnson

according to the author "a comprehensive history" of Muscle Shoals in Northwest Alabama has never been written. Straightforward and unpretentious, Johnson not only reveals the historical significance of the Muscle Shoals area, but he is also a captivating storyteller. His Muscle Shoals History is a combination of textbook accuracy and campfire romance, a volume that will not only entertain local citizens, but will also appeal to history lovers everywhere

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L02WUPU/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00L02WUPU/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00L02WUPU/

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by koland

Some new amongst the repeats:

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...lisher=Waxkeep
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...lisher=Nisyros
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...sher=Heraklion

I believe these are the new ones:
. . . .

Thanks. There are some in your list that I had missed (no rhyme intended. ha.)

[koland]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. There are some in your list that I had missed (no rhyme intended. ha.)

It is easy to do, when they have 100+ at a time. Too bad they can't do 10-15 at a time, with a longer sale period as they rotate them in and out.

[GtrsRGr8]

I want to read about the deck chairs! I keep hearing about the "deck chairs" on the Titanic, but I never see anything more written about them. ha.

Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World. By Hugh Brewster. Print list price $15.00; digital list price $9.99; Kindle price $1.99. Crown, publisher. http://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Lives-F...nd+Their+World.

Book Description
Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage takes us behind the paneled doors of the Titanic’s elegant private suites to present compelling, memorable portraits of her most notable passengers. The intimate atmosphere onboard history’s most famous ship is recreated as never before.

The Titanic has often been called “an exquisite microcosm of the Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden crossing. Employing scrupulous research and featuring 100 rarely-seen photographs, he accurately depicts the ship’s brief life and tragic denouement, presenting the very latest thinking on everything from when and how the lifeboats were loaded to the last tune played by the orchestra. Yet here too is a convincing evocation of the table talk at the famous Widener dinner party held in the Ritz Restaurant on the last night. And here we also experience the rustle of elegant undergarments as first-class ladies proceed down the grand staircase in their soigné evening gowns, some of them designed by Lady Duff Gordon, the celebrated couterière, who was also on board.

Another well-known passenger was the artist Frank Millet, who led an astonishing life that seemed to encapsulate America’s Gilded Age—from serving as a drummer boy in the Civil War to being the man who made Chicago’s White City white for the 1893 World Exposition. His traveling companion Major Archibald Butt was President Taft’s closest aide and was returning home for a grueling fall election campaign that his boss was expected to lose. Today, both of these once-famous men are almost forgotten, but their ship-mate Margaret Tobin Brown lives on as “the Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a name that she was never called during her lifetime.

Millionaires John Jacob Astor and Benjamin Guggenheim, writer Helen Churchill Candee, movie actress Dorothy Gibson, aristocrat Noelle, the Countess of Rothes, and a host of other travelers on this fateful crossing are also vividly brought to life within these pages. Through them, we gain insight into the arts, politics, culture, and sexual mores of a world both distant and near to our own. And with them, we gather on the Titanic’s sloping deck on that cold, starlit night and observe their all-too-human reactions as the disaster unfolds. More than ever, we ask ourselves, “What would we have done?”

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by koland

It is easy to do, when they have 100+ at a time. Too bad they can't do 10-15 at a time, with a longer sale period as they rotate them in and out.

Some are repeats from months ago too.

Here's a new name, Kypros.

109 reprints (108 in Canada).

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...blisher=Kypros

http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...blisher=Kypros
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...blisher=Kypros

[Little.Egret]

Anarchism and Other Essays (1910) by Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman was a famous anarchist in the early 20th century. Goldman, who played a major role in developing anarchist political philosophy, also wrote on her political beliefs and many other subjects.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00V21IFLC/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00V21IFLC/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00V21IFLC/

Emma Goldman played a pivotal role in the development of anarchist political philosophy in North America and Europe in the first half of the twentieth century.

[crich70]

Women of the Titanic DisasterAmazon US

Sylvia Caldwell was onboard the Titanic when it sank in 1912. As one of the disaster's survivors, she took it upon herself to write an account of what happened in the event's aftermath. Women of the Titanic Disaster details Sylvia Caldwell's journey immediately following the sinking of the Titanic, and it gives us a fresh perspective on this historic event. With a foreword by Julie Hedgepeth Williams, author of A Rare Titanic Family: The Caldwells' Story of Survival, a biography of Sylvia Caldwell and her family.

It's short but it's also just .99 for a copy. The descendant of the author was on Antique Roadshow tonight with a copy of the booklet. I forget what the appraiser said it was worth but the actual booklet is fairly rare.

[koland]

One added from Waxkeep:

The Aristotle Collection: 29 Classic Works
http://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Coll...p/B00ADT2R7C/r

[Little.Egret]

And a new selection (26) from Acheron

http://www.amazon.com.uk/s/?url=sear...lisher=Acheron

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...lisher=Acheron
http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...lisher=Acheron

The Plato Collection: 38 Classic Works by Plato

The Iroquois Book of Rites by Horatio Hale

The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement by Sigmund Freud

The Trespasser by D.H. Lawrence

I can see how to subset the list to show only fiction but that varies - add &node=62 for UK. Can't see how to select non-fiction

[Little.Egret]

Endeavour Reprint

A Storm in Flanders by Winston Groom

Narrative history of the terrible fighting around Ypres.

From the autumn of 1914 to the autumn of 1918 Flanders was, in effect, a gigantic corpse factory. Hundreds of thousands died there for ground where gains were measured in mere yards.
Soldiers who had just gone through the ordeal of Battle of the Somme cursed the prospect of being sent to the Ypres Salient.
The battles around Ypres in the First World War became the greatest struggle of attrition in history. Tantalising hopes of breakthrough were raised from time to time, only to flounder in mud and fire.

Winston Groom is the author of twelve books, including the prize-winning history of the US Civil War `Shrouds of Glory'. His Vietnam book `Conversations with the Enemy' was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His bestselling novels include `The Crimson Tide'.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UTT63NU/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UTT63NU/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00UTT63NU/

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

The Battle of Bosworth Field: The History of the Battle that Ended the Wars of the Roses

The Cossacks: The History and Legacy of the Legendary Slavic Warriors

Niagara Falls: The History of North America's Most Famous Waterfalls

The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich: The Czech Resistance's Killing of the Top Nazi Official during World War II


http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...=charles+river

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...=charles+river
http://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-a...=charles+river

[crich70]

Digital Nomad Escape Plan: Chiang Mai Handbook
Normally the book is $59.99 but today it's listed as free.
Amazon US

A Chiang Mai travel guide 2015 for Digital Nomads.

By creatively using technology, Digital Nomads are able to set their own schedules and design a new kind of lifestyle; one where they can live, work, and play –However, and wherever they wish.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide a comprehensive, actionable road map which clearly outlines exactly how to go from day job employee to Digital Nomad in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

No nonsense, no fluff, no information overload; Just straight forward information provided in an easily digested format.

Welcome to the essential “How to Become a Digital Nomad” handbook: Digital Nomad Escape Plan, Chiang Mai Handbook 2015.

Within the pages of this guide you will learn everything you need to become completely location independent in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

This handbook is designed very specifically to walk you around the neighborhood, and provide all of the necessary information you need to start living your life on your own terms in as little time as possible.

[AnemicOak]

Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo - $2.99
Amazon US // Google

Around noon on January 15, 1919, a group of firefighters was playing cards in Boston's North End when they heard a tremendous crash. It was like roaring surf, one of them said later. Like a runaway two-horse team smashing through a fence, said another. A third firefighter jumped up from his chair to look out a window-"Oh my God!" he shouted to the other men, "Run!"

A 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with 2.3 million gallons of molasses had just collapsed on Boston's waterfront, disgorging its contents as a 15-foot-high wave of molasses that at its outset traveled at 35 miles an hour. It demolished wooden homes, even the brick fire station. The number of dead wasn't known for days. It would be years before a landmark court battle determined who was responsible for the disaster.

[Breathinlady]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 by Stephen Puleo - $2.99
Amazon US // Google

Just tried the link to Amazon...$9.59 and Google $9.95
Maybe they will do the $2.99 later today?

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Breathinlady

Just tried the link to Amazon...$9.59 and Google $9.95
Maybe they will do the $2.99 later today?

No, the price went back up.