FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

Stephen Hawking: The Life of the World's Most Famous Scientist

The Eiffel Tower: The History of Paris' Most Famous Landmark


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

[Little.Egret]

Thistle Reprint, free

The King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses by Theo Aronson

Here, for the first time, is an all-embracing account of the loves of that celebrated royal womaniser, Edward VII, as Prince of Wales and King.

It is also a study of the three women with whom the King was most deeply in love - his `official' mistresses, Lillie Langtry, Daisy Warwick and Alice Keppel. In their different ways, all three were exceptional personalities. Lillie Langtry, the socially ambitious girl from the vicarage, became a famous actress. Daisy Warwick, an immensely wealthy heiress and social butterfly, was converted to socialism. Alice Keppel, probably the King's greatest love, developed into an astute and fascinating figure in her own right.

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/B00PK5URFS/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PK5URFS/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00PK5URFS/

[GtrsRGr8]

All that I gotta say is "yee haw!"

You can get a 2014-2015 Texas Almanac eBook (pdf), courtesy of the Texas State Historical Association, for the price of your name and email address!

Here's the blurb:

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Inside the 752-page full color, go-to guide for all things Texas, you will discover:

- The REAL Friday Night Lights — complete reference for Texas High School and - College Sports
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Here's the link.

[bartveld]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Thistle Reprint, free

The King in Love: Edward VII's Mistresses by Theo Aronson

Thanks!

[GtrsRGr8]

There are 109 (if I counted correctly--a big "if") free Kindle mobi ebooks available from Kypros Press at the present time. I wasn't familiar with them before, but they seem to a publisher similar to Nisyros and Waxkeep.

Not all of the ebooks are non-fiction.

Follow this link. The URL is for a sort from low to high, so if you want to just get the freebies, be sure that that you don't go into the next price point, which is $0.99.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

There are 109 (if I counted correctly--a big "if") free Kindle mobi ebooks available from Kypros Press at the present time. I wasn't familiar with them before, but they seem to a publisher similar to Nisyros and Waxkeep.

Not all of the ebooks are non-fiction.

Follow this link. The URL is for a sort from low to high, so if you want to just get the freebies, be sure that that you don't go into the next price point, which is $0.99.

You can enhance these searches to just list Freebies

Here's it done for Endeavour

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...sher=endeavour

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

and (when there are any) Kypros
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...r=Kypros+press

[Little.Egret]

Endeavour Press

Friendly Fire by Richard Townshend Bickers

The somewhat illogical term `Friendly Fire' is used to describe the accidental shooting of servicemen by their own side{as in 'own goal'}.

This type of, often fatal, accident leapt into public knowledge during the Gulf War as if it were an entirely new phenomenon - yet another example of the problems created, and still far from understood, by the presence of reporters in or near the front line of a battle with the technical equipment to transmit televised coverage of the fighting as it happens.
Of course, as Richard Bickers points out in this historical survey of some of the most dramatic incidents of what he more correctly calls `accidental amicide', it is an occurrence as old as warfare itself.
It is inevitable that in the heat of battle men become confused and disoriented and such accidents are bound to happen.
Sometimes, as the author shows, the blame can be attributed to the incompetence or stupidity of a commander who leads or sends his men into the line of fire of his own guns. More often, however, it is simply the result of a breakdown in communications, stress or a change in the weather.

In this absorbing book, Richard Bickers puts `Friendly Fire' in its true perspective, using his own experience as an airman in and after the Second World War to show how hard it is for a pilot to distinguish friend from foe.

Richard Townsend Bickers wrote a range of military fiction and non-fiction books, including `Torpedo Attack', `My Enemy Came Nigh', `Bombing Run', `Fighters Up' and `Summer of No Surrender'.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UI4F19S/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00UI4F19S/

http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00UI4F19S/

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

You can enhance these searches to just list Freebies

Here's it done for Endeavour
. . . .
and (when there are any) Kypros
http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...r=Kypros+press

Thanks.

I just went to download a bunch of the Kypros freebies and they were all marked up. Maybe they'll be back later and I can get them then. Anyway, it will save me some time tonight so I can do something else.

[GtrsRGr8]

Maybe some of the rest of you do, but I very rarely see a markdown on a Kindle Moon guidebook. If there's even a remote possibility that you'll visit Mount Rushmore/the Black Hills in the next few years, you better grab this bargain.

The #1 Best Seller in Moon Guides Travel Series.

This is the Second Edition edition (2013).

Moon Mount Rushmore & the Black Hills: Including the Badlands. By Laural A. Bidwell. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 26 reviews at the present moment. Digital list price $11.99; Kindle price now $0.99. Avalon Travel Publishing, publisher. 264 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Moon-Mount-Rus...g+the+Badlands.

Book Description
South Dakota resident Laural A. Bidwell offers her firsthand experience and advice on Mount Rushmore and the Black Hills–including the Southern Hills, the Badlands, and Keystone. Bidwell provides unique travel strategies such as Best Hiking Trails, Viewing Wildlife, and Fossil Collecting in the Parks, Grasslands, & National Forest. With expert tips on the best dining, shopping, accommodations, and camping, Moon Mount Rushmore & the Black Hills gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

[TrevorViking]

^ But does it have a recipe section?

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by TrevorViking

^ But does it have a recipe section?

Why don't you buy it and let us all know.

[GtrsRGr8]

This book was just recently published (January 20, 2015).

The Last Jews in Berlin. By Leonard Gross. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 36 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $16.00; digital list price $14.99; Kindle price now $1.99. Open Road Media, publisher. 245 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Last-Jews-Berl...Jews+in+Berlin.

Book Description
The incredible but little-known true story of the Jews who went underground in Nazi Berlin at the height of World War II—and lived to tell the tale

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, approximately one hundred sixty thousand Jews called Berlin home. By 1943 less than five thousand remained in the nation’s capital, the epicenter of Nazism, and by the end of the war, that number had dwindled to one thousand. All the others had died in air raids, starved to death, committed suicide, or been shipped off to the death camps.

In this captivating and harrowing book, Leonard Gross details the real-life stories of a dozen Jewish men and women who spent the final twenty-seven months of World War II underground, hiding in plain sight, defying both the Gestapo and, even worse, Jewish “catchers” ready to report them to the Nazis in order to avoid the gas chambers themselves. A teenage orphan, a black-market jewel trader, a stylish young designer, and a progressive intellectual were among the few who managed to survive. Through their own resourcefulness, bravery, and at times, sheer luck, these Jews managed to evade the tragic fates of so many others.

Gross has woven these true stories of perseverance into a heartbreaking, suspenseful, and moving account with the narrative force of a thriller. Compiled from extensive interviews, The Last Jews in Berlin reveals these individuals’ astounding determination, against all odds, to live each day knowing it could be their last.

[GtrsRGr8]

In other generations, it was such languages as French and Japanese. In this era, Chinese is probably the most valuable language to learn, at least for Americans. And, based on the high ratings, this book looks like it may be one of the most valuable around now to help you do that for yourself.

Chinese Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide. By Claudia Ross. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 24 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $22.00; digital list price $22.00; Kindle price now $3.99. McGraw-Hill, publisher. 448 pages. http://www.amazon.com/Chinese-Demyst...Teaching+Guide.

Book Description
Learning Chinese is a no-brainer with Demystified

Chinese Demystified walks you step by step through the fundamentals and moves on to more advanced topics. Each chapter concludes with a self-test that allows you to track your progress, and a comprehensive final exam at the end of the book gives instant feedback on new language skills. The book includes characters in simplified and traditional formats along with pinyin phonetic translation for easy pronunciation.

[Little.Egret]

The Battle of Atlanta by Grenville Dodge Pyrrhus Press reprint

After successfully breaking the Confederate siege at Chattanooga near the end of 1863, William Tecumseh Sherman united several Union armies in the Western theater for the Atlanta Campaign, forming one of the biggest armies in American history. After detaching troops for essential garrisons and minor operations, Sherman assembled his nearly 100,000 men and in May 1864 began his invasion of Georgia from Chattanooga, Tennessee, where his forces spanned a line roughly 500 miles wide.
Sherman set his sights on the Confederacy's last major industrial city in the West and General Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee, which aimed to protect it. Atlanta's use to the Confederacy lay in its terminus for three major railroad lines that traveled across the South: the Georgia Railroad, Macon and Western, and the Western & Atlantic.

In August, Sherman moved his forces west across Atlanta and then south of it, positioning his men to cut off Atlanta's supply lines and railroads. When the Confederate attempts to stop the maneuvering failed, the writing was on the wall. On September 1, 1864, Hood and the Army of Tennessee evacuated Atlanta and torched everything of military value. On September 3, 1864, Sherman famously telegrammed Lincoln, "Atlanta is ours and fairly won." Two months later, so was Lincoln's reelection.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VJJK1QE/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00VJJK1QE/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00VJJK1QE/

[Difflugia]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Chinese Demystified: A Self-Teaching Guide. By Claudia Ross. Rated 4 1/2 stars, from 24 reviews at the present moment. Print list price $22.00; digital list price $22.00; Kindle price now $3.99. McGraw-Hill, publisher. 448 pages.

It's $3.99 at other stores as well. If you buy it from eBooks.com, you can download both the epub and PDF formats. The PDF is laid out just like the printed book and is easier to follow if you're reading on a tablet or computer.