FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2016 - Page 37

GtrsRGr8 · 09-19-2016, 02:40 PM

Moved to the Media Deals thread--where it belongs. Argghh!

GtrsRGr8 · 09-19-2016, 08:53 PM

Packt's latest free ebook as a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion has now been posted.

It is Learning SciPy for Numerical and Scientific Computing. Packt says about it:
For solving complex problems in mathematics, science, or engineering, SciPy is the solution. Building on your basic knowledge of Python, and using a wealth of examples from many scientific fields, this book is your expert tutor.
- Perform complex operations with large matrices, including eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions, or solution to large systems of equations
- Step-by-step examples to easily implement statistical analysis and data mining that rivals in performance any of the costly specialized software suites
- Plenty of examples of state-of-the-art research problems from all disciplines of science, that prove how simple, yet effective, is to provide solutions based on SciPy

Go to this webpage to claim your free ebook. You have just over 22 hours from now before this free offer is over and Packt offers a different free ebook.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-20-2016, 07:12 PM

Packt's free book for the next 24 hours has just now been posted. Of course, with the daily giveaways being a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion, this book, likewise, is related to the Android OS.

Drum roll, please!

It's Getting Started with Ghost:
Reach out to the world and publish great content with the power of Ghost
- Full, detailed explanations of how to use Ghost.
- Setup Ghost on a dedicated host, or take full control by installing and configuring it on your VPS.
- Design and build fast, stylish and responsive themes to make your blog unique.

Linky.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-20-2016, 07:28 PM

“Popular history of the finest sort . . . an excellent book worthy to rank with Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August and Alan Moorehead’s Gallipoli.” —The New York Times. That's a pretty good (I'm making an understatement) recommendation, I'd say.

This book was a must-post because 1) It is so highly rated and regarded, and 2) right now, during the markdown, you pay only 5% of the digital list price to get it. Wow!

The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order: 1905-1922. By Edmond Taylor. Rated 4.5 stars, from 39 reviews at Amazon; Print list price $19.99; digital $19.99; Kindle price $0.99. Skyhorse Publishing, 432 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Dynastie.../dp/B017GH545U.

Book Description
On June 28, 1914, in the dusty Balkan town of Sarajevo, an assassin fired two shots. In the next five minutes, as the stout middle-aged Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife bled to death, a dynasty—and with it, a whole way of life—began to topple.

In the ages before World War I, four dynasties—the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Ottoman, and Romanov—dominated much of civilization. Outwardly different, they were at bottom somewhat alike: opulent, grandiose, suffocating in tradition, ostentatiously gilded on the surface and rotting at the core. Worse still, they were tragically out of step with the forces shaping the modern world.

The Fall of the Dynasties covers the period from 1905 to 1922, when these four ruling houses crumbled and fell, destroying old alliances and obliterating old boundaries. World War I was precipitated by their decay and their splintered baroque rubble proved to be a treacherous base for the new nations that emerged from the war. “All convulsions of the last half-century,” Taylor writes, “stem back to Sarajevo: the two World Wars, the Bolshevik revolution, the rise and fall of Hitler, and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Millions upon millions of deaths can be traced to one or another of these upheavals; all of us who survive have been scarred at least emotionally by them.”

In this classic volume, Taylor traces the origins of the dynasties whose collapse brought the old order crashing down and the events leading to their astonishingly swift downfall.

Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

ATDrake · 09-21-2016, 02:18 PM

X-link to the DRM-free thread for the new Humble Bundle:

Humble Book Bundle Forbidden Books supporting Banned Books Week contains mainly graphic novels, but there are a few non-fiction prose books (as well as non-fiction GNs), including one involving a Disney lawsuit apparently surrounding the fair use of trademarked characters in parody, and another one about hackers, both of which can be gotten at the $1 minimum tier. Two more titles at the $15 top tier cover the founder of MAD Magazine, and a history of underground comics.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-21-2016, 07:59 PM

Get a free copy of Packt's Augmented Reality for Android Application Development. This is one of the daily giveaways in Packt's "Android Week 2016" promotion.

Pokemon Go has shown the world the potential of augmented reality. Make your idea for an AR app a reality with this free and practical guide to building AR apps in Android. Augmented Reality for Android Application Development enables you to implement sensor-based and computer vision-based AR applications on Android devices. You will learn about the theoretical foundations and practical details of implemented AR applications, and you will be provided with hands-on examples that will enable you to quickly develop and deploy novel AR applications on your own.

Be sure to claim your free book within 23 hours and a handful of minutes, because at that time (7 p.m. Eastern) this free offer ends and the offer of a different free ebook begins.

Here's the webpage to go to to find the link to the book.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-22-2016, 07:28 PM

In just the last few minutes, Packt posted its free ebook of the day, the freebie that is a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion. It is Learning Internet of Things.

Here's what Packt says about the book:
Explore and learn about Internet of Things with the help of engaging and enlightening tutorials designed for Raspberry Pi
- Design and implement state-of-the-art solutions for Internet of Things using different communication protocols, patterns, C# and Raspberry Pi
-Learn the capabilities and differences between popular protocols and communication patterns and how they can be used, and should not be used, to create secure and interoperable services and things
- A step-by-step hands-on tutorial with complete source code, that provides interoperable solutions for sensors, actuators, controllers, cameras, and protocol brides

To claim your free ebook, navigate to this webpage. The link is in aqua-green and easy to see.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-23-2016, 07:07 PM

As a part of Packt's "Android Week 2016" promotion, they've been giving away a free ebook every day.

I've been trying to post each day's freebie just as soon as possible after it's announced, in order that folks will have the maximum amount of time to find and take advantage of these great offers. They just posted their free book for the next 24 hours. It's Internet of Things with Intel Galileo.

Here's what they say about the ebook:
Employ the Intel Galileo board to design a world of smarter technology for your home with today's free title. This book starts by teaching you the essentials of the Intel Galileo board, its components, how to wire it, and how to use it safely. The book will teach you how to use and combine simple sensors to build more complex connected objects with the help of an Internet connection. You'll also learn how to control and read from your sensors by building a number of interesting projects. Download today and bring the IoT to your home today!

You will find, on this webpage, a link to the free ebook.

Check back on this thread after 7 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow to see what Packt's next freebie is in this promotion!

GtrsRGr8 · 09-24-2016, 07:14 PM

You've got almost 24 hours to pick up the latest free ebook from Packt in their "Android Week 2016" promotion.

That ebook is Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints.

Packt's description of the tome is brief:
When it comes to DIY IoT projects, an Arduino is a great place to start. Dive into today's free eBook - the last of our Internet of Things weekend - and get creative!

Here's the webpage where you can claim your free ebook.

Little.Egret · 09-25-2016, 08:22 AM

From QP Books, a very small publisher, free

Zeromotor Man: The Amazing Story of John Gamgee by Steve Humphrey

On 26th February 1881 Professor John Gamgee filed a patent application. Gamgee called his invention the `Zeromotor' and he had convinced the Chief Engineer of the US Navy that it would enable ships to operate without fuel, drawing energy from the sea instead. It was the first and last time the United States Patent Office granted a patent for a perpetual motion machine.
The career path of this maverick inventor would be impossible today. Born and raised in Florence, he was initially an outspoken and forward thinking veterinarian. He ran his own college and organised the first ever international veterinary conference. During the Cattle Plague of 1865 his controversial opinions on contagion and germ theory made him the target of nationwide abuse and ridicule. Although ultimately proven correct he was financially broken and after bankruptcy went to America to begin a new career in engineering.
At times extremely persuasive, Gamgee had a personality that inspired admiration and hatred in equal measure. After the creation of the Zeromotor, his life entered a slow downward curve, with his later years marked by involvement in forgery, suicide, a libel case and a second bankruptcy.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L9K4MWG/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01L9K4MWG/
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01L9K4MWG/

koland · 09-25-2016, 12:56 PM

ummm... where?

GtrsRGr8 · 09-25-2016, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

From QP Books, a very small publisher, free

Zeromotor Man: The Amazing Story of John Gamgee by Steve Humphrey

On 26th February 1881 Professor John Gamgee filed a patent application. Gamgee called his invention the `Zeromotor' and he had convinced the Chief Engineer of the US Navy that it would enable ships to operate without fuel, drawing energy from the sea instead. It was the first and last time the United States Patent Office granted a patent for a perpetual motion machine.
The career path of this maverick inventor would be impossible today. Born and raised in Florence, he was initially an outspoken and forward thinking veterinarian. He ran his own college and organised the first ever international veterinary conference. During the Cattle Plague of 1865 his controversial opinions on contagion and germ theory made him the target of nationwide abuse and ridicule. Although ultimately proven correct he was financially broken and after bankruptcy went to America to begin a new career in engineering.
At times extremely persuasive, Gamgee had a personality that inspired admiration and hatred in equal measure. After the creation of the Zeromotor, his life entered a slow downward curve, with his later years marked by involvement in forgery, suicide, a libel case and a second bankruptcy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by koland

ummm... where?

Everyone in the U.K. is going to bed for the night now. So, I thought I'd do some looking around. I didn't do much. I couldn't find a website for the relevant QP Books offhand. The best that I could do was to find this GoodReads page for the book. It has a nice, professionally-done-type cover.

What I saw about the book and about this Gamgee chap was interesting. Seems that he invented a motor that didn't require any fuel to run. Supposedly. Somehow or another he got a patent for it.

The book must be extremely rare in the U.S., at least. Bookfinder, which seems to have every book ever written, didn't have it. JustBooks, the U.K. version of Bookfinder, didn't show it either.

Very interesting situation. I'm looking forward to Little.Egret letting us know a website for the publisher or somebody. But especially to getting a free copy of the book.

issybird · 09-25-2016, 03:39 PM

Here's the US Kindle page, where it is indeed free.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-25-2016, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

Here's the US Kindle page, where it is indeed free.

Ha! I never thought to see if Amazon had it.

GtrsRGr8 · 09-25-2016, 03:48 PM

It was published just a few weeks ago. And, apparently, just in digital format.

09-19-2016, 02:40 PM	#541
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Moved to the Media Deals thread--where it belongs. Argghh! Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 09-19-2016 at 02:43 PM.

09-20-2016, 07:28 PM	#544
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Highly-Rated Book on the Re-Drawing of the Map of Europe between 1905-1922. 99 Cents! “Popular history of the finest sort . . . an excellent book worthy to rank with Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August and Alan Moorehead’s Gallipoli.” —The New York Times. That's a pretty good (I'm making an understatement) recommendation, I'd say. This book was a must-post because 1) It is so highly rated and regarded, and 2) right now, during the markdown, you pay only 5% of the digital list price to get it. Wow! The Fall of the Dynasties: The Collapse of the Old Order: 1905-1922. By Edmond Taylor. Rated 4.5 stars, from 39 reviews at Amazon; Print list price $19.99; digital $19.99; Kindle price $0.99. Skyhorse Publishing, 432 pages. https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Dynastie.../dp/B017GH545U. Book Description On June 28, 1914, in the dusty Balkan town of Sarajevo, an assassin fired two shots. In the next five minutes, as the stout middle-aged Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Habsburg, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife bled to death, a dynasty—and with it, a whole way of life—began to topple. In the ages before World War I, four dynasties—the Habsburg, Hohenzollern, Ottoman, and Romanov—dominated much of civilization. Outwardly different, they were at bottom somewhat alike: opulent, grandiose, suffocating in tradition, ostentatiously gilded on the surface and rotting at the core. Worse still, they were tragically out of step with the forces shaping the modern world. The Fall of the Dynasties covers the period from 1905 to 1922, when these four ruling houses crumbled and fell, destroying old alliances and obliterating old boundaries. World War I was precipitated by their decay and their splintered baroque rubble proved to be a treacherous base for the new nations that emerged from the war. “All convulsions of the last half-century,” Taylor writes, “stem back to Sarajevo: the two World Wars, the Bolshevik revolution, the rise and fall of Hitler, and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. Millions upon millions of deaths can be traced to one or another of these upheavals; all of us who survive have been scarred at least emotionally by them.” In this classic volume, Taylor traces the origins of the dynasties whose collapse brought the old order crashing down and the events leading to their astonishingly swift downfall. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II, the Third Reich, Hitler and his henchmen, the JFK assassination, conspiracies, the American Civil War, the American Revolution, gladiators, Vikings, ancient Rome, medieval times, the old West, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

09-25-2016, 08:22 AM	#550
Little.Egret Wizard Posts: 3,168 Karma: 37800000 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, Kindle Fire 2, NOOK ST, Kindle HDX, Fire 7"	From QP Books, a very small publisher, free Zeromotor Man: The Amazing Story of John Gamgee by Steve Humphrey On 26th February 1881 Professor John Gamgee filed a patent application. Gamgee called his invention the `Zeromotor' and he had convinced the Chief Engineer of the US Navy that it would enable ships to operate without fuel, drawing energy from the sea instead. It was the first and last time the United States Patent Office granted a patent for a perpetual motion machine. The career path of this maverick inventor would be impossible today. Born and raised in Florence, he was initially an outspoken and forward thinking veterinarian. He ran his own college and organised the first ever international veterinary conference. During the Cattle Plague of 1865 his controversial opinions on contagion and germ theory made him the target of nationwide abuse and ridicule. Although ultimately proven correct he was financially broken and after bankruptcy went to America to begin a new career in engineering. At times extremely persuasive, Gamgee had a personality that inspired admiration and hatred in equal measure. After the creation of the Zeromotor, his life entered a slow downward curve, with his later years marked by involvement in forgery, suicide, a libel case and a second bankruptcy. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01L9K4MWG/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01L9K4MWG/ https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01L9K4MWG/ Last edited by Little.Egret; 09-25-2016 at 04:10 PM. Reason: add url

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09-19-2016, 08:53 PM	#542
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Packt's latest free ebook as a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion has now been posted. It is Learning SciPy for Numerical and Scientific Computing. Packt says about it: For solving complex problems in mathematics, science, or engineering, SciPy is the solution. Building on your basic knowledge of Python, and using a wealth of examples from many scientific fields, this book is your expert tutor. - Perform complex operations with large matrices, including eigenvalue problems, matrix decompositions, or solution to large systems of equations - Step-by-step examples to easily implement statistical analysis and data mining that rivals in performance any of the costly specialized software suites - Plenty of examples of state-of-the-art research problems from all disciplines of science, that prove how simple, yet effective, is to provide solutions based on SciPy Go to this webpage to claim your free ebook. You have just over 22 hours from now before this free offer is over and Packt offers a different free ebook.

09-20-2016, 07:12 PM	#543
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Packt's free book for the next 24 hours has just now been posted. Of course, with the daily giveaways being a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion, this book, likewise, is related to the Android OS. Drum roll, please! It's Getting Started with Ghost: Reach out to the world and publish great content with the power of Ghost - Full, detailed explanations of how to use Ghost. - Setup Ghost on a dedicated host, or take full control by installing and configuring it on your VPS. - Design and build fast, stylish and responsive themes to make your blog unique. Linky.

09-21-2016, 02:18 PM	#545
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	X-link to the DRM-free thread for the new Humble Bundle: Humble Book Bundle Forbidden Books supporting Banned Books Week contains mainly graphic novels, but there are a few non-fiction prose books (as well as non-fiction GNs), including one involving a Disney lawsuit apparently surrounding the fair use of trademarked characters in parody, and another one about hackers, both of which can be gotten at the $1 minimum tier. Two more titles at the $15 top tier cover the founder of MAD Magazine, and a history of underground comics.

09-21-2016, 07:59 PM	#546
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Get a free copy of Packt's Augmented Reality for Android Application Development. This is one of the daily giveaways in Packt's "Android Week 2016" promotion. Pokemon Go has shown the world the potential of augmented reality. Make your idea for an AR app a reality with this free and practical guide to building AR apps in Android. Augmented Reality for Android Application Development enables you to implement sensor-based and computer vision-based AR applications on Android devices. You will learn about the theoretical foundations and practical details of implemented AR applications, and you will be provided with hands-on examples that will enable you to quickly develop and deploy novel AR applications on your own. Be sure to claim your free book within 23 hours and a handful of minutes, because at that time (7 p.m. Eastern) this free offer ends and the offer of a different free ebook begins. Here's the webpage to go to to find the link to the book.

09-22-2016, 07:28 PM	#547
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	In just the last few minutes, Packt posted its free ebook of the day, the freebie that is a part of their "Android Week 2016" promotion. It is Learning Internet of Things. Here's what Packt says about the book: Explore and learn about Internet of Things with the help of engaging and enlightening tutorials designed for Raspberry Pi - Design and implement state-of-the-art solutions for Internet of Things using different communication protocols, patterns, C# and Raspberry Pi -Learn the capabilities and differences between popular protocols and communication patterns and how they can be used, and should not be used, to create secure and interoperable services and things - A step-by-step hands-on tutorial with complete source code, that provides interoperable solutions for sensors, actuators, controllers, cameras, and protocol brides To claim your free ebook, navigate to this webpage. The link is in aqua-green and easy to see.

09-23-2016, 07:07 PM	#548
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	As a part of Packt's "Android Week 2016" promotion, they've been giving away a free ebook every day. I've been trying to post each day's freebie just as soon as possible after it's announced, in order that folks will have the maximum amount of time to find and take advantage of these great offers. They just posted their free book for the next 24 hours. It's Internet of Things with Intel Galileo. Here's what they say about the ebook: Employ the Intel Galileo board to design a world of smarter technology for your home with today's free title. This book starts by teaching you the essentials of the Intel Galileo board, its components, how to wire it, and how to use it safely. The book will teach you how to use and combine simple sensors to build more complex connected objects with the help of an Internet connection. You'll also learn how to control and read from your sensors by building a number of interesting projects. Download today and bring the IoT to your home today! You will find, on this webpage, a link to the free ebook. Check back on this thread after 7 p.m. Eastern Time tomorrow to see what Packt's next freebie is in this promotion!

09-24-2016, 07:14 PM	#549
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	You've got almost 24 hours to pick up the latest free ebook from Packt in their "Android Week 2016" promotion. That ebook is Internet of Things with Arduino Blueprints. Packt's description of the tome is brief: When it comes to DIY IoT projects, an Arduino is a great place to start. Dive into today's free eBook - the last of our Internet of Things weekend - and get creative! Here's the webpage where you can claim your free ebook.

09-25-2016, 12:56 PM	#551
koland Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,560 Karma: 8033155 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: TN, USA Device: kindle(all), nook, nookcolor, Sony, Kobo, epic, iphone, iPad, pc	ummm... where?

09-25-2016, 03:39 PM	#553
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,308 Karma: 234636059 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Here's the US Kindle page, where it is indeed free.

09-25-2016, 03:48 PM	#555
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	It was published just a few weeks ago. And, apparently, just in digital format.

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