Free and Bargain Non-Fiction in March 2014

[Gazella]

BABE by Robert W. Creamer

Discover the real man behind one of America’s most celebrated legends. An intriguing portrait of Babe Ruth filled with meticulous research and candid interviews from the star’s friends and family. “The best biography ever written about an American sports figure”.

Was $14.99, Now $2.99 until March 31st

Amazon

B&N

KOBO

Apple

[Gazella]

1776 by Thomas Fleming

An award-winning author takes on an essential year in American history: This fascinating account offers an intimate look at a fledgling nation's original patriots — and their intense struggle for freedom.

$2.99 (originally $9.99)


Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/1776-Thomas-Fl...&keywords=1776


B&N

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1776...=2940016743325


Deal ends: 4/28/14

[Apache]

This is a great book. I originally bought it as a Hardback. My wife is reading it right now as an eBook.
Apache

[Gazella]

The Egyptians by Grace Cole

From the Great Pyramid to its complex system of writing, ancient Egypt has left a permanent mark on the modern world. This insightful history covers the civilization’s three millennia of discovery and culture, including the Valley of the Kings and Cleopatra!

$2.99 (initially $9.99)


Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...w_bottom_links

B&N

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-...=2940149504381


Deal ends: 4/29

[kindlekitten]

there is something odd about this... 113 pages? for 2.99 down from 9.99?
no reviews?
ummmm pass for now at least

[Gazella]

SUMMER OF ’49 by David Halberstam

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author comes “a gorgeous story with personalities and anecdotes jam-packing every page” (Newsweek). In the summer of 1949, the rivalry between the Yankees and the Red Sox reached new heights, transfixing post-war America. “Dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review).

$2.99 (originally $14.99)


Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...w_bottom_links

B&N

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/summ...=9781453286111

Kobo

http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Summe...WaSed5k3JA&r=1


Deal through March 31st.

[jersysman]

Originally Posted by kindlekitten

there is something odd about this... 113 pages? for 2.99 down from 9.99?
no reviews?
ummmm pass for now at least

Yeah, I agree. But th book has just been out a little over a month according to the pub date.

[GtrsRGr8]

Rethinking the Internet of Things: A Scalable Approach to Connecting Everything. By Francis daCosta. Print List Price $39.99. Kindle Price $0.00. Three and 1/2 stars out of 5 at the present moment, but out of only 4 reviews; read those reviews and comments to those reviews. http://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Int...rnet+of+things.

Over the next decade, most devices connected to the Internet will not be used by people in the familiar way that personal computers, tablets and smart phones are. Billions of interconnected devices will be monitoring the environment, transportation systems, factories, farms, forests, utilities, soil and weather conditions, oceans and resources.

Many of these sensors and actuators will be networked into autonomous sets, with much of the information being exchanged machine-to-machine directly and without human involvement. Machine-to-machine communications are typically terse. Most sensors and actuators will report or act upon small pieces of information - “chirps”. Burdening these devices with current network protocol stacks is inefficient, unnecessary and unduly increases their cost of ownership.

This must change. The architecture of the Internet of Things must evolve now by incorporating simpler protocols toward at the edges of the network, or remain forever inefficient. Rethinking the Internet of Things describes reasons why we must rethink current approaches to the Internet of Things. Appropriate architectures that will coexist with existing networking protocols are described in detail. An architecture comprised of integrator functions, propagator nodes, and end devices, along with their interactions, is explored.

[GA Russell]

Here's a link for Rethinking the Internet of Things that works for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Int...rnet+of+things

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by GA Russell

Here's a link for Rethinking the Internet of Things that works for me.

http://www.amazon.com/Rethinking-Int...rnet+of+things

Thanks, G.A. I've corrected the URL and tested it this time.

[GA Russell]

You're welcome GTrs, and thanks for the tip. I picked up my copy for nothing.

[Gazella]

Shipwreck: The Strange Fate of the Morro Castle by Gordon Thomas & Max Morgan Witts

On September 8, 1934, over 130 passengers died in a massive fire aboard the Morro Castle luxury cruise liner. The mystery of how the fire began still lingers today, unsolved ... until now.

$1.99 (originally $3.99)


Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/Shipwreck-Stra...mm_kin_title_0



Deal ends: 4/8

[GtrsRGr8]

[Moved to April 2014.]