Content [CLOSED] FREE (and very inexpensive) books for the Kindle

[dougbiss]

Originally Posted by koland

MetaGame, by Sam Landstrom

This was free not too long ago... and I actually got around to reading this one. I enjoyed it quite a bit.
If you like sci-fi/cyberpunk style stuff, it's worth the price.

[The Hooded Claw]

Star Trek: The Motion Picture by Gene Roddenberry for $2.79

http://www.amazon.com/The-Motion-Pic...0636725&sr=1-1

Note that this is the old movie from the late 1970s, not the one released this year. Written by Gene Roddenberry, and many comments claim it is better than the mediocre movie.



And totally different, The Anthrax Letters: A Bioterrorism Expert Investigates the Attack That Shocked America by Leonard A. Cole for $2.66. This is nonfiction about the letters dusted with anthrax toxin that were received by a Florida newspaper and some US Congressional offices. A biowarfare scientist was (apparently unjustly) accused of this by law enforcement, but later the FBI decided a different scientist who had committed suicide was the villain. Anyway, here is the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Anthrax-Letter...0636812&sr=1-1

[The Hooded Claw]

Pirates, Terrorists, and Warlords: The History, Influence, and Future of Armed Groups Around the World

http://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Terror...0637679&sr=1-1

For only $1.66, a collection of nonfic essays on the title subject.

[koland]

MIT Press' Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century, by Henry Jenkins, et al, is free today. This white paper from The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Reports on Digital Media and Learning is in topaz format and 142 pages in length.

Book Description
Many teens today who use the Internet are actively involved in participatory cultures—joining online communities (Facebook, message boards, game clans), producing creative work in new forms (digital sampling, modding, fan videomaking, fan fiction), working in teams to complete tasks and develop new knowledge (as in Wikipedia), and shaping the flow of media (as in blogging or podcasting). A growing body of scholarship suggests potential benefits of these activities, including opportunities for peer-to-peer learning, development of skills useful in the modern workplace, and a more empowered conception of citizenship. Some argue that young people pick up these key skills and competencies on their own by interacting with popular culture; but the problems of unequal access, lack of media transparency, and the breakdown of traditional forms of socialization and professional training suggest a role for policy and pedagogical intervention.

This report aims to shift the conversation about the "digital divide" from questions about access to technology to questions about access to opportunities for involvement in participatory culture and how to provide all young people with the chance to develop the cultural competencies and social skills needed. Fostering these skills, the authors argue, requires a systemic approach to media education; schools, afterschool programs, and parents all have distinctive roles to play.

About the Author
Henry Jenkins is Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism and Cinematic Arts at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California. He is the coeditor of From Barbie to Mortal Kombat: Gender and Computer Games (MIT Press, 1998).

[Daithi]

Added (Koland's latest suggestions -- a big thank you)
MetaGame by Sam Landstrom
Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins, et. al.

[koland]

The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow, by Joyce Magnin, courtesy of Abingdon Press.

Book Description
The Prayers of Agnes Sparrow is the story of an unusual woman, Agnes Sparrow. No longer able or willing to leave her home, where she is cared for by her long-suffering sister Griselda, Agnes has committed her life to the one thing she can do — besides eat. Agnes Sparrow prays and when Agnes prays things happen, including major miracles of the cancer, ulcer-healing variety along with various minor miracles not the least of which is the recovery of lost objects and a prize-winning pumpkin.

The rural residents of Bright’s Pond are so enamored with Agnes they plan to have a sign erected on the interstate that reads, “Welcome to Bright’s Pond, Home of Agnes Sparrow.” This is something Agnes doesn’t want and sends Griselda to fight city hall. Griselda’s petitions are shot down and the sign plans press forward until a stranger comes to town looking for his miracle from Agnes. The truth of Agnes’s odd motivation comes out when the town reels after the murder of a beloved community member. How could Agnes allow such evil in their midst? Didn’t she know? Well, the prayers of Agnes Sparrow have more to do with Agnes than God. Agnes has been praying to atone for a sin committed when she was a child. After some tense days, the townsfolk, Griselda, and Agnes decide they all need to find their way back to the true source of the miracles — God.

[kindlekitten]

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that this is a Christian themed book?

[koland]

That's my best guess as well.

[koland]

Weaving Words, by Kim Knox, is another freebie from Samhain Publishing, but not one whose content warning seems to be erotica.

Easy part of his day? Resurrecting the dead. Hard part? Keeping them alive.

Kaede is a witch whose family has been bound to a powerful House for over a thousand years. And he hates it. Despite the fact that his lord, Tarou, murdered his mother, Kaede is sworn never to harm the man who could kill him with just seven words. Now he's been commanded to use his unique powers to resurrect Tarou's wife from the dead, and he has no choice but to comply. Things go horribly wrong when he accidentally pulls the wrong soul back. Now it's not just his own life he must try to save.

Vara's day couldn't get much more bizarre. One moment she's a captain in the Temple Guard. The next, she finds herself transported into a world of magic and witches' and stuffed into the body of a lord's wife. Unwillingly plunged into middle of a deadly power struggle, the only one Vara can turn to is Kaede, the witch responsible for dragging her into this alien world. A witch she finds far too attractive....

Warning: This book contains the following; magic, witches and more body-swapping than is safely sane.

[koland]

Two free books today from Noel Hynd, the first two books in his Russian Trilogy, with the last one scheduled to be published next month. Zondervan is the publisher and these are classified as both Religion& Spirituality and Mystery & Suspense.

Conspiracy in Kiev

A shrewd investigator and an expert marksman, Special Agent Alexandra LaDuca can handle any case the FBI gives her. Or can she? While on loan from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alex is tapped to accompany a Secret Service team during an American Presidential visit to Ukraine. Her assignment: to keep personal watch over Yuri Federov, the most charming and most notorious gangster in the region. Against her better judgment—and fighting a feeling that she’s being manipulated—she leaves for Ukraine. But there are more parts to this dangerous mission than anyone suspects, and connecting the dots takes Alex across three continents and through some life-altering discoveries about herself, her work, her faith, and her future. Conspiracy in Kiev—from the first double-cross to the stunning final pages—is the kind of solid, fast-paced espionage thriller only Noel Hynd can write. For those who have never read Noel Hynd, this first book in The Russian Trilogy is the perfect place to start.

Midnight in Madrid

When a mysterious relic is stolen from a Madrid museum, people are dying to discover its secrets. Literally.U.S. Treasury agent Alexandra LaDuca returns from Conspiracy in Kiev to track down the stolen artwork, a small carving called The Piet? of Malta. It seems to be a simple assignment, but nothing about this job is simple, as the mysteries and legends surrounding the relic become increasingly complex with claims of supernatural power.As aggressive, relentless, and stubborn as ever, Alex crisscrosses Europe through a web of intrigue, danger, and betrayal, joined by a polished, mysterious new partner. With echoes of classic detective and suspense fiction from The Maltese Falcon to The Da Vinci Code, Midnight in Madrid takes the reader on a nonstop spellbinding chase through a modern world of terrorists, art thieves, and cold-blooded killers.

[koland]

Previously a penny, now free:

The Kiribati Test, by Stacey Cochran

Book Description
Karl Connors works the graveyard shift at GlobalCom as a carpet cleaner. One night he witnesses the murder of a friend at the hands of one of the company's CEOs, but he keeps his mouth shut, fearing for his and his wife's lives. Now a shadowy organization known as NanoTech wants to retrieve Karl's memory in order to bring down GlobalCom, and the lowly carpet cleaner is caught between powerful forces with no fear of erasing Karl and his wife completely.

Also includes novella -The Con Artists- and short story -The Cuda.-

[koland]

MIT Press has released five more white papers, which join Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century as free titles on the Kindle.

Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project, by Mizuko Ito (Author), Heather A. Horst (Author), Matteo Bittanti (Author), danah boyd (Author), Becky Herr-Stephenson (Author), Patricia G. Lange (Author), C. J. Pascoe (Author), Laura Robinson (Author)

New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward, by James Paul Gee. This one is currently "temporarily unavailable", but should be live soon.

Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project, by Carrie James

The Civic Potential of Video Games, by Joseph Kahne (Author), Ellen Middaugh (Author), Chris Evans

The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age, by Cathy N. Davidson & David Theo Goldberg. A free PDF version is also available HERE.

[Critteranne]

Originally Posted by koland

Two free books today from Noel Hynd, the first two books in his Russian Trilogy, with the last one scheduled to be published next month. Zondervan is the publisher and these are classified as both Religion& Spirituality and Mystery & Suspense.

Oh cool! I've wanted to try him out. He's supposed to be very good. I remember when he was writing mainstream (or at least non-religious or "secular" or whatever) espionage novels, and the critics loved him.

[osnova]

Three quality publications from OSNOVA are on sale for $0.99 during this Christmas season. Note that the dictionaries are in the Kindle dictionary format and can be set as default Kindle dictionaries.

Fernald's English Synonyms and Antonyms Dictionary

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

The World English Bible with Direct Verse Jump

P.S. Please leave feedback on Amazon if you like my publications.

[koland]

Originally Posted by Critteranne

Oh cool! I've wanted to try him out. He's supposed to be very good. I remember when he was writing mainstream (or at least non-religious or "secular" or whatever) espionage novels, and the critics loved him.

These may be non-religious, but they do have a religious publisher (not that an author can't write both and put all of them out from a single publishing house).