FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[GtrsRGr8]

First, let me give the URL for the U.K. webpage. Did it.

The Great Book of Games: A Compendium of Fun. By Peter Keyne; Rudolph Amsel. Rated 5 stars, but from only 5 reviews, at Amazon at the present moment; not rated at GoodReads. Print list price N/A; digital list price $4.99; Kindle price now $0.00. Elsinore Books, publisher. Pages: N/A (2301 KB). http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Gam...+book+of+games.

Book Description
This compendium brings together a selection of the very best games. There are parlour games, travel games, trivia games, riddles, puzzles and more. Traditional family favourites feature alongside an array of newly created games.

The centrepieces of this collection are the six games:
Descriptionary, Just a Minute, Lost for Words, Ultimate Charades, Quick Draw, and Trivial Disputes.

In total, these six games alone include 1350 game cards (one Kindle page each). Most of the cards offer multiple gameplay options, so you can return to them again and again. These games require no set-up time, and can be instantly enjoyed with friends or family wherever you are.

At Elsinore Books we pride ourselves on creating beautiful Kindle Books, and devote great attention to formatting, and ease of navigation. This book contains a cleanly-styled contents page that permits easy movement between games. Each game occupies its own chapter, so you can move between games by pressing a single button on your Kindle.

You can view a full listing of the games inside by clicking on the preview of this book and viewing the contents page. Some of the collection highlights are outlined below:

Speaking Games
Descriptionary: Players aim to describe as many words as possible in a 30-second time limit. 300 game cards are included. Each card has five words, one in each of the following categories: Places, Objects, Nature, Adjectives, and Random.

Just a Minute: The popular game where players have to speak on a given topic for one minute without hesitation, repetition or deviation. 250 games cards are included. On each card players will find three topics to choose from.

Lost For Words: Players face two challenges in this game: 1) To describe a given word without using any of the forbidden words listed beneath it 2) To describe a given word using no more than three words (and sometimes using only one word!) 300 game cards are included, and two challenges appear on every card.

Acting and Character Games
Ultimate Charades: Ultimate charades brings together elements of three games: classic charades, reverse charades, and adverbs. It’s a great game for families to enjoy together. You’ll find 200 cards here, each offering a choice of three options. Players will act out the titles of films, books, songs, and TV programmes, as well as proverbs, actions, famous people, and fictional characters.

Pen and Paper Games
Quick Draw: A sketch-off, where artists from each team race to depict words and phrases. There are 400 drawing challenges, spread across five categories: People and Animals, Things, Creative Works, Idioms, and Challenges.

Travel and Trivia Games
Trivial Disputes: A general knowledge listing quiz that can be played in teams or with everyone out for themselves. Among the things players must put in order: buildings by size, animals by weight, cars by top speed, films by box-office profits. There are 100 Cards, divided into ten games.

Riddles and Puzzles.
Five complete chapters from The Great Book of Riddles, also by Elsinore Books, are included in this compendium.
You’ll have 50 of the finest riddles, puzzles and brainteasers to make your way through.

There are classical logic puzzles, lateral thinking puzzles, mathematical brain teasers, word ladders, ditloids, and illustrated coins, cups, and toothpicks puzzles

Here is one of the riddles you’ll find inside:
The king’s two bodyguards developed an ingenious method for assuring the king’s safety. With the king standing between them, they would face in opposite directions; one looking to the west and the other to the east, but at the same time, and without the use of any reflective surfaces, they would both be able to observe the king clearly. How was this possible?

[pendragginp]

Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans. By T.R. Fehrenbach.

It looks like the special has ended? It's now showing at $8.49 for me.

[ATDrake]

X-link to the DRM-free megathread where a couple of Humble Bundles offer a few nice non-fiction things amidst their general content:

Humble Total War Bundle offers at the minimum basic tier level two Osprey Publishing military history battle guides set during the time of the Roman Empire (Gaul and Germany), which are quite good quality as you might expect from their imprint. These are general quasi-scholarly books with proper bibliographical references, and not special gameplaying tie-in things.

Humble Book Bundle Neil Gaiman Rarities offers his extremely rare 80s-era Duran Duran biography for fans of the band, as well as some non-fiction essay pieces and speeches by him, mostly on the subjects of comics, fantasy writing, and censorship, amidst all the GN stuff.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by pendragginp

It looks like the special has ended? It's now showing at $8.49 for me.

I suppose so. I haven't checked it since last night. Sorry.

I'll try to remember to post it again the next time that I see it marked down. Or, if you wish, you can set an alert at ereaderiq.com. They call it a "Kindle Price Drop Notification," and it will show in the "Features" on the far righthand side when the message cycle gets to it.

[pendragginp]

No need for apologies, I was just letting others know.

Or, if you wish, you can set an alert at ereaderiq.com. They call it a "Kindle Price Drop Notification," and it will show in the "Features" on the far righthand side when the message cycle gets to it.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by pendragginp

No need for apologies, I was just letting others know.
. . . .

Gotcha.

I wasn't really apologizing, it was more like expressing sympathy ("sympathy" is too strong of a word, but no other ones are coming to mind right this second), if that makes sense. People often think when I say that I'm sorry that I'm apologizing, when I'm actually just expressing something like sympathy.

[pendragginp]

Ah, gotcha. =)

[GtrsRGr8]

Moved to Audiobooks.

[Little.Egret]

Charles River Editors

Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple: The History of the Most Notorious Cult and Mass Murder-Suicide in American History

Ruby Ridge and Waco: The History and Legacy of the Federal Government's Notorious Sieges of the Weaver Family and Branch Davidians


See all

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...e=-interactive

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

[shootist]

The illustrated biography of Bill Clinton should be interesting.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by shootist

The illustrated biography of Bill Clinton should be interesting.

Ack!!!!

[GtrsRGr8]

Nisyros Publishers has some new markdowns to zero.

The books appear to be predominantly non-fiction, so this is the thread that I'm posting on.

Nisyros Publishers ebooks, sorted by price low to high.

[GtrsRGr8]

I just downloaded the Nisyros book Satan, by Lewis Sperry Chafer. The "thanks" webpage said:

Thanks, [my name]! Satan is waiting for you in your Kindle library.

I definitely am staying away from my Kindle library from now on! ha

[GtrsRGr8]

I posted information several hours ago about Nisyros Publishers having new markdowns. I now see that Acheron Press has a new bunch of markdowns, to zero, also.

The books appear to be predominantly non-fiction, so this is the thread that I'm posting on. One thing that is special to this set of markdowns is the presence of about a couple of dozen books related to Christmas.

Here's a link to all of Acheron Press' books at Amazon, sorted by price low to high. With this search, there are some non-Acheron Press ebooks that appear; they're easy to spot, however.

[Little.Egret]

Also Heraklion, mixed fiction and non-fiction, eg

The Recollections of a Policeman by Thomas Waters

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

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

And similarly Waxkeep

The Principles of Communism by Friedrich Engels

http://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search-...lisher=waxkeep

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=searc...lisher=waxkeep
http://www.amazon.ca/k/s/?url=search...lisher=waxkeep