FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - May 2011

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Now also free at the US Kindle store:

Freedom from Performing by Becky Harling
The Pastor's Wife by Jennifer Allee
eye of the god by Ariel Allison

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Connecting Top Managers: Developing Executive Teams for Business Success by Jim Taylor and Lisa Haneberg

An Expose on Teen Sex and Dating: What's Really Going On and How to Talk About It by Andy Braner

Chips, Clones, and Living Beyond 100: How Far Will the Biosciences Take Us? by Joyce A. Schoemaker and Paul J. H. Schoemaker

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16 Expert Lessons for Successfully Managing Your Personal Finances (Collection) by FT Press Delivers

Technical Analysis of Commodities by Carley Garner

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Moon USA Travel Planner

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Moon USA Travel Planner is a sampler of top travel destinations in the U.S. Excerpted from Moon’s Handbooks series, this eBook offers information on vacation spots ranging from Washington’s San Juan Islands to Florida’s Gulf Coast. Rather than providing in-depth coverage on just one location, this is a fun-to-browse guide that offers overviews of fifty-two individual cities, states, regions, and national parks and monuments—along with a trip-planning section, suggested itineraries, maps, and photos for each one. With chapters on Napa and Sonoma, Yellowstone, New Mexico, Michigan, Kentucky, New York, Rhode Island, and more, Moon USA Travel Planner gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.

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- From the Kindle Daily Post (Kindle Editors' official blog) "Love Is in the Air: Chick Lit and Women’s Fiction for $2.99":

Trees are blooming, royals have wed, and love (in the books below) is attempting to blossom in fits and starts. Readers who enjoy chick lit, contemporary romance, and women’s fiction, may enjoy these titles, all priced at just $2.99 on Kindle.

See more selections on our Contemporary Romance and Women’s Fiction booklist.

Declaring Spinsterhood by Jamie Lynn Braziel

Faking It by Elisa Lorello

Waiting for Spring by R. J. Keller

Easily Amused by Karen McQuestion

*Note, these are AmazonEncore books

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Here's another free Kindle indie book [erotica]:

Samson's Lovely Mortal (Scanguards Vampires #1) by Tina Folsom

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Vampire bachelor Samson can't get it up anymore. Not even his shrink can help him. That changes when the lovely mortal auditor Delilah tumbles into his arms after a seemingly random attack. Suddenly there's nothing wrong with his hydraulics - that is, as long as Delilah is the woman in his arms.

His scruples about taking Delilah to bed vanish when his shrink suggests it's the only way to cure his problem. Thinking all he needs is one night with her, Samson indulges in a night of pleasure and passion.

However, another attack on Delilah and a dead body later, and Samson has his hands full: not only with trying to hide the fact he's a vampire, but also with finding out what secrets Delilah harbors for somebody to want her harm.

Warning: explicit sex scenes

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK (via the publisher Story Plant)

Song of Renewal by Emily Sue Harvey (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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Song of Renewal received glowing acclaim upon its hardcover release. Now, Emily Sue Harvey has dramatically expanded this extraordinarily touching work to allow us to experience its riches at new levels.

The Wakefields seem to have everything. Garrison is a hugely successful graphic artist. Liza is an active member of the community and a patron of the arts. Their 16-year-old daughter Angel is bright, beautiful, and a gifted dancer. At the same time, though, they have traded away many of their dreams. Garrison gave up a future as an accomplished painter to make money. Liza suspended her own dancing career to raise a family. And Angel is setting aside her ambitions to live her mother’s dream.

When Angel gets into a car accident that kills her first love, the Wakefields’ lives turn on a dime. While Angel lies in a coma from which even the best prognosis is devastating, Garrison and Liza sit by her side, their once-passionate marriage in tatters. As their heartache over Angel builds, Garrison and Liza struggle to rediscover who they once were—and who they were meant to be. They come to realize that it will take everything they have within themselves to heal Angel, heal their hearts, and renew the power of their love.

At once romantic, inspiring, and empowering, Song of Renewal is a rare bauble of a novel, one with something to say to every family.

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK (via the publisher Abingdon Press)

I Do ... Every day: Words of Wisdom for Newlyweds and Not So Newlyweds by Cynthia Bond, Hopson, Roger Hopson (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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Cynthia and Roger Hopson are on a mission to help newlyweds and not so newlyweds revitalize marriage as the treasure God intended. In each of the thirty-one reflections in I Do...Every Day, the Hopsons offer straight talk, ask questions that may cause a little blushing (don’t worry, nothing X-rated), and tell stories that will touch readers where they live, inspiring them to be equal partners, friends, and lovers. It is for anyone who has ever said “I do,” “I will,” or “I messed up" and even those who are getting ready to walk down the aisle.

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More free indies:

HAPPILY DIVORCED, or how to rob the robber by Benn Flore
The Line of Eyes by Clayton Spann
Three Religions, one killer by Benn Flore
Shatterboy by Scott William Carter
Don't Count the Stars: A Short Story of Life on the Edge of the Universe by Jacob Heim
Introduction to Biological Aging Theory by Theodore Goldsmith
Stop Writing, Fool by Arthur A. Perkins
Demon Lord by T C Southwell
The Queen's Blade by T C Southwell
A Righteous Wind by Janice Daugharty

Plus classics:
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett by Frances Hodgson Burnett
WAR AND PEACE (non illustrated) by Leo Tolstoy

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I never knew there was an illustrated WAR AND PEACE! all that time... and no pictures...

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Why? by Adam Hamilton (via Abingdon Press)

Product Description

When the ground shakes, and a poor nation’s economy is destroyed; when the waters rise, washing away a community’s hopes and dreams; when a child suffers neglect and abuse; when violence tears apart nations; where is God? If God is all powerful, and if each one of us is a beloved child of God, then how can God allow tragedy and suffering to infest his creation?

When we lift our prayers to God, and no answer seems to come; when we earnestly seek to know the will of God for our lives, yet can't seem to discern it; when God seems far away; where is God? If God counts the hairs on our head, and knows every sparrow that falls, why is finding and understanding God's will so difficult at times?
In Why? Making Sense of God's Will best-selling author Adam Hamilton brings fresh insight to the age-old question of how to understand the will of God. Rejecting simplistic answers and unexamined assumptions, Hamilton addresses how we can comprehend God’s plan for the world and ourselves.

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The Twelve Sacred Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-in-Law by Haywood Smith (via Bell Bridge Books)

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A very Southern mother-in-law's humorous advice to mothers-in-law everywhere. From the multiple New York Times bestselling author of The Red Hat Club. Bestselling author Haywood Smith and her pals have lots of personal experience in the joys, sorrows, pitfalls and flat-out hysteria of Mother-in-Lawness. Now Smith offers a handy and fun booklet of pithy advice to mothers-in-law everywhere. Smiths sassy observations and gentle wisdom are delivered with her trademark southern charm, packing the sweet, heady punch of bourbon ice cubes melting in a mint julep. The Twelve Sacred Traditions of Magnificent Mothers-in-Law is the perfect gift book for showers, engagement parties, family celebrations or just to share with that special DIL (Daughter-in-Law) or SIL (Son-in-Law). It can even safely be given to a Mother-in-Law

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Now also free for US Kindlers:

Song of Renewal by Emily Sue Harvey

I Do ... Every day: Words of Wisdom for Newlyweds and Not So Newlyweds by Cynthia Bond, Hopson, Roger Hopson

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Bargain book:

The Assassins: A Novel by Oliver North is just $0.99 for the Kindle (US Store)

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With this suspenseful, action-packed finale, Oliver North concludes the trilogy that has included his best-selling novels Mission Compromised and The Jericho Sanction.

In 2005, the fourth anniversary of the September 11th attacks on America is met with the news that Jihadists have attacked multiple targets in Saudi Arabia, destroying oil pumping equipment, crippling pipelines, and assassinating most of the royal family. In the U.S. gas prices soar to over $6 a gallon along with hyper-inflation across the world financial markets. “Non-business travel” in the U.S. is limited to no more than 500 miles per week.

The UN Security Council authorizes an international intervention force, and in a closed session of Congress the “Assassination Bill” is introduced. A “Termination or Neutralization Unit” is formed with Gen. Peter Newman as its head. He is given authority for up to 100 specialists, which he recruits and trains.

It is discovered Iranians plan to detonate a nuke in Washington. Newman and a team are dispatched and a chase across Europe and international waters ensues. Newman hunts his illusive nemesis to Mexico and Cuba, but the Iranians have a backup plan in place and ready a plane repainted as a FedEx cargo jet and armed with a nuclear weapon—headed for Washington.
About the Author

Oliver North is a New York Times bestselling author, the host of "War Stories" on the FOX News Channel, and a war correspondent for the FOX News Network. His novels are stories of international intrigue, political espionage, and military adventure drawn from his own experiences as a combat-decorated Marine and the Counter-Terrorism Coordinator for the United States from 1983-1986.

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FYI, currently just free for those in the UK:

Operation Eichmann: The Truth about the Pursuit, Capture and Trial by Zvi Aharoni and Wilhelm Dietl (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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One of the most feared and hated Nazi leaders of World War II, Adolf Eichmann was responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. When he disappeared after the war, the stage was set for one of the greatest manhunts in history. Zvi Aharoni, an agent for the Israeli Mossad and the man who tracked down Eichmann in Argentina in 1960, provides details only he can confirm. As the only person to interrogate Eichmann after his capture, Aharoni alone knows what Eichmann actually said, a subject seriously misrepresented in earlier accounts.

The Magical Maze: Seeing the World Through Mathematical Eyes by Ian Stewart (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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Welcome to the maze. A logical maze, a magical maze. A maze of the mind. The maze is mathematics. The mind is yours. Let's see what happens when we put them together.

What is mathematics? What do mathematicians do? What is a mathematician? Someone who does mathematics?

Not exactly. That's too easy an answer, and it creates too simple a maze—a circular loop of self-referential logic. No, a mathematician is more than just somebody who does mathematics. Think of it this way: what is a businessperson? Someone who does business? Yes, but not just that. A businessperson is someone who sees an opportunity for doing business where the rest of us see nothing; while we're complaining that there's no restaurant in the area, he or she is organizing a telephone pizza delivery service. Similarly, a mathematician is someone who sees opportunities for doing mathematics that the rest of us miss.

Demand Forecasting and Inventory Control: A Computer Aided Learning Approach by Colin D. Lewis (Amazon Main, Amazon UK)

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A practical, hands-on reference to the latest tools and techniques of demand forecasting

Presenting an up-to-date overview of demand forecasting, this comprehensive primer is an ideal resource for those who need in-depth information and hands-on training. Covering the latest developments in field techniques—and featuring software that includes helpful short-term forecasting models and inventory control scenarios—Demand Forecasting and Inventory Control includes complete details on:
Forecasting in stationary demand situations
Medium-term forecasting for growth and seasonality
Implementing the re-order level (ROL) policy
Using the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) to establish replenishment quantity values
Interpreting service levels based on simple statistical concepts
Establishing the value of the review period and maximum stock level
Selecting the most appropriate inventory control policy
OPSCON—a computer-friendly learning package