Content FREE (and bargain) books for the Kindle - June 2011

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The Fort by Cornwell Bernard

In the summer of 1779 a British force of fewer than a thousand Scottish infantry, backed by three sloops-of-war, is sent to the coast of what is now the state of Maine. The Revolutionary War is in its third year and has moved to the Southern States, leaving the Scots in the North—the only British troops between Canada and New York. Their orders are to make a garrison in Penobscot Bay that can serve as a naval base to harry rebel privateers on the New England coast and to establish a safe haven for American Loyalists driven from their homes by the rebels.

The story of the Penobscot Expedition, ultimately the largest American naval expedition of the Revolutionary War, has largely been left untold—until now.

Based on diaries, letters, and the transcripts of the enquiries and court-proceedings that followed, The Fort is the extraordinary account of this historic clash between a superpower and a nation in the making, told by "the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today" (Wall Street Journal).

All created to provide readers with an in-depth experience with this slice of American and British history.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003WUYQBO?tag=discounter-20

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The Pirate's Daughter by Margartet Cezair-Thompson is $0.25

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In 1946, a storm-wrecked boat carrying Hollywood’s most famous swashbuckler shored up on the coast of Jamaica, and the glamorous world of 1940’s Hollywood converged with that of a small West Indian society. After a long and storied career on the silver screen, Errol Flynn spent much of the last years of his life on a small island off of Jamaica, throwing parties and sleeping with increasingly younger teenaged girls. Based on those years, The Pirate’s Daughter is the story of Ida, a local girl who has an affair with Flynn that produces a daughter, May, who meets her father but once. Spanning two generations of women whose destinies become inextricably linked with the matinee idol’s, this lively novel tells the provocative history of a vanished era, of uncommon kinships, compelling attachments, betrayal and atonement in a paradisal, tropical setting. As adept with Jamaican vernacular as she is at revealing the internal machinations of a fading and bloated matinee idol, Margaret Cezair-Thompson weaves a saga of a mother and daughter finding their way in a nation struggling to rise to the challenge of independence.

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Bargains from Random House:

Armageddon's Children by Terry Brooks ($1.99)

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Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon’s Children is a new creation–the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks’s previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable storytelling powers. It is a gripping chronicle of a once-familiar world now spun shockingly out of control, in which an extraordinary few struggle to salvage hope in the face of terrifying chaos.

Logan Tom is doomed to remember the past and determined to rescue the future. Far behind him lies a boyhood cut violently short by his family’s slaughter, when the forces of madness and hate swept our world after decadent excesses led to civilization’s downfall. Somewhere ahead of him rests the only chance to beat back the minions of evil that are systematically killing and enslaving the last remnants of humanity. Navigating the scarred and poisoned landscape that once was America and guided by a powerful talisman, Logan has sworn an oath to seek out a remarkable being born of magic, possessed of untold abilities, and destined to lead the final fight against darkness.

Across the country, Angel Perez, herself a survivor of the malevolent, death-dealing forces combing the land, has also been chosen for an uncanny mission in the name of her ruined world’s salvation. From the devastated streets of Los Angeles, she will journey to find a place–and a people–shrouded in mystery, celebrated in legend, and vital to the cause of humankind . . . even as a relentless foe follows close behind, bent on her extermination. While in the nearly forsaken city of Seattle, a makeshift family of refugees has carved out a tenuous existence among the street gangs, mutants, and marauders fighting to stay alive against mounting odds–and something unspeakable that has come from the shadows in search of prey.

In time, all their paths will cross. Their common purpose will draw them together. Their courage and convictions will be tested and their fates will be decided, as their singular crusade begins: to take back, or lose forever, the only world they have.

In Armageddon’s Children, Brooks brings his gifts as a mythmaker to the timeless theme of the unending, essential conflict between darkness and light–and carries his unique imaginative vision to a stunning new level. Prepare for a breathtaking tour de force. To those who are new to Terry Brooks, welcome. And to those who have read him for many years: prepare for a dramatic surprise.

Big Machine: A Novel by Victor LaValle ($2.99)

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Ricky Rice is a middling hustler with a lingering junk habit, a bum knee, and a haunted mind. A survivor of a suicide cult, he scrapes by as a porter at a bus depot in Utica, New York, until one day a mysterious letter arrives, summoning him to enlist in a band of paranormal investigators comprised of former addicts and petty criminals, all of whom had at some point in their wasted lives heard what may have been the voice of God.

Infused with the wonder of a disquieting dream and laced with Victor LaValle’s fiendish comic sensibility, Big Machine is a mind-rattling mystery about doubt, faith, and the monsters we carry within us.

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Telling Details by Kat Duncan

Telling Details explains the use and misuse of factual information in fiction, particularly in romance fiction.

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The Birth of Zakaria (Tales from the Middle Empires) by J. Patrick Sutton

A novella set in the Irredente universe.
On a sad, spent world, life long ago went underground. The subterranean society of Linnet depends on a planetary systems controller, Sys, for all their wants and needs. As the tide of fundamentalism washes over the galactic empire and the remote colony on Linnet, a barbarian princess commissions a ship for her escape. The people of Linnet, and their once-great shipworks, will never be the same.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003KN3IGW?tag=discounter-20

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Water and Other Stories by Daron Fraley

PETITIONS: A short story about a homeless man (contemporary fiction). ANGEL’S SONG: A companion short story to the novel “The Thorn”, book one of “The Chronicles of Gan” (speculative fiction). WATER: Based on the account found in the Gospel of John, chapter 5, verses 1-16, and the painting by Carl Bloch, “Healing at the Pool of Bethesda” (historical fiction).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0045JK408?tag=discounter-20

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Heather's Haunted House by Scott Cardinal

Do you believe in ghosts? Heather Black, doesn't. She is a lonely but brave orphan who has runaway from Snowden's Home for Children. The year is 1911, and Heather has taken just about as much as she can take from the cruel headmaster. Despite repeated warnings about the "Haunted House" beyond the woods, Heather takes off in search of the mysterious dwelling; knowing full well that no one will follow.

So begins the exciting adventures of a courageous and determined child as she fiinds security and friendship and uncovers the mysteries and secrets hidden in a Haunted House.

A lonely but brave orphan has runaway from Snowdon's Home for Children. The year is 1911, and Heather has taken just about as much as she can take from the cruel headmaster. Despite repeated warnings about the "Haunted House" beyond the woods, Heather takes off in search of the mysterious dwelling; knowing full well that no one will follow. Along the way Heather meets a miriad of circus freaks who live in small huts and befriends an 18 year old boy who has been living in a tree house on the border of the orphanage's property ever since he was thrown out when he became of legal age.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SQOBZC?tag=discounter-20

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Beyond the Quiet by Brenda Hill

After twenty-five years of marriage, Lisa Montgomery thinks her husband’s death is the worst that can happen. A month later, she pushes herself out of bed, dresses and even makes plans to move near her daughter. Then she receives a notice about her husband's secret post office box.

Beyond the Quiet shares the story of one woman's struggle though bitterness, loss, and betrayal, learning to cherish each moment and follow her long-buried dreams. It's the story of how a quiet, passionless widow becomes spirited enough to climb onto her lover's shoulders for a piggyback ride in the nude.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004HO5UB4?tag=discounter-20

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HEART by Oliver Frances

Heart is a collection of three stories about just love.

It features "The Little Ugly Duck", Cynthia's remarkable beauty makes her gain fame and admiration but not love, consequently disappointment and sadness are the prize for such a comeliness. Unexpectedly she finds love in the most unthinkable place after suffering a terrible accident which turns upside down her own existence.

"The Writer", a young lady whose big expectations about love are those depicted in fairy tales and simple love can't fulfill her wish. Ironically a writer that builds worlds of fiction, but whose life isn't led in the lines of his fantasy, is the man who shows her what true and real love is about.

And the last story that completes the collection is "A Marriage of Convenience", one story of a girl and boy, from Italian families respectively, who find the most sought in life -without searching for, and they do not by a lovely casualness but by one unpleasant fact.

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A Distant Fog by Snowy Evans

A collection of short stories that speak to the richness of everyday life. They are written in a frank and rich manner that draw the reader in. The book deals with the everyday person and how we reach for a better life but often fall short. The characters are presented in such a way that make the reader feel that these are people who could be co-workers, friends or family.

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Greed (Cardinal Sins ) by Caroline Gerardo

The crooks we know who allow greed to get the better of them Boesky, Milken and Bernie Madoff all have one thing in common: they care for the chase for possessions more than human life. Meet Joe Mannon, once the counter-intelligence Chief now private security company owner. Gordon Gekko might say, "Joe is is good guy he has a purple heart, a bronze star and a pile of cash."


This book is free on Kindle until May 15th, 2011 before all seven of the series are compiled into hardback

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004VYR84M?tag=discounter-20

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Wild Magnolias by Eric Wilder

Amid the madness of Mardi Gras, Wyatt Thomas is tricked into stealing a rare William Faulkner first edition and must act fast to keep from getting hauled to jail. A short story (mini-mystery) featuring Wyatt Thomas, New Orleans' favorite sleuth, and protagonist of Eric Wilder's French Quarter murder mystery Big Easy.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004QS96D4?tag=discounter-20

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The Erotic Writer by Carl East

After his wife dies our hero finds it difficult to write anything remotely erotic and decides to leave his home. With too many memories good and bad coming from his house, he decides to move to California. Once there an erotic adventure begins to unfold, only this one's any thing but fictional. ***This story is graphic in nature and is meant for adults only*** Enjoy

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KSQ13S?tag=discounter-20

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A Cookbok By Ted (A Cookbook By Ted) by Ted Summerfield

These recipes are much better than the title of my cookbook. I have used these for many years at home and my restaurant. Among the recipes included are: Fish Pie, Mulligatawny, Greek shortbread, Double Peanut Butter Roll-ups, Quiche Lorraine, Tourtiere, Pecan Pie, Cherry Pie, Beets and Oranges, Butterscotch Pie, Curried Shrimp, and Three Cheese Rice. Also information on herbs and spices

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These are Children/YA book bargains from HarperCollins:

The Princess and the Hound by Mette Ivie Harrison ($1.99)

Sweet Sixteen #1: Julia by Melinda Metz ($1.99)

Phantom Stallion #1: The Wild One by Terri Farley ($1.99)

Water #1: Ascension by Kara Dalkey ($1.99)

Fingerprints #1: Gifted Touch by Melinda Metz ($1.99)

Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher ($1.99)

Prince of Underwhere by Bruce Hale ($2.99)

The Girls of Lighthouse Lane #1 by Thomas Kinkade and Erika Tamar ($2.99)

Goddesses #1: Heaven Sent by Clea Hantman ($2.99)

Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorey and Brandon Dormanf ($2.99)

Sisters of the Sword by Maya Snow ($2.99)

Running Horse Ridge #1: Sapphire: New Horizons by Heather Brooks ($2.99)

The Books of Magic #1: The Invitation by Carla Jablonski ($2.99)

Araminta Spookie 1: My Haunted House by Angie Sage ($2.99)

Little Vampire Women by Louisa May Alcott and Lynn Messina ($2.99)

Dark Guardian #1: Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne ($2.99)

Super Goofballs, Book 1: That Stinking Feeling by Peter Hannan ($2.99)

The Floods #1: Good Neighbors by Colin Thompson ($2.99)

Witch Boy by Russell Moon ($2.99)

Down the Rabbit Hole by Peter Abrahams ($2.99)

Confessions of a First Daughter by Cassidy Calloway ($2.99)

Never Cry Werewolf by Heather Davis ($2.99)