FREE/BARGAIN — Non-Fiction

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Two free Charles River Editors books:

The Glorious Revolution: The History of the Overthrow of King James II of England by William of Orange.

The Guillotine: The History of the World’s Most Notorious Method of Execution.

That's all of the (free) ones that I see right now.

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One more: Theseus and the Minotaur: The History of One of Greek Mythology’s Most Famous Legends

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

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One more: Theseus and the Minotaur: The History of One of Greek Mythology’s Most Famous Legends

Thanks.

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BTW, I use the following to search for the free books. Seems to get some non-CRE books also. Any thoughts on eliminated those?

http://www.amazon.com/s/?tag=httpwwwcharle-20&rh=n:154606011,p_36:0-0&field-keywords="Charles%20River%20Editors"

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by LJJohnson

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One more: Theseus and the Minotaur: The History of One of Greek Mythology’s Most Famous Legends

Thanks. I guess that I did miss that one. Or, I could blame it on Amazon's sorting feature. Yeah, that was it; it was Amazon's sorting feature.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks. I guess that I did miss that one. Or, I could blame it on Amazon's sorting feature. Yeah, that was it; it was Amazon's sorting feature.

Charles River Editors, Free

Eridu: The History and Legacy of the Oldest City in Ancient Mesopotamia

Still free

Theseus and the Minotaur: The History of One of Greek Mythology's Most Famous Legends

The Glorious Revolution: The History of the Overthrow of King James II of England by William of Orange

The Guillotine: The History of the World's Most Notorious Method of Execution



See all inc two in Spanish

https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...ld-title=-kids

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...ld-title=-kids

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...ld-title=-kids

[Little.Egret]

Hourly History shorts, free

Woodrow Wilson: A Life From Beginning to End (One Hour History US Presidents Book 7)

Joseph Stalin: A Life From Beginning to End

George Patton: A Life From Beginning to End

Roman Britain: A History From Beginning to End


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...Hourly+History

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...Hourly+History

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...Hourly+History

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Hourly History shorts, free

Woodrow Wilson: A Life From Beginning to End (One Hour History US Presidents Book 7)

Joseph Stalin: A Life From Beginning to End

George Patton: A Life From Beginning to End

Roman Britain: A History From Beginning to End


https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...Hourly+History

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...Hourly+History

https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...Hourly+History

My computer had Roman Britain (I may have found it myself, earlier, instead of it being posted by you or someone else) on it, but it did not have The Aztecs or Charlemagne.

Thanks.

[Avice]

"The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: A Memoir" by Elizabeth Tova Bailey is $1.99 at Amazon & Kobo, with many fascinating details about the natural history of snails and about the author's own observations while bedridden with autoimmune illness.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00408A828/
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...ating-a-memoir

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Avice

"The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: A Memoir" by Elizabeth Tova Bailey is $1.99 at Amazon & Kobo, with many fascinating details about the natural history of snails and about the author's own observations while bedridden with autoimmune illness.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00408A828/
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the...ating-a-memoir

Welcome to posting. I'm sending some karma for your post.

[bfisher]

There is a non-fiction sale at Amazon.ca today; some of the prices have been set by the publisher, so they may be on sale elsewhere.

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Invention-Natu.../dp/B00RKO0L3A
Excellent book - I read it last year. It was on the 2016 Cundill Prize shortlist.
The blurb: "The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism."

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sleepwalkers-H.../dp/B008B1BL4E
Excellent book, read it in 2014 - 2013 Cundill Prize shortlist

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Contain-Multit.../dp/B01824YMCM

How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/How-States-Got.../dp/B001NLL1I0

The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Ethics-Ambigui.../dp/B006CWK8UM

Pacific by Simon Winchester for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Pacific-Surfbo.../dp/B00T3CTYTY

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Genome-Autobio.../dp/B00AXXUA7C

To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Explain-World-.../dp/B00KFG18Q4

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randell for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Matter-Di.../dp/B00T3CU1ZK

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sound-Wild-Sna.../dp/B00408A828

The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Language-Insti.../dp/B0049B1VOU

The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Lo.../dp/B000Z4JQOM

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dancing-Wu-Li-.../dp/B002Q1YCW8

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code by Matthew Cobb for $CDN 2.29
https://www.amazon.ca/Lifes-Greatest.../dp/B00UY0EMXM

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Periodic-Tales.../dp/B004J17VTO

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Queen-Evol.../dp/B006O4227U

[ekbell]

Originally Posted by bfisher

There is a non-fiction sale at Amazon.ca today; some of the prices have been set by the publisher, so they may be on sale elsewhere.

The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World by Andrea Wulf for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Invention-Natu.../dp/B00RKO0L3A
Excellent book - I read it last year. It was on the 2016 Cundill Prize shortlist.
The blurb: "The acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world—and in the process created modern environmentalism."

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 by Christopher Clark for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sleepwalkers-H.../dp/B008B1BL4E
Excellent book, read it in 2014 - 2013 Cundill Prize shortlist

I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life by Ed Yong for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Contain-Multit.../dp/B01824YMCM

How the States Got Their Shapes by Mark Stein for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/How-States-Got.../dp/B001NLL1I0

The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Ethics-Ambigui.../dp/B006CWK8UM

Pacific by Simon Winchester for $CDN 2.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Pacific-Surfbo.../dp/B00T3CTYTY

Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Genome-Autobio.../dp/B00AXXUA7C

To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven Weinberg for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Explain-World-.../dp/B00KFG18Q4

Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randell for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Matter-Di.../dp/B00T3CU1ZK

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Sound-Wild-Sna.../dp/B00408A828

The Language Instinct: How The Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Language-Insti.../dp/B0049B1VOU

The Secret Life of Lobsters by Trevor Corson for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Lo.../dp/B000Z4JQOM

The Dancing Wu Li Masters: An Overview of the New Physics by Gary Zukav for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Dancing-Wu-Li-.../dp/B002Q1YCW8

Life's Greatest Secret: The Race to Crack the Genetic Code by Matthew Cobb for $CDN 2.29
https://www.amazon.ca/Lifes-Greatest.../dp/B00UY0EMXM

Periodic Tales: A Cultural History of the Elements, from Arsenic to Zinc by Hugh Aldersey-Williams for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Periodic-Tales.../dp/B004J17VTO

The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley for $CDN 1.99
https://www.amazon.ca/Red-Queen-Evol.../dp/B006O4227U

The ones I've checked (Periodic Tales, Pacific, Genome..) were also on sale at kobo.

[Dngrsone]

Originally Posted by bfisher

There is a non-fiction sale at Amazon.ca today; some of the prices have been set by the publisher, so they may be on sale elsewhere.

Looks like the same sale is going on at Amazon.com: $1.99 for most of these.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by ekbell

The ones I've checked (Periodic Tales, Pacific, Genome..) were also on sale at kobo.

Originally Posted by Dngrsone

Looks like the same sale is going on at Amazon.com: $1.99 for most of these.

Thanks to both of you. A lot of them looked very interesting to me, but I wouldn't have bothered to have checked in the U.S. stores had you not told us that they were on sale there, too.

[LJJohnson]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

Thanks to both of you. A lot of them looked very interesting to me, but I wouldn't have bothered to have checked in the U.S. stores had you not told us that they were on sale there, too.

Ditto. I picked up 2 of the books.

[AnemicOak]

A History of Ancient Egypt: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid by John Romer - $2.99 (reg $14.99)

The ancient world comes to life in the first volume in a two book series on the history of Egypt, spanning the first farmers to the construction of the pyramids. Famed archaeologist John Romer draws on a lifetime of research to tell one history's greatest stories; how, over more than a thousand years, a society of farmers created a rich, vivid world where one of the most astounding of all human-made landmarks, the Great Pyramid, was built. Immersing the reader in the Egypt of the past, Romer examines and challenges the long-held theories about what archaeological finds mean and what stories they tell about how the Egyptians lived. More than just an account of one of the most fascinating periods of history, this engrossing book asks readers to take a step back and question what they've learned about Egypt in the past. Fans of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra and history buffs will be captivated by this re-telling of Egyptian history, written by one of the top Egyptologists in the world.

[AnemicOak]

Donovan: America’s Master Spy by Richard Dunlop - $1.99

One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man.

During the dark days of World War II, “Wild Bill” Donovan, more than any other person, was responsible for what William Stevenson, author of A Man Called Intrepid, described as “the astonishing success with which the United States entered secret warfare and accomplished in less than four years what it took England many centuries to develop.”

Drawing upon Donovan’s diaries, letters, and other papers; interviews with hundreds of the men and women who worked with him and spied for him; and declassified and unpublished documents, author Richard Dunlop, himself a former member of Donovan’s OSS, traces the incredible career of the man who almost single-handedly created America’s central intelligence service. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.