01-27-2019, 03:46 AM | #1381 |
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Today's Kindle Daily Deal on Amazon.co.uk includes:
The Greek Myths: The Complete and Definitive Edition, by Robert Graves is 99p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greek-Myths...8578349&sr=1-3 This may be a repeat deal as I got it last October. |
01-27-2019, 01:02 PM | #1382 |
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On sale at amazon.ca
A Rumor of War by Phillip Caputo for $CDN 3.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Rumor-War-Clas.../dp/B0039PH70O Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...a-rumor-of-war Lt. Caputo went to Vietnam as a Marine platoon leader in the first ground combat unit comitted to Vietnam. I read this almost 40 years ago and found it powerful then. Lincoln's Lieutenants: The High Command of the Army of the Potomac by Stephen Sears for $CDN 2.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Lincolns-Lieut.../dp/B01912OXKK The Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-s-lieutenants |
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01-28-2019, 01:41 PM | #1383 | |
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On sale at Amazon for $1.99:
The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy by Adam Tooze. Quote:
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01-28-2019, 04:00 PM | #1384 |
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Several books by Olivier Bernier on sale at amazon.ca
https://www.amazon.ca/Pleasure-Privi.../dp/B07L91VDBY for $CDN 1.99 Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/..._and_Privilege I read this in paper a few years back; it's a very readable non-academic history of upper and bourgeois life before the French Revolution. I was glad to get the ebook at a good price. Also by Olivier Bernier at amazon.ca Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood: France in Revolution for $CDN 1.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Words-Fire-Dee.../dp/B07K4C1B6Z I haven't read this; I bought it based on the readability of other Bernier books. Non-academic, so possibly more of a French-Revolution-For-Dummies book. Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...Deeds_of_Blood **************************************** Saw this at amazon.com - my experience at amazon.com is mixed - but a great deal if available: Secondhand Time by Svetlana Alexievich seems to be on sale at amazon.com for $2.99 https://www.amazon.com/Svetlana-Alexievich/e/B004N257H2 still not available in Canada as an ebook. I have read this in paper - excellent oral history of the aftermath of the Soviet collapse |
01-28-2019, 06:47 PM | #1385 | |
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01-28-2019, 06:54 PM | #1386 |
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Artists' Wives by Alphonse Daudet (Author), Olivier Bernier (Introduction) 17p https://www.amazon.co.uk/Artists-Wiv...dp/B002N8ADZ4/ Notoriety, faithfulness, gossip, love and style are Alphonse Daudet's subjects in these little-known stories about the strained relations between artists and their spouses. Daudet, known as the French Dickens, has an unerring eye for that eternal triangle—artist husband, model wife, and fickle fame. Alphonse Daudet (1840–1897) was part of the French naturalist group of writers. |
01-30-2019, 03:50 PM | #1387 |
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Charles River Editors, free
The Pinkerton Agency: The History of Allan Pinkerton and America’s First Major Private Detective Organization Jackie Robinson: The Life and Legacy of the Star Who Broke Major League Baseball’s Color Barrier Benito Mussolini: The Life and Legacy of Italy’s Fascist Prime Minister https://www.amazon.com/s/?url=search...+river+editors https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?url=sear...+river+editors https://www.amazon.ca/s/?url=search-...+river+editors |
01-31-2019, 06:28 PM | #1388 | |
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Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds
by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto is $1.99 everywhere. Harper. GR 4.30 https://smile.amazon.com/Midnight-Br...night+in+broad Quote:
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02-02-2019, 01:20 AM | #1389 |
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Obtain one or both of the two volumes of _Building the American Republic_, published by the vaunted University of Chicago Press, for _free_ right now. Each of the volumes retails for $30 each.
Volume I, authored by Harry L. Watson, is a _Narrative History to 1877_. Volume 2 is a _Narrative History of_, well, the U.S. after that time. Jane Dailey authors it. I'm giving, below, the results of the entire search of all University of Chicago Press Kindle titles, sorted by price low to high. The ones featured above appear first; there are more worthwhile _free_ titles to follow. You'll have to ignore the "sponsored" returns; you might also wish to ignore the "Chicago Shorts" title's. You can hit some more pay dirt after doing that. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/s/ref=a...qid=1549086113. Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 02-02-2019 at 01:29 AM. |
02-02-2019, 01:53 AM | #1390 |
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For the next 9 days there in an offer on HumbleBundle with up to 15 programming cookbooks from O'Reilly. Each can be downloaded as Mobi, EPUB or PDF, and with no DRM.
https://www.humblebundle.com The 16 computer music books from MIT Press are only available for another 2 days, from the same site. |
02-02-2019, 03:09 AM | #1391 | |
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I've been working my way through these off and on and find them to be very good general histories. I also like that there isn't as much bias as you tend to see these days.
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02-02-2019, 05:43 PM | #1392 |
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There is a website for Building the American Republic (https://press.uchicago.edu/sites/bui...lic/index.html) which gives links for downloading both volumes in ePub, PDF, and Kindle formats, as well as a link for reading the books online. If I understand the above site correctly the intention is that digital versions of the volumes will always be free.
The e-books should also be available for free at "major e‑bookstores." For example, in addition to Amazon as linked to by GtrsRGr8 they are available at Kobo: Kobo UK https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/bui...ublic-volume-1 https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/bui...ublic-volume-2 Kobo USA https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bui...ublic-volume-1 https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/bui...ublic-volume-2 For other countries change the "gb" or "us" to whatever code your location uses. |
02-03-2019, 01:02 PM | #1393 |
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Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, $2.99 at Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H1UELS/ The Sea Around Us by Rachel Carson, $1.99 at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Sea-Around-Us...dp/B004TC14F0/ (Both of these were written over 50 years ago, so some of the science is out of date.) |
02-03-2019, 09:14 PM | #1394 |
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Quite a few good non-fics on sale at amazon.ca now. Quite possibly on sale at other amazon national sites and at Kobo, as these sale prices have been set by the publishers
------------------ Longitude by Dava Sobel for $CDN 1.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Longitude-Geni.../dp/B003WUYE66 Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4806.Longitude I read this serveral years ago - a good discussion of the problems of early modern navigation, and the solution eventually adopted ------------------------------- I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life Ed Yong for $CDN 2.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Contain-Multit.../dp/B01824YMCM Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...ain-multitudes ------------------------------ The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert for $CDN 3.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Sixth-Extincti.../dp/B00EGJE4G2 Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...xth-extinction --------------------------- The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe by Theodore Gray for $CDN 3.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Elements-Visua.../dp/B00NJ8468M Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6678064-elements --------------------------- Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs: The Astounding Interconnectedness of the Universe by Lisa Randall for $CDN 2.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Dark-Matter-Di.../dp/B00T3CU1ZK Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6678064-elements ------------------------- Molecules: The Elements and the Architecture of Everything by Theodore Gray for $CDN 3.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Molecules-Arch.../dp/B01BKSLH02 Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20729580-molecules ------------------------- The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery by Sam Kean for $CDN 2.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Tale-Dueling-N.../dp/B00GG0GIXQ Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...-neurosurgeons An excellent read, as with Kean's other books. ------------------------ The Homing Instinct: Meaning & Mystery in Animal Migration by Bernd Heinrich for $CDN 1.99 https://www.amazon.ca/Homing-Instinc.../dp/B00E78IC9W Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...oming-instinct Every one of Bernd Heinrich's books that I have read so far has been very readable and informative. ----------------------- What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World by Jon Young for $CDN 1.99 https://www.amazon.ca/What-Robin-Kno.../dp/B005MZN22G Goodreads page: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...he-robin-knows I read this in paper format last year, so I was very happy to be able to get the ebook - an excellent introduction on finding and observing migratory birds Last edited by bfisher; 02-03-2019 at 09:17 PM. |
02-04-2019, 06:21 AM | #1395 |
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"I cannae break the laws of physics!" But you can break everything else--if you're the A-Team. Watch Hannibal, BA, Faceman, and Murdock break a whole lot of Romans! On this weeks thrilling episode of...the A-Team! <BOOM>
Robert L. O'Connell - The Ghosts of Cannae: Hannibal and the Darkest Hour of the Roman Republic is available at Amazon.com for $1.99. |
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