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

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No Opportunity Wasted: Creating a Life List by Phil Keoghan (Author), Warren Berger is reduced to $0.05

Product Description
In dramatic narrative form, Phil Keoghan transports the reader from the Yucatan Jungle to the depths of an underwater cave to the top of an erupting volcano. But this is no armchair traveler book. It is an urgent call to action, inspiring and enabling people to overcome fear and seek out memorable experiences of their own. With his fresh and compelling N.O.W. philosophy, this is a book that will help us all dream more freely and live more fully.

P.S. I only listed the books that I bought or considered buying, if you have time to go through the entire list - here's a handy search link for the Kindle bargains $0.99 and below (note that some books will show at full price, so just skip those)

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FYI, currently free only for those in the UK

Doing Both: Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth by Inder Sidhu (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Product Description

Over the past seven years, in a highly unstable global economy, Cisco doubled revenue, tripled profits, and quadrupled earnings per share. How? By Doing Both. When companies face key strategic decisions, they often take one path and abandon the other. They focus on innovation and new business at the expense of core businesses or vice versa. They stress discipline and sacrifice flexibility. They focus on customers and ignore partners. And they struggle. Cisco believes there is a better way: Doing Both.

Doing Both means approaching every decision as an opportunity to seize, not a sacrifice to endure. It means avoiding false choices, reduced expectations, and weak compromises. It means finding ways to make each option benefit and mutually reinforce the other. In this book, Cisco Senior Vice President Inder Sidhu explains why “doing both” is today’s best strategy. Then, drawing on Cisco’s hardwon insights and the experiences of companies like Procter & Gamble, Whirlpool, and Harley-Davidson, Inder presents a complete blueprint for “doing both” in your organization, too.

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FYI, currently free only for those in the UK:

The Root of Thought: Unlocking Glia-the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease by Andrew Koob (Amazon UK, Amazon Main)

Product Description

Discover the Other 90% of Your Brain

• Learn about brain science breakthroughs that might hold the key to intelligence, creativity, and imagination.
• Discover amazing cells that keep your brain growing, adapting, and healing.
• Preview possible breakthroughs for brain cancer, brain trauma, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and even schizophrenia.

If you know anything about brains, you’ve heard of neurons. Those are the cells that have long been seen as central to virtually everything your brain thinks, feels, and does. But neurons represent only 10% of your brain cells.

What does the other 90% do?

Until recently, scientists didn’t have a clue. Now, they’re discovering the real function of those long-neglected glial cells–and the story is nothing short of amazing.

In The Root of Thought, brain scientist Andrew Koob reveals that story. You’ll learn what glial cells are, how they function, and how they might help explain everything from intelligence and creativity to imagination and dreams. Then, Koob reveals the tantalizing clues about glial cells that could eventually lead to cures for brain injury, psychiatric disorders, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Lou Gehrig’s disease, and even brain cancer.

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FYI, the children's book Curious George's Opposites by H. A. Rey got further reduced to $0.22 (US Kindle)

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Pride and Premiership - Part 1 by Michelle Gayle

Update: No longer available for US/Canada (?) but free for those in the UK (here's the Amazon UK link) and Asia/India.

Product Description

Welcome to the hilarious diary of Remy Louise Bennet, aged 17 (and a half), wannabe WAG and aspiring businesswomanRemy is a girl with goals. This week it’s to marry a footballer – and as every aspiring WAG knows, there are rules…

The WAG Charter

1. At first, pretend you don’t know he’s a footballer.

2. Don’t let him see you drunk, or he won’t trust you when he’s away on a pre-season tour.

3. Never dispute a thing his mum says (they worship their mums).

Read this book in six exciting episodes or download it all at once.

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The Grad's Guide to Surviving Stressful Times (US Kindle)

Product Description

A perfect resource, this book prepares new college students for the barrage of unfamiliar, stress-inducing situations they may face the minute they set foot on campus. The Grad's Guide to Surviving Stressful Times gives sound Scriptural advice on topics such as financial responsibility, time management, roommates, and moving to a more independent lifestyle.

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Shrouded in Silence by Robert Wise

Determined to find an answer, Jack and Michelle Townsend set out on a quest to find the original ending to the Gospel of Mark.

Following ancient clues, they head for Rome, but what starts out as a scholarly search turns violent as two separate groups strive to stop the Townsends, plunging their quiet research into chaos.

After a bomb destroys their office, the Townsends are pushed to the limits of their determination and commitment to God's will. Can faith in God's purposes endure in a swirl of conspiracy and espionage that brings the couple to the brink of death?

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The Root of Thought: Unlocking Glia-the Brain Cell That Will Help Us Sharpen Our Wits, Heal Injury, and Treat Brain Disease by Andrew Koob is now also free at the US Kindle store

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How to Make Money Marketing Your Business with foursquare

Book Description
Discover foursquare social marketing--and achieve powerful bottom-line results with less than an hour's work per week.

Social media marketing has many advantages, but it ain't easy. Dollar and capital investment costs are often low, but time and resource costs can be very high. How can you find energy to do all this stuff? foursquare is different. With less than one hour of work on foursquare, you can see bottom-line results that are immediate and measurable.

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The Rules of Life, Expanded Edition: A Personal Code for Living a Better, Happier, More Successful Life by Richard Templar

Book Description
Some people seem more contented, fulfilled, enthusiastic about life... just plain happier. Is it genes? Money? No. It’s the choices they make, how they behave, every single day. Now, Richard Templar brings together the rules that happy, successful people follow: small, simple, common-sense, doable rules that can change your life!

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The Truth About Branding Practices

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A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!

150 powerful bite-size techniques for creating high-value brands — and keeping them strong!

Three full books of bite-size, actionable guidance on branding and marketing! Discover how to build great brands, and keep them great... ensure branding consistency everywhere from your packaging to your salesforce… promote and leverage brand loyalty… embed deep customer motivations into your brands… create cultures that can support authentic brand messages… and much more!

From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Brian D. Till, Donna Heckler, Michael R. Solomon, and William S. Kane.

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Doing Both: Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth by Inder Sidhu is now also free at the US Kindle store

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The Grad's Guide to Surviving Stressful Times is also free at Amazon UK

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SAT For Dummies by Geraldine Woods is reduced to $1.90 at the US Kindle store (B&N still has it listed as $9.99)

Product Description

This new edition of The SAT For Dummies gives you the information you need to focus on those areas that are most problematic and to ensure that you achieve the best possible score. Whether you're struggling with math, reading, or writing essays, this updated guide offers advice for tackling the toughest questions, as well as hints and tips for making the most of the time available to complete each section.

• Features four full-length practice tests (two more than prior editions) with detailed answers and explanations
• Provides reviews of foundational concepts for every section, from identifying root words and the correct use of commas to solving math word problems and using the quadratic formula
• Includes complete explanations for every question type and practice problems for every section of the test

The SAT For Dummies gives you the edge you need to successfully achieve the highest score possible!

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A Vote of Confidence by Robin Lee Hatcher is free again at the US Kindle store

Product Description
In A Vote of Confidence, the stage is set for some intriguing insight into what it was like during 1915 to be a woman in a 'man's world.'Guinevere Arlington is a beautiful young woman determined to remain in charge of her own life. For seven years, Gwen has carved out a full life in the bustling town of Bethlehem Springs, Idaho, where she teaches piano and writes for the local newspaper. Her passion for the town, its people, and the surrounding land prompt Gwen to run for mayor. After all, who says a woman can't do a man's job?But stepping outside the boundaries of convention can get messy. A shady lawyer backs Gwen, believing he can control her once she's in office. A wealthy newcomer throws his hat into the ring in an effort to overcome opposition to the health resort he's building north of town. When the opponents fall in love, everything changes, forcing Gwen to face what she may have to lose in order to win.