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

[koland]

The Truth About Protecting Your IRAs and 401(k)s, by Steve Weisman, a portion of which was free last November and which was included in the free edition The Truth About Personal Finance in September. This appears to contain the full text of the paperback edition, rather than being another business short.

Book Description
All you need to know about every IRA, every 401(k)…even HSAs, and more!

· The truth about getting the most benefits at the lowest cost
· The truth about avoiding the pitfalls that can kill your retirement
· The truth about choosing the best strategies for you--and your kids

The Truth About Protecting Your IRAs and 401(k)s arms you with the up-to-the-minute knowledge you need to build your retirement income, as you reduce your costs, taxes, and risks! Consumer finance expert and nationally syndicated radio host Steve Weisman offers 48 quick, bite-size, just-the-facts information about every type of tax-advantaged retirement investments: self-directed, stretch, SIMPLE, SEP, Roth, and spousal IRAs, 401(k)s, and more. You'll find up-to-the-minute guidance on avoiding pitfalls that can cost you a fortune…choosing the right retirement strategies for both you and your heirs…planning retirement investments when you’re a married or unmarried couple…widening your 401(k) investment options…and much more. Like every book in The Truth About Series, this book distills all the essential knowledge you need on a topic...presents it clearly, simply, and quickly, with an “a-ha!” on every page...and shows exactly how to put it to work in your daily life. Easy to read, easy to use, it’s all you need to gain retirement security--and protect it for the rest of your life!

[koland]

The Keynesian Endpoint, by Tony Crescenzi - most likely a business short.

Book Description
What happens now? Economics in an age when fiscal stimulus can’t be funded and no longer works.

After Lehman fell, the scope of the financial crisis became so great that only the fiscal and monetary authorities possessed balance sheets large enough to resolve it. But if the U.S. is backing its financial system, who’s backing the U.S.? Practically, nations have reached “the Keynesian Endpoint”: No more balance sheets are left to support either economic activity or the financial system.

[koland]

The 1-2-3 Money Plan: The Three Most Important Steps to Saving and Spending Smart, by Gregory Karp, is a repeat freebie from Aug '10

Book Description
Today, frugal is the name of the game. But you don’t have to take a vow of poverty: You just have to be smarter about how you spend, save, and invest. Sound hard? Not anymore. In The 1-2-3 Money Plan, top personal finance columnist Greg Karp offers 100% practical, 100% specific financial advice everyone can use...organized into simple three-step plans that tell you exactly what to do and how and where to do it! Discover how to save money by putting your bills on autopilot...which specific brand names to buy in everything from index funds to cellphones...how to improve your credit rating...how to get the right insurance, without wasting money on unnecessary coverage...easier ways to save for college and plan for retirement...and a whole lot more. Finally: simple, reliable financial advice you can act on, from an award-winning expert you can trust!

[koland]

City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance, and 9/11, by Anthony DePalma, is a repeat freebie from Aug '10.

Book Description
On 9/11, the destruction of the World Trade Center unleashed a vortex of dust and ash that blotted out the sun--and has distorted science, medicine, and public policy ever since.

The likely dangers of 9/11’s massive dust cloud were evident from the beginning, yet thousands chose not to see, even as the sickening results of exposure became increasingly difficult to ignore. Why? And why have years of politics and courtroom maneuvers delayed justice for those who gave their all when the need was greatest? Anthony DePalma goes beyond his front-page coverage of ground zero in The New York Times, offering the first full accounting of one of the gravest environmental catastrophes in U.S. history. He separates myth from reality…reveals the decisions that destroyed public trust…shares powerful, never-before-told stories of the victims and those who’ve tried to help them…and helps us make sure this never happens again.

[koland]

Best Practices for Persuasive Presentations, by James O'Rourke, Mark Magnacca, Jerry Weissman

Book Description
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!

3 expert guides to creating and delivering the best presentations of your life!

Learn how to make winning presentations fearlessly and painlessly…prepare quickly, efficiently, and well…manage anxiety and handle hostile audiences…answer the crucial ""So What?"" question brilliantly, every time…capture even the toughest, most high-level audience in 90 seconds... tell compelling stories that move your listeners to action!


Marketing in the Moment: The Practical Guide to Using Web 3.0 Marketing to Reach Your Customers First, by Michael Tasner, is a repeat freebie from July '10.

Book Description
With the explosion in Web, mobile, and social media marketing channels, you have an extraordinary array of new marketing options to choose from. Which ones work? How do you make them work--without wasting a fortune on trial and error? Get this book, that’s how!

Top Web marketing consultant Michael Tasner has written the definitive practical guide to driving maximum value from next-generation Web, online, mobile, and social marketing. Drawing from his innovative marketing techniques, Tasner has written the first book on Web 3.0 marketing. Tasner helps marketers, entrepreneurs, and managers move beyond hype and high-level strategy to proven tactics and successful ground-level execution.

You’ll discover which new marketing technologies deliver the best results and which hardly ever pay for themselves...how to use virtual collaboration to accomplish marketing projects faster and at lower cost...how to build realistic, practical action plans for the next three months, six months, and twelve months.

Whatever you sell, wherever you compete, no matter how large or small your company is, this book will help you build leads, traffic, sales, market share--and profits!

[koland]

Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need, by Rev Joseph W III Walker, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press.

Book Description
Find your purpose for living through loving.

Finding the love you need will only happen when you discover your true purpose for living. Bishop Joseph Walker's Date with Destiny will help you help you fit your plans into the deeper and richer plan God has for you. Only then will you be able to get your relationships right. Bishop Walker gives you the tools you need to fit the pieces of the relationship puzzle together. He shows how to embrace the concept that God means for all of us to have satisfying relationships.

"This book sheds light on the power of purpose in relationships for couples. Why does God bring us together? Is there a purpose bigger than us? To these questions, I would argue, YES! When two people understand their purpose in life, it becomes a qualifier for healthy relationships. God merges their individual purposes so that they compliment, not compete with each other."

[koland]

Sheet Music: Uncovering the Secrets of Sexual Intimacy in Marriage , by Kevin Leman, is free courtesy of Christian publisher Tyndale House.

Book Description
For married couples and those engaged to be married, Sheet Music is a practical guide to sex according to God's plan. In his characteristic style, Kevin Leman addresses a wide spectrum of people, from those with no sexual experiences to those with past sexual problems or even abuse. Using frank descriptions and black-and-white line drawings, this book has a warm and friendly tone that will help couples overcome awkwardness in discussing an issue important to all married couples.

[koland]

Leading at a Higher Level, Revised and Expanded Edition: Blanchard on Leadership and Creating High Performing Organizations, by Ken Blanchard, is a repeat freebie, this time in multiple formats.

Book Description
From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard’s books have helped millions of people unleash their power and the potential of everyone around them. The Ken Blanchard Companies has helped thousands of organizations become more people oriented, customer centered, and performance driven.

Now, in this fully updated edition of Leading at a Higher Level, Blanchard and his colleagues bring together all they’ve learned about world-class leadership. You’ll discover how to create targets and visions based on the “triple bottom line” and make sure people know who you are, where you’re going, and the values that will guide your journey.

Leading at a Higher Level presents the definitive discussion about using Situational Leadership® II to lead yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organizations. More important, you’ll learn how to dig deep within, discover the personal “leadership point of view” all great leaders possess, and apply it throughout your entire life.

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I noticed that your link includes the title of your blog "Books on the Knob." Could you please clarify exactly what this tag does?

[ProfCrash]

It is a blog that lists free and bargain books for the Kindle and more. It is a safe site. At least, I have never had any issues going there.

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When Darkness Falls: Free eBook Part 1 by James Grippando

Product Description

When Darkness Falls, which Booklist called at the time of its publication "by far the best in the [Jack Swyteck] series," is now available as a free e-book in three parts. Part 1 includes two special essays by James Grippando that offer insight into the writing of When Darkness Falls.

When Darkness Falls: Free eBook Part 2 by James Grippando

Product Description

When Darkness Falls, which Booklist called at the time of its publication "by far the best in the [Jack Swyteck] series," is now available as a free e-book in three parts. Part 2 includes two special essays by James Grippando that offer insight into the writing of When Darkness Falls.

About When Darkness Falls:

From the moment Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck is called upon to defend a new client-a homeless man jailed for threatening to jump off a bridge-it's obvious something is amiss. For one thing, the man called Falcon manages to come up with the $10,000 bail...in cash. Then the body of a brutally murdered woman is found in the trunk of the abandoned car he's living in.

But it isn't until a panicked Falcon takes a group of innocent people hostage, including Jack's best friend, and barricades himself and his prisoners in a motel room that Swyteck realizes how much is truly at stake. For Falcon has a bigger agenda than suicide, and Jack Swyteck must get to the root of a dark history and bitter secrets before Falcon decides he has nothing to lose by killing them all.

* I don't see the 3rd free part out yet, but I'll add it here once posted on Amazon.

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Without Reservations: With or Without, Book 1 by J. L. Langley (Gay Erotica)

Product Description
Sometimes love just catches you by the tail… Chayton Winston is a veterinarian. He is also a werewolf. Much to his Native American parents chagrin, he has always dreamed of a fair-haired, Caucasian mate. However, he never imagined his mate would be male. As a heterosexual man, he’s not quite sure what to do with a male mate, but more than willing to find out. Keaton Reynolds wakes up, in wolf form, and finds himself with a mate. He’s instantly attracted, but not so thrilled to find out the man is straight. Having been in a relationship once before where his partner professed to be “Not gay” left a bad taste in his mouth. Keaton wants to make a break for it and pretend he never set eyes on Chay—but Chay is not ready to let him go. Together the two work to solidify their shaky relationship and battle the prejudices against homosexuals. Chay must deal with not only his mother’s prejudices against gay men but also her hatred of white people. When a power struggle in Keaton’s pack threatens Keaton’s life, the two men learn to depend on one another and their relationship to get them through it.

Warning, this title contains the following: explicit sex, graphic language, violence and hot man-love.

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Darkness Dawns by Dianne Duvall (Paranormal Romance)

Product Description
In this dazzling, sensual novel, Dianne Duvall beckons readers into a world of vampires, immortals, and humans with extraordinary gifts. . .where passion can last forever, if you're willing to pay the price. . .

Once, Sarah Bingham's biggest challenge was making her students pay attention in class. Now, after rescuing a wounded stranger, she's landed in the middle of a battle between corrupt vampires and powerful immortals who also need blood to survive. Roland Warbrook is the most compelling man Sarah has ever laid hands on. But his desire for her is mingled with a hunger he can barely control. . .

In his nine centuries of immortal existence, no woman has tempted Roland as much as Sarah. But asking her to love him is impossible--when it means forfeiting the world she's always known, and the life he would do anything to protect. . .

[koland]

Seven titles from MIT Press are newly free in the UK Kindle store. All of these have been free at one time for US Kindle customers (and five of them still are), but are new to the UK site. US link are also included below, for those who want to pick them up there.

1. The Civic Potential of Video Games ($9.99 US), by Joseph Kahne, Ellen Middaugh, and Chris Evans
2. New Digital Media and Learning as an Emerging Area and "Worked Examples" as One Way Forward ($9.99 US), by James Paul Gee
3. Young People, Ethics, and the New Digital Media: A Synthesis from the Good Play Project (free US), by Carrie James
4. Living and Learning with New Media: Summary of Findings from the Digital Youth Project (free US), by Mizuko Ito, Heather A. Horst, Matteo Bittanti, and danah boyd
5. The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age (free US), by Cathy N. Davidson and David Theo Goldberg
6. Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century (free US), by Henry Jenkins
7. Democratizing Innovation (free US), by Eric von Hippel