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Kindle Nation Accessory Advisor: KlearKase for Your Kindle

(Editor’s Note: I posted this yesterday but I am reposting here with a better photograph. Please join me in welcoming KlearKase as the sponsor of today’s Kindle Nation Accessory Advisor. This sealed cover Kindle cover has been getting rave reviews from your fellow Kindle Nation citizens for months, and after trying one out for the past few days I think it is an elegant marriage of form and function when it comes to protecting your Kindle 2. You can use this link — http://amzn.to/KindleKlearKase — to learn more about it or even let them know you’d like to be informed when they bring out a model for the Kindle 3! –S.W.)

 

Finally: a case that lets you use your Kindle worry-free. KlearKase is a completely sealed cover that allows you to use your Kindle anywhere it may get scratched, wet, dirty or dropped. Crystal clear and only 6 ounces, KlearKase delivers the ideal balance of design and protection for your Kindle.  
The sponsors of our Accessory Advisor help defray our expenses and keep this website free. Please consider their products and services. To learn more about sponsoring the Accessory Advisor, click here.

PM Update to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 16, 2010: An Astonishing Microbial History from Attila the Hun to Today's Worst Epidemics, plus Jake Lassiter Redux by Today's Sponsor

Today’s latest addition to our Free Book Alerts traces history from Attila the Hun through the worst epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries, with astonishing results….

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor
by Paul Levine 

One terrific thing about the Kindle Revolution is that it provides authors and innovative publishers with a great way to bring back a wonderful novel — or an entire series — from the past, long after traditional publishers have allowed them to go out of print. And the result is a win-win for authors and readers alike.

That’s what is going on with author Paul Levine’s 20th anniversary re-issue of his Jake Lassiter series in ebook form, and TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (The Jake Lassiter Series), the first novel in the series, has already proven a huge hit with the citizens of Kindle Nation. Now he’s brought back the second book in the popular, award-winning series, NIGHT VISION (The Jake Lassiter Series), at the same great price of $2.99. By way of fair warning, there’s nothing politically correct about Lassiter’s salty, hard-boiled narration in either book, and isn’t that a relief?

Personally, I’m looking forward to the Kindle release of the entire series, but you don’t have to take my word for it. Levine has generously offered us  a free sampling of the prologue and first seven chapter chapters of Night Visionin this weekend’s Free Kindle Nation Short excerpt here, so you can see for yourself what made Lassiter such a hit the first time around, and what is winning new readers and fans for his creator Paul Levine on the second go-round.


 Click here to download NIGHT VISION (The Jake Lassiter Series) (or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!

Each day’s list is sponsored by one paid title. We encourage you to support our sponsors! 

Authors, Publishers, Kindle Accessory Manufacturers:
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Free Listings in the US Kindle Store!
(For our UK Kindle Free Book Alerts click here.)

Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
The Stunning Hidden Interconnections Between Microbes and Humanity
AD 452: Attila the Hun stands ready to sack Rome. No one can stop him–but he walks away. A miracle? No…dysentery. Microbes saved the Roman Empire. Nearly a millennium later, the microbes of the Black Death ended the Middle Ages, making possible the Renaissance, western democracy, and the scientific revolution. Soon after, microbes ravaged the Americas, paving the way for their European conquest.
Again and again, microbes have shaped our health, our genetics, our history, our culture, our politics, even our religion and ethics. This book reveals much that scientists and cultural historians have learned about the pervasive interconnections between infectious microbes and humans. It also considers what our ongoing fundamental relationship with infectious microbes might mean for the future of the human species.
The “good side” of history’s worst epidemics
The surprising debt we owe to killer diseases
Where diseases came from…
…and where they may be going
Children of pestilence: disease and civilization
From Egypt to Mexico, the Romans to Attila the Hun
STDs, sexual behavior, and culture
How microbes may shape cultural cycles of puritanism and promiscuity

 Mourn The Living 
by Henry Perez


From Publishers Weekly: Veteran Chicago Record reporter Alex Chapa is looking forward to a much needed vacation and time with his 10-year-old daughter, Nikki, whom he barely sees now that his ex has moved to Boston. Then his boss calls him back to cover for Jim Chakowski, killed in a mysterious explosion. As Alex digs into Chakowski’s notes linking a string of murders to prominent city council members, he and Nikki come under fire. Short, choppy chapters move the action along at a measured clip, and detailed descriptions infuse the text with atmosphere and suspense, especially during flashbacks to Alex’s childhood in Cuba and the murderer’s dark and traumatic upbringing. The killer’s identity is no surprise, but the final showdown keeps the adrenaline pumping right through the ending, which Perez (Killing Red) leaves wide open for possible sequels.

Contemporary Fiction
Spirituality and Christian Fiction

Memoir, Biography, Personal Story

Erotica
Samples and Sneak Previews

Kindle Nation Accessory Advisor: KlearKase for Your Kindle

(Editor’s Note: Please join me in welcoming KlearKase as the sponsor of today’s Kindle Nation Accessory Advisor. This sealed cover Kindle cover has been getting rave reviews from your fellow Kindle Nation citizens for months, and after trying one out for the past few days I think it is an elegant marriage of form and function when it comes to protecting your Kindle 2. You can use this link — http://amzn.to/KindleKlearKase — to learn more about it or even let them know you’d like to be informed when they bring out a model for the Kindle 3! –S.W.)

 

Finally: a case that lets you use your Kindle worry-free. KlearKase is a completely sealed cover that allows you to use your Kindle anywhere it may get scratched, wet, dirty or dropped. Crystal clear and only 6 ounces, KlearKase delivers the ideal balance of design and protection for your Kindle.  
The sponsors of our Accessory Advisor help defray our expenses and keep this website free. Please consider their products and services. To learn more about sponsoring the Accessory Advisor, click here.

UK Edition Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 16, 2010: A New Free Title on Business and Conflict Resolution from John Wiley, plus civil war breaks out on Pelgraff by Today's Sponsor

We’re happy to report a new free ebook title on the subject of conflict resolution, from John Wiley Publishers, to add to our free book listings today for UK Kindle Store customers….

But first, a word from … Today’s Sponsor

By D.A. BOULTER
Kindle Price: £2.21 includes VAT* & wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet
Since the Sol system conflict wiped out all life there 450 years ago, humanity has not known war. Now, civil war has erupted on Pelgraff, a planet peacefully populated by humans and gorilla-like Pagayans, upon the introduction of a third species, the Damargs. Earth’s ex-colony worlds don’t even want to hear about it. But one member of the space-based Trading League, Colleen Yrden, is raising an Interplanetary Brigade to fight on Pelgraff.

Alan McLean, a bitter ex-police officer, volunteers to train men in weapons and tactics only, but finds himself drawn into the conflict as his need to belong to something, anything, overcomes his reticence – and his dislike of the Pagayans, for whom he fights. His growing hatred of the brutal Damargs holds him there even as politics makes the prospect of eventual victory increasingly unlikely. Others may leave, but McLean is determined to stay to the end.


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Click here to download PELGRAFF (or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!


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    which pushes Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alerts directly to your Kindle Home screen 24/7. And in the case of many free listings that disappear within a matter of hours or days, “right away” is often just in time.
  • No Kindle Required: Whether you are a long-time Kindle owner or you’ve just acquired an iPad and are filling it with ebooks for the first time or you are reading Kindle books on a PC, Mac,  iPhone or iPad Touch, you can get any and all of these titles absolutely free on your Kindle-compatible device of choice! Click here to download a free Kindle App for your device.

(Sponsorship can take a number of different forms and implies no endorsement either of or by Kindle Nation or a sponsor.)

Free Promotional Titles UK Kindle Store Listings!
(For our US Kindle Free Book Alerts click here.)

No guarantees on how long this one will last as a freebie, since it shows a rather dear list price and is selling in the US Kindle Store for $41.21….

The Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models and Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing, and Resolving Conflict by Gary T. Furlong (Kindle Edition – 7 Apr 2005) – Kindle Book
Buy: £0.00
In real–life conflict resolution situations, one size does not fit all. Just as a mechanic does not fix every car with the same tool, the conflict resolution practitioner cannot hope to resolve every dispute using the same technique. Practitioners need to be comfortable with a wide variety of tools to diagnose different problems, in vastly different circumstances, with different people, and resolve these conflicts effectively. The Conflict Resolution Toolbox gives you all the tools you need: eight different models for dealing with the many conflict situations you encounter in your practice.

This book bridges the gap between theory and practice and goes beyond just one single model to present a complete toolbox – a range of models that can be used to analyze, diagnose, and resolve conflict in any situation. It shows mediators, negotiators, managers, and anyone needing to resolve conflict how to simply and effectively understand and assess the situations of conflict they face. And it goes a step further, offering specific, practical guidance on how to intervene to resolve the conflict successfully.

Each model provides a different and potentially useful angle on the problem, and includes worksheets and a step–by–step process to guide the reader in applying the tools.

  • Offers eight models to help you understand the root causes of any conflict.
  • Explains each model′s focus, what kind of situations it can be useful in and, most importantly, what interventions are likely to help.
  • Provides you with clear direction on what specific actions to choose to resolve a particular type of conflict effectively.
  • Features a detailed case study throughout the book, to which each model is applied.
  • Additional examples and case studies unique to each chapter give the reader a further chance to see the models in action.
  • Includes practical tools and worksheets that you can use in working with these models in your practice.

The Conflict Resolution Toolbox equips any practitioner to resolve a wide range of conflicts. Mediators, negotiators, lawyers, managers and supervisors, insurance adjusters, social workers, human resource and labour relations specialists, and others will have all the tools they need for successful conflict resolution.

Literary Fiction, Published by AmazonEncore
LENGTH: novella, approximately 20,000 words, 96 pages in the trade paperback edition

Peter Leroy recalls his maternal grandfather’s attempt to build a shortwave radio, a project that begins with an article in Impractical Craftsman magazine promising “hour after interminable hour of baffling precision work.” After many, many hours spent watching his grandfather labor at his basement workbench, Peter at last gets to put the earphones on, flip the switch, and twiddle the dials. Through the crackling and sussurous static he detects the sounds of love and lust, joy and sorrow, hope and loss.

“Reading the Peter Leroy saga is akin to watching a champion juggler deftly keep dozens of
balls in the air while executing an intricate double-time dance routine-all without breathing hard. . . . Sentimental, loving, raucous, wise, and great fun, this is simply not to be missed.”
Booklist

“[Kraft’s Peter Leroy] series is smart, funny, warmly inviting, and delightfully impossible to define.”
Kate Bernheimer, The Oregonian

“Eric Kraft’s essential subject is suburban boyhood-in particular, that moment when it loses its innocence. . . . Like Lawrence Sterne, Kraft is unashamedly sentimental, digressive, and extremely funny; like Proust, profoundly nostalgic and obsessed with loss. The typical Kraft novel is a laugh-out-loud read with undertones of grief and ruefulness. Almost all of his books revolve around a single individual, Peter Leroy, who is now . . . as fully realized as any character in current American literature. . . . Under the surface humor, Kraft’s take on the national experience is thoughtful, disturbing, and unlike that of any other American writer.”
Anthony Brandt, Men’s Journal

“The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy is one of the biggest, funniest, sweetest, and looniest undertakings in contemporary American fiction.”
John Strausbaugh, New York Press

Blood, Sweat and Tea: Real Life Adventures in an Inner-city Ambulance by Tom Reynolds (Kindle Edition – 28 May 2009)
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea by Tom Reynolds (Kindle Edition – 28 May 2009)
Publish on Amazon Kindle with the Digital Text Platform by Amazon.com (Kindle Edition – 14 Mar 2010)
Shaken (Teaser Chapters) (Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels Mysteries) by J.A. Konrath (Kindle Edition – 15 May 2010)
Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman (Kindle Edition – 27 Feb 2007)
Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2011 by Office of Management and Budget (Kindle Edition – 6 Feb 2010)

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Please Make Your Voice Heard In the Summer 2010 Kindle Nation Citizen Survey

Greetings from Kindle Nation!

Your views about the Kindle, reading and publishing are important to other readers and to authors, publishers, booksellers, and those who follow the book business. They are also very important to me as I try to make Kindle Nation better each day, and I appreciate you taking a few minutes to respond to this survey.
 
In our last three surveys (April 2009, October 2009 and February 2010), we’ve had extremely high levels of participation and attracted plenty of interest. I’ve limited this survey to 15 questions, but I also hope you will use the comment areas to say whatever needs saying. Future posts will provide detailed reports on your responses, but we respect your privacy and your identity will always remain strictly confidential.

Finally, I am grateful to Paul Levine, the author of the Jake Lassiter series of crime novels, for agreeing to sponsor this survey and help defray its expenses. If you’d like to check out Paul’s novel Night Vision or any of his other books, just click here.

Take the survey now
Once you’ve completed the survey, you deserve a great book to read on your Kindle, and I hope you will take a moment to check out Night Vision by suspense novelist Paul Levine, who has graciously agreed to sponsor this survey and help defray its expenses.

Paul is the author of TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD, the first novel in the highly acclaimed Jake Lassiter series, and NIGHT VISION is the second Lassiter novel to be made available in the Kindle Store. His books are also available in the UK Kindle Store.
Thank your participating. Reading matters, and so do your views.



Cheers,

Stephen Windwalker
Kindle Nation