Month: August 2010
UK Edition Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Wednesday, 11 August: 7 Kindle Freebies, Plus a History of the US Invasion of Iraq by Today's Sponsor
It appears that the new UK Kindle Store is still getting the bugs out of its policy and practice with respect to free promotional book offerings, but we’re happy to provide material here on all 7 of the current free promotional listings, and we’ll update whenever there are new titles available….
From a Kindle reader’s 5-star review:
If the Iraq occupation lasts another 50 years, it’s doubtful a better account of it will be produced than this one. Davies puts the invasion and occupation of Iraq into a framework not only of history but also of law. ‘Blood on Our Hands’ is packed with critical information that never made into the so-called first draft of history, the U.S. media. This is a thoroughly documented account of the motivations, launching, and the conduct through several stages of the Iraq War, a war that any one of these periods shows to have been, above all else, a massive crime.
From the publisher’s description page:
The invasion and occupation of Iraq wasn’t just a tragic mistake. It was a crime.
From the planning of aggression in 2002 through years of hostile military occupation, the United States systematically violated the United Nations Charter, the Geneva Conventions and virtually every principle of international law and order.
America’s crimes against the people of Iraq were shielded from public scrutiny by what senior U.S. military officers called the “quiet, disguised, media-free approach” developed in Central America in the 1980s. The echo chamber of the Western corporate media fleshed out the Pentagon’s propaganda to create a virtual Iraq in the minds of the public, feeding a political discourse that bore no relation to the real war it was waging, the country it was destroying or the lives of its inhabitants.
In an easily readable and flowing narrative, Nicolas Davies has carefully taken apart the wall of propaganda surrounding one of history’s most significant military disasters and most serious international crimes: non-existent WMDs; the equally fictitious “centuries-old sectarian blood feud” in Iraq; and the secrecy of the dirty war waged by American-led death squads. Unlike other writers, Davies has firmly placed each aspect of the war within a coherent context of illegal aggression, hostile military occupation and popular resistance, to uncover the brutal reality of a war that has probably killed at least a million people.
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by Eric KraftLENGTH: novella, approximately 20,000 words, 96 pages in the trade paperback edition
“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
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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Wednesday, August 12, 2010: Send a Zombie to College, plus "Vampires vs. Christ" from Today's Sponsor!
You can use one of our latest Free Book Alerts listings to find the right college at the right price for your child, but from what I am hearing the main things that college kids are learning about these days are vampires and zombies. At least, with a Kindle
 33 A.D.
by David McAfee
Published by Coelacanth Press Kindle Edition
List Price: $2.99
Our Price: $2.84 (Save 5%) (Editor’s Note: If you’ve been reading Kindle Nation for any length of time, you may be aware that I’m not a zombie novel guy. But I’ve been reading 33 A.D. and I can tell you that David McAfee is a gifted writer with an amazing command of history, plot, character, and pace. And perhaps most surprising to me — this is, in its own way, a reverent book. I think it may be one of those books that teaches its readers never to allow genre alone to guide them away from any work of fiction. –S.W.) Jerusalem, 33 A.D. The vampires of the era have long sought to gain a foothold into Israel, but the faith of the local Jewish population has held them in check for centuries.
When one of their own betrays them to follow a strange young rabbi from Galilee, the elders of the vampire race dispatch Theron, a nine hundred year old assassin, to kill them both. The rabbi’s name is Jesus. Killing him should be easy. “33 A.D. by David McAfee is a wildly original, non-stop pulse pounder that tells the story of a vampire assassin whose mission is to kill Jesus of Nazareth. In a genre mired by cliché stories, this stands out as something bold and new.” “David McAfee’s 33 A.D. is a truly compelling and unique perspective on the events surrounding the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. With all the skill of a seasoned novelist, McAfee’s thriller brings a melange of riveting characters, otherworld mythology, and political intrigue together in one fascinating read – a tautly paced winner on all levels.” “This story is an action-packed thriller, filled with mystery, intrigue, betrayal and murder. The attention to detail and careful plotting are masterfully done. You’d never guess this was David McAfee’s first novel.” |
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Every Zombie Eats Somebody Sometime: A Book of Zombie Love Songs
by Julia Schuster
“Quirky Southern fiction with a literary edge, surprising humor and an uplifting spirit.”
A Little Death In Dixie
By Lisa Turner
Automatically to Your Kindle on October 12, 2010):
Mysterious Profile #24: Ian Rutledge
Automatically to Your Kindle on September 7, 2010):
Buddha: With Bonus Material
by Deepak Chopra
Automatically to Your Kindle on August 31, 2010):
The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery
By Charles Todd,
Bess Crawford Mystery
The Postcard Killers (Special Free Preview: Book One)
(About 87 pages in print)
(That’s the good news. The bad news is that Patterson and his agency model publisher, Hachette, have priced pre-orders for the ebook’s August 16 release at the exorbitant and unsustainable price of $14.99.)
Paris is stunning in the summerNYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe’s most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren’t what draw him–he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter’s killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon’s daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm–and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson’s most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
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Here’s a list of the categories in today’s Free Book Alert:
Nonfiction/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Christian Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Harper Collins Pre-Order for August 24, 2010 – Suspense
Publish on Amazon Kindle with the Digital Text Platform
by Rick Riordan
Contemporary Fiction
Nonfiction/Business/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #3: Paragon
Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure
Historical Fiction and Romance
Mmmmm — a PM Update to Our Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 10, 2010: Mystery Mania and Money Management Milestones, plus some steamy "Dangerous Magic" from Today's Sponsor!
Our latest Free Book Alerts listings updates is coming up all Ms w ith a mystery named Mania and a book-length memo on Money Milestone Management….
Dangerous Magic
A steamy novel of compulsion
By Samantha Hunter
Just $2.99 in the Kindle Store
Kindle Nation readers have met Samantha Hunter before. Whether Sam is known to you as a Harlequin author or the creator of a different kind of Boston sleuth in Past Tense
There’s more than sex between them. . .
Convinced she’s a stalker magnet, Gwen Mitchell is taking a break from work and from men, trying to find a little “Gwen time” and figure out what’s next in her life. When she meets sexy reporter Nathan Stark, on assignment to interview witches in Salem, Ma, life gets a lot more interesting. She’s fiercely attracted to Nathan, but she’s not sure she can trust him.
Nathan is caught off-guard when one of the women he meets while conducting interviews happens to resemble a woman who keeps turning up dead in his nightmares. Unfortunately, his dreams have a history of becoming reality. To protect her, he’ll have to face the past he’s tried to leave behind him.
It doesn’t take long before they both fall prey to the powerful sexual attraction that they can’t seem to fully control, and that might be the biggest danger of all.
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Free Listings in the US Kindle Store!
(For our UK Kindle Free Book Alerts click here.)
Suspense Thriller – by Craig Larsen
by Julia Schuster
“Quirky Southern fiction with a literary edge, surprising humor and an uplifting spirit.”
A Little Death In Dixie
By Lisa Turner
Automatically to Your Kindle on October 12, 2010):
Mysterious Profile #24: Ian Rutledge
Automatically to Your Kindle on September 7, 2010):
Buddha: With Bonus Material
by Deepak Chopra
Automatically to Your Kindle on August 31, 2010):
The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery
By Charles Todd,
The Postcard Killers (Special Free Preview: Book One)
(About 87 pages in print)
(That’s the good news. The bad news is that Patterson and his agency model publisher, Hachette, have priced pre-orders for the ebook’s August 16 release at the exorbitant and unsustainable price of $14.99.)
Paris is stunning in the summerNYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe’s most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren’t what draw him–he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter’s killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon’s daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other tha
n a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm–and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson’s most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
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Here’s a list of the categories in today’s Free Book Alert:
Nonfiction/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Christian Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Harper Collins Pre-Order for August 24, 2010 – Suspense
Publish on Amazon Kindle with the Digital Text Platform
by Rick Riordan
Contemporary Fiction
Nonfiction/Business/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #3: Paragon
Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure
Historical Fiction and Romance
Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Tuesday, August 10, 2010: The Gipper, the King, the Diary of a Teenage Girl, plus some steamy "Dangerous Magic" from Today's Sponsor!
Three hot additions to our Free Book Alerts listing today, and it’s hard to imagine three titles that could cover a wider swath of the reading interests among Kindle readers….
Dangerous Magic
A steamy novel of compulsion
By Samantha Hunter
Just $2.99 in the Kindle Store
Kindle Nation readers have met Samantha Hunter before. Whether Sam is known to you as a Harlequin author or the creator of a different kind of Boston sleuth in Past Tense
There’s more than sex between them. . .
Convinced she’s a stalker magnet, Gwen Mitchell is taking a break from work and from men, trying to find a little “Gwen time” and figure out what’s next in her life. When she meets sexy reporter Nathan Stark, on assignment to interview witches in Salem, Ma, life gets a lot more interesting. She’s fiercely attracted to Nathan, but she’s not sure she can trust him.
Nathan is caught off-guard when one of the women he meets while conducting interviews happens to resemble a woman who keeps turning up dead in his nightmares. Unfortunately, his dreams have a history of becoming reality. To protect her, he’ll have to face the past he’s tried to leave behind him.
It doesn’t take long before they both fall prey to the powerful sexual attraction that they can’t seem to fully control, and that might be the biggest danger of all.
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(or a free sample) to your Kindle, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Android-compatible, PC or Mac and start reading within 60 seconds!*
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Each day’s list is sponsored by one paid title. We encourage you to support our sponsors!
* Authors, Publishers, Kindle Accessory Manufacturers:
Interested in learning more about sponsorship? Just click on this link for more information: Click here to sponsor a Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert!* * *
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(Sponsorship can take a number of different forms and implies no endorsement either of or by Kindle Nation or a sponsoring company or individual.)
Free Listings in the US Kindle Store!
(For our UK Kindle Free Book Alerts click here.)
by Julia Schuster
“Quirky Southern fiction with a literary edge, surprising humor and an uplifting spirit.”
A Little Death In Dixie
By Lisa Turner
Automatically to Your Kindle on October 12, 2010):
Mysterious Profile #24: Ian Rutledge
Automatically to Your Kindle on September 7, 2010):
Buddha: With Bonus Material
by Deepak Chopra
Automatically to Your Kindle on August 31, 2010):
The Girl on the Beach: A Bess Crawford Mystery
By Charles Todd,
The Postcard Killers (Special Free Preview: Book One)
(About 87 pages in print)
(That’s the good news. The bad news is that Patterson and his agency model publisher, Hachette, have priced pre-orders for the ebook’s August 16 release at the exorbitant and unsustainable price of $14.99.)
Paris is stunning in the summerNYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe’s most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren’t what draw him–he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughter’s killer.
The killing is simply marvelous
Kanon’s daughter, Kimmy, and her boyfriend were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Paris, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, and Stockholm have been found dead. Little connects the murders, other than a postcard to the local newspaper that precedes each new victim.
Wish you were here
Now Kanon teams up with the Swedish reporter, Dessie Larsson, who has just received a postcard in Stockholm–and they think they know where the next victims will be. With relentless logic and unstoppable action, The Postcard Killers may be James Patterson’s most vivid and compelling thriller yet.
* * *
Here’s a list of the categories in today’s Free Book Alert:
Nonfiction/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Christian Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Harper Collins Pre-Order for August 24, 2010 – Suspense
Publish on Amazon Kindle with the Digital Text Platform
by Rick Riordan
Contemporary Fiction
Nonfiction/Business/Leadership/Change/Reference/Essay
Spirituality and Christian Fiction
Science Fiction and Fantasy
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith #3: Paragon
Swashbuckling Fantasy: 10 Thrilling Tales of Magical Adventure
Historical Fiction and Romance
