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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Friday, November 5: A highly readable take on leadership from a highly revered sports legend, plus … Sassy and sexy meet spiritual in Sandy Ward Bell’s In Zoey’s Head (Today’s Sponsor)

“I am not a role model” proclaims LeBron James in a self-absorbed 90-second Nike commercial that is difficult to avoid on television these days. In counterpoint, consider the gentlemen — like these two who measure well over 14 feet between them but stand even taller — who learned their life lessons from the late UCLA basketball coaching legend, John Wisdom. “What should I do?” is, for most of Wooden’s past acolytes, an answered question. As Wooden once told one of his most troublesome but talented stars, “Walton, it’s what you learn after you know it all that counts.” Today’s latest addition to our Free Book Alert offers a glimpse into Walton and others learned and how they learned it….


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In Zoey’s Head is a humorous, spiritual story about a radio announcer who copes with life by attaching songs, movies, and TV sitcoms to her reality.

After a week of surprises and tragedies, she discovers her namesake is more than a foot-reading gypsy and God is, in fact, answering her questions.

In Zoey’s Head 
by Sandy Ward Bell
4.0 out of 5 stars   2 Reviews
Kindle Price:     $2.99
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(Ed. Note: I laughed out loud, fought back tears, and contemplated the meaning of life. Call me shallow, but if I can get that from any novel, I consider it way more than a break-even experience. -S.W.)

But this Amazon reviewer said it far better than I could ever say it….

 
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In Zoey’s Head is a great read that demonstrates that one split second can change everything. Similar to the movie “Sliding Doors”, “In Zoey’s Head” does an amazing job showing how one split second or interpretation can affect the twists and turns of the rest of your life. It makes you reflect back on your life and wonder did I really see what I thought I saw? The book welcomes you into the main character’s, Zoey, inner most thoughts and there is a comforting sense that you are not alone in life’s emotional roller coaster. I had several moments where I thought to myself, I’ve been there, done that! Well worth the read due to how easy it is to relate.

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Kindle Users’ Tip: Hands-Free Reading on the Kindle 2, Kindle 3, or Kindle DX – Where There’s a Will There’s a Way

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By Steve Windwalker
Here’s a tip that Kindle 1 owners don’t need, but it can come in handy if your ebook reader of choice is a Kindle 2, Kindle DX, Kindle Wi-fi, or Kindle 3.

The other day I drove to the gym while in the midst of listening to The New York Times LINKBook Review — now available as a freestanding Kindle periodical for just $2.99 a month — on my Prius stereo via Kindle text-to-speech, and I fully intended to continue listening when I arrived at the gym and stepped onto an elliptical machine.
Problem was, I forgot to bring my favorite headphones. (I’m not an earbuds kind of guy, and
sometimes I just forget to throw the headphones into my gymbag.) That could be a deal-breaker for my reading-while-exercising plan, because I’m not about to impose my reading choices on my younger and sleeker gym-mates via the Kindle speakers, and I don’t really fancy reaching forward to tap “next page” every 20 seconds as I read.
On the Kindle 1, of course, there’s a “reading slideshow” feature that allows for hands-free reading: just press ALT+0 to turn the feature on, ALT+1 to begin it once it is in the “on” position, and ALT-2 to stop, and your Kindle does the work your hands would normally have to do.
But that feature was abandoned on the Kindle 2 and subsequent models, so what’s a would-be hands-free reader to do?
There’s actually a pretty easy work-around solution for the Kindle 2, Kindle 3, and Kindle DX that will work with any book, periodical, blog, or personal document that is text-to-speech enabled.
Just turn the volume all the way down on your Kindle and use the aA key to turn on text-to-speech, and
voila! your Kindle will begin turning its own pages in harmony with its text-to-speech reading speed.
So, for me, it was problem solved, and I stepped off the elliptical 20 minutes later a slightly wiser and slightly fitter man than I had been when I stepped on.
Two relatively minor tips to optimize this experience:
  • You’ll probably want to select the fastest of the three read-aloud speeds so that your Kindle will have a better chance of keeping up with you.
  • Keep in mind that text-to-speech uses Kindle battery power more quickly than any other feature except the ones where you use your Kindle to brew coffee or play DVDs, so plan accordingly.

Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Thursday, November 4: The New York Times and Other Great Free Trials for the Greatest Readers in the World, plus … Imagine a world where death is merely an inconvenience…. in William Campbell’s Awakening (Today’s Sponsor)

Regular Kindle Nation readers may already be aware that I believe Amazon and the New York Times may be collaborating to tarnish their brands, at least temporarily, unless they rethink their approach to the current free “trial” of the Times in the Kindle Store (and in an iPad App). But if you aren’t already a subscriber, a 60-day free trial is a great deal, even if it may lead to some legitimate grousing (1) when it ends; and (2) among all the current and former subscribers who are now being denied the deal.

I do try to resist holding a grudge when companies that I otherwise admire act occasionally as if they’ve been taken over by pinheads, and for newcomers the Times offer is absolutely a good enough deal for us to include it in today’s Free Book Alert collection of Great Free Trials for the Greatest Readers in the World. We’ve subscribed at one time or another to hundreds of Kindle periodicals, and what we’ll share below are great periodicals — each with at least a 14-day free trial — that focus on the pleasures of reading….



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Imagine a world where death is merely an inconvenience. A new body awaits and we resume living, fully aware of the past. Every love, talent and distaste, retained from one life to the next. But this immortal paradise has a price — eternal life as slaves, oppressed by masters who forbid individuality, creative expression, and free thinking.

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Robbed of his identity and purpose, a reluctant hero is dumped into a transient existence, and he regards himself as insignificant. But he is of great interest to agents in black who come to collect him. His decision to flee begins a journey of rediscovery, but some of it he would rather leave buried. When an oddball crew of fellow rebels comes to his rescue, the boundaries of reality are tested, and who to trust is anyone’s guess.

Eager to arouse his memory, a flirtatious member of the rebel team shows him the life he once enjoyed, and more, as he returns to a strange world where bodies are manufactured and childhood is obsolete. If only he could be a child again. First he’ll have to remember how to reincarnate.

William Campbell

Awakening begins the Dead Forever trilogy, followed by Apotheosis and Resonance.

94k words, 266 pages.

From the Publisher

“Awakening is a professionally written and solidly edited book that I feel is well worth the price and time you’ll spend on it. Cool science concepts made believable and an interesting story line by an author who’s unafraid to have some fun while he’s writing.”
— Clayton Bye, The Deepening World of Fiction

“In the action adventure, the pace is non-stop race from being back in the hands of authority and always questioning the position and actions of the rebel group. The characters are a little odd, but extremely realistic and likable. The personal voice is the strength of the novel in that you feel as if you really live in the main hero’s body with him.”
— Teri Davis, Reviews by Teri blogspot

“Each character has a unique personality and Campbell does a great job of bringing them to life.”
— Charline Ratcliff, Rebecca’s Reads

“Dead Forever Awakening is a fascinating science fiction adventure, highly recommended.”
— Midwest Book Review


Visit Amazon’s William Campbell Page to check out the next book in the series, Apotheosis: Dead Forever Book 2

William Campbell resides in Portland, Oregon where he operates the pre-media services provider Revere Graphics and the micro-publisher Glyd-Evans Press.

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Free Kindle Nation Shorts – November 3, 2010 – “Love is for Giving, Not Getting” – An Excerpt from  Living From the Heart By Nirmala

Free Kindle Nation Shorts – November 3, 2010

   



“Love is for Giving,
Not Getting”

An Excerpt from 
Living
From the Heart

By  Nirmala


By Stephen Windwalker
Editor of Kindle Nation Daily ©Kindle Nation Daily 2010
  

If you’re a regular reader of Kindle Nation, perhaps you’ve noticed that I will sometimes introduce a book with the caveat, “This one is not for everyone.” I’m sure it goes without saying. After all, how could any book be “for everyone”? Not going to happen, is it?
But this book, Living from the Heart, may be for everyone. It really may.

It’s just that we may not all realize it immediately.
Maybe you’re a bit like me. I keep my spirituality pretty close to the vest, and I have to admit that I have a tendency to respond to anyone with a spiritual message like they’ve just knocked on my front door wearing their Sunday best with a handful of circulars for my edification.
But every now and then a blind squirrel finds an acorn, and sometimes I have been lucky enough to find answers where I least expected them. I’ve read enough of the book that Nirmala is sharing with us this week to know that there are important messages for me in it, and that I will return to it, and probably to his other books as well, often.
This is the point in introducing most Free Kindle Nation Shorts where I say “Here’s the set-up.” It works when we’re discussing a suspense novel. Does it work when we’re discussing a spiritual quest? I don’t know. But it’s all I got, so….
Here’s the set-up:
“You may think it matters what happens. But what if the only thing that matters is where you are experiencing from, where you are looking from? What if you could experience all of life from a spacious, open perspective where anything can happen and there is room for all of it, where there is no need to pick and choose, to put up barriers or resist any of it, where nothing is a problem and everything just adds to the richness of life?”
With these words, the book, Living from the Heart, begins a journey of exploration into what has been called the spiritual Heart. For ages, spiritual seekers have been pointed in the direction of their own Heart to find the answers to life’s deepest questions, and also to find the true source of peace, joy, wisdom, and love. And now there is a practical, down-to-earth guide to how to access this deepest wisdom and love in your own Being. The many pointers and exercises throughout the book give a direct experience of the open, accepting qualities of the spiritual Heart and show how it can be an integral part of everyday life.
From the Back Cover

The spiritual Heart within each of us is the true source of love, peace, joy, wisdom, strength, and fulfillment. Everything that really matters is found within our own Being. The book, Living from the Heart, is designed to lead readers very gradually and yet deeply into experiences of this inner wisdom and capacity for love. Readers can follow the pointers and exercises in the book and directly experience for themselves the limitless joy and love in their own Being. It is profoundly freeing to find that everything that really matters in life is already here inside of us. What a relief to know that peace, wisdom, and fulfillment are always available if we just know where to look. What a gift it can be to the world when we discover that we can freely give our love and attention to everyone and everything we encounter without ever running out of love or attention.
The first part of the book, From the Heart: Dropping out of Your Mind and Into Your Being introduces the reader to the spiritual Heart and the capacity it gives us to look out at the world with an open, loving, and complete perspective. It offers simple ways to shift into a more open and accepting perspective and to experience your true nature as aware space.
The second part, The Heart’s Wisdom, shows how the Heart is truly wise and how it can guide us in everyday decisions. This section points the reader back to their own Heart, the truest source of wisdom.
Finally, the third part of the book, Love Is for Giving, Not for Getting, shows a simple way to love in a truly unconditional way. It guides the reader to discover that the true source of love is in your own heart. It is by giving love that we are filled with love.
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Living from the Heart
by Nirmala

4.9 out of 5 stars – 19 Reviews
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excerptA Brand New Free Kindle Nation Short:
“Love is for Giving, Not Getting”

An Excerpt from 
Living from the Heart 
By  Nirmala

Copyright © 2010 by Nirmala and reprinted here with his permission.

 

What is love and where is it found? We search for love and try to get love, and yet it seems like we never get enough. Even when we’ve found it, it can slip away as time passes. What if there is a source of love that never fades and is always available? What if love is as near and easy as breathing? What if you have been “looking for love in all the wrong places” instead of actually lacking love?

Love is both simpler and more mysterious and subtle than we imagine it to be. Love is simply the spacious, open attention of our awareness, which is the gentlest, kindest, and most intimate force in the world. It touches things without impinging on them. It holds all of our experience but doesn’t hold it down or hold it back. And yet, inherent in awareness is a pull to connect and even merge with the object of your awareness.

It’s this seemingly contradictory nature of awareness-the completely open and allowing nature of it and its passionate pull to blend with and even become the object of its attention-that gives life its depth and sweetness. There is nothing more satisfying than this delicious dilemma of being both apart from and, at the same time, connected to something you see, hear, or feel.

Awareness is the beginning of all separation. Prior to awareness, there is just oneness or “is-ness,” with nothing separate from the oneness that would be able to experience it. With the birth of awareness comes the subtle distinction of two things: that which is aware and the object of awareness. And yet, those two are connected by this mysterious force we are calling awareness, or love.

This flow of awareness and love that connects you to all you experience is the true source of satisfaction and joy. We have all experienced it to some degree. Whenever you fall in love with a person, pet, piece of music, beautiful object, or anything else, you have felt this flow of intimate, connected awareness. Unfortunately, we’ve been taught to believe that the source of this good feeling was the object of our affection. So we suffered whenever we lost our apparent source. When your lover leaves, your beloved pet dies, the concert ends, or your dream home is repossessed, you feel bereft of that loving, connected feeling.

YOU ARE THE SOURCE

But what if you are the source of the awareness that connects you to everything? What if the love you have been seeking has always been right here inside your own Heart? What if it doesn’t matter what your awareness touches, but only that awareness is flowing? That would profoundly simplify the search for love. Anything or any experience would be a suitable object for your love.

The sweetness of love is in the flow of awareness itself. The completely allowing openness and freedom you might look for from a perfect lover is already here in your own awareness. It doesn’t have to try to be accepting because awareness is, by nature, open and allowing. By itself, awareness can’t do anything but touch. It can’t push or pull or demand something from or limit the freedom of what it touches. And yet, it is not an aloof, distant observer. It is deeply and intimately connected to the object of awareness. In fact, awareness and the object of awareness come from the same source and are ultimately the same thing.

This connection and intimacy that is natural in awareness is satisfying and fulfilling regardless of the object of awareness. In other words, whatever you are experiencing right now is your true love. Whatever you are experiencing is an opportunity to also experience the depth of your true nature as open, loving awareness. Your true nature is true love. It is the perfect lover you have been seeking, and not only is it always here, but it is who you really are.

You might be thinking, “But wait, I don’t feel like I’m in love or loving all the time. Sometimes I feel lonely or angry and cut off from love and satisfaction.” So how can it be that love is here, but you don’t feel it? Is love really absent in those moments, or is it just limited in its expression and flow? Are there really moments when there is no awareness? Or is there always some awareness, even if it isn’t a lot? If there were no awareness, there also would be no problems because awareness is the beginning of separation (the sense of a separate self), and the end of awareness is the end of separation. Practically speaking, without awareness, there can’t be loneliness, anger, or anything else. So when you are lonely or angry, there is at least some awareness, although possibly not much.

Even when awareness is contracted and tight, as it often is when you are lonely, angry, sad, hurt, or afraid, it has the same nature as when you are happy and excited. Even a single drop of water is still wet, and even a single drop of awareness is still open and allowing of whatever it is touching.

The only trick to experiencing the open and allowing nature of awareness is to look for it in the actual experience you are having. When your awareness is contracted by judgment or fear, it’s not actually touching the object of your judgment or fear. Instead, it is touching the judgmental or fearful thought you are having. Awareness is completely allowing and open to that thought. That is the definition of awareness: it is the open and allowing recognition of the content of our experience. If awareness is not open to something, then we are not aware of it.

The key to experiencing love is to notice where awareness is flowing right now. That flow of awareness is love, and it’s the most satisfying and nourishing thing you can experience. There is naturally a direction to this flow of awareness. It moves from within your being to the objects nearby and the experiences you are having. You can only fully experience this flow of aware love as it moves in that direction.

When someone else is lovingly aware of you (not of their judgments or desires regarding you, but simply of you as you are), you can experience the outer expression of their love. You can see the way they are looking at you, the smile on their face, and their reactions to you. But the awareness of you is arising in them. The love is flowing from them toward you, and so it is filling them with a sense of satisfaction and joy. If you also are to feel satisfaction and joy, it will depend on whether you are experiencing a flow of love toward them. It is your own open awareness that fills you with that sense of connection and appreciation. You are filled with love when you are giving it to someone or something else.

Obviously, it’s easier to open your Heart and express love when the requirements of your conditioning are being met. When someone who matches your ideal for a lover is attracted to and interested in you, it’s especially easy to give him or her the same openness and attention in return. So naturally, when two people are falling in love, they are both feeling the fullness and richness of the free flow of awareness, or love. But the contact each of them has with that love is within themselves. It’s their own love and awareness that is filling them up so richly.

This truth-that you are filled with love when you love, rather than when you are loved-can free you from the search for love outside yourself. If you still aren’t sure that it is your own love that fills you, think of a time when someone was in love with you, but you weren’t in love with him or her. The flow of loving attention toward you wasn’t satisfying. In fact, it might have been uncomfortable having someone so interested in you when you weren’t feeling the same way.

In contrast, when you are falling in love with someone, it can be rich, exciting, and energizing, even if it isn’t reciprocated. In unrequited love, there is an intensity and beauty from the outward flow of love that is filling you in that moment. So despite the disappointment and hurt of not being loved back, you experience a fullness and aliveness as a result of loving the other. In the Renaissance, unrequited love was even seen as an ideal. It’s the love flowing out from your own Heart that fills you with joy and satisfaction. The source is within you.

JUST ONE BEING

There is just one awareness and one Being behind all the individual awarenesses. The way you can reach that oneness of Being is by experiencing the flow of love from within your being. Paradoxically, the place where you are connected to others is inside your own Heart. You can’t really connect to another externally. Even if you used super glue to attach yourself to another person, there would still be a sense of separation in your outer experience, not to mention how hard it might be to disconnect!

On the inside, you are already connected to everyone and everything. The connection is this flow of awareness that is here right now reading these words. It is in the loving nature of awareness that the sense of connection is found, not in the objects of awareness. You are connected to others in the awareness flowing from within you to them. Connection is not found in the flow of awareness and love toward you, as that flow is connected to its source inside the other person.

This is good news! You can experience limitless love no matter what anyone else is doing. The only thing that matters is how much you are loving, not how much you are loved. Right now, you can be filled to overflowing with the incredible sweetness of love, just by giving awareness to anything and everything that is present in your experience. Don’t take my word for it; test it out with this exercise:

Exercise: Allow your awareness to settle on a physical object nearby. Take an extra moment to allow your awareness to fully touch the object. Just for the sake of this experiment, give as much love, appreciation, and acceptance as you can to that object. Then notice another object. As your awareness rests for a moment on that, give it as much love, appreciation, and acceptance as you can.

Now allow your awareness to notice a sound in your environment. As you listen, give that same loving appreciation to the sound you are hearing.

If you have any difficulty giving love and appreciation to a particular object or sound, try another object or sound. If you pick a more neutral object or sound, it will be easier at first to experience loving something for no particular reason.

Continue allowing your awareness to land on various objects, sounds, colors, tastes, smells, and sensations. With each one, allow as much love and appreciation to flow toward it as you can. Take as long as you like with each experience, and if it’s difficult to feel love toward something, just move on. It will get easier to love for no reason as you repeat this exercise.

Now notice other things that may be arising within you: an uncomfortable sensation, a thought, a feeling, or a desire. Take an extra moment to send loving attention toward it. Just for now, you can love each sensation, thought, feeling, or desire that appears within you.

As you get the hang of this, you can just allow your awareness to move naturally to whatever it touches next, either inside or outside of you. Whatever it lands on, give it love and acceptance. Just for a moment, let it be the way it is.

What is it like to give simple awareness and love over and over to things that appear in your experience? How open and full does your Heart feel when you are able to give love in this way? If you come to something that’s difficult to love or accept, just notice that it’s difficult, and then love that it’s difficult right now. You can even take a moment to simply love the way some things are harder to love than others. Then move on to whatever is in awareness next.

Just go ahead and love whatever is in front of you, and in that way be filled with love. It’s that simple, if you remember that the essence of love is awareness and space. The ideal lover is someone who gives you lots of space to just be yourself but still connects with you as you are. Awareness is like that. It doesn’t limit the object of its awareness, but it makes contact.

YOU CAN’T RUN OUT OF LOVE

You can give this awareness or love freely because awareness is the one thing you can never run out of. No matter how many things you’ve been aware of today, you still have awareness left for this moment and the next. Awareness is easy to give, and it doesn’t cost anything or deplete you in any way. In your Heart, there is a limitless supply of love. Just see if you can give so much attention to something that you end up with no more awareness.

We sometimes withhold love and awareness because we think that true love requires more than this simple, open attention. Our conditioning suggests that love requires things like compromise, sacrifice, and unconditional giving of our time and effort. Perhaps some of these are necessary for a relationship, but not for love.

This is an important distinction, as we often confuse love and relationship. We mistakenly believe that love is dependent on relationship. But if we recognize that the source of love is within us, then relationship can be seen in perspective. Relationships are important, but they aren’t as important as love. The experience of this inner flow of love is satisfying, either with or without a relationship. You can experience it with a beautiful object of art in a museum, a moving piece of music, an exciting moment in a sporting activity, or in a deep connection with another person. Love is what makes relationships and everything else worthwhile.

What a rich possibility-that all the love you have ever wanted is available right now, just by giving it to everything you encounter, both within you and in the environment. Love is for giving, not for getting. And the more you give, the more fully it fills your Heart to overflowing.

I may think I feel love
but it is love that feels me
constantly testing the woven fibers
that enclose and protect my heart
with a searing flame
that allows no illusion of separation

and as the insubstantial fabric of my inner fortress
is peeled away by the persistent fire
I desperately try to save some charred remains
by escaping into one more dream of passion
I may think I can find love
but it is love that finds me

meanwhile, love becomes patient and lies in wait
its undying embers gently glowing
and even if I now turn and grasp after the source of warmth
I end up cold and empty-handed
I may think I can possess love
but it is love that possesses me

and finally, I am consumed
for love has flared into an engulfing blaze
that takes everything
and gives nothing in return
I may think love destroys me
but it is love that sets me free

Advaita spiritual teacher, Nirmala, offers a unique vision and a gentle, compassionate approach to the rich tradition of spiritual exploration. Visit http://www.endless-satsang.com for more articles, audio and video recordings, and free downloads of several of his books. Nirmala also offers spiritual mentoring over the phone, for individual support in awakening and opening your heart. The poem above is from Gifts with No Giver, a free collection of Rumi-like spiritual poetry which is available on his website.

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It’s no accident that suspense novelist Neil White is sitting with four books among the bestselling mysteries in the UK Kindle Store — three of them are the natural follow-ups to his stunning 2008 debut that led the Blackpool Gazette to write that “Fallen Idols has all the hallmarks of a great read for crime-thriller fans with celebrity killings, conspiracies, revenge and even a hint of romance.” And now, thanks to the serendipity of our UK Kindle Store Free Book Alerts, you can discover what all the fuss is about without spending so much as a ha’penny….


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KEPT:
Greta’s werecat blood is already sought after to enhance spells and potions, but due to a quirk of her birth, her blood is potent enough to kill for. When her tribe plans to sacrifice her, Greta must ally herself with Dayne, the dangerous local sorcerer, the only person strong enough to protect her.
CLAIMED:
For a vampire, Anthony isn’t a picky eater, but he’s drawn to Charlee’s blood more than any other. One night, high from the potent magical blood of another, he claims his prize and loses control. Ashamed of almost killing the one woman he cares about, he wipes her memory of the event. When Charlee awakens with complete amnesia, Anthony is the only one who can clean up the mess he’s made.
MATED:
Because of the vampiric blood that has run through her veins since birth, Jane has been a target for vampires who resent a human being “kindred.” She’s forced to disguise herself as a vampire groupie to appease them and safeguard her life. When she’s abruptly given to Cole, the leader of the werewolf pack, to satisfy a gambling debt, she discovers the blood running through her veins has a far greater impact on her destiny than she ever imagined.


 
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Kindle Nation’s Free Weekly Email Newsletter & Digest – Week of November 2, 2010

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November 2, 2010–It’s a new week, and we are here to lock arms in struggle and fight the good fight alongside, and on behalf of, the excellent citizens of Kindle Nation….

… and turn you on to some great free content and terrific indie novels along the way.

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Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert, Wednesday, November 3: Take a walk on the WILD SIDE with FORTUNE IS A WOMAN [Keeping Mr. Right], plus …Karen Langolf’s Chronicles of Ror and the Whisehitel Portals (Today’s Sponsor)

Francine Saint Marie’s FORTUNE IS A WOMAN [Keeping Mr. Right] is this morning’s latest addition to our Kindle Store freebie listings. And would there be anything wrong with that if your were to use our incredibly cool, totally interactive, automatically updated new Kindle Nation Free Book Alert tool below to start reading a free sample of any title right here on your browser? Of course not!



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by Karen Langolf
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Text-to-Speech: Enabled 
 Portals divide Earth and Whisehitel and on Whisehitel several tribes are at war. Rested Tribe use pulse and are known as Pulse Riders. Black Hair tribe are hunters and warriors. Colleen Green, the crazy green-haired cannibals, throw monkey wrenches into the other tribe’s plans . On Earth, a bizarre corpse is in the hands of a detective reopening questions to an old murder case.  He asks the only witness left from the older case to review photos and accidently brings an entire bar full of people to Whisehitel. Do they find another portal home or become part of the war?

Planet of Whisehitel

The Silver Eyed Man

I am Captain Ror half blood born between the Black Hair tribe, elite warrior hunters, and the Rested tribe, powerful and cruel sorcerers, better known as Pulse Riders. . I lead a life of endless journeys in an attempt to fulfill my prophecy, one which no one may lest I incur terrible agony for the Black Hair tribe. But visitors are coming from another world, coming through portals which open every 25 years. Perhaps one of them is my prophecy, perhaps not. In the meantime my two tribes are preparing for the visitor’s arrival when the Rested tribe is attacked by a tribe of cannibalist females. Can the Black Hair defend the Rested tribe and rescue the coming visitors before the Colleen Green kills them all?

On Earth…

Are You Afraid of Green Eyes?

Detective Ron Smith walks into my boss’s office, a corpse filled with surprises on his hands. A story too much like my dead finance. I am Sarah Gold, secretary to a wealthy philanthropist. Three years ago my finance was murdered. I am the only witness left.

How can I not help the detective? Even if I end up in another world trying to solve the mystery of this John Doe’s murder. Meeting him at a restaurant to look at pictures sounds harmless. Maybe this will help me get some closure. Now myself and everyone else at the restaurant that night walked into a massive battle ensuing between a tribe of green-haired female cannibals and a gang of sorcerers. Some of us were lucky and rescued by warriors passing by. But not me.

No, I’m stuck running for my life with two Goth girls and five sorcerers who might be our allies. At least for the moment. But how long can we trust them when they speak such horrors about people from Earth? Will they actually help us find the portals back home or will be stuck on this planet until the green-haired cannibals catch us?



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