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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Today's Deals

If you didn't take advantage of it before, the $10 eTextBook promotion at Amazon is back, but expires today. You can go directly to the Promo page or read my earlier post for more instructions. There are a few titles under $10 (buy and/or rent) in both the US and Canada, although you'll have to do a bit of searching to find them. The books that qualify for the promotion have also changed up a bit, as I noticed that none of the specific ones I mentioned last time are on the list this time around (and their prices went up, also).

Additional formats on these free books are now available:

The Fall of the Roman Empire ($1.99), by Peter Heather, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.
Book Description
The death of the Roman Empire is one of the perennial mysteries of world history. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Peter Heather proposes a stunning new solution: Rome generated its own nemesis. Centuries of imperialism turned the neighbors it called barbarians into an enemy capable of dismantling the Empire that had dominated their lives for so long.

Heather is a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians. In The Fall of the Roman Empire, he explores the extraordinary success story that was the Roman Empire and uses a new understanding of its continued strength and enduring limitations to show how Europe's barbarians, transformed by centuries of contact with Rome on every possible level, eventually pulled it apart. He shows first how the Huns overturned the existing strategic balance of power on Rome's European frontiers, to force the Goths and others to seek refuge inside the Empire. This prompted two generations of struggle, during which new barbarian coalitions, formed in response to Roman hostility, brought the Roman west to its knees. The Goths first destroyed a Roman army at the battle of Hadrianople in 378, and went on to sack Rome in 410. The Vandals spread devastation in Gaul and Spain, before conquering North Africa, the breadbasket of the Western Empire, in 439. We then meet Attila the Hun, whose reign of terror swept from Constantinople to Paris, but whose death in 453 ironically precipitated a final desperate phase of Roman collapse culminating in the Vandals' defeat of the massive Byzantine Armada: the west's last chance for survival.

Peter Heather convincingly argues that the Roman Empire was not on the brink of social or moral collapse. What brought it to an end were the barbarians.

Small Steps ($1.52 / £0.99 UK), by Louis Sachar, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (the US edition is $9.99). This sequel to Holes is again aimed at middle grade readers.
Book Description
Armpit and X-Ray are living in Austin, Texas. It is three years since they left the confines of Camp Green Lake Detention Centre and Armpit is taking small steps to turn his life around. He is working for a landscape gardener because he is good at digging holes, he is going to school and he is enjoying his first proper romance, but is he going to be able to stay out of trouble when there is so much building up against him?

In this exciting novel, Armpit is joined by many vibrant new characters, and is learning what it takes to stay on course, and that doing the right thing is never the wrong choice.

Prayfit: Your Guide to A Healthy Body and A Stronger Faith in 28 Days ($5.40 Kindle, B&N), by Jimmy Pena and Jimmy Page, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.
Book Description
From the exercise physiologist of Tyler Perry and Mario Lopez comes PrayFit, a whole person fitness system designed to strengthen body and deepen faith. At its core, PrayFit is about effort: giving your best in two areas that are vital to well-being—faith and fitness. The underlying approach is simple: Make a daily appointment to spend quality time with the Lord and to exercise.

This 28-day plan guides readers of any fitness level to begin a workout routine that can be done at home with little to no equipment, to make small but effective changes in their diet and to grow in biblical knowledge and spiritual strength. As they follow the specially designed meal plans and workouts, readers will see the physical results of their efforts almost immediately—and as they reflect on the daily devotional reading (contributions from Pastor Jimmy Page, VP of Field Ministry and National Director of Wellness for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes) and Scripture verses, they will begin to understand the eternal dimension of giving their best. Living God’s promised abundant life isn’t only about faith . . . though that’s where it starts. PrayFit is the best way to claim that promise both inside and out.

iTunes has a preview edition of E.O. Wilson's Life on Earth(National Edition), by Gael McGill, Edward O. Wilson & Morgan Ryan, currently free to download. It's only 51 pages, but there should be enough there to be worth the look.
Book Description
E. O. Wilson’s Life on Earth is a new digital biology textbook for high school students now under development by the E. O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation. This download includes a preview of the book and a sample chapter—“Introduction to Ecology" —that introduces students to how biologists think about the variety and patterns of life on Earth.

In the preview, you can see examples of how we teach biology....

In the Amazon Appstore, Oceanhouse Media, Inc is having a half-price sale on their Little Critter animated book series, bringing down each one to 99 cents. If you have a Kindle Fire or Android Tablet and small children, you'll want to at least take a look, if not collect the entire series.
Book Description
  • Choose from 1 of the 3 ways to read this omBook: Read to Me, Read it Myself, or Auto Play
  • Listen to the professional narration and background audio adding music and sound effects
  • View original illustrations from Dr. Seuss
  • Read or follow along as the words are highlighted; touch words for a repeat
  • Touch any image on the screen and the word will zoom up and be spoken aloud

Today's backlist/indie free books on Kindle (not likely to be free for long):
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