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Friday, March 2, 2012

Free Book - Voice in the Night (K/N/E)

Voice in the Night: The True Story of a Man and the Miracles That Are Changing Africa, by Pastor Surprise and David Wimbish, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Chosen Books.
Book Description
Born into a long line of witch doctors, Surprise ("Surpresa") Sithole was destined for a life of fear, oppression, and poverty in the jungles of Africa. But at the age of fifteen, he was awakened in the middle of the night by an unfamiliar voice. Urgent, but not harsh, it told him to get up and leave his family immediately. As Surprise stepped out into the night, away from everything dear to him, he had no idea who God was--or what he had in store for him.

From miraculous signs and wonders to supernatural deliverance from certain death to divine revivals that overtook countries, Surprise has followed wherever God has led, becoming an agent of hope and change in a continent devastated by war, poverty, and spiritual oppression. Voice in the Night is the amazing true story of what began that night in a jungle hut more than twenty-five years ago: a journey--an adventure--of faith and miracles.
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Free Book - Quilt of Joy (K/N/E)

Quilt of Joy, by Mary Tatem, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
Quilters understand with every stitch how God can make even scraps wonderfully new and striking with a little time, imagination, and love. In these touching books, Mary Tatem pieces together spiritual insights and stories of quilters into devotionals that feature some of the most beloved and recognizable quilt patterns in America. Readers will discover the historical background of each pattern and be enchanted by the spiritual reflections on joy, faith, creativity, gratitude, patience, hope, and more. Encouragement, inspiration, and celebration--as well as some great stories--await readers as they discover that, in God's design, even the smallest scraps or most frayed fragments can be fashioned into something new, complete, comfort-giving, and beautiful.
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Free Book - Quilt of Faith (K/N/E)

Quilt of Faith, by Mary Tatem, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
Quilters understand with every stitch how God can make even scraps wonderfully new and striking with a little time, imagination, and love. In these touching books, Mary Tatem pieces together spiritual insights and stories of quilters into devotionals that feature some of the most beloved and recognizable quilt patterns in America. Readers will discover the historical background of each pattern and be enchanted by the spiritual reflections on joy, faith, creativity, gratitude, patience, hope, and more. Encouragement, inspiration, and celebration--as well as some great stories--await readers as they discover that, in God's design, even the smallest scraps or most frayed fragments can be fashioned into something new, complete, comfort-giving, and beautiful.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012

9 Free Books from Vook (K)

Vook has another batch of free books in the Kindle store; generally their books stay free for a few days.
  1. Yogic Meditation: Its Meaning from the Yogic Masters, by Michael Solis and the Charles River Editors
  2. American Legends: The Life of Thomas Jefferson (Illustrated), by the Charles River Editors
  3. American Legends: The Life of Abraham Lincoln (Illustrated), by the Charles River Editors
  4. American Legends: The Life of Martin Luther King Jr., by the Charles River Editors
  5. Everything You Need to Know About Atlas Shrugged, by the Charles River Editors
  6. The ABCs of Marketing: Introduction to Marketing, by the Charles River Editors
  7. The ABCs of Marketing: Marketing for Small Businesses, Startups, & Non-Profits, by Quentin G. Love and the Charles River Editors
  8. The ABCs of Marketing: Media Advertising, by Quentin G. Love and the Charles River Editors
  9. The ABCs of Marketing: New Ways to Market with Social Media, by Quentin G. Love and the Charles River Editors

Free Book - Michal (K/N/E)

Michal (Main/UK), by Jill Eileen Smith, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.

Book Description
As the daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege--but one that is haunted by her father's unpredictable moods and by competition from her beautiful older sister. When Michal falls for young David, the harpist who plays to calm her father, she has no idea what romance, adventures, and heartache await her. As readers enter the colorful and unpredictable worlds of King Saul and King David, they will be swept up in this exciting and romantic story. Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes her readers on an emotional roller-coaster ride as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as one of the wives of David. A sweeping tale of passion and drama, readers will love this amazing story.
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Free Book - Journey to the Well (K/E)

Journey to the Well (Main/UK), by Diana Wallis Taylor, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
One of the most well-known and loved stories of Jesus's ministry is the encounter with the Samaritan woman at Jacob's well. Now the creative mind of Diana Wallis Taylor imagines how the Samaritan woman got there in the first place. Marah is just a girl of thirteen when her life is set on a path that will eventually lead her to a life-changing encounter with the Messiah. But before that momentous meeting she must traverse through times of love lost and found, cruel and manipulative men, and gossiping women. This creative and accurate portrayal of life in the time of Jesus opens a window into a fascinating world. Taylor's rich descriptions of the landscapes, lifestyles, and rituals mesh easily with the emotional and very personal story of one woman trying to make a life out of what fate seems to throw at her. This exciting and heartwrenching story will fascinate readers and lend new life to a familiar story.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.

Free Book - The Jesus Revolution (K/N/E)

Update: 4/5/12 Repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

The Jesus Revolution: Learning from Christ's First Followers (US/UK), by Leith Anderson, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press.
Book Description
The story of Jesus cannot be contained in a history of 33 years on an ancient strip of land along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. The group of 120 followers Jesus empowered transformed the world with the good news of redemption and reconciliation he preached. In this journey through the book of Acts, discover the leaps of faith taken by the early church to spread the news of the miracles they'd witnessed and the message they'd received.

Their story carries us—his current followers—into our future. Their devotion and perseverance challenges us to step out in faith and make a difference in Jesus' name. We can experience Jesus' presence and power as the early church did, and be part of the ongoing movement to change the world with his revolutionary message.
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Free Book - Holy Bible, GOD'S WORD Translation (K/E)

Holy Bible, GOD'S WORD Translation (US/UK), from the Baker Publishing Group, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from ChristianBook.
Book Description
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW) accurately translates the meaning of the original biblical texts into clear, everyday language. Readable and reliable, GW is living, active, and life-changing. The combination of accuracy and readability makes GW ideally suited for devotional reading and in-depth study, preaching, teaching, and worship, memorization, and discipleship.

The Kindle edition of GW includes direct verse lookup and book and chapter navigation.

To navigate this Bible on the Kindle, just start typing a Bible reference in the lookup bar using the book abbreviation. The search results will come up automatically, and you can move the cursor to click the verse you want to view. You can also type a full reference, using the period in place of a colon (e.g., Ps 119.111). On Kindle for the PC and other non-device versions of the Kindle, use the Table of Contents. Links to the Bible books will lead you to pages with links to individual chapters.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.

Free Book - I Shall Not Want (K/N/E)

Update: 4/5/12 Repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

I Shall Not Want (Main/UK), the second title in the Psalm 23 Mysteries series by Debbie Viguie, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press.
Book Description
Charity work can be murder!

It’s Thanksgiving and Joseph Tyler, one of the members of Cindy’s church, has organized a new charity that provides homeless people with rescue dogs to love and care for. But one by one, the homeless recipients are being murdered and their dogs stolen. Could an overly competitive millionaire with his prize-winning pooches and a grudge be behind the crimes? Or could it be someone much closer to Joseph who has something sinister to hide? Cindy and Jeremiah must rush to find a killer before he strikes again.
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Free Book - Date with Destiny (K/N/E)

Update: 4/5/12 Repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

Date with Destiny: Find the Love You Need (Main/UK), by Rev Joseph W III Walker, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, 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.
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Free Book - Medical Error (K/N/E)

Medical Error (Main/UK), the second in the Prescription for Trouble series by Richard Mabry, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press.
Book Description
Dr. Anna McIntyre's life was going along just fine until someone else started living it. Her patient died because of an identity mix-up, her medical career is in jeopardy because of forged prescriptions, and her credit is in ruins. She thought things couldn t get worse, but that was before she opened the envelope and saw a positive HIV test with her name on it. Her allies are two men who are also competing for her affection. Dr. Nick Valentine is a cynic who carries a load of guilt. Attorney Ross Donovan is a recovering alcoholic. The deeper Anna digs to discover who's behind the identity thefts, the higher the stakes. Finally, when her life is on the line, Anna finds that her determination to clear her name might have been a prescription for trouble.
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Free Book - The Fence My Father Built (K/N/E)

Update: 4/5/12 Repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

The Fence My Father Built (Main/UK), by Linda S. Clare, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Abingdon Press.
Book Description
In The Fence My Father Built, when legally separated Muri Pond, a librarian, hauls her kids, teenage Nova and eleven year-old Truman, out to the tiny town of Murkee, Oregon, where her father, Joe Pond lived and died, she’s confronted by a neighbor’s harassment over water rights and Joe’s legacy: a fence made from old oven doors.

The fence and accompanying house trailer horrify rebellious Nova, who runs away to the drug-infested streets of Seattle. Muri searches for her daughter and for something to believe in, all the while trying to save her inheritance from the conniving neighbor who calls her dad Chief Joseph. Along with Joe’s sister, Aunt Lutie, and the Red Rock Tabernacle Ladies, Muri must rediscover the faith her alcoholic dad never abandoned in order to reclaim her own spiritual path.
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Free Book - Flirting with the Forbidden (K/N/E)

Flirting with the Forbidden (Main/UK), by Steven James, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
In our fallen world, temptation is normal. We run into it every day and we all are susceptible to falling victim to its enticements. We're tempted to cheat on our taxes, milk the clock, lust after someone other than our spouse, dishonor our parents, lie to our friends, covet our neighbor's trip to Europe. But just because we must live with temptation doesn't mean we have to let it master us.

In Flirting with the Forbidden, bestselling author Steven James reminds readers that we are always just one step away from bowing to temptation, that we all share the same potential and propensity for evil. Combining powerful first-person narratives from Scripture with thought-provoking reflections on temptation, discipleship, and grace, James helps readers grow in discernment and reliance on the Holy Spirit and develop a deeper, more intimate walk with Christ.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
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Free Book - Out of Mormonism (K/N/E)

Update: 3/2/12 Now free from ChristianBook.

Out of Mormonism: A Woman's True Story (Main/UK), by Judy Robertson, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of Christian publisher Bethany House.
Book Description
When Judy and Jim Robertson felt a spiritual void in their lives, they found ""the finest people in the world""

to embrace them and a beautifully packaged religion to entice them. Once drawn into Mormonism, they quickly climbed to leadership positions and became worthy temple Mormons, only to become disillusioned with the teaching and demands of the LDS church. From her unique insider's viewpoint, Judy shares her life as a Mormon woman, her rediscovery of the Jesus of the Bible, and how she and Jim found freedom as they left the LDS church in the face of persecution and confrontation.
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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Free Book - Revelation and Inspiration

Revelation and Inspiration, the first volumes of The Works of Benjamin B. Warfield, is free from Logos. In addition, they are giving away the entire 20-volume set, so scroll further down the giveaway page and enter the contest while you are there (via email or Facebook).
Book Description
Warfield’s volume on divine revelation and biblical inspiration defined the parameters of the twentieth century understanding of biblical infallibility, inerrancy, and the trustworthiness and authority of Scripture. He pioneered a view of biblical inspiration and authority which remains widely held today by many Reformed and Evangelical Christians.
Get the free ebook from Logos. You'll need to create an account (if you don't already have one) and may have to enter CC info (however, I've grabbed free books there in the past and my CC was not charged). You also have to use one of their apps to view the book (they have one for iOS, and for most PC's) or read it on the web at Biblia.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Free Book - Blue Hole Back Home (K/N/E/DF)

Update: 2/29/12 Now free on Kindle.

Blue Hole Back Home ($9.39 Kindle), by Joy Jordan-Lake, is free from Barnes & Noble, ChristianBook and Kobo, courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook. Their freebies are usually the same price in all the stores, so it should drop at Amazon soon (but feel free to report the lower prices, to see if we can speed it up). Just in case, though, you might also want to grab the DRM-free EPUB at ChristianBook, as it can be converted via Calibre.
Book Description
"Sacred's not a word I've ever much liked. But maybe some things, and some places, just are. And maybe the Blue Hole was one of those things."

Shelby (nicknamed Turtle) never had any female friends. But when a mysterious girl from Sri Lanka moved to town in the summer of 1979, Turtle invites her to a secret haven: the Blue Hole. Turtle has no idea now much that simple gesture will affect the rest of her life, or the lives of those she loves.

In a time when America was technically well beyond the Civil Rights era, there were those in Turtle's small Appalachian town who rejected the presence of someone different. And in just one summer—in a collision of love, hate, jealousy, beauty, and a sacred, muddy swimming hole—nothing and everything changed.
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Get the free ebook from ChristianBook (DRM Free ePub).
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Free Book - Reclaiming Lily (K/N)

Reclaiming Lily, by Patti Lacy, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of Christian publisher Bethany House.
Book Description
Product Description
A storm the size of Texas brews when Gloria Powell and Kai Chang meet in a Dallas hotel. They have come to discuss the future of Lily, the daughter Gloria adopted from China and the sister Kai hopes to reclaim. Kai is a doctor who had to give up her little sister during the Cultural Revolution and has since discovered that an inherited genetic defect may be waiting to fatally strike Lily.

Gloria's relationship with her daughter is tattered and strained, and the arrival of Kai, despite the woman's apparent good intentions, makes Gloria fearful. Gloria longs to restore her relationship with Lily, but in the wake of this potentially devastating diagnosis, is Kai an answer to prayer...or will her arrival force Gloria to sacrifice more than she ever imagined?
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Monday, February 20, 2012

Free book - Day of War (K/N/E)

Update: 2/24/12 Now from Sony.

Day of War, the first title in the Lion of War series by Cliff Graham, is a repeat free in the Kindle store and from ChristianBook and a first-time freebie from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of Christian publisher Zondervan. The next book in the series is also available to pre-order, Covenant of War, and will be delivered tomorrow!
Book Description
Day of War, author Cliff Graham's first novel, has earned him a film option for the entire book series---Lion of War---from director David L. Cunningham (Path to 9/11) and producer Grant Curtis (Spider-Man films).

In ancient Israel, at the crossroads of the great trading routes, a man named Benaiah is searching for a fresh start in life. He has joined a band of soldiers led by a warlord named David, seeking to bury the past that refuses to leave him. Their ragged army is disgruntled and full of reckless men. Some are loyal to David, but others are only with him for the promise of captured wealth. While the ruthless and increasingly mad King Saul marches hopelessly against the powerful Philistines, loyal son Jonathan in tow, the land of the Hebrew tribes has never been more despondent---and more in need of rescue. Over the course of ten days, from snowy mountain passes to sword-wracked battlefields, Benaiah and his fellow mercenaries must call upon every skill they have to survive and establish the throne for David---if they don't kill each other first.

Day of War brings to life the exploits of the Mighty Men of Israel, a rag-tag band of disgruntled warriors on the run with David, the soon-to-be King. Their legendary deeds are recorded in 2 Samuel 23 and 1 Chronicles 11.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
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Get the free ebook from Sony.

Free Book - Safe at Home (K/N/E/DF)

Update: 2/24/12 Now from Kobo.

Safe at Home, by Richard Doster, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook, courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.
Book Description
The spring of ’53 started out like any other for sports columnist Jack Hall, as he and the rest of his small southern town, Whitney, eagerly awaited the magical first pitch that would open the Bobcat’s season. But when ticket sales wane with the new distractions of air conditioning and I Love Lucy, the Bobcats face an early end not only to the season but to their careers as well. The team needs a white knight to save them and ironically, that white knight seems to be a 17 year old "colored kid", Percy Jackson, who’s got a .364 batting average and has never seen a grounder he couldn’t chase down.

Not everyone—not even most people—though can wrap their heads around an integrated baseball field, even if they have seen them on TV. This is Whitney. Things don’t change and they don’t need to change. Do they?

Hearts, minds, faith and tradition will be tested as will friendships and marriages when this sleepy southern town comes to grips with itself amid the early years of the Civil Rights Movement.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook (DRM-free).
Get the free ebook from Kobo.

Free Book - Chasing Mona Lisa (K/N)

Chasing Mona Lisa, by Tricia Goyer and Mike Yorkey, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
It is August 1944 and Paris is on the cusp of liberation. As the soldiers of the Third Reich flee the Allied advance, they ravage the country, stealing countless pieces of art. Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring will stop at nothing to claim the most valuable one of all, the Mona Lisa, as a post-war bargaining chip to get him to South America. Can Swiss OSS agents Gabi Mueller and Eric Hofstadler rescue DaVinci's masterpiece before it falls into German hands?

With nonstop action, Chasing Mona Lisa is sure to get readers' adrenaline pumping as they join the chase to save the most famous painting in the world. From war-ravaged Paris to a posh country chateau, the race is on--and the runners are playing for keeps.
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