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Thursday, March 15, 2012

A Trio of Free Mini-Books from Macmillan (K)

These three titles are mini-books, excerpted from larger works that are soon to be released by Macmillan. All are currently free to pre-order, which means you do need a credit card on file (at least when you place the order), although it won't be charged. I expect them to end up free in other stores, after the release dates.

Locavore U.S.A.: How a local-food economy is changing one community, by Katherine Gustafson, is a chapter from Change Comes to Dinner: How Vertical Farmers, Urban Growers, and Other Innovators Are Revolutionizing How America Eats.
Book Description
In 1950, at least 70 percent of Montana's food was grown in Montana. Many states used to have robust local-food economies, but that has changed drastically around the country in recent decades. National-scale food businesses beat out community-oriented small and medium-sized operations, laying waste to the infrastructure that once supported thriving local-food economies.

There is rising interest in again making food a local affair. But jump-starting a locavore economy is a tricky business. To cut down the massive distances that the vast majority of food eaten in the United States travels before it reaches dinner plates, communities must work to nurture "a cascading effect" by which each piece of a local-food economy enables and then reinforces the others to create a robust, cost-effective network.

Locavore U.S.A. introduces readers to some brave, hard-working souls in western Montana who are building their own such network piece by piece. In the process they are uncovering a key way to transform our industrially dominated food system.

QuickieChick Guide: Fit to Flirt: Get the Body You Want and the Guy You Deserve, by Laurel House, is a excerpt from QuickieChick’s Cheat Sheet to Life, Love, Food, Fitness, Fashion, and Finance on a Less Than Fabulous Budget.
Book Description
Check out Laurel’s:
  • Dos and Don’ts for Online Dating to become a pro at sifting through online dating profiles to find the guy who’s right for you.
  • Date Night Etiquette Overview to connect with your guy and keep him wanting more
  • Top 8 Skinny Chicks’ Diet Cheats for easy ways to cut your calories
  • Workouts While Watching TV or Getting Ready to Go Out for some no-sweat ways to get in shape without having to join a gym.

How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in 10 Minutes a Day: A Guided Meditation, by Andy Puddicombe, is a excerpt from Get Some Headspace: How Mindfulness Can Change Your Life in Ten Minutes a Day.
Book Description
From one of the world’s top mindfulness experts comes the ultimate tool for clearing out mental clutter and improving every aspect of your physical and mental health.

With this ten-minute guided meditation, learn a simple yet powerful technique that’s been tested by time and now adapted to fit into even the most hectic modern lifestyle. And reap incredible benefits! Doing this exercise on a daily basis can help you relieve stress, have stronger relationships, reduce anxiety, sleep more, find a healthy weight, control your emotions, be more productive… the list goes on and on.

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Free Book - Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People (K/N/E)

Update: 3/12/12 Now free in the US Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble and ChristianBook.

Living Successfully with Screwed-Up People (Main/UK), by Elizabeth Brown, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store (repeat), courtesy of Christian publisher Revell. It should be free for US customers by morning and most likely at Barnes & Noble, as well.
Book Description
You can be positive--no matter who tries to bring you down. Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says Elizabeth B. Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. With brilliant insights and a keen sense of humor, this trusted author shows you how to: take back the power from the difficult people in your life respond productively when confronted remain poised and in control when everyone around you loses it win fairly in unfair battles let go of the past and live triumphantly now Dozens of real-life success stories, brief diagnostic tests, and practical tools are included to help you assess your own unique situation and gain the confidence to live successfully with screwed-up people. You can stop being the victim of others and start loving life in spite of them.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012

Free Book - You Can Do It--Even if Others Say You Can't (K)

You Can Do It--Even if Others Say You Can't, by John Mason, is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Revell.
Book Description
Change the way you think . . .
and you can change your life.

In You Can Do It--Even If Others Say You Can't, bestselling author John Mason powerfully shows that your past does not equal your future. He offers you inspirational truths in bite-size pieces, making them easy to remember and apply to life's issues, big and small. You'll learn how to change your way of thinking and focus on the fact that there's much more good in store for you than you may think.

You don't have to feel trapped by your circumstances. You can live a fruitful and fulfilling life, believing that God will provide the means to accomplish the impossible. And the best part is, you can start right now.

About the Author
John Mason is a bestselling author, minister, and speaker, and the founder and president of Insight International and Insight Publishing Group. His many books, including An Enemy Called Average, have sold more than one million copies.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Free Book - The Personal Credibility Factor (K/N)

Update: 3/8/12 Now free from Barnes & Noble.

The Personal Credibility Factor: How to Get It, Keep It, and Get It Back, by Sandy Allgeier , is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store.
Book Description
You'd trust your life with some people. Others, you wouldn't trust for an instant, even when the stakes are low. Why? What builds the personal credibility that some people simply exude? What do they do differently? This book shows you and helps you build your own personal credibility, the #1 attribute in earning trust and achieving success. Renowned personal coach Sandra K. Allgeier begins with a set of powerful stories that demonstrate what personal credibility really consists of, how it's earned, and how easily it can be destroyed. You'll discover how small daily actions, together with specific communication techniques and decisions, shape others' view of whether you can be trusted. Next, Allgeier illuminates three oft-neglected, crucial secrets of personal credibility. You'll find a hands-on assessment tool designed to help you bring more personal authenticity and transparency to your interactions; as well as practical guidance on suspending judgment and really listening, thereby earning others' trust even if you ultimately choose to disagree. Allgeier concludes with seven specific steps you can take every day to increase your personal credibility, and rebuild credibility you may have already lost. Following her easy-to-understand, easy-to-use guidance, you can live a life that's not just more successful, but happier and more fulfilled, too.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Free Book - Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It

Résumés Are Dead and What to Do About It, by Richie Norton, is free in the Kindle store.
Book Description
Dubbed "sheer genius" by New York Times bestselling author, Stephen M.R. Covey, RESUMES ARE DEAD is not for the faint of heart. This ebook tackles one of life's most compelling choices: money or meaning? Learn how to design a career that supports your quest for both money and meaning—providing you the freedom to pursue your dreams and live your ideal lifestyle.

This is career development reworked, unconventional and results-driven. Whether you're retired, in the middle of your career, fresh out of college, or have been hit hard by economic crisis, RESUMES ARE DEAD is chock-full of powerful, raw principles that will help you find your footing, contribute to the world in meaningful ways, and simultaneously create your ideal lifestyle.

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Free Book - Hire Me, Hollywood! (K/N)

Hire Me, Hollywood!: Your Behind-the-Scenes Guide to the Most Exciting - and Unexpected - Jobs in Show Business, by Mark Scherzer, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble.
Book Description
The secret to Stan Lee's writing process
The story behind Elmo's giggle
What's for lunch on the set of The Walking Dead
Squirrel training with Johnny Depp

Think you know what it takes to get your favorite TV show on the air every week? (You'd be surprised.) Or what all those people whose names in the credits of the latest blockbuster actually do? (Including the Supervising Digital Colorist?) What better way to find out than from the who's who of Hire Me, Hollywood!

Entertainment insiders Mark Scherzer and Keith Fenimore are here to give you a crash course in all things Hollywood through thirty sometimes funny, occasionally racy, and always revealing interviews with such industry experts.

Whether you've always dreamed of yelling "Action" on a major movie set or you'd be thrilled just to get Matthew McConaughey his morning coffee, this book will give you inside scoop from craft service to the director's chair--and every take in between.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Free Book - Now You're Thinking! (K/N)

Now You're Thinking!: Change Your Thinking...Revolutionize Your Career ... Transform Your Life, by Stewart Emery, Russ Hall, Heather Ishikawa and John Maketa, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes and Noble, courtesy of FT Press.
Book Description
If you can change the way you think, you can change the world. That’s the theme of Now You’re Thinking! as it tells the story of how a 2-year old Iraqi girl’s life was saved through determination, courage, and critical thinking. The book begins with the heroic story of how a Marine battalion beat the odds to save this little girl, and ends with a model of critical thinking that will help you STOP and THINK to recognize your emotions, evaluate arguments, and draw conclusions to make better life decisions. This book also provides the opportunity for you to take the My Thinking Styles assessment for free to learn your natural thinking preferences, strengths, and biases. This short read will give you a real-life example of great thinking plus tons of resources to guide your further interest in effective thinking.

Living the good life and want to make it great? Desperate to give your career an “extreme makeover”? Either way, the changes you want start inside your own head, with the way you think.

This book is the blueprint you need to build greater success by teaching you breakthrough techniques for thinking far more effectively. That’s the secret of making better decisions: whether you’re working toward a promotion or considering refinancing your house. Some thinking processes simply work better than others, and this book teaches you the ones that are proven to work best.

The authors start with the extraordinary true story of Amenah, just two years old, dying in an Iraqi village and in desperate need of complicated open-heart surgery unavailable in her own country. The authors reveal the extraordinary thinking and courage that saved her life and show how you can use the same approaches to transform every aspect of yours.
Get the free book from Barnes & Noble.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Free Book - Match Made In Heaven (K/N)

Match Made In Heaven, by Bob Mitchell, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble, courtesy of Kensington Books.
Book Description
A Golf Match You'll Never Forget

Lying on An operating table, about to undergo emergency heart surgery, Elliott Goodman hears the voice of God--as in The Almighty--speaking to him. God, it seems, has a last-second wager for Elliott, challenging him to an eighteen-hole golf match. If Elliott wins, he'll be saved. If he loses. . .

God sends down eighteen legendary opponents to play against Elliott and to hopefully teach him a few tricks along the way. From Leonardo da Vinci (nice clubs) to Marilyn Monroe (nice. . .everything), Babe Ruth (pass the hot dogs), Abraham Lincoln (cheater!), and fourteen other luminaries, including Moses, John Lennon, Joan of Arc, Picasso, W.C. Fields, Gandhi, and Shakespeare, Elliott squares off against some of the most extraordinary people who've ever lived. As shots are analyzed, balls enter bunkers, and Freud drives the cart (control freak), Elliott has a chance to examine his life and his form, to see what he can correct or improve before facing his ultimate adversary.

Big-hearted and delightfully original, Match Made in Heaven is a timeless tale about finding joy and inspiration on the greatest of all courses--life.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Free Book - Age Smart (K/N)

Update: 2/13/12 Now free from Barnes & Noble.

Age Smart: Discovering the Fountain of Youth at Midlife and Beyond (US/UK), by Jeffrey Rosensweig and Betty Liu, is free in the Kindle store.
Book Description
Americans are embracing an entirely new way of aging: one that's based on staying productive, staying active, and staying young in body and mind. Jeffrey A. Rosensweig and Betty Liu share strategies for bringing together all the elements of a long, happy, fulfilling, connected life. Starting today, you'll learn how to take advantage of the latest sciences of health and longevity... leverage today's most powerful techniques for protecting your financial security... find or keep the work you love... pursue a path to deepen your own personal spirituality, whatever form it may take. No Pink Pants is packed with easy-to-use tips and guidelines for everything from your portfolio to your medical insurance. The heart of the book: intimate interviews with individuals celebrated for what they've learned about getting better with age: powerful role models ranging from Jimmy Carter to Helen Gurley Brown, Robert Mondavi to C. Everett Koop. Learn from their experiences; then use this book's easy worksheets to take control of your own future!
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Free Audiobook - The Power of Positive Thinking

The fourth (and final) free audiobook that The Guardian (a UK newspaper) is giving away as part of their Head Start program this year is The Power of Positive Thinking ($11.99 Kindle), by Norman Vincent Peale.
Book Description
The Power of Positive Thinking has helped millions of men and women to achieve fulfillment in their lives. In this phenomenal bestseller, Dr. Peale demonstrates the power of faith in action. With the practical techniques outlined in this book, you can energize your life -- and give yourself the initiative needed to carry out your ambitions and hopes. You'll learn how to:
  • believe in yourself and in everything you do
  • build new power and determination
  • develop the power to reach your goals
  • break the worry habit and achieve a relaxed life
  • improve your personal and professional relationships
  • assume control over your circumstances
  • be kind to yourself
Get the free Audiobook from The Guardian UK. You'll need to enter a name and email address, click to submit the info, then click a link that takes you to AudioGo; be sure to note the coupon code on that page, as you'll need it to get the book for free. Once at Audiogo, click on the ad, then click Checkout; log in (or create an account), then enter the promotional Code and click Update. Don't click on Continue until after you've confirmed that a total of $0.00/£0.00 is shown. You'll need an account with AudioGo, but should not need to enter any credit card info. Once you've added the audiobook to your account, you can download at any time (I'd expect download times to be very slow this week).

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Free Books from Infinite Ideas (K)

Infinite Ideas has marked a dozen or so books as free in the Kindle store; I'll be back later (on this post) with a list of titles, but for now, click the publisher's name for a list (it also contains the ones that were free yesterday, so double check prices before one-clicking).

OK, here's a list of the ones that are newly free:
  1. Life Management (Feel Good Factory on), by Elisabeth Wilson
  2. Looking Gorgeous (Feel Good Factory), by Elisabeth Wilson
  3. Beating the Blues (Feel Good Factory on), by Elisabeth Wilson
  4. Healthy Living (Feel Good Factory), by Elisabeth Wilson
  5. How to sell brilliantly in good times and bad, by Nicholas Bate
  6. Interview answers (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Ken Langdon and Nikki Cartwright
  7. Divorce (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Victoria Perrett
  8. Make more money (Infinite Success)
  9. MBA (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Nicholas Bate
  10. Unleash your creativity (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Tim Wright and Rob Bevan
  11. Live longer (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Sally Brown
  12. Look gorgeous always (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Linda Bird
  13. Lose weight (52 Brilliant Little Ideas)
  14. Orgasms! (52 Brilliant Ideas), by Marcelle Perks

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Nine Free Books from New Word City (K)

There are nine newly free titles from New Word City in the Kindle store today.
  1. Vince Lombardi's Winning Ways
  2. Bill Walsh's Winning Ways
  3. Bear Bryant's Winning Ways
  4. How Lego Built a Comeback
  5. The Man Who Made Pan Am , by Maurice Coyle and Donna Sammons Carpenter
  6. How To Be A Great Professional Services Firm, by Tom Peters (note: this is in the newest Kindle format and may require you to upgrade your device before downloading)
  7. How to Manage Your Debt, by Beverly McKinney
  8. Come On, Get Happy, by Ratha Tep
  9. Eleanor Roosevelt: The People's First Lady, by Willard Sterne Randall and Nancy Nahra

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Six Free Books from New Word City (K)

There are six newly free titles from New Word City in the Kindle store today.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Free Book - Instant Self-Hypnosis (K/N/E/P/I)

Update: 1/28/12 Now free from Sourcebooks.
Update: 1/24/12 Now free from iTunes.
Update: 1/22/12 Now free in the US Kindle store.

Instant Self-Hypnosis: How to Hypnotize Yourself with Your Eyes Open (US/UK), by Forbes Blair, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble. It should be free for US Kindle customers by morning.
Book Description
Hypnosis is a proven technique that allows people to reprogram their subconscious to change unwanted behaviors. Most books on self-hypnosis require the reader to memorize or record scripts, then put the book aside while they do their hypnosis work. But Instant Self-Hypnosis is the only self-hypnosis book that allows you to hypnotize yourself as you read, with your eyes wide open, without putting down the book.

The author's fail-proof method allows you to put yourself into a hypnotic state and then use that state to improve your life in myriad ways. And because the hypnotic state is induced while you read, you remain aware of your surroundings and can bring yourself back to normal consciousness slowly and gently, using the instructions provided.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from iTunes.
Get the free ebook from Sourcebooks.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Free Book - Kidz Bop: Be a Pop Star! (K/N/E)

Update: 1/23/12 Now free from Sony.

Kidz Bop: Be a Pop Star!, by Kimberly Potts, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble.
Book Description
Everything kids need to know to make their rock star dreams come true! From writing cool songs and getting a group together to putting on shows and shooting music videos, this is all aspiring rockers need to take the world by stage--just like the Kidz Bop kids do!

Plus! As an added bonus, these enthusiastic song lovers will be able to participate online with Kidz Bop and vote on storylines, upload original videos for e-book inclusion, and access special bonus content
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from Sony.

Friday, January 20, 2012

Free Audiobook - You Are Not Your Brain

The audiobook edition of You Are Not Your Brain: The 4-Step Solution for Changing Bad Habits, Ending Unhealthy Thinking, and Taking Control of Your Life ($12.99 Kindle), by Jeffrey Schwartz MD and Rebecca Gladding MD, narrated by Mel Foster, is free from Tantor Audio.

Tantor is having a 50% off, New Year, New You sale that you may also want to check out, while you are there.
Book Description
Two neuroscience experts explain how their 4-Step Method can help break destructive thoughts and actions and change bad habits for good.

A leading neuroplasticity researcher and the coauthor of the groundbreaking books Brain Lock and The Mind and the Brain, Jeffrey M. Schwartz has spent his career studying the structure and neuronal firing patterns of the human brain. He pioneered the first mindfulness-based treatment program for people suffering from OCD, teaching patients how to achieve long-term relief from their compulsions.

For the past six years, Schwartz has worked with psychiatrist Rebecca Gladding to refine a program that successfully explains how the brain works and why we often feel besieged by bad brain wiring. Just like with the compulsions of OCD patients, they discovered that bad habits, social anxieties, self-deprecating thoughts, and compulsive overindulgence are all rooted in overactive brain circuits. The key to making life changes that you want-to make your brain work for you-is to consciously choose to starve" these circuits of focused attention, thereby decreasing their influence and strength.

As evidenced by the huge success of Schwartz's previous books, as well as Daniel Amen's Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, and Norman Doidge's The Brain That Changes Itself, there is a large audience interested in harnessing the brain's untapped potential, yearning for a step-by-step, scientifically grounded and clinically proven approach. In fact, readers of Brain Lock wrote to the authors in record numbers asking for such a book. In You Are Not Your Brain, Schwartz and Gladding carefully outline their program, showing readers how to identify negative brain impulses, channel them through the power of focused attention, and ultimately lead more fulfilling and empowered lives.
Get the free audiobook from Tantor Audio.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Free Book - Henry Ford's Way (K)

Henry Ford's Way (US/UK) is free in the Kindle store, courtesy of New Word City.
Book Description
Henry Ford’s vision of a car for Everyman and a living wage for his employees created the middle class and forever changed America. But the deeply flawed genius got lost in his own new world. Among the lessons you can learn from his life: Make yourself stand out. If you find a diamond, don’t throw it away. Don’t neglect your opportunities no matter how remote. Understand your weaknesses. When you do recognize your mistakes, don’t punish the world for them.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Free Book - Organized Simplicity (K/N/E)

Update: 1/17/12 Now free from Sony.

Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living, by Tsh Oxenreider, is free in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble.
Book Description
Organized Simplicity's aim is to convince its readers that simple living is the absolute best way to live. Be it with house cleaning, family schedule management, personal finances, and managing the "stuff" you allow within your four walls, the only way to live well is to do so intentionally and simply. The first half of the book delves into the "why" behind realistic simple living, giving the reader a nail to then hang the how of living simply discussed in the second half. And by redefining the too often-used phrase "simple living," a busy home manager living in the real world can then make practical changes that work for the whole family. There are chapters for cleaning and organizing the home room-by-room, and future project ideas will inspire readers to turn their house in a haven they love.

About the Author
Tsh Oxenreider is the writer and editor of the popular blog SimpleMom.net, and is the founder of SimpleLivingMedia.com. She spends her days with her husband and young children -- exploring the world, reading and learning, and being inspired by whatever surroundings their travels take them. Simple Mom is a member of the exclusive 9 Rules network, and was nominated for Best New Blog of 2008 in the 2009 Bloggies. All five blogs in her company, Simple Living Media, are geared towards simple living and receive almost one million page views monthly.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from Sony.

Free Book - How to Unspoil Your Child Fast (K/N/E/P/I)

Update: 1/17/12 Now free from iTunes and Sourcebooks.
Update: 1/15/12 Now free in the US Kindle store.

How to Unspoil Your Child Fast: A Speedy, Complete Guide to Contented Children and Happy Parents (US/UK), by Richard Bromfield, is free for UK Kindle customers and from Barnes & Noble. It should be free for US customers later in the morning.
Book Description
You don't have to say yes to prove that you love them.

Nearly 95% of parents feel like they are overindulging their children, but feel powerless to stopping themselves.

How to Unspoil Your Child Fast offers a straightforward and practical solution to fixing and preventing the problems of spoiling your children and offers concrete tips, simple strategies, and easy action steps for reversing the effects almost immediately. Feel more confident, competent, and parent more consistently while instilling character and self-reliance in your children today.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from iTunes.
Get the free ebook from Sourcebooks.

Free Book - Up, Down, or Sideways (K/N/E)

Update: 1/15/12 Now free in the US Kindle store and from ChristianBook and Sony.
Update: Also free from Barnes & Noble.

Up, Down, or Sideways (US/UK), by Mark Sanborn, is free for UK Kindle customers. It should be free for US customers later in the morning.
Book Description
In Up, Down, or Sideways, Mark Sanborn, author of the bestselling book The Fred Factor, prepares you for life’s inevitable cycles of up and down—and, too often, sideways. We tend to be surprised when downturns hit us and treat them as the exception—and when times are good, we act as if they will never change. In this book, Mark shows us what we should always be doing to be prepared for these cycles and events in our lives in order to make the most of them. Mark tells his own story of a downturn he experienced. Then, he identifies the principles and practices that will help you discover opportunities in both good times and bad, in up and sideways years. Mark provides timely wisdom that can’t be ignored no matter where you are in your personal or professional life.
Get the free ebook from Barnes & Noble.
Get the free ebook from ChristianBook.
Get the free ebook from Sony.