Kindle Bargain Ebook Roundup - Religious/Spiritual

Good Morning, Holy Spirit ($3.43), by Benny Hinn,
founder of the World Outreach Church in Orlando, Florida, and the World Healing Center in Dallas, Texas. His daily television program, This Is Your Day!, airs internationally and thousands gather at his monthly crusades. He has written several bestselling books, including Good Morning, Holy Spirit(over 1 million copies sold).

Book Description
Good Morning, Holy Spirit burst on the scene over a decade ago and immediately topped the best-seller lists and redefined the way people thought about their own relationship with the Holy Spirit. Now, in this revised and updated edition, Pastor Benny Hinn shares the same insights and truths that God has taught him through the years, as well as the impact they have had on those around him. Beginning with a dramatic encounter, the book unveils Hinn's uncommon journey to an understanding of and fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Complete with a study and discussion guide for individual or group use, Good Morning, Holy Spirit will lead readers to discover:

• How to recognize the voice of the Holy Spirit
• Seven steps to a more effective prayer life
• The source and purpose of God's anointing
• Freedom from fear of the "unpardonable" sin
• God's master plan for their lives

What the Gospels Meant ($2.60), by Garry Wills

Book Description
"New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Garry Wills interprets the four Gospels Garry Wills's recent New York Times bestselling books What Jesus Meant and What Paul Meant were tour-de-force interpretations of the teachings of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. Now Wills turns his remarkable gift for biblical analysis to the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Wills brilliantly examines the goals, methods, and styles of the evangelists and how these shaped the gospels' messages. The earliest book, Mark, emphasizes Jesus the sufferer; in Matthew, Jesus the teacher; in Luke, Jesus the reconciler; and in John, Jesus the mystic. Hailed as one of the most intellectually interesting and doctrinally heterodox Christians writing today (The New York Times Book Review), Wills guides readers through the maze of meanings that have accrued around these foundational texts, revealing their essential Christian truths. What the Gospels Meant will prove to be a valuable source of wisdom and inspiration for all."

World English Bible ($1.99) has several editions, but the latest edition is from House of Joy Books and it's also the least expensive of the group.

Book Description
The World English Bible (WEB) is the complete Old & New Testament in today's English. Carefully translated to retain the meaning and intent of the scripture, the text is easy to read and understand.

The original text used for translation is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, also called The Stuttgart Bible, in the Old Testament, and the Byzantine Majority Text as published for use with The Online Bible in the New Testament (M-Text). This choice of Greek text is very close to what the KJV translators used, but does take advantage of some more recently discovered manuscripts. Although there are good scholarly arguments both for and against using the Byzantine Majority Text over the "Alexandrian" text based on the dating and critical editing work of Nestle and Aland and published by the United Bible Societies (UBS), we find the following to be compelling reasons:

• The UBS text has a lot of "dropout" errors relative to the M-Text. Diligent scribes with a respect for God's Word are more likely to miss copying something (i.e. by skipping a line, etc.) than to make up a line to add in.
• Different scribes copying the same passage aren't all likely to make the same mistakes at the same places, even though some mistakes are likely to be copied over many times.
• When a scribe had a choice of manuscripts to copy, he would normally copy the one that he trusted the most, thus causing the most trusted text to be copied more often.
• The UBS text relies heavily on the dating of the media upon which the text was written, but those texts that are used more and trusted more would both be copied more often and worn out from use sooner.

A great translation for study, and general daily reading, the World English Bible should be a part of everyone's library. Completely searchable text, extensive Table of Contents, easy to read on portable devices!

WISDOM OF THE BUDDHA: The Unabridged Dhammapada ($2.50), by Friedrich Max Müller

Book Description
Few sacred texts present their wisdom with the clarity of the Buddhist Dhammapada, or Path to Virtue. These ancient verses offer a compelling introduction to Buddhist thought, revealing the Four Truths—concerning the nature of the world and our lot in it—and the Eightfold Path to enlightenment, the means by which to overcome the essential suffering revealed by the Four Truths as the essence of life. Expressed with great beauty and translated with painstaking scholarship, this volume offers stimulating, challenging, and inspiring reading.

Moses and the Journey to Leadership: Timeless Lessons of Effective Management from the Bible and Today's Leaders ($3.49), by Norman J. Cohen

Book Description
Leaders are not simply born; they are molded through life's victories and failures, triumphs and defeats. No one exemplifies this process better than Moses, the most important and celebrated character in the Hebrew Bible. Faced with great internal and external challenges, he was sculpted into a great leader not only by circumstance, but also by his own determination and devotion to his people.

In this powerful and probing examination of the enduring texts in the biblical tradition, scholar and popular teacher Dr. Norman Cohen examines Moses's journey to leadership and what he can teach you about the vision, action and skills you need to be a successful leader. Cohen relives Moses's development from lonely shepherd to founder of a nation, emphasizing the salient points you can use to enrich the different leadership roles you are called on to play in your daily life, whether it be in business, religion, politics, education or other arenas.

Drawing from Moses's life, you will learn to:

• Articulate your expectations of others, as a group and as individuals
• Empower those around you to lead more responsible, ethical lives
• Support your co-workers and family even when they fail
• Challenge others to reach their highest potential

Let the Servant Church Arise! ($1.02), by Barbara Degrote-Sorensen & David Allen Sorensen

Book Description
Let the Servant Church Arise! explores all aspect of Christian servanthood and how it can have a profound effect on both church and civil communities. Encourages readers to discover purpose and meaning in life through serving others. If the servant church is to arise it will not come as a wordy edict from powers in high places. It will not come through a well-written curriculum, an increased budget or improved infrastructure. The servant church will arise as it always has, fueled by the gracious acts of individual believers who have heard the invitation and been faithful to the call.

Ask Billy Graham: The World's Best-Loved Preacher Answers Your Most Important Questions ($4.75), by Bill Adler

Book Description
Would you like to know what Billy Graham thinks about the most important issues of daily life? What about politics, presidents and terrorism? This book contains answers to questions many of us would ask Billy Graham if we had the good fortune to sit down with the person many call "America's Pastor". Best-selling author Bill Adler arranges topics from Graham's sermons, speeches, interviews, television appearances and writings in an easy to follow Q and A format.

Topics include Billy Graham on: Humor, Politics, Prayer, Technology and Religion, Race, Money, the Church, and Growing Older.

Hear Graham's responses to questions like

• What will heaven be like?
• Why does God bring on natural disasters?
• What do you think about the mixing of religion and politics?
• What do you say to an atheist who doesn't think there is a God?
• What is the greatest spiritual threat facing the United States?
• How can we achieve world peace?

Legacy Now ($4.99), by Phil Munsey

Book Description
Life is more than a string of events--it is part of a chain that links you to the eternal purpose of God. Taking responsibility for your legacy is simply assuring your relationships and resources will outlive and outlast your time on this earth. Legacy Now helps readers look at their lives from a personal, generational, and eternal perspective. It shows them how their destiny is in their DNA and takes them on a stepby-step journey to build a legacy that lasts. This compelling, well-written book is packed with practical ideas and action steps and contains compelling stories to illustrate the principles of a legacy, which include:

• Faith: leaving behind what you believe
• Family: the seed in every action
• Finances: your treasure is not just for your pleasure
• Former life: dealing with and healing iniquity
• Future life: living for generations to come

Phillip Munsey is senior pastor of The Life Church, a thriving church in Mission Viejo, California, which he and his wife, Jeannie, founded in January 1985. He travels as a conference speaker and works with John Maxwell's Equip Ministry. Phil and Jeannie have been frequent guests and hosts on TBN's Praise the Lord program (over 100 appearances).

Kindle Bargain Ebook Roundup

Now that you can see the prices of other editions from within the Kindle store, some people have asked why sometimes the paperback and/or hardback editions are less than the Kindle editions. Usually this happens when Amazon has overstock (due to a new edition, slow sales, the paperback coming out, etc) and one edition is marked at a BARGAIN PRICE. Sometimes, though, when Amazon marks down the paper editions, the Kindle prices fall as well. This month I'm seeing dozens of such mark downs and I'm starting a series of posts to highlight them. Hopefully I'll get them all in before the prices change once again. Today, just a sampling. The next few posts will be grouped, roughly, by genre or theme.

The Eleventh Man ($3.90), by Ivan Doig, is one I paid nearly $9 for last month. My husband went to high school with Ivan, so we end up buying nearly all of his books. I finally noticed one on the Kindle that we didn't have and it didn't look like it was going to drop in price anytime soon (so much for my psychic connection to Kindle pricing!). The rest of you get a great deal on a top-notch author.

Book Description
Driven by the memory of a fallen teammate, TSU’s 1941 starting lineup went down as legend in Montana football history, charging through the season undefeated. Two years later, the "Supreme Team" is caught up in World War II. Ten of them are scattered around the globe in the war’s various lonely and dangerous theaters. The eleventh man, Ben Reinking, has been plucked from pilot training by a military propaganda machine hungry for heroes. He is to chronicle the adventures of his teammates, man by man, for publication in small-town newspapers across the country like the one his father edits. Ready for action, he chafes at the assignment, not knowing that it will bring him love from an unexpected quarter and test the law of averages, which holds that all but one of his teammates should come through the conflict unscathed.

A deeply American story, The Eleventh Man is Ivan Doig’s most powerful novel to date.

The Emperor's Children ($1.22), by Claire Messud

Book Description
The Emperor’s Children is a richly drawn, brilliantly observed novel of fate and fortune—about the intersections in the lives of three friends, now on the cusp of their thirties, making their way--and not-- in New York City. In this tour de force, the celebrated author Claire Messud brings to life a city, a generation, and the way we live in this moment.

iPod & iTunes For Dummies, 2nd Edition ($4.38), by Tony Bove & Cheryl Rhodes

Book Description
The iPod, Apple's breakthrough MP3 music player, boasts a contact list, calendar, alarm clock, notes reader, and a handful of games. In its first year, iTunes has sold more than 70 million songs; since hitting the market in November 2001, the iPod has sold more than 3 million units. This updated edition covers cool new third-party accessories, new iTunes features, iPod functions, troubleshooting, and more

• Covers naming an iPod, setting preferences, connecting and sharing an iPod, organizing a digital jukebox, playing music, copying files, burning an audio CD, searching for and downloading songs from the music store, and much more
• Updated and revised to include coverage on both the Windows and Mac
• Platforms

The Well-Adjusted Dog: Dr. Dodman's Seven Steps to Lifelong Health and Happiness for Your Best Friend ($4.22), by Nicholas H. Dodman

Book Description
One of the greatest myths in dog ownership is that once a puppy is housetrained and has graduated from a puppy training class, an owner’s work is done. In fact, that work is just beginning.

Forty-two percent of dog owners in this country report problems managing their dogs’ behavior. Our nation’s pounds and shelters are teeming with dogs who have been given up for just this reason. But it doesn’t have to be this way. As Dr. Dodman points out, almost every dog problem can either be treated or, better yet, prevented. Every dog has the potential to be happy and well adjusted.

In The Well-Adjusted Dog, Dr. Dodman shows you how, offering what he calls “continuing education” for dogs and their owners. A comprehensive, seven-step approach takes on the whole dog—his health, behavior, and environment—and lays the groundwork for the proper care and training of your best friend, for life. You will discover

• how much exercise your dog really needs (and why)
• how diet can affect behavior
• how to communicate clearly with your dog and understand dog body language
• how to lead your dog, not dominate him
• how to prevent or deal with fearful conditions
• how to optimize your dog’s environment
• how to address medical problems that might underlie unwanted behavior

In this essential new book, Dr. Dodman draws on some twenty-five years of clinical experience to bring together the art—and science—of dog ownership. His approach is based on the latest research as well as a unique understanding of the whole dog. It’s also proven to work, and to work long term. Only in The Well-Adjusted Dog will you truly find what every good dog owner should know.

Feminists Say the Darndest Things ($4.94), by Mike Adams

Book Description
"What happens when a conservative Christian white male professor -- with a wicked sense of humor -- stands up to his "feminazi" colleagues? The darndest things! Professor Mike Adams at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington was an atheist and a Democrat when he entered academia over a decade ago. And as you can only imagine, he fit right in back then. But ever since he saw the light, the full-time feminists on campus have had Professor Adams in their crosshairs. Their insults, taunts, foul language, intolerance, and public declarations about their sex lives have trailed him from the campus quad to the courtroom. In this series of letters Professor Adams has written to his real-life colleagues, he exposes these real-life incidents to the general public with his trademark barbed wit. You will be praying for more professors like Adams.

The Mistress's Daughter ($3.61), by A.M. Homes

Book Description

"An acclaimed novelist's riveting memoir about what it means to be adopted and how all of us construct our sense of self and family Before A.M. Homes was born, she was put up for adoption. Her birth mother was a twenty-two- year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with children of his own. The Mistress's Daughter is the story of what happened when, thirty years later, her birth parents came looking for her. Homes, renowned for the psychological accuracy and emotional intensity of her storytelling, tells how her birth parents initially made contact with her and what happened afterward (her mother stalked her and appeared unannounced at a reading) and what she was able to reconstruct about the story of their lives and their families. Her birth mother, a complex and lonely woman, never married or had another child, and died of kidney failure in 1998; her birth father, who initially made overtures about inviting her into his family, never did. Then the story jumps forward several years to when Homes opens the boxes of her mother's memorabilia. She had hoped to find her mother in those boxes, to know her secrets, but no relief came. She became increasingly obsessed with finding out as much as she could about all four parents and their families, hiring researchers and spending hours poring through newspaper morgues, municipal archives and genealogical Web sites. This brave, daring, and funny book is a story about what it means to be adopted, but it is also about identity and how all of us define our sense of self and family."

Free Book - Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs

The Get Rich Slowly Guide to Roth IRAs, by J.D. Roth, is a short book, about 30 pages, and most of it has been on his blog over the last few years, but he gathered together into one volume last year, edited it a bit and offered it as a $7 download on the Web Warriors website.Now it is available for free (no signup required, either) on his website, HERE.

J.D. has also gathered together some links for what he considers the Essential Personal Finance E-books, including Robert Pagliarini's Plan Z: How to Survive the Financial Crisis, the free e-books Thriving on Less in a Tough Economy and Tips for Change into a blog post, HERE. He mentions Investing Made Simple, which is no longer available for free, so hopefully you grabbed it last month, when I mentioned it here. And although he's included in the the not-quite-free section of the post, you can get The Insider’s Guide To Frugal Food & Fitness! as a free download as well, HERE.

Free Book - The Demon Awakens

The Demon Awakens, by R.A. Salvatore

Book Description
In THE DEMON AWAKENS, bestselling author R. A. Salvatore creates an astonishing new world for readers to explore--and an intrepid hero to lead the way: Elbryan Wynden, who must confront the dark tides of destiny in his epic search for justice and peace . . .

A great evil has awakened in the land of Corona, a terrible demon determined to spread death and misery. His goblin armies and fearsome giants ravage the settlements of the frontier, and in the small village of Dundallis their merciless attack leaves behind two shattered orphans: Pony and her lifelong friend, the youth Elbryan. Taken in by elves, Elbryan is raised to become a formidable ranger--a fateful role that will lead him into harrowing confrontation.

Meanwhile, on a far-off island, a shower of gemstones will fall onto the black sand shores. These heaven-sent stones carry within them an incredible power--the key to all that is good in the world and all that is evil, and it is up to one young monk to liberate them from the corrupt monastery that harvests them. Pray that they don't fall into the wrong, clawed hands . . .

Also free in the Sony eBookstore.

Free Book - The Templar Legacy

The Templar Legacy, by Steve Berry

Book Description
The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes . . . until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the earth, their hidden riches lost. But now two forces vying for the treasure have learned that it is not at all what they thought it was–and its true nature could change the modern world.

Cotton Malone, one-time top operative for the U.S. Justice Department, is enjoying his quiet new life as an antiquarian book dealer in Copenhagen when an unexpected call to action reawakens his hair-trigger instincts–and plunges him back into the cloak-and-dagger world he thought he’d left behind.

It begins with a violent robbery attempt on Cotton’s former supervisor, Stephanie Nelle, who’s far from home on a mission that has nothing to do with national security. Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, she means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century. But she’s not alone. Competing for the historic prize–and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possesses–is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command.

Welcome or not, Cotton seeks to even the odds in the perilous race. But the more he learns about the ancient conspiracy surrounding the Knights Templar, the more he realizes that even more than lives are at stake. At the end of a lethal game of conquest, rife with intrigue, treachery, and craven lust for power, lies a shattering discovery that could rock the civilized world–and, in the wrong hands, bring it to its knees.

Also free in the Sony eBookstore.