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Saturday, February 13, 2010

Game of the Day - A Fairy Tale

Amazon's Game Download of the Day is a $1.29 download of A Fairy Tale.

Game Description
  • A Unique New Type Of Puzzle Game.
  • Collect Story Pages In Your Own Fairy Tale Book.
  • Unlockable Extra 'Master Quest'.
  • Humorous Light Hearted Storyline.
When a giant menace threatens the village, the young faeries Delfbert, Wilf and Angelica set out on a journey to save their home! Join them on their quest through 100 puzzling levels of stunning graphics and magical music that will fill you with wonder. Featuring an exciting new type of puzzle game play and a humorous, light hearted storyline sure to make you smile, A Fairy Tale is an unforgettable journey of enchantment!

Free Audiobook - All the King's Men

There are two versions of All the King's Men ($7.50 Paperback), by Robert Penn Warren, narrated by Michael Emerson, at Audible.com and they appear to only differ by four minutes of recording (both are unabridged) and the price - this one is free, while the other is $27.99.

Book Description
Robert Penn Warren, America's first Poet Laureate, penned one of the most widely read works in American literature with the Pulitzer Prize-winning All the King's Men. An unrivaled novel of American politics, Warren's masterpiece is a classic tale every bit as relevant today as it was upon its release more than 50 years ago.

The fictionalized account of Louisiana's colorful and notorious governor, Huey Pierce Long, All the King's Men follows the startling rise and fall of Willie Stark, a country lawyer in the Deep South of the 1930s. Beset by political enemies, Stark seeks aid from his right-hand man, Jack Burden, who will bear witness to the cataclysmic unfolding of this very American tragedy.


Click HERE for the free audiobook.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Free Book (DRM) - Too Good to Be True

Too Good to Be True, by Kristan Higgins,($5.76 Kindle), is free over on the eHarlequin website in several (DRM'd) formats.

Book Description
When Grace Emerson's ex-fiancé starts dating her younger sister, extreme measures are called for. To keep everyone from obsessing about her love life, Grace announces that she's seeing someone. Someone wonderful. Someone handsome. Someone completely made up. Who is this Mr. Right? Someone...exactly unlike her renegade neighbor Callahan O'Shea. Well, someone with his looks, maybe. His hot body. His knife-sharp sense of humor. His smarts and big heart.

Whoa. No. Callahan O'Shea is not her perfect man! Not with his unsavory past. So why does Mr. Wrong feel so...right?


Get something FREE every FRIDAY @ eHarlequin! Click HERE for the free book.

It's also Freebie Friday at eHarlequin. This Friday's deal: Buy 2 or more books and get Sheikh Boss, Hot Desert Nights, by Susan Stephens, absolutely FREE! Plus, for Valentine's day, you can save an additional 14% this weekend! Print and eBook.

Free Game - The Battle for Wesnoth

The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based tactical strategy game with a high fantasy theme, featuring both single-player, and online/hotseat multiplayer combat. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures..

Game Description
Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force with the right strengths to fight well on different terrains against all manner of opposition.

Wesnoth has many different sagas waiting to be played out. Fight to regain the throne of Wesnoth, of which you are the legitimate heir... step into the boots of a young officer sent to guard a not-so-sleepy frontier outpost... vanquish a horde of undead warriors unleashed by a foul necromancer, who also happens to have taken your brother hostage... guide a band of elvish survivors in an epic quest to find a new home.

200+ unit types. 16 races. 6 major factions. Hundreds of years of history. The world of Wesnoth is absolutely huge and limited only by your creativity - make your own custom units, compose your own maps, and write your own scenarios or even full-blown campaigns. You can also challenge up to 8 friends - or strangers - and fight in epic multi-player fantasy battles.
  • Build up a formidable fighting force, starting from a single leader and a small amount of gold.
  • Over 200 unit types in six major factions, all with distinctive abilities, weapons and spells.
  • Experienced units gain powerful new abilities as they advance.
  • Several multi-player options available, including internet play.
  • Scores of different custom-designed maps, and unlimited random maps.
  • Hundreds of campaign scenarios available for download via a simple in-game procedure.
  • 'Fog of war' feature available for a true test of generalship.
  • Sophisticated mark-up language lets advanced users make their own maps, factions or campaigns.
  • Excellent language support – 35 different languages currently available.
  • Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, RISC OS, BeOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, AmigaOS4, OS/2 & eComStation compatible.
Click HERE for the download.

Free Book (EPUB/PDF) - X Marks the Box

Waterstone, a UK bookseller, is giving away a free download of X Marks the Box, by Daniel Blythe, in advance of the printed edition. You can choose from DRM-Free EPUB or PDF versions (optimized for larger screens) after giving them your name and email address -- I'd recommend the EPUB, which is quickly converted to any format via Calibre.

Book Description
X Marks the Box helps the ordinary citizen to negotiate the political maze. In this political primer - designed to allay fears, explode myths and shake up apathy - self-confessed born-again voter Blythe argues that politics often has very little to do with Westminster. In his role as irreverent but informed guide to the workings of politics, he offers practical ways in which everyone can politicise themselves to fight for the things that they believe in.

As the most tightly-contested general election for 30 years approaches - and one which will be fought more than ever on local issues - Daniel Blythe gives an enjoyable, useful and penetrating insight into how to make your vote count.


Click HERE for the free download, valid thru March 3, 2010.