Free Book - Decide Better! For a Better Life

Decide Better! For a Better Life ($9.99 Kindle), by Michael E. McGrath, is completely free to download at Smashwords. I don't know anything about the author, but he has three books in this self-help series (all are available on Kindle), according to his web site.

Book Description
Decide Better! is the essential resource to help everyone improve their lives through better decisions. The decisions you make shape your life and better decisions will make your life much better. This is the powerful principle behind Decide Better! for a Better Life. It is a thought provoking book developed to help everyone improve their decision-making skills. Each of the 90 short chapters are insightful, yet fun to read, words of wisdom that take the complexity and mystery out of decisions. It is filled with proven and comprehensive decision-making techniques that can be used right away. Not only can Decide Better! For a Better Life teach anyone how to make better decisions, it also explains how people try to influence the decision-making process in order to control outcomes.
 
About the Author
 
Michael E. McGrath is one of the world s leading experts on decision-making. He is a renowned management consultant, business executive and visionary, entrepreneur, author of five books, and family man who has studied decision-making for more than 25 years. He has applied his decision-making skills as a CEO with i2 Technologies, and he currently serves as Executive Chairman of Thomas Group. He co-founded and led Pittiglio Rabin Todd & McGrath (PRTM), one of the most successful consulting firms in the world and creator of PACETM a decision process used by many global corporations. In 2007, Michael was featured in Forbes Magazine for his CEO decision-making and turn-around skills.

Click HERE for the free download.

Free book (nook) - The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency ($7.99 Kindle), by Alexander Mccall Smith, is available free this week using a coupon you pick up in a physical Barnes and Noble store. Previously, this one was in the Kindle store for $1.99 (and several other stores, as well, including B&N), so many of you may have it, but it's a great deal for those who missed it.

All you have to do is take your nook or ANY device with B&N's eReader software installed (not the fictionwise version; although some are reporting that you don't have to show any device, just ask for the coupon) into the store and get the paper coupon code. Use the code in the B&N online store (using your computer) and the book will either be automatically added or show as a zero amount when added to your account (haven't went to get my coupon code yet, but will later this week).  This is the start of a 5-week campaign to get you into B&N stores; there will be a new free book each week. I'll post future titles as they announce them, both as reminders and to save you a trip if it's one you don't need.

Book Description
This first novel in Alexander McCall Smith’s widely acclaimed The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series tells the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to “help people with problems in their lives.” Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man, and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.

The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency received two Booker Judges’ Special Recommendations and was voted one of the International Books of the Year and the Millennium by the Times Literary Supplement.

Free Audiobook - E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer

I may have goofed on the genre of Soul Catcher yesterday (thanks all, who posted to let me know), but I'm pretty sure you will all agree that THIS one is in the Christian domain. E.M. Bounds: Man of Prayer by Lyle Dorsett, narrated by Kyle Prue ($15.98 Audio CD) is free to download at ChristianAudio, through May 31st.

The name of E.M. Bounds is familiar to anyone who has an interest in prayer. In a world awash in books that jam the isles of bookstores everywhere, few will even begin to survive the lifetime of the authors, but that is not true of E.M. Bounds. After a century, many of his books are still in print. Their long life is a testimony to the timeliness of the prayer lessons he learned from his own deep Christian spirituality. In view of the popularity of E.M. Bounds writings, it seems incredible that so little of him has been published. To remedy that amazing state of affairs, Lyle W. Dorsett has read every scrap of paper related to Bounds, and the family has made available to him for the first time a private collection of the Bounds correspondence. From that, Dorsett wrote this account of Mr. Bounds' life.

Get your free audio download HERE; enter the coupon code MayPray during checkout. After you finishing your order, you will be asked which format you prefer to download - select MP3 if you want to be able to play the book on your Kindle.

There are also a number of other biographies (Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, Edwards, Spurgeon, Moody, Lewis, etc) they have on sale this month, as well as notable philosophers, such as Aristotle, Kierkegaard, and Plato, some of the Armchair Theologian series and back issues of Christian History Magazine.  All only $4.98 until May 31, available HERE.

Sony Reader under $110

There have been a number of sales recently on the Sony Reader, both for Mother's and Father's Day, but also at Borders in advance of the Kobo Reader being released (they are promised to be in the store by Father's Day). You can pick up a Touchfor $199 and the Pocket Edition for $149 or a bit less at Amazon and many other places (Sony, Best Buy, etc) or order a Kobo for $149. WOOT, however, has a special deal today on the Sony Digital Reader Pocket Edition, which has a 5" screen. Refurbished units in Black, Red or Silver are selling for $109.99, while supplies last (often well under the one-day that their specials are on the front page). If you want one (or two), grab them while you can.

Note that I have no connection with WOOT and have not bought from them previously, but have corresponded with a number of people who have. They are a legit company and seem to be quite good at honoring their deals. The warranty is entirely from Sony (the same as if you bought it there) and covers 90 days. That should be more than enough time to discover any defect.

Video Game Day at Amazon

It looks like Amazon is having video games all day in their Gold Box Deals, starting with the DanceDance Revolution Bundle for $34.99 and a current lightning deal on Karaoke Revolution Bundle for the same price.

Game Description

• Extensive new modes, including a fresh new Workout Mode, fun new Story Mode, Kids Modes with much simpler controls and Lesson Mode (DDR School) to practice timing and the direction of arrows so that new dancers can learn the basic.
• Game bundled with DanceDanceRevolution dance pad floor controller for Wii with additional controller compatibility including: Wii Remote/nunchuck and Wii Balance Board.
• Exclusive gimmicks such as the Hip Roll and Bump Arrows appear in-game and built-in fitness functionality allows you to punch while moving your hips to get a workout in while playing.
• Costume customization of your DanceDanceRevolution dancer, including your importable Miis.
  Game include 2-4 local multiplayer support in versus mode and contains 60 tracks on disc, including major licensed master original Latin tracks.

Either or both would go great with a new Black Wii with Wii Sports Resort bundle for Father's Day (don't forget the Black Wii Classic Controller Pro or additional Black MotionPlus Controllers to go with it).

Game Description

• Netflix instant streaming functionality allows for thousands of movies, TV shows, cartoons and more right on your TV (Netflix unlimited account, Netflix disc and broadband connection required)
• Bundle contents including Wii Sports Resort and the Wii MotionPlus accessory (black) with original Wii Sports also included, along with the Wii console (black)
• Intuitive controller system highlighted by the included motion controlled Wii Remote and Nunchuk (black)
• A wealth of games at your fingertips including those on disc as well as backwards compatibility to all Nintendo GameCube games and most peripherals
• Built-in Wi-Fi access for easy connection to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection gaming services WiiWare and Virtual Console as well as the Internet

For the non-WII fans out there, there is an awesome deal on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2: Buy any version and get another Call of Duty title for free. See additional details, HERE. The only reason this deal isn't for the pure WII fan is that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 isn't available for the WII; the free titles available on the deal do include the WII (and the DS), though, so there is something for about all the consoles there.