Free Classics from B&N (nook)

Barnes and Noble is continuing their free Classics in the B&N Free Library this week, with a new set of free classics, eleven of which have not be offered for free previously. This weeks theme is After Dark...
Tales to Read Under the Covers:

1. Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe by Edgar Allan Poe
4. The Inferno by  Dante Alighieri
5. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
6. Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
7. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson
8. Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction by Joseph Conrad
9. Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
10. Time Machine and The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
11. Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Writings by Washington Irving
12. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne

These editions are not exactly the same as you would find at Gutenberg; Barnes and Noble Classic Series editions generally have been more carefully proofread and have introductions and scholarly notes inserted in the beginning to aid in understanding the text. If you are building a summer reading list for a student, stocking up for lit classes in college or just want to revisit the classics, these are a great (free) resource.These are DRM'd epubs, though, so will only be readable on a nook or one of the B&N reader apps.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing - 99 cents (today only!)

Amazon has The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing, by Michael Harvey, marked down to 99 cents. They announced this on twitter as a one-day promotion, but didn't post it until nearly 8PM eastern; I'd expect the price to stick until at least 3AM here (and maybe most of tomorrow, but I would not count on it).

Book Description
Engagingly written and illustrated with scores of telling examples, this plainspoken how-to book for college writers identifies those qualities that most typically distinguish good writing from bad and provides practical measures for avoiding pitfalls.Included are do's and don'ts for achieving concision, clarity, and flow, as well as pointers on using punctuation, writing gracefully, citing sources, and structuring persuasive writing.Championing "the plain style" with a keen appreciation for the uses to which language can be put-including abuses to which it is prone-The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing is a guide that never fails to remind readers why good writing matters so much in the first place, in college and beyond.

Free Audiobooks - Handbook for Boys and Oliver Twist

Audiobook Sync's free giveaway continues. This week, there is, once again, one title available globally and one that is limited to distribution.

Handbook for Boys ($5.99 Kindle) by Walter Dean Myers, read by Peter Francis James

Book Description
Jimmy and Kevin could really use a guide to life.

Their activities almost land them in juvenile detention until Duke employs them in his Harlem barbershop. Duke has rules for everything. But is he offering good advice or just more aggravation?

In the groundbreaking tradition of the award–winning Monster and Bad Boy: A Memoir, Walter Dean Myers fashions a complex, layered novel about the rules for success. Handbook for Boys is the book that he wishes he could have read while growing up. It is also the book young people need to read today.

Oliver Twist ($0.00 Kindle), by Charles Dickens, read by Martin Jarvis; this selection is available only in the US and Canada.

Book Description
Dickens's classic morality tale of a starving orphan caught between opposing forces of good and evil is a powerful indictment of Victorian England's Poor Laws. Filled with dark humor and an unforgettable cast of characters Oliver Twist, Fagin, Nancy, Bill Sykes, and the Artful Dodger, to name a few Dickens's second novel is a compelling social satire that has remained popular since it was first serialized in 1837-39.

Click HERE to get the free downloads.

For those who are just finding out about Audiobook Sync, there are two new ones each week, so you have to keep checking back. You can't get any titles that have been missed, but once they are loaded into, they are yours to keep (there is no expiration date). Get today's titles quickly, as there will be two new ones up each Thursday. You'll have to sign up for an account and install Overdrive (if you are not already using it for library books). In addition, you end up clicking about three pages, for each book, before the audiobook actually downloads. Don't stop so long as you still see a button that talks about your Sync download (or until you see the Overdrive software open up). Once in Overdrive, you'll need to tell it where to save the files (just click OK to use the default location, since Overdrive will keep track of them for you), then again to actually start the download (by default, all parts of the book are downloaded; I would suggest not changing this in the last dialog box, just click on OK to get the download started).

Free Book (PDF) - Major Karnage (Tonight Only!)

Major Karnage ($9.95 Kindle), by Gord Zaja, is free direct from Wowio, tonight only.

Book Description
DON'T TALK TO HIM ABOUT THE WAR!!!!

It has been 20 years since The War, and Major John Karnage has finally settled into retirement: locked up in an insane asylum, with an explosive device embedded in the back of his neck to curb his violent tendencies.

Karnage and his troopers have been deemed unfit to live in normal society. Like a bit of old chewing gum stuck under a coffee table, the world has left The War and its scarred, unstable veterans behind. The military has been disbanded and World Peace has descended upon the Earth. Its inhabitants live happy, profitable lives under the global rule of the benevolent Dabney Corporation. All is tea and roses in this new, sanitized world . . .

Until a terrifying threat from beyond the stars rears its squiggly head! An invading armada of aliens threatens to destroy the Earth, and it's up to Major Karnage to stop them—as long as he doesn't accidentally blow his own head off first.

Click HERE to get the free book. You'll need to "like" Wowio on Facebook (so, you'll need an account on FB), then you'll see the download link after the curtain opens.

The Clayborne Brides by Julie Garwood - 99 Cents!

The Clayborne Brides: One Pink Rose, One White Rose, One Red Rose, by Julie Garwood, is available to pre-order for 99 cents (just don't accidentally click the other link for this title, as it is selling for $23.99!). This is triple-title anthology contains the second, third and fourth novels in the Claybornes' Brides (Rose Hill) series. The first in the series, For the Roses, isn't digitized yet (but I'll keep an eye out, in case they list it for 99 cents for a short time, as well, as they did for three other of her novels, earlier this month, a deal that has already expired if you missed it).

If you previously pre-ordered this volume at $7.99, you will want to find your order, cancel it, and re-order at this price point, as the pre-order guarantee doesn't apply to Kindle books. I don't expect this 99 cent deal to last long and they'll only lower the price on a pre-order if it is selling for less at the time of delivery.

THE CLAYBORNES ARE BACK -- AND LOVE IS IN BLOOM!

First introduced in Julie Garwood's magnificent New York Times bestseller For the Roses, the Clayborne brothers have been embraced by millions worldwide. Now the individual stories of these three spirited brothers -- once a mismatched gang of street urchins -- are told in a trio of special novels.

ONE PINK ROSE
Travis, the youngest of the Clayborne brothers, escorts mail-order bride Emily Finnegan to Montana -- but Emily makes it perfectly clear that she's taking charge of her destiny and nothing is going to interfere...except the journey with Travis across this beautiful, rugged land that opens her eyes -- and her heart.

ONE WHITE ROSE
Douglas Clayborne will never turn his back on anyone in need, and everyone in Blue Belle, Montana knows it...but his quiet strength faces its ultimate battle when he meets ranch owner Isabel Grant. Douglas may stop the outlaws from stealing her land, but he can't stop Isabelfrom stealing his heart.

ONE RED ROSE
Adam Clayborne has always loved the power of books. An escaped slave, reading has been his only ticket to the wonders of distant lands....Until the irresistible Genevieve Delacroix comes to Montana. Genevieve shares Adam's dreams of seeing the world, and is determined to teach Adam what he'll never learn from a book -- that true freedom only comes when you open your heart.