Free Book (Kindle/nook) - Elvis and The Dearly Departed

Elvis and The Dearly Departed, the first in the Southern Cousins series by Peggy Webb, is a repeat freebie in the Kindle store and from Barnes & Noble. You can pick up the next in the series, Elvis and The Grateful Dead, for $4.47.

Book Description
They say you can't get to Heaven without passing through the Eternal Rest Funeral Home. And no one gets into Eternal Rest without passing muster with Elvis--the basset hound who's convinced he's the reincarnation of the King of Rock 'n' Roll. Brewing up a big ol' pitcher of Mississippi mystery, Peggy Webb's delightful new series is as intoxicating as the Delta breeze.

Normally, Callie Valentine Jones spends her days fixing up the hairdos of the dead, but when the corpse of local, prominent physician Dr. Leonard Laton goes missing, it's bad for business. So Callie and her cousin Lovie (Eternal Rest's resident wake caterer) have no choice but to go in hot pursuit of the recently embalmed, last seen bound for Vegas by way of downtown Tupelo.

In Vegas, Callie and Lovie hit the jackpot when they find the dearly departed inside a freezer owned by his showgirl mistress, Bubble Malone. But their luck runs out when Bubble decides to join her man in the afterlife. With the poisonous Laton family tree providing plenty of rotten suspects, Callie, along with some help from her basset hound, Elvis, is determined to crack this case--and have a killer singing "Jailhouse Rock" in time for her next haircutting appointment....

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Free Book (Kindle/nook) - Deliver!

Update: Now free from Barnes & Noble.

Deliver!: How to Be Fast, Flawless, and Frugal, by Jim Champy, is free in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Jim Champy revolutionized business with Reengineering the Corporation. Now, in Deliver!, the third book in a series about what’s new and really works in business, he shows how to leverage the rich treasure of potential competitive advantage that’s hiding in plain view: your operations.

Deliver! presents five original, chapter-length case studies of organizations performing at levels that were once viewed as impossible. They range from Campbell’s Soup to the U.S. Navy. Their offerings range from industrial tools to premium California wine.

What do they share in common? Their success hasn’t been grounded in breakthrough strategy: It’s built on goals, discipline, details…and the grittiness of everyday execution.

In an era of highly constrained resources, these organizations offer you the most realistic path to sustainable success: Increase operational efficiency. Drive real savings. And use those savings not merely to maintain your competitive position, but to drive it forward.

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Free Book (Kindle) - Presenting to Win

Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story: Updated and Expanded Edition, by Jerry Weissman, is multi-repeat freebie in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Thirty million presentations will be given today. Millions will fail. Millions more will be received with yawns. A rare few will establish the most profound connection, in which presenter and audience understand each other perfectly…discover common ground… and, together, decide to act.

In this fully updated edition, Jerry Weissman, the world’s #1 presentation consultant, shows how to connect with even the toughest, most high-level audiences...and move them to action! He teaches presenters of all kinds how to dump those PowerPoint templates once and for all and tell compelling stories that focus on what’s in it for the audience.

Weissman’s techniques have proven themselves with billions of dollars on the line. Thousands of his elite clients have already mastered them. Now it’s your turn!

Free Book (Kindle/nook) - A Beginner's Guide to Using Your iPad as a Business Productivity Tool

Update: Now free from Barnes & Noble.

A Beginner's Guide to Using Your iPad as a Business Productivity Tool, by Dave Caolo, is a repeat freebie on Kindle.

Book Description
Despite Apple's legendary ease of use, the iPad presents many users with a challenge. Its unique design, operating system, and applications--among other things--can be confounding to the very business people who would find it beneficial. The primary audience for this ebook is business people working in a corporate environment who have been issued an iPad by their employer and are looking to integrate the low-cost iPad into their workflow. Topics covered include syncing the iPad with Windows-based devices, working with spreadsheets, developing and presenting slideshows, app recommendations, and more.

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Free Book (Kindle/nook) - Beer Is Proof God Loves Us

Update: Now free from Barnes & Noble.

Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing, by Charles W. Bamforth, is a repeat freebie (Oct '10/Jan/May '11) in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Legendary beer expert Charlie Bamforth presents the most compelling social history of beer ever written: where it’s come from, and where it’s headed. From centuries-old cultural values to radical new approaches, craft brewing to globalization, it’s an amazing story. Bamforth tells it all–with humor, behind-the-scenes insight, and sheer joy!

Don’t just drink beer: Experience it. All of it.

Discover the extraordinary culture and history of brewing: the remarkable craft that reaches back before written history. Visit legendary British pubs now fading sadly into memory…and the craft breweries, corporate boardrooms, and home brewers that are the new future of beer. Learn how to tell a great beer from a good one…find surprising new research on beer and human health…uncover beer in the Bible (and other unlikely places)…and discover divinity and transcendence in your very next brew.

Yes, there’s more to beer than you ever imagined: It is the most complex, subtle, and remarkable beverage humans have ever created. Its story deserves to be told with love and passion. Charles W. Bamforth brings all that, plus a lifetime of brewing knowledge and wisdom. Read his book, and you’ll agree with Benjamin Franklin’s apocryphal quote: Beer truly is proof that God loves us.

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