A few formats added on these free books, the UK Kindle freebies yesterday are free in the US, and the nook Free Friday book is free for UK Kindle:
Dead and Berried (
$1.99), the second in the
Gray Whale Inn Mystery series by Karen MacInerney, is today's Deal of the Day.
Book Description
In this delicious follow-up to Murder on the Rocks, developers have returned to Cranberry Island. This time, they're planning to wipe out a natural cranberry bog, along with the island's namesake berries, to build a luxury subdivision. Natalie Barnes isn't sweet on the idea of commercial interests souring their cozy oasis, but the single innkeeper has other problems on her plate: a withering relationship with her best friend Charlene, the sudden appearance of her ex-fiance with a tempting proposal, and eerie bumps in the night suggesting the Gray Whale Inn is haunted. Worst of all, there's a killer on the loose, picking off people like ripe fruit.
When Charlene's lover – the handsome chaplain with a stake in the development – is stabbed to death, Natalie promises to find the murderer for her griefstricken friend, who's also the number-one suspect.
What Every 21st-Century Parent Needs to Know ($8.99 Kindle;
$3.10 B&N), by Debra W. Haffner, is the nook Daily Find.
Book Description
A provocative new book that debunks the myths, validates the concerns, and advises parents on how to keep their children safe and healthy in a world so different from the one in which they grew up.
Has raising children become more difficult, or are parents unnecessarily alarmed by the constant stream of stories and statistics in the media? How do those reports relate to their children? What's fact? What's exaggeration, or misinterpretation?
These are some of the questions that parenting expert Debra Haffner, author of the award-winning books From Diapers to Dating and Beyond the Big Talk, answers in her new book. She addresses head-on the good and bad news about 21st-century parents' concerns: stress, self-esteem, drinking, achievement, drugs, Internet safety, cell phones, Facebook, depression, sports, nutrition, bullying, faith, abstinence, and sex.
With compassion and clarity, backed by extensive research, Haffner provides invaluable insight into the world of children today, along with practical and reassuring tips for parents on how to tackle many of the day-to-day challenges.
Today's free Android app at Amazon is
Checkers, by AI Factory Limited. I managed to beat it (on super-easy, I will admit) and game play is pretty smooth. If you have a Kindle Fire on order, you may want to try to get this one. Amazon has said that they are testing every Android app to see if it works with the Kindle Fire and are working to help developers on any that don't make the cut (and all future apps added to the store will have to support it, it seems).
If you don't already have an Android phone, tablet or netbook, I've figured out a way to register one to your account (for a short while, anyway). First, send yourself an email from the
Getting Started page in the Android store. Then, borrow a friend's Android device or go to Best Buy and check your email on one of the Android tablets on display (use a web based email client, so you make minimal changes to the tablet, not the built-in gmail client). Install the Appstore to the tablet (it's pretty automatic, but you might need help changing security settings, which most of their people will help with -- especially if getting Amazon apps is a deal breaker for getting one of their tablets). Run the Appstore app and register with your account (you'll undo this later). Once you have done so, Amazon will let you buy any of the free apps in the Appstore. When you are finished, go back to the
Getting Started page and deregister your device. On the device itself, uninstall any apps you installed, including the appstore. Clear cookies on the browser used to check email (and history/cache, if you want). That should remove any trace of you on the tablet (at least, any that can be used to log into your account).
Book Description
Checkers, or Draughts as it is known in the United Kingdom, is one of the world's most popular board games. The earliest records of this classic game date back to the Egyptians 3500 years ago and today it is a staple in game libraries everywhere. Checkers, the app from AI Factory Limited, brings a high quality version of this beloved pastime to Android.
Checkers features a robust game engine that works well on both tablets and smartphones. Smooth animations and tastefully designed graphics make for an effortless gaming experience, while useful functions like Undo and Hints add to the rich interactivity.
Play two-player games against another person or try your hand in one-player games against a computer opponent. In one-player games, ten difficulty levels ranging from Beginner to Expert allow you to scale opponent skill level to match your own. Unlike many commercial checkers programs, Checkers correctly plays the common 2K v K; essential for quality checkers play.
Custom tailor your gaming experience with a number of different options. Forced captures, a rule in official U.S. and English matches, can be turned on or off. Select from two different boards and two different piece styles, and toggle Sound and Screen Transitions on or off.
A helpful How To Play section quickly brings newcomers up to speed on the basic rules of gameplay. Keep track of your progress by viewing the statistics page, which tracks Wins, Draws, Losses, and Win Percentage for each difficulty level played. Checkers is ad-free.
Buy an Android smartphone from AmazonWireless & get a $25 Amazon Appstore for Android credit
