Free Book (Kindle/nook) - Germs, Genes, & Civilization

Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today, by David P. Clark, is a repeat freebie on Kindle and from Barnes & Noble.

Book Description
The Stunning Hidden Interconnections Between Microbes and Humanity...

AD 452: Attila the Hun stands ready to sack Rome. No one can stop him--but he walks away. A miracle? No...dysentery. Microbes saved the Roman Empire. Nearly a millennium later, the microbes of the Black Death ended the Middle Ages, making possible the Renaissance, western democracy, and the scientific revolution. Soon after, microbes ravaged the Americas, paving the way for their European conquest.

Again and again, microbes have shaped our health, our genetics, our history, our culture, our politics, even our religion and ethics. This book reveals much that scientists and cultural historians have learned about the pervasive interconnections between infectious microbes and humans. It also considers what our ongoing fundamental relationship with infectious microbes might mean for the future of the human species.

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Free Book (Kindle) - Prayers for Today (UK)

Prayers for Today (US/UK), by Kurt Bjorklund, was originally a freebie available to all, billed as a 30 day sample of the book. The ASIN has been retitled and now appears to contain the entire book (there is no sample or other edition and the description has changed) and is free for UK Kindle customers only.

Book Description
A collection of classic and contemporary prayers, some derived from Scripture and others from the writings of Christian leaders throughout the centuries, this beautiful volume invites readers into a daily experience of closer intimacy with God. Each day's entry focuses on one of ten traditional types of prayer:

• Prayers of Thanksgiving
• Prayers of Confession
• Prayers of Affirmation
• Prayers of Petition
• Prayers of Renewal
• Prayers of Praise and Adoration
• Prayers to Have Christ-like Character
• Prayers for Wisdom and Guidance
• Prayers of Intercession
• Prayers of Surrender

With 260 entries -- enough for every weekday of an entire year -- Prayers for Today guides readers through a unique kind of spiritual pilgrimage, a pilgrimage toward the very throne room of God.

For any reader who's ever wanted more out of prayer or who's ever hungered for a greater sense of God's presence, Prayers for Today promises deepened communion with the One who treasures the words and longings of His people.

Free Book (Kindle/noDRM) - Cold Turkey

Update: 11/1/11 Now free on Kindle!

Cold Turkey ($5.20 Kindle), the first title in the Events Unlimited series by Janice Bennett, is free from Ellora's Cave. This romantic suspense novel is in their Blush series, which means love scenes are not graphic and there are no content warnings.

Book Description
When Annike McKinley returns to her Aunt Gerda's home for Thanksgiving she finds the body of Clifford Brody, C.P.A., bleeding all over her aunt's tax receipts. While Sheriff Owen Sarkisian and the crime team track mud through the house, the Service Club of Upper River Gulch Environs (the SCOURGEs) sticks Annike with organizing the town's Thanksgiving weekend activities, which gives her the opportunity to investigate the murder on her own to clear the chief suspect—her beloved aunt. She's soon up to her neck in pancake breakfasts, pie-eating contests, community dinners—and a raffle prize that threatens to take over her life.

After ordering Annike to stop interfering, Sarkisian is forced to beg the aid of her accounting skills to help unravel the case. She keeps a tight rein on her growing enjoyment of his company, though, for as the widow of a former sheriff of the county she is determined not to get romantically involved with another law officer. Then one of the suspects is found dead, stripped to his boxers and socks in a vat of apricot brandy. Before the murderer is captured, both Annike and Sarkisian narrowly avoid adding to the body count.

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Free Book (Kindle) - Strategy Power Plays

Update: 10/31/11 As expected, now free in the US.

Strategy Power Plays: Winning business ideas from the world's greatest strategic minds: Niccolo Machiavelli and Sun Tzu, by Tim Phillips and Karen Mccreadie, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store. It is likely to be free in the US by morning.

Book Description
Based on the success of the distinctive Infinite Success series, Infinite Ideas has now brought together some of the best ideas from that series to form a themed compendium. In Strategy power plays, Karen McCreadie and Tim Phillips combine some of the greatest political and military stategic concepts from their interpretations of these two classics - Niccolo Machiavelli's The Prince; Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Here, in one handy volume McCreadie and Phillips interpret the key ideas in these classics for the modern world of business and life.

Free Book (Kindle/noDRM) - Creed

Update: 10/31/11 As expected, now free in the US and from ChristianBook.

Creed: Connect to the Basic Essentials of Historic Christian Faith, by Winfield Bevins, is free for UK customers in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Navpress. It is likely to be free in the US by morning.

Book Description
When the doctrinal, ethical, and spiritual foundations of the faith are presented together, they offer a balanced model for the Christian life.

This pocket guide summarizes these foundations by studying the Ten Commandments, the Apostles' Creed, and the Lord's Prayer. Ideal as a discipleship tool to equip new believers or as a refresher for seasoned Christians, Creed provides the essentials of the faith in an easy-to-understand format.

Includes discussion questions for group discussion or personal reflection.

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