Free Book (Kindle/EPUB) - The Holiness of God

Update: 12/5/11 Now free from Sony.
Update: 12/4/11 Now free for US Kindle customers.

The Holiness of God (US/UK), by R. C. Sproul, is free for UK customer in the Kindle store, courtesy of Christian publisher Tyndale House. I expect this one to be free in the use by morning, but not to stay free more than a day or two.

Book Description
Central to God’s character is the quality of holiness. Yet, even so, most people are hard-pressed to define what God’s holiness precisely is. Many preachers today avoid the topic altogether because people today don’t quite know what to do with words like “awe” or “fear.” R. C. Sproul, in this classic work, puts the holiness of God in its proper and central place in the Christian life. He paints an awe-inspiring vision of God that encourages Christian to become holy just as God is holy. Once you encounter the holiness of God, your life will never be the same.

Revised in 1997, The Holiness of God has sold almost 200,000 copies since it was first released in the 1980s.

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Save $5 at Amazon (KSO)

This offer is only for those with a Kindle with Special Offers:

Save $5 on a $10 Amazon.com purchase

Click on offer, then click on the link on the offer page to receive an email with the promotion code. Sign-up for this offer expires on December 6.

You'll get an email (right away), a link to the Special Offer details page and a promotion code to enter at checkout. Once you have the promotional code, you have until January 6, 2012. to complete your purchase. Like previous offers, this one requires you to use the full checkout process in order to enter your promotional code. Also, like all Amazon sales that use promotional codes, if you have a gift card balance, you must use it for the payment (if there is not a sufficient balance, then you can pick which credit card or other payment to use).

Limit one offer per customer and per device.

This one works on any physical purchase of goods "sold by" Amazon.com, other than Gift Cards. I can't imagine that you can't find at least one thing to use it on between now and the end of the year. You can go ahead and enter the promo code early (stick anything in your cart, start checkout and enter the code, hit apply, then just close the window), if you are afraid you'll forget about it before it expires - Amazon actually keeps track of the code and will use it on the next order that it would apply to (but, still, you need to use the full check out process).

Today's Deals

Additional formats on free books:

• Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids (Kindle/nook/EPUB)

Glorious Pasta of Italy ($1.99), by Domenica Marchetti, is today's Kindle Deal of the Day.

Book Description
Celebrating pasta in all its glorious forms, author Domenica Marchetti draws from her Italian heritage to share a uniquely personal collection of more than 100 timeless and modern rustic recipes. Pasta is a welcome addition to any dinner table and this gorgeous cookbook includes many favorites from her own family as well as those she has adapted from prominent Italian chefs, including crespelle baked with pork and spinach, ravioli stuffed with four cheeses, lamb ragU over saffron tagliatelle, and cappelletti 'hats' simmering in a savory broth. Additional information includes advice on equipment and ingredients plus recipes for making fresh pasta and using dried pasta. A pasta shape glossary helps the reader tell the difference between pastas like fettucine and tagliolini.

The Secrets of Pain ($1.53 / £0.99 UK), the eleventh and latest in the Merrily Watkins series by Phil Rickman, is the Kindle Deal of the day for those in the UK (no US edition).

Book Description
INTRODUCING MERRILY
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mother, exorcist, works for the Diocese of Hereford in a remote village on the border of England and Wales. Like many men and women doing an essentially medieval job in an increasingly secular society, she's never certain how much she can permit herself to believe. It doesn't help that she sometimes has to work with psychiatrists and the police. Or that her employer, the Church of England, is far from free of prejudice, sexism, greed and corruption. Or that Merrily's teenage daughter is more interested in paganism than the priesthood. No wonder she smokes. No wonder she occasionally lapses into language hard to find in the Bible.

THE SECRETS OF PAIN
The elite warriors of the Hereford-based SAS know all about pain and the enduring of it. Syd Spicer, ex-SAS trooper, has found himself back the Regiment - this time as its chaplain, responsible for the spiritual welfare of the hardest men in or out of uniform. Faced with a case which would normally be passed discreetly to Hereford diocesan exorcist Merrily Watkins, Spicer is forced, for security reasons, to try and handle it himself...and is coming close to a breakdown. Meanwhile, the scattered communities along the Welsh border have their own crisis. With recession biting deep, urban crime has spilled into the countryside and old barbaric evils are revived. When a wealthy landowner is hacked to death in his own farmyard, the senior investigating officer, DI Frannie Bliss is caught in the backlash, his private life in danger of exposure. With the framework of her own world beginning to crack, Merrily Watkins is persuaded to venture into areas where neither a priest nor a woman is welcome...to unearth secrets linked with the border's pagan past. Secrets which she knows can never be disclosed.

Virtual History: Alternatives And Counterfactuals ($3.75 Kindle, B&N), by Niall Ferguson, is the Nook Daily Find, price matched on Kindle.

Book Description
Speculative history at its best, in which a talented team of historians, led by Niall Ferguson, explore what might have happened if nine momentous events had turned out differently.

What if there had been no American War of Independence? What if Hitler had invaded Britain? What if Kennedy had lived? What if Russia had won the Cold War? Niall Ferguson, author of the highly acclaimed The Pity of War, leads the charge in this historically rigorous series of separate voyages into "imaginary time" and provides far-reaching answers to these intriguing questions.

Ferguson's brilliant 90-page introduction doubles as a manifesto on the methodology of counter-factual history. His equally masterful afterword traces the likely historical ripples that would have proceeded from the maintenance of Stuart rule in England. This breathtaking narrative gives us a convincing, detailed "alternative history" of the West-from the accession of "James III" in 1701, to a Nazi-occupied England, to a U.S. Prime Minister Kennedy who lives to complete his term.

Free Book (Kindle/nook/EPUB) - The Everything Healthy Cooking for Parties

Update: 12/5/11 Now free from Sony.
Update: 12/3/11 Now free from Barnes & Noble.

The Everything Healthy Cooking for Parties, by Linda Larsen, is free in the Kindle store.

Book Description
With a third of Americans on a diet at any given time, planning party menus can be a challenge for any hostess. Veteran cookbook author Linda Larsen has the solution! She offers you healthy cooking tips and delicious party-food recipes with your health in mind. Her recipes include lots of fruits and vegetables and low-fat ingredients like turkey bacon and tofu, so the foods are good for you and taste great! You will find many festive recipes: Cantaloupe Punch; High-Fiber Cashew Pear Bread; Low-Fat Turkey Swiss Sandwiches; Lemon Meringue Crunch Trifle; and more! With this book, you will discover that party food doesn't have to be bad for you. And that's reason enough to throw parties more often!

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Free Book (Kindle/nook/EPUB) - Great Wines Under $20

Update: 12/5/11 Now free from Sony.
Update: 12/3/11 Now free from Barnes & Noble.

Great Wines Under $20, by Elyse Luray, is free in the Kindle store.

Book Description
Great Wines Under $20 offers select wines (100 red, 100 white) from around the world and organized by type: Chardonnay, Riesling; Merlot, Shiraz, etc., with suggested food pairings. Elyse Luray writes in clear and simple language, avoiding the arcane "wine-speak" that many beginning wine buyers find intimidating. The handy and portable size makes it an essential reference, whether browsing the local wine shop or ordering online. A color-coded index provides handy icons that quickly identify food pairings — beef, chicken, fish, pasta, salad, etc., and the perfect wineglasses and tips from experts.

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