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Thursday, September 2, 2010

Free Audiobook - Spiritual Leadership

Audiobook Sync's free giveaway is over along with summer. You can, though, still find free audiobooks here and there. This month, Christian has Spiritual Leadership ($8.99 Kindle) by J. Oswald Sanders, read by Grover Gardner, as a free download.

Book Description
With more than 500,000 in print, Spiritual Leadership has proven itself a timeless classic in teaching the principles of leadership. J. Oswald Sanders presents and illustrates those principles through biographies of eminent men of God - men such as Moses, Nehemiah, Paul, David Livingstone, and Charles Spurgeon.

Christianity needs a powerful voice in today's world. Such a voice can come only from strong leaders guided by God and devoted to Christ. Spiritual Leadership will encourage you to place your talents and powers at His disposal so you can become a leader used for His glory.

This edition of Spiritual Leadership has been been completely revised. The language is updated with a modern flavor and a study guide has been added, designed as a tool to help you grow and successfully apply the principles in this classic book.

From AudioFile
Grover Gardner narrates this well-known classic about leadership principles with simple clarity. In moderate tones he illustrate timeless values drawn from the lives of biblical characters, such as David, Moses, and the Apostle Paul, before exemplifying the qualities of more current leaders. He emphasizes that the call to leadership comes from God and discusses the necessities of discipline, vision, and humility, among other necessary attributes. In the author's modern, easy-to-understand language, he describes leaders' traits and explains why personal growth and prayer are important. Gardner's persuasive tone encourages leaders to act with integrity and patience as they seek God's guidance and develop the need to trust Him for personal growth.


Get your free audio download HERE; lower down on the order page, you'll find discounted ($4.98) downloads for Maxwell's Leadership Series: Leadership 101 (Unabridged), by John C. Maxwell, Just Do Something (Unabridged), by Kevin DeYoung and Leaders Who Last (Unabridged), by Dave Kraft, no coupon code required.

Enter the coupon code SEP2010 during checkout. After you finishing your order, you will be asked which format you prefer to download -
select MP3 if you want to be able to play the book on your Kindle.

Anne Jackson's Permission to Speak Freely ($9.99 Kindle) is also on sale today (thru noon tomorrow) for $2.98. Order the book HERE  and use coupon code JACKSON7210. Due to the way their checkout works, you can only use one coupon code at a time, which means you'll need to order this one on a separate order from the free book above.

In May 2008, Anne Jackson asked a question on her blog, "What is one thing you feel you can't say in church?"

Hundreds responded. Everyone had a story.

Permission to Speak Freely is the unique new project and movement of author Anne Jackson, who is finished with keeping brokenness in the dark. Bringing to light the original intent of God's sanctuary as a place of help and healing, Anne reveals that through confession, both to God and to others, we can live lives that are whole and healed.

Told with disarming transparency, Anne shares what led to her own addictions and the ensuing lifestyle that left her wounded and withdrawn, but ultimately rescued and redeemed. She includes dramatic stories of others who also learned to abandon their fear, pride, and masks; to identify their hurts; and to find the courage to speak freely.

Their confessions, submitted as mixed media pieces, photography, and sketches, were collected from people across the world, and are included throughout the book. Readers will share in the opportunity to find their own path to redemption and freedom.


You can also find a number of free sermon on the Ministries at christianaudio.com page.There  are a number of Ministry partners listed on the page. Click on each one to find the free downloads (and some that are not free, so do check the prices).

Texas Tangle Under a Buck

Today's 99 cent book from Carina Press is Texas Tangle, by Leah Braemel. There may be no content warning, but I think the cover should be sufficient to clue you in that this one is more erotica than romance.

Book Description
Thanks to her cheating ex-husband and her thieving brother, all horse breeder Nikki Kimball has left is a bruised heart, an overdrawn bank account and an empty home. When sex-on-legs Dillon Barnett and his brooding foster-brother Brett Anderson start showing more than just neighborly attention, Nikki is intrigued...and a little gun-shy.

Dillon and Brett have a history; back in high school, the two friends fought a bitter battle over Nikki. Now, ten years later, Brett still longs to be the man in Nikki's life, but he's determined to stand back and let Dillon win Nikki's heart.

Society says Nikki must choose between the two men she loves. Is Nikki strong enough to break all the rules in order to find happiness?


You can also get this one at Kobo and at B&N for the same price.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

One Day Only - How to Win at College (Kindle)

Amazon has How to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's Top Student, by Cal Newport, marked down to $4.30, for today only (although they also still have his How to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less marked down to $4.65 (the one-day only price from two days ago).

Book Description
The only guide to getting ahead once you've gotten in-proven strategies for making the most of your college years, based on winning secrets from students just like you

College. You-ve been hearing about it and planning for years, and now at last it's finally here. You've taken the SATs, written the perfect admissions essay, and packed your bags. Now what?

How to Win at College is a must-have road map for making the most of the next four years: how to ace your classes, choose the best activities, assume leadership positions, befriend the right professors, and channel your interests into resume-building projects that will make you stand out from the crowd. Based on firsthand interviews with star students at universities nationwide, from Harvard to the University of Arizona, How to Win at College distills the nitty-gritty details of their winning strategies into seventy-five simple rules that will rocket you to the top of the class and still leave plenty of time for friends and fun. These college-tested-and often surprising-strategies include:

  • Don't do all your reading
  • Drop classes every term
  • Become a club president
  • Ignore your GPA
  • Never pull an all-nighter
  • Tack on an extra major or minor
  • Spend a Semester Abroad
  • Maximize your summers
  • Always be working on a "grand project"
  • Do one thing better than anyone else you know
Proving that success has little to do with being a genius workaholic, and everything to do with playing the game, How to Win at College is the must-have guide for making the most of these four important years and getting an edge on life after graduation.

Free Book (nook) - One September Morning

One September Morning ($8.96 Kindle), by Rosalind Noonan, is free in the Barnes and Noble store.

Book Description
The moment Abby Fitzgerald sees two soldiers approach her front door, she knows her husband is dead. John Stanton, who gave up his career as a star NFL running back to serve after 9/11, has been killed in Iraq. Suddenly Abby's kitchen is overflowing with casseroles brought by the army wives' club to which she has never really belonged. And her in-laws arrange a lavish funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in spite of Abby's misgivings. John had grown to hate the war even though he loved his country, and Abby can't reconcile the complex man she knew with the version being portrayed by self-serving politicians, military, and the media. Shell-shocked, Abby strives to cope with her own heartache while comforting John's loved ones, including his mother Sharice, his staunchly anti-war sister Madison, and his bitter younger brother Noah. But amidst her loss is a growing conviction that the truth about John's death is far from over.Gripping, thoughtful, and emotionally powerful, One September Morning is a story of loyalty and betrayal, of a shattered family's journey toward healing, and of the courage it takes to confront the truth not just about our enemies, but about those we love best.

Click HERE for the free download.

Fair Game under a Buck

Today's 99 cent book from Carina Press is Fair Game, by Josh Lanyon, a LGBT romantic suspense/thriller.

Book Description
A crippling knee injury forced Elliot Mills to trade in his FBI badge for dusty chalkboards and bored college students. Now a history professor at Puget Sound university, the former agent has put his old life behind him-but it seems his old life isn't finished with him.

A young man has gone missing from campus-and as a favor to a family friend, Elliot agrees to do a little sniffing around. His investigations bring him face-to-face with his former lover, Tucker Lance, the special agent handling the case.

Things ended badly with Tucker, and neither man is ready to back down on the fight that drove them apart. But they have to figure out a way to move beyond their past and work together as more men go missing and Elliot becomes the target in a killer's obsessive game...