With one day's notice, Random House is moving to Agency Pricing on it's ebooks, effective tomorrow: March 1, 2011. What this will mean is that the prices will go up on many of the books that have been discounted by Amazon and other booksellers (including many that you could use discount coupons on, when shopping at Kobo). There are rumors that they will have more free books (but, the record so far has been that the publishers that moved to Agency pricing have dropped the number of free books, instead offering low-priced early books in a series instead).
Some examples of authors that will be effected: Jean M. Auel (you can pre-order the next book in her series, THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, at $9.99 right now, rather than the $30 list), Karen Marie Moning, Stieg Larsson, Teresa Medeiros, Dan Brown (his $35 list The Lost Symbol: Special Illustrated Edition is still $3.99 right now), Ron Roy (several of the kid's A to Z titles at 88 cents tonight), Anne Mccaffrey, Nancy Pelosi ($14.95 list Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters is $3.06).
If you want to skim thru some of the current sale books and see what bargains are out there and that will probably be gone after 3AM EST (Midnight in Seattle), click on the links below. I've limited the results to books that are at least 25% off and priced under $9.99. There are a lot of $5.00 and $9.99 books on these lists that will end up being much higher tomorrow, if their pricing follows what all the other publishers have done.
There are, of course, too many to list, as this is a very large publisher. This search will get you a list of books currently discounted at 50% off or more, with a price under $10.00, but includes all publishers, not just the Random House imprints. There may be a few with higher prices in the US, as the search sometimes picks up lower prices in other countries, but those should only show up here and there..
Click HERE to read the press release.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
New Kindle Game - Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz
There's a new trivia game out for the Kindle, Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz ($1.99), from HandyXBook Description
Ultimate Sci-Fi Quiz is a trivia game for science fiction buffs. Do you think you know Star Wars from Star Trek, or Alien from Avatar?
Test your science fiction knowledge with 1,000 questions about sci-fi movies and TV shows from past to present. Questions are drawn from topics such as Back to the Future, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Blade Runner, Forbidden Planet, The Fly, E.T., Terminator, X-Files, Dr. Who, Space 1999, The Twilight Zone, The Matrix, and Jurassic Park. Answer sets of questions ranging from easy to hard, in rounds of 10, or in a continuous stream. Or turn on a question countdown timer for an even greater challenge. Be warned, you may be surprised at how challenging some of the more difficult questions may be!
Do you have what it takes to answer them all?
Free Book Update (nook)
The business and non-fiction books from he morning are all now free from B&N. Here are links to the book summaries, with B&N links in each post:
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Interactive Language Training and non-English Bargain Books (Kindle)
There are now eight total language training apps out for Kindle, all from 24/7. Each language has a pair of apps, just as with the Interactive Spanish Language Training that I originally detailed. All the apps are $3.99 each and are targeted at reading comprehension (there doesn't appear to be support yet for Kindle Apps to use the speaker, which would allow pronunciation guides). Since the description is nearly identical for each title, I'm only going to include the first one, but there are links for all of the languages (so far) available.
24-7 French - Vocabulary and 24-7 French - Basic Phrases
24-7 German - Vocabulary and 24-7 German - Basic Phrases
24-7 Italian - Vocabulary and 24-7 Italian - Basic Phrases
24-7 Spanish - Vocabulary and 24-7 Spanish - Basic Phrases
App Description
Learn French/German/Italian/Spanish with your own personal language tutor.
24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.
Content includes basic vocabulary organized in 22 categories including Family & Friends, Travel, Home, Office, School, Countryside, Around Town, Other Nouns, Food & Drink, Clothing, Weather, Time & Date, Pronouns, Adjectives, Opposites, Colors, Descriptives and Numbers. French - French/German/Italian/Spanish is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases in that it provides basic vocabulary terms versus full phrases.
24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.
Content includes conversational phrases organized in 12 categories including First Phrases, Greetings, Getting to Know, Communication, Questions, Wants, Needs, Feelings, Common Expressions, Interjections, To Go, and other common and miscellaneous phrases. French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary in that it provides full phrases versus basic vocabulary terms.
French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a useful tool for beginners who may wish to refresh basic [language] skills, and a great companion for a trip in a [non-English]-speaking country.
If your language skills are a little more advanced (or English isn't your first language), you might want to venture into the world of Foreign Language Kindle eBooks (or, at least foreign to most of those born in Amazon's native land). What you may not have realized is that Amazon has a page to spotlight some of them, making a few of them easier to find. I've pulled a few out that are bargain priced, but my language skills aren't sufficient to give you an opinion of the translations or writing, so be sure to sample first.
Límites (Spanish Edition) ($2.99), by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. The english edition, Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No, is $10.99, on this title from Christian publisher Zondervan.
Book Description
Is your life out of control? Do people take advantage of you? Do you have trouble saying no? Are you disappointed with God because of unanswered prayers? Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. In other words, boundaries define who we are and who we are not. Boundaries impact all areas of our lives: Physical boundaries helps us determine who may touch us and under what circumstances. Mental boundaries give us the freedom to have our own thoughts and opinions. Emotional boundaries help us deal with our own emotions and disengage from the harmful, manipulative emotions of others. Spiritual boundaries help us distinguish God's will from our own and give us renewed awe for our Creator. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend offer Biblically based answers to tough questions, showing us how to set healthy boundaries with our parents, spouses, children, friends, co-workers, and even ourselves.
Prime de vie (French Edition) ($2.99), by Romuald Reber, is a novella length selection.
Book Description
En l'an 2020, la société humaine, confrontée à la montée de la violence urbaine, civique et économique, à la dégradation de son environnement et à la déshumanisation comportementale de sa population, a accepté pour survivre, une nouvelle justice. Cette nouvelle justice devra lui garantir un avenir et un nouvel espoir. Dorénavant, chaque être humain devra s'acquitter d'une prime de vie. Quel en sera le prix?
Le très grand nettoyage (French Edition) ($2.99), by Romuald Reber, appears to be novel length and looked pretty interesting from the BabelFish translation.
Book Description
Jeremy Parker est chercheur en nanotechnologies. Il a 27 ans, et vit à Londres en 2025. Le monde est saturé de déchets, il pleut du plastique à chaque orage. La nourriture commence à manquer. Lui, rêve de nettoyer la planète grâce à ses inventions. Mais la triste réalité économique de la société, profondément cynique, qui l'entoure, le contraint à travailler sur des projets moins idéalistes...
Alors que la majorité des urbains des grandes capitales prennent de la drogue du rêve pour fuir leur triste quotidien, lui s'accroche à son projet. Il y consacre tout le temps que son travail lui laisse. Mais, bientôt, une suite d'évènements incontrôlés va tout faire basculer. Les alliages métalliques vont disparaître. Le chaos s'installe. Parker et ses compagnons vont essayer de balancer les catastrophes qui se répandent sur la planète terre. Une de ces inventions nanotechnologiques va procéder au très grand nettoyage, tous les produits dérivés du pétrole vont disparaître. En parallèle, un autre évènement naturel va transformer le monde animal et déclencher le retour des esprits de la nature. Les cartes vont être redistribuées sur la planète terre. Le monde que nous connaissons va basculer dans un nouvel âge.
tim special '10: About man, innovation and proces- Modern Times in der IT? (free), by Thomas Wust, is a free issue of an IT magazine over on Sony.
Book Description
Wer erinnert sich nicht an den zappeligen Arbeiter Charlie in amodern times", gespielt und uraufgefuhrt von Charles Chaplin im Jahr 1936, der allzu oft mit dem Takt des monotonen Fliessbandes nicht mithalten kann. Mittlerweile sind wir weit uber den Taylorismus, der von Frederik Winslow Taylor gegrundeten Denkschule der Prozesssteuerung zentraler Arbeitsablaufe, hinausgewachsen und verfugen uber zahlreiche Sichten auf Prozesse und Prozessoptimierungen, die auch oder gerade dem Produktions- und Innovationsfaktor Mensch gerechter werden.
Libérese del temor (Spanish Edition) ($1.24), by H. Norman Wright, is another from Thomas Nelson. The English editionappears to be out of print.
Book Description
Millones de personas luchan con el temor. En Liberese del temor, el doctor H. Norman Wright le ayudara a comprender sus temores y los efectos negativos que ellos tienen en su vida, tambien proporciona formas comprobadas de mantener sus pensamientos y sus sentimientos lejos del miedo y llevarlos hacia una vida de fe y de esperanza.
Usted aprendera tecnicas practicas y ejercicios para establecer un patron de vida sin preocupacion que le liberaran de las garras del temor en su vida. Si usted esta luchando con temores fisicos, tales como el miedo de volar, o temores emocionales, como el miedo al compromiso o al abandono, el doctor Wright, con su experiencia como consejero le ensenara como vencer la ansiedad.
Actitudes Que Atraen El Éxito (Spanish Edition) ($1.71), by Dr. Wayne Cordeiro. In English, Thomas Nelson title sells for $9.87.
Book Description
Does your cup runneth over, or is life running you over? Here are practical steps to building internal values and perspectives that will change your life! Embedded in God's Word are the keys to abundant living, and Hawaiian pastor Wayne Cordeiro guides you through those keys with humor and insight. This book will show you the common mistakes people make without realizing it; what separates successful people from unsuccessful ones; how to see people as God does; and how to change the way you think. You are just an attitude away from a fantastic life!
L'abito da sposa (Italian Edition) ($0.99) and Voglio sentirmi dire tu sei mia (PoeBook) (Italian Edition) ($2.99), by Elisabetta Randazzo
L'abito da sposa (Italian Edition)
Palermo, Italia, 1938: la guerra è ancora lontana. Glitter è un giovane artista tedesco, venuto in Italia per fare pratica di pittura. Elisheva è la giovane figlia di un sarto di famiglia ebrea. Si incontrano e si innamorano, vivono insieme un'estate fatta di sole, baci, bellissimi tramonti, spensierati e completamente avvolti dal loro amore.
Ma la realtà è impietosa: Glitter riceve l'ordine di arruolamento nella Wehrmacht e Elisheva deve fare i conti con le leggi razziali fasciste. Devono scegliere fra la vita e l'amore. Si perdono, si cercano e combattono per il loro amore.
Voglio sentirmi dire tu sei mia (Poetry) (Italian Edition)
Qual è il confine fra amore, desiderio e passione? Esplorando questo territorio ci si imbatte in queste poesie, nelle quali il sussurro di un'anima innamorata diventa urlo di desiderio.
Dello scorrere di una vita l’autrice raccoglie e lega i momenti pervasi dall’amore o dall’ansia di essere amata. Solo questi considera realmente vissuti e ce li porge per condividere questa vita breve fatta di istanti di felicità, tristezza o piacere, ma vissuti intensamente. Costruisce un libro che è un palcoscenico di emozioni, un libro che legge nel nostro cuore e che si apre al nostro animo solamente se vi trova il seme dell’amore.
Germoglia, il seme, in desiderio e passione, affonda le radici nel piacere, ma il sorgere della passione non toglie alcuna tenerezza né rinnega alcun romanticismo. Unite sono due anime, anche se attraverso le sensazioni e gli umori del corpo e della carne.
L’amore è amare, desiderare e vivere la passione, baciare e affondare le unghie. Amare è possedere l’altra anima ed esserne, al contempo, posseduti. Donarsi quando l’altro si dona, senza limiti. Perché l’amore non conosce limiti e il seme dell’amore che abbia confini non è una pianta che attecchisce.
Questo amore è un tocco, un soffio che ci fa rabbrividire, aguzza i nostri sensi e ci fa respirare il desiderio di soddisfare il piacere. Prendimi, dice l’autrice, fammi sentire che sono tua, solo così sentirò che sei mio.
Supply Chain Management auf Basis von SAP-Systemen: Perspektiven der Auftragsabwicklung für Industriebetriebe (SAP Kompetent) (German Edition) ($4.57), by Gerhard Knolmayer, Peter Mertens and Alexander Zeier, is a bit technical for pleasure reading, but it's the exact sort of book that they warned us we might need to read in another language after college (not only in my field, but the language I studied; I think, though, that I'll past on it at this point). Amazon is clearing out the German edition (the Hardcover is $4.95), but English titles in this series from Springer can run from $44 on Kindle to over $55 in print, which is pretty typical for the subject matter and technical level. This one appears to correspond to this English title ($44.77).
Book Description
Das Buch stellt den Auftragsdurchlauf innerbetrieblich und über Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg auf Basis der SAP-Produkte R/3 und APO dar. Zugleich werden künftige Entwicklungstendenzen der SAP-Systeme aufgezeigt.
Perdu dans le temps, tome 1 (French Edition) ($3.00), by Alain Lefebvre
Book Description
Vincent Tria trouve dans le tiroir de son bureau une machine à voyager dans le temps qui ressemble et qui a la taille d'une calculette. Féru de SF, il en comprend immédiatement l'intérêt et le maniement. Très excité, il tente un petit voyage (la veille) pour vérifier le fonctionnement : ça marche!
Un seul problème, quand il retourne dans son temps, la place est déjà prise, il se retrouve face à son double… Il met un moment à se rendre à l'évidence : il est perdu dans le temps!
Dès lors, notre homme n'a plus qu'une obsession : retrouver un monde à soi et sortir enfin de ce voyage sans retour possible à la case départ. Des moments forts vont émailler chacun des chapitres qui seront l'occasion de nous plonger dans les affres de situations complètement inédites.
Grandoria (French Edition) ($0.99), by Dominique Raymond Poirier
Book Description
Largement banni par les media français, en raison de sa critique de la démocratie sociale interventionniste, ce thriller dystopien raconte une lutte de dix années d’un individu isolé contre un état qui le déclare nuisible à la société.
L'action se déroule dans un hypothétique futur pas très éloigné de notre époque, dans un pays appelé Grandoria et situé quelque part en Europe de l'Ouest. Richard Martin, le héros, doit lutter pour échapper aux menaces d'une mystérieuse société secrète dissidente de la Franc-maçonnerie, parce que cette dernière craint que celui qu'elle tient pour un redoutable espion étranger ne dévoile ses sales petits secrets.
Au début, Richard Martin est cadre fonctionnaire en charge de la communication publique, mais l'annexe du Ministère des Affaires Culturelles dans laquelle il travaille est en réalité une couverture destinée à masquer sa véritable vocation : la manipulation de l'opinion publique selon les orientations politiques et économiques choisies par les dirigeant du pays.
La vie de Richard Martin va basculer pour des raisons qu'il ne s'explique pas, et qui le forceront à enquêter sur la machine politique de son propre pays pour tenter de savoir pourquoi il est soudainement privé du droit de travailler, expulsé de chez lui, déplacé dans une dangereuse cité-dortoir et harcelé.
Minutes (French Edition) ($0.99), by Dominique Raymond Poirier
Book Description
Le docteur Théodore Arenson, directeur de recherches de l’accélérateur statique du Centre de Recherches en Physique Fondamentale, fait une découverte étonnante lors de recherches sur la reproduction de mini trous noirs : un accès à une dimension temporelle parallèle à la notre, mais fort différente car les lois de la physique y sont altérées. En explorant avec succès cette dimension au caractéristiques déroutantes, Robert Haas, l’ami et cobaye volontaire du docteur Arenson, va voir sa vie basculer et son avenir totalement changer. Des développements de cette collaboration, se renforcera une amitié déjà profonde entre les deux hommes, et ceux-ci, à la suite d’un incident a priori insignifiant lors d’un retour dans notre dimension temporelle, n’auront plus d’autre choix que de partager un étrange destin que le reste du monde sera incapable d’expliquer.
Dominique Raymond Poirier a précédemment publié Grandoria, un long thriller dystopien, et Le Cavalier d’Allah, un thriller mêlant terrorisme, politique et espionnage.
24-7 French - Vocabulary and 24-7 French - Basic Phrases24-7 German - Vocabulary and 24-7 German - Basic Phrases
24-7 Italian - Vocabulary and 24-7 Italian - Basic Phrases
24-7 Spanish - Vocabulary and 24-7 Spanish - Basic Phrases
App Description
Learn French/German/Italian/Spanish with your own personal language tutor.
24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.
Content includes basic vocabulary organized in 22 categories including Family & Friends, Travel, Home, Office, School, Countryside, Around Town, Other Nouns, Food & Drink, Clothing, Weather, Time & Date, Pronouns, Adjectives, Opposites, Colors, Descriptives and Numbers. French - French/German/Italian/Spanish is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases in that it provides basic vocabulary terms versus full phrases.
24-7 French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is a fun way to learn a language. Going beyond a phrasebook or set of flashcards, this title provides a set of interactive study tools to help you learn the language, including traditional flashcards, a multiple choice quiz, an entertaining hangman-style game, and a write-in quiz to test language recall.
Content includes conversational phrases organized in 12 categories including First Phrases, Greetings, Getting to Know, Communication, Questions, Wants, Needs, Feelings, Common Expressions, Interjections, To Go, and other common and miscellaneous phrases. French/German/Italian/Spanish - Basic Phrases is different from 24-7's other language tutor title French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary in that it provides full phrases versus basic vocabulary terms.
French/German/Italian/Spanish - Vocabulary is a useful tool for beginners who may wish to refresh basic [language] skills, and a great companion for a trip in a [non-English]-speaking country.
If your language skills are a little more advanced (or English isn't your first language), you might want to venture into the world of Foreign Language Kindle eBooks (or, at least foreign to most of those born in Amazon's native land). What you may not have realized is that Amazon has a page to spotlight some of them, making a few of them easier to find. I've pulled a few out that are bargain priced, but my language skills aren't sufficient to give you an opinion of the translations or writing, so be sure to sample first.
Límites (Spanish Edition) ($2.99), by Henry Cloud and John Townsend. The english edition, Boundaries: When To Say Yes, How to Say No, is $10.99, on this title from Christian publisher Zondervan.Book Description
Is your life out of control? Do people take advantage of you? Do you have trouble saying no? Are you disappointed with God because of unanswered prayers? Having clear boundaries is essential to a healthy, balanced lifestyle. A boundary is a personal property line that marks those things for which we are responsible. In other words, boundaries define who we are and who we are not. Boundaries impact all areas of our lives: Physical boundaries helps us determine who may touch us and under what circumstances. Mental boundaries give us the freedom to have our own thoughts and opinions. Emotional boundaries help us deal with our own emotions and disengage from the harmful, manipulative emotions of others. Spiritual boundaries help us distinguish God's will from our own and give us renewed awe for our Creator. Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend offer Biblically based answers to tough questions, showing us how to set healthy boundaries with our parents, spouses, children, friends, co-workers, and even ourselves.
Prime de vie (French Edition) ($2.99), by Romuald Reber, is a novella length selection.Book Description
En l'an 2020, la société humaine, confrontée à la montée de la violence urbaine, civique et économique, à la dégradation de son environnement et à la déshumanisation comportementale de sa population, a accepté pour survivre, une nouvelle justice. Cette nouvelle justice devra lui garantir un avenir et un nouvel espoir. Dorénavant, chaque être humain devra s'acquitter d'une prime de vie. Quel en sera le prix?
Le très grand nettoyage (French Edition) ($2.99), by Romuald Reber, appears to be novel length and looked pretty interesting from the BabelFish translation.Book Description
Jeremy Parker est chercheur en nanotechnologies. Il a 27 ans, et vit à Londres en 2025. Le monde est saturé de déchets, il pleut du plastique à chaque orage. La nourriture commence à manquer. Lui, rêve de nettoyer la planète grâce à ses inventions. Mais la triste réalité économique de la société, profondément cynique, qui l'entoure, le contraint à travailler sur des projets moins idéalistes...
Alors que la majorité des urbains des grandes capitales prennent de la drogue du rêve pour fuir leur triste quotidien, lui s'accroche à son projet. Il y consacre tout le temps que son travail lui laisse. Mais, bientôt, une suite d'évènements incontrôlés va tout faire basculer. Les alliages métalliques vont disparaître. Le chaos s'installe. Parker et ses compagnons vont essayer de balancer les catastrophes qui se répandent sur la planète terre. Une de ces inventions nanotechnologiques va procéder au très grand nettoyage, tous les produits dérivés du pétrole vont disparaître. En parallèle, un autre évènement naturel va transformer le monde animal et déclencher le retour des esprits de la nature. Les cartes vont être redistribuées sur la planète terre. Le monde que nous connaissons va basculer dans un nouvel âge.
tim special '10: About man, innovation and proces- Modern Times in der IT? (free), by Thomas Wust, is a free issue of an IT magazine over on Sony.Book Description
Wer erinnert sich nicht an den zappeligen Arbeiter Charlie in amodern times", gespielt und uraufgefuhrt von Charles Chaplin im Jahr 1936, der allzu oft mit dem Takt des monotonen Fliessbandes nicht mithalten kann. Mittlerweile sind wir weit uber den Taylorismus, der von Frederik Winslow Taylor gegrundeten Denkschule der Prozesssteuerung zentraler Arbeitsablaufe, hinausgewachsen und verfugen uber zahlreiche Sichten auf Prozesse und Prozessoptimierungen, die auch oder gerade dem Produktions- und Innovationsfaktor Mensch gerechter werden.
Libérese del temor (Spanish Edition) ($1.24), by H. Norman Wright, is another from Thomas Nelson. The English editionappears to be out of print.Book Description
Millones de personas luchan con el temor. En Liberese del temor, el doctor H. Norman Wright le ayudara a comprender sus temores y los efectos negativos que ellos tienen en su vida, tambien proporciona formas comprobadas de mantener sus pensamientos y sus sentimientos lejos del miedo y llevarlos hacia una vida de fe y de esperanza.
Usted aprendera tecnicas practicas y ejercicios para establecer un patron de vida sin preocupacion que le liberaran de las garras del temor en su vida. Si usted esta luchando con temores fisicos, tales como el miedo de volar, o temores emocionales, como el miedo al compromiso o al abandono, el doctor Wright, con su experiencia como consejero le ensenara como vencer la ansiedad.
Actitudes Que Atraen El Éxito (Spanish Edition) ($1.71), by Dr. Wayne Cordeiro. In English, Thomas Nelson title sells for $9.87.Book Description
Does your cup runneth over, or is life running you over? Here are practical steps to building internal values and perspectives that will change your life! Embedded in God's Word are the keys to abundant living, and Hawaiian pastor Wayne Cordeiro guides you through those keys with humor and insight. This book will show you the common mistakes people make without realizing it; what separates successful people from unsuccessful ones; how to see people as God does; and how to change the way you think. You are just an attitude away from a fantastic life!
L'abito da sposa (Italian Edition) ($0.99) and Voglio sentirmi dire tu sei mia (PoeBook) (Italian Edition) ($2.99), by Elisabetta RandazzoL'abito da sposa (Italian Edition)
Palermo, Italia, 1938: la guerra è ancora lontana. Glitter è un giovane artista tedesco, venuto in Italia per fare pratica di pittura. Elisheva è la giovane figlia di un sarto di famiglia ebrea. Si incontrano e si innamorano, vivono insieme un'estate fatta di sole, baci, bellissimi tramonti, spensierati e completamente avvolti dal loro amore.
Ma la realtà è impietosa: Glitter riceve l'ordine di arruolamento nella Wehrmacht e Elisheva deve fare i conti con le leggi razziali fasciste. Devono scegliere fra la vita e l'amore. Si perdono, si cercano e combattono per il loro amore.
Voglio sentirmi dire tu sei mia (Poetry) (Italian Edition)
Qual è il confine fra amore, desiderio e passione? Esplorando questo territorio ci si imbatte in queste poesie, nelle quali il sussurro di un'anima innamorata diventa urlo di desiderio.
Dello scorrere di una vita l’autrice raccoglie e lega i momenti pervasi dall’amore o dall’ansia di essere amata. Solo questi considera realmente vissuti e ce li porge per condividere questa vita breve fatta di istanti di felicità, tristezza o piacere, ma vissuti intensamente. Costruisce un libro che è un palcoscenico di emozioni, un libro che legge nel nostro cuore e che si apre al nostro animo solamente se vi trova il seme dell’amore.
Germoglia, il seme, in desiderio e passione, affonda le radici nel piacere, ma il sorgere della passione non toglie alcuna tenerezza né rinnega alcun romanticismo. Unite sono due anime, anche se attraverso le sensazioni e gli umori del corpo e della carne.
L’amore è amare, desiderare e vivere la passione, baciare e affondare le unghie. Amare è possedere l’altra anima ed esserne, al contempo, posseduti. Donarsi quando l’altro si dona, senza limiti. Perché l’amore non conosce limiti e il seme dell’amore che abbia confini non è una pianta che attecchisce.
Questo amore è un tocco, un soffio che ci fa rabbrividire, aguzza i nostri sensi e ci fa respirare il desiderio di soddisfare il piacere. Prendimi, dice l’autrice, fammi sentire che sono tua, solo così sentirò che sei mio.
Supply Chain Management auf Basis von SAP-Systemen: Perspektiven der Auftragsabwicklung für Industriebetriebe (SAP Kompetent) (German Edition) ($4.57), by Gerhard Knolmayer, Peter Mertens and Alexander Zeier, is a bit technical for pleasure reading, but it's the exact sort of book that they warned us we might need to read in another language after college (not only in my field, but the language I studied; I think, though, that I'll past on it at this point). Amazon is clearing out the German edition (the Hardcover is $4.95), but English titles in this series from Springer can run from $44 on Kindle to over $55 in print, which is pretty typical for the subject matter and technical level. This one appears to correspond to this English title ($44.77).Book Description
Das Buch stellt den Auftragsdurchlauf innerbetrieblich und über Unternehmensgrenzen hinweg auf Basis der SAP-Produkte R/3 und APO dar. Zugleich werden künftige Entwicklungstendenzen der SAP-Systeme aufgezeigt.
Perdu dans le temps, tome 1 (French Edition) ($3.00), by Alain LefebvreBook Description
Vincent Tria trouve dans le tiroir de son bureau une machine à voyager dans le temps qui ressemble et qui a la taille d'une calculette. Féru de SF, il en comprend immédiatement l'intérêt et le maniement. Très excité, il tente un petit voyage (la veille) pour vérifier le fonctionnement : ça marche!
Un seul problème, quand il retourne dans son temps, la place est déjà prise, il se retrouve face à son double… Il met un moment à se rendre à l'évidence : il est perdu dans le temps!
Dès lors, notre homme n'a plus qu'une obsession : retrouver un monde à soi et sortir enfin de ce voyage sans retour possible à la case départ. Des moments forts vont émailler chacun des chapitres qui seront l'occasion de nous plonger dans les affres de situations complètement inédites.
Grandoria (French Edition) ($0.99), by Dominique Raymond PoirierBook Description
Largement banni par les media français, en raison de sa critique de la démocratie sociale interventionniste, ce thriller dystopien raconte une lutte de dix années d’un individu isolé contre un état qui le déclare nuisible à la société.
L'action se déroule dans un hypothétique futur pas très éloigné de notre époque, dans un pays appelé Grandoria et situé quelque part en Europe de l'Ouest. Richard Martin, le héros, doit lutter pour échapper aux menaces d'une mystérieuse société secrète dissidente de la Franc-maçonnerie, parce que cette dernière craint que celui qu'elle tient pour un redoutable espion étranger ne dévoile ses sales petits secrets.
Au début, Richard Martin est cadre fonctionnaire en charge de la communication publique, mais l'annexe du Ministère des Affaires Culturelles dans laquelle il travaille est en réalité une couverture destinée à masquer sa véritable vocation : la manipulation de l'opinion publique selon les orientations politiques et économiques choisies par les dirigeant du pays.
La vie de Richard Martin va basculer pour des raisons qu'il ne s'explique pas, et qui le forceront à enquêter sur la machine politique de son propre pays pour tenter de savoir pourquoi il est soudainement privé du droit de travailler, expulsé de chez lui, déplacé dans une dangereuse cité-dortoir et harcelé.
Minutes (French Edition) ($0.99), by Dominique Raymond PoirierBook Description
Le docteur Théodore Arenson, directeur de recherches de l’accélérateur statique du Centre de Recherches en Physique Fondamentale, fait une découverte étonnante lors de recherches sur la reproduction de mini trous noirs : un accès à une dimension temporelle parallèle à la notre, mais fort différente car les lois de la physique y sont altérées. En explorant avec succès cette dimension au caractéristiques déroutantes, Robert Haas, l’ami et cobaye volontaire du docteur Arenson, va voir sa vie basculer et son avenir totalement changer. Des développements de cette collaboration, se renforcera une amitié déjà profonde entre les deux hommes, et ceux-ci, à la suite d’un incident a priori insignifiant lors d’un retour dans notre dimension temporelle, n’auront plus d’autre choix que de partager un étrange destin que le reste du monde sera incapable d’expliquer.
Dominique Raymond Poirier a précédemment publié Grandoria, un long thriller dystopien, et Le Cavalier d’Allah, un thriller mêlant terrorisme, politique et espionnage.
Author Spotlight - Bob Mayer
Bob Mayer has a couple of books listed for 99 cents each. One is backlist, written under pseudonym, the other appears to be from last year. You can find a lot of his backlist for $2.99, originally published under pseudonyms Greg Donegan and Robert Doherty. The Atlantis series seems to have been published now under all three. His Area 51 series is still being published by Dell, but is mostly in the $6 range.
ATLANTIS ($0.99), by Greg Donegan / Robert Doherty / Bob Mayer, is the first in his Atlantis series ($2.99 each), originally published under the pseudonym Greg Donegan.
Book Description
By NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty (author of the bestselling Area 51 series)
Over 1,000,000 copies sold! Amazon Hot 100 in print. Amazon Top 10 in Thriller.
“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of the Shannara series and Star Wars Phantom Menace
What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world?
A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams. Three areas on the Earth’s surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost leaving behind Angkor Wat.
In 1945, Training Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, is lost under unusual circumstances, part of a secret government investigation into mysterious gates.
Near the end of of the Vietnam War, Green Beret Eric Dane led a team of operatives deep into Cambodia and encountered a strange fog near the legendary city of Angkor Kol Ker. His entire team disappears, attacked by strange creatures out of the fog. Only Dane survives to return.
Now a plane goes down. In the same area Dane lost his team. He’s called back. To find out who is the darkness behind these gates to our planet. What does this Shadow force want? It is a threat that will take on the world’s greatest military forces and defeat them. A power that will overwhelm our science and technology. A merciless enemy that will lead Dane—and the whole planet—into the final desperate battle for survival.
If you enjoyed LOST, you’ll love this book and be amazed at the similarities in concept (although this book was published before Lost).
Chasing the Ghost ($0.99), by Bob Mayer, appears to be a new title in his Black Ops series ($2.99 each), at least from the publication date and according to Fantastic Fiction.
Book Description
Covert operative Horace Chase has been chasing ghosts his entire life.
First, his Medal-of-Honor winner father who died in Vietnam without ever meeting his son. And left him the legacy of an automatic appointment to the Military Academy at West Point which shaped the next thirty-five years of Chase's life. Then, the ghost of his mother, who died while he was at war in Afghanistan and wounded, causing him to resign his commission and return to the United States, a lost soul.
Chase now wears two hats as a Federal counter-terrorism liaison to the local police department in Boulder, Colorado where he becomes embroiled in two seemingly un-related cases. Working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens, an upscale housewife attending night classes at the University of Colorado. And with his counter-terrorism team he is embroiled in a series of killings involving a militia group, a rogue ex-Special Forces officer, a psychopathic ex-CIA contract mercenary, and ruthless drug runners.
From the streets of Boulder, to the highest railroad tunnel in the world, to a swingers club hiding in plain site in suburbia, Afghanistan starts to look pretty good to Chase.
ATLANTIS ($0.99), by Greg Donegan / Robert Doherty / Bob Mayer, is the first in his Atlantis series ($2.99 each), originally published under the pseudonym Greg Donegan.Book Description
By NY Times Bestselling Author Bob Mayer writing as Robert Doherty (author of the bestselling Area 51 series)
Over 1,000,000 copies sold! Amazon Hot 100 in print. Amazon Top 10 in Thriller.
“Spell-binding! Will keep you on the edge of your seat. Call it techno-thriller, call it science fiction, call it just terrific story-telling.” Terry Brooks, #1 NY Times Bestselling author of the Shannara series and Star Wars Phantom Menace
What if the Shadow that destroyed Atlantis 10,000 years ago, comes back to threaten our present world?
A war beyond time. An enemy beyond space. A thriller beyond your wildest dreams. Three areas on the Earth’s surface defy explanation: the Bermuda Triangle, the Devil’s Sea of Japan, and a small region of Cambodia. Inside these realms, planes have disappeared, ships have vanished, and, in Cambodia, an entire civilization has been lost leaving behind Angkor Wat.
In 1945, Training Flight 19 disappears in the Bermuda Triangle.
In 1963, the USS Thresher, a nuclear submarine, is lost under unusual circumstances, part of a secret government investigation into mysterious gates.
Near the end of of the Vietnam War, Green Beret Eric Dane led a team of operatives deep into Cambodia and encountered a strange fog near the legendary city of Angkor Kol Ker. His entire team disappears, attacked by strange creatures out of the fog. Only Dane survives to return.
Now a plane goes down. In the same area Dane lost his team. He’s called back. To find out who is the darkness behind these gates to our planet. What does this Shadow force want? It is a threat that will take on the world’s greatest military forces and defeat them. A power that will overwhelm our science and technology. A merciless enemy that will lead Dane—and the whole planet—into the final desperate battle for survival.
If you enjoyed LOST, you’ll love this book and be amazed at the similarities in concept (although this book was published before Lost).
Chasing the Ghost ($0.99), by Bob Mayer, appears to be a new title in his Black Ops series ($2.99 each), at least from the publication date and according to Fantastic Fiction.Book Description
Covert operative Horace Chase has been chasing ghosts his entire life.
First, his Medal-of-Honor winner father who died in Vietnam without ever meeting his son. And left him the legacy of an automatic appointment to the Military Academy at West Point which shaped the next thirty-five years of Chase's life. Then, the ghost of his mother, who died while he was at war in Afghanistan and wounded, causing him to resign his commission and return to the United States, a lost soul.
Chase now wears two hats as a Federal counter-terrorism liaison to the local police department in Boulder, Colorado where he becomes embroiled in two seemingly un-related cases. Working as a detective with Boulder PD he chases another death, this one the apparent rape/murder of Rachel Stevens, an upscale housewife attending night classes at the University of Colorado. And with his counter-terrorism team he is embroiled in a series of killings involving a militia group, a rogue ex-Special Forces officer, a psychopathic ex-CIA contract mercenary, and ruthless drug runners.
From the streets of Boulder, to the highest railroad tunnel in the world, to a swingers club hiding in plain site in suburbia, Afghanistan starts to look pretty good to Chase.
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