28. April 2010

Latest temporarily free Kindle books

There are two new additions to the free Kindle books offer from Amazon (as usual – free for a  limited time period)
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The Scent of Shadows Free with Bonus Material by Vicki Pettersson (Kindle Edition – May 11, 2010)
$0.00  Available for Pre-order. This item will be released on May 11, 2010.

When she was sixteen, Joanna Archer was brutally assaulted and left to die in the Nevada desert.

By rights, she should be dead.

Now a photographer by day, she prowls a different Las Vegas after sunset—a grim, secret Sin City where Light battles Shadow—seeking answers to whom or what she really is . . . and revenge for the horrors she was forced to endure.

But the nightmare is just beginning-for the demons are hunting Joanna, and the powerful shadows want her for their own . . .


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Dragon Keeper Free Edition with Bonus Material
by Robin Hobb and Megan Lindholm by Vicki Pettersson (Kindle Edition – April 27, 2010)
$0.00  Available for Pre-order. This item is released eff. April 27, 2010.

Enter the spellbinding world of dragons . . . and those who tend them

One of the most gifted fantasy authors writing today, New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb has dazzled readers with brilliantly imaginative, emotionally resonant, and compulsively readable tales set in far-flung realms not unlike our own. In this enthralling new novel, she returns to the territory of her beloved Liveship Traders and Tawny Man trilogies with a story of dragons and humans, return and rebirth, and the search for meaning, belonging, and home.

27. April 2010

Free eBook: Bursting the Brussels Bubble

Bursting the Brussels Bubble the battle to exposecorporate lobbyingat the heart of the EU from ALTER-EU

about ALTER-EU

The Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation in the EU (ALTER-EU) is a coalition of over 160 civil society groups, trade unions, academics, and public affairs firms concerned with the increasing influence exerted by corporate lobbyists on the political agenda in Europe, the resulting loss of democracy in EU decision-making and the postponement, weakening, and blockage, of urgently needed progress on social, environmental, and consumer-protection reforms. ALTER-EU is a coalition of organisations, not an organisation in its own right. It does not have its own staff or budget. Organisations on the Steering Committee, together with some other ALTER-EU members, contribute staff time and share the costs for specific activities. ALTER-EU is registered in the European Commission Register of Interest Representatives under number: 2694372574-63

Download the free ebook at:

http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/wp-content/uploads/bursting-the-brussels-bubble.pdf

216 Pages – 1.58 MB

22. April 2010

Free Amazon Kindle Book: Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices

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Donwload this 5 star reviewed eBook for free from Amazon.com

What people say:

“This is an excellent book that tells the truth about how much injustice and harm we do to others without knowing it”

“Everyday Justice” is a must for environmentally focused social issues collections.”

“For anyone trying to live more righteously and more justly, this is the book for you.”

Book Description

“Living justly is an overwhelming task these days. How do I know whether the coffee I’m drinking was fairly grown? Or whether my jeans were made by a twelve-year-old? It’s daunting, and we’re tempted toward apathy. That’s why Julie Clawson has done us such a service in writing Everyday Justice–in readable, compelling prose, she lays out the truth behind some of the products we use every day, and she gives us practical steps for living justly in a consumeristic age. She avoids guilt trips and writes personally. This book is needed and deserves a wide readership.”

Product Description

Where does your chocolate come from? Does it matter if your coffee is fair trade or not? It matters–more than you might think.Julie Clawson takes us on a tour of everyday life and shows how our ordinary lifestyle choices have big implications for justice around the world. She unpacks how we get our food and clothing and shows us the surprising costs of consumer waste.

How we live can make a difference not only for our own health but also for the well-being of people across the globe. The more sustainable our lifestyle, the more just our world will be.

Everyday justice is one way of loving our neighbors.We can live more ethically, through the little and big decisions we make every day. Here’s how.

About the Author

Julie Clawson (M.A., intercultural studies, Wheaton College Graduate School) is a writer, blogger, and moderator of the Emerging Women and Emerging Parents blogs. She has been a church planter and copastor of Via Christus Community Church in Yorkville, Illinois. She and her family live in Austin, Texas.

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