PLEASE. Do everyone a favor and write an Amazon review if you end up reading a book (or trying to and giving up in disgust). It does not have to be much. Just tell what you think of the book. By the way, many times I have found the 1 and 2 star reviews on self published works to be far more revealing about the book than the more stellar reviews.
Most times these books are only free for a day or two, so you have to grab them while you can. Worry about whether you really want to read it later if it seems interesting.
From the top 100 free list
As is typical, there are several religious and recipe books on the list today. I don't call them out because they don't interest me. Click on the link above and search through the Free List Tab if you are interested in such books.
[#28. 5th day. Lots of reviews - mostly positive. It was also free back in April, but I have not looked at it.]
A Short History of the World
'Finally, a world history for the layman! A must read for anybody who feels they should know more about history' Simon Montford
'Just what we all wanted but were too scared to ask for: everything that ever happened in one digestible, readable book' Matt Ridley
'A 'Now I understand where that fits in' moment on every page' Alice Boyle
There is an increasing realisation that our knowledge of world history–and how it all fits together–is far from perfect. A Short History of the World aims to fill the big gaps in our historical knowledge with a book that is easy to read and assumes little prior knowledge of past events.
The book does not aim to come up with groundbreaking new theories on why things occurred, but rather gives a broad overview of the generally accepted version of events so that non-historians will feel less ignorant when discussing the past.
To help readers put events, places and empires into context, the book includes 32 maps specially commissioned to accompany the text. The result is a book that is reassuringly epic in scope but refreshingly short in length. An excellent place to start to bring your historical knowledge up to scratch!
5 star:(16)
4 star:(2)
3 star:(2)
2 star:(1)
1 star:(0)
[#32. A good concept. How well it is executed remains to be seen.]
The History Thief: Ten Days Lost (The Sterling Novels)
In JS Nagle's freshman debut and acclaimed thriller, The Hand of Christ, CIA Officer, Dr. Michael Sterling dealt a severe blow to the Order: an organization whose charter for centuries has been to infiltrate governments and corporations with pawns that they control. Fractured but not broken, three years have passed, and the Order is back with a new plan: a plan that has the White House in their crosshairs.
And they will use Michael to get there. He has no choice: they’ve kidnapped his wife. Michael has forty-eight hours to do their bidding. Fail, and she dies, Michael, too.
Soon, the Crown of Thorns is stolen, the Shroud of Turin, too. During a state visit to Notre Dame the woman heavily favored to be the next President of the United States becomes one of the many victims from an explosion that leaves the famed Cathedral in smoldering ruins; destruction surpassed only by that of 9/11. Named in her place is Senator Matthew Faust, but he is one of the Order’s pawns.
While the world mourns, seemingly unrelated events take place in Afghanistan where Staff Sergeant York and his Alpha Team of Green Berets come across intelligence that links both him and Michael to the assassination.
With no one to trust and attacked by his own people, York escapes Afghanistan, turning to Michael for help. Together again, but on their own, Michael and York escape a CIA dragnet. Tracked by the sociopath that brought down Notre Dame; hunted by their own people, Michael and York take the reader on a fast-paced, spine tingling romp through Paris, India, Portugal, and Rome; through the pages of history itself in their effort to stop history from being rewritten.
5 star:(14)
4 star:(1)
3 star:(1)
2 star:(1)
1 star:(1)
[#77. Seems like your typical conspiracy book. Was free back in December but I never got around to looking at it.]
The Penal Colony
The future.
The British government now runs island prison colonies to take dangerous offenders from its overcrowded mainland jails.
Among all these colonies, Sert, 25 miles off the north Cornish coast, has the worst reputation. There are no warders. Satellite technology is used to keep the convicts under watch. New arrivals are dumped by helicopter and must learn to survive as best they can. To Sert, one afternoon in July, is brought Anthony John Routledge, sentenced for a sex-murder he did not commit. Routledge knows he is here for ever. And he knows he must quickly forget the rules of civilized life. But not all the islanders are savages. Under the charismatic leadership of one man a community has evolved. A community with harsh and unyielding rules, peopled by resourceful men for whom the hopeless dream of escape may not be so hopeless after all ...
‘Normally I shun such reviewer clichés as “a real page-turner”, “leaves you breathless”, “can’t put it down”, considering them to be empty substitutes for critical thought. Well, there’s always an exception: I’ve weighed those phrases carefully, and I believe that each of them accurately applies to a new novel, The Penal Colony by Richard Herley.’
— Roger Miller, Milwaukee Journal
‘intriguing, ultimately uplifting ... this fast-moving, intelligent thriller goes into top gear.’
— Publishers’ Weekly
5 star:(123)
4 star:(66)
3 star:(27)
2 star:(9)
1 star:(1)
[#85. Was also free back in March, but I never looked at it. Lots of reviews, mostly positive.]
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