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January 16, 2015
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Starting on January 18, 2015, and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of one of my books is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K. Check out CAUTION: SNAKE OIL! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation About Our Health. Also note: Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices.
For a sample, see www.cautionsnakeoil.com
Caution : Snake Oil! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation about Our Health
Heinz Kohler
For a sample, see www.cautionsnakeoil.com
Caution : Snake Oil! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation about Our Health
Heinz Kohler
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Starting on January 18, the Kindle edition of Book 2: Brainteasers of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET will be available for 99 cents in the U.S. and 0.99 pounds in the U.K. Over 150 pictures confront readers with riddles they can try to solve, illustrate proverbs they must identify, or depict scenes in which something is missing that they are urged to find. There are new conundrums on every page and there is fun for children of all ages. Even the book cover contains a mental challenge; can you see it?
For a sample, visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com
Heinz Kohler
For a sample, visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com
Heinz Kohler
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Did you know this:
On a sunny day in 455 B.C., while walking on a beach under blue sky, the Greek playwright Aeschylus was said to have been killed by what probably was a bearded vulture who mistook the writer’s bald head for a stone and dropped a tortoise on it!
This and many other stories appear in Extraordinary Birds, which is Book 1 of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET.
Starting on January 18 and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of this book is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K.
For more detail and to read excerpts visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Surfing a Magical Internet, Book 1: Extraordinary Birds
Heinz Kohler
On a sunny day in 455 B.C., while walking on a beach under blue sky, the Greek playwright Aeschylus was said to have been killed by what probably was a bearded vulture who mistook the writer’s bald head for a stone and dropped a tortoise on it!
This and many other stories appear in Extraordinary Birds, which is Book 1 of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET.
Starting on January 18 and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of this book is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K.
For more detail and to read excerpts visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Surfing a Magical Internet, Book 1: Extraordinary Birds
Heinz Kohler
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Did you know that the manna that fell from heaven was most likely a desert plant? Read all about it and much more:
Beginning on January 18, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon UK for 0.99 British pounds. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual PlantsHeinz Kohler
Beginning on January 18, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon UK for 0.99 British pounds. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual PlantsHeinz Kohler
November 13, 2014
Paperback Book Sale
The paperback version of my World War II memoir, MY NAME WAS FIVE, will be at sale during the Xmas season for $6.95 and free U.S. shipping at my website, www.mynamewasfive.com.
It is also available at $4 plus shipping fee at Amazon, while the electronic version can be acquired there for $3.99.
My Name Was Five: A Novel of the Second World War
Heinz Kohler
It is also available at $4 plus shipping fee at Amazon, while the electronic version can be acquired there for $3.99.
My Name Was Five: A Novel of the Second World War
Heinz Kohler
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Did you know this:
On a sunny day in 455 B.C., while walking on a beach under blue sky, the Greek playwright Aeschylus was said to have been killed by what probably was a bearded vulture who mistook the writer’s bald head for a stone and dropped a tortoise on it!
This and many other stories appear in Extraordinary Birds, which is Book 1 of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET.
Starting on November 13, 2014 and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of this book is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K.
For more detail and to read excerpts visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Surfing a Magical Internet, Book 1: Extraordinary Birds
Heinz Kohler
On a sunny day in 455 B.C., while walking on a beach under blue sky, the Greek playwright Aeschylus was said to have been killed by what probably was a bearded vulture who mistook the writer’s bald head for a stone and dropped a tortoise on it!
This and many other stories appear in Extraordinary Birds, which is Book 1 of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET.
Starting on November 13, 2014 and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of this book is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K.
For more detail and to read excerpts visit www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Surfing a Magical Internet, Book 1: Extraordinary Birds
Heinz Kohler
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Did you know that the manna that fell from heaven was most likely a desert plant? Read all about it and much more:
Beginning on November 13, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon for 99 cents in the U.S. and at a reduced price in the U.K. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual Plants
Heinz Kohler
Beginning on November 13, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon for 99 cents in the U.S. and at a reduced price in the U.K. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual Plants
Heinz Kohler
October 6, 2014
Another Kindle Countdown Deal and More
Starting on October 7, 2014 and lasting for a week, the Kindle edition of one of my books is available at a starting price of 99 cents in the U.S. and .99 pounds in the U.K. Check out CAUTION: SNAKE OIL! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation About Our Health. Also note: Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices.
In addition, the book's paperback edition is also on sale at my website, along with free U.S. shipping. See www.cautionsnakeoil.com for more detail.
Caution : Snake Oil! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation about Our Health
In addition, the book's paperback edition is also on sale at my website, along with free U.S. shipping. See www.cautionsnakeoil.com for more detail.
Caution : Snake Oil! How Statistical Thinking Can Help Us Expose Misinformation about Our Health
New Kindle Countdown Deal
Did you know that the manna that fell from heaven was most likely a desert plant? Read all about it and much more:
Beginning on October 7, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon for 99 cents in the U.S. and at a reduced price in the U.K. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual Plants
Heinz Kohler
Beginning on October 7, Unusual Plants, Book 3 of my SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET series, will be available at Amazon for 99 cents in the U.S. and at a reduced price in the U.K. It presents over 100 pictures along with fascinating stories about all sorts of unusual plants that excited people during my grandmother’s youth and are bound to do the same for us. We meet medicinal plants that may or may not heal people and others that would definitely poison them. We learn of plants that are the source of beautiful paints and dyes and of others that have long been celebrated in works of art. We study spice plants and carnivorous plants and find out how some plants came to be sacred plants. We visit night-blooming plants and nightshade plants and marvel at the world’s most remarkable trees. We meet up with exotic food plants and encounter others still that manage to prosper in the driest of deserts or on the highest of mountains. And we come across intriguing stories about reeds and cane plants and all sorts of useful “industrial” plants that have supported a great variety of human endeavors for millennia. There are amazing stories associated with all of these.
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Unusual Plants
Heinz Kohler
September 5, 2014
More Kindle News
The Countdown Deal for my World War II memoir starts on September 6, not on September 2, as previously noted. Sorry about that; I clicked on a wrong button! This electronic version of MY NAME WAS FIVE: A Novel of the Second World War will be available at Amazon for an initial $ 0.99 in the U.S. and an initial ₤ 0.99 in the U.K. At the same time, the paperback version of the book is now available at my website, at $ 7.95 (over 55% percent off the list price) plus $ 2.99 U.S. shipping.
Detail is available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Was-Five-H...
and at my website:
www.mynamewasfive.com
At the same time, the Kindle edition of Book 2: Brainteasers of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET is also available at the same prices, starting on September 7. Over 150 pictures confront readers with riddles they can try to solve, illustrate proverbs they must identify, or depict scenes in which something is missing that they are urged to find. There are new conundrums on every page and there is fun for children of all ages. Even the book cover contains a mental challenge; can you see it?
Detail is available at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Heinz Kohler
Detail is available at Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Name-Was-Five-H...
and at my website:
www.mynamewasfive.com
At the same time, the Kindle edition of Book 2: Brainteasers of my series SURFING A MAGICAL INTERNET is also available at the same prices, starting on September 7. Over 150 pictures confront readers with riddles they can try to solve, illustrate proverbs they must identify, or depict scenes in which something is missing that they are urged to find. There are new conundrums on every page and there is fun for children of all ages. Even the book cover contains a mental challenge; can you see it?
Detail is available at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_nos...
To read excerpts visit my www.surfingamagicalinternet.com. In the “Buy a Book” section, this site also shows that Amazon now provides a free Kindle Reader for most electronic devices and where to get it.
Heinz Kohler
