I have another weekly giveaway at my blog Mr. B's Reads: http://mrbsreads.com/?p=577 Here are the books involved, they all come via www.Libboo.com. If you like a book on Libboo that I currently don't have a copy of, please let me know and I will try and earn a copy by next week.
Get them quickly as they are only good for 24 hours! I will post them again after 24 hours if they are not all gone. Eat 'em up!
The Mayans called it the gateway to the underworld. The Taino Indians revered it as the birthplace of mankind. But for retired detective, Carlos Consuelo, it’s just a sea cave - shelter from a hurricane that’s bearing down on his tiny Caribbean island. However, he's about to enter a dangerous realm, one filled with towering sandcastles, blood-thirsty crustaceans, and a mystery that goes far deeper than he ever could've imagined.
In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial lives in the rustic backwaters of the New World, devoted primarily to family, craft, and the private pursuit of wealth and happiness. None set out to become "revolutionary" by ambition, but when events in Boston escalated, they found themselves thrust into a crisis that moved, in a matter of months, from protest to war. In this remarkable book, the historian Jack Rakove shows how the private lives of these men were suddenly transformed into public careers--how Washington became a strategist, Franklin a pioneering cultural diplomat, Madison a sophisticated constitutional thinker, and Hamilton a brilliant policymaker. Rakove shakes off accepted notions of these men as godlike visionaries, focusing instead on the evolution of their ideas and the crystallizing of their purpose. In Revolutionaries, we see the founders before they were fully formed leaders, as individuals whose lives were radically altered by the explosive events of the mid-1770s. They were ordinary men who became extraordinary--a transformation that finally has the literary treatment it deserves. Spanning the two crucial decades of the country's birth, from 1773 to 1792, Revolutionaries uses little-known stories of these famous (and not so famous) men to capture--in a way no single biography ever could--the intensely creative period of the republic's founding. From the Boston Tea Party to the First Continental Congress, from Trenton to Valley Forge, from the ratification of the Constitution to the disputes that led to our two-party system, Rakove explores the competing views of politics, war, diplomacy, and society that shaped our nation. Thoughtful, clear-minded, and persuasive, Revolutionaries is a majestic blend of narrative and intellectual history, one of those rare books that makes us think afresh about how the country came to be, and why the idea of America endures.
It seemed the perfect stunt to save the ailing Adventure Channel. When a famed anthropologist disappears in the middle of a formidable African jungle while searching for a legendary—and reportedly bloodthirsty—"lost tribe," fading star Max Carrington and his bumbling television crew swiftly set off to find him. Their goal: bring him back, alive or dead, documenting every moment along the way for a blockbuster television event. Back home, their dramatic live video dispatches from the middle of the jungle swiftly become the media sensation of the moment. But when members of the crew start disappearing as well, they realize too late that much more than the network's fortunes are at risk...
Chocrotes and the World Without Question - 8 copies available!
Meant for readers ages 9 and up. In a world of chickens, one chicken fights for the right to question. The setting for this book is a fantasy world inhabited strictly by Chickens. In this far off world, the Chickens live in fear of an evil King: Doodle Doo. This evil king, having usurped the throne from a Queen and King who believed in the power of questions and love, Doodle Doo turns the Chicken world upside down and destroys thousands of lives in the process. Chocrotes is born during Doodle Doo's reign and is raised by a scientist and professor of roostory, who believe in the power of questioning. Chocrotes believes strongly that his peaceful world has been uprooted by a fascist regime. Throughout his life Chocrotes asks questions, even though he is warned not to. This is his story.
"Second Lieutenant Jonah Forrest is finding out that having infinite lives doesn't make war any easier. Sure, downloading into a cloned body when you die is better than the alternative, but that doesn't make a Hell-Spider's claws hurt any less. Or his General's orders for suicide missions any more sane. But when his First Lieutenant gets killed in action, really killed, and when a captured Hell-Spider offers a way to get 'kills' without taking on the enemy, Forrest and his Infinity Squad will have to decide how hard they are willing to work to take the easy way out. Especially when the General starts catching on to their schemes. And when their Hell-Spider prisoner starts suggesting more and more dangerous alternative missions. And when they start suspecting that not ALL of their consciousness is transferring into their new cloned bodies. Infinity Squad: They're willing to die to free your planet from alien invaders. More than once if necessary."
This beautiful and deeply moving story of love and friendship, which has the power to reach beyond death, has already changed the lives of thousands of readers. It begins during the Year of the Tiger in the 16th century China. Two men, the Chinese Emperor's artist, wise Buddhist Master Li Wang and his mute Taoist servant Yu, have lost their families in the greatest earthquake of mankind, which devastated Shaanxi Province of China in 1556. After twenty years of mourning their loved ones, inspired by Master Li's ominous dream, they set out on a journey across the Himalayas in search of the mystical Mount Kun Lun, where all secrets are unveiled. lovers reunited, and a magical Ray of Light awaits for those who find it. Kun Lun is an exciting adventure to our inner self with profound Oriental wisdom found in the conversations between the two men, yet it is a tender love story wrapped in fantasy and spiritual fulfilment. The unexpected twists and turns of their story will keep you spellbound all the way to the surprising end. Appraised by literary critics and fiction book lovers, Kun Lun has sold out wherever it's been published. At the Helsinki Book Fair in 2003, Kun Lun surpassed the sales of Paulo Coelho's best seller "The Alchemist". Critics comments on Kun Lun: "Kun Lun and its author are the cream of the crop". Eila Tiainen, literary critic, broadcast journalist and director of Central Finland Cultural Foundation. "A remarkable book, which touched me deeply and made an everlasting impression on me". Marketta Mattila, Finnish National Television host during TV-1 cultural talk show "Voimala". “Kun Lun is a pearl!” Juha Roiha, Literary Critic, Finnish National Radio.
Phoebe Gelber’s life is pretty much planned out. She’s going to marry her long-term boyfriend Mark. They will have children together and live happily ever after. Until Mark unceremoniously shatters her dreams in a cubical of the women’s toilets after a boozy night out. Life and sanity on the rocks, Phoebe is thrown into turmoil when she meets dishy George McCally. A whole new world opens up to her, one that will challenge both her own prejudices and those of the people around her. Is love ever enough to overcome a lifetime of conditioning? Orla, Phoebe’s best friend since childhood, doesn’t seem to think so. Their longstanding friendship is in danger of collapsing under the strain of intolerance. Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend Mark turns up on her doorstep with a drug habit and a change of attitude. Phoebe sees a side of him she never knew before. The death of a mutual friend causes everyone to evaluate existing and new relationships. While some strengthen, others cease to exist. Ultimately, it is up to Phoebe to follow her heart and take a brave step towards an unconventional future.
There you have it the second Give Away on Mr. B's reads! Come and get 'em... More new titles next week.
I have another weekly giveaway at my blog Mr. B's Reads: http://mrbsreads.com/?p=577 Here are the books involved, they all come via www.Libboo.com. If you like a book on Libboo that I currently don't have a copy of, please let me know and I will try and earn a copy by next week.
Get them quickly as they are only good for 24 hours! I will post them again after 24 hours if they are not all gone. Eat 'em up!
The books:
Cracks in the Shell - 4 Copies to Give Away
https://www.libboo.com/read/cracks-in...
Tropic of Violet Series - Book 1
The Mayans called it the gateway to the underworld. The Taino Indians revered it as the birthplace of mankind. But for retired detective, Carlos Consuelo, it’s just a sea cave - shelter from a hurricane that’s bearing down on his tiny Caribbean island. However, he's about to enter a dangerous realm, one filled with towering sandcastles, blood-thirsty crustaceans, and a mystery that goes far deeper than he ever could've imagined.
Revolutionaries Only 2 Copies
https://www.libboo.com/read/revolutio...
A New History of the Invention of America
In the early 1770s, the men who invented America were living quiet, provincial lives in the rustic backwaters of the New World, devoted primarily to family, craft, and the private pursuit of wealth and happiness. None set out to become "revolutionary" by ambition, but when events in Boston escalated, they found themselves thrust into a crisis that moved, in a matter of months, from protest to war. In this remarkable book, the historian Jack Rakove shows how the private lives of these men were suddenly transformed into public careers--how Washington became a strategist, Franklin a pioneering cultural diplomat, Madison a sophisticated constitutional thinker, and Hamilton a brilliant policymaker. Rakove shakes off accepted notions of these men as godlike visionaries, focusing instead on the evolution of their ideas and the crystallizing of their purpose. In Revolutionaries, we see the founders before they were fully formed leaders, as individuals whose lives were radically altered by the explosive events of the mid-1770s. They were ordinary men who became extraordinary--a transformation that finally has the literary treatment it deserves. Spanning the two crucial decades of the country's birth, from 1773 to 1792, Revolutionaries uses little-known stories of these famous (and not so famous) men to capture--in a way no single biography ever could--the intensely creative period of the republic's founding. From the Boston Tea Party to the First Continental Congress, from Trenton to Valley Forge, from the ratification of the Constitution to the disputes that led to our two-party system, Rakove explores the competing views of politics, war, diplomacy, and society that shaped our nation. Thoughtful, clear-minded, and persuasive, Revolutionaries is a majestic blend of narrative and intellectual history, one of those rare books that makes us think afresh about how the country came to be, and why the idea of America endures.
Rumors of Savages- Only 1 copy available!!
https://www.libboo.com/read/rumors-of...
It seemed the perfect stunt to save the ailing Adventure Channel. When a famed anthropologist disappears in the middle of a formidable African jungle while searching for a legendary—and reportedly bloodthirsty—"lost tribe," fading star Max Carrington and his bumbling television crew swiftly set off to find him. Their goal: bring him back, alive or dead, documenting every moment along the way for a blockbuster television event. Back home, their dramatic live video dispatches from the middle of the jungle swiftly become the media sensation of the moment. But when members of the crew start disappearing as well, they realize too late that much more than the network's fortunes are at risk...
Chocrotes and the World Without Question - 8 copies available!
https://www.libboo.com/read/chocrotes...
Meant for readers ages 9 and up. In a world of chickens, one chicken fights for the right to question. The setting for this book is a fantasy world inhabited strictly by Chickens. In this far off world, the Chickens live in fear of an evil King: Doodle Doo. This evil king, having usurped the throne from a Queen and King who believed in the power of questions and love, Doodle Doo turns the Chicken world upside down and destroys thousands of lives in the process. Chocrotes is born during Doodle Doo's reign and is raised by a scientist and professor of roostory, who believe in the power of questioning. Chocrotes believes strongly that his peaceful world has been uprooted by a fascist regime. Throughout his life Chocrotes asks questions, even though he is warned not to. This is his story.
Infinity Squad - Only 2 copies available!!
https://www.libboo.com/read/infinity-...
"Second Lieutenant Jonah Forrest is finding out that having infinite lives doesn't make war any easier. Sure, downloading into a cloned body when you die is better than the alternative, but that doesn't make a Hell-Spider's claws hurt any less. Or his General's orders for suicide missions any more sane. But when his First Lieutenant gets killed in action, really killed, and when a captured Hell-Spider offers a way to get 'kills' without taking on the enemy, Forrest and his Infinity Squad will have to decide how hard they are willing to work to take the easy way out. Especially when the General starts catching on to their schemes. And when their Hell-Spider prisoner starts suggesting more and more dangerous alternative missions. And when they start suspecting that not ALL of their consciousness is transferring into their new cloned bodies. Infinity Squad: They're willing to die to free your planet from alien invaders. More than once if necessary."
Kun Lun - Only 1 copy left!!
https://www.libboo.com/read/kun-lun/m...
Footprints of a Servant
This beautiful and deeply moving story of love and friendship, which has the power to reach beyond death, has already changed the lives of thousands of readers. It begins during the Year of the Tiger in the 16th century China. Two men, the Chinese Emperor's artist, wise Buddhist Master Li Wang and his mute Taoist servant Yu, have lost their families in the greatest earthquake of mankind, which devastated Shaanxi Province of China in 1556. After twenty years of mourning their loved ones, inspired by Master Li's ominous dream, they set out on a journey across the Himalayas in search of the mystical Mount Kun Lun, where all secrets are unveiled. lovers reunited, and a magical Ray of Light awaits for those who find it. Kun Lun is an exciting adventure to our inner self with profound Oriental wisdom found in the conversations between the two men, yet it is a tender love story wrapped in fantasy and spiritual fulfilment. The unexpected twists and turns of their story will keep you spellbound all the way to the surprising end. Appraised by literary critics and fiction book lovers, Kun Lun has sold out wherever it's been published. At the Helsinki Book Fair in 2003, Kun Lun surpassed the sales of Paulo Coelho's best seller "The Alchemist". Critics comments on Kun Lun: "Kun Lun and its author are the cream of the crop". Eila Tiainen, literary critic, broadcast journalist and director of Central Finland Cultural Foundation. "A remarkable book, which touched me deeply and made an everlasting impression on me". Marketta Mattila, Finnish National Television host during TV-1 cultural talk show "Voimala". “Kun Lun is a pearl!” Juha Roiha, Literary Critic, Finnish National Radio.
Georg[i]e - Only 1 copy left!!
https://www.libboo.com/read/georgie/m...
Phoebe Gelber’s life is pretty much planned out. She’s going to marry her long-term boyfriend Mark. They will have children together and live happily ever after. Until Mark unceremoniously shatters her dreams in a cubical of the women’s toilets after a boozy night out. Life and sanity on the rocks, Phoebe is thrown into turmoil when she meets dishy George McCally. A whole new world opens up to her, one that will challenge both her own prejudices and those of the people around her. Is love ever enough to overcome a lifetime of conditioning? Orla, Phoebe’s best friend since childhood, doesn’t seem to think so. Their longstanding friendship is in danger of collapsing under the strain of intolerance. Meanwhile, ex-boyfriend Mark turns up on her doorstep with a drug habit and a change of attitude. Phoebe sees a side of him she never knew before. The death of a mutual friend causes everyone to evaluate existing and new relationships. While some strengthen, others cease to exist. Ultimately, it is up to Phoebe to follow her heart and take a brave step towards an unconventional future.
There you have it the second Give Away on Mr. B's reads! Come and get 'em... More new titles next week.