FREE/BARGAIN - Non-Fiction - 2015

[AnemicOak]

The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge is $1.99
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The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge—a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness” (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker)—covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, readable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history. From Richard the Lionheart to the mighty Saladin, from the emperors of Byzantium to the Knights Templar, Asbridge’s book is a magnificent epic of Holy War between the Christian and Islamic worlds, full of adventure, intrigue, and sweeping grandeur.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land by Thomas Asbridge is $1.99
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Great post, thanks AO. I purchased the book and am anxious to read it.

Some musings and ramblings . . . .

I have to wonder how "authoritative" this tome really is. I am mostly unfamiliar with the literature on the subject, though. (I wonder, too, who, other than the author and/or publisher, might have made that pronouncement). The book certainly is large--808 pages! But the Crusades lasted about 200 years. I think that it is generally accepted that there were six major ones and numerous minor ones. For a work on this subject to be truly authoritative, it seems to me that it would have to be encyclopedic in breadth (literally and figuratively). Methinks that books with the titles or subtitles saying "authoritative," "definitive," et al. often are engaging in more than a little bit of salesmanship.

All of us probably have some pretty strong opinions about the rightness or wrongness of the Crusades. Many Muslims, understandably, see them as wrong (just as many Roman Catholics, understandably, would consider them right). I know that some of their leaders nowadays object to anything other than one of the Crusades being described or called a "crusade." In the U.S., it has become politically incorrect to call anything a "crusade" other than one of the Crusades, in deference to the feelings of Muslims.

Historians who are worth their salt strive to write without any bias, unless it is a work in which they intend to advocate, and will openly admit to advocating, a certain position. But an eminent historian, whom I was reading from one time, stated that it is impossible for historians not to let some of their personal feelings and biases come through in their writings, as much as they might try otherwise. If nothing else, it may come through in things seemingly innocuous as what facts he or she chooses to include or exclude. As I read the book, I will be interested in finding out how much of the author's personal feelings about the Crusades come through. Of course, I will have to watch myself, too, to make sure that I do not see bias, where none exists, because I am expecting to see it!

[ProwlingBoy]

Originally Posted by GtrsRGr8

I have to wonder how "authoritative" this tome really is. I am mostly unfamiliar with the literature on the subject, though. (I wonder, too, who, other than the author and/or publisher, might have made that pronouncement). The book certainly is large--808 pages! But the Crusades lasted about 200 years. I think that it is generally accepted that there were six major ones and numerous minor ones. For a work on this subject to be truly authoritative, it seems to me that it would have to be encyclopedic in breadth (literally and figuratively). Methinks that books with the titles or subtitles saying "authoritative," "definitive," et al. often are engaging in more than a little bit of salesmanship.

Any short book (yes 800 pages is short in the context of the subject) is unlikely to be authoritative. Publishers of course excel at hyperbole. I haven't read this particular volume but over the years have read quite a bit about the subject including books on specific crusades. Steven Runciman's three volume work is very readable even though it's a bit old fashioned. A great reference is the six volume history produced by the University of Wisconsin. I used to have the series as paperbacks but all of them are available online at http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collect...y/HistCrusades. The books are searchable and individual chapters can be downloaded as pdfs - useful if you want an academic perspective or more information on a specific incident.

[Little.Egret]

E M Forster by Harry T Moore

Edward Morgan Forster (1 January 1879 - 7 June 1970) is one of the most revered of modern English novelists.

His 1908 novel, `A Room with a View', is his most optimistic work, while `Howard's End' (1910) and `A Passage to India' (1924) brought him his greatest success, and are widely considered his greatest achievements.
But what was the nature of Foster's genius, and why are his books still so popular?
The value of his fiction lies to a great extent in his representative portraits of people.

Harry T Moore examines Forster's five novels, and his collections of short stories to get to the heart of his writing, and to shed light on the life of this remarkable man.

Harry T Moore (1908-1981) is best remembered for his studies of the life and works of D.H. Lawrence. He also wrote and edited books on the writings of John Steinbeck, E.M. Forster, Henry James, as well as several collections of essays on twentieth-century literature. Moore's biography of Lawrence, `The Priest of Love' became the basis for a film starring Ian McKellen and Janet Suzman in 1981.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PB646JY/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00PB646JY/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00PB646JY/

[Little.Egret]

Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions by John Farndon and (foreword) Libby Purves

'What happens if I drop an ant'? 'What books are bad for you'? 'What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow'? The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission interviews and gives full answers to each, taking the reader through the fascinating histories, philosophies, sciences and arts that underlie each problem.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JFVOLYG/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00JFVOLYG/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00JFVOLYG/

[Little.Egret]

Endeavour Press

Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944-1945 by Charles Whiting

The Werewolves were formed in November 1944, having been recruited and trained by SS Police General Gutenberger.
A team of five men and a woman was chosen for "Operation Carnival", which was a plot to kill Franz Oppenhoff, the new mayor of Aachen, who the Germans saw as an American stool-pigeon and traitor.

Charles Whiting is the author of numerous history books on the Second World War. Under the pen name of Leo Kessler he also wrote a series of best-selling military thrillers, including `Guns at Cassino' and `Valley of the Assassins'.

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[AnemicOak]

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Award-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle. The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder was a national hero during his record-setting career with the New York Yankees, but public revelations of alcoholism, infidelity, and family strife badly tarnished the ballplayer's reputation in his latter years. In The Last Boy, Leavy plumbs the depths of the complex athlete, using copious first-hand research as well as her own memories, to show why The Mick remains the most beloved and misunderstood Yankee slugger of all time.

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He was supposed to be the next Nolan Ryan: Roger Clemens, the fearless, hard-nosed Texan with a 98-mph fastball and a propensity to throw at the heads of opposing hitters. Yet shortly after his arrival in the major leagues in 1984, it became apparent that the Ryan comparisons were simply unfair—Roger Clemens was significantly better.
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Once upon a time, twenty-four grown men would play baseball together, eat together, carouse together, and brawl together. Alas, those hard-partying warriors have been replaced by GameBoy-obsessed, laptop-carrying, corporate soldiers who would rather punch a clock than a drinking buddy. But it wasn't always this way ...

In The Bad Guys Won, award-winning former Sports Illustrated baseball writer Jeff Pearlman returns to an innocent time when a city worshipped a man named Mookie and the Yankess were the second-best team in New York. So it was in 1986, when the New York Mets -- the last of baseball's live-like-rock-star teams -- won the World Series and captured the hearts (and other select body parts) of fans everywhere.

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Award-winning sports columnist Joe Posnanski hits a grand slam with The Machine—a thrilling account of the magical 1975 season of the Cincinnati Reds, baseball’s legendary “Big Red Machine,” from spring training through the final game of the ’75 World Series. Featuring a Hall of Fame lineup of baseball superstars—including Johnny Bench, George Foster, Joe Morgan, Cesar Geronimo, and “Charlie Hustle” Pete Rose himself—The Machine is a wild ride with one of the greatest baseball teams in the history of the American Pastime.

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The Autobiography of a Boy of Summer Who Became a Man for All Seasons

Before Barry Bonds, before Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and changing the world of sports forever. I Never Had It Made is Robinson's own candid, hard-hitting account of what it took to become the first black man in history to play in the major leagues.

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Originally published the year Robinson died, I Never Had It Made endures as an inspiring story of a man whose heroism extended well beyond the playing field.

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Baseball was different in earlier days—tougher, rawer, more intimate—when giants like Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb ran the bases. In the monumental classic The Glory of Their Times, the golden era of our national pastime comes alive through the vibrant words of those who played and lived the game.

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In The DiMaggios, acclaimed sportswriter Tom Clavin reveals the untold Great American Story of three brothers, Joltin’ Joe, Dom, and Vince DiMaggio, and the Great American Game—baseball—that would consume their lives.

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For six extraordinary years around the turn of the millennium, the Yankees were baseball's unstoppable force, with players such as Paul O'Neill, Derek Jeter, and Mariano Rivera. But for the players and the coaches, baseball Yankees-style was also an almost unbearable pressure cooker of anxiety, expectation, and infighting. With owner George Steinbrenner at the controls, the Yankees money machine spun out of control.

In this new edition of The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty, Buster Olney tracks the Yankees through these exciting and tumultuous seasons, updating his insightful portrait with a new introduction that walks readers through Steinbrenner's departure from power, Joe Torre's departure from the team, the continued failure of the Yankees to succeed in the postseason, and the rise of Hank Steinbrenner. With an insider's familiarity with the game, Olney reveals what may have been an inevitable fall that last night of the Yankee dynasty, and its powerful aftermath.

Men at Work: The Craft of Baseball by George F. Will - $1.99
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In his classic tribute to America's pastime—now with a new introduction—political commentator, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and lifelong sports enthusiast George F. Will travels from the baseball field to the dugout to the locker room to get to the root of the game we all love. He breaks down the sport to its four basic components, managing, pitching, hitting, and fielding, and analyzes the way four of its notables, manager Tony La Russa, pitcher Orel Hershiser, outfielder Tony Gwynn, and shortstop Cal Ripken Jr., approach the game. One of the most acclaimed sports books ever written, Men at Work is a revelatory, and often surprising, study of professional baseball.

Memories of Summer: When Baseball Was an Art, and Writing about it a Game - Roger Kahn - $3.99
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Acclaimed baseball writer and bestselling author Roger Kahn gives us a memoir of his Brooklyn childhood, a recollection of a life in journalism, and a record of personal acquaintance with the greatest ballplayers of several eras.

His father had a passion for the Dodgers; his mother’s passion was for poetry. Somehow, young Roger managed to blend both loves in a career that encompassed writing about sports for the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, the SATURDAY EVENING POST, ESQUIRE, and TIME. Kahn recalls the great personalities of a golden era—Leo Durocher, Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, Jackie Robinson, Red Smith, Dick Young, and many more—and recollects the wittiest lines from forty years in dugouts, press boxes, and newsrooms.

Often hilarious, always precise about action on the field and off, MEMORIES OF SUMMER is an enduring classic about how baseball met literature to the benefit of both.

Lost Summer: The '67 Red Sox and the Impossible Dream by Bill Reynolds - $3.99
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In the tradition of Summer of '49 and The Boys of Summer, Reynolds takes a nostalgic look at the 1967 Boston Red Sox and re-creates for baseball buffs everywhere their miraculous pennant-winning season.

The Soul of Baseball by Joe Posanski - $1.99
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When legendary Negro League player Buck O'Neil asked Joe Posnanski how he fell in love with baseball, the renowned sports columnist was inspired by the question. He decided to spend the 2005 baseball season touring the country with the ninety-four-year-old O'Neil in hopes of rediscovering the love that first drew them to the game.

The Soul of Baseball is as much the story of Buck O'Neil as it is the story of baseball. Driven by a relentless optimism and his two great passions—for America's pastime and for jazz, America's music—O'Neil played solely for love. In an era when greedy, steroid-enhanced athletes have come to characterize professional ball, Posnanski offers a salve for the damaged spirit: the uplifting life lessons of a truly extraordinary man who never missed an opportunity to enjoy and love life.

Yankee for Life by Bobby Murcer & Glen Waggoner - $0.99
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As he stepped to the plate at Yankee Stadium on opening day in 1966, Bobby Murcer carried with him the hopes and expectations of Yankees fans looking for the next Mickey Mantle. Bobby wasn't the next Mick, of course, but he became one of the most beloved Yankees of all time.

Yankee for Life is Murcer's account of his stellar career as both a player and an Emmy Award-winning broadcaster. With self-effacing humor and down-home charm, he shares fascinating and illuminating anecdotes about former teammates, bosses, and the new generation of Yankees superstars—Rivera, Jeter, Rodriguez—whom he watched grow up from the broadcast booth. With candor, courage, and a refreshing dose of wit, he tells of his battle with brain cancer, explaining how the love of his wife and family, his deep religious faith, and the passionate support of fans helped see him through his ordeal.

Bobby Murcer may not have achieved the celebrity of some of his fellow players, but ultimately he was what fans always wanted him to be: a Yankee for life.

Pride and Pinstripes by Mel Stottlemyre & John Harper - $0.99
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More than a star pitcher and accomplished coach, Mel Stottlemyre has a history that serves as a behind-the-scenes tour of five decades of baseball. From Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford to Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry to Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, Stottlemyre connected generations of stars during a remarkable career.

In his long-awaited autobiography, Stottlemyre tells his story in colorful detail, from his days as a rookie sensation on the last of the great Mantle teams to those as trusted pitching coach during the Joe Torre administration. Along the way he takes readers inside the clubhouses of champions—describing the defiance of the '86 Mets, from manager Davey Johnson on down, and recalling the true grit and selflessness that helped make Torre's Yankees a dynasty from 1996 to 2000.

Crazy '08 by Cait N. Murphy - $1.99
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From the perspective of 2007, the unintentional irony of Chance's boast is manifest—these days, the question is when will the Cubs ever win a game they have to have. In October 1908, though, no one would have laughed: The Cubs were, without doubt, baseball's greatest team—the first dynasty of the 20th century.

Crazy '08 recounts the 1908 season—the year when Peerless Leader Frank Chance's men went toe to toe to toe with John McGraw and Christy Mathewson's New York Giants and Honus Wagner's Pittsburgh Pirates in the greatest pennant race the National League has ever seen. The American League has its own three-cornered pennant fight, and players like Cy Young, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, and the egregiously crooked Hal Chase ensured that the junior circuit had its moments. But it was the National League's—and the Cubs'—year.

Crazy '08, however, is not just the exciting story of a great season. It is also about the forces that created modern baseball, and the America that produced it. In 1908, crooked pols run Chicago's First Ward, and gambling magnates control the Yankees. Fans regularly invade the field to do handstands or argue with the umps; others shoot guns from rickety grandstands prone to burning. There are anarchists on the loose and racial killings in the town that made Lincoln. On the flimsiest of pretexts, General Abner Doubleday becomes a symbol of Americanism, and baseball's own anthem, "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," is a hit.

Picaresque and dramatic, 1908 is a season in which so many weird and wonderful things happen that it is somehow unsurprising that a hairpiece, a swarm of gnats, a sudden bout of lumbago, and a disaster down in the mines all play a role in its outcome. And sometimes the events are not so wonderful at all. There are several deaths by baseball, and the shadow of corruption creeps closer to the heart of baseball—the honesty of the game itself. Simply put, 1908 is the year that baseball grew up.

Oh, and it was the last time the Cubs won the World Series.

Destined to be as memorable as the season it documents, Crazy '08 sets a new standard for what a book about baseball can be.

[GtrsRGr8]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxford and Cambridge Questions by John Farndon and (foreword) Libby Purves

'What happens if I drop an ant'? 'What books are bad for you'? 'What percentage of the world's water is contained in a cow'? The Oxbridge undergraduate interviews are infamous for their unique ways of assessing candidates, and from these peculiar enquiries, professors can tell just how smart you really are. John Farndon has collected together 75 of the most intriguing questions taken from actual admission interviews and gives full answers to each, taking the reader through the fascinating histories, philosophies, sciences and arts that underlie each problem.

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All right, that does it for me. These questions are over the top! I'm rejecting the full scholarship offers that I've gotten from Cambridge and Oxford, and withdrawing my applications for admittance! hahahahah

[GA Russell]

I read The Glory of Their Times last year, and I loved it.

I also read a similar book about 1950s players called When Baseball was Still King. I can recommend the book, but it is pricey!

http://www.amazon.com/When-Baseball-...was+still+king

[Smartie]

not sure whether Amazon changed their policy or not. It used to be that there is promotion in amazon.com and I could find similar promotion in amazon.ca,but now, it seems price is much different.

[GA Russell]

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[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by Smartie

not sure whether Amazon changed their policy or not. It used to be that there is promotion in amazon.com and I could find similar promotion in amazon.ca,but now, it seems price is much different.

It all depends on the publisher & what rights they hold.

[ATDrake]

Free again from the author via KDP Select @ Amazon:

The Golden Age of Piracy: A Short History of Privateers, Buccaneers and Pirates in the Caribbean by award-winning Canadian author Stephen R. Bown, who's a professional history book writer published by Douglas & MacIntyre, one of our top homegrown publishers (before it got acquired by the Random Penguin House), an overview of Exactly What It Says In The Title, which may or may not have been modified from his old columns in the Canadian history magazine formerly known as The Beaver, like his other freebie was.

Mariners were plagued by a multitude of dangers during the Great Age of Sail, "whole crews were drowned; men, women and children were starved to death in open boats; half starved sailors mutinied, scurvy ravaged helpless crews, but the worst danger of all was to fall into the hands of the pirates."

Throughout the 16th and 17th centuries daring sea-rovers such as Francis Drake and Henry Morgan, armed with dubious letters of reprisal, wreaked havoc on Spanish treasure fleets hauling the gold of the New World across the Atlantic. The early 18th century, however, was piracy's golden age -- an age when notorious cutthroats such as Blackbeard and Bartholomew Roberts almost paralyzed Caribbean commerce. Mere mention of these murderous marauders sent a shaft of fear through the hearts of merchants and sailors.

As violently and quickly as they arose these blackguards and villains were ruthlessly suppressed, leaving nothing but tales of their infamous deeds to future generations. Illustrated with hundreds of historical images. By the author of the ebook exclusive Wanders & Nomads: True Stories of Wild and Eccentric Explorers in the Americas.

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by Smartie

not sure whether Amazon changed their policy or not. It used to be that there is promotion in amazon.com and I could find similar promotion in amazon.ca,but now, it seems price is much different.

Pretty sure Amazon don't have a policy especially since the rights may be held by different publishers.

Even if the same publisher holds rights for a book in all of US, CA and UK a promotion may be for all or only one.

Especially for a Daily Deal which is always for one country only.

[ATDrake]

The new Humble Bundle is up, and it's for the Humble Brainiac Book Bundle presented by No Starch Press, some sort of O'Reilly imprint/affiliate, which consists of a whole bunch of geeky science & computer and LEGO®-oriented mostly kid-friendly titles.

I have the Manga Guides to Physics & Electricity in paper versions, and those alone would be worth the price of admission IMHO (these are translations of educational comics written by Japanese university professors with significant credentials: here's a page about them on the publisher's website).

Here's some copy-paste of what you get at each tier (more stuff to be added to the middle pay-more-than-average next Wednesday):

Name your price for the The Manga Guide to Electricity; The LEGO Adventure Book, Vol. 1; Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred; Lauren Ipsum; and Ruby Wizardry.

If you pay more than the average price, you'll also get Build Your Own Website; Incredible LEGO Technic; Python for Kids; The Manga Guide to Physics; and LEGO Space.

If you pay $15 or more, you'll receive all of the above plus The LEGO Neighborhood Book; Steampunk LEGO; and JavaScript for Kids. Now that's some food for thought!

I am very definitely getting this one, although I'm going to wait on it a bit, since the Canadian dollar seems to be going up slightly, so hopefully the exchange rate will be better next week.