Friday, April 2, 2010

iReader Free Book Alert for Friday, April 2: Robin & Rudy, and Over 50 Other Free eBooks for Your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Mac

It will be tomorrow before many of us can check out the iBooks store directly, and a few days longer before we can use the Kindle for iPad App. But if you have the free Kindle App for the iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, or Mac, here are several dozen ebooks you can download for free from the Kindle Store as the devices and apps catch up with you


Here's a new addition to "Free" at the Kindle Store today, from Kensington Books:

Robin and Ruby

Robin and Ruby by K.M. Soehnlein

(1 review at Amazon.com)
Subjects: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction



From the Amazon Product Description:

In his award-winning bestseller The World of Normal Boys, K.M. Soehnlein introduced readers to the richly compelling voice of teenager Robin MacKenzie. In Robin and Ruby, he revisits Robin and his younger sister, masterfully depicting the turbulence of the mid-1980s--and that fleeting time between youth and adulthood, when everything we will become can be shaped by one unforgettable weekend.At twenty-years-old, Robin MacKenzie is waiting for his life to start. Waiting until his summer working at a Philly restaurant is over and he's back with his boyfriend Peter. . .until the spring semester when he'll travel to London for an acting program. . .until the moment when the confidence he fakes starts to feel real.
Then, one hot June weekend, Robin gets dumped by his boyfriend and quickly hits the road with his best friend George to find his teenaged sister, Ruby, who's vanished from a party at the Jersey Shore. For years, his friendship with George has been the most solid thing in Robin's life. But lately there are glimpses of another George, someone Robin barely knows and can no longer take for granted.
Ruby is on an adventure of her own, dressing in black, declaring herself an atheist, pulling away from the boyfriend she doesn't love--not the way she loves the bands whose fractured songs are the soundtrack to her life. Then a chance encounter puts Ruby in pursuit of a seductive but troubled boy who might be the key to her happiness, or a disaster waiting to happen.
As their paths converge, Robin and Ruby confront the sadness of their shared past and rebuild the bonds that still run deep. In prose that is lyrical, compulsively readable, and exquisitely honest, K.M. Soehnlein brilliantly captures a family redefining itself and explores those moments common to us all--when freedom bumps up against responsibility, when sex blurs the line between friendship and love, and when what you stand for becomes more important than who you were raised to be.


One Night 
in Boston

One Night in Boston by Allie Boniface

(2 reviews at Amazon.com)
Subjects: Romance, Literature & Fiction, Romance General & Other

The Real 
Enemy (Sophie Trace Trilogy, Book 1)
(25 reviews at Amazon.com)
Subjects: Mystery, Thrillers, Mystery & Thrillers
Miss Match (Lauren Holbrook 
Series, Book 1)
(36 reviews at Amazon.com)
Subject: Fiction
Healing for a
 Broken World: Christian Perspectives on Public 
Policy
(4 reviews at Amazon.com)
Subjects: Public Policy, Government, Spiritual & Religion

Grace Notes: April 1-30

by Philip Yancey 
Digital List Price:     $ 1.00  
Kindle Price:           $ 0.00                                                               

From the Back Cover

' 'There is no writer in the evangelical world that I admire and appreciate more.' - Billy Graham 
Philip Yancey's words---captured in his many bestselling books---have influenced the lives of millions of readers by strengthening their faith, building their hope, sparking their creativity, and challenging their comfort zones. If you're one of those readers, you know personally how his insights have affected your mind and heart. And if you're new to Yancey, you're in for a life-altering experience. These meditations---all drawn from the beloved and bestselling writings of the author---will take you through an entire year of Yancey's insight and imagination, covering a broad range of topics: 
  •  How to rediscover God through the wonders of nature, music, and romantic love 
  •  Why grace means you can't do anything to make God love you more or less 
  •  What happens when you cut through preconceptions to encounter the 'real' Jesus 
  •  How to renew your understanding and practice of prayer 
  •  Where you can see God in unexpected people and places 
  •  How to cope when life crashes in around you Every day, experience the best from a beloved author who, with freshness, clarity, and energy, has so brilliantly articulated God's wonderful but mysterious relationship with you. '                                                                                          



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