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Free and Cheap E-Books
If you have a Kindle, here is a good website for finding free and cheap e-books. It is updated hourly, I think, and you can even sign up for e-mail alerts when books drop in price. It is:http://www.ereaderiq.com/
Here is another site for e-reader books:For Kindle:
http://bargainebookhunter.com/
For Nook:
http://bargainebookhunter.com/nook/
For Kobo:
http://bargainebookhunter.com/kobo/
For the Dutch reading people (if any ;) ) in this group, only today:De Weldoener
Ter gelegenheid van de nominatie voor de AKO literatuurprijs stelt Uitgeverij Contact en www.ebook.nl het eBook de Weldoener gratis beschikbaar.
Here are a couple of inexpensive Kindle books set in Costa Rica that have good ratings:
Anarcho Grow by T.A. Sedlak ($.99)
Happier Than A Billionaire: Quitting My Job, Moving to Costa Rica, and Living the Zero Hour Work Week by Nadine Hays Pisani ($2.99)
Hi everyone,This book is free now (Amazon promotion)London by Tania Poli: Famous Stores, Hidden Places & Insider Secrets for your Fashion Adventures
PS: although it's my book I think it may be useful and relevant to this thread.
Happy Shopping!:)
Tania wrote: "Hi everyone,This book is free now (Amazon promotion)London by Tania Poli: Famous Stores, Hidden Places & Insider Secrets for your Fashion Adventures
PS: although it's my book I thi..."
Thanks, Tania!
Here are a few Kindle downloads I have found:Maldives:
On the Island by Tracey Garvis-Graves ($2.99)Curacao:
The House of Six Doors by Patricia Selbert (Book is partially set in Curacao, part in the US) ($0.99)Cameroon:
There are several inexpensive books by Cameroonian author Janvier Chando
Guinea:
The King of Kahel by Tierno Monénembo ($3.99)Ireland:
An Irish Christmas by Melody Carlson (free)Scotland:
Child of the Mist by Kathleen Morgan (free)Montenegro:
The Land Of The Black Mountain by Gerald Prance (free)India:
Life of Pi by Yann Martel ($0.99 on 12/26 only)
i read these ones not long ago and they were cute - Death By Honeymoon - Barbados (.99 cents)
DEATH BY DIVORCE (Book #2 in the Caribbean Murder Series) - Grenada (3.99) - I was willing to pay a little bit more for this one since the first was soo cheap...
it looks like she might be writing more in the series based on how the 2nd one ended
Dee wrote: "i read these ones not long ago and they were cute - Death By Honeymoon - Barbados (.99 cents)
DEATH BY DIVORCE (Book #2 in the Caribbean Murder Series) - Grenada ..."
Thanks, Dee!
Kindle:Kazakhstan:
Almaty-Transit by Dana Mazur ($0.99)Canary Islands:
More Ketchup Than Salsa by Joe Cawley ($2.99)
Free on Kindle:
Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey. Set in Pennsylvania & possibly Romania.
To Love Anew by Bonnie Leon. Set in Australia.
Free mystery set in New Mexico:
Deadly Gamble by Connie Shelton (1st book in Charlie Parker mystery series)
Available on Kindle:A trilogy set in the Solomon Islands. Books are ($0.99) each:
this one popped up in my amazon recommendations today:
- I think it was about $4 on kindle
On kindle. I have wanted to read this one for quite a while:Set in Palestine:
Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa. ($2.99)
On Kindle:Slovenian author Miha Mazzini has a free Kindle book,
The Collector of Names. I'm not sure whether or not it is set in Slovenia.
Pay as much as you think it is worth, 'trust' edition of Jude in London (pdf). I haven't read it yet but The Guardian listed it as one of their 'Not the Booker Prize 2011' reads which is how I came across the link.http://www.oldstreetpublishing.co.uk/...
Here is a book from United Arab Emirates from Goodreads author and fellow-group member, Zvezdana Rashkovich:
Dubai Wives: A Novel ($3.99)
Set in Saudi Arabia:
Directed Verdict by Randy Singer (Free)
Paramedic to the Prince: An American Paramedic's Account of Life Inside the Mysterious World of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Patrick (Tom) Notestine ($2.99)
Kindle - Set in Singapore:
The Red Thread: A Chinese tale of love and fate in 1830s Singapore by Dawn Farnham ($1.99)
Kindle - Set in Cambodia:
At Home on the Mekong: Columns from living in Cambodia by Will Koenig ($0.99)
Free on Kindle:
A Child al Confino: The True Story of a Jewish Boy and His Mother in Mussolini’s Italy by Eric Lamet
I remember barefoot in baghdad, I read it a few months ago - it was recommended to me by a grad school friend who knows the author - very much about women's rights in the country
Diane wrote: "Kindle:
Fast Times in Palestine by Pamela J. Olson ($2.99)"I got this free on Kindle last night.
Free on Kindle:
Wildflowers of Terezin by Robert Elmer. It is set in either Denmark or Czech Republic.
A few more that might be of interest:
Backpacked: A Reluctant Trip Across Central America by Catherine Ryan Howard ($1.99)
Waiting for the Taliban: A Journey Through North Afghanistan by Anna Badkhen ($2.99)
One Year In Wonderland: A True Tale of Expat Life in Dubai by Christopher Combe ($0.99)
Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith ($0.99)
The Silence of Trees by Valya Dudycz Lupescu ($0.99)
More on Kindle:Tanzania:
Lightland: A Soul's Journey ($0.99)Kenya:
In Memory of Greed ($0.99)Portugal:
The Cartographer's Daughter ($2.99)
Kindle US:All set in the country of Yemen:
The Yemen Connection by M.H. Sargent ($1.99)
Behind the Veils of Yemen: How an American Woman Risked Her Life, Family, and Faith to Bring Jesus to Muslim Women by Audra Grace Shelby ($2.99)Death in the Empty Quarter by George L Potter ($0.99)
Ethiopia:
There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children by Melissa Fay Greene ($2.51 Kindle US)
Saudi Arabia:
In the Land of Invisible Women: A Female Doctor's Journey in the Saudi Kingdom by Qanta A. Ahmed ($2.99 Kindle US)
World Travel:
The Wander Year: One Couple's Journey Around the World by Mike McIntyre (FREE)
3mph The Adventures of One Woman's Walk Around the World by Polly Letofsky ($2.99)
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