LITERATURE: Five Free Books as Christmas Presents

By Jorge Jefferds December 13, 2014 

Christmas is a moment, when everybody maddens buying presents, spoiling their credit cards and bank accounts to satisfy the holiday spending. The market, however, is also open with a diversity of items at no charge consumers don’t need to pay for. In literature, for example, the offer of free eBooks is plausible. Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Lulu are in the race to promote titles with this initiative.

Here are five books you can obtain to read this Christmas, whether in your latest tablet, Nook, Kindle, or even in your computer.   

  

Long Time Coming (Edie Claire)

Published in 2003 by Warner Books (Warner Forever). 

Years and distance kept the memories at bay. But back at home, the past is ready and waiting to haunt her...
Eighteen years have passed since Joy's childhood best friend, Jenny, met her death in a tragic car accident just a few days after their senior prom. A broken Joy left their small Kentucky hometown shortly after--determined never to come back. But when her father's illness forces her to return, she realizes that neither time nor distance have truly healed her troubled soul.
Plagued with nightmares of the accident and crippled by a vague fear whose source she can't identify, Joy realizes that in order to move on she must face the truth behind several disturbing gaps in her memory of that fateful spring. But the only person who can help her is a man she despises--Jenny's erstwhile boyfriend Jeff, now a respected doctor, whose carelessness as a teenager was the cause of Jenny's horrendous death--and Joy's own emotional destruction. Can she ever forgive? She may have no choice but to try. Because both the danger she sensed--and the childhood friendship she treasured--now suddenly seem very much alive...

A Little of Everything for Dummies (John Wiley and Sons)

Published on November 16, 2011

Twenty years ago the very first For Dummies book, DOS for Dummies, was published. From that first printing of that first book, came a series unlike anything in the publishing world, one that is global in both geography - we have been published worldwide in some 30 languages - and in coverage. No single volume can hope to summarize what thousands of titles have meant to millions of readers over the years, and we don't claim to do that in this e-book. Rather, this e-book celebrates the breadth and depth of the For Dummies series, offering 20 chapters - in honor of our 20 years - from a list of books compiled by our global colleagues. We are confident the chapters we've included give you a representative glimpse at why - no matter what the topic - our products have meant so much to so many by Making Everything Easier. Download and enjoy!

Rushed,Book 1 (Brian Harmon)

Published on January 14, 2014

Eric can't remember the recurring dream that keeps waking him in the middle of the night with an overwhelming urge to leave, yet he spends each day feeling as if he desperately needs to be somewhere. With no idea how to cure himself of this odd compulsion, he decides to let it take its course and go for a drive, hoping that once he proves to himself that there is nowhere to go, he can return to his normal life. Instead, he finds himself hurled headlong into a nightmare adventure across a fractured Wisconsin as the dream reveals itself one heart-pounding detail at a time. 

The One You Love, Book 1 (Paul Pilkinton)

Published on December 25, 2013

Emma Holden's nightmare has just begun. Her fiancé vanishes, leaving the battered and bloodied body of his brother in their London apartment. Someone is stalking her, watching her every move. And her family is hiding a horrifying secret; a secret that threatens all those she loves. In a desperate race against time, Emma must uncover the truth if she ever wants to see her fiancé alive again. 

Paradise-Ville, Volume One: Sanctuary of Death (Jorge Jefferds)

Published in June, 2014

Paradise-Ville is a town like many others. The residents know each other, are somewhat related, and struggle to revive their past bringing prosperity through amazing tourist attractions. The curse of their lives will turn, however, to a dramatic endless nightmare. The disappearance of their children and unexpected killings bring questions nobody can answer. Suspicions fly towards themselves, but with little evidence. Tom Gessling is a teenager, whose family is one of the former pioneers in setting the town foundations. His dreams of the victims telling him where they are and who killed them encourage him to provide help. Is he really going to succeed the police and the FBI as the hero, who will finally discover their whereabouts?