Prep Utility Vehicle TM: Free books updated August 14, 2013

You don't need a Kindle!....

You don't need to own a Kindle reader to read these books! You can read them on the internet or with the free Kindle apps for your computer, tablet, or smartphone:

...The Cloud Reader is automatically there when you have an Amazon account; you’ll see it under the buy button. In Cloud Reader, the books are stored on the internet and read on the web page.

...To download free Kindle reading apps for PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod touch, Android, Windows Phone 7, BlackBerry, IPad, or Android Magnet, go here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=sv_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&docId=1000493771

Enjoy!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Free books updated August 14, 2013

Several were added late last night so check carefully.

Don't forget we're now using a new way of listing the books. I'll keep mentioning it for a while for those who don't check here daily.

Each subject is now a separate Amazon wish list. Links are below, under the "fine print."

FEATURED BOOKS TODAY:

NOLS Cookery

(National Outdoor Leadership School's Rocky Mountain Branch)

Bestselling NOLS cookbook

An update to the classic guide to backcountry cooking

New section on lightweight backpacking

137 recipes

Covers menu and ration planning, packaging, preparing a fire, and site maintenance

Backwoods Home Magazine #118 - July/Aug 2009

Back issue No. 118 contains: An article about saving money while you improve your garden; controlling grasshoppers; preparing for the possibility of future civil unrest; taking care of your cast iron cookware; how to contend with the ammo shortage; an Appleseed boot camp; two “Making a Living” profiles; making apple and berry pies; a discussion of building basics; an examination of various solar hot water systems; making wonderful wilderness teas; part 3 of John Silveira’s series on the nation’s energy crisis; a discussion of the risks of Swine Flu; and a commentary on the self-reliance lessons that can be learned by playing golf. Plus, Jackie Clay answers questions about the shelf life of canned meats, arsenic in well water, a foot-powered thrasher, elderberry extract, baking with duck and goose eggs, planting in tires, a lotion recipe, wire bail canning jars, storing citrus, the best dairy goats, cannibalistic chickens, hot salsa, and moving to the farm

Edge of Heaven

Edge of Heaven depicts stories that were heard from the real Lucy Davenport Carpenter. Edge of Heaven is a spirited account of family life in western North Carolina at the turn of the century. In the late 1890s, rural life was often threatened by illness, poverty, and violence, but was softened by the love of family and the surrounding beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains. This 15-year anniversary edition recaptures the magic readers felt by McCall’s imagination that brilliantly incorportates fact with fiction.

256 pg, high reviews

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As always, please double-check the price before you "Buy" your free books. These books have been found to be free in the USA as of this morning. Different countries may have differing pricing. Please check prices before clicking "buy" to make sure they are still free. Please see the tips on using the lists, in the bullet list below.

PLEASE NOTE: To help support the blog and the many hours I spend on it, if you decide to purchase something from Amazon, I would really appreciate it if you would come back to the blog here first and click on an Amazon affiliate link on the right hand side, before making the purchase. I will then get a small percentage. Since Amazon changed their policy on March 1, I have been working on this blog (over 750 hours) almost entirely for free, and I would really like to start making it help the family again. With your help, I can do that.

Please support this blog by clicking this link before you make a paid purchase on Amazon.

If you are not one who purchases items from Amazon, or would prefer to help more directly and with more effect than a 4% commission, I will soon be figuring out a Paypal button by which you can contribute.

I can't express enough how much I appreciate your help!

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Here are the links to the respective lists.

First, some tips on using these lists:

If you're new here or back after a break, use the sort fields to the right just above the first books on the list, to sort the list by price, low to high. The books that are free should be listed first. You can then go through them all and get all the ones you want. (Reason: as old timers here will remember, prices are subject to change without notice. I will only delete books from the lists as I have large windows of time to check that they're no longer free, which may not be often, hence the need to sort this way.)

Afterwards, for daily visits, I recommend using the sort field to "Show: Unpurchased" AND "Sort by: Date Added." Now keep an eye on the date added, in the right-hand column, so you don't miss all the ones added that day. (The reason is that sometimes I will forget that I added a book the day before and add it again...you will recognize it and think that's the previous day's list and stop there, and miss some books. Also, sometimes I add books late in the day that you'd have missed.)

Keep in mind that Amazon sorting engines are not perfect. If you sort by price, low to high, some are mixed up. At least they were for me. Your mileage may vary. You'd think that a company the size of Amazon would get this right, but.....