It’s DAY SEVEN!
For the next 6 Days, Amazon will be offering a set of Kindle eBooks for $2.99 each. (Ok, some of them are $1.99, but that is a detail.)
One of the books will be off their 2014 Best of Books List and the other will be from 100 Books You Should Read In A Lifetime list.
From the 2014 Best Book List:
Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty is one of the most recognizable monuments in the world, a powerful symbol of freedom and the American dream. For decades, the myth has persisted that the statue was a grand gift from France, but now Liberty’s Torch reveals how she was in fact the pet project of one quixotic and visionary French sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. Bartholdi not only forged this 151-foot-tall colossus in a workshop in Paris and transported her across the ocean, but battled to raise money for the statue and make her a reality.
A young sculptor inspired by a trip to Egypt where he saw the pyramids and Sphinx, he traveled to America, carrying with him the idea of a colossal statue of a woman. There he enlisted the help of notable people of the age – including Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph Pulitzer, Victor Hugo, Gustave Eiffel, and Thomas Edison – to help his scheme. He also came up with inventive ideas to raise money, including exhibiting the torch at the Phildaelphia world’s fair and charging people to climb up inside. While the French and American governments dithered, Bartholdi made the statue a reality by his own entrepreneurship, vision, and determination.
And from the 100 Books You Should Read List:
All the President’s Men
The most devastating political detective story of the century: the inside account of the two Washington Post reporters who broke the Watergate scandal, now with a 40th anniversary Afterword on the legacies of Watergate and Richard Nixon.
This is the book that changed America. Published just months before President Nixon’s resignation, All the President’s Men revealed the full scope of the scandal and introduced for the first time the mysterious “Deep Throat.” Beginning with the story of a simple burglary at Democratic headquarters and then continuing through headline after headline, Bernstein and Woodward deliver a riveting firsthand account of their reporting. Their explosive reports won a Pulitzer Prize for The Washington Post, toppled the president, and have since inspired generations of reporters.
And don’t forget there are over 11 books from the New York Times BestSeller List that are also $2.99.
Even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can download FREE applications for your PC, Mac, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone 7, or Droid Phone.
Find more eBooks here.
Pricing was current when the post was published, however Amazon prices change often, so please check before you buy.
