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It's suppose to be a very stormy day here in Arizona today. Heavy rains, thunderstorms, maybe even a couple of tornado's...wow, that would be something! To me this translates into a fabulous day of staying in my jammies all day and reading a good book. Take a look below to see if you can find a great book to curl up with on this stormy day (if its not storming where you live...just pretend you are here). So here we go...today's list of the Chicken Lady's Pick of FREE eBooks, enjoy!
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If you are new to this series, each Tuesday & Saturday I will be posting the Chicken Lady's Pick of FREE eBooks! I will include books that I am personally purchasing, in my favorite genre's like non-fiction, books based on a true story, or fiction that seems non-fiction, self-help, autobiographies, true-crime, cook books sometimes, and children's books. I will also be including some books that are not necessarily my kind of books, like sci-fi, romance novels, and books about sports, as long as they have very high reviews on Amazon. Sometimes I will include books that are not free to all, but will be Free for you if you have a KindleUnlimited subscription. [Learn more about it & get a Free 30 day trial here.] Please leave me a comment if you like this series of posts as it will encourage me to continue bringing you a new list of FREE eBooks twice each week!
You don't have to have an Amazon Kindle to Read Kindle eBooks.
Here are today's 'Chicken Lady's Pick of FREE eBooks'
[*BEFORE PURCHASING* Please look at the price of the book before you purchase it. These books were listed as $0.00 at the time of this post, but this is usually a short term promotion and then they go back to the full price.]
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[This Kindle eBook edition has been completely revised and updated with new content including recent interviews with James "Whitey" Bulger and a new chapter on Mickey Cohen.]
*NOTE: This book contains graphic depictions of crime and prison violence.
Alcatraz Island was home to some of the nation's most notorious criminals. Prisoners include Al Capone, Mickey Cohen, James "Whitey" Bulger, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Robert Stroud- the Birdman of Alcatraz, Alvin Karpis, Henri Young, John and Clarence Anglin, and Roy Gardner. In Michael Esslinger's latest book, Letters From Alcatraz, the prisoners' stories come to life in their own words. With over twenty years of research, Esslinger, author of Alcatraz: Definitive History of the Penitentiary Years, has salvaged and compiled an extraordinary collection of inmates' letters, many never before published.
Letters from Alcatraz Includes:
• A foreword by former Alcatraz Officer: Larry Quilligan
• Over 280 photos depicting inmates and the prison workforce
• Over 125 letters and original correspondence from inmates both on-and-off the Rock
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This book is also available for Free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.
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THE ASTONISHING TRUE STORY of a group of thirty-two boys and
leaders who accomplished an amazing feat in 1972, when they rode their
bicycles from Wood Dale, Illinois to Jacksonville, Florida. It was a
simpler time--a common sense two-pedal world with realistic adventures,
and everyday heroes. An innocence was lost when twenty-six young boys in
a small rural town set out to accomplish something bigger than
themselves.
Their journey of nearly
1,400 miles would take them through eight states, crossing over the
Great Smoky Mountains. It was a tremendous achievement--one that would
be hailed as the longest organized bike hike in the history of
Scouting.
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Confidence is lacking in a plain little girl when she arrives in a new town alone. The townspeople are astonished, “My, she’s plain!” But, of course they were normal. They were colored folks like you’d find anywhere. They were blue. They were green. They were orange. They were red. They were spotted and dotted on their bodies, hair, and heads. They were striped and plaid and flowered and checked. They were abstract and camouflaged and arrowed and flecked.
Jane appealed to their kindness, hoping that there might be anyone who would take her in… someone who would not consider her plainness a sin.
They take her in all right, but decide to change her, fix her, make her bright.
There follows a debate over which one of their designs she should be. But at the big 4th of July celebration, she comes to a great revelation and decides, “The only way I can be special, the only way I can be unique, is to be me. That’s what I think… even if it’s as plain as plain can be.”
Great fun, adorable illustrations, and tongue-twisting rhymes add to the delight of this story.
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This book is also available for Free with your Kindle Unlimited subscription.
Learn more*This was an unpaid, unsolicited post about the products shown above that I have purchased myself. Neither the authors nor the publishers have asked me to include their books in this post. The first image in this post today is courtesy of adamr at FreeDigitalPhotos.net. I have included Affiliate links in this post, please see my Full Disclosure here.
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