Once you've purchased an Amazon Kindle e-book reader, the wonderful world of public domain, Creative Commons and free e-book promotions opens up to you. This regular Kindle Reader feature points you to a few of the most interesting new free (or very cheap) e-books available for download from the web.
Free e-book selections for this week include two free sci-fi novels you won't want to miss, a first person narrative of life on board ship in the mine fields of the Persian Gulf, a mystery set in the Florida everglades, an epic novel chronicling the life of three generations of a wealthy upper middle class English family between the 1880s and the 1920s, and two histories of the book published centuries apart.
Earth Alert!, by Kris Neville. SCIENCE FICTION. Download site: Project Gutenberg. Format: Mobipocket with Images for Kindle. Price: Free. 
Julia, a small town bookstore clerk, inherits a fortune from an uncle in California and sets out to "buy" a husband in Hollywood where she feels there must surely be loads of eligible and handsome bachelors. Once there she finds one prospective spouse who's literally out of this world - and trained to kill. The question then becomes: what defense can she raise against mutant science - telepathy, invisibility, teleportation - especially since no one on earth is aware of any danger coming their way.
Cyberdrome, by David Rhea and Joseph Rhea. SCIENCE FICTION. Download site: Amazon. Format: Kindle. Price: $0.99.
"When the human race is threatened by a deadly plague, our salvation might be found in a group of computer-generated virtual worlds populated by digital 'people' and mined for new technology that could save us all. When rogue programmer Alek Grey learns that his ex-fiancée has become trapped in that system, unable to be removed from interface without risk of brain death, he knows of only one way to rescue the woman he still loves. But, will he risk all of humanity to save her?" - Amazon.
Liberty Call, by Mark S. Haynes. MEMOIR. Download site: Feedbooks. Format: Kindle. Price: Free.
"...a first person narrative of the author's experiences while on his first deployment overseas aboard the USS Fox, CG-33. During the summer of 1987, Iraqi warplanes 'accidentally' fired upon the USS Stark, one of our ships patrolling the Persian Gulf. Many lives were lost, and the United States suddenly found itself in a very difficult position. One of the first things the US government and military did after the attack on the USS Stark was to dispatch the USS Acadia, a repair ship, to the small island country of Bahrain, located in the Persian Gulf. The Acadia's mission was to effect repairs to the Stark, so she could make the journey home to the US. But the Acadia is not a warship, and as such, carries no weapon systems. She could not enter the Gulf without escort. The USS Fox was assigned to escort the Acadia into the region. That was the beginning of a very long summer for the men aboard the Fox. I was one of those men. We would spend three hellish months in the Persian Gulf, take part in the escorting of Kuwaiti oil tankers, and sail through a watery mine field. This book details the entire voyage, from San Diego to the Philippines, to the Persian Gulf, Diego Garcia, Australia, and back home again. It was written by referring to my personal journal kept during the deployment, and makes many references to news stories that were current at the time. It gives not only a factual and day by day account of the build-up of tension in the Persian Gulf, but gives a first hand account of life aboard a US warship and the liberty the men enjoyed while ashore." - Feedbooks.
Kastle Krags: A Story of Mystery, by Absalom Martin. MYSTERY. Download site: ManyBooks. Format: Kindle (.azw). Price: Free.
First published in 1922, this mystery is set in the Florida everglades and features pirate treasure, cryptograms and clues hidden in an old Bible.
The Forsyte Saga, by John Galsworthy. The complete edition. NOVEL. Download site: MobileRead. Format: .mobi for Kindle. Price: Free. Please note that there are also many editions of this work available for the Kindle in the Amazon Kindle bookstore.
"John Galsworthy (1867-1933) devoted virtually his entire professional career to creating a fictional but entirely representative family of propertied Victorians: the Forsytes. He made their lives and times, loves and losses, fortunes and deaths so real that readers accused him of including as characters in his drama real individuals whom they knew. He was the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1932...The books are set against the great events of the day - the Boer War and WWI, the rise of Labour, the death of Queen Victoria, and much more." - MobileRead.
Booknology: The eBook (1971-2010), by Marie Lebert. NONFICTION. Download site: ManyBooks. Format: .azw for Kindle. Price: Free.
A chronology of e-book history in 44 pages. Did you know that the Rocket eBook, launched in 1999, was the first e-book reader?
The Story of Books, by Gertrude Burford Rawlings. NONFICTION. Download site: ManyBooks. Format: .azw for Kindle. Price: Free.
First published in 1901, London, Hodder and Stoughton.
Contents:
Introduction
The Preservation of Literature
Books and Libraries in Classical Times
Books in Medieval Times
Libraries in Medieval Times
The Beginning of Printing
Who Invented Moveable Type?
Gutenberg and the Mentz Press
Early Printing in Italy and some other Countries
Early Printing in England
Early Printing in Scotland
Early Printing in Ireland
Book Bindings
How a Modern Book is Produced
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