PM Update to Kindle Nation Daily Free Book Alert for Monday, August 16, 2010: An Astonishing Microbial History from Attila the Hun to Today's Worst Epidemics, plus Jake Lassiter Redux by Today's Sponsor

Today's latest addition to our Free Book Alerts traces history from Attila the Hun through the worst epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries, with astonishing results....

But first, a word from ... Today's Sponsor
by Paul Levine 

One terrific thing about the Kindle Revolution is that it provides authors and innovative publishers with a great way to bring back a wonderful novel -- or an entire series -- from the past, long after traditional publishers have allowed them to go out of print. And the result is a win-win for authors and readers alike.

That's what is going on with author Paul Levine's 20th anniversary re-issue of his Jake Lassiter series in ebook form, and TO SPEAK FOR THE DEAD (The Jake Lassiter Series), the first novel in the series, has already proven a huge hit with the citizens of Kindle Nation. Now he's brought back the second book in the popular, award-winning series, NIGHT VISION (The Jake Lassiter Series), at the same great price of $2.99. By way of fair warning, there's nothing politically correct about Lassiter's salty, hard-boiled narration in either book, and isn't that a relief?

Personally, I'm looking forward to the Kindle release of the entire series, but you don't have to take my word for it. Levine has generously offered us  a free sampling of the prologue and first seven chapter chapters of Night Visionin this weekend's Free Kindle Nation Short excerpt here, so you can see for yourself what made Lassiter such a hit the first time around, and what is winning new readers and fans for his creator Paul Levine on the second go-round.

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Germs, Genes, & Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today
Germs, Genes, and Civilization: How Epidemics Shaped Who We Are Today - David P. Clark

The Stunning Hidden Interconnections Between Microbes and Humanity

AD 452: Attila the Hun stands ready to sack Rome. No one can stop him--but he walks away. A miracle? No...dysentery. Microbes saved the Roman Empire. Nearly a millennium later, the microbes of the Black Death ended the Middle Ages, making possible the Renaissance, western democracy, and the scientific revolution. Soon after, microbes ravaged the Americas, paving the way for their European conquest.

Again and again, microbes have shaped our health, our genetics, our history, our culture, our politics, even our religion and ethics. This book reveals much that scientists and cultural historians have learned about the pervasive interconnections between infectious microbes and humans. It also considers what our ongoing fundamental relationship with infectious microbes might mean for the future of the human species.

The “good side” of history’s worst epidemics
The surprising debt we owe to killer diseases

Where diseases came from…
…and where they may be going

Children of pestilence: disease and civilization
From Egypt to Mexico, the Romans to Attila the Hun

STDs, sexual behavior, and culture
How microbes may shape cultural cycles of puritanism and promiscuity


 Mourn The Living 
by Henry Perez


From Publishers Weekly: Veteran Chicago Record reporter Alex Chapa is looking forward to a much needed vacation and time with his 10-year-old daughter, Nikki, whom he barely sees now that his ex has moved to Boston. Then his boss calls him back to cover for Jim Chakowski, killed in a mysterious explosion. As Alex digs into Chakowski's notes linking a string of murders to prominent city council members, he and Nikki come under fire. Short, choppy chapters move the action along at a measured clip, and detailed descriptions infuse the text with atmosphere and suspense, especially during flashbacks to Alex's childhood in Cuba and the murderer's dark and traumatic upbringing. The killer's identity is no surprise, but the final showdown keeps the adrenaline pumping right through the ending, which Perez (Killing Red) leaves wide open for possible sequels.



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