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Steven Cedrone
10-24-2003, 06:39 PM
Balance of Power (http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=113&book=BOP2389)
by Richard North Patterson

President Kerry Kilcannon and his fiancée, television journalist Lara Costello, have at last decided to marry. But their wedding is followed by a massacre of innocents in a lethal burst of gunfire, challenging their marriage and his presidency in ways so shattering and indelibly personal that Kilcannon vows to eradicate gun violence and crush the most powerful lobby in Washington–the Sons of the Second Amendment (SSA). Allied with the President’s most determined rival, the resourceful and relentless Senate Majority Leader Frank Fasano, the SSA declares all-out war on Kerry Kilcannon, deploying its arsenal of money, intimidation, and secret dealings to eviscerate Kilcannon’s crusade–and, it hopes, destroy his presidency. This ignites a high-stakes game of politics and legal maneuvering in the Senate, the courtroom, and across the country, which the charismatic but untested young President is determined to win at any cost. But in the incendiary clash over gun violence and gun rights, the cost to both Kilcannons may be even higher than imagined.

How to Find Hidden Real Estate Bargains (http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=191&book=HTF1092)
by Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin has been one of the nation’s top real estate authors for more than 20 years. His 1991 bestseller, How to Find Real Estate Bargains, continues to be one of the most popular guides to finding real estate bargains and buying them at rock-bottom prices. Thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition is for reader in the market for a bargain home for himself or herself or as an investment for resale profit. Irwin fills readers in on everything they need to know to quickly decide if a property’s potential payoff outweighs its risks. With nearly 50 percent all-new material, the second edition features new chapters on: All types of repos, including HUD, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, FDIC, GSA, and SBA; Property tax, ATF and IRS, probate, bare land, and Recreational property sales; Finding bargain properties in strong markets by working directly with sellers and Using the Web to find the hottest bargains.

The Gathering Storm (http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=1170&book=TGS6877)
by Winston Churchill

The Gathering Storm is the first volume of The Second World War and in some ways a continuation of The World Crisis, Churchill's history of World War I. The Gathering Storm is his attempt to come to grips with the terrible circumstances that gave rise to Nazi Germany and a second, even more destructive world conflict. As he notes in his preface, Churchill was perhaps the only person who held such prominent positions of power in both world wars, so he is remarkably well-qualified to tell the tragic story of war to peace to war. The Gathering Storm considers the stipulations and consequences of the Treaty of Versailles, the rise of Adolf Hitler, the capitulation at Munich and the entry of the British into the war. This is the first volume of his Noble-Prize winning six-part chronicle of World War II. The volume is pervaded by Churchill’s somber feeling that the Second World War was largely a senseless and avoidable conflict, but it sets the stage for the heroism and glory that are to follow. Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 due in no small part to this awe-inspiring work.

If you have problems downloading the books, go here... (http://www.microsoft.com/reader/promotions/free_shop.asp)

Steve

dh
10-24-2003, 08:42 PM
Nice one Steve.

Churchill's history of the Second World War, of which The Gathering Storm is the first volume, is just fantastic. I have the series in print version and also the first three in eBooks. Churchill treats the second war very much as a continuation of the first, which it obviously was. He wasn't shy about pointing out the errors made by the British, French and American governments between the wars.

His History of the English Speaking People" is also a classic. I don't know if that is available in eBook formats though.

Jereboam
10-24-2003, 09:43 PM
Nice one, good books, Churchill is a definite must-read as above. I have my grandfather's set of his works...classics.

J'bm

CharlesWilcox
10-25-2003, 06:08 AM
Steve,

"If you have problems downloading the books, go"

Where??

These links, as well as the ones on the MS page just send me to a blank page at:

http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=1170&book=TGS6877

Thanks
Charles

Kati Compton
10-25-2003, 06:16 AM
These links, as well as the ones on the MS page just send me to a blank page at:

http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=1170&book=TGS6877

You're getting an error page saying that you haven't installed and registered the latest version of Reader. You need to do this if you want the free eBooks.

ctmagnus
10-25-2003, 06:16 AM
These links, as well as the ones on the MS page just send me to a blank page at:

http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=1170&book=TGS6877

Do you have reader installed and activated?

Also, in order to read these books on your PPC, the newest version of reader has to be installed on it and activated with the same passport account as the desktop.

CharlesWilcox
10-25-2003, 04:55 PM
I have reinstalled and activated Reader. (I've been able to download every week's books until last week). I only have one passport account.

Any other thoughts?

Charles

Kati Compton
10-25-2003, 05:30 PM
How long ago? I think there were two reader updates in short succession...

CharlesWilcox
10-25-2003, 07:10 PM
I'm not sure how long ago, but I used the sniffer and it told me that I am up to date and activated.

You have the latest version of Microsoft Reader installed and activated. You are ready to purchase and read digitally secured Microsoft Reader eBook titles.

davidspalding
10-26-2003, 08:20 AM
These links, as well as the ones on the MS page just send me to a blank page at:

http://12.149.108.82/authenticate.asp?Id=1170&book=TGS6877

FWIW I get a BLANK PAGE for the authentication/download page (pop-up) if I use a banner-blocker on my web browser. Turning off the banner blocking s/w results in the page working as expected.

CharlesWilcox
10-26-2003, 04:08 PM
David,

Thanks for your help. That was exactly the problem. And looking back on it the problem began right after I updated Norton Internet Security.

I appreciate the help!!

Charles

Vasant56
10-29-2003, 09:10 PM
can you guys help me out? I tried to get the Ebook on my Pocket PC today with no luck.

I was able to download it, but it would download to a temp folder and open automatically on my computer. How do I find it and place it on my pocket pc?

Steven Cedrone
10-29-2003, 10:14 PM
I was able to download it, but it would download to a temp folder and open automatically on my computer. How do I find it and place it on my pocket pc?

On your desktop, look in "my documents" then "my library"

Steve

Vasant56
10-31-2003, 03:02 AM
K, I did that, but when I tried to view them on my PPC I get an error stating: "This ebook is no longer available"

davidspalding
10-31-2003, 06:01 AM
very odd. hope you didn't do something cute like right-click on the title of the eBook, click "Save Target As..." then specify a folder. if you did, you saved a shortcut to a page which a) authenticates you and b) starts a file download. after that weeks books expired from view (weren't offered any mo'), then you can't get them (in theory).

Vasant56
11-01-2003, 06:18 PM
Nope, I copied the file from the Ebook folder I got above, and I pasted it into my PPC Documents.

PetiteFlower
11-01-2003, 08:45 PM
I think that's the error that you get if you don't have the latest version of Reader installed on your PPC. Be prepared to give up 2+ megs of Ram for the install, have fun!