For the last several weeks I have had some issues with the warehouse at Thomas Nelson. I have exchanged correspondence with them back and forth over a variety of issues, including being sent a book I did not request, which I later reviewed [1], and now I have received three duplicate copies of books I have already read and reviewed [2]. All of the books are ones I like, but not ones I want to collect en masse. First, I wish to copy some of the back text for each book, and then give the rules for this giveaway. Please note that if the Thomas Nelson warehouse sends me any more duplicates, they will also be available, so please keep a look on this blog if you want some free books from me! Just don’t expect me to send you any tax information at the end of the year if you request a lot of books.

Available Books:

This Is Your Captain Speaking, by Gavin MacLeod with Mark Dagostino

“For sixteen straight years, millions of Americans welcomed Gavin MacLeod into their living rooms every Saturday night and watched as he transformed himself from the endearing everyman of The Mary Tyler Moore Show’s Murray Slaughter into the leading, lovable father figure of The Love Boat, Captain Merrill Stubing, at the height of TV’s boom years.

Now, with humor, grace, and wide-eyed enthusiasm, Gavin takes us behind the scenes of his sixty-plus years in show business as he meets and works with countless tars, including Cary Grant, Steve McQueen, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Ronald Reagan, Betty White, and more!”

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Life Is ______., by Judah Smith

“Judah writes as a friend, welcoming new believers, lifelong followers of Jesus, and even the merely curious. He shows us the love of God that defies human logic and the life that God intends for us to have in the here and now. With excitement and humor, Judah looks at the stories in the Bible from his unique angle and shows us how life is all about loving God and loving others.”

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The Printer And The Preacher, by Randy Petersen

“Social mobility. Religious freedom. Hard work over class. Truth over tradition. We take these values for granted, but colonial America had to learn them. How/ Under the care and nurture of two remarkable men: a printer and a preacher.

Preaching in public spaces across the colonies, George Whitefield inspired the first Great Awakening. Simultaneously, Benjamin Franklin was printing his own brand of common sense in Poor Richard’s Almanac. But the two were not just working in parallel; their stores were intertwined in a thirty-year friendship that spread their influence around the globe.

This is the story of that friendship. Of how Franklin first printed Whitefield’s sermons, how Whitefield defended his friend’s diplomacy, and how their mutual regard allowed each to flourish and shape an ever-growing population.

The Printer and the Preacher provides a model for our time: a friendship across differing outlooks with room for disagreement and mutual respect. And in the course of that friendship, a nation that was yet to be born was given its defining traits.”

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The Rules:

So, here are the rules. If you want my book, you either need to be able to get it yourself from me personally or be able to contact a friend or relative who can get the book from me personally. The giveaway is first come, first served, and there is no limit to the number of books one can request. If you request a book, it will be posted on here unless you specifically request your identity to be kept private, which I will respect. Now, let’s get these duplicate books off my hands so that I can store some more books. Nathan out.

[1] https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress.com/2015/05/16/book-review-let-the-journey-begin/

[2] See their reviews here:

https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress.com/2015/05/21/book-review-this-is-your-captain-speaking/

https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/book-review-life-is-________/

https://edgeinducedcohesion.wordpress.com/2015/06/10/book-review-the-printer-and-the-preacher/