Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Latest Price list for my book

Click here to see the latest prices of my book on my web site. You can download the latest price list as a PDF file here.

The reason for changed price list is that I noticed today that Amazon.com changed the prices for the Kindle version of my book.

Ken Friedman

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Updated price list with new links

I have uploaded my book’s latest price list showing the links to various web sites where you can purchase a copy of my book. The updated price list can be found here.

Happy 4th of July, everyone!!

Ken Friedman

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Celebrating the 4th of July

The 233rd anniversary of America's Declaration of Independence happens in just four days. For Americans, this day is a special one that commemorates the day the Continental Congress gathered in hot, sultry Philadelphia and signed a historically profound document that ultimately led to Great Britain's surrender in Yorktown, Va in 1781. At that surrender, the band played a song entitled, "The World Turned Upside Down," that become more true than anyone present could have known.

I usually celebrate the 4th of July by posting the American flag in front of my house, watching two movies, "1776" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy," have a backyard BBQ, and watch concerts and fireworks' shows on TV. I hope all of you find a way to remember this day and all that it meant to world.

One way that you can celebrate the 4th of July is read a book about American history. One of those just happens [grin] to be mine, Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of the Battles for Guadalcanal. You can can find out more about how to purchase your copy by clicking here.

Happy 4th, everyone.

Ken Friedman

Friday, June 19, 2009

An advertisement in Military Magazine

An advertisement for my book, Morning of the Rising Sun: The Heroic Story of The Battles for Guadalcanal, appears in the July issue of Military Magazine on page 7. If you wish to see the ad online, you can view it on my web site here.

Ken Friedman

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Summer approaching fast!!

The lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer are almost upon us here in the northern hemisphere of our world. Summer is a great time to go to a quiet spot to read a good book to relax and escape from the frenzy of our daily lives.

I have a unbiased suggestion [grin]. My book, Morning of the Rising Sun, makes a good companion for such an occasion. You can purchase your copy today from several places. Just go to my web site to purchase printed, E-book versions, and autographed copies from places such as Amazon.com and/or from my web site. The latest price list can be downloaded here.

Enjoy this wonderful time of the year!!

Ken Friedman

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Free shipping from Amazon.com

I updated the price list of my book to show that Amazon.com can ship a printed version of my book at no extra charge. You can find the updated price list here. The Amazon.com web page is here.

Ken Friedman

Saturday, June 6, 2009

D-Day, June 6

My wife and I have been out almost all day. So, I could not get back to my computer to write about this momentous day in World History. I wanted to so much. Here are my thoughts.

As almost everyone knows, today is the 65th anniversary of the Allied invasion of France that took place on June 6, 1944. Every time I think of this day, I sometimes run out of adjectives to describe this day and what it has meant to so many -- momentous (already used that one), gigantic, overwhelming, powerful, earth-shaking, historic, terrifying, important, plus so many others too many to mention here.

After I visited Normandy in 1994 just before the 50th anniversary with some veterans who were there in 1944 and seeing some of the battlefields (Omaha Beach, Ste. Mere Eglise, Pointe du Hoc, Caen, Cherbourg) and the cemeteries of the fallen (American, British, Canadian, French, and German), I came away with a sense of awe of what happened that day and of all the young men who perished in that horrible conflagration that began that day and extended into the Allied breakout that occurred several months later. I also had a sense of tremendous loss because so many young men ended their lives on this earth and would never realize the fruits of their potential future. I remember being at the American Cemetery overlooking Omaha Beach and feeling a tremendous sadness come over me. It is still with me to this day and will be with me for the rest of my days.

It is good and fitting that we remember what happened 65 years ago today. May the lessons learned since that day about what a deadly business war is never leave us.

These are my thoughts as this day comes to a close. Hope all of you are well.

Ken Friedman