Pompeii, Its Life and Art by August Mau is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The historical text was created by German Archaeological Institute in Rome and originally published by The Macmillian Company in 1899.

Here is an excerpt:

In the construction of columns and many architraves large blocks were used. Previous to the time of the Roman colony these were of gray tufa, or, in rare instances, of limestone; a coating of white stucco was laid on the surface. From the advent of the colony to the time of the Early Empire, the whitish limestone was used; after that, Carrara marble.

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Pivot by L.C. Barlow is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The horror novel is the first book in a trilogy. Check it out:

Modern Manners For Your Inner Demons by Tara Laskowski is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The book is a subversive take on etiquette books. Check it out in the author’s own words:

There are many etiquette books from Emily Post and others that tell you what to do when attending a wedding, setting the table, asking for a promotion, introducing yourself at a party. What I became interested in is the darker side of etiquette-the way people conduct themselves in situations that Emily Post would never write about. This book started with the story ‘The Etiquette of Adultery.’ I loved that title and all that it suggested. Was there an etiquette, a set of unwritten rules, for a situation that seemed to break all the rules of a ‘decent’ society?

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Dark Genesis by A D Koboah is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The paranormal romance novel set during the era of slavery in America. Check it out:

Life for a female slave is one of sorrow, something Luna knows only too well. On her way back from a visit to see the African woman, a witch who has the herbs Luna needs to abort her master’s child, she attracts the attention of a deadly being that lusts for blood. Forcibly removed from everything she knows by this tormented otherworldly creature, she is sure she will be dead by sunrise.

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Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab by Dmitry Samarov is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

In the book, Samarov tells his stories about working as a cabbie while he was in art school. Check it out:

An artist and painter trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Samarov began driving a cab in 1993 to make ends meet, and he’s been working as a taxi driver ever since. In Hack: Stories from a Chicago Cab, he recounts tales that will delight, surprise, and sometimes shock the most seasoned urbanite. We follow Samarov through the rhythms of a typical week, as he waits hours at the garage to pick up a shift, ferries comically drunken passengers between bars, delivers prostitutes to their johns, and inadvertently observes drug deals.

The University of Chicago has the eBook available as a free download through the end of May.

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The Forever Stone by Gloria Repp is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The novel is a Christian romance. Check it out:

A young widow joins her aunt’s house-restoration project in the Pine Barrens, determined to take a stand for independence, but two men have different plans for her. The doctor, who has a fire-scarred past, is not upset by her panic attacks and knows he can help her to heal. The writer, who conceals more than one secret, admires her spirit and is certain that she needs him. God uses both men—and her father’s gift of a floral paperweight—to remind her of His enduring “forever love,” and as she yields to Him, she finds the courage to take a new and challenging path.

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The Child Thief by Melissa Snark is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The novel is a werewolf urban fantasy story. Check it out:

Valkyrie Victoria Storm has werewolf hunters hell bent on revenge trying to kill her. She can barely keep her own downtrodden pack alive, let alone respond to the pleas of a murdered mother. Can she set aside her differences and work with her sworn enemy to save a little boy from a Christmas nightmare?

The eBook is free from Amazon through May 6th

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You Were Never in Chicago by Neil Steinberg is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

This reporter’s memoir is all about his experiences in the windy city. Check it out:

Steinberg takes readers through Chicago’s vanishing industrial past and explores the city from the quaint skybridge between the towers of the Wrigley Building, to the depths of the vast Deep Tunnel system below the streets. He deftly explains the city’s complex web of political favoritism and carefully profiles the characters he meets along the way, from greats of jazz and journalism to small-business owners just getting by.

The University of Chicago Press has the eBook available as a free download for the next five days.

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Axeman’s Jazz (Skip Langdon Mystery Series #2) by Julie Smith is today’s Free eBook of the Day.

The mystery novel involves solving a series of murders taking place in 12-step programs. Check it out:

Who better to take him out than tall, funny, social-misfit Skip Langdon, now a homicide detective on the Axeman team, a gig that takes her into the 12-Step groups to meet the suspects (giving author Smith a chance for gentle satire). As Skip threads her fascinated way from one self-help group to another, she finds she has more in common with the twelve-steppers than just the murder—her mother, for one thing, whom she encounters at Overeaters Anonymous! And she knows what they do not: that among their anonymous numbers is a murderous, and dangerously attractive psychopath.

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