The Great Gunfighter Giveaway

Holiday Giveaway Three: Kwanzaa

Alright, friends... the third time is the charm!  Now that the Hanukkah and Christmas book giveaways are concluded, it is time for the third and final Gunfighter Giveaway for the holiday season!

My friends at Hachette Books have asked me to host a third holiday giveaway, this time for Kwanzaa. 

All you need to do to enter is to leave me a comment in the comment section and you are in!  As is my custom, there are no religious, cultural, or ethnic boundaries for this giveaway.  As we are prone to say in my own particular denomination:  All are welcome.

This little give away begins today, and will run through New Year's Eve.  Again, all tyou need to do to enter is leave a comment, and you are in like Flynn.

 

The books in the prize pack are:

1.  The Boy Next Door By Irene Sabatini
2.  Mrs. O By Mary Tomer 
3.  Role of a Lifetime By James Brown , Nathan Whitaker, & Tony Dungy
4.  On the Line By Serena Williams, & Daniel Paisner
5.  Nelson Mandela's Favorite African Folktales By Nelson Mandela

Again, I will announce the winner on New Year's Eve.

A third thank You to the folks at Hachette Book Group for asking me to host for them... anything that I can do to put more books into someone's hands is a blessing.

 

 

Merry Christmas, From Hatchette Books

It's me again, friends!  That's right... your friend and blogging pal Giveaway Gunfighter is back, and I am here today to tell you that my friends at Hachette Books have staked me to host another awesome holiday giveaway.

This time, the folks at Hatchette Books have a set of Christmas themed books for you.  Now, whether you celebrate the religious holiday, celebrating the birth of that most splendid of fellows... the Lamb of God, The Prince of Peace.  The wild and incredible dude, Jesus of Nazareth, who kicked the asses of the money changers and threw them out of the Temple, or celebrate the secular holiday, you are eligible for this prize... even you humbug-type people that reply to everyone who greets you in the holiday spirit with a shrug... you are eligible too, well, because that's the kind of guy I am.

This little give away begins today, and will run through Sunday, December 20th.  All you need to do is to leave a comment.  That's all.  Just leave a comment... any comment, and you'll be entered.

 

The books in the prize pack are:

1.    Angels By Chuck Fischer 

2.    Miracles By Karen Kingsbury

3.    The Gift of an Ordinary Day By Katrina Kenison

4.    Christmas Memories By Susan Branch

5.     The Paper Bag Christmas By Kevin Alan Milne

 

Again, I will announce the winner on Sunday, December 20th.

A second Thank You to the folks at Hachette Book Group for asking me to host for them... anything that I can do to put more books into someone's hands is a double (maybe a triple) blessing.

Now, get busy and comment, because that is the only way to enter!

Happy Hanukkah, from Hachette Books!

I am pleased to announce, that, once again, the fine folks at Hachette Books have asked me to host a holiday giveaway.  As a matter of fact, this giveaway is especially cool in that it has three parts.   Hachette Books is giving away three sets of holiday-specific books for Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa.

The first part will be a five book giveaway for Hanukkah ,since it begins tomorrow.  This giveaway begins today and will run through Monday, December 14th.  All you need to do is to click HERE, at The Great Gunfighter Giveawayand leave a comment about your favorite Hanukkah songs and traditions.  That's it.  You'll be entered.... and here is the kicker, you don't even have to be Jewish to win, because you know that your Holiday-loving pal Gunfighter is all about equal opportunity.

The books in the prize pack are:

Start-up Nation By Dan Senor, Saul Singer

The Monuments Men By Robert M. Edsel , Bret Witter

Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish By Shana Liebman

The Woman Who Named God By Charlotte Gordon

 A Lucky Child By Thomas Buergenthal , Elie Wiesel

 

I will announce the winner on Tuesday, the 15th.

Many thanks to the folks at Hachette for asking me to host for them... anything that I can do to put more books into someone's hands is a double blessing.

Now, get busy and click that mouse, because comments are closed, here.

I am pleased to announce, that, once again, the fine folks at Hachette Books have asked me to host a holiday giveaway.  As a matter of fact, this giveaway is especially cool in that it has three parts.   Hachette Books is giving away three sets of holiday-specific books for Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa.

The first part will be a five book giveaway for Hanukkah ,since it begins tomorrow.  This giveaway begins today and will run through Monday, December 14th.  All you need to do is to click HERE, at The Great Gunfighter Giveawayand leave a comment about your favorite Hanukkah songs and traditions.  That's it.  You'll be entered.... and here is the kicker, you don't even have to be Jewish to win, because you know that your Holiday-loving pal Gunfighter is all about equal opportunity.

The books in the prize pack are:

Start-up Nation By Dan Senor, Saul Singer

The Monuments Men By Robert M. Edsel , Bret Witter

Sex, Drugs & Gefilte Fish By Shana Liebman

The Woman Who Named God By Charlotte Gordon

 A Lucky Child By Thomas Buergenthal , Elie Wiesel

 

I will announce the winner on Tuesday, the 15th.

Many thanks to the folks at Hachette for asking me to host for them... anything that I can do to put more books into someone's hands is a double blessing.

Now, get busy and click that mouse, because comments are closed, here.

Great Gunfighter Giveaway #7

While I am not a huge fan of country music, I don't hate it, so I recently (ok, it was last Sunday) bought Darius Rucker's new country CD called Learn to Live.

I will tell you that I was an early fan of Hootie & The Blowfish, and as such, I always enjoyed Rucker's rich, soulful baritone.  Darius has had some ups and downs with H&TB and that group is, sadly, no longer touring or recording, so when I heard that this CD was being released, I looked forward to it from the start.

When we got the CD home, I put it on right away and enjoyed it from the start.  Rucker didn't have to go too far from his usual heartfelt style to sound comfortable and convincing as a country act.

As I said earlier, I'm not a huge country music fan, and while I like this recording, it probably isn't going to spend much time in the rotation of music that gets listened to at Castle Gunfighter... which brings us to this moment.

I'm giving away this listened-to-only-once CD.

To enter this giveaway, I want you to leave a comment about some deeply held belief that you have.  Religious, social, political, scientific... or whatever. The better-stated the position, the better chances you have.  As usual, if you Digg this or Stumble it, you get extra entries, likewise if you Twitter it (and leave a link).

The Great Gunfighter Giveaway #6

Hi folks... it's been a few weeks, hasn't it?  Well, I've got something pretty cool for all of you parents, would-be parents, teachers, coaches, clergy, and assorted nurturers-of-children out there.

I was given this book several months ago and after having the chance to read it, I participated in a conference call with the author to discuss the book and the group's reaction to it.

This is the book: The Self-Esteem Trap:  Raising Confident and Compassionate Kids In An Age of Self-Importance, by Polly Young-Eisendrath, PhD.  Now, I'm no Psychologist, but I am a parent, andI see a lot of what Dr. Young-Eisendrath talks about in this book in parents and kids at my daughter's school, but I also see it in my Sunday School students, and kids that I coach in soccer.  Truthfully, I see many of the things that the author talks about in the young adults that I teach as they enter the law enforcement  field .

I won't spend to much time with reviewing the book, as I think that whomever I give the book to will want to draw their own conclusions.  What I will say is that I think that the author is spot-on in her analysis of the problem and results of what I call "great job!" parenting.

OK, here is the deal, to enter this little giveaway, all you have to do is leave me a comment about parenting, teaching, or nurturing children and you are entered in!.  You get a double entry if you comment and then Tweet about it (with a link).  If you Digg it or Stumble it or Facebook it, you get an entry for every one of those items.

So, come on you social media mavens, do your thing!

This giveaway will close on Thursday, February 26th.

Have fun,

GF

Great Gunfighter Giveaway #5: The Lightning Round

I recently read this book for the annual Day To Read, and reviewed it at my regular blog.

Who wants to read it next?

Make a comment by 8 P.M., Monday, January 12, 2009, and you will be automatically entered.  I will announce the winner on Tuesday.

Good luck!

Great Gunfighter Giveaway: #4

  Hi everybody!  Here is me hoping that you had a fantastic New Year's celebration... whatever you might have been doing. With pleasantries out of the way, let me talk just a little about the next item in the Great Gunfgighter Giveaway.

What you see here is a hand-made (by yours truly), Episcopal/Ecumenical rosary.  It is made of blackstone and pewter beads and a pewter cross.

The succesful candidate will be chosen from among those readers who take the time to leave a comment about the last time they went to church.  It doesn't matter what your religion or denomination you adhere too... all are welcome at Castle Gunfighter.

So... there you are, let's keep those cards and letters coming.

Comments are now closed, friends... Vicar Mick, in the Canadian Great White North is our winner!

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Round Three: Winners!

Once again, using the special randomizing incantation, I have come up with five winners of the very special, single volume Holiday special CD:  Mrs. Gunfighter Really Loves Christmas.

Here are your winners:

Becky

Charrette

King Isepik

MedStudentWife

Villager

So.... go visit their blogs, and for you winners, email me with your snailmail addresses.

Happy New Year, everybody!

GF

Great Gunfighter Giveaway - Round Three

Not only is Christmas music a very popular thing at Castle Gunfighter (as I type this, soccergirl is belting out "Mary Did You Know?" ), it is also a popular theme in the blogosphere and that is certainly an advantage for those who wish to participate in this round of the Great Gunfighter Giveaway.  Not only is this round all about music (again), it happens that since Christmas actually has 12 days (it's not just some song you know, Christmas lasts until Epiphany), there is more Christmas music on the wing!

You see, Mrs. Gunfighter so enjoyed the first two volumes of "A Very Gunfighter Christmas", she decided, last night, that there needed to be a version of her own, since some of HER favorites didn't make my list.  So... There it is, five random commenters will be selected to receive the single-volume collection of "A Mrs Gunfighter Christmas".  This is a collection of HER favorites that I missed in my previous collection.

Here is the thing, kids, this is going to be a short round, as I hope to get all of these items in the mail by Tuesday, so you all had better be nimble with those comments... and speaking of comments, they needn't be themed, just let me know that you are interested and that's enough... unless, of course you'd like to say something pithy or witty, in which case I am all ears.

Right then, carry on!

GF

Round Two Winner!

Reader and commenter, Jean has been selected almost at random (hey y'all need to piuck it up inm the comment department) as winner for Round Two of The Great Gunfighter Giveaway!

Congratulations, Jean!  Your book will be in the mail on Monday!  Enjoy it!

GF