Yeah for free books!
If you noticed on my sidebar, there is a list of technical books:
Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide
From the site:
Overview of Cocos2d for iPhone 0.99 Beginner's Guide
A cool guide to learning cocos2d with iPhone to get you into the iPhone game industry quickly
Learn all the aspects of cocos2d while building three different games
Add a lot of trendy features such as particles and tilemaps to your games to captivate your players
Full of illustrations, diagrams, and tips for building iPhone games, with clear step-by-step instructions and practical examples
Link: http://link.packtpub.com/c65cvt
WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with Oracle SOA Suite 11g
From the site:
Overview of WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Develop BPEL and SOA composite solutions with Oracle SOA Suite 11g
Efficiently automate business processes with WS-BPEL 2.0 and develop SOA composite applications.
Get familiar with basic and advanced BPEL 2.0.
Detailed explanation of advanced topics, such as security, transactions, human workflow, process monitoring, transition from BPMN to BPEL, dynamic processes, fault handling, etc., enabling you to work smarter and more efficiently.
Step-by-step real-world examples to learn and manage various advanced aspects of BPEL development using Oracle SOA Suite 11g, JDeveloper, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle Service Registry, Oracle Enterprise Repository, BPM Suite and BPA Suite
Link: http://link.packtpub.com/jPKexr
Yahoo! User Interface Library 2.x Cookbook
From the site:
Overview of Yahoo! User Interface Library 2.x Cookbook
 Easily develop feature-rich internet applications to interact with the user using various built-in components of YUI library
Simple and powerful recipes explaining how to use and implement YUI 2.x components
Gain a thorough understanding of the YUI tools
Plenty of example code to help you improve your coding and productivity with the YUI Library
Hands-on solutions that takes a practical approach to recipes
Link: http://link.packtpub.com/oVCUqU
Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook
From the site:
Overview of Magento 1.4 Development Cookbook
Develop Modules and Extensions for Magento 1.4 using PHP with ease
Socialize your store by writing custom modules and widgets to drive in more customers
Achieve a tremendous performance boost by applying powerful techniques such as YSlow, PageSpeed, and Siege
Link: http://link.packtpub.com/tfzwak
Magento 1.4 Themes Design
From the site:
Overview of Magento 1.4 Themes Design
Install and configure Magento 1.4 and learn the fundamental principles behind Magento themes
Customize the appearance of your Magento 1.4 e-commerce store with Magento's powerful theming engine by changing Magento templates, skin files and layout files
Change the basics of your Magento theme from the logo of your store to the color scheme of your theme
Integrate popular social media aspects such as Twitter and Facebook into your Magento store
Link: http://link.packtpub.com/8Fgdx4
That's because I recently joined the Packt Partnership program, which perks includes, well, free books! :) They also asked me if I can host a contest on my blog to give away free books. Why not? So yeah, I'll be hosting a contest soon, details to follow.
