Perfect Rigour: A Genius and the Mathematical Breakthrough of a Lifetime by Masha Gessen from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
Kindle Deal of the Day (September 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Perfect Rigour is a book about the burden of extraordinary genius. In 2000, the Poincaré Conjecture was named as one of the great unsolved mathematical problems in the world. Several years later, Grigori Perelman, a Russian mathematician, posted a solution to the puzzle, only to refuse every award and honour associated with his intellect.
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Awkward by Marni Bates from Kensington ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 12)
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Meet Mackenzie Wellesley, a normal if somewhat clumsy teenager at Smith High. But after video of her careening into a burly football player becomes a viral internet hit, Mackenzie suddenly becomes a bona fide pop culture sensation. Life's about to get real interesting!
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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:
Awkward by Marni Bates is also $2.99 for US Kindle
The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World by Paul Gilding from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (September 12)
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Stop worrying about preventing climate change, says former Greenpeace International director Paul Gilding: it's inevitable. But while his message is to brace for impact get ready for a world of scarce resources and ecological calamity. he argues that confronting these challenges will bring out the best in humanity.
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Collision of Evil by John J. Le Beau from Oceanview Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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American tourist Charles Hirter is murdered in the Bavarian Alps, and the German detective in charge of the case, Kommissar Franz Waldbaer, has no clues, suspects, or motives. After Waldbaer reluctantly allows the victim's brother to help, the two find themselves probing long-forgotten Nazi episodes to identify a present threat.
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Corduroy by Don Freeman from Puffin ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Daily Deal (September 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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This gentle, sweet, and classic children's picture book follows the nighttime adventures of a department store teddy bear that goes looking for his missing overall button after all the shoppers have gone home. Available on Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Fire, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad, and Kindle for Android.
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