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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal:

Tidewater Inn by Colleen Coble also $2.99

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Seven Princes (Books of the Shaper) by John R. Fultz (Orbit) is $2.99

Book Description:

It is an Age of Legends.

Under the watchful eye of the Giants, the kingdoms of Men rose to power. Now, the Giant-King has slain the last of the Serpents and ushered in an era of untold peace and prosperity. Where a fire-blackened desert once stood, golden cities flourish in verdant fields.

It is an Age of Heroes.

But the realms of Man face a new threat: an ancient sorcerer slaughters the rightful King of Yaskatha before the unbelieving eyes of his son, young Prince D’zan. With the Giant-King lost to a mysterious doom, it seems that no one has the power to stop the coming storm.

It is an Age of War.

The fugitive Prince seeks allies across the realms of Men and Giants to liberate his father’s stolen kingdom. Six foreign Princes are tied to his fate. Only one thing is certain: War is coming.

Seven Princes. Some will seek glory. Some will seek vengeance. All will be legends.

Bloodsworth: The True Story of One Man’s Triumph over Injustice by Tim Junkin (Shannon Ravenel Books) is $1.99

Book Description:

Charged with the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in 1984, Kirk Bloodsworth was tried, convicted, and sentenced to die in Maryland’s gas chamber.

From the beginning, he proclaimed his innocence, but when he was granted a new trial because his prosecutors improperly withheld evidence, the second trial also resulted in conviction. Bloodsworth read every book on criminal law in the prison library and persuaded a new lawyer to petition for the then-innovative DNA testing.

After nine years in one of the harshest prisons in America, Kirk Bloodsworth was vindicated by DNA evidence. He was pardoned by the governor of Maryland and has gone on to become a tireless spokesman against capital punishment.

You Had Me At Hello by Mhairi McFarlane (Avon) is $2.99

Book Description:

What happens when the one that got away comes back? Find out in this sparkling debut from Mhairi McFarlane.

‘Think of the great duos of history. We’re just like them.’
‘You mean like Kylie and Jason? Torvill and Dean? Sonny and Cher?’
‘I think you’ve missed the point, Rachel.’

Rachel and Ben. Ben and Rachel. It was them against the world. Until it all fell apart. It’s been a decade since they last spoke, but when Rachel bumps into Ben one rainy day, the years melt away.

They’d been partners in crime and the best of friends. But life has moved on: Ben is married. Rachel is not. Yet in that split second, Rachel feels the old friendship return. And along with it, the broken heart she’s never been able to mend.

Hilarious, heartbreaking and everything in between, you’ll be hooked from their first ‘hello’.

The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan (Reagan Arthur Books) is $3.79

Book Description:

Grace Winter, 22, is both a newlywed and a widow. She is also on trial for her life.

In the summer of 1914, the elegant ocean liner carrying Grace and her husband Henry across the Atlantic suffers a mysterious explosion. Setting aside his own safety, Henry secures Grace a place in a lifeboat, which the survivors quickly realize has exceeded capacity. For any to live, some must die.

As the castaways battle the elements and each other, Grace recollects the unorthodox way she and Henry met, and the new life of privilege she thought she’d found. Will she pay any price to keep it?

THE LIFEBOAT is a page-turning novel of hard choices and survival, narrated by a woman as unforgettable and complex as the events she describes.

The Anatomy of a Moment: Thirty-Five Minutes in History and Imagination by Javier Cercas (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $2.99

Book Description:

El País Book of the Year • El Mundo Nonfiction Book of the Year • Winner of the Terenci Moix Award for Nonfiction

In February 1981, Spain was still emerging from Franco’s shadow, holding a democratic vote for the new prime minister. On the day of the vote in Parliament, while the session was being filmed by TV cameras, a band of right-wing soldiers burst in with automatic weapons, ordering everyone to get down. Only three men defied the order. For thirty-five minutes, as the cameras rolled, they stayed in their seats.

Critically adored novelist Javier Cercas originally set out to write a novel about this pivotal moment, but determined it had already gained an air of myth, or, through the annual broadcast of video clips, had at least acquired the fictional taint of reality television. Cercas turned to nonfiction, and his vivid descriptions of the archival footage frame a narrative that traverses the line between history and art, creating a daring new account of this watershed moment in modern Spanish history.

The Anatomy of a Moment caused a sensation upon its publication in Spain, selling hundreds of thousands of copies. The story will be new to many American readers, but the book stands resolutely on its own as a compelling literary inquest of national myth, personal memory, political spectacle, and reality itself.

Friday Nights: A Novel by Joanna Trollope (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $1.99

Book Description:

Joanna Trollope’s warm, insightful novel stars Eleanor, who invites two young mothers into her home from off the street, and slowly begins to connect with them and their friends. But when one of them meets a man, new questions are posed: can female friendships withstand the jealousies and intricacies of love?

With wit and warmth Joanna Trollope opens a window onto six very different women’s lives, their passions and their sorrows, and explores with insight and humanity the shifting currents of friendship.

Tears in Rain by Rosa Montero (AmazonCrossing) is $3.99

Book Description:

Death is inevitable. Especially when you have an expiration date.

As a replicant, or “techno-human,” Detective Bruna Husky knows two things: humans bioengineered her to perform dangerous, undesirable tasks; and she has just ten years on the United States of Earth before her body automatically self-destructs. But with “anti-techno” rage on the rise and a rash of premature deaths striking her fellow replicants, she may have even less time than she originally thought.

Investigating the mysterious deaths, Bruna delves into the fractious, violent history shared by humans and replicants, and struggles to engage the society that fails to understand her—yet created her. The deeper she gets, the deadlier her work becomes as she uncovers a vast, terrifying conspiracy bent on changing the very course of the world. But even as the darkness of her reality closes in, Bruna clings fiercely to life.

Violins of Autumn (Lisette de Valmy) by Amy McAuley (Walker Childrens) is $2.51

Book Description:

Betty, an American teenager in living in Britain, is determined to contribute to the cause when the Germans begin bombing London in World War II. Instead of collecting scrap metal or running air raid drills like most girls her age, Betty lies about her age and trains to become a spy and member of the Special Operations Executive. Now known by her secret agent persona, Adele Blanchard, she soon finds herself parachuting over German-occupied France in the dark of night to join the secret Resistance movement.

Adele’s missions in Paris and throughout the French countryside delivering top-secret messages, lead to several close calls with the Gestapo, but it’s when she crosses paths with a young American pilot that Adele fully realizes the brutality of this war and the seriousness of her circumstances. Plus her changing feelings for this pilot are as uncertain as their future. Can Adele elude the Gestapo long enough to enjoy the future they are trying to protect?

Six Moon Dance by Sheri S. Tepper (HarperCollins) is $0.99

Book Description:

It was many years ago that humans came and settled the world of Newholme – cruelly bending the planet to their will; setting down roots and raising up cities and farms and a grand temple to their goddess.

But now the ground itself is shaking with ever-increasing violence. And the Great Questioner, official arbiter of the Council of Worlds, has come to this isolated orb to investigate rumors of a terrible secret that lies buried deep within Newholme’s past — a past that is not dead, not completely.

And it will fall to Mouche, a beautiful youth of uncommon cleverness and spirit, to save his imperiled home by dicovering and embracing that which makes him unique among humans. For every living thing on Newholme is doomed, unless Mouche can appease something dark and terrible that is coiled within…and surrender to the mysterious ecstatic revelry that results when the six moons join.

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Forgotten Footprints by John Harrison from Parthian Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Forgotten Footprints tells the story of the most visited places in Antarctica. John Harrison offers a selection of highly readable anecdotal accounts of the merchantmen, navy men, sealers, whalers and aviators who, along with scientists and adventurers, drew the first ghostly maps of the white continent.

Cloud Road by John Harrison from Parthian Books (£0.99) is the 2nd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation. For five months John Harrison journeys through this secret country, walking alone into remote villages where he is the first gringo the inhabitants have ever seen, and where life continues as if Columbus had never sailed.

Encounters in the American Mountain West by Ian R Mitchell from Neil Wilson Publishing (£1.19) is the 3rd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this collection of 10 essays, Boardman-Tasker award-winner Ian R Mitchell visits some of the most remote and unheralded places in the 'American Mountain West': the grounds of the ancient Anasazi civilization; the Timpanagos and Tukhunikivatz mountains; the mining country of Carbon County; and sites of the Mormon pioneers who settled Utah 150 years ago.

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New Moon by Stephenie Meyer from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 12)

Product Description

There's a new moon in the sky today -- and also one for your NOOK. Revisit Stephenie Meyer's star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward at the darkest moment of their relationship in the book that established the Twilight saga as a bona fide phenomenon.

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New Moon (The Twilight Saga, Book 2) by Stephenie Meyer from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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With New Moon, Stephenie Meyer delivers another passionate and riveting vampire love saga full of surprises. In this sequel to Twilight, the star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward face the mysterious appearance of wolves, a female vampire's terrifying threat of revenge, and an encounter with Italy's royal family of vampires, the Volturi.

Loki's Daughters by Delle Jacobs from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Both Ronan and Arienh were just children when Ronan's uncle forced him into a raid against her Celtic village. But Ronan risked his life to protect the young Arienh from his marauding Viking kinsmen. Now he has returned to claim the beautiful girl who captured his heart so long ago.

The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers from Tachyon Publications ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Michael Crawford discovers his bride murdered in their wedding bed, he flees across Europe to prove his innocence and to avoid the deadly vampire who has claimed him as her bridegroom. Set in the nineteenth century, this passionate and terrifying tale is a critically-acclaimed classic of adult historical fantasy.

Learning to Ski with Mr. Magee by Mark A. Pritchard from Chronicle Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (December 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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One winter morning, Mr. Magee and his little dog, Dee, head out bright and early to learn how to ski. What begins as a pleasant day in the snow quickly goes downhill after a run-in with a curious moose. It's another fun-filled adventure for Magee fans old and new./QUOTE]

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Sourcebooks Christmas eBook Spectacular Day 13:

Water Wars by Cameron Stracher is $1.99

Book Description

Welcome to a future where water is more precious than oil or gold...

Hundreds of millions of people have already died, and millions more will soon fall-victims of disease, hunger, and dehydration. It is a time of drought and war. The rivers have dried up, the polar caps have melted, and drinkable water is now in the hands of the powerful few. There are fines for wasting it and prison sentences for exceeding the quotas.

But Kai didn't seem to care about any of this. He stood in the open road drinking water from a plastic cup, then spilled the remaining drops into the dirt. He didn't go to school, and he traveled with armed guards. Kai claimed he knew a secret-something the government is keeping from us...

And then he was gone. Vanished in the middle of the night. Was he kidnapped? Did he flee? Is he alive or dead? There are no clues, only questions. And no one can guess the lengths to which they will go to keep him silent. We have to find him-and the truth-before it is too late for all of us.

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The Perfect Present by Karen Swan from Pan (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Haunted by a past she can't escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise--her quiet relationship and growing jewellery business are all she needs to get by. That is, until the December day when Rob Blake walks into her studio and commissions a necklace that will tell his enigmatic wife Cat’s life in charms.

Ever Fallen in Love by Zoe Strachan from Sandstone Press (£0.99) is the 2nd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Richard fell for Luke at university, and together they did things that Richard has spent the last decade trying to forget. Now his career is on the brink of success, but his younger sister Stephie's life is in pieces. Her invasion of Richard's remote west-coast sanctuary forces Richard to confront the tragedy and betrayal of his past, and face up to his own role in what happened back then.

Hartsend by Ian R Mitchell from Sandstone Press (£0.99) is the 3rd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In a village in Central Scotland, several people come together at the funeral of Mrs Crosthwaite--dominating woman famed for her fruit scones. Her middle-aged daughter Lesley now has a chance to break out, providing it's not too late. Meanwhile, out of everyone's sight, something terrible is about happen....

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Little Boy Blue by Kim Kavin from Barron's Educational Series ($4.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 14)

Product Description

When journalist Kim Kavin decided that she wanted a puppy, she not only adopted her new best friend Blue, but also unearthed the darker side of the animal rescue industry. Little Boy Blue is at once the survival story of her own particular pet and a shocking exposé of cruelty in animal shelters -- a story no true dog lover can be without.

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Swimming Home by Deborah Levy from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this 2012 Man Booker Prize nominee, Joe spots a body in the swimming pool of their French holiday villa. Her name is Kitty Finch, and she walks naked from the water and into their holiday. It's a subversive study of love that brilliantly explores the devastating nature of secrets.

What a Texas Girl Wants by Delle Jacobs from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Kathleen Witte is a down-to-earth girl, which is required with the family ranch nearing success. Now, after seven months of keeping it all together by swearing off men, Kathleen needs some fun in the sun. However, waking up with a husband she can’t remember isn’t how she planned to unwind.

Aftertime by Sophie Littlefield from Luna Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Awakening with a scarred body in a bleak landscape, Cass Dollar recalls surviving something terrible. She realizes Ruthie has vanished, along with most of civilization. Searching for Ruthie, Cass finds survivors don't trust her, for she was a zombie who somehow transformed back. But one does help, the outlaw named Smoke.

Closed for the Season by Mary Downing Hahn from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (December 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Edgar Award-winning author Mary Dowing Hahn's contemporary thriller for young readers, Closed for the Season, has action, mystery, and a surreal tone. The story follows two 13-year-old boys, Arthur and Logan, working to solve a murder that took place years ago in the old house Logan's family just moved into.

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FYI, Amazon matched the Nook deal:

Little Boy Blue by Kim Kavin also $4.99

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Sourcebooks Christmas eBook Spectacular Day 14:

Hot Zone (Elite Force: That Others May Live) by Catherine Mann is $0.99

Book Description

HE'LL TAKE ANY MISSION, THE RISKIER THE BETTER...

The haunted eyes of pararescueman Hugh Franco should have been her first clue that deep pain roiled beneath the surface. But if Amelia couldn't see the damage, how could she be expected to know he'd break her heart?

SHE'LL PROVE TO BE HIS BIGGEST RISK YET...

Amelia Bailey's not the kind of girl who usually needs rescuing...but there are anything but usual circumstances.

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Stranger in Paradise by Eileen Goudge (Open Road ) is $1.99

Book Description:

In the first book of Eileen Goudge’s bestselling Carson Springs series, an unlikely wedding upends a tranquil California town

It isn’t easy to watch your daughter marry a man who’s twice her age, but Samantha Kiley holds her tongue. Wes seems like a good man, and it doesn’t hurt that he’s also a billionaire. She has no idea that she will soon be caught up in a May–December affair of her own that will set tongues wagging in the idyllic small town of Carson Springs.

When Sam, a widow, becomes involved with Wes’s son, who is fifteen years her junior, it sends tremors through the Kiley family and their small town. But gossip isn’t the most dangerous thing in Carson Springs: This peaceful place is about to be rocked by murder.

Grace: A Christmas Sisters of the Heart Novel by Shelley Shepard Gray (HarperCollins) is $2.99

Book Description:

It’s never too late to go home

It’s Christmastime at the Brenneman Bed and Breakfast, and everyone is excited about closing down for the holidays. But when two unexpected visitors appear seeking shelter, the family’s commitment to hospitality is tested. First Levi arrives, sullen and angry . . . but insisting on staying for five days. Next Melody shows up. She’s almost nine months pregnant, but won’t say a word about why she traveled all the way from Kentucky by herself. As the two strangers settle in, the Brennemans try to make the best of an uncomfortable situation, except for Katie, who and knows a thing or two about keeping secrets. She is determined to learn the truth about these two strangers . . . all while keeping her own secret safely hidden away.

All is revealed when a snowstorm traps them at the inn.

L.A. Requiem (Elvis Cole Novels) by Robert Crais (Ballantine Books) is $1.99

Book Description:

The day starts like any other in L.A. The sun burns hot as the Santa Ana winds blow ash from mountain fires to coat the glittering city. But for private investigator Joe Pike, the city will never be the same again. His ex-lover, Karen Garcia, is dead, brutally murdered with a gun shot to the head.

Now Karen’s powerful father calls on Pike (a former cop) and his partner, Elvis Cole, to keep an eye on the LAPD as they search for his daughter’s killer — because in the luminous City of Angels, everyone has secrets, and even the mighty blue have something to hide. But what starts as a little procedural hand-holding turns into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse. For a dark web of conspiracy threatens to destroy Pike and Cole’s twelve-year friendship–if not their lives. And L.A. just might be singing their dirge.

One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, No. 1) by Janet Evanovich (Scribner) is $4.07

Book Description:

Meet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie’s opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey.

She’s a product of the “burg,” a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six.

Now Stephanie’s all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad’s, doing her best to sever the world’s longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case.

One for the Money is now a major motion picture starring Katherine Heigl as Stephanie Plum and Debbie Reynolds as Grandma Mazur.

The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink by Andrew F. Smith (Oxford University Press) is $3.99

Book Description:

A sweeping reference work on food and drink in America, with fascinating entries on everything from the history of White Castle to the origin of the Bloody Mary, The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink provides more than a thousand concise, authoritative, and exuberant entries, beautifully illustrated with hundreds of historical photographs and sixteen pages of color plates.

This entertaining and informative reference serves up everything you could ever want to know about American consumables and their impact on popular culture and the culinary world. The Companion offers delightful entries on fast food, celebrity chefs, fish, sandwiches, regional and ethnic cuisine, food science, and historical food traditions. Readers will find fascinating discussions of Applejack and apple pie, barbecue and baked Alaska, Dairy Queen and Delmonicos, lemonade and licorice, mayonnaise and marshmallow fluff, Popcorn and pretzels, spinach and Spam, vegetarianism and Velveeta. The volume also includes informative lists of food websites, museums, periodicals, organizations, and festivals.

Ideal for the food enthusiast and food scholar alike, it is equally appetizing for anyone fascinated by Americana, capturing our culture and history through what we love most – food!

Lost Memory of Skin by Russell Banks (Ecco) is $2.99 for US Kindle

Book Description:

Amazon Best Books of the Month, October 2011

The acclaimed author of The Sweet Hereafter and Rule of the Bone returns with a provocative new novel that illuminates the shadowed edges of contemporary American culture with startling and unforgettable results

Suspended in a strangely modern-day version of limbo, the young man at the center of Russell Banks’s uncompromising and morally complex new novel must create a life for himself in the wake of incarceration. Known in his new identity only as the Kid, and on probation after doing time for a liaison with an underage girl, he is shackled to a GPS monitoring device and forbidden to live within 2,500 feet of anywhere children might gather. With nowhere else to go, the Kid takes up residence under a south Florida causeway, in a makeshift encampment with other convicted sex offenders.

Barely beyond childhood himself, the Kid, despite his crime, is in many ways an innocent, trapped by impulses and foolish choices he himself struggles to comprehend. Enter the Professor, a man who has built his own life on secrets and lies. A university sociologist of enormous size and intellect, he finds in the Kid the perfect subject for his research on homelessness and recidivism among convicted sex offenders. The two men forge a tentative partnership, the Kid remaining wary of the Professor’s motives even as he accepts the counsel and financial assistance of the older man.

When the camp beneath the causeway is raided by the police, and later, when a hurricane all but destroys the settlement, the Professor tries to help the Kid in practical matters while trying to teach his young charge new ways of looking at, and understanding, what he has done. But when the Professor’s past resurfaces and threatens to destroy his carefully constructed world, the balance in the two men’s relationship shifts.

Suddenly, the Kid must reconsider everything he has come to believe, and choose what course of action to take when faced with a new kind…

Mrs. Ames by E.F. Benson (Bloomsbury Publishing) is $1.99

Book Description:

“An extraordinary study in comedy and quite the best thing artistically that Mr. Benson has done.”-New York Times

E. F. Benson, best known for his irresistible Mapp and Lucia novels set in the fictional town of Tilling, England, was a prolific and beloved novelist. Though the Mapp and Lucia books remain popular to this day, this kindred book will be back in print for the first time since its initial publication.

Reigning over a social merry-go-round of dinners and parties, Mrs Ames is the undisputed queen bee of Riseborough. That is, until vivacious new villager Mrs Evans catches the eye of both her son and her husband. Not content with captivating the men in her life, ‘that wonderful creature’ Mrs Evans becomes not just rival to Mrs Ames’ marriage, but rival to her village throne. When the whole of Riseborough is invited to Mrs Evans’ masked costume party, action must be taken. As the date looms, the irrepressible Mrs Ames resolves to seize the chance to win back her position, and thus, her man.

Outlaw Platoon: Heroes, Renegades, Infidels, and the Brotherhood of War in Afghanistan by Sean Parnell (William Morrow) is $2.99

Book Description:

In combat, men measure up. Or don’t. There are no second chances.

In this vivid account of the U.S. Army’s legendary 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the mountains of Afghanistan, Captain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly emotional true story of triumph, tragedy, and the extraordinary bonds forged in battle.

At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon—a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws—and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan’s eastern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush. Barely surviving the attack, Parnell’s men now realized that they faced the most professional and seasoned force of light infantry the U.S. Army had encountered since the end of World War II.

What followed was sixteen months of close combat, over the course of which the platoon became Parnell’s family: from Staff Sergeant Greg Greeson, the wise, chain-smoking veteran who never lost his cool; to Specialist Robert Pinholt, a buttoned-down conservative with the heart of a warrior and the mind of an economist; to Staff Sergeant Phil Baldwin, the platoon’s voice of calm and reason, a man who sacrificed everything following the events of 9/11—career, home, financial stability—to serve his country. But the cost of battle was high for these men: Over 80 percent were wounded in action, putting their casualty rate among the highest since Gettysburg, and not all of them made it home.

A searing and unforgettable story of friendship in battle, Outlaw Platoon brings to life the intensity and raw emotion of those sixteen months, showing how the fight reshaped the lives of Parnell and his men and how the love and faith they found in one another ultimately kept them alive.

Gingerbread by Jennifer Lindner McGlinn and Beatrice Peltre (Chronicle Books) is $2.99

Book Description:

Who says gingerbread is just for the holidays? This unique cookbook shows how gingerbread can be enjoyed for breakfast or dessert year-round.

Reflecting the wisdom and creativity of a professional pastry chef and dedicated home cook, Gingerbread collects 60 traditional and modern recipes.

Start with simple, yummy treats like Gingerbread Rum Cake and Sticky Toffee Gingerbread, then graduate to building your own gingerbread house for the holidays. Any way you slice it, these gingery goodies are sure to be a hit on any day of the year!

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The Galloway Case by Andrew Garve from Bello (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Journalist Peter Rennie discovers more than he bargained for after being sent to the Channel Islands to do a newspaper interview. Peter must get to the bottom of a complex murder case in order to win back the woman he has given his heart to. But the case involves two crime authors, two near-identical novels, a gruesome death and a blurring of the boundaries between fact and fiction.

A Hole in the Ground by Andrew Garve from Bello (£0.99) is the 2nd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Lawrence Quilter, a man in a position of power, finds some interesting records amongst his great grandfather's papers. This leads him to uncover a labyrinth of secret underground caves that have been hidden for decades. This is an exciting and unusual story which takes us into the realms of the frightening as well as the fantastically beautiful, and delves into the very depths of human nature.

The Narrow Search by Andrew Garve from Bello (£0.99) is the 3rd Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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It doesn't take Clare Hunter many years of married life to discover that her husband, Arnold, is ruthless and unscrupulous. But it is not until she attempts to break up their unsatisfactory marriage that she herself becomes victim of his power-complex. To prevent her leaving him, Arnold resorts to blackmail--of a highly specialised variety.

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Crashed (Junior Bender #1) by Timothy Hallinan from Soho Press ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 15)

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With Junior Bender, fan-favorite author Timothy Hallinan (The Fear Artist) has created one of the most fascinating characters of crime fiction. He's a burglar extraordinnaire whose stellar reputation has brought him to the attention of one of the LA underworld's worst mob bosses. And soon criminal-turned-private-investigator Junior Bender learns that doing the right thing will land him on the wrong side of LA's worst criminals.

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Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin from HarperCollins ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Edgar Award-winning author Tom Franklin's atmospheric drama set in Mississippi during the 1970s follows the lives of boyhood pals Larry Ott and Silas Jones. After Silas was accused of a girl's disappearance, the friendship ended. Twenty years later, Larry is a constable investigating another girl's disappearance, and Silas is a suspect.

Rainshadow Road by Lisa Kleypas from St. Martin's Griffin ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Kevin stuns glass artist Lucy Marinn after leaving her for Lucy's own sister. Their engagement over, Kevin tries to help Lucy get over her anger by secretly setting her up with Sam Nolan, a friend and local vineyard owner. Complications ensue when Sam falls for Lucy and Kevin has second thoughts.

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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It's 1808 and Napoleon is battering the English army and navy. Enter Mr. Norrell, a fusty but ambitious scholar from the Yorkshire countryside and the first practical magician in hundreds of years. What better way to demonstrate his revival of British magic than to change the course of the Napoleonic wars?

Infinity Ring (vol. 1): A Mutiny in Time by James Dashner from Scholastic Inc. ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (December 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When best friends Dak Smyth and Sera Froste stumble upon the secret of time travel--the Infinity Ring--they're swept up in a centuries-long secret war. Recruited by the Hystorians, the kids learn that history has gone disastrously off course, and they must travel back to fix the Great Breaks

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Crashed (Junior Bender #1) by Timothy Hallinan also $3.99

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The Sandman: Dream Hunters by Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell from Vertigo is $3.03

Book Description:

This book features Kindle Panel View for a magnified, panel-by-panel presentation of the story in the author’s own sequence when using Kindle Fire or select Kindle Reading Apps.

THE SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS is a graphic novel adaptation of Gaiman's novella of the same name, illustrated by Yoshitako Amano.

The world was different in old Japan. In those days, creatures of myth and legend walked upon the earth, swam in the sea, flew through the air. Some were wild and some, at great cost, could be tamed. So it was that a wily fox made a wager to dislodge a humble young monk from his home—and lost her heart in the betting. So it was also that a master of the demons of this world set his own eyes on the monk, seeking to seize the pious man's inner strength for his own. And so it was, the King of All Night's Dreaming would find himself intervening on behalf of a love that was never meant to be....

Adapted by P. Craig Russell from the award-winning story by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Neil Gaiman, THE SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS is a richly evocative return to the world of The Dreaming, seen through entirely new eyes.

Collects the entire 4-issue series as well as a sketch section by P. Craig Russell. Also included is a cover gallery that includes work by P. Craig Russell, Yuko Shimizu, Mike Mignola, Paul Pope and Joe Kubert.

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Call Me Wild by Robin Kaye is $0.99

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She doesn't know a single thing about relationships...

Unemployed sportswriter Jessie James plans to make a killing writing a bestselling romance novel. She's never read one, but really, how hard can it be? Moving cross–country to a borrowed house in Idaho, Jessie starts her research with the first gorgeous guy she runs into...

Luckily, he knows everything...

Sports doctor Fisher Kincaid notices Jessie right away—the transplanted Easterner sticks out like a sore thumb in the small town. When he discovers she's researching attraction and romance, he graciously offers himself as a test subject. That's when everything starts to go wrong, and they both find out how much they need a few good lessons in love...

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Golden Gate: The Life and Times of America’s Greatest Bridge by Kevin Starr (Bloomsbury Press) is $2.51

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The Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wild headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California and America itself–the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed in 1937, also announced to the world America’s engineering prowess and full assumption of its destined continental dominance. The Golden Gate is a counterpart to the Statue of Liberty, pronouncing American achievement in an unmistakable American fashion. The nation’s very history is expressed in the bridge’s art deco style and stark verticality.

Kevin Starr’s Golden Gate is a brilliant and passionate telling of the history of the bridge, and the rich and peculiar history of the California experience. The Golden Gate is a grand public work, a symbol and a very real bridge, a magnet for both postcard photographs and suicides. In this compact but comprehensive narrative, Starr unfolds the hidden-in-plain-sight meaning of the Golden Gate, putting it in its place among classic works of art.

Caribou Island: A Novel by David Vann (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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The prize-winning author of Legend of a Suicide delivers his highly anticipated debut novel.

On a small island in a glacier-fed lake on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, a marriage is unraveling. Gary, driven by thirty years of diverted plans, and Irene, haunted by a tragedy in her past, are trying to rebuild their life together. Following the outline of Gary’s old dream, they’re hauling logs to Caribou Island in good weather and in terrible storms, in sickness and in health, to build the kind of cabin that drew them to Alaska in the first place.

But this island is not right for Irene. They are building without plans or advice, and when winter comes early, the overwhelming isolation of the prehistoric wilderness threatens their bond to the core. Caught in the emotional maelstrom is their adult daughter, Rhoda, who is wrestling with the hopes and disappointments of her own life. Devoted to her parents, she watches helplessly as they drift further apart.

Brilliantly drawn and fiercely honest, Caribou Island captures the drama and pathos of a husband and wife whose bitter love, failed dreams, and tragic past push them to the edge of destruction. A portrait of desolation, violence, and the darkness of the soul, it is an explosive and unforgettable novel from a writer of limitless possibility.

The Bug: A Novel by Ellen Ullman (Picador) is $2.99

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A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist, A New York Times Book Review Notable Book

Ellen Ullman is a “rarity, a computer programmer with a poet’s feeling for language” (Laura Miller, Salon). The Bug breaks new ground in literary fiction, offering us a deep look into the internal lives of people in the technical world.

Set in a start-up company in 1984, this highly acclaimed first novel explores what happens when a baffling software flaw —a bug so teasing it is named “the Jester”— threatens the survival of the human beings who created it.

Queen of the Summer Stars: Book Two of the Guinevere Trilogy by Persia Woolley (Sourcebooks Landmark) is $1.99

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In a country still reeling from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the young King Arthur and his wife Guinevere struggle to keep the barbarians at bay even as they establish the Fellowship of the Round Table. The spirited and outspoken Guinevere skillfully combats an accusation of planning to poison Arthur in a country simmering with unrest and scandal. But Guinevere’s greatest battles are dangers Arthur cannot see – ones she’ll have to fight on her own. And all the while, she must reconcile her thirst for freedom with her duties as queen, and her growing love for Lancelot with her loyalty to her husband.

Vibrantly human and touchingly real, Guinevere reigns as a woman poised to discover the true peril and promise of the human heart.

Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Bakerton is a community of company houses and church festivals, of union squabbles and firemen’s parades. Its neighborhoods include Little Italy, Swedetown, and Polish Hill.

For its tight-knit citizens — and the five children of the Novak family — the 1940s will be a decade of excitement, tragedy, and stunning change.

Baker Towers is a family saga and a love story, a hymn to a time and place long gone, to America’s industrial past, and to the men and women we now call the Greatest Generation. It is a feat of imagination from an extraordinary voice in American fiction, a writer of enormous power and skill.

Forgotten Child by Kitty Neale (Avon) is $1.99

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Will she ever find a home where she can belong?

The dramatic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of LOST ANGEL.

ALONE…Jennifer Lavender was a lonely child. She always felt like second best and desperately craved her parents love.

ADOPTED…When Jenny learns she was adopted everything falls into place. But her dream of finding her real family can never be fulfilled – her mother died alone giving birth.

ABANDONED… Now a grown woman, she attempts to fill her void by marrying Marcos. For a while she feels loved, but when the police show up at their door Jenny realises that her marriage is not what it seemed. Destitute, she is forced to move away and start again.

ASTOUNDED… While adjusting to her new life by the sea, Jenny meets a young woman who will change her life forever. Together they search for the truth, but what they discover may be more than they can bear.

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Fujisan by Randy Taguchi from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (December 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From acclaimed Japanese author Randy Taguchi come four unforgettable stories of redemption, discovery, loss, and remembrance anchored by one of the world’s holiest peaks. Mount Fuji has been a source of spiritual inspiration since it was first ascended by a monk over a millennium ago.

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After Victoria rejects his love on his 25th birthday, Jeremy takes his own life. He wakes up again on his 21st birthday, with Victoria at his side, blissfully in love with him. The next time he wakes, another year has passed. Victoria now carries his child, but the man alongside her is a cruel, egotistical and seemingly unknowable Jeremy. Is it amnesia, insanity or something else altogether?

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Our Holocaust is an astonishing chronicle of two young children's attempts to understand what happened "Over There". The author takes the stage as a fictional character along with Effi--the only other child on Katznelson Street in Kiryat Haim. together they try to fit the puzzle together--from the bits and pieces they are given--because they are not "Old Enough" to comprehend.

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Girl Meets Boy: Because There Are Two Sides to Every Story ed by Kelly Milner Halls from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (December 16)

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Why are relationships complicated? Because there are two sides to every story. Here, twelve of today's top authors take a unique look at he said/she said relationships, teaming up to tell stories from each side's point-of-view.

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There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: actor, husband, father, and activist. Readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another: optimist. Michael's personal policy is one of engagement and discovery. It's an emotional, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has helped him throughout his struggle with Parkinson's disease.

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David Broussard is a handsome and successful businessman in pursuit of Sarona Maxwell, but his unsavory romantic reputation has followed him. David soon learns Sarona is more woman than he’s bargained for, and he’ll need much more than cunning, charm, and good looks to claim her as his next prize.

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Terry Pratchett's first of more than 20 books exploring the bizarre land of Discworld features tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind, hurtling along on a madcap adventure. Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, best-selling Discworld novels compare favorably with the works of fellow parodists Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, and Douglas Adams.

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The first novel in this international best-selling series introduces 15-year-old Will. He's been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice to help guard the kingdom just in time to battle the exiled Morgarath as he plans an attack. It's perfect reading for fans of J.R.R., T.H. White, Christopher Paolini, and George R. R. Martin.

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