Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- August 2012

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Here's the new thread for August (*here's a link to my July thread to check out the last bargains I posted there)

Okay, so you may know me since I posted a lot of free and bargain books in this forum. I did add affiliate links to my posts before (the links look like this-> http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Woman-Wa...ag=arcadata-20), but I've been told that isn't allowed anymore in the main forum. I'll be allowed to continue to post my affiliate links in this personal thread though.

Basically, what happens is that I earn referral fees (starts at 4%) whenever a visitor follows my link to Amazon.com (for example) and then makes a qualifying purchase. It was a pretty good incentive for me to spend time here sharing any freebies and bargains I found since I would get extra money per month to spend on books & apps!

So, hopefully, if you don't mind me getting a commission, you'll come visit this thread and click on my links when you're planning to buy something!

And here's the first deal(s) for August 1!

Stirred (Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels/Luther Kite Thriller) by Blake Crouch and J.A. Konrath from Thomas & Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Stirred pits author JA Konrath's greatest heroine, Lt Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, against Luther Kite, the monstrous creation of co-writer Blake Crouch. In this original and horrifying thriller, Jack is at her most vulnerable, expecting a baby; Luther is at his most depraved, and has his sights set on Jack.

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Don't Try This at Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs by Kimberly Witherspoon from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 1)

Product Description

Even the best chefs have bad days. Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Tom Colicchio, and dozens more of today's top culinary minds here describe their absolutely worst experiences: disastrous dishes, bad hires, ambitious failures, and more. Wildly entertaining behind-the-scenes accounts, these anecdotes will not only make you feel better the next time you burn dinner, but also show what it takes to move past failure--inside the kitchen and out.

Warriors: Enter the Clans by Erin Hunter from HarperCollins ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (August 1)

Product Description

Enter the world of Warrior Cats. These field guides to the bestselling Warriors series, contain the closely guarded secrets of each clan. This book also features an excerpt from the new Survivors series out August 21st.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: Warriors: Enter the Clans by Erin Hunter also $2.99 for US Kindle. And another book Warriors: Hollyleaf's Story (Warriors: Omen of the Stars) also by Erin Hunter is also $2.99!

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Occultation by Laird Barron from Night Shade Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers like H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti. His second collection of masterfully written short stories includes the critically acclaimed gems "The Forest" and "The Lagerstatte."

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The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less has updated for August! Check out the new batch of discounts.

Looking for great books at a low price? Browse the newest section of our store--100 Kindle Books for $3.99 or Less--a diverse selection of deals hand-selected by our editors each month.

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More Amazon Kindle Book Deals promos which include listings for Grisly Reads for Summer: $4.99 or Less, Popular Romance from $2.99, and Popular Kindle Mysteries for $2.99)

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FYI, For UK Kindlers:

The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for £2.99 or Less is a new promo for Amazon UK.

We've pulled together a selection of 100 Kindle books, each for £2.99 or less, to make it easier for you to discover and try a new book or author. We'll be adding new books from time to time and titles may vary, so make sure to check back often. There's also the Kindle Daily Deal, which features a new Kindle book deal every day.

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And also for UK Kindlers: The Kindle Reading Marathon (until 11:59 pm BST on August 30, 2012)

Get comfy, get cosy, get reading! Give your Kindle--and your fingers--a workout this summer with our Kindle Reading Marathon where you'll find hundreds of great books on sale from £0.99. What's more, you can earn up to £5 to spend at Amazon.co.uk when you spend at least £10 in the sale. So what are you waiting for? Test your endurance today. Selection may vary. Additional terms and conditions apply.

How It Works
1. Shop the Kindle Reading Marathon sale
2. If you reach one of the three levels below, you will qualify for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate at the corresponding amount. For example, if you spend £20 or more on sale items, you will reach the 'Epic' level and we will credit your account with a £5 Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate
3. The Gift Certificate will be credited to your Amazon.co.uk account within 14 days of the sale end date, and you will receive an e-mail confirmation when your account has been credited
4. Use your Gift Certificate before the expiry date set out in the e-mail

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Schooled by Anisha Lakhani from Hyperion is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

"Schooled isn't only a novel: It is a piece of sociology."
 --Wall Street Journal

Welcome to Schooled, where even homework has a price.

Ivy-League educated Anna Taggert believes that enriching the minds of America's youth is the greatest gift, and that landing a job at an elite Manhattan school is her lucky break. But when the grim reality of the private school hierarchy settles in, not to mention that of her meager compensation, Anna realizes that passion might not be worth the sacrifice.

Ever the optimist, Anna forges on until she discovers that the papers she grades are not the work of her students, but of their high-priced, college-educated tutors. After uncovering this underground economy, where a teacher can make the same hourly rate as a Manhattan attorney, Anna is seduced by lucrative offers--one after another. Teacher by day, tutor by night, she starts to sample the good life her students enjoy: binges at Barneys, dinners at the Waverly Inn, and a new address on Madison Avenue. Until, that is, Anna gets schooled.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the other Nook deal:

Don't Try This at Home: Culinary Catastrophes from the World's Greatest Chefs now also $1.99 (US Kindle)

Edit: "Item Under Review" so can't download this yet.

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Embrace by Jessica Shirvington from Sourcebooks Fire is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

It starts with a whisper: "It's time for you to know who you are..."

On her 17th birthday, everything will change for Violet Eden. The boy she loves will betray her. Her enemy will save her. She will have to decide just how much she's willing to sacrifice.

Dangerously exciting and darkly romantic, EMBRACE is a compelling novel of good and evil, seductive desires and impossible choices. A centuries old war between fallen angels and the protectors of humanity chooses a new fighter. It's a battle Violet doesn't want, but she lives her life by two rules: don't run and don't quit. If angels seek vengeance and humans are the warriors, you could do a lot worse than betting on Violet Eden.

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Explorers of the Nile: The Triumph and Tragedy of a Great Victorian Adventure by Tim Jeal (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Nile is Tim Jeal's epic and entertaining account of the exploration of the longest river in the world. Packed full of anecdotes and brilliant cameos, Nile dispels the myths the explorers wove about themselves, and sheds important light on the impact of European intrusion into the heart of Africa.

Fear by L. Ron Hubbard from Galaxy Press ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Aug 2)

Product Description

Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, and Robert Bloch have all praised the often-overlooked horror classic Fear. Follow skeptic James Lowry as he tries to unravel the puzzle of four lost hours in this tale of surreal menace and mounting dread that has captivated countless readers.

The Wide-Awake Princess by E. D. Baker from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Aug 2)

Product Description

When Sleeping Beauty pricks her finger and the whole castle falls asleep it is up to her sister Annie (whom magic has no effect upon) to find her sister's true love and break the spell. Joined by Liam, one of her father’s guards (who happened to be absent from the castle) Annie sets off on a quest for Prince Charming

The Zurich Conspiracy by Bernadette Calonego from AmazonCrossing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Thirty-something events manager Josefa Rehmer finds herself caught in a dangerous web of blackmail and murder at her Zurich, Switzerland, firm. An intricately plotted thriller about corporate intrigue and the wicked side of office politics, this gripping novel takes a chilling look at people who will do anything to succeed.

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Tonight I Said Goodbye by Michael Koryta from Minotaur Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

A remarkable debut mystery from the award-winning author of the 2003 St. Martin's Press/Private Eye Writers of America Prize for Best First Private Eye Novel.

Michael Koryta's Tonight I Said Goodbye marks the emergence of a stunning new voice in crime fiction. With its edge-of-your-seat pacing, finely drawn characters, and rock-solid prose, Tonight I Said Goodbye would seem to be the work of a grizzled pro; the fact that the author is just twenty-one years old makes it all the more amazing.

Investigator Wayne Weston is found dead of an apparent suicide in his home in an upscale Cleveland suburb, and his wife and six-year-old daughter are missing. Weston's father insists that private investigators Lincoln Perry and Joe Pritchard take the case to exonerate his son and find his granddaughter and daughter-in-law. As they begin to work they discover there is much more to the situation than has been described in the prevalent media reports. There are rumors of gambling debts and extortion, and a group of Russians with ties to organized crime who don't appreciate being investigated--a point they make clear with baseball bats.

With some assistance from newspaper reporter Amy Ambrose, Perry and Pritchard believe they are making swift progress. But then they are warned off the investigation by a millionaire real estate tycoon and the FBI. Just when they feel they are closing in on a possible source of answers, another murder forces them to change direction in the case.

Perry travels to a resort town in South Carolina and there he finds more than one game being played, and all of them are deadly. The stakes quickly become very personal for Perry, and it's clear that there will be no walking away from this case.

In a debut that has already garnered praise from some of today's top writers, Michael Koryta immediately establishes himself as a standard bearer for the next generation of crime writers.

Tonight I Said Goodbye is a 2005 Edgar Award Nominee for Best First Novel.

A Welcome Grave (Lincoln Perry) by Michael Koryta from Minotaur Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Sometime after midnight, on a moonless October night turned harsh by a fine, windswept rain, one of the men I liked least in the world was murdered in a field near Bedford, just south of the city....The detectives went looking for suspects--- people whose histories with Jefferson were adversarial and hostile. At the top of that list, they found me.

So begins A Welcome Grave, the third novel by award-winning mystery writer Michael Koryta, featuring private investigator Lincoln Perry. Once a rising star on the Cleveland police force, Perry ended his career when he left one of the city’s prominent attorneys, Alex Jefferson, bleeding in the parking lot of his country club---retribution for his affair with Perry’s fiancée.

Now Jefferson is dead, the victim of a brutal murder, and his widow has called upon Perry for a favor he knows he shouldn’t accept but can’t turn down: to find Jefferson’s estranged son, partial beneficiary of the dead man’s fortune. The case is simple enough, a routine “locate,” and he’ll be paid plenty of money for the work. The encounter should be simple, too: a brief exchange of information and maybe an empty condolence before Perry gets back into his truck and returns home. Instead, he’s loaded into a police car and taken to a rural jail while Jefferson’s son is zipped into a body bag.

Perry soon learns that Jefferson’s millions are the target of a thirst for revenge that hasn’t been satisfied by blood. As a pair of deadly assailants push deep into the investigator’s life, they bring with them police from two states who are determined to see Perry in jail.

Building on the skill that prompted the Toronto Sun to call him “one of America’s best young mystery writers,” Michael Koryta makes A Welcome Grave an intense exploration of the lengths to which a desperate man is forced to go in order to clear his name and solve a crime. This is a thrilling new book that justifies the critical acclaim and solidifies his role as an emerging talent among today’s top writers.

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A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer from University of Chicago Press is $3.42 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Viruses are the smallest living things known to science, yet they hold the entire planet in their sway. We are most familiar with the viruses that give us colds or the flu, but viruses also cause a vast range of other diseases, including one disorder that makes people sprout branch-like growths as if they were trees. Viruses have been a part of our lives for so long, in fact, that we are actually part virus: the human genome contains more DNA from viruses than our own genes. Meanwhile, scientists are discovering viruses everywhere they look: in the soil, in the ocean, even in caves miles underground.

This fascinating book explores the hidden world of viruses—a world that we all inhabit. Here Carl Zimmer, popular science writer and author of Discover magazine’s award-winning blog The Loom, presents the latest research on how viruses hold sway over our lives and our biosphere, how viruses helped give rise to the first life-forms, how viruses are producing new diseases, how we can harness viruses for our own ends, and how viruses will continue to control our fate for years to come. In this eye-opening tour of the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life as we know it, we learn that some treatments for the common cold do more harm than good; that the world’s oceans are home to an astonishing number of viruses; and that the evolution of HIV is now in overdrive, spawning more mutated strains than we care to imagine.

The New York Times Book Review calls Carl Zimmer “as fine a science essayist as we have.” A Planet of Viruses is sure to please his many fans and further enhance his reputation as one of America’s most respected and admired science journalists.

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The Redbreast (Harry Hole) by Jo Nesbo from Harper is $4.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he’s been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. Butwhile monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway’sdark past, when members of the government willinglycollaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later,this black mark won’t wash away—and disgraced oldsoldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter arebeing murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the trapsand mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a conspiracy is taking rapid and hideous shape around Hole . . . and Norway’s darkest hour may be still to come.

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The Italian Slow Cooker by Michele Scicolone from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Finally a book that combines the fresh, exuberant flavors of great Italian food with the ease and comfort of a slow cooker. Michele Scicolone, a best-selling author and an authority on Italian cooking, shows how good ingredients and simple techniques can lift the usual “crockpot” fare into the dimension of fine food. Pasta with Meat and Mushroom Ragu, Osso Buco with Red Wine, Chicken with Peppers and Mushrooms: These are dishes that even the most discriminating cook can proudly serve to company, yet all are so carefree that anyone with just five or ten minutes of prep time can make them on a weekday and return to perfection.

Simmered in the slow cooker, soups, stews, beans, grains, pasta sauces, and fish are as healthy as they are delicious. Polenta and risotto, “stir-crazy” dishes that ordinarily need careful timing, are effortless. Meat loaves come out perfectly moist, tough cuts of meat turn succulent, and cheesecakes emerge flawless.

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Escape by Barbara Delinsky from Canvas (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Emily has had enough. Tired of the daily grind and feeling unfulfilled in her marriage, she packs her bags one day and leaves. Emily heads to Bell Valley, where long-lost friends and an old flame allow her to truly address what it is that she wants in her life.

Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark from Little, Brown & Company ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Aug 3)

Product Description

Former state prosecutor turned bestselling author Marcia Clark brings back her fan-favorite heroine Rachel Knight, here navigating dangerous office politics in of the L.A. District Attorney's office while investigating the murders of a homeless man and an LAPD cop and the strange connection that links both crimes.

Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Aug 3)

Product Description

From Sharon Creech comes the Newbery Medal winner Walk Two Moons. This heartfelt book tells the story of girl named Sal as she deals with the abandonment of her mother. During a long car ride with her grandparents, Sal tells the story of her friend Phoebe whose mother has also left her.

* FYI, Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech is also $1.99 for US Kindle, plus other books by Sharon Creech are also $1.99!

The River Witch by Kimberly Brock from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Aug 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Roslyn Byrne is 24, broken in body, heart and soul. A car wreck and a miscarriage ended her ballet career, leaving her lost and grieving. Seeking relief, Roslyn retreats to Manny's Island, Georgia. There she meets the young girl, Damascus, who opens Roslyn's eyes to the world's healing, mystical nature.

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Kindle app Weekly Deal: Chess

The world's foremost strategy game, Chess, is available for Kindle and features 10 challenging levels. For one week only, it's just $0.99.

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Arcadia by Lauren Groff from Voice is $3.99 (US Kindle price-match to Google Play's "Deal of the Week")

Book Description
New York Times Bestseller

"Timeless and vast... The raw beauty of Ms. Groff’s prose is one of the best things about Arcadia. But it is by no means this book’s only kind of splendor." --Janet Maslin, The New York Times

"Even the most incidental details vibrate with life ? Arcadia wends a harrowing path back to a fragile, lovely place you can believe in." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post

In the fields of western New York State in the 1970s, a few dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding a commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House. Arcadia follows this romantic utopian dream from its hopeful start through its heyday. Arcadia’s inhabitants include Handy, the charismatic leader; his wife, Astrid, a midwife; Abe, a master carpenter; Hannah, a baker and historian; and Abe and Hannah’s only child, Bit. While Arcadia rises and falls, Bit, too, ages and changes. He falls in love with Helle, Handy’s lovely, troubled daughter. And eventually he must face the world beyond Arcadia.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Guilt by Degrees by Marcia Clark also $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years) by Gregory Maguire from HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land of Oz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Is he really Elphaba's son? He has her broom and her cape—but what of her powers? In an Oz that, since the Wizard's departure, is under new and dangerous management, can Liir keep his head down long enough to grow up?

Phoenix Rising: A Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences Novel by Tee Morris and Pip Ballantine from Harper Voyager is $0.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Evil is most assuredly afoot—and Britain’s fate rests in the hands of an alluring renegade . . . and a librarian.

These are dark days indeed in Victoria’s England. Londoners are vanishing, then reappearing, washing up as corpses on the banks of the Thames, drained of blood and bone. Yet the Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences—the Crown’s clandestine organization whose bailiwick is the strange and unsettling—will not allow its agents to investigate. Fearless and exceedingly lovely Eliza D. Braun, however, with her bulletproof corset and a disturbing fondness for dynamite, refuses to let the matter rest . . . and she’s prepared to drag her timorous new partner, Wellington Books, along with her into the perilous fray.

For a malevolent brotherhood is operating in the deepening London shadows, intent upon the enslavement of all Britons. And Books and Braun—he with his encyclopedic brain and she with her remarkable devices—must get to the twisted roots of a most nefarious plot . . . or see England fall to the Phoenix!

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The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier (Enhanced) by Ree Drummond from HarperCollins is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
#1 New York Times Bestseller (New York Times )
#1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller (Wall Street Journal )
#8 USA Today Bestseller (USA Today )

The enhanced e-book edition of The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier gives you behind-the-scenes access to Ree at home on her ranch. In it you'll find videos of Ree cooking a bunch of her favorite recipes, six recipes not found in the book, and Ree’s list of her favorite movies and songs to cook to.

I'm Pioneer Woman.

And I love to cook.

Once upon a time, I fell in love with a cowboy. A strapping, rugged, chaps-wearing cowboy. Then I married him, moved to his ranch, had his babies . . . and wound up loving it. Except the manure. Living in the country for more than fifteen years has taught me a handful of eternal truths: every new day is a blessing, every drop of rain is a gift . . . and nothing tastes more delicious than food you cook yourself.

The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Food from My Frontier is a mouthwatering collection of the simple-but-scrumptious recipes that rotate through my kitchen on a regular basis, including Cowgirl Quiche, Sloppy Joes, Italian Meatball Soup, White Chicken Enchiladas, and a spicy Carnitas Pizza that'll win you over for life. There are also some elegant offerings for more special occasions at your house: Osso Buco, Honey-Plum-Soy Chicken, and Rib-Eye Steak with an irresistible Onion-Blue Cheese Sauce. And the decadent assortment of desserts, including Blackberry Chip Ice Cream, Apple Dumplings, and Coffee Cream Cake, will make your heart go pitter-pat in the most wonderful way.

In addition to detailed step-by-step photographs, all the recipes in this book have one other important quality in common: They're guaranteed to make your kids, sweetheart, dinner guests, in-laws, friends, cousins, or resident cowboys smile, sigh, and beg for seconds. (And hug you and kiss you and be devoted to you for life.)

I hope you enjoy, devour, and love this book.

I sure did love making it for you.