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Lily Dale (Plus) by Christine Wicker from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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In Lily Dale, New York, the dead don't die. Instead, they flit among the elms and stroll along the streets. According to spiritualists who have ruled this community for five generations, the spirits never go away—and they stay anything but quiet. Every summer twenty thousand guests come to consult the town's mediums in hopes of communicating with dead relatives or catching a glimpse of the future. Weaving past with present, the living with the dead, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Christine Wicker investigates the longings for love and connection that draw visitors to "the Dale," introducing us to a colorful cast of characters along the way—including such famous visitors as Susan B. Anthony, Harry Houdini, and Mae West. Laugh-out-loud funny at times, this honest portrayal shows us that ultimately it doesn't matter what we believe; it is belief itself that can transform us all.

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The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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When high school teacher Caelum Quirk and his wife, Maureen, a school nurse, move to Littleton, Colorado, they both get jobs at Columbine High School. In April 1999, while Caelum is away, Maureen finds herself in the library at Columbine, cowering in a cabinet and expecting to be killed. Miraculously, she survives, but at a cost: she is unable to recover from the trauma. When Caelum and Maureen flee to an illusion of safety on the Quirk family's Connecticut farm, they discover that the effects of chaos are not easily put right, and further tragedy ensues.

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Truth by Peter Temple from Quercus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When a teenage call girl is found with her neck broken in a new casino complex in Melbourne, Head of Homicide Stephen Villani investigates. But the management is hand-in-glove with the government, and as the body count continues to rise, Villani must confront his own complex past.

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Bite Me by Parker Blue from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 16)

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Val Shapiro has a tough life -- and being part demon doesn't make it any easier. Every now and then, to satisfy her inner succubus, she needs to hunt down a vampire on San Antonio's streets, but when her reputation as a vampire slayer starts to spread and all the creatures of the night want a piece of her, what's a girl to do?

The Party Is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted by Mike Lofgren by Tom Bower from Penguin ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (October 16)

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Former Republican Congressional staffer Mike Lofgren heaps criticism on the government as he diagnoses what's wrong with American politics. Scrupulously bipartisan, he finds fault on both sides of the aisle -- lambasting the G.O.P. for ideological inflexibility and Democrats for a lack of passion - and makes the case that the voters have to be the ones to restore sanity to Washington.

*FYI, Amazon has matched this Deal:

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13 Compelling Nonfiction Singles by TED Books ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From Gever Tulley's insightful "Beware Dangerism!" to Nic Marks's uplifting essay "The Happiness Manifesto," this collection of essays is designed to deliver powerful narratives perfect for reading in one sitting. Lively, informative, and meant to persuade, all 13 of these nonfiction singles are only $0.99 each (67% off).

Larklight by Philip Reeve from Bloomsbury Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Wonderfully illustrated, this thrilling combination of fantasy and science fiction follows the adventures of Arthur Mumby and his sister Myrtle. The two live with their father, travelling through space in a huge and rambling house. After a rare visit from a guest, the family embarks on a terrifying, marvelous adventure.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Bite Me by Parker Blue also $1.99

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The Gathering of the Lost: The Wall of Night Book Two by Helen Lowe from Harper Voyager is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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Garrisoned by the Nine Houses of the Derai, the towering mountain range called the Wall of Night is all that separates the people of Haarth from the terrible Darkswarm.

Five years have passed since the Wall was breached and the Keep of Winds nearly overrun. Five years since the Heir of Night, Malian, and her friend and ally Kalan went missing in the wild lands of Jaransor.

Now, in Haarth's diverse southern realms, events are moving. From the wealthy River city of Ij to the isolated Emerian outpost of Normarch, rumors of dark forces and darker magics are growing. As the great Midsummer tournament at Caer Argent approaches, Haarth will have one opportunity to band together against an enemy in which few believe . . . or be lost forever.

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The Redbreast (Harry Hole) by Jo Nesbo from Harper is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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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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Sourland: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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A gripping and moving new collection of stories that reimagines the meaning of loss—through often unexpected and violent means.

Joyce Carol Oates is not only one of our most important novelists and literary critics, she is also an unparalleled master of the short story. Sourland—sixteen previously uncollected stories that explore how the power of violence, loss, and grief shape both the psyche and the soul—shows us an author work-ing at the height of her powers.

With lapidary precision and an unflinching eye, Oates maps the surprising contours of “ordinary” life. From a desperate man who dons a jack-o’-lantern head as a prelude to a most curious sort of courtship, to a “story of a stabbing” many times recounted in the life of a lonely girl; from a beguiling young woman librarian whose amputee state attracts a married man and father, to a girl hopelessly in love with her renegade, incarcerated cousin; from a professor’s wife who finds herself tragically isolated at a party in her own house, to the concluding title story of an unexpectedly redemptive love rooted in radical aloneness and isolation, each story in Sourland resonates beautifully with Oates’s trademark fascination for the unpredictable amid the prosaic—the comming-ling of sexual love and violence, the tumult of family life—and shines with her predilection for dark humor and her gift for voice.

Chasing October: The Dodgers-Giants Pennant Race of 1962 by David Plaut from Argo-Navis is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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From the first pitch of April until the final out in October, the 1962 Dodgers and Giants staged a furious pennant fight that was every bit the equal of the fractious feuds waged during the rivalry's New York heyday of bench-clearing brawls.

Set in what many call “the last year of American innocence,” the 1962 National League pennant race was in a new context—a 10-team league including Houston and the Mets, a 162-game schedule, and the new Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. But it also had plenty of tradition. Names like Snider and Mays, Durocher and Dark were still in uniform 11 years after the celebrated Giants-Dodgers playoff decided by Bobby Thompson's homer in the ninth in 1951. The move west in 1958 had not mellowed any memories—Candlestick Park and Dodger Stadium replaced the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, but the intensity of mutual dislike was the same. Add to this the uncanny resemblance of the Dodger-Giant standings going into the 1962 playoffs to that of their 1951 ranking, and you have a season-ending script that stands as one of the most memorable and amazing in the game's history.

In CHASING OCTOBER, David Plaut captures in fascinating detail all the great moments, raw emotion, and nail-biting suspense of the unforgettable fight to the finish. Each team finished the regular season with imposing 101-61 records. Each had its heroes: Orlando Cepeda, Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal, Felipe Alou, and Jack Sanford were Bay Area favorites. In Los Angeles, Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale, Maury Wills, Tommy Davis, and Frank Howard were as recognizable as the Hollywood celebrities who turned out nightly at Chavez Ravine to cheer them on. Each team had their own pressures as well. Younger Dodgers supported manager Walt Alston, others openly preferred coach Leo Derocher. On the Giants, minority players were not always enamored of their manager, Alvin Dark. Just as in 1951, the playoff featured rallies, drama, and tactical blunders that sent the action into the ninth inning of the final game before being decided.

With updates and a new preface, this 50th Anniversary Edition of CHASING OCTOBER is a must not only for the fans of these two exciting franchises, but for any lover of baseball. In capturing the exhilarating spirit of the intense rivalry between the Dodgers and Giants, Plaut gets to the essence of baseball's hold on the imagination.

This Dark Earth by John Hornor Jacobs from Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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The land is contaminated, electronics are defunct, the ravenous undead remain, and life has fallen into a nasty and brutish state of nature. Welcome to Bridge City, in what was once Arkansas: part medieval fortress, part Western outpost, and the precarious last stand for civilization. A ten-year-old prodigy when the world ended, Gus is now a battle-hardened young man. He designed Bridge City to protect the living few from the shamblers eternally at the gates. Now he's being groomed by his physician mother, Lucy, and the gentle giant Knock-Out to become the next leader of men. But an army of slavers is on its way, and the war they'll wage for the city's resources could mean the end of mankind as we know it.

Can Gus become humanity's savior? And if so, will it mean becoming a dictator, a martyr . . . or maybe something far worse than even the zombies that plague the land?

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The House That Ruth Built: A New Stadium, the First Yankees Championship, and the Redemption of 1923 by Robert Weintraub from Little, Brown and Company/Hachette Book Group is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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The untold story of Babe Ruth's Yankees, John McGraw's Giants, and the extraordinary baseball season of 1923

Before the 27 World Series titles--before Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and Derek Jeter-the Yankees were New York's shadow franchise. They hadn't won a championship, and they didn't even have their own field, renting the Polo Grounds from their cross-town rivals the New York Giants. In 1921 and 1922, they lost to the Giants when it mattered most: in October.

But in 1923, the Yankees played their first season on their own field, the newly-built, state of the art baseball palace in the Bronx called "the Yankee Stadium." The stadium was a gamble, erected in relative outerborough obscurity, and Babe Ruth was coming off the most disappointing season of his career, a season that saw his struggles on and off the field threaten his standing as a bona fide superstar.

It only took Ruth two at-bats to signal a new era. He stepped up to the plate in the 1923 season opener and cracked a home run to deep right field, the first homer in his park, and a sign of what lay ahead. It was the initial blow in a season that saw the new stadium christened "The House That Ruth Built," signaled the triumph of the power game, and established the Yankees as New York's-and the sport's-team to beat.

From that first home run of 1923 to the storybook World Series matchup that pitted the Yankees against their nemesis from across the Harlem River-one so acrimonious that John McGraw forced his Giants to get to the Bronx in uniform rather than suit up at the Stadium-Robert Weintraub vividly illuminates the singular year that built a classic stadium, catalyzed a franchise, cemented Ruth's legend, and forever changed the sport of baseball.

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The Museum of Abandoned Secrets by Oksana Zabuzhko from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This multigenerational saga weaves a dramatic and intricate web of love, sex, friendship and death across 60 years of Ukrainian history. At its center are three women linked by the abandoned secrets of the past--secrets that refuse to remain hidden and have the power to change the course of the future.

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A Time to Dance (Timeless Love Series #1) by Karen Kingsbury from Thomas Nelson ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 17)

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Bestselling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a beautiful tale of resiliency, commitment, and faith. After twenty-one years, John and Abby have decided to end their marriage, but for their daughter's sake they choose to delay the divorce until after her wedding. Can this brief postponement resurrect their own love?

It's the Middle Class, Stupid! by James Carville and Stan Greenberg from Penguin Group ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (October 17)

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The inventors of the famous Clinton campaign catchphrase ("It's the economy, stupid!") return with a message for anybody willing to listen: the central crisis gripping America, they argue, is the disappearance of the middle class. But this is no mere brief for a winning speech: Carville and Greenberg deliver bracingly specific ideas for the next president, on issues from energy to campaign finance.

*FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal:

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Six Days of War by Michael B. Oren from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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For six tense days between June 5 and 10, 1967, war raged between Israel and its neighbors, Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. Michael Oren, a widely published American-born Israel scholar and historian, has comprehensively knitted together the conflict's diverse strands into a cohesive fabric that remains vital and relevant today.

Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Jen Corace from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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All Little Owl wants is to go to bed at a reasonable hour, like his friends do, but Mama and Papa say little owls have to stay up late. So Little Owl spends all night playing. It's the perfect story for children who have a hard time going to bed.

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Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Meet Quentin P.

He is a problem for his professor father and his loving mother, though of course they do not believe the charge (sexual molestation of a minor) that got him in that bit of trouble.

He is a challenge for his court-appointed psychiatrist, who nonetheless is encouraged by the increasingly affirmative quality of his dreams and his openness in discussing them.

He is a thoroughly sweet young man for his wealthy grandmother, who gives him more and more, and can deny him less and less.

He is the most believable and thoroughly terrifying sexual psychopath and killer ever to be brought to life in fiction, as Joyce Carol Oates achieves her boldest and most brilliant triumph yet—a dazzling work of art that extends the borders of the novel into the darkest heart of truth.

Waiting by Debra Ginsberg from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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A veteran waitress dishes up a spicy and robust account of life as it really exists behind kitchen doors.

Part memoir, part social commentary, part guide to how to behave when dining out, Debra Ginsberg's book takes readers on her twentyyear journey as a waitress at a soap-operatic Italian restaurant, an exclusive five-star dining club, the dingiest of diners, and more. While chronicling her evolution as a writer, Ginsberg takes a behind-the-scenes look at restaurant life-revealing that yes, when pushed, a server will spit in food, and, no, that's not really decaf you're getting-and how most people in this business are in a constant state of waiting to do something else.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

A Time to Dance (Timeless Love Series #1) by Karen Kingsbury also $2.99

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The Long Dry by Cynan Jones from Parthian Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Winner of the Betty Trask Award 2007, Cynan Jones' acclaimed debut novel explores the paradox of emotional isolation suffered by those living close together. Set on the coast of west Wales, the action is confined to a single day near the end of a long, parched summer.

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Magyk (Septimus Heap Series #1) by Angie Sage from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 18)

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There's a new boy wizard in town! Septimus Heap is the seventh son of a seventh son and destined for greatness in the world of magic. Start his adventures today and learn why readers everywhere have flocked to this new take on the world of magic.

Lincoln by David Herbert Donald from Simon & Schuster ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (October 18)

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Inexperienced, unprepared -- and ultimately the man who could lead the nation through the crucible of its greatest calamity. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David Herbert Donald's bestselling life of the sixteenth president captures the ambitions, failures, and the achievements of a prairie lawyer who dared to take on the task of preserving America.

*FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal:

Lincoln by David Herbert Donald also $2.99

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Heart of Ice (A Triple Threat Novel)l by Lis Wiehl from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Add the professional narration of Heart of Ice (A Triple Threat Novel) for a reduced price of $4.95 after you buy this Kindle book.

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When an inquisitive young reporter's body is found, the crime catches the attention of Federal Prosecutor Allison Pierce, FBI Special Agent Nicole Hedges, and crime reporter Cassidy Shaw. They know the murderer is calculating and cold-blooded, but they don’t know they’re already on a first-name basis with the killer.

Shifting by Bethany Wiggins from Walker Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Now 18 and living in her final foster home, Magdalene Mae just wants her senior year in Silver City, New Mexico, to be normal. Magdalene's deep secret has never made this easy. She's a shape shifter, and even in her new town danger stalks her: the Skinwalkers of Navajo legend.

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The Thirteen by Susie Moloney from William Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Haven Woods is suburban heaven, a great place to raise a family. It's close to the city, quiet, with great schools and its own hospital right up the road. Property values are climbing, and the crime rate is practically nonexistent.

Paula Wittmore hasn't been back to Haven Woods since she left as a disgraced teenager. Now she's returning to care for her suddenly ailing mother, and she's bringing her daughter and a pile of emotional baggage. She's also bringing, unknowingly, the last chance for her mother's closest frenemies . . . twelve women bound together by a powerful secret that requires the sacrifice of a thirteenth.

The Sistine Secrets: Michelangelo's Forbidden Messages in the Heart of the Vatican by Benjamin Blech and Roy Doliner from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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The Shocking Secrets of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Artwork

The recent cleaning of the Sistine Chapel frescoes removed layer after layer of centuries of accumulated tarnish and darkness. The Sistine Secrets endeavors to remove the centuries of prejudice, censorship, and ignorance that blind us to the truth about one of the world's most famous and beloved art treasures.

Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino from William Morrow Paperbacks/HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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When the nanny to the young Darrow boys is found mysteriously murdered on the outskirts of the village of Blackfield, Charlotte Markham, the recently hired governess, steps in to take over their care. During an outing in the forest, they find themselves crossing over into The Ending, "the place for the Things Above Death," where Lily Darrow, the late mother of the children, has been waiting. She invites them into the House of Darkling, a wondrous place filled with enchantment, mystery, and strange creatures that appear to be, but are not quite, human.

However, everything comes with a price, and as Charlotte begins to understand the unspeakable bargain Mrs. Darrow has made for a second chance at motherhood, she uncovers a connection to the sinister occurrences in Blackfield and enters into a deadly game with the master of Darkling—one whose outcome will determine the fate of not just the Darrows but the world itself.

Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling is a Victorian Gothic tale about family ties, the realm beyond the living, and the price you pay to save those you love.

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Magyk (Septimus Heap Series #1) by Angie Sage also $1.99

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The Good Soldiers by David Finkel from Sarah Crichton Books/Macmillan is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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It was the last-chance moment of the war. In January 2007, President George W. Bush announced a new strategy for Iraq. He called it the surge. “Many listening tonight will ask why this effort will succeed when previous operations to secure Baghdad did not. Well, here are the differences,” he told a skeptical nation. Among those listening were the young, optimistic army infantry soldiers of the 2-16, the battalion nicknamed the Rangers. About to head to a vicious area of Baghdad, they decided the difference would be them.

Fifteen months later, the soldiers returned home forever changed. Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post reporter David Finkel was with them in Bagdad, and almost every grueling step of the way.

What was the true story of the surge? And was it really a success? Those are the questions he grapples with in his remarkable report from the front lines. Combining the action of Mark Bowden’s Black Hawk Down with the literary brio of Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried, The Good Soldiers is an unforgettable work of reportage. And in telling the story of these good soldiers, the heroes and the ruined, David Finkel has also produced an eternal tale—not just of the Iraq War, but of all wars, for all time.

The Club Dumas by Arturo Perez-Reverte from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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A provocative literary thriller that playfully pays tribute to classic tales of mystery and adventure

Lucas Corso is a book detective, a middle-aged mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found dead, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers, Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment. He is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris on the killer's trail in this twisty intellectual romp through the book world.

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Tread Softly by Wendy Perriam from Bello (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 19) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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39-year-old Lorna is married to misanthropic Ralph. In fact, it's a ménage à trois, the third party being Lorna's Monster--a gleefully sadistic personification of her panic attacks. After a botched foot operation, Lorna is sent to convalesce among the inmates of a nursing home, where to staff have more problems than the patients, especially when the Monster surfaces.

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The Bone House (Bright Empires Series #2) by Stephen R. Lawhead from Thomas Nelson ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 19)

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rom Stephen Lawhead (The Spirit Well, The Paradise War) comes a dimension-spanning adventure across time and space. Kit Livingstone has discovered one piece of the map that charts the hidden dimensions of the multiverse. Now he's on the run, staying one step ahead of the savage Burley Men who stand between him and the next phase of his quest: to unlock the mystery of The Bone House.

Hell on Earth: The Wildfire Pandemic by David L. Porter and Lee Reeder from Tom Doherty Associates, LLC ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find: Election 2012 (October 19)

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The number of wild fires raging around the world is steadily increasing, and Donald L. Porter warns that we're to blame. Whether it's global warming -- which causes and is compounded by forest fires -- or arsonists, the author sees human fallibility at the heart an ecological emergency that threatens our future.

*FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal:

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Miracle Boy Grows Up by Ben Mattlin from Skyhorse Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 19) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Ben Mattlin was born with spinal muscular atrophy. Not expected to live through childhood, he grew, thrived, and eventually became one of the first students in a wheelchair to attend Harvard. His witty, unsentimental, and engrossing memoir provides a unique perspective on living with a disability in the United States.

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Maureen Wright and Will Hillenbrand from Amazon Children's Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 19) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Big Bear needs to hibernate, so Old Man Winter keeps telling him, but Big Bear doesn't hear very well. He thinks Old Man Winter has told him to drive a jeep, to sweep, and to leap. (Available on Kindle Fire, Kindle Cloud Reader, Kindle for iPad, and Kindle for Android).