Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- April 2012

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Endgame by Frank Brady from Constable (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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At first all one noticed was how gifted Bobby Fischer was. Possessing a 181 IQ and remarkable powers of concentration, Bobby became the youngest chess master in US history at age 13. But in 1972, at the historic Cold War showdown in Reykjavik, Iceland, Fischer made headlines with hundreds of petty demands that nearly ended the competition. It was a merely prelude to what was to come.

Ten Thousand Saints by Eleanor Henderson from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 4)

* FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal at $1.99!

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A powerful novel of wayward youth and their equally wayward parents, this tour-de-force novel by Eleanor Henderson captures coming of age American life in the modern age with provocative wit and masterful skill.

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Tom Lichtenheld from Chronicle Books ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 4)

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From bestselling author and illustrator Tom Lichtenheld comes Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. After a long hard day of work it is time for all the trucks at the construction site to go to sleep.

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In Search of Lucy by Lia Fairchild by Trish Jensen from AmazonEncore ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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After years of caring for her sister and her alcoholic mother, Lucy Lang is abandoned by both. With her family gone, 30-year-old Lucy struggles to find purpose until faced with her sister's need for a kidney transplant. Will helping her sister grant Lucy the happiness that's been eluding her?

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FYI, new Kindle apps:

Killer Sudoku (Advanced Sudoku Puzzles for Kindle) by DJAPE ($0.99)

The Tower of Hanoi (A Puzzle Game for Kindle) by Vega Mobile ($0.99)

Ultimate All American Quiz (A Trivia Game for Kindle) by HandyX ($1.99)

Ease into 10K (A Workout Training Tool for Kindle) by Bluefin Software ($2.99)

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Choral Society by Prue Leith from Quercus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads when they decide to combine their talents to restore a crumbling estate in Cornwall and turn it into a cookery school and spa.

Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic by Yvonne Lehman from Abingdon Press ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 5)

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On April 15, 1912, Lydia Beaumont is planning her perfect wedding aboard the "grandest ship ever built" alongside her new friend Caroline Chadwick. Both women suffer tragic losses when the "unsinkable" Titanic goes down. Understandably scarred by the disaster, will those who survived -- and their descendants -- be able to find a love more powerful than their pain?

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo from Candlewick ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 5)

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From Newbery Medalist Kate DiCamillo comes the heartwarming story The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane. This elegant novel follows the wanderings of Edward Tulane, a dapper but slightly arrogant china rabbit, as he learns about loss and the importance of love.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook Daily Find for Families:

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo also $2.99

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Ball Four (RosettaBooks Sports Classics) by Jim Bouton from RosettaBooks ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Denounced by the baseball establishment and banned by some libraries when published in 1970, Jim Bouton's classic tell-all is a funny and highly revealing insider's take on professional baseball life. His honest insights literally changed the public's image of professional athletes and helped kick off the economic revolution in sports.

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FYI, Amazon has also matched the Nook Daily Find:

Hearts That Survive: A Novel of the Titanic by Yvonne Lehman also $3.99

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A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron from Macmillan is $2.99 (US Kindle, iTunes)

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This is the remarkable story of one endearing dog’s search for his purpose over the course of several lives. More than just another charming dog story, A Dog’s Purpose touches on the universal quest for an answer to life's most basic question: Why are we here?

Surprised to find himself reborn as a rambunctious golden-haired puppy after a tragically short life as a stray mutt, Bailey’s search for his new life’s meaning leads him into the loving arms of 8-year-old Ethan. During their countless adventures Bailey joyously discovers how to be a good dog.

But this life as a beloved family pet is not the end of Bailey’s journey. Reborn as a puppy yet again, Bailey wonders—will he ever find his purpose?

Heartwarming, insightful, and often laugh-out-loud funny, A Dog's Purpose is not only the emotional and hilarious story of a dog's many lives, but also a dog's-eye commentary on human relationships and the unbreakable bonds between man and man's best friend. This moving and beautifully crafted story teaches us that love never dies, that our true friends are always with us, and that every creature on earth is born with a purpose.

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Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is $2.99 (US Kindle, iTunes)

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In America's Gulf Coast region, where grounded oil tankers are being broken down for parts, Nailer, a teenage boy, works the light crew, scavenging for copper wiring just to make quota--and hopefully live to see another day. But when, by luck or chance, he discovers an exquisite clipper ship beached during a recent hurricane, Nailer faces the most important decision of his life: Strip the ship for all it's worth or rescue its lone survivor, a beautiful and wealthy girl who could lead him to a better life. . . .

In this powerful novel, award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi delivers a thrilling, fast-paced adventure set in a vivid and raw, uncertain future.

About the Author
Paolo Bacigalupi is a Hugo and Nebula Award Winner, and a National Book Award Finalist. He is also a Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award Winner, a John W. Campbell Award Winner, and a three-time winner of the Locus Award.

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Shakespeare Undead by Lori Handeland from St. Martin's Press is $2.99 (US Kindle, iTunes)

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Something wicked this way comes . . . and it keeps coming and coming and coming. . . .

William Shakespeare was one of history’s greatest writers, a master of words with a body of work that is truly impressive . . . some may say a little too impressive for a single man to accomplish in one lifetime. Perhaps, as many have speculated, he had assistance. Or perhaps the explanation is more . . . unusual.

Who was William Shakespeare?

Who was the Dark Lady of the Sonnets?

Why are the undead stalking the alleyways of London?

And can they be stopped?

Something is definitely rotten in the state of Denmark.

So brace yourself for a wild ride through twisted streets and shadowed graveyards of Elizabethan London, where you’ll discover how the Bard got his Bite.

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Originally Posted by arcadata

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is $2.99 (US Kindle, iTunes)

This is also available on Kobo (see this Mobileread thread for the link): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=174421

(I hope it's OK to add this arcadata, and it's apparently going to be a daily thing for Kobo now so there might be an affiliate link opportunity for you.)

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fYI, Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi is also the Kobo Daily Deal today

* oops, posted at the same time as @scrapking!

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Mercury Falls by Robert Kroese from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Christine isn't surprised when yet another prophesied Apocalypse fails to occur. After three years of reporting for a religious news magazine, Christine is seriously questioning her career choice. But then she meets Mercury, whose knowledge of the impending Apocalypse is decidedly more solid than most: he's an angel, sent from heaven to prepare for the Second Coming.

The Ten Commandments - Classics Illustrated Special Issue #135A by Albert Lewis Kanter from Trajectory, Inc ($0.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 6)

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Enjoy the complete story of Moses, retold with the power only comics can convey. This iconic Classics Illustrated adaptation retells the patriarch's entire story for you to treasure, read, and reread on your NOOK Color or NOOK Tablet.

The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues Series #1) by Rick Riordan from Scholastic ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 6)

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Start an amazing multimedia whirlwind adventure from author Rick Riordan: Maze of Bones. Meet Amy and Dan, members of the powerful Cahill family. Their dowager grandmother has hidden 39 clues around the world, and now Amy and Dan must compete to find the clues which will grant them access to their family's vast fortune.

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The Westies by TJ English from /Open Road ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 6) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In the 1970s, organized crime in New York City's Hell's Kitchen neighborhood radically changed when charismatic sociopath Jimmy Coonan took over the Irish mob. Coonan relied on the vicious enforcement of his long-time friend Mickey Featherstone, and this harrowing story chronicles their rise in a world where murder was just business.

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The Last Talk with Lola Faye (Otto Penzler Books) by Thomas H. Cook from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $2.15 (US Kindle)

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Middling historian Lucas Paige visits St. Louis to give a sparsely attended reading—nothing out of the ordinary. Except among the yawning attendees is someone he did not expect: Lola Faye Gilroy, the “other woman” he has long blamed for his father’s murder decades earlier.

Reluctantly, Luke joins Lola Faye for a drink. As one drink turns into several, these two battered souls relive, from their different perspectives, the most searing experience of their lives. Slowly but surely, the hotel bar dissolves around them and they are transported back to the tiny southern town where this defining moment—a violent crime of passion—is turned in the light once more to reveal flaws in the old answers. As it turns out, there is much Luke doesn’t know. And what he doesn’t know can hurt him. Trapped in an increasingly intense emotional exchange, and with no place to go save back into his own dark past, Luke struggles to gain control of an ever more threatening conversation, to discover why Lola Faye has come and what she is after—before it is too late.

A taut literary thriller in the gothic tradition of Master of the Delta.