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More from HarperCollins ($0.99):

My Booky Wook: A Memoir of Sex, Drugs, and Stand-Up by Russell Brand (US Kindle, B&N)

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Russell Brand learned early on to make a joke of fear and failure. From a troubled childhood in industrial Essex, England, to his descent into addictions to alcohol, drugs, and sex in the seamy underbelly of London, Brand has seen his share of both and miraculously lived to tell the tale. In My Booky Wook he leads readers on a rollicking journey through his disastrous school career, his infamous antics on MTV, and his multifarious sexual adventures. But this irreverent memoir is a story not simply of struggle but also of redemption, a testament to the difficulty of discovering what you want from life and the remarkable power of a bloody-minded determination to get it. My Booky Wook is a giddy trip through the brilliant mind of one of Britain's most valuable exports.

Ghost Country (Travis Chase) by Patrick Lee (US Kindle)

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For decades, inexplicable technology has passed into our world through the top secret anomaly called the Breach.

The latest device can punch a hole into the future . . .

What Paige Campbell saw when she opened a door into seventy years from now scared the hell out of her. She and her Tangent colleagues brought their terrible discovery to the President—and were met with a hail of automatic gunfire after leaving the White House. Only Paige survived.

Fearing a terrifying personal destiny revealed to him from the other side of the Breach, Travis Chase abandoned Tangent . . . and Paige Campbell. Now he must rescue her—because Paige knows tomorrow’s world is desolate and dead, a ghost country scattered with the bones of billions. And Doomsday will dawn in just four short months . . . unless they can find the answers buried in the ruins to come.

But once they cross the nightmare border into Ghost Country, they might never find their way back . . .

The Sweethearts' Knitting Club by Lori Wilde (US Kindle, B&N)

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"Throw a penny in the fountain of the Twilight town square, and you'll be married to your first love . . . "

For ten years, pretty Flynn MacGregor has been turning down the same solid, upright man's marriage proposal. Her friends at the Sweethearts' Knitting Club tell her they're a match made in heaven, but Flynn knows there's only one dangerous reason why she keeps saying no: high school sweetheart Jesse Calloway. She was just sixteen when Jesse was forced out of town under a cloud of suspicion . . . but he's never left her heart.

Now Jesse is back, and every time she turns the corner he's there—gazing at her with his smoldering eyes and tempting her with his kisses. Jesse has never played by the rules, and he's made it clear that he's not going to now. And Flynn, who's always done just what her family, friends, and fellow knitters have told her to do, must finally break free and claim the love that binds Jesse to her heart.

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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford Mystery) by Charles Todd is $1.99 (US Kindle, B&N)

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From the brilliantly imaginative New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd comes an unforgettable new character in an exceptional new series

England, 1916. Independent-minded Bess Crawford's upbringing is far different from that of the usual upper-middle-class British gentlewoman. Growing up in India, she learned the importance of responsibility, honor, and duty from her officer father. At the outbreak of World War I, she followed in his footsteps and volunteered for the nursing corps, serving from the battlefields of France to the doomed hospital ship Britannic.

On one voyage, Bess grows fond of the young, gravely wounded Lieutenant Arthur Graham. Something rests heavily on his conscience, and to give him a little peace as he dies, she promises to deliver a message to his brother. It is some months before she can carry out this duty, and when she's next in England, she herself is recovering from a wound.

When Bess arrives at the Graham house in Kent, Jonathan Graham listens to his brother's last wishes with surprising indifference. Neither his mother nor his brother Timothy seems to think it has any significance. Unsettled by this, Bess is about to take her leave when sudden tragedy envelops her. She quickly discovers that fulfilling this duty to the dead has thrust her into a maelstrom of intrigue and murder that will endanger her own life and test her courage as not even war has.

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.

Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this phenomenal book has helped men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that conflict doesn't arise and intimacy is given every chance to grow.

The Gravedigger's Daughter (P.S.) by Joyce Carol Oates is $2.99 (US Kindle, B&N)

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Fleeing Nazi Germany in 1936, the Schwarts immigrate to a small town in upstate New York. Here the father—a former high school teacher—is demeaned by the only job he can get: gravedigger and cemetery caretaker. When local prejudice and the family's own emotional frailty give rise to an unthinkable tragedy, the gravedigger's daughter, Rebecca heads out into America. Embarking upon an extraordinary odyssey of erotic risk and ingenious self-invention, she seeks renewal, redemption, and peace—on the road to a bittersweet and distinctly “American” triumph.

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The White League by Thomas Zigal from Thomas & Mercer (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Thought to be disbanded long ago, The White League--a white supremacist organisation--hides within the elite society of New Orleans. When one of its members, Mark Morvant, decides to run for Governor of Louisiana, he pays a visit to old school mate Paul Blanchard. Paul never thought the past would come back to haunt him... until Mark arrives on his doorstep.

[scrapking]

Originally Posted by arcadata

Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John Gray is $2.99

Pretty good. It's also free on Kobo at the moment: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Men-M...bhA/page1.html

(Make sure to use that link, they have two editions, one free, one for the same price as Amazon, but both seem to be the complete book.)

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Ice Age by Brian Freemantle from Open Road ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In Brian Freemantle's ominous suspense, the melting of the polar caps reveals a threat far more urgent than rising sea levels: a prehistoric virus that could threaten the survival of humankind.

Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Series #1) by Cara Black from Soho Press ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 15)

* Also $2.99 for US Kindle

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Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc has always avoided criminal cases, but when she finds a recent client—an old woman living in the Marais, Paris's historic Jewish quarter—murdered, she's suddenlt drawn into a dangerous web of ancient secrets and buried war crimes.

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Originally Posted by arcadata

......................A Lily of the Field by John Lawton from Atlantic Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK .................

Sounds interesting, thanks arcadata - and ditto for your excellent "heads-up" feature, your work is greatly appreciated.

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FYI, here's some new Kindle apps:

Tarot (Tarot Cards for Kindle) by Olmatech Technology / Matrix Software ($0.99)

Awale: The Strategy Game (A Strategy Game for Kindle) by Vega Mobile ($0.99)

PUZZLE KING'S Crosswords (100 Great Puzzles for your Kindle) by Route 1 Games ($0.99)

Timothy Parker's 50 Family Word Search Games: Volume 1 Easy (A Word Puzzle for Kindle) by Premier Digital Publishing ($1.99)

Sudoku Unbound #3 (Sudoku Puzzles for Kindle) by Puzzazz ($2.99)

Fluid (An Active Fiction Series) by Travis Sentel ($6.99)

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Originally Posted by arcadata

Murder in the Marais (Aimee Leduc Series #1) by Cara Black from Soho Press ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 15)

* Also $2.99 for US Kindle

Thank for the info, same pricing for Canadians. The first three books in the series were nominated for an Anthony Award and I've been wanting to try them.

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Guys Read: Funny Business edited by Jon Scieszka (Walden Pond Press) is $1.99 (US Kindle, B&N, iBookstore)

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It’s here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka’s Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren’t your typical anthologies—each book is edgy, inventive, visual, and one-of-a-kind, featuring a different theme for guys to get excited about.

Funny Business is based around the theme of—what else?—humor, and if you’re familiar with Jon and Guys Read, you already know what you’re in store for: ten hilarious stories from some of the funniest writers around. Before you’re through, you’ll meet a teenage mummy; a kid desperate to take a dip in the world’s largest pool of chocolate milk; a homicidal turkey; parents who hand over their son’s room to a biker; the only kid in his middle school who hasn’t turned into a vampire, wizard, or superhero; and more. And the contributor list includes bestselling author, award winners, and fresh new talent alike: Mac Barnett, Eoin Colfer, Christopher Paul Curtis, Kate DiCamillo (writing with Jon Scieszka), Paul Feig, Jack Gantos, Jeff Kinney, David Lubar, Adam Rex, and David Yoo.

Guys Read is all about turning young readers into lifelong ones—and with this book, and each subsequent installment in the series, we aim to leave no guy unturned.

[koland]

Originally Posted by scrapking

Pretty good. It's also free on Kobo at the moment: http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Men-M...bhA/page1.html

(Make sure to use that link, they have two editions, one free, one for the same price as Amazon, but both seem to be the complete book.)

Free edition was a pirated link to internet archive, now removed. Don't bother adding to your library.

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The Child Inside by Suzanne Bugler from Pan (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Rachel's unborn baby dies, she and her husband Andrew focus upon their precious only son. But their dormant, silently-felt grief slowly destroys their marriage and they end up further apart than ever. Haunted by the past and resentful of the present, Rachel begins a dangerous affair that could destroy her future.

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The Pact: A Love Story (P.S.) by Jodi Picoult (HarperCollins) is $2.99 (US Kindle, B&N, iBooks)

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From Jodi Picoult, one of the most powerful writers in contemporary fiction, comes a riveting, timely, heartbreaking, and terrifying novel of families in anguish -- and friendships ripped apart by inconceivable violence.

Until the phone calls came at 3:00 A.M. on a November morning, the Golds and their neighbors, the Hartes, had been inseparable. It was no surprise to anyone when their teenage children, Chris and Emily, began showing signs that their relationship was moving beyond that of lifelong friends. But now seventeen-year-old Emily has been shot to death by her beloved and devoted Chris as part of an apparent suicide pact -- leaving two devastated families stranded in the dark and dense predawn, desperate for answers about an unthinkable act and the children they never really knew.

FYI, this is the NOOK Daily Find (Feb 16)

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Dracula's Guest: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Vampire Stories by Michael Sims from Walker Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Feb 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Before Twilight, vampires haunted popular culture around the world in the nineteenth century. In Dracula’s Guest, Michael Sims gathers the best vampire stories of the Victorian era, a collection that highlights their cultural variety. Sims rounds out the anthology with a chapter omitted from Bram Stoker's legendary 1897 novel, Dracula.

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Dracula's Guest shows up as $1.99 for me.

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Originally Posted by koland

Free edition was a pirated link to internet archive, now removed. Don't bother adding to your library.

Wow, really? That's crazy. Thanks for explaining that.