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The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "The writing style, sensitivity to detail, and compelling storytelling are quite amazing!"

Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s.

The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule and anything (including murder) is permissible.

Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson’s Fear and Loathing books.

The Night Is Watching (Krewe of Hunters, Book 9) by Heather Graham from Harlequin MIRA ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This novel was full of suspense, mystery, romance and lots of action."

The dead of night

The Old West town of Lily, Arizona, is home to the Gilded Lily, a former theater…and bawdy house. These days, it offers theatrical productions geared to tourists, but the recent discovery of a skull, a real skull, among the props and costumes shakes everyone up.

So, who do you call? The Krewe of Hunters, a special FBI unit of paranormal investigators. In this case, it’s agent Jane Everett. Jane’s also a talented artist who creates images of the dead as they once were. But the Krewe always works with local law enforcement, and here that means Sloan Trent, former Houston cop and now sheriff. His great-great-grandmother was an actress at the Gilded Lily…and she’s not resting in peace.

Then more remains appear in the nearby desert. As they search for answers, using all the skills at their disposal, Jane and Sloan find themselves falling into danger—and into love.

The Area 51: Nightstalkers series by Bob Mayer (47North) are $1.99 each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, two exciting books in the Area 51: Nightstalkers series by Bob Mayer are $1.99 each.

Hit Me!: Fighting the Las Vegas Mob by the Numbers by Danielle Gomes and Jay Bonansinga from Lyons Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a must-read for anybody who has an interest in the history of gaming and the mob."

In 1970s Las Vegas, a golden age of Glitter Gulch corruption, Dennis Gomes—the youngest division chief in Gaming Control Board history—whipped a ragtag group of auditors into hardened investigators, shattering clichés about milquetoast accountant cops and battling the Mafia in garish pleasure pits, smoke-filled back rooms, and a high desert where snitches were bloodied and buried. Gomes capped off his tenure with the famous bust of the Stardust skim, portrayed in the book and movie Casino.

Hit Me! chronicles midnight raids, heart-rending showgirl romances, deadly double-crosses, and a roll call of gangster lore that includes Anthony “The Ant” Spilotro, Allen Glick, Frank “Lefty” Rosenthal, George Jay Vandermark, and Joey “The Clown” Lombardo. But no matter how much evidence Gomes uncovered, or how many witnesses and informants suddenly vanished, he was swept aside by a crooked political system.

It took nearly three decades, but in 2007 Gomes settled all scores as a key prosecutorial witness at the Family Secrets Trial—the justice system finally taking out a “hit” on the mob. Hit Me! is Gomes’s crime-fighting story, as prepared with his daughter, coauthor Danielle Gomes.

Dennis Gomes, whose long gaming industry career—including operating Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City—made him a casino legend, passed away in February 2012. He was posthumously inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame in October 2012.

Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book is filled with adventure, depth, humor, 'morals', and thoughtfulness."

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

A small-town boy hops a bus to New York City to crash an audition for E.T.: The Musical.

Nate Foster has big dreams. His whole life, he’s wanted to star in a Broadway show. (Heck, he’d settle for seeing a Broadway show.) But how is Nate supposed to make his dreams come true when he’s stuck in Jankburg, Pennsylvania, where no one (except his best pal Libby) appreciates a good show tune? With Libby’s help, Nate plans a daring overnight escape to New York. There’s an open casting call for E.T.: The Musical, and Nate knows this could be the difference between small-town blues and big-time stardom.

Tim Federle writes a warm and witty debut that’s full of broken curfews, second chances, and the adventure of growing up—because sometimes you have to get four hundred miles from your backyard to finally feel at home.

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Even Now / Ever After Compilation Limited Edition by Karen Kingsbury from Zondervan ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 12)

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A couple forced apart by lies and time-who haven't forgotten about their past together and a young college girl who seeks out the parents she never knew: the inspiring story and award winning sequel from bestselling author Karen Kingsbury in one limited edition volume.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom UNABRIDGED by Jonathan Haidt (Narrated by George K. Wilson) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$29.99)

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This is a book about 10 "Great Ideas". Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that has been discovered by several of the world's civilizations - to question it in light of what we now know from scientific research, and to extract from it the lessons that still apply to our modern lives.

©2006 Jonathan Haidt; (P)2007 Gildan Media

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When We Were Bad: A Novel by Charlotte Mendelson from Picador (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "It's rare these days to read such an accomplished novel...witty and full of strong, memorable characters."

Critics in Britain are raving about Charlotte Mendelson’s excoriatingly funny yet deeply humane novel about a glamorous London family that happens to be falling apart.

The Rubins are the perfect family. They’re wonderfully happy and very glamorous. The mother, Claudia, is the ultimate Jewish matriarch: a powerful rabbi known for her charm, brains, and determination. Now this dynastic Jewish family is getting ready to marry off the perfect eldest son. History, community, and even gastronomy unite the guests lucky enough to attend this joyous occasion.

But when the groom -- one minute before exchanging vows -- bolts with the wrong woman, the myths that have defined this family take on darker overtones. Mendelson’s astonishing eye for detail, as well as her just-right balance of plot and character, makes the unfolding of this story an uncommon treat. In a marvelously compressed style that also bursts with life, she reveals how all four adult Rubin children, and their parents, struggle with huge secrets, sexual frustration and sexual experimentation, and many betrayals.

Charlotte Mendelson opens a window on a realm rarely explored in British society: the complicated world of English Jewry. But to watch this seemingly blessed family drastically, disastrously fall apart before regaining balance is to understand that their struggles -- like all of ours -- are universal ones.

Fire Dance by Delle Jacobs from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I really enjoyed this book a little different from the norm...i liked the hero he respected women which was unusual at that time"

A mysterious castle.
A deadly gift.
A missing, unwilling bride.
And a Norman knight determined to conquer all.

Ordered by his King to carry out a cryptic command—kill a wicked sorcerer lord, seize his castle, and take his daughter as a wife—Alain de Crency expects a fierce battle. Instead he discovers a defenseless castle, the daughter missing, and the sorcerer dead, shrouded in a magnificent purple cloak. With no knowledge of the evil lurking within it, Alain takes the cloak as his own before investigating the whereabouts of his supposed betrothed.

Upon Alain’s arrival, Melisande, the sorcerer’s daughter who begrudgingly learned her father’s sinister trade, hides in plain sight as a servant. But Alain suspects this beautiful blonde knows more than she claims, and he resolves to uncover the truth—if he can resist his burning desire for her.

Soon Melisande realizes her father’s infernal magic reaches beyond the grave—and that only Alain can save her people from the menacing evil. But with Alain’s new cloak dyed in poison, can Melisande save her people’s savior without revealing her dark secrets to the man who’s captured her heart?

Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found by Cheryl Strayed from Atlantic Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Lifestyle Daily Deal (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Her extraordinary story and writing is so poetic and vivid I laughed and cried and could not put the book down."

Selected to be read on Radio Four's Book of the Week.

'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' --Nick Hornby

At twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother's rapid death from cancer, her family disbanded and her marriage crumbled. With nothing to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life: to walk eleven-hundred miles of the west coast of America - from the Mojave Desert, through California and Oregon, and into Washington state - and to do it alone. She had no experience of long-distance hiking and the journey was nothing more than a line on a map. But it held a promise - a promise of piecing together a life that lay in ruins at her feet.

Strayed's account captures the agonies - both mental and physical - of her incredible journey; how it maddened and terrified her, and how, ultimately, it healed her. Wild is a brutal memoir of survival, grief and redemption: a searing portrayal of life at its lowest ebb and at its highest tide.

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The Night Ranger (A John Wells Novel, Book 7) by Alex Berenson from Putnam Adult ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "The book takes readers on an adventurous roller coaster ride through some of the most dangerous parts of Africa and leaves them clinging to the very edge of the seat."

John Wells enters new territory, as he goes underground in East Africa to track four kidnapped Americans and the Somali bandits who snatched them, in the tough, thoughtful, electrifying new novel from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author.

Four friends, recent college graduates, travel to Kenya to work at a giant refugee camp for Somalis. Two men, two women, each with their own reasons for being there. But after twelve weeks, they’re ready for a break and pile into a Land Cruiser for an adventure.

They get more than they bargained for. Bandits hijack them. They wake up in a hut, hooded, bound, no food or water. Hostages. As a personal favor, John Wells is asked to try to find them, but he does so reluctantly. East Africa isn’t his usual playing field. And when he arrives, he finds that the truth behind the kidnappings is far more complex than he imagined.

The clock is ticking. The White House is edging closer to an invasion of Somalia. Wells has a unique ability to go undercover, and to make things happen, but if he can’t find the hostages soon, they’ll be dead – and the U.S. may be in a war it never should have begun.

Heart of Gold by Robin Lee Hatcher from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I loved this Christian historical romance set during the American Old West."

The truest treasure is found deep in the heart.

Back in her beloved Virginia, Shannon Adair loved nursing injured soldiers back to health. But in Grand Coeur, Idaho—the rough-and-tumble place where her father has been called to lead the church—she's not sure where she fits in. Then a critically ill woman arrives, and Shannon knows her place at last: to care for this dear woman and ease her pain.

Matthew Dubois is the fastest and most reliable stagecoach driver on Wells Fargo's payroll. But his widowed sister is dying and he's about to inherit his young nephew. So he takes a job at the Wells Fargo express office in Grand Coeur until he can find the one thing he needs to get back to driving: a wife to care for the boy.

What neither of them knows is that God is at work behind the scenes—and is lovingly bringing them together to discover the true desires of their hearts.

Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi from Dark Horse Comics ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An absolute must read for fans of anime."

12,090 A.D. It is a dark time for the world. Humanity is just crawling out from under three hundred years of domination by the race of vampires known as the Nobility. The war against the vampires has taken its toll; cities lie in ruin, the countryside is fragmented into small villages and fiefdoms that still struggle against nightly raids by the fallen vampires-and the remnants of their genetically manufactured demons and werewolves.

Every village wants a Hunter-one of the warriors who have pledged their laser guns and their swords to the eradication of the Nobility. But some Hunters are better than others, and some bring their own kind of danger with them...

From creator Hideyuki Kikuchi, one of Japan's leading horror authors with illustrations by renowned Japanese artist, Yoshitaka Amano, best known for his illustrations in Neil Gaiman's Sandman: The Dream Hunters and the Final Fantasy games.

AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller from AmazonEncore ($1.99) is the Kindle Essays & Travelogues Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is one of the most enjoyable, honest, and inspiring accounts that I have read."

In 2003, software engineer David Miller left his job, family, and friends to fulfill a dream and hike the Appalachian Trail. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail is Miller's account of this thru-hike along the entire 2,172 miles from Georgia to Maine. On page after page, readers are treated to rich descriptions of the valleys and mountains, the isolation and reverie, the inspiration that fueled his quest, and the life-changing moments that can only be experienced when dreams are pursued. While this book abounds with introspection and perseverance, it also provides useful passages about safety and proper gear, with a view into a professional hiker's preparations and tenacity. This is not merely a travel guide, but a beautifully written and highly personal view into one man's adventure and what it means to make a lifelong vision come true.

Timmy Failure by Stephan Pastis from Candlewick ($2.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The characters were enjoyable, the writing was clever and comical, and the storyline was stellar"

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

This book features Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images when using Kindle Fire or select Kindle Reading Apps.

Meet "detective" Timmy Failure, star of the kids’ comedy of the year. Created by New York Times best-selling cartoonist Stephan Pastis.

Take Timmy Failure — the clueless, comically self-confident CEO of the best detective agency in town, perhaps even the nation. Add his impressively lazy business partner, a very large polar bear named Total. Throw in the Failuremobile — Timmy’s mom’s Segway — and what you have is Total Failure, Inc., a global enterprise destined to make Timmy so rich his mother won’t have to stress out about the bills anymore.

Of course, Timmy’s plan does not include the four-foot-tall female whose name shall not be uttered. And it doesn’t include Rollo Tookus, who is so obsessed with getting into "Stanfurd" that he can’t carry out a no-brainer spy mission.

From the offbeat creator of Pearls Before Swine comes an endearingly bumbling hero in a caper whose peerless hilarity is accompanied by a whodunit twist. With perfectly paced visual humor, Stephan Pastis gets you snorting with laughter, then slyly carries the joke a beat further — or sweetens it with an unexpected poignant moment — making this a comics-inspired story (the first in a new series) that truly stands apart from the pack.

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Wyoming Tough by Diana Palmer from Harlequin ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 13)

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Mallory Kirk is your typical tough-guy cowboy. He may have gotten more than he bargained for when he hired Morie Brannt to work on his ranch. Initially doubtful she'll pull her own weight, one thing leads to another, and he has a change of heart as and sparks fly between the two in this fan-favorite from Diana Palmer.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time UNABRIDGED by Mark Haddon (Narrated by Jeff Woodman) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$19.99)

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Fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone has Asperger's Syndrome, a condition similar to autism. He doesn't like to be touched or meet new people, he cannot make small talk, and he hates the colors brown and yellow. He is a math whiz with a very logical brain who loves solving puzzles that have definite answers.

One night, he observes that the neighbor's dog has been killed, since it is not moving and has a large garden fork stuck in its body. Christopher knows this is wrong. He has never left his street on his own before, but now he'll have to in order to find out who killed the dog. What he discovers will shake the very foundation of his perfectly ordered life.

Critically acclaimed author Mark Haddon, a two-time BAFTA winner, crafts a stunning masterpiece that is funny, honest, and incredibly moving.

©2003 Mark Haddon; (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

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Manna from Hades (Cornish Mystery 1) by Carola Dunn from C & R Crime (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Interesting characters and evocative descriptions of Cornwall and life in a small community in a gentler age…a promising start to the series.

Eleanor Trewynn is a widow of some years living in Port Mabyn, a small fishing village in Cornwall, England. In her younger days, she traveled the exotic parts of the world with her husband. These days, she’s retired and founded the local charity shop. Her niece, Megan Pencarrow, transferred nearby, and was recently promoted to the rank of Detective Sargent. Perhaps the only downside is that she is now working for a DI who doesn’t approve of women on the police force and who really doesn’t much approve of Megan’s aunt Eleanor, as she is something of a thorn in his rather substantial side.

All of these factors collide when, the day after collecting donations, Eleanor and the vicar’s wife find the dead body of a longhaired, scruffy-looking youth hidden in the stockroom of the charity shop. Then they discover that some donated jewelry thought to be fake is actually very real, very expensive, and the haul from a violent robbery in London. Making matters more complex, the corpse found in the storeroom is apparently not one of the robbers. Carola Dunn's Manna from Hades is a confounding Cornish case of daring theft, doublecross, and a wily older woman confronted by a case of murder most foul.

Cold Enough to Freeze Cows by Lorraine Jenkin from Honno Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Much more than just a love story, well written, humorous and a very enjoyable read, all in all a delightful book that I would highly recommend."

Iestyn Bevan is happiest up to his armpits in sheep dip - unhappy in his brother's cast-off finery.

Menna Edwards is an expert ram wrestler, but her bathroom owes more to Homes and Gardens than the Farmer's mart.

Together they should be a match made in heaven, but a Welsh hill farm isn't the most romantic of wooing grounds...

The First 20 Minutes: The Surprising Science That Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds from Icon Books (£1.89) is the Amazon UK Kindle Health & Fitness Daily Deal (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I have found this book fascinating. It challenges a lot of received wisdom about how to exercise effectively, what works and what doesn't"

Every Wednesday, Gretchen Reynolds singlehandedly influences how millions of Americans work out. In her Phys Ed column for The New York Times, she debunks myths, spurs conversation, and creates arguments among her readers by questioning widely held beliefs about exercise.
Expanding upon her popular columns, Reynolds tackles the questions we all have and (sometimes) ask about exercise. Consulting experts in physiology, biology, psychology, neurology, and sports, she uncovers how often we should exercise, how long workouts should be, how to avoid injury, and how to find the right form, routine and equipment for our goals.

She also reveals some surprising answers, like:

* 20 minutes of cardio at a time is enough to obtain maximum health benefits. (And in some cases, just six minutes is all you need.)
* Stretching before a workout is counterproductive. (It's better to just start easy, i.e., walk before you run.)
* Core strength is nice but not necessary. (A six-pack looks great but actually has little bearing on performance.)
* Walking improves your memory; housecleaning improves your mood. (The brain is like a muscle,; it likes to exercise.)
* Chocolate milk is better than Gatorade for recovery. (Providing the best sports nutrition is often the simplest.)

Drawing on scientific expertise as well as her own athletic experiences, Gretchen Reynolds will help you find the right workout for your body, age, fitness and goals. Whether your desire is to be fit for the rest of your life, to look great in a smaller dress size or to run your third marathon in Boston, The First 20 Minutes will make your workouts work for you.

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The Quarry by Iain Banks from Redhook ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "I quickly found myself lost in the story, laughing out loud while reading it and sympathizing intently with its protagonist Kit, his father and his father's friends."

Eighteen-year-old Kit is weird: big, strange, odd, socially disabled, on a spectrum that stretches from "highly gifted" at one end, to "nutter" at the other. At least Kit knows who his father is; he and Guy live together in a decaying country house on the unstable brink of a vast quarry. His mother's identity is another matter. Now, though, his father's dying, and old friends are gathering for one last time.

"Uncle" Paul's a media lawyer now; Rob and Ali are upwardly mobile corporate bunnies; pretty, hopeful Pris is a single mother; Haze is still living up to his drug-inspired name twenty years on; and fierce, protective Hol is a gifted if acerbic critic. As young film students they lived at Willoughtree House with Guy, and they've all come back because they want something. Kit, too, has his own ulterior motives. Before his father dies he wants to know who his mother is, and what's on the mysterious tape they're all looking for. But most of all he wants to stop time and keep his father alive.

Fast-paced, gripping and savagely funny, The Quarry is a virtuoso performance whose soaring riffs on the inexhaustible marvel of human perception and rage against the dying of the light will stand among Iain Banks' greatest work.

Rock Her by Rachel Cross from Crimson Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This rocking book grabs you from the beginning, and doesn't let you go until its supremely satisfying end."

She’s a small town nurse who had to grow up fast. He’s rock music’s most infamous guitarist. When a day at the beach turns life or death, their worlds collide, and no one will ever be the same.

Kate Gibson’s life has been all about family. She spent her high school years taking care of her dying mother, and her college years raising her younger sister.

Alec Sawyer’s past was an excess of everything: drugs, parties, rock, sex, and money. His downfall had been long, spectacular, and public.

Thrown together by fate and the media, Kate and Alec find themselves falling in love. But dating in the spotlight has its downside, and some secrets are better left in the dark.

Sensuality Level: Sensual

The Memento Nora series by Angie Smibert (Skyscape) are $1.99 each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, three exciting books in the Memento Nora series by Angie Smibert are $1.99 each.

Principle-Centered Leadership by Stephen R. Covey from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Business & Investing Deal of the Day (October 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A philosophy for creating more meaningful relationships."

This book asks the fundamental question, how do we as individuals (and organizations), not only survive but thrive amid tremendous change? More, why are our efforts to improve continuing to fail despite the millions of dollars we spend in time, capital, and human effort every year? How do we combat all of this by unleashing the full measure of our creativity, talent, and energy in the midst of this pressure? Is it realistic to believe that we can find balance in our personal life, family life, and professional life?

Author Stephen R. Covey shows that the answer to these concerns is Principle-Centered Leadership; a long-term, inside-out approach to developing people and organizations. Covey tells that the key to dealing with the challenges that we face today is the recognition of a principle-centered core within not only each of us, but within our organizations. Covey offers insights and guidelines that demonstrate how we can apply these principles both at work and at home which will lead not only to an increase in our productivity and the quality of our work, but also to a new appreciation of the importance of establishing more personal and professional relationships as we strive to enjoy a more balance, more rewarding and ultimately more effective life.

Escape Theory by Margaux Froley from Soho Teen ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (October 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An engrossing read. It is well written, well paced, and offers characters worth empathizing with."

Sixteen-year-old Devon Mackintosh has always felt like an outsider at Keaton, the prestigious California boarding school perched above the Pacific. As long as she’s not fitting in, Devon figures she might as well pad her application to Stanford’s psych program. So junior year, she decides to become a peer counselor, a de facto therapist for students in crisis. At first, it seems like it will be an easy fly-on-the-wall gig, but her expectations are turned upside down when Jason Hutchins (a.k.a. “Hutch”), one of the Keaton’s most popular students, commits suicide.

Devon dives into her new role providing support for Hutch’s friends, but she’s haunted by her own attachment to him. The two shared an extraordinary night during their first week freshman year; it was the only time at Keaton when she felt like someone else really understood her. As the secrets and confessions pile up in her sessions, Devon comes to a startling conclusion: Hutch couldn't have taken his own life. Bound by her oath of confidentiality—and tortured by her unrequited love—Devon embarks on a solitary mission to get to the bottom of Hutch's death, and the stakes are higher than she ever could have imagined.

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Last Light (Restoration Series #1) by Terri Blackstock from Zondervan ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 14)

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Imagine waking up to a world with no cell phones, computers, cars, or airplanes-- in the first volume of bestselling author Terri Blackstock's Restoration series, the world comes to a complete halt, with the Branning family banding together to survive this crisis, while there's a killer living among them.

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Last Light (Restoration Series #1) by Terri Blackstock is $1.99 (Amazon US)

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20 Kindle Books for $2 Each (Through October 31)

Whether your taste runs to mysteries, thrillers, romance, or science fiction, you'll find your next great read in this selection of Kindle books for only $2 apiece. Offer valid through October 31, 2013.

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Audible Daily Deal - 1984: New Classic Edition UNABRIDGED by George Orwell (Narrated by Simon Prebble) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$20.97)

Publisher's Summary

Blackstone Audio presents a new recording of this dramatically popular book.
George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police - a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities' will and people live tepid lives by rote.
Winston Smith, a hero with no heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency. But living in a social system in which privacy does not exist and where those with unorthodox ideas are brainwashed or put to death, he knows there is no hope for him.
The year 1984 has come and gone, yet George Orwell's nightmare vision of the world we were becoming in 1949 is still the great modern classic portrait of a negative Utopia.
©1949 Harcourt Brace and Company, renewed ©1977 Sonia Brownell Orwell; (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc.

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The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow by Maureen Reynolds from Black & White Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "...a very good read and I didn't want to put the book down."

As war still rages across Europe, the family continues to face up to the challenges and hardships each new day brings. Rosie is having a difficult pregnancy. Johnny has fallen and fractured his skull on a trip to Orkney with the Home Guard. Meantime, Ann Neill is looking forward to meeting up with Greg when he gets a 48-hour pass and a much-needed break from his war work at Bletchley Park. But Ann soon realises that she and Greg are drifting apart and she starts to suspect that he has met someone else. When the war finally ends, Danny does not return. They think they see him on a cinema newsreel one day but are devastated to discover from the Red Cross that the man in the film has died. Then, when Grandad becomes ill, it seems that the family are to be in crisis once again. In The Sun Will Shine Tomorrow, Maureen Reynolds concludes her compelling story describing the trials and tribulations of working-class life in the close-knit community of wartime and post-war Dundee.

Diana the Huntress (The Six Sisters Series) by M.C. Beaton from Honno Press (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Another hilarious book from MC Beaton...an ideal easy holiday read and the characters are hilarious."

The delightful fifth book in the bestselling M.C. Beaton's Six Sisters Regency Romance series.

With her lustrous black hair and enormous dark eyes, Diana is shy of men yet dreams of the freedom they must enjoy. And what of the gypsy, who prophesised a dark stranger, and warned of a fair one? Surprising twists and turns await Diana on the path of true love.

You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You're Deluding Yourself by David McRaney from Oneworld Publications (£1.89) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A great way to change the way you think about life, business and pretty much everything."

An entertaining illumination of the stupid beliefs that make us feel wise, based on the popular blog of the same name.

Whether you’re deciding which smartphone to purchase or which politician to believe, you think you are a rational being whose every decision is based on cool, detached logic. But here’s the truth: You are not so smart. You’re just as deluded as the rest of us—but that’s okay, because being deluded is part of being human.

Growing out of David McRaney’s popular blog, You Are Not So Smart reveals that every decision we make, every thought we contemplate, and every emotion we feel comes with a story we tell ourselves to explain them. But often these stories aren’t true. Each short chapter—covering topics such as Learned Helplessness, Selling Out, and the Illusion of Transparency—is like a psychology course with all the boring parts taken out.

Bringing together popular science and psychology with humor and wit, You Are Not So Smart is a celebration of our irrational, thoroughly human behavior.

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The Lizzy Gardner series by T.R. Ragan from Thomas & Mercer ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, three exciting books in the Lizzy Gardner series by T.R. Ragan are $0.99 each

One Pink Line by Dina Silver from Lake Union Publishing ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book made me laugh and cry. I absolutely fell in love with the characters!"

Can the love of a lifetime be forever changed by one pink line?

Sydney Shephard, a sweet-tempered college senior, is in love with an exceptional man and ready to start a future with him. Yet, one night, she makes an irrevocable decision that forces her to relinquish her youth and risk losing the love of her life.

Then there’s Grace, a fifth grader, whose world is turned upside down when she makes a shocking discovery, leaving her with profound and puzzling questions about who she really is.

Spanning generations and every imaginable emotion, One Pink Line reveals how two points of view can be dramatically at odds, but perhaps ultimately reconciled. Simultaneously deeply felt and lighthearted, the story deftly mines the redemptive power of love, and how doing the right thing and living honestly can bring unexpected, hard-won happiness.

The Seer King: Book One of the Seer King Trilogy by Chris Bunch from Prologue Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The author has created a world full of sorcery, intrigue, and human feelings."

The empire of Numantia shudders on the brink of destruction. But the wizard Tenedos and his ally, cavalry officer Damastes, prepare to carve a path through usurpers and necromancers that will restore it to glory. It is a path that will take both of them to dark places they never knew.

A path to the rule of one who will be called . . . the Seer King.

Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea by Jaimal Yogis from Wisdom Publications ($0.99) is the Kindle Personal Growth & Inspiration Deal of the Day (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book reminds each of us that living each moment with compassion is what makes a meaningful life."

Fed up with suburban teenage life, Jaimal Yogis ran off to Hawaii with little more than a copy of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha and enough cash for a surfboard. His journey is a coming-of-age saga that takes him from communes to monasteries and the icy New York shore. Equal parts spiritual memoir and surfer's tale, this is a chronicle of finding meditative focus in the barrel of a wave and eternal truth in the great salty blue.

Skin by Donna Jo Napoli from Skyscape ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (October 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A beautiful story that will move you and help you appreciate who you really are. Highly recommended."

My lips are white. Sixteen-year-old Sep stares into the bathroom mirror. It's not some weird lipstick (she never wears lipstick). Her lips are just - white.

In a panic, she digs up an old lipstick and smears it on her colorless lips. But soon, more and more white spots begin to bloom, spreading their chalky tendrils across her olive brown skin. Does she have a disease? Is she turning into some kind of freak? Sep is usually the one who knows all the answers. With a quicksilver mind and a supple body, she's happiest when she's delving into the mysteries of animal biology or giving herself over to sweet, hot moves in Jazz Dance Club. Unlike her best friend, Devin, she's never been in a rush to get a boyfriend. But as the white blotches spread, her dating days - like the endangered species she studies - seem numbered. So when Joshua, a boy she's always liked, makes a flirty advance, she wonders: Why not grab pleasure while she can?

Frank, funny, and full of passion, this is the empowering story of a strong gifted teen who, as her life spins out of control, desperately tries to prove to the world - and herself - that she is deeper than skin.

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Devlin's Light by Mariah Stewart from Pocket Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 15)

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India Devlin returns to the charming town by the bay, Devlin's Light to investigate the murder of her brother. When a good friend offers to help, India accepts his offer while the two grow close tracking the killer. Intrigue, mystery and desire from award winning author Mariah Stewart (Chesapeake Diaries series).

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Devlin's Light by Mariah Stewart is $1.99 (Amazon US, Amazon CA and iTunes iBooks)

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Audible Daily Deal - Stay Close UNABRIDGEDby Harlan Coben (Narrated by Scott Brick) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$25.89)

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Megan is a suburban soccer mom who, once upon a time, walked on the wild side. Now she’s got two kids, a perfect husband, a picket fence, and a growing sense of dissatisfaction. Ray used to be a talented documentary photographer, but at the age of 40 he finds himself in a dead-end job posing as a paparazzo, pandering to celebrity-obsessed rich kids. Broome is a detective who can’t let go of a cold case—a local husband and father who disappeared 17 years ago—and spends the anniversary every year visiting a house frozen in time, the missing man’s family still waiting, his slippers left by the recliner as if he might show up at any moment to step into them.

Three people living lives they never wanted, hiding secrets that even those closest to them would never suspect, will find that the past never truly fades away. Even as the terrible consequences of long-ago events crash together in the present and threaten to ruin lives, they will come to the startling realization that they may not want to forget the past at all. And as each confronts the dark side of the American dream—the boredom of a nice suburban life, the excitement of temptation, the desperation and hunger that can lurk behind even the prettiest façades—they will discover the hard truth that the line between one kind of life and another can be as whisper-thin as a heartbeat.

Master of domestic suspense Harlan Coben delivers his trademark combination of pause-resistant thrills and unrivaled insight into the dark shadows that creep into even the happiest communities.

©2012 Harlan Coben (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc

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A Time to Kill: A Novel by John Grisham is $2.99 (Amazon US, iTunes iBooks)

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Don’t miss a sneak peek of Sycamore Row, John Grisham’s new novel inspired by A Time to Kill, in the back of the book.

The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men. The mostly white town of Clanton in Ford County, Mississippi, reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle and takes justice into his own outraged hands.

For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client’s life–and then his own.

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The Calligrapher's Daughter by Eugenia Kim from Bloomsbury Paperbacks (£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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A sweeping debut novel, inspired by the life of the author’s mother, about a young woman who dares to fight for a brighter future in occupied Korea

In early-twentieth-century Korea, Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. Smart and headstrong, she is encouraged by her mother—but her stern father is determined to maintain tradition, especially as the Japanese steadily gain control of his beloved country. When he seeks to marry Najin into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and instead sends her to serve in the king’s court as a companion to a young princess. But the king is soon assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to its end.

In the shadow of the dying monarchy, Najin begins a journey through increasing oppression that will forever change her world. As she desperately seeks to continue her education, will the unexpected love she finds along the way be enough to sustain her through the violence and subjugation her country continues to face? Spanning thirty years, The Calligrapher’s Daughter is a richly drawn novel in the tradition of Lisa See and Amy Tan about a country torn between ancient customs and modern possibilities, a family ultimately united by love, and a woman who never gives up her search for freedom.

Forget You Had a Daughter - Doing Time in the Bangkok Hilton by Sandra Gregory from John Blake (£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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Sandra Gregory seemed to have the perfect life in Bangkok – until illness, unemployment and political unrest turned it into a nightmare. Desperate to get home by any means possible, she agreed to smuggle an addict’s personal supply of heroin. She didn’t even make it onto the plane.

In this remarkably candid memoir, Sandra Gregory tells the full story of the events leading up to her arrest, the horrific conditions in Lard Yao prison, her trial in a language she didn’t understand and how it feels to be sentenced to death.

Sandra finally resumed her journey home some four and a half years later, when she was transferred to the British prison system and had to adapt to a new, yet equally harsh, regime. Following relentless campaigning by her parents – who refused to forget they had a daughter – she was pardoned by the King of Thailand and released in 2000.

Forget You Had a Daughter is the extraordinary story of an ordinary British woman who made a mistake that changed the rest of her life.

The Tulip Girl by Margaret Dickinson from Pan (£1.89) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (October 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Abandoned outside an orphange as a newborn baby, spirited Maddie March has had to fight her way through life. So when she finds a home at Few Farm with Frank Brackenbury and his household, she welcomes the chance for a fresh start. Work on the farm is hard, but believing herself truly loved for the first time in her young life by the farmer's son, Michael, even the animosity of the housekeeper Mrs Trowbridge cannot mar Maddie's newfound happiness. 1947 brings harsh winter, sweeping devastion over the farm and threatening the Brackenburys' livelihood. All seems lost, until Maddie has an idea that might save them all from poverty. But then she discovers she is pregnant..... The Tulip Girl is Margaret Dickinson's captivating new Lincolnshire saga about the endurance of true love in the face of adversity.

More from Margaret Dickinson: The Fisher Lass, Chaff Upon the Wind, The Miller's Daughter,Pauper's Gold, Plough the Furrow, Twisted Strands and The Fleethaven Trilogy.