Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- December 2011

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Christmas is Murder (A Rex Graves Mystery) by C.S. Challinor from Midnight Ink ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Dec 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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C.S. Challinor's chilling mystery is set in an historic hotel where a blizzard has trapped the tenants on the premises with an unidentified killer.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the NOOK deal:

Once a Witch by Carolyn MacCullough now also $3.60

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The Magic Kingdom of Landover Volume 1: Magic Kingdom For Sale SOLD! - The Black Unicorn - Wizard at Large (3 books in 1) by Terry Brooks is $9.99 (US Kindle, B&N) *Each book bought individually is $7.99

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Capture the fantasy, thrills, and far-flung adventure of the first three novels in Terry Brooks’s enchanting Magic Kingdom of Landover series–now for the first time in one gripping volume.

Chicago lawyer Ben Holiday can’t fathom what lies ahead when he purchases Landover–a magical kingdom of chivalry and sorcery–from Meeks, the mysterious seller who placed the ad. Weary and jaded, Ben clings to the ad’s promise: “Escape into your dreams.” But Landover is not the enchanted idyll he expected.

The kingdom is in ruin. The barons refuse to recognize Ben as King, a dragon is decimating the countryside, and a demon lord has challenged any prospective ruler to a fatal duel. To make matters worse, the Paladin, renowned champion of the Kings of Landover, seems to be merely a legend.

Ben’s only allies are a bumbling court magician, a talking dog turned court scribe, and the beautiful Willow, who is part girl, part tree. With his friends in tow, Ben sets out to claim the throne. But when Meeks decides he wants Landover back, Ben will face supernatural foes of every stripe to prove himself worthy of the kingship. The question is: Can he survive?

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The Dogs of Rome: An Alec Blume Novel (Commissario Alec Blume 1) by Conor Fitzgerald from Bloomsbury (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Dec 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this accomplished and riveting thriller, police inspector Alec Blume battles organised crime, political pressure and his own demons as he investigates the death of Arturo Clemente. A clever American expatriate with a disposition against authority, Blume must rely on instinct, drive and luck to find the killer; all while being watched from on high.

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The Only Wine Book You'll Ever Need by Danny May from Houghton F+W Media ($3.14) is the NOOK Daily Find (Dec 11)

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Never feel stumped by a sommelier again! This essential guide simplifies this seemingly complicated topic, giving you the know how to stock your own personal wine cellar or select the perfect wine for your holiday party.

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The Basement by Stephen Leather from AmazonEncore ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Dec 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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New York is a city full of strangers. For NYPD detectives Turner and Marcinko, none are harder to figure out than the serial killer on the loose torturing and killing young women. In fact, right now, somewhere in the city, a woman is being held captive in a basement and it is up to the detectives to find her and the killer--before it’s too late.

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FYI, Amazon has price matched the Nook deal:

The Only Wine Book You'll Ever Need by Danny May now also $3.14

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Unfinished Business: One Man's Extraordinary Year of Trying to Do the Right Things by Lee Kravitz is $3.48 for the US Kindle (B&N has it at $16.25) [Bloomsbury USA]

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After losing his job, Lee Kravitz, a workaholic in his midfifties, took stock of his life and realized just how disconnected he had become from the people who mattered most to him. He committed an entire year to reconnecting with them and making amends.

Kravitz takes readers on ten transformational journeys, among them repaying a thirty-year-old debt, making a long-overdue condolence call, finding an abandoned relative, and fulfilling a forgotten promise. Along the way, we meet a cast of wonderful characters and travel the globe-to a refugee camp in Kenya, a monastery in California, the desert of southern Iran, a Little League game in upstate New York, and a bar in Kravitz's native Cleveland. In each instance, the act of reaching out opens new paths for both personal and spiritual growth.

All of us have unfinished business-the things we should have done but just let slip. Kravitz's story reveals that the things we've avoided are exactly those that have the power to transform, enrich, enlarge, and even complete us. The lesson of the book is one applicable to us all: Be mindful of what is most important, and act on it. The rewards will be immediate and lasting.

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Living Hell by Catherine Jinks is $1.35 at the US Kindle store (B&N has it at $7.37) [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]

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What happens when a single moment changes everything?

For seventeen-year-old Cheney, life on earth exists only in history books. He and more than one thousand other people have known life only aboard the Plexus spacecraft: self-contained, systematic, and serene. But that was before the radiation wave.

Now Plexus has suddenly turned on them, becoming a terrifying and unrecognizable force. As the crew dwindles under attack, Cheney and his friends need to fight back before the ship that’s nurtured them for so long becomes responsible for their destruction.

Grade 7 Up

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The Final Curtsey: The Autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, First Cousin of the Queen and Niece of the Late Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother by Margaret Rhodes from Birlinn (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Dec 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The Queen Mother regarded Margaret Rhodes as her "third daughter", and she has been extremely close to her cousins the Queen and Princess Margaret throughout their lives. In her autobiography, Margaret provides the public with unparalleled insight into the private life of the British monarchy.

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The Eleventh Victim (Hailey Dean Series #1) by Nancy Grace from Hyperion ($3.80) is the NOOK Daily Find (Dec 12)

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Drawing on her own beginnings as a prosecutor and the tragic death of her fiance, lawyer and television personality Nancy Grace's debut novel introduces prosecutor-turned-therapist Hailey Dean in a compelling mystery full of intrigue that thrills from start to finish.

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FYI, Amazon and Kobo both have the Nook deal priced cheaper at $2.99

The Eleventh Victim (Hailey Dean Series #1) by Nancy Grace (US Kindle, Kobo)

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Mudbound by Hillary Jordan from Algonquin Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Dec 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Hillary Jordan's Bellwether Prize-winning novel is a gripping and exquisitely rendered story of forbidden love, betrayal, and murder, set against the brutality of the Jim Crow South.

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Tricks of the Trade: How to Think about Your Research While You're Doing It (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Howard S. Becker is $2.66 for US Kindle (B&N has it at $9.52) [University of Chicago Press]

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Drawing on more than four decades of experience as a researcher and teacher, Howard Becker now brings to students and researchers the many valuable techniques he has learned. Tricks of the Trade will help students learn how to think about research projects. Assisted by Becker's sage advice, students can make better sense of their research and simultaneously generate fresh ideas on where to look next for new data. The tricks cover four broad areas of social science: the creation of the "imagery" to guide research; methods of "sampling" to generate maximum variety in the data; the development of "concepts" to organize findings; and the use of "logical" methods to explore systematically the implications of what is found. Becker's advice ranges from simple tricks such as changing an interview question from "Why?" to "How?" (as a way of getting people to talk without asking for a justification) to more technical tricks such as how to manipulate truth tables.

Becker has extracted these tricks from a variety of fields such as art history, anthropology, sociology, literature, and philosophy; and his dazzling variety of references ranges from James Agee to Ludwig Wittgenstein. Becker finds the common principles that lie behind good social science work, principles that apply to both quantitative and qualitative research. He offers practical advice, ideas students can apply to their data with the confidence that they will return with something they hadn't thought of before.

Like Writing for Social Scientists, Tricks of the Trade will bring aid and comfort to generations of students. Written in the informal, accessible style for which Becker is known, this book will be an essential resource for students in a wide variety of fields.

"An instant classic. . . . Becker's stories and reflections make a great book, one that will find its way into the hands of a great many social scientists, and as with everything he writes, it is lively and accessible, a joy to read."—Charles Ragin, Northwestern University

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HarperCollins bargains at the US Kindle store:

($0.99)

The Breach by Patrick Lee for $0.99
The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker for $0.99

($1.99)

The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore
Blue Christmas by Mary Kay Andrews
The Christmas Pearl by Dorothea Benton Frank
Any Given Christmas by Candis Terry
Ralph S. Mouse by Beverly Cleary
Immoveable Feast (P.S.) by John Baxter
Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt
Mrs. Kimble by Jennifer Haigh
Yours Until Dawn by Teresa Medeiros
California Girl by T. Jefferson Parker
Ham On Rye by Charles Bukowski

($2.99)

Walking the Bible (P.S.) by Bruce Feiler