Crossing by Andrew Fukuda from Skyscape (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "The plot twists are astounding and soon you start to wonder who is being deceived and who is doing the deceiving."
A loner in his all-white high school, Chinese-born Xing (pronounced “Shing”) is a wallflower longing for acceptance. His isolation is intensified by his increasingly awkward and undeniable crush on his only friend, the beautiful and brilliant Naomi Lee.
Xing’s quiet adolescent existence is rattled when a series of disappearances rock his high school and fear ripples through the blue collar community in which he lives.
Amidst the chaos surrounding him, only Xing, alone on the sidelines of life, takes notice of some peculiar sightings around town. He begins to investigate with the hope that if he can help put an end to the disappearances, he will finally win the acceptance for which he has longed. However, as Xing draws closer to unveiling the identity of the abductor, he senses a noose of suspicion tightening around his own neck.
While Xing races to solve the mystery and clear his name, Crossing hurtles readers towards a chilling climax.
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Silent Tears: A Journey of Hope in a Chinese Orphanage by Kay Bratt from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in China...or simply those who enjoy reading of remarkable, unsung heroes. "
Irrepressible memories. Vacant eyes. A child being dangled from a third story window. A boy tied to a chair. Children sleeping in layers of clothing to fight off the bitter cold. An infant dying from starvation. Some things your mind will never allow you to forget.
Silent Tears is the true story of the adversity and triumphs one woman faced as she fought against the Chinese bureaucracy to help that country’s orphaned children.
In 2003, Kay Bratt’s life changed dramatically. A wife and mother of two girls in South Carolina, Bratt relocated her family to rural China to support her husband as he took on a new management position for his American employer. Seeking a way to fill her days and overcome the isolation she experienced upon arriving in a foreign country, Bratt began volunteering at the local orphanage. Within months, her simple desire to make use of her time transformed into a heroic crusade to improve the living conditions and minimize the unnecessary deaths of Chinese orphans.
Silent Tears traces the emotional hurdles and daily frustrations faced by Ms. Bratt as she tried to change the social conditions for these marginalized children. The memoir vividly illustrates how she was able to pull from reservoirs of inner strength to pursue her mission day after day, leaving the reader with the resounding message that everyone really can make a difference.
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The Queen's Agent: Sir Francis Walsingham and the Rise of Espionage in Elizabethan England by John Cooper from Faber and Faber Non Fiction (£0.99) is the Amazon UK
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Customer review: "The Queen's Agent brings the character of Walsingham...I enjoyed very much the combination of drama, fine-story-telling, and history."
A captivating chronicle of the exploits of Sir Francis Walsingham—the first great English spymaster and the man who saved Elizabeth’s regime and the country’s independence.
Elizabeth I came to the throne at a time of insecurity and unrest. Rivals threatened her reign; England was a Protestant island, isolated in a sea of Catholic countries. Spain plotted an invasion, but Elizabeth’s Secretary, Sir Francis Walsingham, was prepared to do whatever it took to protect her. He ran a network of agents in England and Europe who provided him with information about invasions or assassination plots. He recruited likely young men and “turned” others. He encouraged Elizabeth to make war against the Catholic Irish rebels, with extreme brutality, and oversaw the execution of Mary Queen of Scots.
The Queen’s Agent is a story of secret agents, cryptic codes and ingenious plots, set in a turbulent period of England’s history. It is also the story of a man devoted to his queen, sacrificing his every waking hour to save the threatened English state.
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City of Dreams: A Novel of Early Manhattan by Beverly Swerling from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This epic novel provides a beautifully rich slice of Manhattan history."
In 1661, Lucas Turner, a barber surgeon, and his sister, Sally, an apothecary, stagger off a small wooden ship after eleven weeks at sea. Bound to each other by blood and necessity, they aim to make a fresh start in the rough and rowdy Dutch settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam; soon lust, betrayal, and murder will make them mortal enemies. In their struggle to survive in the New World, Lucas and Sally make choices that will burden their descendants with a legacy of secrets and retribution, and create a heritage that sets cousin against cousin, physician against surgeon, and, ultimately, patriot against Tory.
In what will be the greatest city in the New World, the fortunes of these two families are inextricably entwined by blood and fire in an unforgettable American saga of pride and ambition, love and hate, and the becoming of the dream that is New York City.
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Knight Awakened (Circle of Seven #1) by Coreene Callahan from Montlake Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A stirring and magical love story about two people searching for a second chance."
In AD 1331, warlord Vladimir Barbu seizes control of Transylvania. But in spite of his bloody triumph, his claim to the throne remains out of reach. The king of Hungary opposes his rule, the Transylvanian people despise his brutal ways, and the high priestess needed to crown him has vanished without a trace. But Barbu hasn’t come this far only to be thwarted by a woman. He unleashes his best hunters to track her down and bring her to him—dead or alive.
For Xavian Ramir, killing is the only life he has ever known. Torn from his family when he was a child, he was trained from an early age to be an elite assassin. But now he longs for something more, vowing to start anew after one last job. The bounty on his target’s head is enough to set him up for good—if he can resist the long-dead conscience that stirs to life when he meets his beautiful mark.
Afina Lazar never wanted to become high priestess, but the brutal murders of her beloved mother and sister leave her no choice. Now she is running for her life, desperate to protect the magical amulet entrusted to her care. But when Barbu’s assassin comes for her, she realizes her only chance of stopping the warlord’s rise to power is to convince this enigmatic—and handsome—hunter that she is more valuable alive than dead.
Dramatic and fast-paced, Knight Awakened is a stirring love story between two people searching for a second chance in a magical world of assassins, warlords, unearthly beasts, and nonstop adventure.
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I Am Legend by Richard Matheson from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "One of the most influential vampire horror novels of the 20th century."
Robert Neville has witnessed the end of the world. The entire population has been obliterated by a vampire virus. Somehow, Neville survived. He must now struggle to make sense of everything that has happened and learn to protect himself against the vampires who hunt him constantly. He must, because perhaps there is nothing else human left.
I Am Legend was a major influence in horror and brought a whole new thematic concept to apocalyptic literature. Several humanistic and emotional themes in this book blend the horror genre with traditional fiction: we see Neville as an emotional person, and observe as he suffers bouts of depression, dips into alcoholism and picks up his strength again to fight the vampiric bacteria that has infected (and killed off) most of humankind. Neville soon meets a woman, Ruth, (after three years alone), who seems to be uninfected and a lone survivor. The two become close and he learns from Ruth that the infected have learned to fight the disease and can spend short amounts of time in the daylight, slowly rebuilding strength and society as it was.
The novel was adapted to film in 1964 as The Last Man on Earth, as Omega Man in 1971 and finally as I am Legend in 2007, starring Will Smith.
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Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid: Stink Series, Book 1 by Megan McDonald and Peter H. Reynolds from Candlewick ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "A fun story that is recommended for fans of Judy Moody."
Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up
In Stink's first solo adventure, his style comes through loud and strong - enhanced by a series of comic strips, drawn by Stink himself, which are sprinkled throughout the book. These very funny, homespun sagas reflect the familiar voice of a kid who pictures himself with super powers to deal with the travails of everyday life - including the occasional teasing of a bossy big sister!
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Wicked by Jill Barnett from BelleBooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 13)
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Let bestselling author Jill Barnett sweep you away to medieval England, where knight Sir Tobin de Clare must fight to redeem himself to Lady Soria Beatrice Rosalynde Anne Therese Howard, whose affections he long ago trampled in his younger, arrogant days.
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