Oxygen: A Novel by Carol Cassella from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer Review: "This is a touching book about a courageous and compassionate woman who is nearly brought to her knees by a series of calamities."
With the compassion of Jodi Picoult and the medical realism of Atul Gawande, Oxygen is a riveting new novel by a real-life anesthesiologist, an intimate story of relationships and family that collides with a high-stakes medical drama.
Dr. Marie Heaton is an anesthesiologist at the height of her profession. She has worked, lived and breathed her career since medical school, and she now practices at a top Seattle hospital. Marie has carefully constructed and constricted her life according to empirical truths, to the science and art of medicine. But when her tried-and-true formula suddenly deserts her during a routine surgery, she must explain the nightmarish operating room disaster and face the resulting malpractice suit. Marie's best friend, colleague and former lover, Dr. Joe Hillary, becomes her closest confidante as she twists through depositions, accusations and a remorseful preoccupation with the mother of the patient in question. As she struggles to salvage her career and reputation, Marie must face hard truths about the path she's chosen, the bridges she's burned and the colleagues and superiors she's mistaken for friends.
A quieter crisis is simultaneously unfolding within Marie's family. Her aging father is losing his sight and approaching an awkward dependency on Marie and her sister, Lori. But Lori has taken a more traditional path than Marie and is busy raising a family. Although Marie has been estranged from her Texas roots for decades, the ultimate responsibility for their father's care is falling on her.
As her carefully structured life begins to collapse, Marie confronts questions of love and betrayal, family bonds and the price of her own choices. Set against the natural splendor of Seattle, and inside the closed vaults of hospital operating rooms, Oxygen climaxes in a final twist that is as heartrending as it is redeeming.
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Soul Seducer by Alicia Dean from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Anyone who likes the paranormal genre but is looking for something different will enjoy this book."
She has spent her entire life fighting death. Now she’s falling in love with him. . . .
Audra Grayson became a nurse in order to help save lives. But one night after a brutal beating, she almost loses her own. The near-death experience opens a door between the world of the living and the world beyond. Two Grim Reapers invade her life. One is charming, with the angelic blonde looks of a saint and the black soul of a psychopath. The other is dark, dangerously attractive and, in spite of her distaste for his reaper duties, she finds herself inexplicably drawn to him.
When Audra's patients begin to die unexpectedly and her loved ones are threatened, she will risk her life—even her soul—to save them. But can she risk her heart to an inhuman being whose very purpose is to take those she is trying to save?
Sensuality Level: Sensual
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The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley from Prologue Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "An inventive, exciting, and humorous science fiction story that also has great social commentary."
"Yes sir. Well, there are three men outside trying to kill me...."
"Quite right," Mr. Frendlyer said. "And today is Landing Day. You came off the ship that landed today, and have been classified a peon.... I'm happy to say that everything is in order. The Landing Day Hunt ends at sundown. You can leave here with the knowledge that everything is correct and that your rights have not been violated."
"Leave here? After sundown, you mean."
Mr. Frendlyer shook his head and smiled sadly. "I'm afraid not. According to the law you must leave here at once."
"But they'll kill me!"
"That's very true. Unfortunately it can't be helped. A victim by definition is one who is to be killed.... We protect rights, not victims."
Omega: Prison planet
Life Expectancy: Three years maximum
Most people are luckier than that....
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How Bad Are Bananas?: The Carbon Footprint of Everything by Mike Berners-Lee from Greystone Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Environmental Science Deal of the Day (October 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This book presents a serious and complex subject in an entertaining and frank style."
Part green-lifestyle guide, part popular science, How Bad Are Bananas? is the first book to provide the information we need to make carbon-savvy purchases and informed lifestyle choices and to build carbon considerations into our everyday thinking.
The book puts our decisions into perspective with entries for the big things (the World Cup, volcanic eruptions, the Iraq war) as well as the small (email, ironing, a glass of beer). And it covers the range from birth (the carbon footprint of having a child) to death (the carbon impact of cremation).
Packed full of surprises — a plastic bag has the smallest footprint of any item listed, while a block of cheese is bad news — the book continuously informs, delights, and engages the reader. Solidly researched and referenced, the easily digestible figures, statistics, charts, and graphs (including a section on the carbon footprint of various foods) will encourage discussion and help people to make up their own minds about their consumer choices.
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Saltwater Taffyx Saltwater Taffy by Eric DelaBarre from Seven Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Positive, uplifting and a great read - I highly recommend this book!"
Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up
Endorsed by Teachers of the Year around the country, Eric DelaBarre’s Saltwater Taffy follows the lives of five friends as they uncover a treasure map that once belonged to the ruthless New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte. The discovery thrusts them from one treasure hunting adventure to the next as they try to out-wit, out-think and out-maneuver everyone from the one-legged junk-yard man and an overbearing town bully, to the creepy old man living at the top of the hill. Saltwater Taffy is a raceto-the-finish adventure that grabs the reader and never lets go.
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Under Wraps (Underworld Detection Agency Series #1) by Hannah Jayne from Kensington ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 9)
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Sophie Lawson is the only human employed at the Underworld Detection Agency. When her handsome werewolf boss disappears, Sophie's on the case assisting detective Parker Hayes--but she has reasons to doubt if she can trust him, in the start of this supernatural series from fan-favorite author Hannah Jayne.
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