Heading Out to Wonderful by Robert Goolrick from Algonquin Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Goolrick literally brought me to tears with the depth of his insight, the moments of horror and of grace, in a novel that is irrevocably, distinctly American."
It is the summer of 1948 when a handsome, charismatic stranger, Charlie Beale, recently back from the war in Europe, shows up in the town of Brownsburg, a sleepy village nestled in the Valley of Virginia.
All he has with him are two suitcases: one contains his few possessions, including a fine set of butcher knives; the other is full of money. A lot of money.
He soon inserts himself into the town's daily life, taking a job in the local butcher shop and befriending the owner and his wife and their son. But the passion that develops between the man and the wife of the town's wealthiest citizen sets in motion a series of events that not only upset the quiet town but threaten to destroy both him and the woman.
Heading Out to Wonderful is a haunting, heart-stopping novel of love gone terribly wrong in a place where once upon a time such things could happen.
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Playing the Part by Robin Covington from Entangled: Brazen ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "The chemistry and passion between the two characters really jumped off the page."
The harder they play . . . the harder they fall.
After publicly self-destructing over a heartbreak a year ago, bestselling romance writer Piper James is now making nice with her publisher by agreeing to teach Hollywood's favorite action star how to act like he's in love. Only playboy Mick Blackwell has no clue what love looks like.
When a seductive heat ignites between Piper and Mick, she jumps at the chance for a bit of fun between the sheets, but with two stipulations: she's kept out of the public eye and things end when she returns to New York. Only Mick keeps changing the rules on her. Tempted by America's favorite bad boy, Piper is wondering how far she's willing to bend...
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Pump Six and Other Stories by Paolo Bacigalupi from Night Shade Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Highly recommended if you're into modern speculative fiction."
Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and environmental advocacy lie at the center of Paolo's work. Each of the stories herein is at once a warning, and a celebration of the tragic comedy of the human experience.
The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the nebula and Hugo nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man." The title story is original to this collection.
With this book, Paolo Bacigalupi takes his place alongside SF short-fiction masters Ted Chiang, Kelly Link and others, as an important young writer that directly and unabashedly tackles today's most important issues.
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We Die Alone: A WWII Epic of Escape and Endurance by David Howarth from Lyons Press ($1.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (October 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "An amazing story of the will to survive."
We Die Alone recounts one of the most exciting escape stories to emerge from the challenges and miseries of World War II. In March 1943, a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from northern England for Nazi-occupied arctic Norway to organize and supply the Norwegian resistance. But they were betrayed and the Nazis ambushed them. Only one man survived--Jan Baalsrud. This is the incredible and gripping story of his escape.
Frostbitten and snowblind, pursued by the Nazis, he dragged himself on until he reached a small arctic village. He was near death, delirious, and a virtual cripple. But the villagers, at mortal risk to themselves, were determined to save him, and--through impossible feats--they did.
We Die Alone is an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Like Slavomir Rawicz's The Long Walk, it is also an unforgettable portrait of the determination of the human spirit.
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Winger by Andrew Smith from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (October 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "What a wonderful, touching, hilarious and heartbreaking novel."
A teen at boarding school grapples with life, love, and rugby in a heartbreakingly funny novel.
Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior at a boarding school for rich kids. He’s living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he’s madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy.
With the help of his sense of humor, rugby buddies, and his penchant for doodling comics, Ryan Dean manages to survive life’s complications and even find some happiness along the way. But when the unthinkable happens, he has to figure out how to hold on to what’s important, even when it feels like everything has fallen apart.
Filled with hand-drawn infographics and illustrations and told in a pitch-perfect voice, this realistic depiction of a teen’s experience strikes an exceptional balance of hilarious and heartbreaking.
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If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home by Lucy Worsley from Bloomsbury USA ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 27)
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Lucy Worsley (The Courtiers) goes on a journey back to a time when the bedroom and living room were essentially the same room, instead of the two separate places we sleep and entertain as they are today. A fact-filled history of the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen over the years and how they've changed to the rooms we know today.
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