Is This Tomorrow: A Novel by Caroline Leavitt from Algonquin Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (November 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This book revisits the iconic 'peaceful' fifties and the turbulent sixties with love and an eye toward truth."
In 1956, Ava Lark rents a house with her twelve-year-old son, Lewis, in a desirable Boston suburb. Ava is beautiful, divorced, Jewish, and a working mom. She finds her neighbors less than welcoming. Lewis yearns for his absent father, befriending the only other fatherless kids: Jimmy and Rose. One afternoon, Jimmy goes missing. The neighborhood—in the throes of Cold War paranoia—seizes the opportunity to further ostracize Ava and her son.
Years later, when Lewis and Rose reunite to untangle the final pieces of the tragic puzzle, they must decide: Should you tell the truth even if it hurts those you love, or should some secrets remain buried?
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The Wedding Machine by Beth Webb Hart from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (November 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This book has a wonderful depiction of small town southern life."
Welcome to Jasper, South Carolina. A place where Southern hospitality thrives. Where social occasions are done right. And where, for generations, the four most upstanding ladies of this community ensure that the daughters of Jasper are married in the proper manner.
Friends from school days, "the gals" have long pooled their silver, china, and know-how to pull off beautiful events. They're a force of nature, a well-oiled machine. But the wedding machine's gears start to stick during the summer their own daughters line up to tie the knot. In the lowcountry heat and humidity, tempers flare, old secrets leak out . . . and both love and gardenias bloom in unlikely places.
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God Save the Queen (The Immortal Empire) by Kate Locke from Orbit ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (November 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This book has an alternate timeline rich with details and intriguing characters."
Queen Victoria rules with an immortal fist.
The undead matriarch of a Britain where the Aristocracy is made up of werewolves and vampires, where goblins live underground and mothers know better than to let their children out after dark. A world where being nobility means being infected with the Plague (side-effects include undeath), Hysteria is the popular affliction of the day, and leeches are considered a delicacy. And a world where technology lives side by side with magic. The year is 2012.
Xandra Vardan is a member of the elite Royal Guard, and it is her duty to protect the Aristocracy. But when her sister goes missing, Xandra will set out on a path that undermines everything she believed in and uncover a conspiracy that threatens to topple the empire. And she is the key-the prize in a very dangerous struggle.
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Once a Runner: A Novel by John L. Parker Jr. from Scribner ($1.99) is the Kindle Sports Deal of the Day (November 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Anyone interested in running will find this book enjoyable."
Once a Runner captures the essence of what it means to be a competitive runner; to devote your entire existence to a single-minded pursuit of excellence. It has become one of the most beloved sports novels ever written.
Originally self-published in 1978 and sold at road races out of the trunk of the author's car, the book eventually found its way into the hands of high school, college, and postgraduate athletes all over the country. Reading it became a rite of passage on many teams, and tattered copies were handed down like sacred texts from generation to generation. It ranked as the number one most sought-after out-of-print book in the United States in 2007.
Once a Runner is the story of Quenton Cassidy, a collegiate runner at fictional Southeastern University whose lifelong dream is to run a four-minute mile. He is less than a second away when the political and cultural turmoil of the Vietnam War era intrudes into the staid recesses of his school's athletic department. After he becomes involved in an athletes' protest, Cassidy is suspended from his track team.
Under the tutelage of his friend and mentor, Bruce Denton, a graduate student and former Olympic gold medalist, Cassidy gives up his scholarship, his girlfriend, and possibly his future to withdraw to a monastic retreat in the countryside and begin training for the race of his life: a head-to-head match with the greatest miler in history. This book is a rare insider's account of the incredibly intense lives of elite distance runners; an inspiring, funny, and spot-on tale of one man's quest to become a champion.
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Small as an Elephant by Jennifer Richard Jacobson from Candlewick ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (November 14) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "An emotional, compelling, and beautifully written story. Highly recommended."
Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up
Ever since Jack can remember, his mom has been unpredictable, sometimes loving and fun, other times caught in a whirlwind of energy and "spinning" wildly until it’s over. But Jack never thought his mom would take off during the night and leave him at a campground in Acadia National Park, with no way to reach her and barely enough money for food. Any other kid would report his mom gone, but Jack knows by now that he needs to figure things out for himself - starting with how to get from the backwoods of Maine to his home in Boston before DSS catches on. With nothing but a small toy elephant to keep him company, Jack begins the long journey south, a journey that will test his wits and his loyalties - and his trust that he may be part of a larger herd after all.
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The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater from Scholastic ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (November 14)
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As the first girl to ever enter the annual contest of racing dangerous water horses across a cliff, Puck Connoly was unprepared for the Scorpio Races. A tale of life, loyalty, love, and loss from award winning author Maggie Stiefvater (Shiver, Linger).
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