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the 'Novels of Ancient Egypt' series by Wilbur Smith from St. Martin's Griffin ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Today only, 4 books in the 'Novels of Ancient Egypt' series by Wilbur Smith are $1.99 each.
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Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale from Open Road Media Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (September 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This was a phenomenal story. The prose is exquisite, captivating, and the characters are so easy to fall in love with."
Roderica Delamore is an heiress and should be a prize catch—except for an embarrassing and magical secret. She has the ability to hear the thoughts of those around her and has never been able to trust anyone as a result. So she dedicates herself to raising her family’s prize Thoroughbreds and resigns herself to a life without romance—until she meets Faelan Savigar, the Earl of Iveragh, a mysterious, roguish Irishman whose thoughts are entirely closed to her unusual perceptions. She discovers that she has finally met the man she has been waiting her whole life to discover.
He is called “the Devil Earl” and is as enigmatic to everyone else as he turns out to be to Roderica. He is also impoverished, damned in society by dark rumor and innuendo, and, for all she knows, he could be a liar, a swindler, or worse, but his secrets stir her and Roderica is prepared to entrust her life—and her heart—to an enchanting stranger.
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Bluebeard: The Autobiography of Rabo Karabekian (1916-1988) by Kurt Vonnegut from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (September 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "In any event, this is Vonnegut's most satisfying novel in every way a novel may be satisfying."
Bluebeard, published in 1987, is Vonnegut's meditation on art, artists, surrealism, and disaster. Meet Rabo Karabekian, a moderately successful surrealist painter, who we meet late in life and see struggling (like all of Vonnegut's key characters), with the dregs of unresolved pain and the consequences of brutality. Loosely based on the legend of Bluebeard (best realized in Bela Bartok's one-act opera), the novel follows Karabekian through the last events in his life that is heavy with women, painting, artistic ambition, artistic fraudulence, and as of yet unknown consequence.
Vonnegut's intention here is not so much satirical (although the contemporary art scene would be easy enough to deconstruct), nor is it documentary (although Karabekian does carry elements of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko). Instead, Vonnegut is using art for the same purpose he used science fiction cliches in Slaughterhouse-Five; as a filter through which he can illuminate the savagery, cruelty, and the essentially comic misdirection of human existence.
Readers will recognize familiar Vonnegut character types and archetypes as they drift in and out through the background; meanwhile, Karabekian, betrayed and betrayer, sinks through a bottomless haze of recollection. Like most of Vonnegut's late works, this is both science fiction and cruel contemporary realism at once, using science fiction as metaphor for human damage as well as failure to perceive. Readers will find that Vonnegut's protagonists can never really clarify for us whether they are ultimately unwitting victims or simple barbarians, leaving it up to the reader to determine in which genre this book really fits, if any at all.
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Battleground Prussia: The Assault on Germany's Eastern Front 1944-45 by Prit Buttar from Osprey Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (September 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "An impressive work dealing with the German defense of East and West Prussia from late 1944 until the war's end."
The terrible months between the arrival of the Red Army on German soil and the final collapse of Hitler's regime were like no other in the Second World War. The Soviet Army's intent to take revenge for the horror that the Nazis had wreaked on their people produced a conflict of implacable brutality in which millions perished.
From the great battles that marked the Soviet conquest of East and West Prussia to the final surrender in the Vistula estuary, this handsome volume from Osprey recounts in chilling detail the desperate struggle of soldiers and civilians alike. These brutal campaigns are brought vividly to life by a combination of previously unseen testimony and astute strategic analysis recognizing a conflict of unprecedented horror and suffering. Author Prit Buttar spins a mesmerizing tale accompanied by rare photographs and informative maps.
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Marvel 5-Minute Stories by Marvel Press ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 20) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "The stories are quick, they are exciting, the plot flows well, and the art is appealing."
Age Level: 3 - 3 | Grade Level: P - 17
Marvel Super Heroes are quite busy saving the day—from battling crooks and robbers to evil alien invaders, mutants, and super villains!
Each of these twelve stories is the perfect length for reading aloud in about five minutes, making them perfect for jam-packed days.
This treasury stars all your favorite Marvel Super Heroes—including Spider-Man and Iron Man—and features action-packed, full-page and spot illustrations.
Now the Super Heroes's adventures are the way to go before bedtime, on the go, or any moment!
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