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ATDrake · 11-23-2014, 01:48 AM

Bargain @ $1.99 each to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of JFK (good through Nov 23rd, or so I'm getting the impression from the few that were given expiry dates in the newsletter) from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, should be available in all the standard stores, prices good for Canada & US, may possibly be on sale in other regions, etc.):

Not in Your Lifetime: The Defining Book on the J.F.K. Assassination (geo-restricted to US-only), a 1980 CWA Gold Dagger winner by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Summers (Wikipedia), which the blurb says is updated with the latest evidence.
Kennedy Justice by National Book Award-winning journalist Victor S. Navasky (Wikipedia). This one is actually about Robert F. Kennedy and itself was also a finalist for a National Book Award.
Conversations with Kennedy by the late long-time Washington Post journalist Benjamin C. Bradlee (Wikipedia), who was both a professional and a personal friend of JFK and was also involved in exposing the Watergate scandal.
Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin (Wikipedia), an advisor and speechwriter to the Kennedys and Lyndon B. Johnson as well. This is more of a behind-the-scenes overview of the decade and history-making stuff he was personally involved with than a dedicated Kennedy book like the rest.
Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye: Memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy by Kenneth P. O'Donnell (Wikipedia) & David F. Powers (Wikipedia), two of JFK's top aides who were riding in the car behind him on the day of the assassination, according to Wikipedia.
A Common Good: The Friendship of Robert F. Kennedy and Kenneth P. O’Donnell by Helen O'Donnell, granddaughter of Kenneth P.
With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit by Dale K. Myers (Wikipedia), who's won an Emmy Award for his animated re-creation of the assassination, according to Wikipedia.
Oswald's Game by Jean Davison, a biography focusing on the life and possible motivations of Lee Harvey Oswald.
Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK by Gerald Posner (Wikipedia), who apparently specializes in famous figure assassination books and is plagued by a plagiarism scandal (and possibly also complicit in some shenanigans involving the copyright and ensuing royalties of To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee, but that did eventually get settled in the author's favour, it looks like), according to Wikipedia. Nevertheless, this one was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for History, also according to Wikipedia, and although it's apparently controversial and discredited, you may be interested out of sheer morbid curiosity.

I think this is all of them. ORM doesn't seem to have a dedicated promo page for this like they do for their other grouped theme sale items.

11-23-2014, 01:48 AM	#237
ATDrake Wizzard Posts: 11,517 Karma: 33048258 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Roundworld Device: Kindle 2 International, Sony PRS-T1, BlackBerry PlayBook, Acer Iconia	Bargain @ $1.99 each to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of JFK (good through Nov 23rd, or so I'm getting the impression from the few that were given expiry dates in the newsletter) from Open Road Media (couponable @ Kobo, should be available in all the standard stores, prices good for Canada & US, may possibly be on sale in other regions, etc.): Not in Your Lifetime: The Defining Book on the J.F.K. Assassination (geo-restricted to US-only), a 1980 CWA Gold Dagger winner by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Anthony Summers (Wikipedia), which the blurb says is updated with the latest evidence. Kennedy Justice by National Book Award-winning journalist Victor S. Navasky (Wikipedia). This one is actually about Robert F. Kennedy and itself was also a finalist for a National Book Award. Conversations with Kennedy by the late long-time Washington Post journalist Benjamin C. Bradlee (Wikipedia), who was both a professional and a personal friend of JFK and was also involved in exposing the Watergate scandal. Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties by Richard N. Goodwin (Wikipedia), an advisor and speechwriter to the Kennedys and Lyndon B. Johnson as well. This is more of a behind-the-scenes overview of the decade and history-making stuff he was personally involved with than a dedicated Kennedy book like the rest. Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye: Memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy by Kenneth P. O'Donnell (Wikipedia) & David F. Powers (Wikipedia), two of JFK's top aides who were riding in the car behind him on the day of the assassination, according to Wikipedia. A Common Good: The Friendship of Robert F. Kennedy and Kenneth P. O’Donnell by Helen O'Donnell, granddaughter of Kenneth P. With Malice: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Murder of Officer J. D. Tippit by Dale K. Myers (Wikipedia), who's won an Emmy Award for his animated re-creation of the assassination, according to Wikipedia. Oswald's Game by Jean Davison, a biography focusing on the life and possible motivations of Lee Harvey Oswald. Case Closed: Lee Harvey Oswald and the Assassination of JFK by Gerald Posner (Wikipedia), who apparently specializes in famous figure assassination books and is plagued by a plagiarism scandal (and possibly also complicit in some shenanigans involving the copyright and ensuing royalties of To Kill A Mockingbird author Harper Lee, but that did eventually get settled in the author's favour, it looks like), according to Wikipedia. Nevertheless, this one was a finalist for the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for History, also according to Wikipedia, and although it's apparently controversial and discredited, you may be interested out of sheer morbid curiosity. I think this is all of them. ORM doesn't seem to have a dedicated promo page for this like they do for their other grouped theme sale items. Last edited by ATDrake; 11-23-2014 at 02:17 AM. Reason: ETA: found another in one of the newsletters.