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The Leaving of Things by Jay Antani from Lake Union Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (February 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This achingly beautiful novel about growing up between two cultures - Midwestern and Indian - really transported me into its pages. It's a gem."
Winner of the 2014 International Book Award for Multicultural Fiction
2014 Kindle Book Award Winner
Vikram is not your model Indian-American teenager. Rebellious and adrift in late 1980s Wisconsin, he is resentful of his Indian roots and has no clue what he wants from his future—other than to escape his family’s life of endless moving and financial woes. But after a drunken weekend turns disastrous, Vikram’s outraged parents decide to pack up the family and return to India—permanently.
So begins a profound journey of self-discovery as Vikram, struggling with loneliness, culture shock, and the chaos of daily Indian life, finds his creativity awakened by a new romance and an old camera. His artistic gifts bring him closer to a place and family he barely knew. But a devastating family crisis challenges Vikram’s sense of his destiny, hurtling him toward a crossroads where he must make the fateful choice between India, the land of his soul, and America, the land of his heart.
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Till Dawn Tames the Night by Meagan McKinney from Open Road Media Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (February 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "With danger, witty dialogue, and scorching hot romance, this is a masterpiece!"
A woman’s cherished legacy becomes a pirate’s obsessive quest in this spellbinding historical romance from award-winning author Meagan McKinney
The London docks in 1818 are no place for a woman. But Aurora Dayne is about to embark on a new life. With her modest belongings and a unique bejeweled locket—her sole legacy from her dead father—she boards a ship bound for Jamaica.
All hell breaks loose when pirates storm the gangplank, and the sheltered orphan becomes the prisoner of a ruthless privateer named Vashon. The towering, black-caped stranger arouses Aurora’s fear . . . and her irresistible desire.
Haunted by his past, Vashon lives outside the law and is driven by one purpose: to retrieve the Star of Aran, a fabled gem cursed by its own dark history. Beautiful Aurora is the key to Vashon’s quest. But when obsession flames into passion, he will risk everything to protect her—for there are others who would kill to possess the star.
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Beyond the Rift by Peter Watts from Tachyon Publications ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (February 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "These are excellent short stories that highlight the author’s versatility and strengths in writing science fiction."
Skillfully combining complex science with finely executed prose, these edgy, award-winning tales explore the always-shifting border between the known and the alien.
The beauty and peril of technology and the passion and penalties of conviction merge in stories that are by turns dark, satiric, bold, and introspective. A seemingly humanized monster from John Carpenter’s The Thing reveals the true villains in an Antarctic showdown. An artificial intelligence shields a biologically-enhanced prodigy from her overwhelmed parents. A deep-sea diver discovers that her true nature lies not within the confines of her mission but in the depths of her psyche. A court psychologist analyzes a psychotic graduate student who has learned to reprogram reality itself. A father tries to hold his broken family together in the wake of an ongoing assault by sentient rainstorms.
Gorgeously saturnine and exceptionally powerful, these collected fictions are both intensely thought-provoking and impossible to forget.
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51 Puppy Tricks: Step-by-Step Activities to Engage, Challenge, and Bond with Your Puppy by Kyra Sundance from Quarry Books ($2.99) is the Kindle Pets Deal of the Day (February 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Specifically for puppy training, this very good book breaks down fun 51 tricks, and shows you how to train your puppy."
51 Puppy Tricks gives puppy owners the tools they need to teach behaviors and tricks to their puppy through step-by-step instructions and photographs. Most other puppy training books focus on curbing bad behavior. Some have training, but only the most basic tricks.
Kyra’s curriculum differs from that of 101 Dog Tricks in that the instructions are geared for the less mature dog. Young puppies are not yet well-tuned to humans, and respond better to a clicker than to a voice. Also, young puppies have so few skills that everyone benefits from a technique called “shaping” which breaks a behavior into minute steps for easier learning. And, of course, puppies receive extra gentle care when we teach, focused more on instilling a love of learning and a communication pathway rather than accomplishing the goal behavior.
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The Mystery of the Blue Ring (The Polk Street Mysteries, 1) by Patricia Reilly Giff from Open Road Media Young Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (February 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This is a good mystery about a ring whose owner thinks is stolen. It has a lot more personality than one might expect from an early chapter book."
Age Level: 4 - 8
Second-grader Dawn Bosco puts her mystery-solving skills to the test when her former best friend, Emily Arrow, loses her birthday ring
Dawn Bosco and Emily Arrow used to be best friends, until Dawn took Emily’s unicorn. Even though Dawn eventually gave it back, Emily still won’t talk to her.
When Emily’s blue birthday ring goes missing after art class, the rest of the second grade accuses Dawn of stealing it. Dawn sets out to solve the mystery herself to prove she is innocent—and maybe get her best friend back.
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Patricia Reilly Giff including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.
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