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The 5 Greatest Warriors (Jack West, Jr. Book 3) by Matthew Reilly from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (June 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer Review: "Matthew Reilly is on my short list of absolute must-read authors. What a nuclear-propelled conclusion to a fantastic series!"
The New York Times bestselling sequel to the bestsellers The Six Sacred Stones and Seven Deadly Wonders.
IT BEGAN WITH SIX STONES...From the deserts of Israel to the tsunami-lashed coasts of Japan, from the steppes of Mongolia to the most mysterious island on Earth—this is what we have come to expect from Matthew Reilly: stupendous action, white-knuckle suspense, heroes to cheer for, and an adventure beyond imagination. Strap yourself in and hold on tight as he unleashes his biggest and fastest adventure yet, The 5 Greatest Warriors.
When we last left Jack West Jr., he was plummeting into a fathomless abyss and his quest to save the world from impending Armageddon appeared doomed.
But all hope is not lost.
After an astonishing escape, Jack regroups with his trusty team. Racing to rebuild the final pieces of the fabled “Machine,” they discover an ancient inscription containing a rhyme about five mysterious unnamed warriors—great historical figures whose knowledge will be vital to unlocking the secrets of the Machine and its long-lost “pillars.” But the ancients have hidden their secrets well, and with each pillar bestowing an incredible power upon its holder, their pursuit has attracted the attention of other forces from around the world—some who want to rule it and others who want to see it destroyed.
With enemies coming at him from every side and the countdown to doomsday rapidly approaching, Jack and his team had better move fast. Because they are about to find out what the end of the world looks like...
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Two Books in the Joséphine B. Trilogy Series by Sandra Gulland from Simon and Schuster ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (June 17)
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Today only, Two Books in the Joséphine B. Trilogy Series by Sandra Gulland are $1.99 Each.
Customer Review: "This is historical fiction at its best."
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The Midas Plague by Frederik Pohl from RosettaBooks ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (June 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This classic is a good example of 1950's science fiction."
Although the three part serial beginning in the June 1952 issue in collaboration with Cyril Kornbluth had established Frederik Pohl as a formidable contributor, this novelette in the April 1954 issue was his first solo contribution and marked him as an important addition to the growing roster of social satirists enlisted by Horace Gold, the editor of GALAXY magazine.
The audacious and patchwork concept underlying this story (the richer you are the less you are forced to consume; the greatest poverty is involved with the aggregation of goods) was Horace Gold’s and according to Pohl he had offered it to almost all of his regular contributors, asking for a story centered on the idea. The idea lacks all credibility, everyone (including Pohl) told him and everyone refused to write something so patently unbelievable until, according to Pohl, Horace browbeat him into an attempt and Pohl decided that it was less trouble to deliver something than continue to resist.
To his utter shock, the story was received by Gold and his readership with great glee, was among the most popular GALAXY ever published (or Pohl) and one of the most anthologized. Whether this demonstrated the audacity and scope of Gold’s unreason or whether it confirmed Gold’s genius (or both) Pohl was utterly unable to decide. The sculpted consumer-obsessed society was used again by Pohl a few years later in the novelette THE MAN WHO ATE THE WORLD which was far more credible (consumption-obsession as a kind of personal tyranny) and, perhaps for that very reason, much less successful, barely remembered.
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Alex: The Life of a Child by Frank Deford from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (June 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "Deford does a beautiful job paying tribute to his late daughter and conveying the struggle that cystic fibrosis put his family through."
The inspiring story of one little girl’s bravery in the face of an unrelenting disease
In 1971 a girl named Alex was born with cystic fibrosis, a degenerative genetic lung disease. Although health-care innovations have improved the life span of CF patients tremendously over the last four decades, the illness remains fatal.
Given only two years to live by her doctors, the imaginative, excitable, and curious little girl battled through painful and frustrating physical-therapy sessions twice daily, as well as regular hospitalizations, bringing joy to the lives of everyone she touched. Despite her setbacks, brave Alex was determined to live life like a typical girl—going to school, playing with her friends, traveling with her family. Ultimately, however, she succumbed to the disease in 1980 at the age of eight.
Award-winning author Frank Deford, celebrated primarily as a sportswriter, was also a budding novelist and biographer at the time of his daughter’s birth. Deford kept a journal of Alex’s courageous stand against the disease, documenting his family’s struggle to cope with and celebrate the daily fight she faced. This book is the result of that journal.
Alex relives the events of those eight years: moments as heartwarming as when Alex recorded herself saying “I love you” so her brother could listen to her whenever he wanted, and as heartrending as the young girl’s tragic, dawning realization of her own very tenuous mortality, and her parents’ difficulty in trying to explain why.
Though Alex is a sad story, it is also one of hope; her greatest wish was that someday a cure would be found. Deford has written a phenomenal memoir about an extraordinary little girl.
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The Secret Garden (Michael Hague Signature Classics) by Frances Hodgson Burnett from Two Lions ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (June 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking
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Customer review: "This is a children's classic."
A beautiful and timeless tale of the enchantment worked by a long-forgotten garden on three children in Victorian England, illustrated by acclaimed artist Michael Hague in this stunning new Signature edition.
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