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sufue · 06-03-2018, 08:57 AM

The Daily Deal today at Kindle US is 50 history books on sale, some for quite nice prices. I've found several I want - now I just have to decide how much damage I want to do to my TBR pile, and how much I'm willing to spend. Sadly, the title I want the most is called a "textbook", with accompanying high normal price, so even on sale it's $8.99, but most of the books are in the $1.99 to $4.99 range.

link to the sale page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_acsd..._i=11552285011

Edit: Just thought I'd add a few of the books that caught my eye - there are a lot more:

In Vino Duplicitas - a tale of a wine forger (which crime I only previously knew existed from Dick Francis's mystery, Proof)
The Woman Who Smashed Codes, which is a biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one of the early main players in Liza Mundy's The Code Girls, which I have read and really enjoyed, but I'm not much into straight biography, so not sure if I'll bite on this one or not
A History of the United States in Five Crashes, which seems an interesting way to relate history
We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria - longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945 - named a BOTY by both the Economist and the Financial Times - definitely going to get this one, since I had, in fact, largely forgotten about China in WWII
The Stolen Election: Hayes Versus Tilden—1876 - whose blurb describes it as relevant due to its similarity to the US election of 2000, but (without starting a political discussion) might also be considered by some even more relevant now
Fifty Things You Need to Know About World History, which at $0.99 (less than most of the books in this sale) looks like the sort of thing I can put on my phone to read when I get stuck in line somewhere, and not have to concentrate too hard
the classic, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, also on the inexpensive end at $1.13
Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans - because my stepson's cousin was, before he retired, an open-wheel racer who won the Indy 500 once, many years ago...

Anyway, there are lots of others, and these are just to my particular taste, so if you like non-fiction, take a look...

06-03-2018, 08:57 AM	#1027
sufue lost in my e-reader... Posts: 8,156 Karma: 66191692 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: sunny southern California, USA Device: Android phone, Sony T1, Nook ST Glowlight, Galaxy Tab 7 Plus	The Daily Deal today at Kindle US is 50 history books on sale, some for quite nice prices. I've found several I want - now I just have to decide how much damage I want to do to my TBR pile, and how much I'm willing to spend. Sadly, the title I want the most is called a "textbook", with accompanying high normal price, so even on sale it's $8.99, but most of the books are in the $1.99 to $4.99 range. link to the sale page: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=s9_acsd..._i=11552285011 Edit: Just thought I'd add a few of the books that caught my eye - there are a lot more: In Vino Duplicitas - a tale of a wine forger (which crime I only previously knew existed from Dick Francis's mystery, Proof) The Woman Who Smashed Codes, which is a biography of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one of the early main players in Liza Mundy's The Code Girls, which I have read and really enjoyed, but I'm not much into straight biography, so not sure if I'll bite on this one or not A History of the United States in Five Crashes, which seems an interesting way to relate history We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled: Voices from Syria - longlisted for the Carnegie Medal Forgotten Ally: China's World War II, 1937–1945 - named a BOTY by both the Economist and the Financial Times - definitely going to get this one, since I had, in fact, largely forgotten about China in WWII The Stolen Election: Hayes Versus Tilden—1876 - whose blurb describes it as relevant due to its similarity to the US election of 2000, but (without starting a political discussion) might also be considered by some even more relevant now Fifty Things You Need to Know About World History, which at $0.99 (less than most of the books in this sale) looks like the sort of thing I can put on my phone to read when I get stuck in line somewhere, and not have to concentrate too hard the classic, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, also on the inexpensive end at $1.13 Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans - because my stepson's cousin was, before he retired, an open-wheel racer who won the Indy 500 once, many years ago... Anyway, there are lots of others, and these are just to my particular taste, so if you like non-fiction, take a look... Last edited by sufue; 06-03-2018 at 09:32 AM.