Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- August 2015

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Here's the new thread for August 2015!

Okay, so you may know me since I posted a lot of free and bargain books in this forum. I did add affiliate links to my posts before (the links may look like this-> http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Woman-Wa...ag=arcadata-20), but I've been told that isn't allowed anymore in the main forum. I'll be allowed to continue to post my affiliate links in this personal thread though.

Basically, what happens is that I earn referral fees (starts at 4%) whenever a visitor follows my link to Amazon.com (or other sites) and then makes a qualifying purchase. It was a pretty good incentive for me to spend time here sharing any deals I found since I would get extra money per month to spend on books & apps!

So, hopefully, if you don't mind me getting a commission, you'll come visit this thread and click on my links when you're planning to buy something!

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FYI, For UK Kindlers:

The Amazon Kindle Monthly Deals: Books £2.99 or less is a continuing promo for Amazon UK.

Each month we feature a new selection of discounted Kindle books for £1.99 or less. The deals begin at 12:00 am on the first Tuesday of the month and expires at 11:59 pm on the first Monday of the following month.

And here's the deal(s) for August 1! (continuing from July 2015)


The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones, Book 1) by Paul Gitsham from Carina (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

When Professor Alan Tunbridge is discovered in his office with his throat slashed, the suspects start queuing up. The brilliant but unpleasant microbiologist had a genius for making enemies.

For Warren Jones, newly appointed Detective Chief Inspector to the Middlesbury force, a high-profile murder is the ideal opportunity. He's determined to run a thorough and professional investigation but political pressure to resolve the case quickly and tensions in the office and at home make life anything but easy.

Everything seems to point to one vengeful man but the financial potential of the professor's pioneering research takes the inquiry in an intriguing and, for Jones and his team, dangerous direction.

More DCI Warren Jones books by Paul Gitsham:
No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker Than Water
Silent as the Grave

The Last Straw (DCI Warren Jones, Book 1) by Paul Gitsham from Carina (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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DCI Warren Jones has a bad feeling when the body of a young woman turns up in Beaconsfield Woods. She's been raped and strangled but the murderer has been careful to leave no DNA evidence. There are, of course, suspects - boyfriend, father - to check out but, worryingly, it looks more and more like a stranger murder.

Warren's worst fears are confirmed when another young woman is killed in the same way.

The MO fits that of Richard Cameron who served twelve years for rape. But Cameron never killed his victims and he has a cast-iron alibi.

Then personal tragedy intervenes and Warren is off the case. But the pressure is mounting and another woman goes missing. Warren is back but will the break he desperately needs come before there's another victim?

More DCI Warren Jones books by Paul Gitsham:
The Last Straw
No Smoke Without Fire
Blood is Thicker Than Water

The Fourth Secret (The Inspector Montalbano Mysteries) by Andrea Camilleri from Mondadori (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In this mystery novella featuring Inspector Montalbano, a deadly accident at a building site prompts a search with shocking revelations

Yesterday morning around seven thirty, an Albanian construction worker, age thirty-eight, Pashko Puka, a legal resident with a work permit, hired by the Santa Maria construction company owned by Alfredo Corso, fell from a scaffold that had been erected during the construction of an apartment building in Tonnarello, between Vigata and Montelusa. His coworkers, who immediately rushed to his aid, unfortunately discovered he had died.

There have been six events euphemistically called “tragedies in the workplace” in the past month. Six deaths caused by an inexplicable disregard for safety regulations. When the local magistrate opens an investigation, Inspector Montalbano is on the case. But Montalbano soon discovers that these seemingly unrelated incidents are only part of a larger network of crimes.

This intricate work is a testament to Andrea Camilleri’s talent for building engaging plots that continue to charm readers by the thousands.

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For US Kindlers:

The Amazon Monthly Kindle Book Deals for $3.99 or Less has updated for August 2015! Check out the new batch of discounts.

Each month we unveil a new collection of Kindle books for $3.99 or less. Deals expire on the last day of each month. To sort and filter a list of this month's deals, click here. We also offer Kindle Daily Deals for adults and young readers. Individual books may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories. Amazon may modify the selection of books offered at any time.

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Kindle Countdown sales

Limited-Time Discounts on Kindle-Exclusive Books

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50 Kindle Books for $2 Each

Whether your taste runs to literary fiction, romance, thrillers, science fiction, or beyond, you'll find your next great read in this selection of 50 Kindle books for only $2 apiece.

Offer valid through the last day each month.

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Amazon Kindle First: Read next month's new releases today

August Picks: Choose one FOR $1.99.

The Girl from Krakow by Alex Rosenberg
About That Fling by Tawna Fenske
Young Babylon by Lu Nei, Poppy Toland
The Good Neighbor by A. J. Banner
City of Echoes (Detective Matt Jones Book 1) by Robert Ellis
The Hundred-Year Flood by Matthew Salesses

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Kindle Select 25: 25 Exciting Books This Week

Our list of 25 exciting books for this week.

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50 Kindle Books for $2 Each

Browse select Kindle books for $2 each from romances, to mystery & thrillers, and more. Deals are valid through the last day of each month.

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30 Kids' Kindle Books for $1

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Select Kindle Books for $1.99 or Less

July 20 through August 20, select Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kindle books are $1.99 or less. Browse the full selection to find your next great read.

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The Night Eternal (The Strain Trilogy Book 3) by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan from William Morrow/HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer Review: "Overall, this book is amazing. It is a great conclusion to the Strain Trilogy."

The stunning New York Times bestselling vampire saga that author Dan Simmons (Drood, The Terror) calls, “an unholy spawn of I Am Legend out of ‘Salem’s Lot,” concludes with The Night Eternal.

The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan—whose novel Prince of Thieves, was praised as, “one of the 10 best books of the year” by Stephen King—The Night Eternal begins where The Strain and The Fall left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter.

Still, a small band of the living fights on in the shadows, in the final book of the ingenious dark fantasy trilogy that Newsweek says is, “good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories.”

The Hacker Series, Books 1-4 by Meredith Wild from Forever/Hachette ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 1)

** Here's the link on Amazon CA for the Deals of the Day!

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Today only, The Hacker Series, Books 1-4 by Meredith Wild are $1.99 Each.

Customer Review: "This series is a must-read. It's full of passion, drama, intrigue, heartbreak, steaminess, mystery, and love."

Mind's Eye by Douglas E. Richards from Paragon Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Science Fiction & Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer Review: "This digs deeper than just techno-thriller. The characters explorations of the ethical, political, and emotional ramifications of new technologies are deep and insightful."

When Nick Hall wakes up in a dumpster - bloodied, without a memory, and hearing voices in his head - he knows things are bad. But they're about to get far worse. Because he's being hunted by a team of relentless assassins. Soon Hall discovers that advanced electronics have been implanted in his brain, and he now has two astonishing abilities. He can surf the web using thoughts alone. And he can read minds. But who inserted the implants? And why? And why is someone so desperate to kill him?

As Hall races to find answers, he comes to learn that far more is at stake than just his life. Because his actions can either catapult civilization to new heights - or bring about its total collapse.

Extrapolated from actual research on thought-controlled web surfing, Mind's Eye is a smart, roller-coaster ride of a thriller. One that raises a number of intriguing, and sometimes chilling, possibilities about a future that is just around the corner.

Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens, 3rd Edition: Care, Feeding, Facilities by Gail Damerow from Storey Publishing ($2.99) is the Kindle Agriculture Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer Review: "If you're looking for a detailed reference book about raising chickens this is definitely the book for you."

Here is all the information you need to successfully raise chickens — from choosing breeds and hatching chicks to building coops, keeping the birds healthy, and protecting them from predators.

This revised third edition contains a new chapter on training chickens and understanding their intelligence, expanded coverage of hobby farming, and up-to-date information on chicken health issues, including avian influenza and fowl first aid.

Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "This is a magical, surreal, and mesmerizing YA fantasy."

Maria Dahvana Headley's soaring YA debut is a fiercely intelligent, multilayered fantasy where Neil Gaiman's Stardust meets John Green's The Fault in Our Stars in a story about a girl caught between two worlds . . . two races . . . and two destinies.

Aza Ray Boyle is drowning in thin air. Since she was a baby, Aza has suffered from a mysterious lung disease that makes it ever harder for her to breathe, to speak—to live. So when Aza catches a glimpse of a ship in the sky, her family chalks it up to a cruel side effect of her medication. But Aza doesn't think this is a hallucination. She can hear someone on the ship calling her name.

Only her best friend, Jason, listens. Jason, who's always been there. Jason, for whom she might have more-than-friendly feelings. But before Aza can consider that thrilling idea, something goes terribly wrong. Aza is lost to our world—and found, by another. Magonia.

Above the clouds, in a land of trading ships, Aza is not the weak and dying thing she was. In Magonia, she can breathe for the first time. Better, she has immense power—but as she navigates her new life, she discovers that war between Magonia and Earth is coming. In Aza's hands lies fate of the whole of humanity—including the boy who loves her. Where do her loyalties lie?

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40 UK Kindle Books Discounted to £1 Each

Browse our selection of Kindle Books discounted to £1 each. The selection refreshes at 11:59 pm GMT on the last day of every month. Read on your Kindle or download a free Kindle Reading app to read on a tablet, phone or device.

UK Kindle Books Summer Sale

Celebrate the sunshine with our selection of top summer reads. Choose from hundreds of the hottest books around, with prices starting from only 99p each. Offer ends 11:59 pm, August 31, 2015.

UK Kindle Countdown Deals

Browse limited time discounts on Kindle-exclusive books

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Head To Head (Claire Morgan Book 1) by Linda Ladd from Pinnacle is $1.99 (US Kindle, Amazon CA)

FYI: Find other Pinnacle ebooks on sale today at $2.99 (and less) on Amazon!

Book Description

With Every Turn In The Case. . .

After moving from Los Angeles to Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, homicide detective Claire Morgan has at last adjusted to the peaceful rhythms of rural life. Until a grisly celebrity murder at an ultra-exclusive "wellness" resort shatters a quiet summer morning. . .

With Every Twist Of The Mind. . .

One of Dr. Nicholas Black's high-profile clients, a beautiful young soap opera star, has been found dead, taped to a chair at a fully set table. . .submerged in the lake. Back in L.A., Claire investigated the rich, famous, and the deadly--but she never expected the problems of the privileged to follow her to this sleepy small town. Just as she never imagined crossing the line with her prime suspect. . .

With Every Beat Of The Heart. . .

Immersed in the case, Claire finds herself drawn to the charismatic doctor, spending more and more time in his company--and in his bed. Now, to catch a killer, Claire will have to enter the darkest recesses of the human mind. But is Black leading her there to help her. . .or luring her ever deeper into a madman's grip?

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The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead by Max Brooks from Broadway Books/Random House is $1.99 (US Kindle, Amazon CA)

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Book Description

From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller, World War Z, The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.

Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don’t need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.

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The Burning Wire: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel by Jeffery Deaver from Simon & Schuster is $1.99 (US Kindle, Amazon CA)

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Book Description

Lincoln Rhyme is back, on the trail of a killer whose weapon of choice cripples New York City with fear.

The weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is electricity. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire.

When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism. Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer. Or is it killers . . . ?

Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme’s net.

Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhyme’s health. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another front—and his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most . . .

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The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty) by Ken Liu from Saga Press/Simon & Schuster is $1.99 (US Kindle, Amazon CA)

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Book Description

Two men rebel together against tyranny—and then become rivals—in this first sweeping book of an epic fantasy series from Ken Liu, recipient of Hugo, Nebula, and World Fantasy awards.

Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, and shapeshifting gods. Once the emperor has been overthrown, however, they each find themselves the leader of separate factions—two sides with very different ideas about how the world should be run and the meaning of justice.

Fans of intrigue, intimate plots, and action will find a new series to embrace in the Dandelion Dynasty.

About the Author
Ken Liu’s fiction has appeared in F&SF, Asimov’s, Analog, Strange Horizons, Lightspeed, and Clarkesworld, among other places. He has won a Nebula, two Hugos, a World Fantasy Award, a Science Fiction & Fantasy Translation Award, and been nominated for the Sturgeon and the Locus Awards.

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The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett from Weidenfeld & Nicolson (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

One of THE OBSERVER’s New Faces of Fiction 2015
One of S MAGAZINE’s Top Picks of 2015
One of THE BIG ISSUE IN THE NORTH Authors to Watch in 2015

What if you had said yes? Some moments change everything...

Eva and Jim are nineteen, and students at Cambridge, when their paths first cross in 1958. Jim is walking along a lane when a woman approaching him on a bicycle swerves to avoid a dog.

What happens next will determine the rest of their lives.

We follow three different versions of their future - together, and apart - as their love story takes on different incarnations and twists and turns to the conclusion in the present day.

The Versions of Us is an outstanding debut novel about the choices we make and the different paths that our lives might follow.

What if one small decision could change the rest of your life?

White Bones (Katie Maguire Book 1) by Graham Masterton from Head of Zeus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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An ancient Irish mystery, and a ritualistic modern-day killer: Ireland's first female detective Katie Maguire must find the connection. The first in a mystery series from a master of horror.

One wet November morning, a field on Meagher's Farm gives up the dismembered bones of 11 women. In this part of Ireland, unmarked graves are common, but these bones date to 1915, long before the Troubles. What's more, these bones bear the marks of a meticulous executioner. These women were almost certainly skinned alive. Detective Katie Maguire, of the Cork Garda, is used to dead bodies. But this is wholesale butchery. Her team think these long-dead women are a waste of police time. Katie is determined to give them justice. And then a young American tourist goes missing, and her bones, carefully stripped of flesh, are discovered on the same farm. With the crimes of the past echoing in the present, Katie must solve a decades-old ritualistic murder before this terrifying killer strikes again.

Previously published under the title A Terrible Beauty.

The Bay at Midnight by Diane Chamberlain from MIRA (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Her family's cottage on the New Jersey shore was a place of freedom and innocence for Julie Bauer—until her seventeen-year-old sister, Isabel, was murdered.

It's been more than forty years since that August night, but Julie's memories of her sister's death still shape her world. Now someone from her past is raising questions about what really happened that night. About Julie's own complicity. About a devastating secret her mother kept from them all. About the person who went to prison for Izzy's murder—and the person who didn't.

Faced with questions and armed with few answers, Julie must gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the complex emotions that led to one unspeakable act of violence on the bay at midnight.

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Honest Illusions by Nora Roberts from Jove/ Penguin Group ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer Review: "This is one of Nora's best! If you like romance stories, love Nora Roberts, or just want to read a really good book, then this would definitely be a good pick."

With Honest Illusions, national bestselling author Nora Roberts unveils a world where passion and mystery entwine, where nothing is as it seems.

The daughter of a world-renowned magician, Roxy Nouvelle has inherited her father’s talents—and his penchant for jewel thievery.

Into this colorful world comes Luke Callahan, an escape artist who captures her heart—and keeps secrets that could shatter all her illusions…

The Molly DeWitt Mysteries Series, Books 1-4 by Sherryl Woods from RosettaBooks ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 2)

** Here's the link on Amazon CA for the Deals of the Day!

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Today only, The Hacker Series, Books 1-4 by Meredith Wild are $1.99 Each.

Customer Review: "Great reads! These are sexy, intriguing, and quick reads. I've read all the books in the series and have enjoyed them all."

Wizard's First Rule (Sword of Truth Book 1) by Terry Goodkind from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Science Fiction & Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "This is a rich, deeply engrossing fantasy universe."

Wizard's First Rule, the first novel by Terry Goodkind, was a phenomenon from the moment it was published by Tor Books in 1994, selling more than 100,000 copies in North America alone. It still sells more than 100,000 copies a year and has gone on to bestsellerdom in the United Kingdom and in more than twenty foreign translations as well as audiobook form.

It is now being developed as one of the most ambitious television miniseries of all time. Executive Producer Sam Raimi (director of the three Spider-Man movies), in collaboration with Disney/ABC, is creating a 22-episode adaptation of the book to be filmed in New Zealand.

Richard and Kahlan's story unfolds over ten more novels, collectively known as the Sword of Truth series, concluding with Confessor in 2007. Placing Goodkind in the elite club of #1 New York Times bestselling authors, the series has sold more than twenty million copies to date worldwide.

In Wizard's First Rule, Goodkind introduced the world to an ordinary forest guide, Richard Cypher, and the mysterious, powerful woman he comes to love, Kahlan Amnell. Learning his true identity, Richard accepts his destiny as the one man who can stop the bloodthirsty tyrant Darken Rahl. Hunted relentlessly, betrayed and alone, Kahlan calls upon Richard to reach beyond his sword and invoke something more noble within himself as the final confrontation with Darken Rahl looms.

The importance of Wizard's First Rule is sourced in Goodkind taking on the toughest of all literary challenges: to tell an electrifying story of action, violence, and adventure that also makes people think, and that would influence the choices and actions of its readers.

Years after reading Wizard's First Rule, Goodkind fans still ask themselves, "What would Richard do?" when confronted with life's obstacles and challenges. "Your life is yours alone," Richard says at a key moment. "Rise up and live it."

Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders by Dr. Peter Fuda from Amazon ($1.99) is the Kindle Business & Money Deal of the Day (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer Review: "This is a leadership book that truly inspires."

How does a good manager become a great leader? Ask around in business circles and you’ll get a thousand different answers. But now, internationally renowned leadership expert Dr. Peter Fuda has created a single, coherent roadmap for leadership effectiveness in Leadership Transformed.

After more than a decade’s research and practice, Dr. Fuda shares the seven common themes that have enabled hundreds of CEOs around the world to transform themselves into highly effective leaders, and transform the performance of their organizations as well. Through his work, Dr. Fuda discovered that the best way to elicit deep and broad discussion of the seven leadership themes—and to describe the CEOs’ mastery of what they had learned—was through metaphor.

Fire—motivational forces that initiate and sustain transformation efforts.

Snowball—mutual accountability, and the consequent momentum that occurs when a critical mass of leaders commit to shared leadership principles.

Master Chef—leadership frameworks, tools, and strategies that can be “artfully” deployed.

Coach—how a “coaching staff” can collectively help leaders achieve their aspirations.

Mask—leaders can shed the heavy burden of wearing a mask in favor of a more congruent “best self.”

Movie—leaders can develop critical capabilities of self-awareness and reflection.

Russian Dolls—how a leader’s personal journey can align with the journeys of his or her colleagues and organization.

I Am Number Four (Lorien Legacies Book 1) by Pittacus Lore from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "This a phenomenal book. While written for older kids, it's something that adults will enjoy too. It's a great YA sci-fi."

Nine of us came here. We look like you. We talk like you. We live among you. But we are not you. We can do things you dream of doing. We have powers you dream of having. We are stronger and faster than anything you have ever seen. We are the superheroes you worship in movies and comic books—but we are real.

Our plan was to grow, and train, and become strong, and become one, and fight them. But they found us and started hunting us first. Now all of us are running. Spending our lives in shadows, in places where no one would look, blending in. we have lived among you without you knowing.

But they know.

They caught Number One in Malaysia.
Number Two in England.
And Number Three in Kenya.
They killed them all.

I am Number Four.

I am next.

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2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke from RosettaBooks is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The year is 2001, and cosmonauts uncover a mysterious monolith that has been buried on the Moon for at least three million years. To their astonishment, the monolith releases an equally mysterious pulse-a kind of signal-in the direction of Saturn after it is unearthed. Whether alarm or communication, the human race must know what the signal is-and who it was intended for.

The Discovery and its crew, assisted by the highly advanced HAL 9000 computer system, sets out to investigate. But as the crew draws closer to their rendezvous with a mysterious and ancient alien civilization, they realize that the greatest dangers they face come from within the spacecraft itself. HAL proves a dangerous traveling companion, and the crew must outwit him to survive.

This novel version of the famous Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey was written by Clarke in conjunction with the movie's production. It is meant to stand as a companion piece, and it offers a complementary narrative that's loaded with compelling science fiction ideas.

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For Love of Mother Not (Pip & Flinx series Book 1) by Alan Dean Foster from Del Rey/Random House is $0.99 (US Kindle)

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He was just a freckle-faced, redheaded kid with green eyes and a strangely campelling stare when Mather Mastiff first saw him an the auctioneer's block. One hundred credits and he was hers.

For years the old woman was his only family. She loved him, fed him, taught him everything she knew -- even let him keep the deadly flying snake he called Pip.

Then Mother Mastiff mysteriously disappeared and Flinx took Pip to tail her kidnappers. Across the forests and swamps of the winged world called Moth, their only weapons were Pip's venom . . . and Flinx's unusual Talents.

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The Emperor's Blades (Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Book 1) by Brian Staveley from Tor (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The circle is closing. The stakes are high. And old truths will live again . . .

The Emperor has been murdered, leaving the Annurian Empire in turmoil. Now his progeny must prepare to unmask a conspiracy. His son Valyn, training for the empire's deadliest fighting force, hears the news an ocean away. And after several 'accidents' and a dying soldier's warning, he realizes his life is also in danger. Yet before Valyn can act, he must survive the mercenaries' brutal final initiation.


The Emperor's daughter, Minister Adare, hunts her father's murderer in the capital. Court politics can be fatal, but she needs justice. Lastly Kaden, heir to the empire, studies in a remote monastery. Here, the Blank God's disciples teach their harsh ways, which Kaden must master to unlock ancient powers. But when an imperial delegation arrives, has he learnt enough to keep him alive, as long-hidden powers make their move?

A Taste of Magic (Gypsy Magic) by Tracy Madison from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Elizabeth Stevens is one bite away from happiness.

Today is Elizabeth Stevens's birthday, and not only is it the one-year anniversary of her husband leaving her, it's also the day her bakery is required to make a cake--for her ex's next wedding. If there's a bitter taste in her mouth, no one can blame her.

But today, Liz is about to receive a gift. Her Grandma Verda isn't just wacky; she's a little witchy. An ancient gypsy magic has been passed through her family bloodline for generations, and it's Liz's turn to be empowered. Henceforth, everything she bakes will have a dash of delight and a pinch of wishes-can-come-true. From her hunky policeman neighbor, to her gorgeous personal trainer, to her bum of an ex-husband, everyone Liz knows is going to taste her power. Revenge is sweet...and it's only the first dish to be served.

Shadows of the Past by Elaine Shelabarger from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When scandal forces Adeline to flee London society, she finds a haven in a tiny English hamlet in Devonshire, where she takes up the post of village schoolmistress. The young widow of the disgraced Sir Hugh Delahaye, Adeline reverts to her maiden name and is determined to leave the past behind. When she encounters Guy Ashleigh, the handsome and charismatic young ward of the village squire, they fall passionately in love, but Guy is expected to marry his childhood sweetheart. When jealousy forces them apart and the secrets of the past catch up with them, Adeline sees no alternative but to run away. Somehow, they must find a way to overcome the obstacles that threaten to destroy their future together.

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The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers from Tachyon Publications ($1.99) is the Kindle Science Fiction & Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Michael Crawford discovers his bride brutally murdered in their wedding bed, he is forced to flee not only to prove his innocence, but to avoid the deadly embrace of a vampire who has claimed him as her true bridegroom.

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Twenty years, seven letters, and one long-lost love of a lifetime

At age 40, Samantha Verant's life is falling apart-she's jobless, in debt, and feeling stuck... until she stumbles upon seven old love letters from Jean-Luc, the sexy Frenchman she'd met in Paris when she was 19. With a quick Google search, she finds him, and both are quick to realize that the passion they felt 20 years prior hasn't faded with time and distance.


Samantha knows that jetting off to France to reconnect with a man that she only knew for one sun-drenched, passion-filled day is crazy-but it's the kind of crazy she's been waiting for her whole life.

Also Known As by Robin Benway from Walker Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 3) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a fun spy romance story filled with clever and humorous dialogue."

Being a 16-year-old safecracker and active-duty daughter of international spies has its moments, good and bad. Pros: Seeing the world one crime-solving adventure at a time. Having parents with super cool jobs. Cons: Never staying in one place long enough to have friends or a boyfriend. But for Maggie Silver, the biggest perk of all has been avoiding high school and the accompanying cliques, bad lunches, and frustratingly simple locker combinations.

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Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture by David Kushner from Random House is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Masters of Doom is the amazing true story of the Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and John Romero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popular culture. And they provoked a national controversy. More than anything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream, escaping the broken homes of their youth to co-create the most notoriously successful game franchises in history—Doom and Quake—until the games they made tore them apart.

Americans spend more money on video games than on movie tickets. Masters of Doom is the first book to chronicle this industry’s greatest story, written by one of the medium’s leading observers. David Kushner takes readers inside the rags-to-riches adventure of two rebellious entrepreneurs who came of age to shape a generation. The vivid portrait reveals why their games are so violent and why their immersion in their brilliantly designed fantasy worlds offered them solace. And it shows how they channeled their fury and imagination into products that are a formative influence on our culture, from MTV to the Internet to Columbine. This is a story of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry—a powerful and compassionate account of what it’s like to be young, driven, and wildly creative.