Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- July 2012

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The Bible Salesman: A Novel by Clyde Edgerton from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Preston Clearwater has been a criminal since stealing two chain saws and 1600 pairs of aviator sunglasses from the Army during the Second World War. Back on the road in post-war North Carolina, a member of a car-theft ring, he picks up hitch-hiking Henry Dampier, an innocent nineteen-year-old Bible salesman. Clearwater immediately recognizes Henry as just the associate he needs–one who will believe Clearwater is working as an F.B.I. spy; one who will drive the cars Clearwater steals as Clearwater follows along in another car at a safe distance. Henry joyfully sees a chance to lead a dual life as Bible salesman and a G-man.

During his hilarious and scary adventures we learn of Henry’s fundamentalist youth, an upbringing that doesn’t prepare him for his new life. As he falls in love and questions his religious training, Henry begins to see he’s being used–that the fun and games are over, that he is on his own in a way he never imagined.

A Wedding Wager by Jane Feather from Pocket Star is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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New York Times bestselling author Jane Feather again delights with her new book in this entrancing Georgian trilogy featuring three noble brothers who are offered a preposterous opportunity to restore their family’s mortgaged lands. An eccentric uncle promises a lavish inheritance, but only if each marries—thus redeeming—a fallen woman. And if even one brother fails to fulfill the old man’s decree, none will gain the windfall.

Lady Serena Grantley was born to the nobility, but fortune’s whim placed her in control of her gamester stepfather, who uses her beauty to lure young men to his gambling tables. Serena even dismissed her first love, the Honorable Sebastian Sullivan, at her stepfather’s command. But when he attempts to force her into a liaison with a dissolute earl, Serena resolves to do his bidding no more. Sebastian is the only man who ever captured her heart, and it is to him she turns. . . .

Torn between family loyalty and the woman he loves, Sebastian faces a devilish dilemma. His uncle is ailing, and time is running short. Desperate to find a solution, Sebastian conceives a dangerous plan—a wager that could bring him and Serena happiness at last . . . or separate them forever.

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FYI, 20 of the Aubrey/Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian are now down to $3.99

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The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson from Greenwillow Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 13 and up | Grade Level: 8 and up

Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.

Elisa is the chosen one.

But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can’t see how she ever will.

Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king—a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.

And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark magic,are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’ssavior, and he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.

Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young.

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The Black Prism (Lightbringer) by Brent Weeks from Orbit is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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THE BLACK PRISM begins a brand new action-packed tale of magic and adventure ...

Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. Yet Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live.

When Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Forever Barbie: The Unauthorized Biography of a Real Doll also $3.99

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Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Grade Level: 10 and up

Scarlett March lives to hunt the Fenris--the werewolves that took her eye when she was defending her sister Rosie from a brutal attack. Armed with a razor-sharp hatchet and blood-red cloak, Scarlett is an expert at luring and slaying the wolves. She's determined to protect other young girls from a grisly death, and her raging heart will not rest until every single wolf is dead.

Rosie March once felt her bond with her sister was unbreakable. Owing Scarlett her life, Rosie hunts ferociously alongside her. But even as more girls' bodies pile up in the city and the Fenris seem to be gaining power, Rosie dreams of a life beyond the wolves. She finds herself drawn to Silas, a young woodsman who is deadly with an ax and Scarlett's only friend--but does loving him mean betraying her sister and all that they've worked for?

Beastly by Alex Flinn from HarperTeen is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

I am a beast.

A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright—a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster.

You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever—ruined—unless I can break the spell.

Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly . . . beastly.

Dispatches from the Edge by Anderson Cooper from HarperCollins is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Few people have witnessed more scenes of chaos and conflict around the world than Anderson Cooper, whose groundbreaking coverage on CNN has changed the way we watch the news. In this gripping, candid, and remarkably powerful memoir, he offers an unstinting, up-close view of the most harrowing crises of our time, and the profound impact they have had on his life.

After growing up on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Cooper felt a magnetic pull toward the unknown, an attraction to the far corners of the earth. If he could keep moving, and keep exploring, he felt he could stay one step ahead of his past, including the fame surrounding his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, and the tragic early deaths of his father and older brother. As a reporter, the frenetic pace of filing dispatches from war-torn countries, and the danger that came with it, helped him avoid having to look too closely at the pain and loss that was right in front of him.

But recently, during the course of one extraordinary, tumultuous year, it became impossible for him to continue to separate his work from his life, his family's troubled history from the suffering people he met all over the world. From the tsunami in Sri Lanka to the war in Iraq to the starvation in Niger and ultimately to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Mississippi, Cooper gives us a firsthand glimpse of the devastation that takes place, both physically and emotionally, when the normal order of things is violently ruptured on such a massive scale. Cooper had been in his share of life-threatening situations before -- ducking fire on the streets of war-torn Sarejevo, traveling on his own to famine-stricken Somalia, witnessing firsthand the genocide in Rwanda -- but he had never seen human misery quite like this. Writing with vivid memories of his childhood and early career as a roving correspondent, Cooper reveals for the first time how deeply affected he has been by the wars, disasters, and tragedies he has witnessed, and why he continues to be drawn to some of the most perilous places on earth.

Striking, heartfelt, and utterly engrossing, Dispatches from the Edge is an unforgettable memoir that takes us behind the scenes of the cataclysmic events of our age and allows us to see them through the eyes of one of America's most trusted, fearless, and pioneering reporters.

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Dragon Keeper (Rain Wilds Chronicles, Vol. 1) by Robin Hobb from HarperCollins is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Too much time has passed since the powerful dragon Tintaglia helped the people of the Trader cities stave off an invasion of their enemies. The Traders have forgotten their promises, weary of the labor and expense of tending earthbound dragons who were hatched weak and deformed by a river turned toxic. If neglected, the creatures will rampage—or die—so it is decreed that they must move farther upriver toward Kelsingra, the mythical homeland whose location is locked deep within the dragons' uncertain ancestral memories.

Thymara, an unschooled forest girl, and Alise, wife of an unloving and wealthy Trader, are among the disparate group entrusted with escorting the dragons to their new home. And on an extraordinary odyssey with no promise of return, many lessons will be learned—as dragons and tenders alike experience hardships, betrayals . . . and joys beyond their wildest imaginings.

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Inflight Science: A Guide to the World from Your Airplane Window by Brian Clegg from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Inflight Science explains just about everything you've ever wondered about flying, from take-off to landing and staying up in the air in between. Brian Clegg describes easy-to-do experiments, from showing how a wing provides lift to calculating the population of the towns you fly over.

The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul from Grand Central Publishing ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 4)

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Provocative Congressman Ron Paul is one of today's most fascinating politicians. Here he shares his views of what the Founding Fathers intended for America and how the modern government we celebrate this day drastically differs from that original idea.

Johnny Tremain by Esther Hoskins Forbes from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 4)

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Happy 4th of July! Enjoy this 1943 Newbery Medal Winner.

Fourteen-year old Johnny Tremain is a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper, the Boston Observer, and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel Adams, and Dr. Joseph Warren. Soon Johnny is involved in the pivotal events shaping the American Revolution from the Boston Tea Party to the first shots fired at Lexington.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: Johnny Tremain also $1.99 for US Kindle

Independence by John Ferling from Bloomsbury Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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No author has traced the political journey of America's birth--from protest to revolution--with the narrative scope and flair of John Ferling. Independence takes readers from the cobblestones of Philadelphia to the halls of Britain's Parliament. It's the story of how freedom was won and an empire was lost.

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Shadowcry (The Secrets of Wintercraft) by Jenna Burtenshaw from Greenwillow Books is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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The Night of Souls — when the veil between the living and the dead is thinnest—is only days away.

Albion is at war . . . and losing.

The wardens have descended, kidnapping innocent citizens for their army, but looking for one in particular.

And fifteen-year-old Kate Winters has just raised a blackbird from the dead.

As her home is torn apart by the wardens, Kate’s discovery that she is one of the Skilled — the rare people who can cross the veil between life and death — makes her the most hunted person in all of Albion. Only she can unlock the secrets of Wintercraft, the ancient book of dangerous knowledge. Captured and taken to the graveyard city of Fume — with its secret tunnels and underground villages, and where her own parents met their deaths ten years ago — Kate must harness her extraordinary powers to save herself, her country, and the two men she cares for most. And she’ll make a pact with a murderer to do it.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the other Nook deal:

The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul also $2.99

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Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton from Katherine Tegen Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 14 and up | Grade Level: 9 and up

First there are nightmares.

Every night Ellie is haunted by terrifying dreams of monstrous creatures that are hunting her, killing her.

Then come the memories.

When Ellie meets Will, she feels on the verge of remembering something just beyond her grasp. His attention is intense and romantic, and Ellie feels like her soul has known him for centuries. On her seventeenth birthday, on a dark street at midnight, Will awakens Ellie's power, and she knows that she can fight the creatures that stalk her in the grim darkness. Only Will holds the key to Ellie's memories, whole lifetimes of them, and when she looks at him, she can no longer pretend anything was just a dream.

Now she must hunt.

Ellie has power that no one can match, and her role is to hunt and kill the reapers that prey on human souls. But in order to survive the dangerous and ancient battle of the angels and the Fallen, she must also hunt for the secrets of her past lives and truths that may be too frightening to remember.

A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies from HarperTeen is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description
Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites—like fire and ice—Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move—only that their presence coincides with a flurry of strange events. Soon she begins to doubt not just the identity of the two boys, but also the truth about her own past.

In the dead of a bitingly cold Colorado winter, Skye finds herself coming to terms with the impossible secret that threatens to shatter her world. Torn between Asher, who she can’t help falling for, and Devin, who she can’t stay away from, the consequences of Skye’s choice will reach further than the three of them could ever imagine.

A Beautiful Dark is the first book in a captivating trilogy by debut author Jocelyn Davies.

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Paper Towns by John Green from Bloomsbury (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Quentin (Q) has been infatuated with his next-door neighbour, Margo, for years. When she goes missing, Q teams up with his quirky friends, Radar and Ben, to solve the mystery of Margo's disappearance. In doing so, Q embarks on a surprising journey of self-discovery.

The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Wold Newton) by Philip Jose Farmer from Titan ($1.59) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 5)

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A delightful romp in Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton universe, here's the hitherto unrevealed story of Phileas Fogg's eighty-day trip around the world and his real mission to thwart Sherlock Holmes' nemesis Professor Moriarty.

* FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal: The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Wold Newton) also $1.59 for US Kindle

Birdie's Big-Girl Shoes by Sujean Rim from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($3.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (July 5)

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Birdie can't wait to be just like her mom. She loves wearing jewelry, spritzing perfume bottles, and dressing up in front of the mirror. But more than anything, Birdie fantasizes about her mother's fancy high-heels. She can't wait to try them on and do all the things she likes to do wearing beautiful "big-girl shoes."

Life From Scratch by Melissa Ford from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Divorced and heartbroken in a lonely New York apartment with a tiny kitchen, Rachel Goldman realizes she can't cook the simplest meal. Escaping into the culinary basics and blogging about it, Rachel becomes a minor celebrity, but will the attention help her get over an ex-husband she still loves?

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Sisters and Husbands by Connie Briscoe from Grand Central Publishing is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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Ten years have passed since Sisters and Lovers, and Beverly, now 39, is engaged to Julian, a man her family and friends agree is the epitome of a great catch: he's gorgeous, loyal, trustworthy, successful, and very much in love with her. Since this is Beverly's third engagement in the past five years, after breaking off the previous two at the last moment, everyone's happy that she's finally settling down. For Beverly and Julian, nothing could be better than being in love and planning their wedding. That is until Beverly's oldest sister's marriage falls apart and dampens the mood of what should have been the happiest time in Beverly's life. Now, second-guessing her impending nuptials, Beverly is forced to wonder if marriage really works. Will she stick it out? Or will her fears cloud her judgment once again?