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The Secret River by Kate Grenville $1.99
Amazon Nook Kobo In 1806 William Thornhill, an illiterate English bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep compassion, steals a load of wood and, as a part of his lenient sentence, is deported, along with his beloved wife, Sal, to the New South Wales colony in what would become Australia. The Secret River is the tale of William and Sal’s deep love for their small, exotic corner of the new world, and William’s gradual realization that if he wants to make a home for his family, he must forcibly take the land from the people who came before him. Acclaimed around the world, The Secret River is a magnificent, transporting work of historical fiction. Last edited by phloxy; 02-06-2016 at 12:20 AM. |
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Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman $1.99
Amazon Nook An exquisitely crafted ensemble piece about marriage, identity, and desire set on the island of Martha’s Vineyard In Chilmark, a grandmother imagines she can fly. A reclusive giant feels an immediate kinship with a boy who cannot grow. A wife who never used to worry is overwhelmed by debilitating fears. And a husband who prefers to be alone is drawn to a reckless teenage girl with the power to ruin his life. Over the course of one fateful year, these characters, as vividly drawn and expertly choreographed as any in contemporary fiction, will come together and drift apart as they experience breakthroughs, true love, and epiphanies. Alice Hoffman finds mystery and magic in our everyday world, and Illumination Night showcases her signature talent for endowing real life with the power of myth. It is one of her finest novels, radiant and emotional with a cast of characters you will never forget. |
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Peony: A Novel of China
by Pearl S. Buck is $2.99 at Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Peony-Novel-Pe...keywords=Peony Below is the blurb: The Nobel Prize–winning author’s perceptive fable of cross-cultural passions in nineteenth-century China In 1850s China, a young girl, Peony, is sold to work as a bondmaid for a rich Jewish family in Kaifeng. Jews have lived for centuries in this region of the country, but by the mid-nineteenth century, assimilation has begun taking its toll on their small enclave. When Peony and the family’s son, David, grow up and fall in love with one another, they face strong opposition from every side. Tradition forbids the marriage, and the family already has a rabbi’s daughter in mind for David. Long celebrated for its subtle and even-handed treatment of colliding traditions, Peony is an engaging coming-of-age story about love, identity, and the tragedy and beauty found at the intersection of two disparate cultures. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Pearl S. Buck including rare images from the author’s estate. |
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This is part of Open Road Media's Classics Flash sale going on this weekend. Sale prices $1.99-$5.99. While the link I got from their email goes to Google Play, the prices should be good at Amazon, Apple, B&N, Google, Indiebound and Kobo.
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Native Son by Richard Wright
$1.99 Amazon Kobo Nook Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape. Native Son tells the story of this young black man caught in a downward spiral after he kills a young white woman in a brief moment of panic. Set in Chicago in the 1930s, Wright's powerful novel is an unsparing reflection on the poverty and feelings of hopelessness experienced by people in inner cities across the country and of what it means to be black in America. |
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Lionheart!: A Novel of Richard I, King of England by Martha Rofheart is FREE at Amazon today. Simon & Schuster 1981. GR 4.04. A wildly fictional account.
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - $1.99
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Quarterdeck (Kydd Sea Adventures #5) by Julian Stockwin is FREE today. Hodder & Stoughton 2003. GR 4.13
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Billy Lynn's Long Haftime Walk by Ben Fountain
$1.99 Amazon Nook Kobo Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and a finalist for the National Book Award! From the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of the critically acclaimed short story collection, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara, comes Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk ("The Catch-22 of the Iraq War" —Karl Marlantes). A razor-sharp satire set in Texas during America's war in Iraq, it explores the gaping national disconnect between the war at home and the war abroad. Ben Fountain’s remarkable debut novel follows the surviving members of the heroic Bravo Squad through one exhausting stop in their media-intensive "Victory Tour" at Texas Stadium, football mecca of the Dallas Cowboys, their fans, promoters, and cheerleaders. |
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Veronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author), Margaret Jull Costa (Translator) is FREE today. HarperCollins 1998. GR 3.69
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