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Audible Daily Deal - The Long Way Home by Karen McQuestion and Tanya Eby (Narrator) for $2.95

Publisher's Summary

Marnie is just 35 when her boyfriend, Brian, drops dead of a sudden heart attack. Stunned by his death, Marnie finds her greatest grief is for Troy, Brian’s son whom she has raised as her own since he was a kindergartener. When he is reclaimed by his train wreck of a birth mother, Troy’s departure drives Marnie to a grief group at the local rec center. There she finds unexpected allies, three strangers who join her in an impulsive road trip from Wisconsin to Las Vegas to reconnect with Troy. Along for the ride are fifty-something Rita, prim and ladylike on the outside, seething with rage on the inside over the murder of her daughter; Laverne, Marnie’s introverted landlady who is crippled by grief for her late husband; and Jazzy, a psychic driven to the grief group by an unseen voice. Together they embark on the adventure of their lives, a journey toward healing, friendship, and love.

©2012 Karen McQuestion (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald from Trajectory Classics ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "All lovers of F. Scott Fitzgerald should read this book, and those of you who like reading about the ultra rich in the Roaring Twenties this one is for you."

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the story of socialite Anthony Patch. This novel discusses the courtship of his wife, Gloria, his time in the army and his struggle with alcoholism.

Trajectory presents classics of world literature with 21st century features! Our original-text editions include the following visual enhancements to foster a deeper understanding of the work: Word Clouds at the start of each chapter highlight important words. Word, sentence, paragraph counts, and reading time help readers and teachers determine chapter complexity. Co-occurrence graphs depict character-to-character interactions as well character to place interactions. Sentiment indexes identify positive and negative trends in mood within each chapter. Frequency graphs help display the impact this book has had on popular culture since its original date of publication. Use Trajectory analytics to deepen comprehension, to provide a focus for discussions and writing assignments, and to engage new readers with some of the greatest stories ever told.

4 books in the 'Afterlife Saga' by Stephanie Hudson ($1.99 or less each) from Amazon is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 29)

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Today only, 4 books in the 'Afterlife Saga' by Stephanie Hudson are $1.99 or less Each.

Customer review: "I've been looking for a series to enthrall me like the Twilight, Mercy Thompson, and Sookie Stackhouse series, and I have finally found it."

Quite Contrary by Richard Roberts from Curiosity Quills Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an amazing blend of myths, gritty faerie tales, and an extremely well written fantasy."

The secret of having an adventure is getting lost. Who ever visited an enchanted kingdom or fell into a fairy tale without wandering into the woods first?

Well, Mary is lost. Mary is lost in the story of Little Red Riding Hood, and that is a cruel and murderous story. She's put on the red hood and met the Wolf. When she gives in to her Wolf's temptations, she will die. That's how the story goes, after all.

Unfortunately for the story and unfortunately for the Wolf, this Little Red Riding Hood is Mary Stuart, and she is the most stubborn and contrary twelve year old the world has ever known.

Forget the Wolf's temptations, forget the advice of the talking rat trying to save her - she will kick her way through every myth and fairy tale ever told until she finds a way to get out of this alive. Her own way, and no one else's.

The French House: An American Family, a Ruined Maison, and the Village That Restored Them All by Don Wallace from Sourcebooks ($2.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (October 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a delightful and witty slice of French island life, certainly a book to savor."

When life hands you lemons, make citron pressé.

Shortly after Don and Mindy Wallace move to Manhattan to jump-start their writing careers, they learn of a house for sale in a village they once visited on a tiny French island off the Brittany coast. Desperate for a life change, the Wallaces bravely (and impulsively) buy it almost sight unseen.

What they find when they arrive is a ruin, and it isn't long before their lives begin to resemble it—with hilarious and heartwarming results.

Redolent with the beauty and flavors of French country life, The French House is a lively, inspiring, and irresistibly charming memoir of a family that rises from the rubble, wins the hearts of a historic village, and finally finds the home they've been seeking off the wild coast of France.

Half Upon a Time by James Riley from Aladdin/Simon and Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Any kid who enjoys adventure stories or princess or hero stories should enjoy this story."

Age Level: 8 - 12 | Grade Level: 3 - 7

A NCTE Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts 2011

Life’s no fairy tale for Jack. After all, his father's been missing ever since that incident with the beanstalk and the giant, and his grandfather keeps pushing him to get out and find a princess to rescue. Who'd want to rescue a snobby, entitled princess anyway? Especially one that falls out of the sky wearing a shirt that says "Punk Princess," and still denies she's royalty. In fact, May doesn't even believe in magic. Yeah, what's that about? May does need help though--a huntsman is chasing her, her grandmother has been kidnapped, and Jack thinks it’s all because of the Wicked Queen . . . mostly because May’s grandmother might just be the long-lost Snow White.

Jack and May's thrillingly hilarious adventure combines all the classic stories—fractured as a broken magic mirror—into one epic novel for the ages.

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$1.99 Halloween Horror Deals

Treat yourself to some Halloween horror with this selection of Kindle books for $1.99 each. Offer valid from September 30 to October 31, 2014.

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Croak (Croak Series #1) by Gina Damico from HMH Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 29)

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In the first book of Gina Damico's Croak Trilogy, wild child and delinquent Lex Bartleby has been shipped off to upstate New York to live with her Uncle Mort. When she arrives in the tiny town of Croak, she learns the residents are all reapers--including her Uncle Mort who is going to teach Lex all about the family business.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Amityville Horror by Jay Anson and Ray Porter (Narrator) for $2.95

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In December 1975, the Lutz family moved into their new home on suburban Long Island. George and Kathleen Lutz knew that, one year earlier, Ronald DeFeo had murdered his parents, brothers, and sisters in the house, but the property - complete with boathouse and swimming pool - and the price were too good to pass up.

Twenty-eight days later, the entire Lutz family fled in terror.

This is the spellbinding, best-selling, true story that gripped the nation - the story of a house possessed by evil spirits, haunted by psychic phenomena almost too terrible to describe.

Jay Anson began as a copy boy on the New York Evening Journal in 1937 and later worked in advertising and publicity. With more than 500 documentary scripts for television to his credit, he was associated with Professional Films, Inc. He died in 1980.

©1977 Jay Anson; published in arrangement with Lesia Anson; (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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$1.99 Halloween Horror Deals

Yes! Another one of those AmazonCrossing exclusive translated Nordic literature things on sale.

Just picked up Arni Thorarinsson's Icelandic folktale-influenced mystery/crime thriller from this batch, thanks!

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Rubber Soul (Dust Bin Bob Book 1) by Greg Kihn from Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Imaginative, fun, and entertaining, this is a rock and roll classic."

Greg Kihn continues to pioneer the rock-thriller genre with Rubber Soul, a murder mystery and an action-packed ride through Beatlemania, featuring the Beatles themselves.

Dust Bin Bob runs a secondhand shop at the Flea Market at Penny Lane. He has an extensive rep of American R&B singles that he gets from merchant marines returning from Baltimore and New York. The action starts when he befriends some blokes by the names of John, Paul, George, and Ringo and becomes their lifelong friend sharing the vinyl that will start a revolution.

From then on, it’s a rocket ride from their earliest days in Liverpool to six shows a night in Hamburg to the Cavern Club to full-fledged Beatlemania.

Along the way, Dust Bin Bob uncovers a plot by Marcos loyalists to assassinate the Fab Four in Manila after they snub Imelda Marcos, blowing off a reception at the palace and narrowly avoiding an international incident. It all could have happened!

100 percent historically accurate and including previously unpublished information about the Beatles’ early days, Rubber Soul is inspired by Greg Kihn’s radio interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Pete Best, Patti Harrison, and Yoko Ono. When he asked where the Beatles got those rare American R&B records that inspired their early music, he got his answer from merchant marines who brought them over from Baltimore to Liverpool.

From a serious Beatles fan who has read every word ever written about the group, Rubber Soul is a wild ride through rock ’n’ roll history.

Cowboy Come Home by Eve Gaddy from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A great contemporary romance about second chances. The ending is a tearjerker, which means this book is a definite winner."

A bittersweet reunion. A second chance at happiness.
The daughter who may never forgive them both.

Champion bronc rider Jake Rollins never intended to go back to Happy, Texas and its memories of lost love. That changes when he meets Leigh and suspects she’s his daughter. Jake arrives in Happy determined to get to know her and to find out the truth. The only problem is, Anna Connor, Leigh’s mother, doesn’t want him in their lives. At first she won’t even admit he’s Leigh’s father.

Sixteen years ago, Jake left Anna with a phone call telling her he'd married another woman. Devastated and pregnant, Anna married Jake's best friend, Carl Connor. Together they raised the daughter Jake never knew about.

But Anna's a widow now and even more irresistible than she'd been as a girl. Will it be enough for Jake to tell Anna that leaving her was the worst mistake he ever made? Can he convince her he's changed?

Jake and Anna fall in love again, but it's far from smooth sailing. Leigh's response to the news that Jake is her biological father is anything but good. Jake and Anna must decide between their love for each other and the future of the daughter they love.

To the Vanishing Point by Alan Dean Foster from Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The author has an incredible talent to mix Sci-Fi/Fantasy with humor. It's an interesting, well-written story."

The Sonderberg family does not know it yet, but this is not going to be any ordinary road trip. After they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker, a quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality. It turns out the family has just given a ride to an alien who has the fate of the universe resting on her shoulders. Now the Sonderberg family must fight evil alongside their new alien friend, in a desperate attempt to save the world they love.

How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell from Other Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (October 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a beautifully written and researched book on Montaigne's life and times as well as on his seminal work, Essays."

Winner of the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography

How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—such questions arise in most people’s lives. They are all versions of a bigger question: how do you live? How do you do the good or honorable thing, while flourishing and feeling happy?

This question obsessed Renaissance writers, none more than Michel Eyquem de Monatigne, perhaps the first truly modern individual. A nobleman, public official and wine-grower, he wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought and experience, unlike anything written before. He called them “essays,” meaning “attempts” or “tries.” Into them, he put whatever was in his head: his tastes in wine and food, his childhood memories, the way his dog’s ears twitched when it was dreaming, as well as the appalling events of the religious civil wars raging around him. The Essays was an instant bestseller and, over four hundred years later, Montaigne’s honesty and charm still draw people to him. Readers come in search of companionship, wisdom and entertainment—and in search of themselves.

This book, a spirited and singular biography, relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed and the answers he explored. It traces his bizarre upbringing, youthful career and sexual adventures, his travels, and his friendships with the scholar and poet Étienne de La Boétie and with his adopted “daughter,” Marie de Gournay. And we also meet his readers—who for centuries have found in Montaigne an inexhaustible source of answers to the haunting question, “how to live?”

The Twin's Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (October 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A deliciously Gothic tale, this is a perfect example of classic storytelling. I highly recommend it."

Lucy Sexton is stunned when her mother’s identical twin sister shows up at the family’s front door one day. Separated at birth, the two women have had dramatically different upbringings, and Lucy’s mother, Aliese, will do anything to make it up to Helen-including taking Helen into their home and turning her into a lady that all of society will admire. Aunt Helen’s transformation is remarkable. But is it just Lucy’s imagination, or does Helen seem to enjoy being mistaken for Lucy’s mother? Then, on New Year’s Day, Lucy is horrified to find her aunt and mother tied to chairs in the parlor. One of them has been brutally murdered-but which twin has died? Surely her daughter will know...

Filled with shocking twists and turns, The Twin’s Daughter is an engrossing gothic novel of betrayals and secrets that will keep readers guessing until the end.

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Head-On Heart by Anne Tourney from Virgin Digital ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 30)

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Amity's music career seems to be stalled, so when her sister needs a ride home a road trip seems to be the cure for her blues. When she arrives in Vegas she learns there'll be more than one travel companion as the three members of her favorite boy band will be along for the ride too. Suddenly the guitarist from her dreams and fantasies is in her car--things are about to get very interesting.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Spectacular Now by Tim Tharp, MacLeod Andrews (Narrator) for $3.95

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"So, my beautiful fat girlfriend, Cassidy, is threatening to kick me to the curb again, my best friend suddenly wants to put the brakes on our lives of fabulous fun, my mom and big sister are plotting a future in which I turn into an atomic vampire, and my dad, well, my dad is a big fat question mark that I'm not sure I want the answer to.

"Some people would let a senior year like this get them down. Not me. I'm Sutter Keely, master of the party. I'm your man when it comes to cranking the wild times. But don't mistake a midnight philosopher like me for nothing more than a shallow party boy.

"Just ask Aimee, the new girl in my life. She saw the depth of the Sutterman from that first moment when she found me passed out on the front lawn. Okay, so she's a social disaster; but that's where I come in. Isn't it my duty to show her a splendiferous time, and then let her go forth and prosper?

Y"es, life is weird, but I embrace the weird. Let everyone else go marching off into their great shining futures if they want. Me, I've always been more than content to tip my whiskey bottle and take a ride straight into the heart of the spectacular now."

©2008 Tim Tharp; (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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5 books from the 'Lou Mason' thriller series by Joel Goldman from Amazon ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (October 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 5 books from the 'Lou Mason' thriller series by Joel Goldman are $1.99 each.

Customer review: "These are terrific legal thrillers."

The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (October 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is Howatch's best standalone saga. If you are looking for a book filled with love, hate, envy, greed, and murder, look no further."

Welsh heir Robert Godwin knows everything about his powerful family’s interests, but what does he know of his own heart?

Tucked in the hills of South Wales is Oxmoon, the ancestral estate of the Godwin family. In the summers before 1914, music streams through the family home as the Godwins, at the height of their prosperity, dance in the ballroom with their guests. But despite the remarkable talents of heir-apparent Robert Godwin, the fates have a rough, tough ride planned for him and those he loves. Fortunes shift during two world wars, disastrous love affairs leave the family battered, and finally jealousy threatens to destroy Oxmoon and all it symbolizes. Based on a true story that has been updated to modern times, The Wheel of Fortune is a timeless tale of love, hatred, revenge, redemption, and forgiveness.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Susan Howatch including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

John Constantine, Hellblazer Vol. 1 by Jamie Delano, John Ridgway, Alfredo Alcala, Tom Mandrake from Vertigo ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (October 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This was a great read and one I highly recommend to anyone wanting a fantastic comic to flip through."

The very first Hellblazer collection ORIGINAL SINS is available in a new edition that includes John Constantine’s appearances in SWAMP THING. This is the first of a series of new HELLBLAZER editions starring Vertigo’s longest running antihero, John Constantine, England’s chain-smoking, low-rent magus.

This first collection is a loosely connected series of tales of John’s early years where Constantine was at his best and at his worst, all at the same time.

Happy Stories!: Real-Life Inspirational Stories from Around the World That Will Raise Your Happiness Level by Will Bowen from Grand Harbor Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Inspirational Deal of the Day (October 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "What an uplifting read. There are so many touching and inspiring stories of people making the decision to be happy coupled with words of wisdom."

In Happy This Year!, bestselling author Will Bowen shared his practical philosophy for achieving higher levels of happiness. He helped readers understand that the path to happiness is not determined by their circumstances, but by aligning their thoughts, words, and actions to focus on the goal of happiness. Now, through fifty true stories, Bowen shares how people have taken his philosophies to heart—and are becoming measurably happier!

We all face adversity, setbacks, and stress in our everyday lives. In Happy Stories!, you will learn from people who have faced various hardships and have chosen to achieve happiness in spite of their circumstances. From a man who discovers happiness from the power of shared laughter to a woman who finds happiness through forgiveness, the stories in this collection inspire, entertain, and teach us remarkable lessons on how we can achieve higher and sustainable levels of happiness in our lives.

3 kids' books for Halloween from Two Lions ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (October 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 3 kids' books for Halloween are $1.99 each.

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Kindle Comics Halloween Deal: Wes Craven's "Coming of Rage"

Through November 1, get issue #1 of Wes Craven's new "Coming of Rage" for only $1.99.

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith from Quirk Books ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (October 31)

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One of Jane Austen's most loved novels gets a healthy dose of blood, brains, cannibalism and rotting corpses in this New York Times bestseller courtesy of author Seth Grahame-Smith. Of course the romance and heartbreak you'd expect from the classic is present, as are Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth...and some zombies.

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Audible Daily Deal - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson, Bernadette Dunne (Narrator) for $2.95

Publisher's Summary

Six years after four family members died of arsenic poisoning, the three remaining Blackwoods—elder, agoraphobic sister Constance; wheelchair-bound Uncle Julian; and 18-year-old Mary Katherine, or, Merricat—live together in pleasant isolation. Merricat has developed an idiosyncratic system of rules and protective magic to guard the estate against intrusions from hostile villagers. But one day a stranger arrives—cousin Charles, with his eye on the Blackwood fortune—and manages to penetrate into their carefully shielded lives. Unable to drive him away by either polite or occult means, Merricat adopts more desperate methods, resulting in crisis, tragedy, and the revelation of a terrible secret.

©1962 Shirley Jackson (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.