Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- September 2014

[arcadata]

Audible Daily Deal - Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Narrated by Jeff Woodman, Scott Shina ) for $3.95 (Regular Price: $20.95)

Publisher's Summary

Humor and pathos are deftly woven together in this remarkable New York Times best seller that has won sweeping critical acclaim. USA Today callsEverything Is Illuminated "a hilarious yet heartbreaking tale of family and discovery".

Jonathan is a Jewish college student searching Europe for the one person he believes can explain his roots. Alex, a lover of all things American and unsurpassed butcher of the English language, is his lovable Ukrainian guide. On their quixotic quest, the two young men look for Augustine, a woman who might have saved Jonathan's grandfather from the Nazis. As past and present merge, hysterically funny moments collide with great tragedy, and an unforgettable story of one family's extraordinary history unfolds.

Don't miss Jonathan Safran Foer and Martin Amis at The New Yorker Festival.

©2002 Jonathan Safran Foer; (P)2002 Recorded Books, LLC

[arcadata]

Mission by Patrick Tilley from Bloomsbury Reader is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Add narration for a reduced price of $3.49 after you buy the Kindle book.

Book Description

What would you do if, through an unexpected twist of fate and time, you came face to face with Jesus of Nazareth? In the flesh. A living, breathing, three-dimensional figure with a disconcertingly casual manner.

Leo Resnick, a smart young Manhattan lawyer, and his girlfriend, Dr Miriam Maxwell, are confronted with this very reality. Leo's record of his encounter with The Man is fast-paced and thoughtful at the same time.

Here Tilley showcases his ability to explore vast themes whilst creating a page-turning level of excitement. If you've ever looked up at the stars and wondered what it all means, this is the book you've been waiting for.

Mission, first published in 1981, is a sci-fi novel of biblical proportions full of wit, theology and - in an inspired twist- aliens.

[arcadata]

--------------------

6 Best-Selling Contemporary Romances by Emily Giffin from St. Martin's Press ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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

Product Description

Today only, 6 Best-Selling Contemporary Romances by Emily Giffin are $1.99 each.

Something Borrowed
Something Blue
Love the One You're With
Baby Proof
Heart of the Matter
Where We Belong

Act Like You Love Me: An Accidentally in Love Novel by Cindi Madsen from Entangled: Bliss ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (September 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "I love the Southern flair in this novel. The fishing, the friendly neighbors, the meddling mothers."

What would you do for a second chance at your first crush?

Brynn McAdams isn't the awkward geek she was in high school--she's grown up and confident, or at least she tries to be. But when her old crush, the impossibly handsome and impossibly unattainable Sawyer Raines, comes back to town to direct her community play, Brynn finds herself determined to be the glamorous girl she knows he'd want, not the shy girl he doesn't even recognize. Good thing she's an excellent actress.

After his bad breakup in NYC, the last thing Sawyer wants is to get involved with another actress. But the poised and beautiful Brynn draws him in, even though as her director, he knows she's off-limits. The few glimpses he gets of the goofy, carefree Brynn just makes her feel...familiar. Like home.

As Brynn's lies start to snowball, she struggles to stop acting and come clean. But what if Sawyer is already falling for the fake Brynn, not the Brynn she truly is?

Annihilation, Book 1 by Keith Giffen, Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning from Marvel ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (September 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Customer review: "Great storyline with so many different characters! A truly epic and exciting story, this is where it all begins!"

Collects Annihilation Prologue & Annihilation: Nova #1-4.

The Annihilation Wave has come! Annihilus, lord of the Negative Zone, has declared war! Hordes of loyal soldiers swarm from the center of the universe, and only a handful of heroes can resist destruction! As the Xandarian Nova Corps meets its doom, only Richard Rider - the man called Nova - survives. Drax the Destroyer returns from exile on Earth to mentor Nova - but wait until you see his dangerous new persona! Guest-starring Quasar, Ronan the Accuser, the Super-Skrull and Thanos!

Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox (1882-1940) by James MacGregor Burns from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (September 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "This is an excellent study of FDR! Very well written."

This first of Burns’s definitive and award-winning two-volume biography of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, mapping the personal and professional development of one of America’s most brilliant politicians

Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the longest serving president in US history, reshaping the country during the crises of the Depression and World War II. But before his unprecedented run as president, there were decades of steady consolidation of power. Here, renowned historian James MacGregor Burns traces Roosevelt’s rise and the peculiar blend of strength and cunning that helped make him such a uniquely transformative politician. Weaving together lively narrative and impressive scholarship, The Lion and the Fox is among the first—and most acclaimed—studies of Roosevelt’s time, his talents, and his flaws.

The Mighty Avengers: An Origin Story by Rich Thomas from Jill Grinberg Literary ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 27) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Customer review: "This is a great easy read for new fans to the Avengers Franchise."

Age Level: 7 - 10 | Grade Level: 1 - 3

When the world is overwhelmed with Super Villains, time traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical beasts and robots bent on the total destruction of humanity . . . the Earth calls upon its Mightiest Heroes: THE MIGHTY AVENGERS! Be here to witness the origin of the team as Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, Ant-Man, and the Wasp assemble into the ultimate force for good!

This book features Kindle Text Pop-Up for reading text over vivid, full-color images when using Kindle Fire or select Kindle Reading Apps.

[arcadata]

Sinner (Wolves of Mercy Falls/Shiver Series #4) by Maggie Stiefvater from Scholastic Press ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 27)

* Price matched on Amazon US

Add narration for a reduced price of $2.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Rock and roll bad boy Cole St. Clair is back in this standalone companion to Maggie Stiefvater's bestselling Shiver Trilogy. It's not your typical story of first love as Stiefvater has crafted a moving story of Cole and Isabel Culpeper, a pair of lovers cursed by a secret they share: Cole's not only a rock star, he's also a werewolf.

[arcadata]

Audible Daily Deal - Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom by Ken Ilgunas (Narrated by Nick Podehl) for $3.95 (Regular Price: $13.99)

Publisher's Summary

The story of a student who went to extraordinary lengths - including living in a van on a campus parking lot - to complete his education without sacrificing his financial future.

In a frank and self-deprecating voice, memoirist Ken Ilgunas writes about the existential terror of graduating from college with $32,000 in student debt. Inspired by Thoreau, Ilgunas set himself a mission: get out of debt as soon as humanly possible. To that end, he undertook an extraordinary 3-year transcontinental journey, driving to Alaska and taking a series of low-paying jobs. Debt-free, Ilgunas then enrolled himself in a master's program at Duke University, using the last of his savings to buy himself a used Econoline, his new "dorm." The van, stationed in a campus parking lot, would be an adventure, a challenge, a test of his limits. It would be, in short, his "Walden on Wheels."

Ilgunas went public in a widely read Salon article that spoke to the urgent student debt situation in America today. He offers a funny and pointed perspective on the dilemma faced by those who seek an education but who also want to, as Thoreau wrote, "live deep and suck out all the marrow of life."

©2013 Ken Ilgunas (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

[arcadata]

Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell from Simon & Schuster is $1.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

New York Times bestselling author of The Word Shipmates and contributor to NPR’s “This American Life”, Sarah Vowell embarks on a road trip to sites of political violence to better understand our nation’s ever-evolving political system and history.

From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to the Dry Tortugas, Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by the spilling of politically important blood, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and thought-provoking criticism. We learn about the jinx that was Robert Todd Lincoln (present at the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley) and witness the politicking that went into the making of the Lincoln Memorial. The resulting narrative is much more than an entertaining and informative travelogue, it is the disturbing and fascinating story of how American death has been manipulated by popular culture, including literature, architecture, sculpture, and, the author's favorite, historical tourism.

Though the themes of loss and violence are explored and we make detours to see how the Republican Party became the Republican Party, there are lighter diversions into the lives of the three presidents and their assassins, including mummies, show tunes, mean-spirited totem poles, and a 19th-century biblical sex cult.

[arcadata]

--------------------

The Child Thief: A Novel by Dan Smith from Pegasus Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Add narration for a reduced price of $1.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Customer review: "I cannot recommend this book enough. Beautifully paced, fantastic narrative, and full of suspense, I was bereft when I finished it."

In the tradition of City of Thieves and Child 44, a troubled First World War veteran races across the frozen steppe of 1930s Ukraine to save a child from a shadowy killer with unthinkable plans

Luka is a war veteran who now wants only to have a quiet life with his family. His village has, so far, remained hidden from the advancing Soviet brutality. But everything changes the day the stranger arrives, pulling a sled bearing a terrible cargo. When the villagers’ fear turns deadly, they think they have saved themselves. But their anger has cursed them: in the chaos, a little girl has vanished. Luka is the only man with the skills to find out who could have stolen a child in these frozen lands—and besides, the missing girl is best friend to Luka’s daughter. He swears he will find her. Together with his sons, Luka sets out in pursuit across lands ravaged by war and gripped by treachery. Soon they realize that the man they are tracking is no ordinary criminal, but a skillful hunter with the child as the bait in his twisted game. It will take all of Luka’s strength to battle the harshest of conditions, and all of his wit to stay a step ahead of Soviet authorities. And though his toughest enemy is the man he tracks, his strongest bond is a promise to his family back home.

Minerva (The Six Sisters Series, Vol. 1) by M.C. Beaton from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (September 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Add narration for a reduced price of $1.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Customer review: "This was an amazing regency romance story!"

Poor Minerva. Prudish, self-righteous, and incredibly beautiful, she is to be sent to London to capture a wealthy husband. But Minerva doesn't know the first thing about flirting. The London dandies find her moralizing appalling and concoct a plan to assault her virtue—an assault that will scandalize all London society. Meanwhile. Lord Sylvester Comfrey, whom she met earlier through her father, has been keeping a careful eye on the girl. A fact which she resents. She dislikes Lord Sylvester. There is something about him that disturbs her. Now the plan to destroy Minerva's reputation begins to unfold. And Minerva stumbles headlong into the trap. But the plotters have reckoned without Lord Sylvester....

Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut from Marvel ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (September 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Add narration for a reduced price of $12.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Customer review: "If you don't already know Kurt Vonnegut's work, this may be the best introduction to it."

This short-story collection Welcome to the Monkey House (1968) incorporates almost completely Vonnegut's 1961 "Canary in a Cathouse," which appeared within a few months of Slaughterhouse-Five and capitalized upon that breakthrough novel and the enormous attention it suddenly brought.

Drawn from both specialized science fiction magazines and the big-circulation general magazines (Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, etc.) which Vonnegut had been one of the few science writers to sell, the collection includes some of his most accomplished work. The title story may be his most famous--a diabolical government asserts control through compulsory technology removing orgasm from sex--but Vonnegut's bitterness and wit, not in his earlier work as poisonous or unshielded as it later became, is well demonstrated.

Two early stories from Galaxy science fiction magazine and one from Fantasy & Science Fiction (the famous "Harrison Bergeron") show Vonnegut's careful command of a genre about which he was always ambivalent, stories like "More Stately Mansions" or "The Foster Portfolio" the confines and formula of a popular fiction of which he was always suspicious. Vonnegut's affection for humanity and bewilderment as its corruption are manifest in these early works.

Several of these stories (those which appeared in Collier's) were commissioned by Vonnegut’s Cornell classmate and great supporter Knox Burger, also born in 1922.

I Am Spartacus!: Making a Film, Breaking the Blacklist by Kirk Douglas from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (September 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Add narration for a reduced price of $1.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Customer review: "If you like reading about making of movies, or if you are at all interested in the McCarthy era, then you should enjoy this."

From Kirk Douglas, Hollywood royalty and bestselling author of The Ragman’s Son and My Stroke of Luck, comes the candid story of the making of Spartacus, the blockbuster film that broke the blacklist

One of the world’s most iconic movie stars, Kirk Douglas has distinguished himself as a producer, philanthropist, and author of ten works of fiction and memoir. Now, more than fifty years after the release of his enduring epic Spartacus, Douglas reveals the riveting drama behind the making of the legendary gladiator film. Douglas began producing the movie in the midst of the politically charged era when Hollywood’s moguls refused to hire anyone accused of Communist sympathies. In a risky move, Douglas chose Dalton Trumbo, a blacklisted screenwriter, to write Spartacus. Trumbo was one of the “Unfriendly Ten,” men who had gone to prison rather than testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee about their political affiliations. Douglas’s source material was already a hot property, as the novel Spartacus was written by Howard Fast while he was in jail for defying HUAC.

With the financial future of his young family at stake, Douglas plunged into a tumultuous production both on- and off-screen. As both producer and star of the film, he faced explosive moments with young director Stanley Kubrick, struggles with a leading lady, and negotiations with giant personalities, including Sir Laurence Olivier, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, and Lew Wasserman. Writing from his heart and from his own meticulously researched archives, Kirk Douglas, at ninety-five, looks back at his audacious decisions. He made the most expensive film of its era—but more importantly, his moral courage in giving public credit to Trumbo effectively ended the notorious Hollywood blacklist.

A master storyteller, Douglas paints a vivid and often humorous portrait in I Am Spartacus! The book is enhanced by newly discovered period photography of the stars and filmmakers both on and off the set.

Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Strawberries by Maj Lindman from Albert Whitman & Company ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 28) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "Possibly the best children's story I have ever seen about charity."

Age Level: 5 - 8 | Grade Level: P - 2

Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka are going wild-strawberry picking. Mother is going to pay them for every basket they gather. When they stop at a cottage along the way, they meet Mary, her baby brother, and Mary’s mother. Mary and her family are very kind, but have patches on their clothes and no milk to drink. After the girls get home and help Mother make strawberry jam, they think of a special way to spend the money they have earned.

This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book.

[arcadata]

One Simple Change: Surprisingly Easy Ways to Transform Your Life by Winnie Abramson from Chronicle Books ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 28)

* Price matched on Amazon US

Product Description

Sometimes change can be difficult. Today's NOOK Daily Find is full of 50 small changes from blogger, photographer and author Winnie Abramson that can not only improve your life, but also help the planet. Whether you go through one a week or one a month, this collection of tips (which includes recipes) will have you looking and feeling good in no time!

[arcadata]

The Thirteen Treasures (13 Treasures Trilogy) by Michelle Harrison from Simon & Schuster UK (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Tanya is no ordinary girl. She can see fairies. But not the fairies we imagine. Evil fairies who cast spells on her, rousing her from her sleep and propelling her out of bed. At wit's end with her daughter's inexplicable behavior, Tanya's mother sends her away to live with her grandmother at Elvesden Manor, a secluded countryside mansion on the outskirts of a peculiar Essex town.

There is plenty to explore, as long as Tanya stays away from Hangman's Wood- a vast stretch of forest, full of catacombs and notorious for people losing their lives. Fifty years ago a girl vanished in the woods, a girl Tanya's grandmother will not speak of. As Tanya learns more about this girl, she finds herself dangerously close to vanishing into the fairy realm forever.

Debut author Michelle Harrison weaves an intricate mystery into a beautiful and haunting fantasy that captures a rich world of fairy lore where only the color red can offer protection.

The Orphan Uprising (The Orphan Trilogy Book 3) by James and Lance Morcan from Sterling Gate Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

In this explosive conclusion to The Orphan Trilogy, the ninth-born orphan's dramatic story resumes five years after book one, The Ninth Orphan, ends.

Having eluded his former masters at the Omega Agency and escaped his past life as an operative, Nine has married his soul mate, Isabelle. They've carved out a new life for themselves, off the grid, in the remote islands of French Polynesia.

The contented couple have a five-year-old son, Francis, who is a chip off the old block and who has inherited his father's unique DNA. Francis will soon have a sister as Isabelle is about to give birth to a baby girl.

Their idyllic lifestyle is shattered when Francis is abducted by operatives in the employ of the Omega Agency, the shadowy organization that brought Nine into the world and once controlled every aspect of his life. The terrified boy with the unique DNA is dispatched to one of Omega's underground medical laboratories for scientific testing and experimentation.

Nine is desperate to find Francis before Omega can harm him. He soon finds he's up against his fellow orphans - all elite operatives as he once was - who are under orders to kill him on sight. To overcome them, he must call on all his former training and skills. His search takes him around the world - from Tahiti to America, Germany, Greenland and the Congo.

To add to Nine's worries, he has a serious heart condition that requires immediate surgery. The clock is ticking and he knows he's on borrowed time. It's a race against the clock to find his son before Omega can harm the boy - and before his heart gives out.

Written by father-and-son writing team Lance & James Morcan (authors of The Ninth Orphan, The Orphan Factory and The World Duology), The Orphan Uprising is the third book in The Orphan Trilogy. A feature film adaptation of The Ninth Orphan is currently being developed.

Consiglieri: Leading from the Shadows by Richard Hytner from Profile Books (£1.09) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

How to make friends, influence people and be the (second) best you can be - by being second-in-command

The key to success lies in getting to the top. Right? Wrong.

Not everyone can be in charge but, more importantly, not everyone should want to be. Richard Hytner, deputy chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, thinks it's time to celebrate the second-in-command, the consiglieri: Merlin to King Arthur, Al Gore to Bill Clinton, Rasputin to the Russian Royal Family. These are the deputies, Vice-Presidents, Chief Operating Officers, Chief Financial Officers, Department Heads, First Lieutenants and First Violins whose influence determines the fate of countries, companies and individual ventures all over the world.

After all, supremacy comes with drawbacks (one of which is that everyone wants your job) and influence, authority and power can be found in much more interesting places than behind the CEO's desk. Consiglieri brings together historical examples from Thomas Cromwell to Cardinal Richelieu, conversations with the second-in-commands of Tony Blair and Sir Alex Ferguson, insights into Stalin, JFK, Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore, interviews with leaders in sport, business, politics and music and cutting-edge research from psychologists and academics to produce a fresh (and refreshing) approach to leadership in the mould of Obliquity or Thinking, Fast and Slow.

If you fancy yourself as a contemporary Machiavelli or Bismarck, make this stylish, clever and entertaining guide to finding your ideal role in a company your first choice. This is the first (not second) funny business book for a long time.

[arcadata]

--------------------

Murder in Caney Fork by Wally Avett from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "Wally is a born story-teller who pulled me into the story from the first paragraph. Set in a time of great change, WWII, everyone is struggling with loss, survival and starting over."

It's the trial of the century in a 1940's North Carolina town.

Murder and vigilante justice.

War hero and law student Wes Ross has to save his uncle-but hide the truth.

Taught to shoot in the rough logging camps of the North Carolina swamps, Wes Ross remembers his lessons well. Dodging hostile gunfire with dozens of other young Marines, he storms a remote Pacific island as one of Carlson's Raiders in the first commando-style attack of World War Ii. He blasts several Japanese snipers from their palm-tree hideouts with buckshot before an enemy bullet sends him home.

The Carolina homefront includes a new girlfriend and a new occupation, learning to be a rural lawyer in his uncle's law office, including courtroom intrigue and what goes on behind the scenes. Wes, like his uncles, is a good man, the kind who takes up for the poor and downtrodden, looking out for those who are easy prey for bullies.

Frog Cutshaw is the storekeeper in the Caney Fork backwoods, a swaggering ex-moonshiner who is deadly with his ever-present .45 auto pistol. Frog's daylight rape of a married woman and the brutal killing of her husband bring on Bible Belt vigilante justice, an eye for an eye, a life for a life.

3 books in the 'Fool Me Once' series by Tara Sivec ($1.99 each) from Montlake Romance is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (September 29)

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

Product Description

Today only, 3 books in the 'Fool Me Once' series by Tara Sivec are $1.99 Each.

The Twins (GemQuest, 1) by Gary Alan Wassner from Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Add narration for a reduced price of $12.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Product Description

Customer review: "A grand and spectacular narrative of wizardry and dark magic."

The mighty Lalas are dying. The great, sentient trees are departing the world that they have protected since the beginning of time, leaving the people bereft and confused.

The fabric weaves of its own will, weaving around the Twins, binding them inextricably into the cloth, as they are violently thrust into a threatening world. Separated at birth, Davmiran and Tomas, heirs to the throne of Gwendolen, struggle to find the truth that will save their world.

Assisted by a group of extraordinary warriors, scholars, magi and friends, Tomas chooses his battles and demonstrates his strength and fortitude. But Davmiran lies unconscious in the Heights of Lormarion, as the world awaits his revival so that he, too, can fulfill his unique and compelling destiny.

The Berry Bible: With 175 Recipes Using Cultivated and Wild, Fresh and Frozen Berries by Janie Hibler from Lake Union Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Cooking Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "A tremendously useful book on very important food."

Few foods capture the sweetness of nature like fresh berries, whether eaten straight off the bush or baked to perfection beneath a flaky crust. Now berry lovers can maximize their enjoyment with The Berry Bible, the new offering from James Beard Book Award-winning author Janie Hibler.

Part encyclopedia, part cookbook, The Berry Bible begins with an explanation of the health benefits of nutrient-rich berries and goes on to profile dozens of important culinary berries and berrylike fruits in the vibrantly illustrated "A-to-Z Berry Encyclopedia." Tips on how to remove berry stains and freeze for the off-season pave the way for 175 delectable recipes that use cultivated, wild, fresh, and frozen berries.

From Blackberry-Blueberry Cardamom Muffins, Mango-Raspberry Summer Soup, and Boysenberry Applesauce to Blackberry-Port Lamb Shanks, Almond-Gooseberry Cream Pie, and The Perfect Strawberry Shortcake, these succulent dishes are sure to garner The Berry Bible a permanent spot in any kitchen.

Must-Have Marvin! by Christy Ziglar and Luanne Marten (Illustrator) from Ideals Children’s Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (September 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Product Description

Customer review: "The illustrations are delightful and really engaging."

Marvin loves new things—he especially loves finding the latest, greatest, most awesome new things!

Soon Marvin finds himself focusing on a new toy that he wants, to the exclusion of his friends. He lets them down when they need his help and nearly loses their friendship.

Through a chat with a wise neighbor and a second chance to help, Marvin learns the important life lesson that people are more important than things.

[arcadata]

The Wedding Favor: A Save the Date Novel by Cara Connelly from Avon/HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (September 29)

* Price matched on Amazon US

Product Description

Opposites attract in this sizzling hot debut from award winning author Cara Connelly. Enemies turn into lovers when the cowboy and the big city lawyer try to be on their best behavior when their paths cross on a plane to a wedding in France…but all bets are off once they make it back to the United States.

[arcadata]

Audible Daily Deal - A Nail Through The Heart: A Poke Rafferty Thriller by Timothy Hallinan (Narrated by Victor Bevine) for $3.95

Publisher's Summary

Poke Rafferty was writing offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored when Bangkok stole his heart. Now the American expat is assembling a new family with Rose, the former go-go dancer he wants to marry, and Miaow, the tiny, streetwise urchin he wants to adopt.

But trouble in the guise of good intentions comes calling just when everything is beginning to work out. Poke agrees to take in Superman, Miaow's troubled and terrifying friend from the gutter. Then he agrees to help locate a distraught Aussie woman's missing uncle and accepts a generous payment to find a blackmailing thief. No longer gliding carelessly across the surface of a culture he doesn't really understand, suddenly Poke is plodding through dark and unfamiliar terrain - and everything and everyone he loves is in terrible danger.

©2007 Timothy Hallinan (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

[arcadata]

Cold City (Repairman Jack Book 1) by F. Paul Wilson from Tor Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Add narration for a reduced price of $4.49 after you buy the Kindle book.

Book Description

The first of three Repairman Jack prequels, revealing the past of one of the most popular characters in contemporary dark fantasy: a self-styled “fix-it” man who is no stranger to the macabre or the supernatural, hired by victimized people who have no one else to turn to.

We join Jack a few months after his arrival in New York City. He doesn’t own a gun yet, though he’s already connected with Abe. Soon he’ll meet Julio and the Mikulski brothers. He runs afoul of some Dominicans, winds up at the East Side Marriott the night Meir Kahane is shot, gets on the bad side of some Arabs, starts a hot affair, and disrupts the smuggling of preteen sex slaves. And that’s just Book One.

[arcadata]

The Time Keeper by Mitch Albom from Hachette Book Group is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Add narration for a reduced price of $3.99 after you buy the Kindle book.

Book Description

From the author who's inspired millions worldwide with books like Tuesdays with Morrie and The Five People You Meet in Heaven comes his most imaginative novel yet, The Time Keeper--a compelling fable about the first man on earth to count the hours. The man who became Father Time.

In Mitch Albom's newest work of fiction, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure God's greatest gift. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more days, more years. Eventually, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is granted his freedom, along with a magical hourglass and a mission: a chance to redeem himself by teaching two earthly people the true meaning of time.

He returns to our world--now dominated by the hour-counting he so innocently began--and commences a journey with two unlikely partners: one a teenage girl who is about to give up on life, the other a wealthy old businessman who wants to live forever. To save himself, he must save them both. And stop the world to do so.

Told in Albom's signature spare, evocative prose, this remarkably original tale will inspire readers everywhere to reconsider their own notions of time, how they spend it and how precious it truly is.

[arcadata]

Bill, The Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison from Tor Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Bill, the Galactic Hero is written by Harry Harrison who is also the author of Deathworld, Make Room! Make Room! (filmed as Soylent Green), the popular Stainless Steel Rat books, and many other famous works of SF.

It was the highest honor to defend the Empire against the dreaded Chingers, an enemy race of seven-foot-tall lizards. But Bill, a Technical Fertilizer Operator from a planet of farmers, wasn't interested in honor-he was only interested in two things: his chosen career, and the shapely curves of Inga-Maria Calyphigia. Then a recruiting robot shanghaied him with knockout drops, and he came to in deep space, aboard the Empire warship Christine Keeler. And from there, things got even worse... From the sweltering fuse room aboard the Keeler, where he loses an arm while blasting a Chinger spaceship, to the Department of Sanitation far below the world-city of Helior, where he finds peace, job security, and unlimited trash...here is Bill, a pure-hearted fool fighting a deluxe cast of robots, androids, and aliens in a never-ending losing battle to preserve his humanity while upholding the glory of the Empire.