Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- May 2012

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Those Who Save Us by Jenna Blum also $2.99

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Wahoo Rhapsody: An Atticus Fish Novel by Shaun Morey from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Captain Winston Weber makes an honest living running fishing charters between Mexico and California. When his first mate Weevil Ott skims a small fortune from the mysterious drug lord known only as "La Cucaracha", a madcap romp ensues as Winston, Weevil and an expat American lawyer by the name of Atticus Fish try to outrun La Cucaracha's bloody reach.

Fans of Carl Hiaasen and Elmore Leonard will relish this rollicking satirical adventure from award-winning writer Shaun Morey.

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Friday Nights: A Novel by Joanna Trollope from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 29)

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For six female friends, different in age and circumstances, Friday night was the best night of the week. Talking, drinking, laughing and crying together, it was their time to share secrets and fears, triumphs and tragedies and, above all, to feel safe in the company of women. But things never stay the same forever....

The Borrowers by Mary Norton from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.49) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (May 29)

* FYI, this book is $1.59 on Amazon!

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The Clock family are tiny people who live underneath the kitchen floor of an old English country manor. All their minuscule home furnishings, from postage-stamp paintings to champagne-cork chairs, are “borrowed” from the “human beans” who tromp around loudly above them. All is well until the day one of the Clocks is spotted by a human boy.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating: A Memoir by Elisabeth Tova Bailey from Algonquin Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 29) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Bedridden with an illness, Elisabeth Tova Bailey chronicles the life of a snail she finds hidden in a gift of potted violets. Told with wit and grace, this award-winning memoir provides an appreciation of what it means to be fully alive and how nature illuminates our own human existence.

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Oh The Borrowers and The Sound Of A Wild Snail Eating, two goodies!

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Friday Nights: A Novel by Joanna Trollope also $1.99

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How to Climb Mont Blanc in a Skirt: A Handbook for the Lady Adventurer by Mick Conefrey from Oneworld Publications (£1.09) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (May 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Which explorer found the lost site of Jesus' first miracle? Who was first to the top of the highest mountain in Peru? Who held the world record as the only person to fly from Britain to Australia for 44 years? You’ll find the answers to these questions and more in Mick Conefrey's book (a hint: none of them had beards).

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FYI, new Kindle apps:

Awale: The Strategy Game (A Strategy Game for Kindle) by Vega Mobile ($0.99)

CalcuDoku (Square Wisdom Puzzles for Kindle) by DJAPE ($0.99)

Kakuro (A Number Crossword Puzzle for Kindle) by DJAPE ($0.99)

Hanjie Griddlers Nonograms (A Logic Puzzle for Kindle) by DJAPE ($0.99)

Quiz Word Search (A Word and Quiz Game for Kindle) by puzzle.tv ($1.99)

LetsTans (300 Assembling Puzzles for Kindle) by Grabarchuk Puzzles ($2.99)

UNO (New! Get ready to call UNO on Kindle) by Gameloft ($4.99)

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FYI, the publisher Bloomsbury USA currently has 49 Kindle ebooks discounted down to $1.99.

Too many to list, but here's a search link for the US Kindle store.

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The House of Velvet and Glass by Katherine Howe from Hyperion ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 30)

*FYI , Amazon has matched the Nook deal. The House of Velvet and Glass also $2.99 for US Kindle

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From the author of the bestselling Physick Book of Deliverance Dane comes this new historical novel set in 1915 Boston. Sibyl Allston, devastated by the death of her mother and sister aboard the Titanic, finds solace in séances and crystal ball ceremonies in this rich, atmospheric novel that blends turn-of-the-century reality with grace notes of the supernatural.

Love, Ruby Lavender by Deborah Wiles from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (May 30)

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Ruby Lavender used to have a good life. She and her grandmother, Miss Eula, were inseparable. But this summer, Miss Eula will be in Hawaii, and Ruby's sure it'll be a lonely, empty, horrible season without her. That is until, Ruby makes a new friend, saves the school play, writes plenty of letters to her favorite (and only) grandmother . . . and finally stops blaming herself for her grandfather's death.

The Last Good Day by Peter Blauner from Open Road ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 30) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Escaping post-9/11 New York City life, Lynn Schulman relocates her family a short distance to Riverside, the suburban town of her youth. But her safe haven shatters after her oldest friend is found dead in the Hudson River, and the cop investigating the case is Lynn's still-bitter ex-boyfriend.

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$1.99 Kindle eBooks from HarperCollins:

One Crazy Summer by Rita Williams-Garcia

Book Description

Set during one of the most tumultuous years in recent American history, One Crazy Summer is the heartbreaking, funny tale of three girls who travel to Oakland, California, in 1968 in search of the mother who abandoned them. It's an unforgettable story told by a distinguished author of books for children and teens, Rita Williams-Garcia.

Secret Zoo, The (The Secret Zoo) by Bryan Chick

Book Description

Something strange is happening at the Clarksville City Zoo. Late at night, monkeys are scaling the walls and searching the neighborhood— but what are they looking for? Noah, his sister Megan, and their best friends, Richie and Ella, live next door to the zoo. Megan is the first to notice the puzzling behavior of some of the animals. One day Megan disappears, and her brother and their friends realize it's up to them to find her. Their only choice is to follow a series of clues and sneak into the zoo. But once inside, will they discover there's much more to the Clarksville City Zoo than they could ever have guessed?

Umbrella Summer by Lisa Graff

Book Description

Annie Richards knows there are a million things to look out for—bicycle accidents, chicken pox, runaway zoo animals. That's why being careful is so important, even if it does mean giving up some of her favorite things, like bike races with her best friend and hot dogs on the Fourth of July. Everyone keeps telling Annie not to worry so much, that she's just fine. But they thought her brother, Jared, was just fine too, and Jared died. It takes a new neighbor to make Annie realize that her plans for being careful aren't working out as well as she'd hoped. And with a lot of help from those around her, Annie just may find a way to close her umbrella of sadness and step back into the sunshine.

$2.99 book from HarperCollins

Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith

Book Description

Kiss
What Leah did—only she really shouldn’t have—one hot night at a country club party.

Crush
What Leah has—only she really shouldn’t have—on the guy with the green eyes, the guy who is not her perfect boyfriend, the guy who does not fit in her picture-perfect life, the guy her sisters will only mock and her mother will never approve of. Not in a million years.

Collide
What happens when everything you always thought you wanted—having cool friends, being class valedictorian and homecoming queen—runs smack into everything it turns out you really do want.

Kiss. Crush. Collide.
For Leah and Porter, summer is only the beginning.

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Beezus and Ramona (Ramona Quimby) by Beverly Cleary is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Ramona Quimby is the youngest of all the famous characters in Mrs. Cleary's wonderful Henry Huggins stories. She is also far and away the most deadly. Readers of the earlier books will remember that Ramona has always been a menace to Beezus, her older sister, to Henry, and to his dog Ribsy. It is not that Ramona deliberately sets out to make trouble for other people. She simply has more imagination than is healthy for any one person. In this book Ramona and her imagination really come into their own. Starting with a fairly mild encounter with the librarian, which is harder on Beezus than anyone else, Ramona goes from strength to strength, winding up by inviting her entire kindergarten class to a part at her home without mentioning it to her mother. The riot that ensues is probably the most hilarious episode in this extremely funny book, which proves that Mrs. Cleary's imagination is almost as lively as Ramona's.

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The Lost Angel by Javier Sierra from Simon and Schuster is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

New York Times bestselling author Javier Sierra returns with a heartpounding, apocalyptic thriller about mankind’s most ancient desire—and the modern evil some will unleash to obtain it.

Every religion has a story for how our species came to mix with yours and was doomed to this planet. We are the sons of exiles. Cursed. Even man condemned us, blaming us for all the evils of the world. On the one hand you worshiped us, these beings who brought knowledge from the heavens. But you also feared us for what we might want in return. . . .”

In approximately seventy-two hours, a little-known Middle Eastern terrorist group plans to bring about the end of the world. Convinced that they are the descendants of angels, they believe they are on the verge of at last being returned to heaven. Central to their plan is the kidnapping of Martin Faber, an undercover American scientist whose research has led him to an extraordinary secret.

Martin’s only hope for survival is his young wife, Julia Alvarez—a woman born with a rare psychic gift. But she must find the courage to save her husband, all while running from religious extremists and clandestine government agencies.

Sierra takes readers on an adventure across the world, from the summit of Mount Ararat to the high desert of New Mexico, from the monuments of Washington, DC, to the medieval city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Sierra spent years investigating scientific and historical mysteries related to mankind’s efforts to engage directly with the Almighty.

The Lost Angel bears all the hallmarks of Sierra’s erudite yet fast-paced brand of storytelling, combining historical fact and fiction with dazzling narrative feats.

Lip Service by M.J. Rose from Simon and Schuster is $2.99 (US Kindle)

Book Description

Lip Service is the prequel to M.J. Rose's Bestselling Butterfield Institute Series which includes three novels - The Halo Effect, The Delilah Complex, The Venus Fix - and the short story collection In Session.

Lip Service probes the secret world of phone sex and one woman who becomes empowered by what she discovers there. Not since Erica Jong's Fear of Flying has a novel so masterfully examined the relationship between sexuality and identity.

On the surface, Julia Sterling's life seems blessed. Married to a renowned psychiatrist, living on Manhattan's tony Upper East Side, Julia deeply loves her stepson, and is forging a career as a journalist.

When a writing job at The Butterfield Institute - a sex therapy clinic - exposes her to the world of phone sex, Julia glimpses a world that stirs her erotic fantasies but threatens her carefully constructed reality. As she explores her emotional and sexual
connections to the men she knows and several she will never meet, she confronts evil, perversity, and her own passions.

Tracing the currents of desire, illusion, and psychological manipulation,Lip Service is an astonishingly vivid glimpse into one woman's inner life. At the same time, this electrifying
thriller grips the reader as it builds toward a battering climax.

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Saw this on KindlePost:

For a limited time, 45 Kindle-exclusive Rabbit Ears children’s picture books with Kindle text pop-up are available for only $0.99 each.

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The Pirates! In an Adventure With Moby Dick by Gideon Defoe from Bloomsbury Paperbacks (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (May 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The Pirate Captain is in trouble. Eager to appease his crew with a boat that has a functioning mast, fewer holes and cannons that actually fire, he splashes out on the fancy new Lovely Emma, spending 6,000 doubloons he doesn't have. Finding themselves in debt to the Butcher of Barbados, the pirates need to raise some money fast.

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Disturbed by Kevin O'Brien from Kensington ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (May 30)

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Molly Dennehy is trying to fit in in her new neighborhood, though her neighbors are clearly loyal to her husband's ex-wife. But after a brutal slaying at her stepson's school and a serial killer attacking families in homes like hers, Molly becomes convinced that someone dangerous, consumed with rage and vengeance, is coming after her and her family.

The Eye of the Fry Cook: A Story About Getting Glasses (SpongeBob SquarePants) by Erica David from Nickelodeon ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (May 31)

*FYI, Amazon has matched this deal. The Eye of the Fry Cook: A Story About Getting Glasses also $1.99

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While preparing to audition at Bikini Bottom's new fry cook academy, SpongeBob discovers that his vision is blurry. So he visits the eye doctor and gets a brand-new pair of glasses! At first, SpongeBob thinks his glasses are neat. But then he has a bad dream about them and decides to stop wearing them! Can SpongeBob be a great chef without them?

The Naming by Alison Croggon from Candlewick ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (May 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Maerad, a young slave-girl living in an unforgiving settlement, learns she's been born with the "Speech." It's a gift that extends her life threefold and grants her power over a great evil threatening the world. Under the tutelage of Cadvan, Maerad develops her skills along a treacherous journey.