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The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer from HarperCollins is $1.99 (Amazon US)

Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of The Septembers of Shiraz (P.S.) for a reduced price of $3.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. Terrified by his disappearance, his family must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos with the collapse of everything they have known.

As Isaac navigates the tedium and terrors of prison, forging tenuous trusts, his wife feverishly searches for him, suspecting, all the while, that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. And as his daughter, in a childlike attempt to stop the wave of baseless arrests, engages in illicit activities, his son, sent to New York before the rise of the Ayatollahs, struggles to find happiness even as he realizes that his family may soon be forced to embark on a journey of incalculable danger.

A page-turning literary debut, The Septembers of Shiraz simmers with questions of identity, alienation, and love, not simply for a spouse or a child, but for all the intangible sights and smells of the place we call home.

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Zoo Station (A John Russell and Effi Koenen Novel) by David Downing from Old Street Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: “I found it a first class read, mixing fact with fiction seamlessly.”

Englishman John Russell is a member of the foreign press corps in Berlin and a first-hand witness to the brutal machinations of Hitler and the Nazi party in the build-up to war during the early months of 1939. Unlike many of his colleagues, Russell wishes to remain in Berlin for as long as possible to be close to Effi, his glamorous actress girlfriend, and above all to Paul, his eleven-year-old son who lives with his estranged German wife. When an old acquaintance turns up at his lodging house, Russell's life begins to change. Gradually he is persuaded by a combination of threats, financial need and appeals to his conscience to become a spy first for the Soviet Union and then, simultaneously, for the British. The grimness, the constant fear and the skin-deep glitter of pre-war Berlin alleviated by atmospheric excursions to Prague, Danzig, London and the Baltic seashore form a rich backdrop as Russell, a reluctant hero and saviour for some, treads along ever narrowing lines between the Russians, the British and the Gestapo.

Tall, Dark, and Deadly by Heather Graham from Open Road Media (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "…superbly written, positive and empathetic."

When her best friend vanishes, a woman combs Florida for a killer

Few people in Florida worry when Marnie Newcastle disappears. A successful lawyer with a wild side, Marnie has been known to disappear during her passionate love affairs. But Samantha Miller, a college friend who is as sensible as Marnie is impulsive, knows better. When Marnie vanishes a few days after moving into her dream house, Samantha is the only one who doesn’t think her friend is off on another tryst. There are dark secrets in Marnie’s past, and Samantha thinks one of them may have gotten her killed.

Investigating Marnie’s menagerie of ex-lovers, Samantha finds a crooked contractor, a rock star, and a homicide cop—all with something to hide. A killer is stalking the Florida swamps, and Samantha must find him before he finds her—or else she may be the next to die.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Heather Graham including rare photos from the author’s personal collection.

Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace by Larry Shapiro from Adams Media (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "…the book was of great interest and full of practical ideas."

All runners strive to get in the "zone," but here they'll learn to enter the ZEN "zone"! By adopting Buddha's mindful approach, you will discover you can run longer, faster, and harder. This book shows how to align body and mind for success on--and off--the track! Iron Man triathlete and philosophy professor Larry Shapiro coaches you to:

Walk the talk: Get out and run
Practice mindfulness: Train harder
Visualize success: Race the Zen way
Accept and let go: Cope peacefully with injuries and aging

Complete with case studies, testimonials, and training techniques, this guide inspires seasoned runners and first timers alike to pound the path to enlightenment--one stride at a time!

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The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of The Madonnas of Leningrad for a reduced price of $3.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: "A beautifully written, richly layered, and haunting debut novel."

A New York Times Editors' Choice, a #1 Booksense Pick, a Booklist Top Ten Novel, and an American Library Association Notable Book of the Year

Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. An elderly Russian woman now living in America, she cannot hold on to fresh memories—the details of her grown children's lives, the approaching wedding of her grandchild—yet her distant past is miraculously preserved in her mind's eye.

Vivid images of her youth in war-torn Leningrad arise unbidden, carrying her back to the terrible fall of 1941, when she was a tour guide at the Hermitage Museum and the German army's approach signaled the beginning of what would be a long, torturous siege on the city. As the people braved starvation, bitter cold, and a relentless German onslaught, Marina joined other staff members in removing the museum's priceless masterpieces for safekeeping, leaving the frames hanging empty on the walls to symbolize the artworks' eventual return. As the Luftwaffe's bombs pounded the proud, stricken city, Marina built a personal Hermitage in her mind—a refuge that would stay buried deep within her, until she needed it once more. . . .

Includes an excerpt from Debra Dean's The Mirrored World (which is currently also discounted to $1.99).

Unattainable by Leslie P. Garcia from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A lovely journey; the story of two hearts separated by duty and honor. Highly recommended."

Unreachable. Dell Rosales gained her nickname, "inalcansable," or "unreachable,'" the old-fashioned way, earning it with every new rip in her heart.

Unwanted. Dell returns home to salvage her father's ranch by opening the place to a group of girls with problems and pain not unlike her own. With her outlook on love soured - perhaps beyond salvation - she clings to Becky, the tiny little girl whose own mother preferred a life of drugs and men to motherhood.

Unwinnable. Former DEA agent Jovani Treviño has seen that the war isn't winnable: people keep dying. Drugs keep killing them. But pleas for help from the DEA make him agree to one last battle for the good cause - checking out heiress Dell Rosales, whose ranch on the Rio Grande provides a perfect spot for traffickers to cross if she allows them to.

Unattainable. Suspicions, passion, and their respective pasts draw Dell and Jovi into a tumultuous relationship that both must avoid. Love seems distant, foolish to seek - unattainable. When an epic flood threatens not only Dell's ranch but the surrounding area, will anything survive?

Sensuality Level: Behind Closed Doors

Orbus: A Spatterjay Novel by Neal Asher from Night Shade Books ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Borrow this book for free on a Kindle device with Amazon Prime.

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Customer review: "This book is a hugely imaginative, clever, rollicking ball of fun."

This is a follow-up to The Voyage of the Sable Keech, tracing the journey of an Old Captain, Orbus - a sadist in charge of a crew of masochists - to a planetary wasteland called The Graveyard, lying between the Polity and the Prador Kingdom. An ancient war drone by the name of Sniper has stowed away aboard his spaceship, and the purpose of the journey is not entirely what the captain expected. Also heading in the same direction is the Prador king and the Prador Vrell.

Vrell, having been mutated by the Spatterjay virus into something powerful and dangerous, has seized control of a Prador dreadnought, killing much of its crew, and is intent on heading back to the Prador Third Kingdom to exact vengeance on the King of the Prador, who tried to have him killed. All three ships are heading towards a climatic confrontation to The Graveyard, where underlying truths about the virus are revealed and an ancient menace to civilization reappears....

Leonardo's Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci ( H Anna Suh ed) from Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ($2.99) is the Kindle Art Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Here you can browse through the minutiae of a genius' observations about the world around him."

An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international best-seller.

Leonardo da Vinci—artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man—is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man-made world. During his life he created numerous works of art and kept voluminous notebooks that detailed his artistic and intellectual pursuits.

The collection of writings and art in this magnificent book are drawn from his notebooks. The book organizes his wide range of interests into subjects such as human figures, light and shade, perspective and visual perception, anatomy, botany and landscape, geography, the physical sciences and astronomy, architecture, sculpture, and inventions. Nearly every piece of writing throughout the book is keyed to the piece of artwork it describes.

The writing and art is selected by art historian H. Anna Suh, who provides fascinating commentary and insight into the material, making Leonardo's Notebooks an exquisite single-volume compendium celebrating his enduring genius.

Dead (A Lot) by Howard Odentz from Bell Bridge Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 31) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Odentz captures both the comedy as well as the horror of the zombie apocalypse."

Last Friday night, the world changed—and not for the better.

Zombies are among us. School’s out for the foreseeable future, and with Mom and Dad at the lake house, my twin and I are on our own in this mess. Which is fine as long as we can avoid being on the menu.

Tripp Light’s teenage world is suddenly filled with “poxers”—the infected ones, the ones that have the Necropoxy virus. In an entire world gone mad and bad, Tripp’s only hope of survival is to clear a path through zombie land with his sister and head for the hills (aka his aunt’s farm) to rendezvous with his parents.

Success clearly favors the fittest and the fastest. Survival demands the twins make hard, ruthless decisions, but that all changes when Tripp and his twin hear a distress call via the radio. Prianka Patel, a girl Tripp loves to hate, is trapped and surrounded in a bakery. Soon, the twins have quite a collection of misfits and survivors and miles to go before anyone can sleep safely again.

No matter where Tripp looks, everyone everywhere is dead.

Like really dead . . . a lot.

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Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things by Randy Frost, Gail Steketee from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 31)

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Randy Frost and Gail Steketee began to explore the world of hoarding over a decade ago. Here the pair shares vivid and riveting stories from men and women whose lives have been changed by the stuff they've collected-providing an in depth look at how and why we form attachments to objects.

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Audible Daily Deal - A Serpent's Tooth: A Walt Longmire Mystery, Book 9 UNABRIDGED by Craig Johnson (Narrated by George Guidall) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$24.49)

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In this ninth installment in the award-winning and New York Times best-selling Walt Longmire mystery series, the Wyoming sheriff follows his cowboy code of ethics in a religious range war that strikes a little too close to home.
©2013 Craig Johnson (P)2013 Recorded Books

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When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel by Kate Atkinson from Little, Brown and Company/Hachette ($2.99) is the KOBO Daily Deal (January 31)

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On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...

On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...

At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...

These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "an absolute must-read."