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The Yellow Birds: A Novel by Kevin Powers from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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Amazon Best Books of the Month, Debut Spotlight, September 2012

A novel written by a veteran of the war in Iraq, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive.

"The war tried to kill us in the spring." So begins this powerful account of friendship and loss. In Al Tafar, Iraq, twenty-one-year old Private Bartle and eighteen-year-old Private Murphy cling to life as their platoon launches a bloody battle for the city. Bound together since basic training when Bartle makes a promise to bring Murphy safely home, the two have been dropped into a war neither is prepared for.

In the endless days that follow, the two young soldiers do everything to protect each other from the forces that press in on every side: the insurgents, physical fatigue, and the mental stress that comes from constant danger. As reality begins to blur into a hazy nightmare, Murphy becomes increasingly unmoored from the world around him and Bartle takes actions he could never have imagined.

With profound emotional insight, especially into the effects of a hidden war on mothers and families at home, The Yellow Birds is a groundbreaking novel that is destined to become a classic.

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The Art of Fielding: A Novel by Chad Harbach from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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Amazon Best Books of the Month, September 2011

At Westish College, a small school on the shore of Lake Michigan, baseball star Henry Skrimshander seems destined for big league stardom. But when a routine throw goes disastrously off course, the fates of five people are upended.

Henry's fight against self-doubt threatens to ruin his future. College president Guert Affenlight, a longtime bachelor, has fallen unexpectedly and helplessly in love. Owen Dunne, Henry's gay roommate and teammate, becomes caught up in a dangerous affair. Mike Schwartz, the Harpooners' team captain and Henry's best friend, realizes he has guided Henry's career at the expense of his own. And Pella Affenlight, Guert's daughter, returns to Westish after escaping an ill-fated marriage, determined to start a new life.

As the season counts down to its climactic final game, these five are forced to confront their deepest hopes, anxieties, and secrets. In the process they forge new bonds, and help one another find their true paths. Written with boundless intelligence and filled with the tenderness of youth, The Art of Fielding is an expansive, warmhearted novel about ambition and its limits, about family and friendship and love, and about commitment--to oneself and to others.

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We Need New Names: A Novel by NoViolet Bulawayo from Reagan Arthur Books is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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A remarkable literary debut -- shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize! The unflinching and powerful story of a young girl's journey out of Zimbabwe and to America.

Darling is only ten years old, and yet she must navigate a fragile and violent world. In Zimbabwe, Darling and her friends steal guavas, try to get the baby out of young Chipo's belly, and grasp at memories of Before. Before their homes were destroyed by paramilitary policemen, before the school closed, before the fathers left for dangerous jobs abroad.

But Darling has a chance to escape: she has an aunt in America. She travels to this new land in search of America's famous abundance only to find that her options as an immigrant are perilously few. NoViolet Bulawayo's debut calls to mind the great storytellers of displacement and arrival who have come before her-from Junot Diaz to Zadie Smith to J.M. Coetzee-while she tells a vivid, raw story all her own.

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Then We Came to the End: A Novel by Joshua Ferris from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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Amazon Best of the Month Spotlight Title, April 2007

No one knows us quite the same way as the men and women who sit beside us in department meetings and crowd the office refrigerator with their labeled yogurts. Every office is a family of sorts, and the ad agency Joshua Ferris brilliantly depicts in his debut novel is family at its strangest and best, coping with a business downturn in the time-honored way: through gossip, pranks, and increasingly frequent coffee breaks.

With a demon's eye for the details that make life worth noticing, Joshua Ferris tells a true and funny story about survival in life's strangest environment--the one we pretend is normal five days a week.

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The Maid's Version: A Novel by Daniel Woodrell from Little, Brown and Company is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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An Amazon Best Book of the Month, September 2013 (also a Big Fall Books Preview 2013 selection)

The American master's first novel since Winter's Bone (2006) tells of a deadly dance hall fire and its impact over several generations.

Alma DeGeer Dunahew, the mother of three young boys, works as the maid for a prominent citizen and his family in West Table, Missouri. Her husband is mostly absent, and, in 1929, her scandalous, beloved younger sister is one of the 42 killed in an explosion at the local dance hall. Who is to blame? Mobsters from St. Louis? The embittered local gypsies? The preacher who railed against the loose morals of the waltzing couples? Or could it have been a colossal accident?

Alma thinks she knows the answer-and that its roots lie in a dangerous love affair. Her dogged pursuit of justice makes her an outcast and causes a long-standing rift with her own son. By telling her story to her grandson, she finally gains some solace-and peace for her sister. He is advised to "Tell it. Go on and tell it"-tell the story of his family's struggles, suspicions, secrets, and triumphs.

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Eight Books in the 'In Death' Series by J.D. Robb from Berkley/Penguin ($1.99 Each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Eight Books in the 'In Death' Series by J.D. Robb are $1.99 Each.

White Trash Beautiful by Teresa Mummert from Gallery Books/Simon and Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day ((January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A spellbound and beautiful love story, this will get under your skin and into your heart from practically the first page!"

A word-of-mouth bestseller that’s captivating readers with its honesty, grit, and headstrong heroine, White Trash Beautiful is a story for anyone who has ever felt trapped in life, cheated by love—and longed for something more . . .

Cass Daniels isn’t waiting for her knight in shining armor. She knows that girls like her don’t get a happily ever after. Not if you live in a trailer with your mom, work at a greasy spoon diner, and get leered at by old men. Maybe that’s why she puts up with Jackson—her poor excuse for a boyfriend, who treats her like dirt. Cass has learned to accept her lot in life. That is, until he walks into her diner. . . .

His name is Tucker White, and he’s different from any man Cass has ever known. Tall, tattooed, and bad-ass gorgeous, he’s the lead singer of the rock band Damaged. From the moment they meet, Tucker sees something in Cass he just can’t shake. Something beautiful. Something haunted. Something special. And he’s determined to find out what it is—if only he can get her to open up and let him in. . . .

Alien: The Official Movie Novelization by Alan Dean Foster from Titan Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book made the movie complete! It filled in a lot of gaps and even had parts in it that were cut from the movie."

The official novelization of the famous Alien movie with Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley!

The crew of the Nostromo, a commercial deep-space mining ship, investigates a mysterious signal. Landing on planet LV-426, they discover a massive extraterrestrial and a nest of strange eggs. They bring back to the ship an Alien which, as it grows, stalks and picks off the crew, one-by-one, until only Ellen Ripley remains.

50 Shades of Rust by Tom Cotter from Motorbooks ($2.99) is the Kindle Automotive Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "If you are into classic cars and the thrill of the hunt, this compilation of stories and adventures should be right in your wheelhouse!"

101 barn-find tales sure to entice any car collector.

In recent years, the quest to find and restore forgotten automotive gems has generated a cult-like following - a very large cult-like following. So large, in fact, that the subject of automotive archaeology has inspired an entire genre of television programs, including Counting Cars, Desert Car Kings, Chasing Classic Cars, One of a Kind, What's My Car Worth?, and numerous others.

Author Tom Cotter is at the forefront of this movement with his In the Barn series, a line of books that inspired many of the above-mentioned television programs. 50 Shades of Rust collects 90-plus of the all-time best barn-find stories. Each story is accompanied by photographs from the scenes of the finds, creating a heavily illustrated book unlike any barn-find book yet published.

Earth Girl (Earth Girl series Book 1) by Janet Edwards from Pyr ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "With an inspirational heroine who is strong of heart and mind and terrific world-building, this is great YA science fiction."

Age Level: 12 and up | Grade Level: 7 and up

A sensational YA science fiction debut from an exciting new British author!

Just because she's confined to the planet, doesn't mean she can't reach for the stars.

2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. Eighteen-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can't travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. She's an "ape," a "throwback," but this is one ape girl who won't give in.

Jarra makes up a fake military background for herself and joins a class of norms who are on Earth for a year of practical history studies excavating the dangerous ruins of the old cities. She wants to see their faces when they find out they've been fooled into thinking an ape girl was a norm. She isn't expecting to make friends with the enemy, to risk her life to save norms, or to fall in love.

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My Autobiography by Charlie Chaplin from Melville House is $1.99 (Amazon US)

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“The best autobiography ever written by an actor. An astonishing work.” —Chicago Tribune

Chaplin’s heartfelt and hilarious autobiography tells the story of his childhood, the challenge of identifying and perfecting his talent, his subsequent film career and worldwide celebrity.

In this, one of the very first celebrity memoirs, Chaplin displays all the charms, peculiarities and deeply-held beliefs that made him such an endearing and lasting character.

Re-issued as part of Melville House’s Neversink Library, My Autobiography offers dedicated Chaplin fans and casual admirers alike an astonishing glimpse into the the heart and the mind of Hollywood’s original genius maverick.

Take this unforgettable journey with the man George Bernard Shaw called “the only genius to come out of the movie industry” as he moves from his impoverished South London childhood to the heights of Hollywood wealth and fame; from the McCarthy-era investigations to his founding of United Artists to his “reverse migration” back to Europe, My Autobiography is a reading experience not to be missed.

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Robots and Empire by Isaac Asimov from Hamilton Books is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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THE CLASSIC ROBOT NOVEL

Long after his humiliating defeat at the hands of Earthman Elijah Baley, Keldon Amadiro embarked on a plan to destroy planet Earth.

But even after his death, Baley's vision continued to guide his robot partner, R. Daneel Olivaw, who had the wisdom of a great man behind him and an indestructable will to win....

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Nine popular books (£0.99 - £1.19 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Nine popular books are £0.99 - £1.19 each only

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Seven Books by Debut Authors ($2.99 Each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, Seven Books by Debut Authors, $2.99 Each.

The 'Slaughter Creek' Series by Rita Herron ($1.99 each) from Montlake Romance is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 5)

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Today only, the 'Slaughter Creek' Series by Rita Herron are $1.99 Each.

Customer review: "Full of mystery, love, evil, and above all hope, this series is terrific, edge-of-your-seat romantic suspense."

Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland by Jeff Janoda from Chicago Review Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "With characters who are bound by loyalty, kinship, and the Law, this absorbing fantasy brings 10th century Iceland brilliantly to life."

This retelling of the ancient Saga of the People of Eyri is a modern classic. Absolutely gripping and compulsively readable, Booklist said this book, "does what good historical fiction is supposed to do: put a face on history that is recognizable to all." And medieval expert Tom Shippey, writing for the Times Literary Supplement said, "Sagas look like novels superficially, in their size and layout and plain language, but making their narratives into novels is a trick which has proved beyond most who have tried it. Janoda's Saga provides a model of how to do it: pick out the hidden currents, imagine how they would seem to peripheral characters, and as with all historical novels, load the narrative with period detail drawn from the scholars. No better saga adaptation has been yet written."

Paris Letters by Janice MacLeod from Sourcebooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Biographies & Memoirs Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is recommended to fans of memoirs, armchair travelers, Francophiles, or anyone who has imagined giving up a life of desk-bound duty for adventure."

Finding love and freedom in a pen, a paintbrush...and Paris

How much money does it take to quit your job?

Exhausted and on the verge of burnout, Janice poses this questions to herself as she doodles on a notepad at her desk. Surprisingly, the answer isn't as daunting as she expected. With a little math and a lot of determination, Janice cuts back, saves up, and buys herself two years of freedom in Europe.

A few days into her stop in Paris, Janice meets Christophe, the cute butcher down the street—who doesn't speak English. Through a combination of sign language and franglais, they embark on a whirlwind Paris romance. She soon realizes that she can never return to the world of twelve-hour workdays and greasy corporate lingo. But her dwindling savings force her to find a way to fund her dreams again. So Janice turns to her three loves—words, art, and Christophe—to figure out a way to make her happily-ever-after in Paris last forever.

Breathe, Annie, Breathe by Miranda Kenneally from Sourcebooks Fire ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An emotionally compelling examination of love and loss, this will make you want to embrace the things that make life worth living!"

From the bestselling author of Catching Jordan comes a brand new contemporary YA you won't forget.

The finish line is only the beginning...

Annie hates running. No matter how far she jogs, she can't escape the guilt that if she hadn't broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory, she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race.

But the training is even more grueling than Annie could have imagined. Despite her coaching, she's at war with her body, her mind-and her heart. With every mile that athletic Jeremiah cheers her on, she grows more conflicted. She wants to run into his arms...and sprint in the opposite direction. For Annie, opening up to love again may be even more of a challenge than crossing the finish line.

"Breathe, Annie, Breathe is an emotional, heartfelt, and beautiful story about finding yourself after loss and learning to love. It gave me so many feels. Her best book yet." — Jennifer L. Armentrout, New York Times bestselling author of Wait for You

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Audible Daily Deal - Year of No Sugar: A Memoir by Eve O. Schaub, w/ Hillary Huber & John Lee (Narrators) for $3.95

Publisher's Summary

Where is your sugar coming from? Most likely everywhere. Sure, it's in ice cream and cookies, but what scared Eve O. Schaub was the secret world of sugar - hidden in bacon, crackers, salad dressing, pasta sauce, chicken broth, and baby food.

With her eyes open by the work of obesity expert Dr. Robert Lustig and others, Eve challenged her husband and two school-age daughters to join her on a quest to eat no added sugar for an entire year. Along the way, Eve uncovered the real costs of our sugar-heavy American diet including diabetes, obesity, and increased incidences of health problems such as heart disease and cancer.

The stories, tips, and recipes she shares throw fresh light on questionable nutritional advice we've been following for years and show that it is possible to eat at restaurants and go grocery shopping - with less and even no added sugar.

©2014 Eve O. Schaub ; (P)2014 Tantor

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The Bone Season: A Novel by Samantha Shannon from Bloomsbury USA ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 5)

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Enter the world of Paige Mahoney, a gifted clairvoyant, a “dreamwalker,� in the year 2059. Her natural talents are considered treasonous under the current regime. Snatched away to a secret prison, she encounters another race, the Rephaim, creatures who wish to control the powers of Paige and those like her. One in particular will be assigned as her keeper, her trainer. But his motives are mysterious. To regain her freedom, Paige must learn to trust, in the prison where she is meant to die.

The e-book of the New York Times bestseller now includes an exclusive sneak peek at the second book in the series, The Mime Order.

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The Black Prism (Lightbringer Book 1) by Brent Weeks from Orbit is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most powerful man in the world. He is high priest and emperor, a man whose power, wit, and charm are all that preserves a tenuous peace. But Prisms never last, and Guile knows exactly how long he has left to live: Five years to achieve five impossible goals.

But when Guile discovers he has a son, born in a far kingdom after the war that put him in power, he must decide how much he's willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.

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The Amtrak Wars: First Family: The Talisman Prophecies Part 2 by Patrick Tilley from Bloomsbury Reader ($1.99 on Amazon US, CDN$ 2.35 on Amazon CA)

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Hundreds of years after civilisation has been destroyed by nuclear war, the Earth is divided between the Trackers of the Amtrak Federation – a community living in vast subterranean cities – and the Mutes, who have evolved to withstand the radiation that has driven their foes underground. A long war for possession of the overground has killed and enslaved many of the Mutes, leaving only the Plainfolk to resist the Federation.

After escaping from the clan M’Call in his handmade glider, wingman Steve Brickman expects a hero’s welcome from his fellow Trackers. Kidnapped on his first mission above ground by the Mutes, he has spent the last five months under the enforced tutelage of Mr Snow, clan M’Call’s wise and magically gifted wordsmith. The months have also garnered a friendship with Cadillac, Mr Snow’s protégé, a dawning love of the beautiful Clearwater, and a realisation that the Mutes are not the sub-humans that his masters would have him believe.

But instead of a happy homecoming, he receives suspicion and interrogation. Still officially ‘dead’ until he receives the proper clearance, Brickman must face long hours of speculation and questioning at the hands of the First Family. Only the chance of seeing his kin-sister Roz – with whom he shares a psychic connection – offers any comfort.

He is soon drawn into the complicated world of AMEXICO, a top-secret intelligence force where nothing is as it seems, and Brickman must face the reality that everything he has believed in could be false. If the First Family have lied to them about the Mutes, then what else have they been covering up? Is there really any harmful radiation left in the blue-sky world at all?

Split by a terrible division of loyalties, what will Brickman choose? The world he knows of order and duty? Or the new life glimpsed through his love for Clearwater? Either way, his role in the Mute prophesy of the Talisman is far from over.

First Family, first published in 1985, is the second instalment of Patrick Tilley’s internationally best selling science fiction epic, The Amtrak Wars Saga.

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Saga: A Novel of Medieval Iceland by Jeff Janoda from Chicago Review Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 5) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Thanks, finally decided to splurge on this one, since it's pretty Relevant To My Interests. (Ironically, even though the author is Canadian, this is not available as an e-book in Canada.)