FREE/BARGAIN - General and Historical Fiction, Literature - 2015

[issybird]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Not something that I personally possess, but yes, the word is certainly still used. It's the garment that Americans call a "vest" (a word which has an entirely different meaning in British English).

That's a word that took me right out of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl when I read it as a young girl. Anne said that her mother and sisters had only three vests between them and I couldn't picture women wearing vests. Of course had I known that vest meant undershirt, I still would have found it odd that women were wearing undershirts.

[bfisher]

On sale today at Amazon Canada for $CDN 1.99
The Quiet Gentleman (Regency Romances) by Georgette Heyer
(there are several other Regency Romances on sale as well)

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B005343RRQ

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by issybird

That's a word that took me right out of Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl when I read it as a young girl. Anne said that her mother and sisters had only three vests between them and I couldn't picture women wearing vests. Of course had I known that vest meant undershirt, I still would have found it odd that women were wearing undershirts.

My sisters wore vests when they were little - I guess that dates me

[mitford13]

Under the Hog: A Novel of Richard III by Patrick Carleton is on sale for Kindle at .99

http://smile.amazon.com/Under-Hog-No...dp/B017MLWBPG/

I'd been recommended this as a 'lesser-known' classic of historical fiction several years ago but paper copies have been scarce/expensive. First published in 1937, now re-issued by Albion Press, Endeavour's new imprint. Cheap enough for me to give it a shot...

[bfisher]

On sale today at Amazon Canada for $CDN 1.99
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala, a novel about a child soldier in an un-named West African civil war


http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000UVBT04

From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. Iweala's visceral debut is unrelenting in its brutality and unremitting in its intensity. Agu, the precocious, gentle son of a village schoolteacher father and a Bible-reading mother, is dragooned into an unnamed West African nation's mad civil war—a slip of a boy forced, almost overnight, to shoulder a soldier's bloody burden. The preteen protagonist is molded into a fighting man by his demented guerrilla leader and, after witnessing his father's savage slaying, by an inchoate need to belong to some kind of family, no matter how depraved. He becomes a killer, gripped by a muddled sense of revenge as he butchers a mother and daughter when his ragtag unit raids a defenseless village; starved for both food and affection, he is sodomized by his commandant and rewarded with extra food scraps and a dry place to sleep. The subject of the 23-year-old novelist's story—Iweala is American born of Nigerian descent—is gripping enough. But even more stunning is the extraordinarily original voice with which this tale is told. The impressionistic narration by a boy constantly struggling to understand the incomprehensible is always breathless, often breathtaking and sometimes heartbreaking. Its odd singsong cadence and twisted use of tense take a few pages to get used to, but Iweala's electrifying prose soon enough propels a harrowing read.

[bfisher]

Originally Posted by mitford13

Under the Hog: A Novel of Richard III by Patrick Carleton is on sale for Kindle at .99

http://smile.amazon.com/Under-Hog-No...dp/B017MLWBPG/

I'd been recommended this as a 'lesser-known' classic of historical fiction several years ago but paper copies have been scarce/expensive. First published in 1937, now re-issued by Albion Press, Endeavour's new imprint. Cheap enough for me to give it a shot...

Thanks. I shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist , also at Amazon Canada for $CDN 0.99
http://www.amazon.ca/Under-Hog-Novel.../dp/B017MLWBPG

[mitford13]

Originally Posted by bfisher

Thanks. I shouldn't have, but I couldn't resist ...[/url]

Ah well, the .99 ones barely count!

[Froide]

Originally Posted by bfisher

On sale today at Amazon Canada for $CDN 1.99
Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala, a novel about a child soldier in an un-named West African civil war


http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B000UVBT04

From Publishers Weekly:
Starred Review. Iweala's visceral debut is unrelenting in its brutality and unremitting in its intensity. Agu, the precocious, gentle son of a village schoolteacher father and a Bible-reading mother, is dragooned into an unnamed West African nation's mad civil war—a slip of a boy forced, almost overnight, to shoulder a soldier's bloody burden. The preteen protagonist is molded into a fighting man by his demented guerrilla leader and, after witnessing his father's savage slaying, by an inchoate need to belong to some kind of family, no matter how depraved. He becomes a killer, gripped by a muddled sense of revenge as he butchers a mother and daughter when his ragtag unit raids a defenseless village; starved for both food and affection, he is sodomized by his commandant and rewarded with extra food scraps and a dry place to sleep. The subject of the 23-year-old novelist's story—Iweala is American born of Nigerian descent—is gripping enough. But even more stunning is the extraordinarily original voice with which this tale is told. The impressionistic narration by a boy constantly struggling to understand the incomprehensible is always breathless, often breathtaking and sometimes heartbreaking. Its odd singsong cadence and twisted use of tense take a few pages to get used to, but Iweala's electrifying prose soon enough propels a harrowing read.

FYI, the movie adaptation (starring Idris Elba) is on Netflix. Furthermore:

Netflix's Beasts of No Nation has started a war with the multiplexes
Bill Brownstein, Montreal Gazette
Published on: November 10, 2015

[Ashartus]

The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell (Book 8 of the Last Kingdom/Saxon Chronicles) is $1.99 on Kobo, at least in Canada: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/eb...eries-book-8-1

I believe the deal is at Amazon and Google too.

[peachiekene]

Originally Posted by Ashartus

The Empty Throne by Bernard Cornwell (Book 8 of the Last Kingdom/Saxon Chronicles) is $1.99 on Kobo, at least in Canada: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-ca/eb...eries-book-8-1

I believe the deal is at Amazon and Google too.

[Little.Egret]

A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire (The Otto Prohaska Novels) by John Biggins

WW1, Submarines that ran on gasoline !

In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.

This series of historical novels is really good though the Kindle prices are not cheap.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E8AMQA/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005E8AMQA/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005E8AMQA/

Free in at least Canada and UK

[Apache]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire (The Otto Prohaska Novels) by John Biggins

WW1, Submarines that ran on gasoline !

In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.

This series of historical novels is really good though the Kindle prices are not cheap.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E8AMQA/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005E8AMQA/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005E8AMQA/

Free in at least Canada and UK

Your link for Amazon US shows $8.69. The following link shows as free.
http://www.amazon.com/Sailor-Austria...sap_bc?ie=UTF8
Apache

[Little.Egret]

Originally Posted by Apache

Your link for Amazon US shows $8.69. The following link shows as free.
http://www.amazon.com/Sailor-Austria...sap_bc?ie=UTF8
Apache

Can anyone explain when both URLs have ASIN B005E8AMQA ?

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

A Sailor of Austria: In Which, Without Really Intending to, Otto Prohaska Becomes Official War Hero No. 27 of the Habsburg Empire (The Otto Prohaska Novels) by John Biggins

WW1, Submarines that ran on gasoline !

In this ironic, hilarious, and poignant story, Otto Prohaska is a submarine captain serving the almost-landlocked Austro-Hungarian Empire. He faces a host of unlikely circumstances, from petrol poisoning to exploding lavatories to trigger-happy Turks. All signs point to the total collapse of the bloated empire he serves, but Otto refuses to abandon the Habsburgs in their hour of need.

This series of historical novels is really good though the Kindle prices are not cheap.


http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005E8AMQA/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005E8AMQA/
http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B005E8AMQA/

Free in at least Canada and UK

Free in US, too.

This is a wonderful book (and wonderful series).

[koland]

Originally Posted by Little.Egret

Can anyone explain when both URLs have ASIN B005E8AMQA ?

Price was fluctuating among different Amazon servers. Stabilized to free ...