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Broken Harbor (Dublin Murder Squad Book 4) by Tana French from Penguin Books ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "If you're looking for a novel that you can lose yourself in for a few days, a book that will 'get you to thinking,' this is it."

Amazon Best Books of the Month, July 2012

An addictive thriller from New York Times bestseller and the acclaimed author of In the Woods and Faithful Place

Tana French’s rise can only be called meteoric. Starting with her award-winning debut, French has scored four consecutive New York Times bestsellers and established herself as one of the top names in the genre. Broken Harbor is quintessential French—a damaged hero, an unspeakable crime, and an intricately plotted mystery—nestled in a timely examination of lives shattered by the global economic downturn.

Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy always brings in the killer. Always. That’s why he’s landed this high-profile triple homicide. At first, he thinks it’s going to be simple, but the murder scene holds terrifying memories for Scorcher. Memories of something that happened there back when he was a boy.

Tana French's newest novel, The Secret Place, will be published by Viking on September 2nd, 2014.

The 'Midnight Sons' series by Debbie Macomber ($0.99 each) from Harlequin MIRA is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 9)

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Into the Out Of by Alan Dean Foster from Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book has fantastic imagery, wonderful and believable characters, and an African myth brought to life."

Earth is being invaded by the shetani—-spirit creatures so small and stealthy that only one man knows about the increasing peril. The potential savior is an African elder named Olkeloki who is capable of fighting evil both in this world and the spirit one. But to be successful he must recruit the help of two others: government agent Joshua Oak and a feisty young woman named Merry Sharrow. Only the three of them can keep the shetani from destroying reality as we know it.

The Pacific War: From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima by Daniel Marston from Atheneum Books for Young Readers ($1.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (August 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I recommend this book especially for anyone interested in WWII."

A new edition of one of the bestselling World War II Osprey titles, The Pacific War Companion brings together the perspectives and insights of world-renowned military historians.

From the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor through the release of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the conflict in the Pacific was marked by amazing tactical innovations, such as those in amphibious warfare, and horrific battles that raged in the unforgiving climate of the island jungles.

Each chapter in this book focuses on a different aspect of this conflict, from the planning of operations to the experiences of the men who were there.

2 books in the 'Threshold ' series by Christa Kinde from Atheneum Books for Young Readers ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 9) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 2 books in the 'Seeds of America' trilogy by Laurie Halse Anderson are $1.99 each.

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Audible Daily Deal - Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High, Second Edition by Kerry Patterson (Narrated by Joseph Grenny) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$14.95)

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The New York Times best seller that changed the way millions communicate is now available in audio.

Perhaps once a decade, a book comes along that transforms people's lives in a very real, measurable way. This is one of them.

Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene 10 years ago and revolutionized the way people communicate when stakes are high, opinions vary, and emotions run strong. Since then, millions of people have learned how to hold effective crucial conversations and have dramatically improved their lives and careers thanks to the methods outlined in this book.

Now, the authors have revised their best-selling classic to provide even more ways to help you take the lead in any tough conversation:

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Prepare for high-stakes conversations
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Crucial Conversations gets you past the hard parts of dialogue and helps you achieve relationships that are real, productive, and that will enrich your life and career.

©2012 McGraw-Hill (P)2012 McGraw-Hill Education

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Fifteen Minutes: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury from Howard Books ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 9)

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, known for her “signature mix of melodrama, formula, and genuine emotional punch” (Publishers Weekly), a dramatic story about character, compromise, and the cost of having it all.

Zack Dylan has a dream. He wants to sing on the biggest stages, for the biggest crowds, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make it come true. But Zack also made a promise to his college sweetheart when he left Kentucky to compete on the popular TV show Fifteen Minutes: If he made it, nothing would change him or his faith in God.

Overnight, Zack becomes the nation’s most popular contestant, a country singer comparable to a young Tim McGraw. As his star rises, Zack is often asked to compromise and quiet his beliefs. Just as he’s on the verge of winning it all, his choices lead him to the brink of personal disaster. Meanwhile, a former Fifteen Minutes winner is searching for meaning amidst her own private losses. Can she warn Zack about the real price of fame? Or will Zack lose everything he loves for his fifteen minutes of glory?

From America’s favorite inspirational novelist, Fifteen Minutes explores the cost of fame and celebrity set against the backdrop of America’s favorite singing competition.

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Follow a Star (Little Spitmarsh Book 2) by Christine Stovell from Choc Lit (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Sometimes your heart’s the only navigator you need

May Starling’s had enough of her demanding career and even more demanding ex. Responding to a ‘crew-wanted’ ad, she follows her dreams of escape only to find herself at sea with red-haired Bill Blythe.

Bill warns May that close-quartered living can create a boiling pot of emotions, but even May is surprised by the heat building up inside the vintage wooden boat. And when May and Bill tie up at Watling’s Boatyard in Little Spitmarsh, May’s determined to test her new-found feelings on dry land.

But May’s dream of escaping her former life is in danger of being swept away when several unwelcome blasts from the past follow her ashore, all seemingly hell-bent on reminding her it’s never that easy to clear the decks.

Second book in the series, follows Turning the Tide.

Master Of War (Master of War 1) by David Gilman from Head of Zeus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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England, 1346: For Thomas Blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasion of France.

As he fights his way across northern France, Blackstone will learn the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfare.

Vastly outnumbered, Edward III's army will finally confront the armoured might of the French nobility on the field of Crécy. It is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of Blackstone's life, a battle that is just the first chapter in a book of legend - Blackstone: Master of War.

The Great Cholesterol Con: The Truth About What Really Causes Heart Disease and How to Avoid It by Dr. Malcom Kendrick from John Blake (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Statins are the so-called "wonder drugs" widely prescribed to lower blood cholesterol levels that claim to offer unparalleled protection against heart disease. Many experts claim that they are completely safe and that they are also capable of preventing a whole series of other conditions.

This groundbreaking study exposes the truth behind the hype surrounding statins and reveals a number of crucial facts, including that high cholesterol levels do not cause heart disease; that high-fat diets—saturated or otherwise—do not affect blood cholesterol levels; and that for most men and all women the benefits offered by statins are negligible at best. Other data is also provided that shows that statins have many more side affects than is often acknowledged.

This hard-hitting survey also points a finger at the powerful pharmaceutical industry and an unquestioning medical profession as perpetrators of the largely facetious concepts of “good” and “bad” cholesterol that are designed to convince millions of people to spend billions on statins.

With clarity and wit, this appeal to common sense and scientific fact debunks common assumptions on what constitutes a healthy lifestyle and diet, as well as the idea that there is a miracle cure for heart disease.

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22 'Dark-Hunter' books by Sherrilyn Kenyon from St. Martin's Press ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 22 'Dark-Hunter' books by Sherrilyn Kenyon are $2.99 each.

Dark Celebration: A Carpathian Reunion (Dark Series Book 17) by Christine Feehan from Jove/Penguin ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Feehan is one of the best paranormal writers on the market, and this book lives up to the hype!"

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

With her erotically charged Carpathian tales, Christine Feehan has enthralled a legion of fans, captivating them with a seductive world and the unforgettable characters-both human and not-who inhabit it. Now, she reunites all of them in a Dark Celebration...

The Magician King (The Magicians 2) by Lev Grossman from Plume/Penguin ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This fantasy book is self-aware, sophisticated, thoughtful, confident, skilled and professional."

Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011

Return to Fillory in the riveting sequel to the New York Times bestseller and literary phenomenon, The Magicians, from the author of the forthcoming The Magician's Land.

Quentin Coldwater should be happy. He escaped a miserable Brooklyn childhood, matriculated at a secret college for magic, and graduated to discover that Fillory—a fictional utopia—was actually real. But even as a Fillorian king, Quentin finds little peace. His old restlessness returns, and he longs for the thrills a heroic quest can bring.

Accompanied by his oldest friend, Julia, Quentin sets off—only to somehow wind up back in the real world and not in Fillory, as they'd hoped. As the pair struggle to find their way back to their lost kingdom, Quentin is forced to rely on Julia's illicitly-learned sorcery as they face a sinister threat in a world very far from the beloved fantasy novels of their youth.

The Longest Day: The Classic Epic of D-Day by Cornelius Ryan from Simon & Schuster ($1.99) is the Kindle History Deal of the Day (August 10) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I highly recommend this book for anyone who has an interest in WWII."

The unparalleled work of history that recreates the battle that changed World War II -- now in a new edition for the 50th anniversary of D-Day.

Newly in print for the first time in years, this is the classic story of the invasion of Normandy, and a book that endures as a masterpiece of living history. A compelling tale of courage and heroism, glow and tragedy, The Longest Day painstakingly recreates the fateful hours that preceded and followed the massive invasion of Normandy to retell the story of an epic battle that would turn the tide against world fascism and free Europe from the grip of Nazi Germany.

For this new edition of The Longest Day, the original photographs used in the first 1959 edition have been reassembled and painstakingly reproduced, and the text has been freshly reset. Here is a book that is a must for any follower of history, as well as for anyone who wants to better understand how free nations prevailed at a time when darkness enshrouded the earth.

Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel by Harlan Coben from Speak/Penguin ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 10 ) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is full of interesting characters, suspenseful secrets, and twists and turns that will keep those pages flying."

The stunning young adult debut from international bestseller Harlan Coben

Mickey Bolitar's year can't get much worse. After witnessing his father's death and sending his mom to rehab, he's forced to live with his estranged uncle Myron and switch high schools. Fortunately, he's met a great girl, Ashley, and it seems like things might finally be improving. But then Ashley vanishes. Mickey follows Ashley's trail into a seedy underworld that reveals that Ashley isn't who she claimed to be. And neither was Mickey's father. Soon Mickey learns about a conspiracy so shocking that it leaves him questioning everything about the life he thought he knew.

First introduced to readers in Harlan Coben's novel Live Wire Mickey Bolitar is as quick-witted and clever as his uncle Myron, and eager to go to any length to save the people he cares about.

Follow Mickey Bolitar on his next adventure in Seconds Away!

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Audible Daily Deal - The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Narrated by Ralph Cosham) for $0.99 (Regular Price:$9.95)

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“One morning, as Gregor Samsa was waking up from anxious dreams, he discovered that in bed he had been changed into a monstrous verminous bug.”

With this startling, bizarre, yet surprisingly funny first sentence, Kafka begins his masterpiece, The Metamorphosis. It is the story of a young traveling salesman who, transformed overnight into a giant, beetle-like insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. Rather than being surprised at the transformation, the members of his family despise it as an impending burden upon themselves.

A harrowing - though absurdly comic - meditation on human feelings of inadequacy, guilt, and isolation, The Metamorphosis has taken its place as one of the most widely read and influential works of 20th-century fiction. As W. H. Auden wrote, “Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man.”

FRANZ KAFKA (1883–1924), one of the major fiction writers of the twentieth century, was born to a middle-class German-speaking Jewish family in Prague. His unique body of writing, much of which is incomplete and was mainly published posthumously, is considered by some people to be among the most influential in Western literature, inspiring such writers as Albert Camus, Rex Warner, and Samuel Beckett.

© Public Domain (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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The Strange Case of Dr Terry and Mr Chimes by Terry Chimes from Crux Publishing ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 10)

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Terry Chimes always felt there were two sides to him. He lived the rock and roll lifestyle as a drummer and founding member of The Clash to then walk away from the music business and become one of the leading chiropractors and doctors of alternative medicine. It's a candid and inspiring autobiography with stories of his childhood to wild times on the road to starting a brand new career.

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Romancing the Soul by Sarah Tranter from Choc Lit (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Your Soul Mate is out there! Let a past life lead the way

Rachael Jones hasn’t exactly chosen an average career path. She’s a ‘past-life regressionist’ and is now hoping to help her clients find their Soul Mates through reconnecting them with their past lives. But despite her best intentions, there are problems. Rachael made the mistake of regressing her best friend, Susie Morris, who has since been haunted by events that occurred in her past life.

When Susie meets Hollywood actor, George Silbury in unlikely circumstances, she is completely unprepared for her reactions. There’s an intense mutual attraction that neither can explain nor ignore.

Can George help Susie to overcome the sense of desolation she feels as the result of her past-life regression or will history’s habit of repeating itself ruin all chances of her finding happiness?

The Chisellers by Brendan O'Carroll from The O'Brien Press (£1.29) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The second book in the Agnes Browne trilogy, the basis for the BAFTA-award winning TV series Mrs Brown’s Boys.

Continuing the hilarious saga of the ups and downs, minor scrapes and major run-ins of the seven children of Agnes Browne, The Mammy of the bestselling novel of the same name. Full of joy, humour, pathos and the raw vernacular of the Dublin streets.

Agnes Browne and her seven 'chisellers' take on the world … and win!

It's three years since Redser's death and Agnes Browne soldiers on, being mother, father and referee to her fighting family of seven. Helped out financially by her eldest, and hormonally by the amorous Pierre, Agnes copes with family tragedy, success and the move from the Jarro to the 'wilds of the country' -- suburban Finglas.

And when the family's dreams are threatened by an unscrupulous gangster he learns a costly lesson -- don't mess with the children of Agnes Browne!

With a new introduction by the author, Brendan O’Carroll.

Digital Disruption: Unleashing the Next Wave of Innovation by James McQuivey from Amazon (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The barriers to entry in your market just vanished. Unexpected competitors are swarming in. Are you ready?
You always knew digital was going to change things, but you didn’t realize how close to home it would hit. In every industry, digital competitors are taking advantage of new platforms, tools, and relationships to undercut competitors, get closer to customers, and disrupt the usual ways of doing business. The only way to compete is to evolve.

James McQuivey of Forrester Research has been teaching people how to do this for over a decade. He’s gone into the biggest companies, even in traditional industries like insurance and consumer packaged goods, and changed the way they think about innovation. Now he’s sharing his approach with you.

McQuivey will show you how Dr. Hugh Reinhoff of Ferrokin BioSciences disrupted the pharmaceutical industry, streamlining connections with doctors and regulators to bring molecules to market far faster—and then sold out for $100 million. How Charles Teague and his team of four people created Lose It!, a weight loss application that millions have adopted, achieving rapid success and undermining titans like Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig in the process.

Regardless of your background and industry, you can learn how to be a digital disruptor too. First, adopt the right mindset: Take risks, invest as cheaply as possible, and build on existing platforms to find the fastest path to solving a customer’s problem.

Second, seek the “adjacent possible”—the space just next to yours where new technology creates opportunity. That’s how Benjamin Rubin and Paolo DePetrillo of Zeo created a $100 sleep monitor that does much of what you’d get from a $3,000 sleep lab visit.

Finally, disrupt yourself. Use these tools to make parts of your business obsolete before your competitors do. That’s what Tim FitzRandolph did at Disney, creating a game that shot to the top of the app store charts.

With the tools in this book you can assess your readiness, learn the disruptive mindset, and innovate rapidly, starting right within your own business.

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I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius by Robert Graves from RosettaBooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The book is easy to read and extremely entertaining; I highly recommend it to anyone with a love of history and political intrigue."

Once a rather bookish young man with a limp and a stammer, a man who spent most of his time trying to stay away from the danger and risk of the line of ascension, Claudius seemed an unlikely candidate for Emperor. Yet, on the death of Caligula, Claudius finds himself next in line for the throne, and must stay alive as well as keep control.

Drawing on the histories of Plutarch, Suetonius, and Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, noted historian and classicist Robert Graves tells the story of the much-maligned Emperor Claudius with both skill and compassion. Weaving important themes throughout about the nature of freedom and safety possible in a safety and a monarchy, Graves’ Claudius is both more effective and more tragic than history typically remembers him.

A best-selling novel and one of Graves’ most successful, I, Claudius has been adapted to television, film, theatre, and audio.

If Wishes Were Earls: Rhymes With Love by Elizabeth Boyle from Avon/HarperCollins ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is an engaging story with plenty of well developed secondary characters and story lines."

When you wish upon an earl . . .

Harriet Hathaway has only ever wanted one man: the Earl of Roxley. After a passionate interlude at a house party, Harriet is convinced Roxley will do the right thing and propose. But when she returns to London, she finds the roguish earl on the verge of proposing to another.

Yet Harriet refuses to believe that her hopes of a happily-ever-after are completely lost—for she can see the desire still flickering in the earl’s eyes when he looks at her from across the dance floor. And when they are alone . . . there is one wish neither can deny.

. . . the most extraordinary things can happen

The Earl of Roxley is in a dangerous fix—and to keep Harriet safe, he must hold her at arm’s length. He won’t entangle her in the murderous mystery that is threatening to destroy his family and his future. But keeping Harriet Hathaway out of his troubles proves as impossible as it is to keep the determined beauty from stealing his heart.

Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out of the Deep Woods by Jeff Lemire from Vertigo ($2.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book has a fascinating, unique concept with amazing characters and artwork that perfectly conveys the mood of the story."

Following on the heels of The Nobody, his Vertigo graphic novel debut, writer/artist Jeff Lemire pens his very first ongoing series Sweet Tooth. A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, Sweet Tooth tells the story of Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, has been raised in isolation following an inexplicable pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father he's left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find 'The Preserve' a refuge for hybrids.

This unique and haunting new series is written and illustrated by Eisner-nominated creator Lemire (The Essex County Trilogy) and colored by fellow Eisner nominee Jose Villarubia.

Home Front Girl: A Diary of Love, Literature, and Growing Up in Wartime America by Joan Wehlen Morrison from Chicago Review Press ($2.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An interesting and engaging snapshot of 1930s/40s life."

Wednesday, December 10, 1941

“Hitler speaks to Reichstag tomorrow. We just heard the first casualty lists over the radio. . . . Lots of boys from Michigan and Illinois. Oh my God! . . . Life goes on though. We read our books in the library and eat lunch, bridge, etc. Phy. Sci. and Calculus. Darn Descartes. Reading Walt Whitman now.”

This diary of a smart, astute, and funny teenager provides a fascinating record of what an everyday American girl felt and thought during the Depression and the lead-up to World War II. Young Chicagoan Joan Wehlen describes her daily life growing up in the city and ruminates about the impending war, daily headlines, and major touchstones of the era—FDR’s radio addresses, the Lindbergh kidnapping, Goodbye Mr. Chips and Citizen Kane, Churchill and Hitler, war work and Red Cross meetings. Included are Joan’s charming doodles of her latest dress or haircut reflective of the era.

Home Front Girl is not only an entertaining and delightful read but an important primary source—a vivid account of a real American girl’s lived experiences.

Gazpacho for Nacho by Tracey C. Kyle and Carolina Farías (Illustrator) from Two Lions ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A well-written rhyming tale for young foodies."

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

Age Level: 5 - 9 | Grade Level: 1st - 4th

Nacho likes to eat only one thing—gazpacho! Gazpacho for breakfast, gazpacho for lunch, gazpacho for dinner, for snacks, and for brunch. Nacho won’t even try other dishes—until he discovers miles and piles of mouthwatering vegetables at the market.

This lively rhyming story, sprinkled with Spanish, will delight little chefs. A recipe for Gazpacho and a Spanish glossary are included.

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Audible Daily Deal - The Second Ship: The Rho Agenda, Book 1 by Richard Phillips (Narrated by MacLeod Andrews) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$11.95)

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In 1948, an alien starship crash-landed in the New Mexico desert and brought with it the key to mankind’s future. Code-named the Rho Project, the landing was shrouded in secrecy, and only the highest-ranking US government and military personnel knew it existed. Until now.

The US president is preparing to unveil one of the nation’s greatest secrets when three students stumble across the wreckage of a second ship outside of Los Alamos. With a single touch, the alien technology the government has spent untold resources trying to unlock is uploaded into the minds of three teenagers — teenagers who now know the frightening truth about the Rho Project.

The battle for humanity has begun.

©2012 Richard Phillips (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

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Zero Fade by Chris L Terry from Curbside Splendor Publishing ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 12)

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Break out your walkman, and take a trip back to inner-city Virginia during the 90s hip-hop era.

Seventh grader Kevin Phifer desperately wants a fade, is crushing on a classmate, trying to get the bullies at school off his back and feels betrayed when his cool Uncle Paul comes out to the family in this thought provoking and witty coming of age novel from Chris L. Terry about the power of words.

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The Midwife of Hope River: A Novel of an American Midwife by Patricia Harman from William Morrow Paperbacks ($1.99) is the KOBO Daily Deal (August 12)

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Midwife Patience Murphy has a gift: a talent for escorting mothers through the challenges of bringing children into the world. Working in the hardscrabble conditions of Appalachia during the Depression, Patience takes the jobs that no one else wants, helping those most in need—and least likely to pay. She knows a successful midwifery practice must be built on a foundation of openness and trust—but the secrets Patience is keeping are far too intimate and fragile for her to ever let anyone in.

Honest, moving, and beautifully detailed, Patricia Harman's The Midwife of Hope River rings with authenticity as Patience faces nearly insurmountable difficulties. From the dangerous mines of West Virginia to the terrifying attentions of the Ku Klux Klan, Patience must strive to bring new light and life into an otherwise hard world.

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The Second Chance Café (A Hope Springs Novel) by Alison Kent from Montlake Romance (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Growing up, Kaylie Flynn was shuffled from foster home to foster home before being welcomed into Winton and May Wise’s family. It was May who taught Kaylie the comfort of home, and the healing power of baking the perfect brownie. Years later, May leaves Kaylie the money she needs to open her own café in the charming Victorian house they once shared. Now back in Hope Springs, Kaylie’s determined to finally make all her dreams a reality—and unearth answers to lingering questions about her past.

Soon, however, Kaylie’s carefully laid plans take an unexpected turn. The house needs far more work than she realized, and Tennessee Keller, the carpenter Kaylie hires, is proving to be a very handsome and very unneeded distraction from her quest to uncover the truth about her parents. When a crisis threatens to destroy everything she’s worked so hard to build, Kaylie must decide where her heart lies: with the ghosts of her past or the love and promise of her future.

Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree by Santa Montefiore from Simon & Schuster UK (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Spoilt, wilful, resourceful and proud, Sofia Solanas grows up on a magnificent ranch in the middle of the Argentine pampas, loved by all around her. All, that is, except her Irish mother, Anna, who punishes her daughter for her own sense of alienation and inadequacy while doting on her sons. When a horrified Anna discovers that Sofia has embarked on a passionate love affair that can only bring shame upon the family, she sends Sofia away to Europe, inadvertently exiling her from her family and the man she loves for over twenty years. And then a family tragedy calls Sofia home.

Following the story of the Solanas family in Argentina during the tumultous years of political upheaval, and Sofia's life in exile, MEET ME UNDER THE OMBU TREE is a moving, evocative and unforgettable story of love and forgiveness from a brilliant new voice.

The 7 Secrets of Happiness: An Optimist's Journey by Gyles Brandreth from Short Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (August 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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'Marvellous, brilliant, wonderful, best thing I've ever heard, transformational...' Grace Surman @GraceSurman

That was the response from a total stranger when Gyles Brandreth delivered the Happiness Lecture at Birmingham University in June 2013. Someone else in the thousand-strong audience tweeted: 'The 7 Secrets of Happiness are amazing. Thank you Gyles Brandreth, wherever you are.'

Well, Gyles Brandreth is here now with those 7 Secrets of Happiness. The secrets are simple rules, easy to remember, but challenging to achieve. Gyles Brandreth found them when he set out on a journey looking for happiness and ended up in the psychiatrist's chair - with Dr Anthony Clare.

What is happiness? Who gets to be happy? And how? These are the big questions that Gyles Brandreth aims to answer in this little book. Research (from Manchester University and University College, London) shows that happy people live up to ten years longer than unhappy people. This is a book that won't simply enhance your life: it will extend it.

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When the daughter of a prominent politician and her boyfriend disappear, officials suspect foul play. Seasoned inspector Francisco Bermejo and rookie brainiac Pablo Roncero team up to investigate, but their hope for an open-and-shut case quickly crumbles. They are on the trail of a serial killer—one whose motivations are as mysterious as the horrific, elaborate tableaus he leaves behind as clues. Bermejo and Roncero must overcome their differences, a byzantine bureaucracy, and the distraction of a beautiful journalist as they race across Spain in pursuit of the murderer. They can only guess where he will strike next—and with the gruesome game the killer's playing, guesswork is not nearly good enough.

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A bloodthirsty evil stalks the Connor Clan…

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Born to the shape-shifting dragon king of Ippa, twin brothers Karadur and Tenjiro share an ancestry but not a bloodline. Only Karadur carries dragon blood, destined to one day become a dragon and rule the kingdom.

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Age Level: 8 - 12 | Grade Level: 3 - 7

When the four Stanley children meet Amanda, their new stepsister, they’re amazed to learn that she studies witchcraft. They’re stunned to see her dressed in a strange costume, carrying a pet crow and surrounded by a pile of books about the supernatural.

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Legend has it that a ghost cut the head off of a wooden cupid on the stairway. Has the ghost returned to strike again?