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Dust Angel by Jutta Profijt from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "What a fun read! I read it in one sitting…the characters were varied, there was drama and humor, with a little romance thrown in".

Losing her posh advertising job, her boyfriend, and her apartment all in the same morning has left Corinna Leyendecker with a massive mess where her life should be. She tries to get things back on track, but with a mountain of red tape between her and unemployment assistance and a string of disastrous job interviews under her belt, it’s clear that following the rules is getting her nowhere. So she decides to start doing things her way…

With the help of a quirky friend—and some unconventional branding—Corinna launches her own business: an elite cleaning service for wealthy men. And business is booming…until the day she finds a dead homeless man in the house of a fussy new client. As usual, Corinna’s instinct is to clean up, but body disposal isn’t easy, especially when you’re juggling work, friendships, media attention, and a nasty flu. It’s going to take more than a little elbow grease to finish this dirty job and come out clean.

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos from HarperCollins (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A New York Times best seller, this is an enchanting novel about the accidents that shape our lives.

Behind the Candelabra: My Life With Liberace by Scott Thorson from Head of Zeus (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Biography Daily Deal (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Liberace's lover tells all: the good, the bad and the ugly truths about the legendary entertainer.

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Raylan: A Novel by Elmore Leonard from William Morrow ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A thrilling contemporary western for fans of the hit TV show Justified."

With more than forty novels to his credit and still going strong, the legendary Elmore Leonard has well earned the title, “America’s greatest crime writer” (Newsweek). And U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Pronto, Riding the Rap, Fire in the Hole) is one of Leonard’s most popular creations, thanks in part to the phenomenal success of the hit TV series “Justified.”

Leonard’s Raylan shines a spotlight once again on the dedicated, if somewhat trigger-happy lawman, this time in his familiar but not particularly cozy milieu of Harlan County, Kentucky, where the drug dealing Crowe brothers are branching out into the human body parts business.

Suspenseful, darkly wry and riveting, and crackling with Leonard’s trademark electric dialogue, Raylan is prime Grand Master Leonard as you have always loved him and always will.

Sweet Gone South by Alicia Hunter Pace from Crimson Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "I absolutely loved this clever and charming Southern romance."

Chocolatier Lanie Heaven has good friends, a booming business, and the adoration of the citizens of Merritt, Alabama. But she also has a secret. After the devastating breakup with her long time college boyfriend, she lost a baby and the hope of ever having a child - the thing she desires above all else.

Though still grief-stricken eighteen months after the accident that killed his wife and best friend, Judge Luke Avery is lonely for the company of someone other than his three-year-old daughter, Emma.

When Luke moves into the apartment above Lanie’s candy shop, Lanie and Emma fall in love at first sight and Luke finds himself along for the ride. It’s so easy for the three of them to slip into a life as sweet as the candy in Lanie’s shop.

But when Emma calls Lanie “Mommy,” Luke realizes things have gone too far; he has to propose to Lanie or walk away. He isn’t ready for marriage, but engaged isn’t married. Lanie eagerly accepts but as the evidence stacks up, she must accept that Luke’s love is not equal to her own.

Can Luke find a way to slay his demons before the sweet life they have created goes completely south?

Sensuality Level: Sensual

Nightwings by Robert Silverberg from Open Road Media Iconic Ebooks ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A thrilling, post-apocalyptic story about a planet on the brink of destruction."

Robert Silverberg’s enduring classic about one man’s journey to find salvation for a planet on the brink of destruction

“Roum is a city built on seven hills. They say it was a capital of man in one of the earlier cycles. I knew nothing of that, for my guild was Watching, not Remembering.”

For a thousand years, mankind has lived under the threat of invasion from an alien race. After the oceans rose and the continents were reshaped, people divided into guilds—Musicians, Scribes, Merchants, Clowns, and more. The Watchers wander the earth, scouring the skies for signs of enemies from the stars. But during one Watcher’s journey to the ancient city of Roum with his companion, a Flier named Avluela, a moment of distraction allows the invaders to advance. When the Watcher finally sounds the alarm, it’s too late; the star people are poised to conquer all. And so, with the world in turmoil, the Watcher sets out alone for the Hall of the Rememberers, keepers of the past, where humanity’s last hope for survival might be hidden . . .

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Robert Silverberg including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the author’s personal collection.

Sketchy (The Bea Catcher Chronicles) by Olivia Samms from Skyscape ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (July 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An honest and imaginative thriller that artfully combines elements of mystery with the supernatural."

Bea's life has been a mess ever since she got kicked out of private school and sent to rehab. Now clean, Bea is starting over at Packard High School, in a city shaken from two assaults on young women. The latest victim, Willa Pressman-the one who survived-doesn't remember a thing. But Bea has a disturbing new "skill": she can see-and then draw-images from other people's minds. And when she looks at Willa, Bea is shocked by what she sketches. Bea might be the only one who knows Willa's secrets-and who can take down the killer before he strikes again.

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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford Series #1) by Charles Todd from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 15)

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The year is 1916. Bess Crawford returns as a nurse from the Great War aboard the hospital ship Brittanic. Aboard the ship, she befriends a wounded Lieutenant, promising to deliver a message to his family. Bess fulfills her duty, unwittingly placing herself in grave danger.

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A Duty to the Dead (Bess Crawford Series #1) by Charles Todd is $1.99 (Amazon US)

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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific by Paul Theroux (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is $2.51

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In one of his most exotic and breathtaking journeys, the intrepid traveler Paul Theroux ventures to the South Pacific, exploring fifty-one islands by collapsible kayak.

Beginning in New Zealand’s rain forests and ultimately coming to shore thousands of miles away in Hawaii, Theroux paddles alone over isolated atolls, through dirty harbors and shark-filled waters, and along treacherous coastlines.

This exhilarating tropical epic is full of disarming observations and high adventure.

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Rural Affair by Catherine Alliott (Sourcebooks Landmark) is $2.99

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WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE HUSBAND SHE’S LOATHED FOR YEARS SUDDENLY DIES?

Poppy Shilling may have fantasized about her boring husband slipping on ice on his way to get the paper or contracting malaria from a mosquito bite, but she never imagined Phil would leave her so suddenly. When a freak cycling accident takes out her Lycra—wearing husband, Poppy can’t help but feel relieved rather than distraught.

But when a mysterious visitor arrives after the funeral bearing secrets about her husband, Poppy quickly learns that Phil was not exactly the man she thought he was—and she might not be the woman she thought she was, either.

International bestselling author Catherine Alliott crafts an endearing and quirky “what if” story that will make your heart sing as you follow Poppy on her unforgettable journey.

The Last Telegram by Liz Trenow (Sourcebooks Landmark) is $2.99

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We all make mistakes. Some we can fix.

But what happens when we can’t?

Decades ago, as Nazi planes dominated the sky, Lily Verner made a terrible choice. She’s tried to forget, but now an unexpected event pulls her back to the 1940s British countryside. She finds herself remembering the brilliant colors of the silk she helped to weave at her family’s mill, the relentless pressure of the worsening war, and the kind of heartbreaking loss that stops time.

In this evocative novel of love and consequences, Lily finally confronts the disastrous decision that has haunted her all these years. The Last Telegram uncovers the surprising truth about how the stories we weave about our lives are threaded with truth, guilt, and forgiveness.

One Week Girlfriend: A Novel by Monica Murphy (Bantam) is $0.99

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Breakout sensation Monica Murphy takes the New Adult genre by storm with the deeply emotional, completely addicting story of Drew and Fable.

Temporary. That’s the word I’d use to describe my life right now. I’m temporarily working double shifts—at least until I can break free. I’m temporarily raising my little brother—since apparently our actual mother doesn’t give a crap about either of us. And I always end up as nothing but the temporary girlfriend—the flavor of the week for every guy who’s heard the rumor that I give it up so easily.

At least Drew Callahan, college football legend and local golden boy, is upfront about it. He needs someone to play the part of his girlfriend for one week. In exchange for cash. As if that’s not weird enough, ever since he brought me into his world, nothing really makes sense. Everyone hates me. Everyone wants something from him. And yet the only thing Drew seems to want is . . . me.

I don’t know what to believe anymore. Drew is sweet, sexy, and hiding way more secrets than I am. All I know is, I want to be there for him—permanently.

The Chocolate Thief (Amour et Chocolat) by Laura Florand (Kensington Books) is $1.99

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Paris
Breathtakingly beautiful, the City of Light seduces the senses, its cobbled streets thrumming with possibility. For American Cade Corey, it’s a dream come true, if only she can get one infuriating French chocolatier to sign on the dotted line. . .

Chocolate
Melting, yielding yet firm, exotic, its secrets are intimately known to Sylvain Marquis. But turn them over to a brash American waving a fistful of dollars? Jamais. Not unless there’s something much more delectable on the table. . .

Stolen Pleasure
Whether confections taken from a locked shop or kisses in the dark, is there anything sweeter?

Daughters of the North by Sarah Hall (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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In this stunning novel, Sarah Hall imagines a new dystopia set in the not-too-distant future.

England is in a state of environmental crisis and economic collapse. There has been a census, and all citizens have been herded into urban centers. Reproduction has become a lottery, with contraceptive coils fitted to every female of childbearing age.

A girl who will become known only as “Sister” escapes the confines of her repressive marriage to find an isolated group of women living as “un-officials” in Carhullan, a remote northern farm, where she must find out whether she has it in herself to become a rebel fighter.

Provocative and timely, Daughters of the North poses questions about the lengths women will go to resist their oppressors, and under what circumstances might an ordinary person become a terrorist.

Includes an excerpt from Sarah Hall’s new book The Beautiful Indifference (also $2.99).

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‘Black Water Rising: A Novel’ by Attica Locke (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist (Mystery/Thriller)
Edgar Award Nominee (Best First Novel)
The Orange Prize for Fiction (Shortlist)

Writing in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Scott Turow, Attica Locke, a powerful new voice in American fiction, delivers a brilliant thriller — and the Booklist “Best Debut Crime Novel of 2009” — that readers will not soon forget.

Porter is hardly the lawyer he set out to be. His most promising client is a low-rent call girl and he runs his fledgling law practice out of a dingy strip mall. But he’s long since made peace with not living the American Dream and carefully tucked away his darkest sins: the guns, the FBI file, the trial that nearly destroyed him.

Houston, Texas, 1981. It is here that Jay believes he can make a fresh start. That is, until the night in a boat out on the bayou when he impulsively saves a woman from drowning – and opens a Pandora’s box. Her secrets put Jay in danger, ensnaring him in a murder investigation that could cost him his practice, his family, and even his life. But before he can get to the bottom of a tangled mystery that reaches into the upper echelons of Houston’s corporate power brokers, Jay must confront the demons of his past.

With pacing that captures the reader from the first scene through an exhilarating climax, Black Water Rising marks the arrival of an electrifying new talent.

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The Storyteller of Marrakesh: A Novel by Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya from Alma Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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In Marrakesh, the storyteller Hassan recreates the disappearance of two foreigners in the square. But is Hassan himself part of the mystery

The Drop of the Dice by Philippa Carr from Open Road Media (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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1715 England is a dangerous place to be a woman in love. When Clarissa loses her heart to a Jacobite rebel, she enters a world of scandal and treachery.

Road to Rouen by Ben Hatch from Headline (£1.49) is the Amazon UK Kindle Travel Writing Daily Deal (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Funny and poignant, this book follows Ben's calamitous journey through France.

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Deadly Stakes: A Novel (Ali Reynolds) by J.A. Jance from Touchstone ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A complex murder mystery filled with suspense and intrigue."

A thrilling mystery from New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance starring Ali Reynolds, who finds herself working against the police to clear two innocent names…with deadly stakes.

In Deadly Stakes, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is contacted to investigate the grisly murder of a gold-digging divorcee on behalf of a woman accused of the crime. Lynn Martinson is dating the dead woman’s ex-husband, and she and her boyfriend Chip Ralston have been charged.

Ali is simultaneously drawn to the case of A.J. Sanders, a frightened teen with secrets of his own. He’s the first to find the body in the Camp Verde desert when he goes to retrieve a mysterious buried box hidden by his absent father—a box that turns out to be filled with hundreds of thousands of dollars in poker chips.

When the body of an ex-con is discovered near the first crime scene, Ali struggles to determine if A.J. and Lynn’s cases are related. Though her friends in the police department grow increasingly irritated by her involvement with the cases, Ali must stop a deadly killer from claiming another victim…before she herself is lost in this game of deadly stakes.

42 exciting romance novels (Entangled: Indulgence/Macmillan) are $0.99 each as the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, save on 42 exciting romance novels.

Damocles by S.G. Redling from 47North ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A compelling novel about man’s first contact with an extraterrestrial race"

When Earth is rocked by evidence that extraterrestrials may have seeded human DNA throughout the universe, a one-way expedition into deep space is mounted to uncover the truth. What linguist Meg Dupris and her crewmates aboard the Earth ship Damocles discover on Didet—a planet bathed in the near-eternal daylight of seven suns—is a humanoid race with a different language, a different look, and a surprisingly similar society.

But here, it’s the “Earthers” who are the extraterrestrial invaders, and it’s up to Meg—a woman haunted by tragedy and obsessed with the power of communication—to find the key to establishing trust between the natives and the newcomers. In Loul Pell, a young Dideto male thrust into the forefront of the historic event, Meg finds an unexpected kindred spirit, and undertakes an extraordinary journey of discovery, friendship, and life-altering knowledge.

Told from both sides of a monumental encounter, Damocles is a compelling novel about man’s first contact with an extraterrestrial race.

Freight Train by Donald Crews from Skyscape ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (July 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A beautifully illustrated must-read for young lovers of trains."

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

In powerful words and vibrant illustrations, Donald Crews evokes the essence of inexorably rolling wheels, so that even a child not lucky enough to have counted freight cars will feel he has watched a freight train passing.

A book truly for the youngest child -- and for every one of us who has been that child.

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What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen from Penguin ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 16)

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In all her novels, Sarah Dessen (The Moon and More) weaves compelling stories of characters so real they could be you. After Mclean Sweet's parents divorced, she's moved to four different towns, each time trying out a new persona to try to leave her unhappy past behind. But when it comes time to be herself, will she know who exactly that is?

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What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antoinette by Sena Jeter Naslund (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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Marie Antoinette was a child of fourteen when her mother, the Empress of Austria, arranged for her to leave her family and her country to become the wife of the fifteen-year-old Dauphin, the future King of France.

Coming of age in the most public of arenas — eager to be a good wife and strong queen — she warmly embraces her adopted nation and its citizens. She shows her new husband nothing but love and encouragement, though he repeatedly fails to consummate their marriage and in so doing is unable to give what she and the people of France desire most: a child and an heir to the throne.

Deeply disappointed and isolated in her own intimate circle, and apart from the social life of the court, she allows herself to remain ignorant of the country’s growing economic and political crises, even as poor harvests, bitter winters, war debts, and poverty precipitate rebellion and revenge. The young queen, once beloved by the common folk, becomes a target of scorn, cruelty, and hatred as she, the court’s nobles, and the rest of the royal family are caught up in the nightmarish violence of a murderous time called “the Terror.”

With penetrating insight and with wondrous narrative skill, Sena Jeter Naslund offers an intimate, fresh, heartbreaking, and dramatic reimagining of this truly compelling woman that goes far beyond popular myth — and she makes a bygone time of tumultuous change as real to us as the one we are living in now.

Talking to the Dead by Barbara Weisberg (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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A fascinating story of spirits and conjurors, skeptics and converts in the second half of nineteenth century America viewed through the lives of Kate and Maggie Fox, the sisters whose purported communication with the dead gave rise to the Spiritualism movement – and whose recanting forty years later is still shrouded in mystery.

In March of 1848, Kate and Maggie Fox – sisters aged 11 and 14 – anxiously reported to a neighbor that they had been hearing strange, unidentified sounds in their house. From a sequence of knocks and rattles translated by the young girls as a “voice from beyond,” the Modern Spiritualism movement was born.

Talking to the Dead follows the fascinating story of these two girls who were catapulted into an odd limelight after communicating with spirits that March night. Within a few years, tens of thousands of Americans were flocking to seances. An international movement followed. Yet thirty years after those first knocks, the sisters shocked the country by denying they had ever contacted spirits. Shortly after, the sisters once again changed their story and reaffirmed their belief in the spirit world.

Weisberg traces not only the lives of the Fox sisters and their family (including their mysterious Svengali–like sister Leah) but also the social, religious, economic and political climates that provided the breeding ground for the movement. While this is a thorough, compelling overview of a potent time in US history, it is also an incredible ghost story.

Baker Towers by Jennifer Haigh (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Bakerton is a community of company houses and church festivals, of union squabbles and firemen’s parades. Its neighborhoods include Little Italy, Swedetown, and Polish Hill.

For its tight-knit citizens — and the five children of the Novak family — the 1940s will be a decade of excitement, tragedy, and stunning change.

Baker Towers is a family saga and a love story, a hymn to a time and place long gone, to America’s industrial past, and to the men and women we now call the Greatest Generation. It is a feat of imagination from an extraordinary voice in American fiction, a writer of enormous power and skill.

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank (Harper Perennial) is $2.99

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“Alas, Babylon.” Those fateful words heralded the end.

When a nuclear holocaust ravages the United States, a thousand years of civilization are stripped away overnight, and tens of millions of people are killed instantly.

But for one small town in Florida, miraculously spared, the struggle is just beginning, as men and women of all backgrounds join together to confront the darkness.

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Open Road Media) is $2.99

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One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston.

Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature.

Theirs Was the Kingdom (Swann Family Saga) by R. F. Delderfield (Sourcebooks Landmark) is $2.99

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The eagerly awaited reissue of the second novel in R. F. Delderfield’s classic God Is an Englishman series

Theirs Was the Kingdom is a stirring saga of England in the late 19th century, as the Industrial Revolution takes hold, forever changing the landscape of England and her people. The 1880s in England were a laissez-faire decade of national optimism and prosperity, of rampant colonialism, typhoid epidemics, and a Diamond Jubilee.

This follow-up novel to God Is an Englishman continues the saga of the Victorian giant of commerce Adam Swann, his tough-minded wife Henrietta, and their five children. This prolific tale records the triumphs and tragedies of a memorable family and a nation at the height of its imperial power.

A beloved novel by a beloved author, Theirs Was the Kingdom is a luminous historical novel of a family’s fortune and a nation’s destiny.

The End of the Wasp Season: A Novel (Alex Morrow) by Denise Mina (Reagan Arthur Books) is $1.99

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When a notorious millionaire banker hangs himself, his death attracts no sympathy. But the legacy of a lifetime of selfishness is widespread, and the carnage most acute among those he ought to be protecting: his family.

Meanwhile, in a wealthy suburb of Glasgow, a young woman is found savagely murdered. The community is stunned by what appears to be a vicious, random attack. When Detective Inspector Alex Morrow, heavily pregnant with twins, is called in to investigate, she soon discovers that a tangled web of lies lurks behind the murder. It’s a web that will spiral through Alex’s own home, the local community, and ultimately right back to a swinging rope, hundreds of miles away.

THE END OF THE WASP SEASON is an accomplished, compelling and multi-layered novel about family’s power of damage-and redemption.

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Dust Angel by Jutta Profijt from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Scarlett helps the paranormal communities of LA stay hidden, but when the LAPD uncover her secret she must solve a grisly murder to keep her identity.

Chocolate for Two by Maria Murnane from Amazon (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Waverly’s dream wedding is in jeopardy when she takes on her fiancé's high-society mother.

The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen from Icon Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Business Daily Deal (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A performance specialist visits 'Gold Mines' of talent and discusses patterns in high performance.

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Anything You Want by Derek Sivers from The Domino Project ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "An inspiring book about building a successful business by following your passions."

Best known for creating CD Baby, the most popular music site for independent artists, founder Derek Sivers chronicles his “accidental” success and failures into this concise and inspiring book on how to create a multi-million dollar company by following your passion. In Anything You Want, Sivers details his journey and the lessons learned along the way of creating CD Baby and building a business close to his heart. “[Sivers is] one of the last music-business folk heroes,” says Esquire magazine. His less-scripted approach to business is refreshing and will educate readers to feel empowered to follow their own dreams. Aspiring entrepreneurs and others trying to make their own way will be particularly comforted by Sivers straight talk and transparency -a reminder that anything you want is within your reach.

Bride by Mistake by Marilyn Shank from Montlake Romance ($0.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A sweet, smart, romantic comedy with thoroughly engaging characters."

If Meg O’Malley could play pretend fiancée to any man on the planet, there’s no question she’d choose Zach Addison. She had a huge crush on him back in high school, though he barely noticed her. To this day, she still compares every man she dates to him. So how could she refuse when her identical twin, Liza, asks Meg to take her place in a fake engagement to Zach (even if Meg is already practically engaged to someone else)?

Zach only “proposed” to his friend Liza in order to please his ailing grandmother during her final days. In reality, his heart is still healing from a nasty divorce. But the longer he pretends at romance, the more he finds himself really falling in love. The problem is, Zach doesn’t know he’s actually head over heels for Meg. And having been burned by a bride once before (his ex said she loved him but really just loved his money), Zach may commit to permanent bachelorhood when he learns he’s been duped again.

Sweet and heartfelt, Bride by Mistake is a smart, romantic comedy that finds out whether two wrongs can make a right.

The Bone Triangle (Unspeakable Things: Book Two) by B. V. Larson from 47North ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A mysterious fantasy novel with just the right blend of noir and suspense."

When twenty something Jacqueline Swanson mysteriously goes missing in Las Vegas, supernatural crime investigator Quentin Draith is hired to investigate. Determined, Draith immerses himself in the darkest corners of the city’s underworld, unveiling a string secrets and bizarre deaths.

The deeper he digs, the more otherworldly his assignment gets. Assassins, human and otherwise, put a target on Draith’s head. An old foe ignites a storm of mad science. And a ravenous beast rampages through the city.

The clues point Draith to Sin City’s infamous “Bone Triangle,” a neighborhood marked for its dark happenings and disappearances. And when Draith finds that the daughter’s disappearance may be linked to an alien plot against the city, he goes all in to make a final high-stakes play to save the city he loves.

Little Blog on the Prairie by Cathleen Davitt Bell from Bloomsbury USA Childrens ($2.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (July 17) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A funny, engaging, and sweet story about a disastrous family vacation."

Camp Frontier promises families the "thrill" of living like 1890s pioneers. Gen will be thrilled if she survives the summer stuck in a cabin with her family and no modern amenities. But ever the savvy teen, Gen sneaks in a phone and starts texting about camp life. Turns out, there are some good points-like the cute boy who lives in the next clearing. But when her texts go viral as a blog and a TV crew arrives, Gen realizes she may have just ruined the best vacation she's ever had.

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A Vote of Confidence (Sisters of Bethlehem Springs Series #1) by Robin Lee Hatcher from Zondervan ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 17)

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Guinevere Arlington knows how tough it is to be a woman in a man's world. Living in 1915 Idaho, she's carved out a busy life in the town of Bethlehem Springs. Her passion for her community prompts her to run for mayor, and though the political game is more than she expected, she's definitely the woman for the job.

Fun fact: Idaho gave women the right to vote in 1896, 24 years before the 19th Amendment extended that right to all American women.

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Crunch Time: A Novel of Suspense (Goldy Schulz) by Diane Mott Davidson (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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No one cooks up a tastier stew of murder, mystery, and mayhem than New York Times bestselling author Diana Mott Davidson. Entertainment Weekly calls her “today’s foremost practitioner of the culinary whodunit.”

When the rental house shared by chef Yolanda Garcia and her irrepressible aunt Ferdinanda is destroyed by arson, the pair moves in with cop-turned-PI Ernest McLeod. But then Ernest is shot dead and his house is set on fire, nearly killing Yolanda, Ferdinanda, and their good friend, Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz, along with nine beagle puppies that Ernest had recently rescued from a puppy mill.

Concerned for her friends, Goldy invites them to stay with her. But even her house isn’t safe. After a failed break-in and the discovery of a second body, the intrepid Goldy decides to swap her chef’s hat for a sleuthing cap. Now she’s got to move fast because it’s crunch time and a killer is getting dangerously close.

A Carrion Death (Detective Kubu) by Michael Stanley (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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Smashed skull, snapped ribs, and a cloying smell of carrion. Leave the body for the hyenas to devour — no body, no case.

But Kalahari game rangers stumble on the human corpse mid-meal. The murder wasn’t perfect after all. Enter Detective David “Kubu” Bengu of the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department, an investigator whose personality and physique match his moniker, the Setswana word for hippopotamus — which is a seemingly docile beast, but one of the deadliest, and most persistent, on the continent.

Beneath a mountain of lies and superstitions, Kubu uncovers a chain of crimes leading to the most powerful figures in the country — cold-bloodedly efficient and frighteningly influential enemies who can make anyone who gets in their way disappear.

Labor Day by Joyce Maynard (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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With the end of summer closing in and a steamy Labor Day weekend looming in the town of Holton Mills, New Hampshire, 13-year-old Henry – lonely, friendless, not too good at sports – spends most of his time watching television, reading, and daydreaming about the soft skin and budding bodies of his female classmates.

For company, Henry has his long-divorced mother, Adele – a onetime dancer whose summer project was to teach him how to foxtrot; his hamster, Joe; and awkward Saturday-night outings to Friendly’s with his estranged father and new stepfamily. As much as he tries, Henry knows that even with his jokes and his “Husband for a Day” coupon, he still can’t make his emotionally fragile mother happy.

Adele has a secret that makes it hard for her to leave their house, and seems to possess an irreparably broken heart. But all that changes on the Thursday before Labor Day, when a mysterious bleeding man named Frank approaches Henry and asks for a hand. Over the next five days, Henry will learn some of life’s most valuable lessons: how to throw a baseball, the secret to perfect piecrust, the breathless pain of jealousy, the power of betrayal, and the importance of putting others – especially those we love – above ourselves. And the knowledge that real love is worth waiting for.

In a manner evoking Ian McEwan’s Atonement and Nick Hornby’s About a Boy, acclaimed author Joyce Maynard weaves a beautiful, poignant tale of love, sex, adolescence, and devastating treachery as seen through the eyes of a young teenage boy – and the man he later becomes – looking back at an unexpected encounter that begins one single, long, hot, life-altering weekend.

If Today Be Sweet by Thrity Umrigar (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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The recent death of her beloved husband, Rustom, has taken its toll on Tehmina Sethna. Now, while visiting her son, Sorab, in his suburban Ohio home, she is being asked to choose between continuing her old life in India and starting a new one in this unfamiliar country with her son, his American wife, and their child.

Her destiny is uncertain, and soon the plight of two troubled young children next door will force the most difficult decision she has ever faced. Ultimately the journey is one that Tehmina must travel alone.

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The Two Princesses of Bamarre (Enchanted) by Gail Carson Levine (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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A kingdom beset by monsters . . .
A disease that weakens and destroys . . .
An epic poem and a hero of long ago . . .
A story of danger and desperation.

The Two Princesses of Bamarre couldn’t be more different. Princess Addie is fearful and shy. Her deepest wish is for safety. Princess Meryl is bold and brave. Her deepest wish is to save the kingdom of Bamarre. They are sisters, and they mean the world to each other.

Then disaster strikes, and Addie — terrified and unprepared — sets out on a perilous quest. In her path are monsters of Bamarre: ogres, specters, gryphons, and dragons. Addie must battle them, but time is running out, and the sister’s lives — and Barmarre’s fate — hang in the balance.

Gail Carson Levine left her mark on fantasy with her well-loved 1998 Newbery Honor book Ella Enchanted ($2.49). Now she has created another shimmering and tapestried landscape of fantasy and fairies.

Bamarre and the journeys of its two princesses will burn themselves into the minds of readers, and all will relish this moving saga about two sisters groping their way toward heroism.

The Thirteenth Princess by Diane Zahler (HarperCollins) is $1.99

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Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Zita is not an ordinary servant girl — she’s the thirteenth daughter of a king who wanted only sons. When she was born, Zita’s father banished her to the servants’ quarters to work in the kitchens, where she can only communicate with her royal sisters in secret.

Then, after Zita’s twelfth birthday, the princesses all fall mysteriously ill. The only clue is their strangely worn and tattered shoes. With the help of her friends — Breckin the stable boy, Babette the witch, and Milek the soldier — Zita follows her bewitched sisters into a magical world of endless dancing and dreams. But something more sinister is afoot — and unless Zita and her friends can break the curse, the twelve princesses will surely dance to their deaths.

A classic fairy tale with a bold twist, The Thirteenth Princess tells the unforgettable story of a magical castle, true love, spellbound princesses — and the young girl determined to save them all.

Life After Theft by Aprilynne Pike (HarperTeen) is $1.99

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“Listen, Jeff. ” She said my name like it was a bad word. “You don’t get it. I’m dead. Ask anyone. I’ve been stuck here and no one has been able to see or hear me but you.”

Aprilynne Pike, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Wings series, shines in this stand-alone novel that offers a humorous twist on ghosts and is perfect for fans of Ally Carter, Rachel Hawkins, and Kiersten White.

Kimberlee Schaffer may be drop-dead gorgeous . . . but she also dropped dead last year. Now she needs Jeff’s help with her unfinished business, and she’s not taking no for an answer. When she was alive, Kimberlee wasn’t just a mean girl; she was also a complete kleptomaniac. So if Jeff wants to avoid being haunted until graduation, he’ll have to help her return all of the stolen items. But Jeff soon discovers that it’s much easier to steal something than it is to bring it back.

Paying for your mistakes takes on a whole new meaning in this hauntingly clever twist on The Scarlet Pimpernel.

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Eye Of The Needle by Ken Follett (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Winner of the 1979 Edgar Award for Best Novel

One enemy spy knows the secret to the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin -- code name: "The Needle" -- who holds the key to ultimate Nazi victory.

Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is beginning to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life.

All will come to a terrifying conclusion in Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and the dangerous machinations of the human heart.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes from AmazonCrossing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Annabel discovers her neighbour’s decomposing body, she sets out to find the truth. A deeply disturbing and powerful thriller.

Beautiful Sacrifice by Elizabeth Lowell from William Morrow (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Romance Daily Deal (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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A passionate and suspensful novel that follows archaeologist Elizabeth on her quest to South America to recover priceless artifacts.

The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda, and America's War in Arabia by Gregory D Johnsen from Oneworld Publications (£1.79) is the Amazon UK Kindle History Daily Deal (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Based on years of research, Yemen expert Johnsen offers the first account of Al-Qaedaʼs explosive growth in the country.

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The Great Santini by Pat Conroy from Open Road Media ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A captivating and unflinching portrayal of modern family life."

The bestselling Pat Conroy novel—now available as an ebook

The moving portrait of a son’s struggle to escape the iron fist of his volatile military father

Marine Colonel Bull Meecham commands his home like a soldiers’ barracks. Cold and controlling but also loving, Bull has complicated relationships with each member of his family—in particular, his eldest son, Ben. Though he desperately seeks his father’s approval, Ben is determined to break out from the Colonel’s shadow. With guidance from teachers at his new school, he strives to find the courage to stand up to his father once and for all.

Inspired by Conroy’s own relationship with his father, The Great Santini is a captivating and unflinching portrayal of modern family life and a moving story of a son becoming a man.

Summer Days (Fool's Gold) by Susan Mallery from HQN Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A heartfelt contemporary romance that with make you laugh and tug on your heartstrings.""

If Meg O’Malley could play pretend fiancée to any man on the planet, there’s no question she’d choose Zach Addison. She had a huge crush on him back in high school, though he barely noticed her. To this day, she still compares every man she dates to him. So how could she refuse when her identical twin, Liza, asks Meg to take her place in a fake engagement to Zach (even if Meg is already practically engaged to someone else)?

Zach only “proposed” to his friend Liza in order to please his ailing grandmother during her final days. In reality, his heart is still healing from a nasty divorce. But the longer he pretends at romance, the more he finds himself really falling in love. The problem is, Zach doesn’t know he’s actually head over heels for Meg. And having been burned by a bride once before (his ex said she loved him but really just loved his money), Zach may commit to permanent bachelorhood when he learns he’s been duped again.

Sweet and heartfelt, Bride by Mistake is a smart, romantic comedy that finds out whether two wrongs can make a right.

The Godling Chronicles: The Sword of Truth (Book 1) by Brian D. Anderson from Mythos Press ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A thrilling fantasy adventure with incredibly engaging characters."

Darkness comes as a new power rises in Angrääl. The Dark Knight has betrayed the Gods and stolen The Sword of Truth, trapping them in heaven. With the power of the Sword he can reshape the world and bring death to all who oppose him. Only one thing stands between the darkness and the light. Gewey Stedding. Only he has the power to stand against the oncoming storm. Only he can mend the world. But only if he can discover his power....

A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand from Sourcebooks Fire ($2.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (July 18) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "I absolutely loved this sharp, quirky, and insanely hilarious examination of teen angst."

When your best friend is just a tiny bit psychotic, you should never actually believe him when he says, "Trust me. This is gonna be awesome."

Of course, you probably wouldn't believe a voodoo doll could work either. Or that it could cause someone's leg to blow clean off with one quick prick. But I've seen it. It can happen.

And when there's suddenly a doll of YOU floating around out there—a doll that could be snatched by a Rottweiler and torn to shreds, or a gang of thugs ready to torch it, or any random family of cannibals (really, do you need the danger here spelled out for you?)—well, you know that's just gonna be a really bad day ...

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Liz Weston on Personal Finance (Collection) by Liz Weston from Pearson Education ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (July 18)

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MSN columnist Liz Weston has helped countless people take control of their finances. Today, you can take advantage of her best money advice with 4 of her best books bundled together at a price that can't be beat -- possibly the best investment you can make in your financial future.

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America’s Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation by Kenneth C. Davis (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Kenneth C. Davis, author of the phenomenal New York Times bestseller Don’t Know Much About History, presents a collection of extraordinary stories, each detailing an overlooked episode that shaped the nation’s destiny and character. Davis’s dramatic narratives set the record straight, busting myths and bringing to light little-known but fascinating facts from a time when the nation’s fate hung in the balance.

Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration in 1789, America’s Hidden History details these episodes, among others:

The story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists
The coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella, who suggested that Columbus pack the moving mess hall of pigs that may have spread disease to many Native Americans
The long, bloody relationship between the Pilgrims and Indians that runs counter to the idyllic scene of the Thanksgiving feast
The little-known story of George Washington as a headstrong young soldier who committed a war crime, signed a confession, and started a war!

Full of color, intrigue, and human interest, America’s Hidden History is an iconoclastic look at America’s past, connecting some of the dots between history and today’s headlines, proving why Davis is truly America’s Teacher.

Coming of Age on Zoloft: How Antidepressants Cheered Us Up, Let Us Down, and Changed Who We Are by Katherine Sharpe (Harper Perennial) is $2.99

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A compelling and troubling exploration of a generation raised on antidepressants, and a book that combines expansive interviews with substantive research-based reporting, Coming of Age on Zoloft is a vitally important and immediately engrossing study of one of America’s most pressing and omnipresent issues: our growing reliance on prescription drugs.

When Katherine Sharpe arrived at her college health center with an age-old complaint, a bad case of homesickness, she received a thoroughly modern response: a twenty-minute appointment and a prescription for Zoloft — a drug she would take for the next ten years. This outcome, once unlikely, is now alarmingly common. Twenty-five years after Prozac entered the marketplace, 10 percent of Americans over the age of six use an SSRI antidepressant.

In Coming of Age on Zoloft, Sharpe blends deeply personal writing, thoughtful interviews, and historical context to achieve an unprecedented portrait of the antidepressant generation. She explores questions of identity that arise for people who start medication before they have an adult sense of self. She asks why some individuals find a diagnosis of depression reassuring, while others are threatened by it. She presents, in young people’s own words, their intimate and complicated relationships with their medication. And she weighs the cultural implications of America’s biomedical approach to moods.

The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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Here Paulo Coelho details his journey across Spain along the legendary road of San Tiago, which pilgrims have travelled since Middle Ages. On this contemporary quest, he encounters a Chaucerian variety of mysterious guides and devilish opponents and learns to understand the nature of truth through the simplicity of life.

The Pilgrimage holds an important place in Paulo Coelho’s literary canon. His first book, it not only paved the way for his phenomenal novel The Alchemist, but it also fully expresses his humanist philosophy and the depth of his unique search for meaning.

How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall (HarperCollins) is $2.99

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The lives of four individuals — a dying painter, a blind girl, a landscape artist, and an art curator — intertwine across nearly five decades in this luminous and searching novel of extraordinary power.

With How to Paint a Dead Man, Sarah Hall, “one of the most significant and exciting of Britain’s young novelists” (The Guardian), delivers “a maddeningly enticing read . . . an amazing feat of literary engineering” (The Independent on Sunday).

The Midwife of Hope River: A Novel of an American Midwife by Patricia Harman (William Morrow Paperbacks) is $2.99

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A remarkable new voice in American fiction enchants readers with a moving and uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life. In The Midwife of Hope River, first-time novelist Patricia Harmon transports us to poverty stricken Appalachia during the Great Depression years of the 1930s and introduces us to a truly unforgettable heroine.

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.