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The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pepin from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is $3.99

Book Description

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain.

We see young Jacques as a homesick six-year-old boy in war-ravaged France, working on a farm in exchange for food, dodging bombs, and bearing witness as German soldiers capture his father, a fighter in the Resistance. Soon Jacques is caught up in the hurly-burly action of his mother's café, where he proves a natural. He endures a literal trial by fire and works his way up the ladder in the feudal system of France's most famous restaurant, finally becoming Charles de Gaulle's personal chef, watching the world being refashioned from the other side of the kitchen door.

When he comes to America, Jacques immediately falls in with a small group of as-yet-unknown food lovers, including Craig Claiborne, James Beard, and Julia Child, whose adventures redefine American food. Through it all, Jacques proves himself to be a master of the American art of reinvention: earning a graduate degree from Columbia University, turning down a job as John F. Kennedy's chef to work at Howard Johnson's, and, after a near-fatal car accident, switching careers once again to become a charismatic leader in the revolution that changed the way Americans approached food. Included as well are approximately forty all-time favorite recipes created during the course of a career spanning nearly half a century, from his mother's utterly simple cheese soufflé to his wife's pork ribs and red beans.

The Apprentice is the poignant and sometimes funny tale of a boy's coming of age. Beyond that, it is the story of America's culinary awakening and the transformation of food from an afterthought to a national preoccupation.

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The Complete Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Trilogy of Five by Douglas Adams from Tor (£2.19) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Mar 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

On October 12, 1979, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was made available to humanity. But this was just the beginning. Readers followed the adventures of hapless protagonist Arthur Dent and his alien side-kick, Ford Prefect, across a trilogy of five books. This merry spacewagon, featuring a flying sofa, a Paranoid Android, a gift-wrapped fishbowl, bath towels and much else besides, became an instant classic.

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Run to Overcome by Meb Keflezighi from Tyndale House Publishers ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Mar 11) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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At 12, Meb Keflezighi escaped with his family from war-torn Eritrea and settled in the U.S. Meb didn't know English but persevered to become an honors student, American citizen, and winner of the 2009 New York City Marathon. His story embodies the spirit of tapping one's inner strength to overcome great odds.

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The Gift of Success and Happiness: Transforming Your Life Through Business Processing Principles by Chip Sawicki from Skyhorse Publishing ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Mar 11)

Product Description

Just as good companies have best practices, so do the happiest people. Drawing on the world's most reliable business principles, Chip Sawicki here outlines the path to personal satisfaction based on an understanding of the true meaning of success and happiness

Happy Birthday, SpongeBob! (SpongeBob SquarePants Ready-to-Read Series #7) by J-P Chanda from Nickelodeon Publishing ($1.80) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Mar 11)

Product Description

It's SpongeBob's birthday, and he's ready to party. But where are all balloons, the cake, and most importantly, his friends? Join in on the surprise with your favorite sponge.

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FYI, these refurbished units are in stock for Amazon Warehouse:

Kindle Keyboard 3G, Free 3G + Wi-Fi, 6" E Ink Display ($129.99)

Kindle Fire, Full Color 7" Multi-touch Display, Wi-Fi ($169.00)

[carpetmojo]

Re-furbished Fire's already ? In what looks like fair numbers ?

Did they all report in sick ??

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by carpetmojo

Re-furbished Fire's already ? In what looks like fair numbers ?

Did they all report in sick ??

They're almost certainly returns.

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The Lonely Polygamist: A Novel by Brady Udall from W. W. Norton & Company is $3.99 (US Kindle)

Product Description

Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2010

Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all midlife crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection and rivalry, and he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter and the stillbirth of a son, he has come to doubt the capacity of his own heart.

Brady Udall, one of our finest American fiction writers, tells a tragicomic story of a deeply faithful man who, crippled by grief and the demands of work and family, becomes entangled in an affair that threatens to destroy his family’s future. Like John Irving and Richard Yates, Udall creates characters that engage us to the fullest as they grapple with the nature of need, love, and belonging.

Beautifully written, keenly observed, and ultimately redemptive, The Lonely Polygamist is an unforgettable story of an American family—with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak, and comedy—pushed to its outer limits.

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The Legacy of Eden by Nelle Davy from MIRA (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Mar 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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For generations, Aurelia was the crowning glory of the Hathaway estate. Now the last inhabitant of the decaying home has died and none of the surviving family members want anything to do with the farm, the land or the memories. But for Meredith Pincetti, the time has come to confront the legacy that destroyed her family's once-great name.

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Hell to Pay (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn Series #2) by George Pelecanos from Little, Brown and Company ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Mar 12)

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This thrilling novel from fan-favorite George Pelecanos sees former D.C. cops turned private investigators Derek Strange and Terry Quinn must find a young suburban runaway. But nothing prepares these hardened investigators for the pimp whose territory they're intruding upon.

McKenna Mary Casanova from American Girl Publishing ($2.49) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Mar 12)

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From the American Girl Series comes the story of McKenna. Everything used to be so easy for McKenna, but now that she is in fourth grade, she finds that she's having trouble keeping up with her studies and after school activities. McKenna's teacher suggests she get a tutor, but in the end her tutor, Josie, will help her out with more than just her school work.

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The English Major: A Novel by Jim Harrison from Grove Press is $3.99 (US Kindle)

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"It used to be Cliff and Vivian and now it isn't." With these words, Jim Harrison sends his sixty-something protagonist, divorced and robbed of his farm by a late-blooming real estate shark of an ex-wife, on a road trip across America, armed with a childhood puzzle of the United States and a mission to rename all the states and state birds to overcome the banal names men have given them. Cliff's adventures take him through a whirlwind affair with a former student from his high school-teacher days twenty-some years before, to a "snake farm" in Arizona owned by an old classmate; and to the high-octane existence of his son, a big-time movie producer in San Francisco.

The English Major is the map of a man's journey into—and out of—himself, and it is vintage Harrison—reflective, big-picture American, and replete with wicked wit.

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Bargain for Australians:

Warriors: Omen of the Stars #1: The Fourth Apprentice by Erin Hunter is $1.08 (Kindle Australia)

Product Description
After the sharp-eyed jay and the roaring lion, peace will come. . . .

Four warrior Clans have shared the land around the lake as equals for many moons. But a prophecy foretells that three ThunderClan cats will hold the power of the stars in their paws. Jayfeather and Lionblaze know that they are two of the cats in the prophecy. Now the brothers must wait for a sign from StarClan to discover the identity of the third cat.

Meanwhile, Dovekit and Ivykit—kin of the great leader Firestar—are poised to become ThunderClan apprentices. Soon one sister will have an ominous dream—and will begin to realize that she possesses mystical skills unmatched by any other cat.

In the midst of a cruel season that threatens the lives of all four warrior Clans, bonds will be forged, promises made, and three young cats will start to unravel the secrets that bind them together.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

Hell to Pay (Derek Strange & Terry Quinn Series #2) by George Pelecanos also $2.99

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The Flatey Enigma by Viktor Arnar Ingolfsson from AmazonCrossing ($0.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Mar 12) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Product Description

Seal hunters found the Danish cryptographer's body on a tiny Icelandic island, but just as field investigator Kjartan's inquiries begin, a second body appears: this one mutilated with an ancient Viking blood-eagle symbol. Following the killer's trail, Kjartan descends into a dangerous world of ancient legends and secret societies.

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Gone by Michael Grant is $2.99 for US Kindle

Book Description

In the blink of an eye. Everyone disappears. GONE.

Except for the young. Teens. Middle schoolers. Toddlers. But not one single adult. No teachers, no cops, no doctors, no parents. Just as suddenly, there are no phones, no internet, no television. No way to get help. And no way to figure out what's happened.

Hunger threatens. Bullies rule. A sinister creature lurks. Animals are mutating. And the teens themselves are changing, developing new talents—unimaginable, dangerous, deadly powers—that grow stronger by the day.

It's a terrifying new world. Sides are being chosen, a fight is shaping up. Townies against rich kids. Bullies against the weak. Powerful against powerless. And time is running out: On your birthday, you disappear just like everyone else...