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5 books in the 'Sookie Stackhouse' series by Charlaine Harris from Ace/Penguin ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 5 books in the 'Sookie Stackhouse' series by Charlaine Harris are $1.99 each.

Butterfly Palace by Colleen Coble from Thomas Nelson ($2.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Coble describes the true definition of wealth, politics, and deceit, as one woman searches for truth through a web of lies."

Elegance and wealth. Privilege and politics. The extravagance of the Butterfly Palace overwhelmed Lily¿s senses and nearly smothered her painful memories. She pushed away her misgivings.... She was perfectly safe in this huge house.

Austin, Texas - 1904: Abandoned by the love of her life and still mourning the loss of her mother, Lily Donaldson has turned her back on the pain and come to Austin for a fresh start, working for the Marshall family as a kitchen maid in their luxurious mansion, the Butterfly Palace. The tasks before her are legion, and her mistress less than pleasant, but at least Lily¿s new life will be, if nothing else, distracting. But one night, while serving at a dinner party, Lily recognizes the man who abandoned her, Andy, her liaison from the livery stable, the blacksmith¿s son...sitting among the distinguished guests. Though he recognizes her, Andy does not acknowledge her aloud, and Lily is left reeling, flabbergasted, and irate. But before she can get an explanation, the path of the Servant Girl Killer swerves very close to the Butterfly Palace, sowing terror among the maids. Having come to Austin to start anew, Lily suddenly feels trapped in a spider web. How can she know who to trust in a house where lies come dressed in fine suits and deceit in silk gowns the colors of butterfly wings?

2 books in the 'Curse Keepers' Series by Denise Grover Swank from 47North are $1.99 each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, 2 books in the 'Curse Keepers' Series by Denise Grover Swank are $1.99 each.

New England Soup Factory Cookbook: More Than 100 Recipes from the Nation's Best Purveyor of Fine Soup by Marjorie Druker from Thomas Nelson ($1.99) is the Kindle Cooking Deal of the Day (August 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "The thing that sets this book apart from others I have tried is the sheer variety of interesting recipes."

More than 100 of the best soup recipes Boston has to offer accompanied by fun stories and beautiful full-color photography.

Marjorie Druker is passionate about soups. She fell in love with soups when she first heard the story Stone Soup. After attending Johnston & Whales, Marjorie created the menu for the popular Boston Market restaurant chain, and soups were always her favorite. "My niche is taking what people like to eat and turning it into a soup," she says.

The New England Soup Factory restaurant has won the Best of Boston award four times. People skip school to eat their soups. A pregnant in labor stopped by the restaurant on the way to the hospital to satisfy a last-minute craving. New England Soup Factory soups are like no other soups. And now you can recreate these delicious soups in your own home. The New England Soup Factory Cookbook contains 100 of Boston's best-tasting traditional and creative soup recipes.

Two children's books by Joanna Cole and Rosalinda Kightley (Illustrator) from HarperFestival ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 24) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, two children's books by Joanna Cole are $1.99 each.

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Audible Daily Deal - 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (Narrated by Dick Hill) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$10.49)

Publisher's Summary

It has been 40 years since the publication of this classic science-fiction novel that changed the way we look at the stars and ourselves. From the savannas of Africa at the dawn of mankind to the rings of Saturn as man adventures to the outer rim of our solar system, 2001: A Space Odyssey is a journey unlike any other.

This allegory about humanity's exploration of the universe, and the universe's reaction to humanity, was the basis for director Stanley Kubrick's immortal film, and lives on as a hallmark achievement in storytelling.

©1968 Arthur C. Clarke; ©1968 Polaris Productions, Inc.; (P)2000 Brilliance Audio

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Forever, Interrupted: A Novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid from Washington Square Press ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 24)

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Elsie and Ben met by chance on New Year's Day and were so madly in love they'd eloped by May. This powerful debut novel from Taylor Jenkins Reid (After I Do) is definitely not your typical love story. It's the touching tale of Elsie, as she tries to find her way after the sudden tragic loss of her husband and faces the mother in-law she'd never met...that didn't know she existed.

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The Wars of the Roses by Alison Weir from Ballantine Books is $1.99 (US Kindle)

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Lancaster and York. For much of the fifteenth century, these two families were locked in battle for control of the British monarchy. Kings were murdered and deposed. Armies marched on London. Old noble names were ruined while rising dynasties seized power and lands. The war between the royal House of Lancaster and York, the longest and most complex in British history, profoundly altered the course of the monarchy. In The Wars of the Roses, Alison Weir reconstructs this conflict with the same dramatic flair and impeccable research that she brought to her highly praised The Princes in the Tower.

The first battle erupted in 1455, but the roots of the conflict reached back to the dawn of the fifteenth century, when the corrupt, hedonistic Richard II was sadistically murdered, and Henry IV, the first Lancastrian king, seized England's throne. Both Henry IV and his son, the cold warrior Henry V, ruled England ably, if not always wisely--but Henry VI proved a disaster, both for his dynasty and his kingdom. Only nine months old when his father's sudden death made him king, Henry VI became a tormented and pathetic figure, weak, sexually inept, and prey to fits of insanity. The factional fighting that plagued his reign escalated into bloody war when Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, laid claim to the throne that was rightfully his--and backed up his claim with armed might.

Alison Weir brings brilliantly to life both the war itself and the historic figures who fought it on the great stage of England. Here are the queens who changed history through their actions--the chic, unconventional Katherine of Valois, Henry V's queen; the ruthless, social-climbing Elizabeth Wydville; and, most crucially, Margaret of Anjou, a far tougher and more powerful character than her husband,, Henry VI, and a central figure in the Wars of the Roses.

Here, too, are the nobles who carried the conflict down through the generations--the Beauforts, the bastard descendants of John of Gaunt, Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known to his contemporaries as "the Kingmaker"; and the Yorkist King, Edward IV, a ruthless charmer who pledged his life to cause the downfall of the House of Lancaster.

The Wars of the Roses is history at its very best--swift and compelling, rich in character, pageantry, and drama, and vivid in its re-creation of an astonishing, dangerous, and often grim period of history. Alison Weir, one of the foremost authorities on the British royal family, demonstrates here that she is also one of the most dazzling stylists writing history today.

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Across a Hundred Mountains: A Novel by Reyna Grande from Atria Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a timely novel that is beautifully rendered and gives a human face to the discourse on immigration."

Winner of the American Book Award, Across a Hundred Mountains is a stunning and poignant novel about a young girl who leaves her small town in Mexico to find her father, who left his family to find work in America—a story of migration, loss, and discovery.

After a tragedy separates her from her mother, Juana García leaves in search of her father, who left them two years earlier. Out of money and in need of someone to help her across the border, Juana meets Adelina Vasquez, a young woman who left her family in California to follow her lover to Mexico. Finding themselves—in a Tijuana jail—in desperate circumstances, they offer each other much needed material and spiritual support and ultimately become linked forever in the most unexpected of ways.

In Across a Hundred Mountains, Reyna Grande puts a human face on the controversial issue of immigration, helping readers to better understand those who risk life and limb every day in pursuit of a better life.

Lady Mercy Danforthe Flirts with Scandal (Sydney Dovedale) by Jayne Fresina from Sourcebooks Casablanca ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book is hilarious, whimsical, and has wonderful quirky characters."

When a Perfectly Proper Lady...

Lady Mercy Danforthe always has a plan. It's what makes her such a successful matchmaker, and why she's obligated to spend a great deal of time generously organizing the lives of her friends and family. But there's one man beyond her help. One man whose recklessness she can't rein in; whose chaos she can't contain. Her ex-husband, Rafe Hartley. Her one—and only!—mistake.

Flirts with a Reckless Rogue...

Rafe has never forgiven Mercy for running out on him. Their hastily annulled marriage may have one lasted three hours, but that doesn't mean he needs her help finding a proper wife. Someone needs to teach little Miss Know-It-All a lesson about keeping her adorably freckled nose out of other people's business. And it just so happens that Mercy "Silky Drawers" Danforthe still owes him a wedding night...

A Scandal's Never Far Behind

The Art of Arrow Cutting by Stephen Dedman from Open Road Media Sci-Fi & Fantasy ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book has superior writing, excellent imagery and a fascinating, surrealistic feel."

It started simple enough. A tempting woman with a trifle of a problem needed a bus ticket. Luckily, sometime photographer Michelangelo "Mage" Magistrale is there to help her out. In exchange for his kindness, she gives him the key to her apartment.

However this key is about to unlock an adventure of a different kind. It is no ordinary key; it unlocks any door and leads those who seek it out of greed directly to Mage. The thought of power like that can drive mortals to extremes but the mortal world quickly becomes the least of Mage's problems.

On the run and under constant attack by ninja assassins, Yakuza thugs, and the most fearsome and loathsome otherworldly creations Japanese mythology can muster, Mage's only hope is to conquer the key and its power. He must master the art of arrow cutting in order to unleash his own magical power before the forces of darkness force him into oblivion.

In a place where all the doors lead to fantasy, mythology and a terrifying reality, where do you run?

Two business & money books in the 99U series ($1.99 each) is the Kindle Business & Money Deal of the Day (August 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Today only, two business & money books in the 99U series are $1.99 each.

Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand from Two Lions ($1.99) is the Kindle Kids Deal of the Day (August 25) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book has very charming illustrations."

Age Level: 3 - 7 | Grade Level: Pre-K - 2nd
Down by the barn, early in the morning, a farmer drives his tractor, stopping along the way to pick up a calf, then a chick, then a pig. The group of animals grows and grows until at last they reach their destination...and find a surprise. Charming illustrations and rhythmic text filled with sound words make this the perfect read-aloud for young children.

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Audible Daily Deal - 44 Scotland Street by Alexander McCall Smith (Narrated by Robert Ian Mackenzie) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$24.49)

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The brilliant Alexander McCall Smith became an international sensation with his New York Times best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels. His award-winning wit, made famous through that series, is fully on display in 44 Scotland Street.

When Pat rents a room in Edinburgh, she acquires some interesting neighbors, including a pushy Stockbridge mother and her talented, sax-playing, 5-year-old son. Pat's job at an art gallery hardly keeps her busy, until she suspects one painting in the collection may be an undiscovered work from a Scottish master. As Pat handles the mystery of the painting, she and the people surrounding her confront issues of trust, love, and loss.

Chalk up another winner for McCall Smith, whose endlessly entertaining and perceptive novel is filled with delightfully authentic sketches of all the archetypes of Edinburgh society.

©2005 Alexander McCall Smith; (P)2005 Recorded Books, LLC

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Evening Stars (Blackberry Island Book 3) by Susan Mallery from Harlequin MIRA ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (August 25)

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You'll laugh and cry as bestselling author Susan Mallery concludes her Blackberry Island series with this touching story of two sisters. As younger sister Averil returns home unhappy with her husband, older sister Nina is juggling two men after her heart, and is ready to put the small-town life behind her until their reckless mother discovers something that could change everything forever.

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The Gourmet Detective (The Gourmet Detective Mysteries Book 1) by Peter King from MysteriousPress.com/Open Road is $1.99 (US Kindle, CA Kindle)

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Within the inner circle of haute cuisine, a detective witnesses a delectable murder

They call him the gourmet detective; the only thing sharper than his mind is his palate. When chefs need a rare ingredient, an ancient wine, or simply a new idea to gain that extra Michelin-star boost, they come to the detective’s cozy London office and plead for his help. For top-notch cooking, he is always happy to lend his taste buds to the cause.

Now Raymond Lefebvre, executive chef at one of London’s finest French restaurants, has asked for the detective’s help with a bit of kitchen espionage. Lefebvre’s crosstown rival is winning international accolades cooking a dish called Oiseau Royal, and Lefebvre wants the recipe. Getting it takes the detective deep into the Circle of Careme, where the most elite chefs in Britain gather to swap recipes, techniques, and gossip. But when the chefs of Careme start to die, the detective starts to salivate. There is no finer appetizer than murder.

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Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure by David Rosenfelt from St. Martin's Press is $2.99 (US Kindle, CA Kindle)

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An NPR Best Book of 2013

David Rosenfelt's Dogtripping is moving and funny account of a cross-country move from California to Maine, and the beginnings of a dog rescue foundation

When mystery writer David Rosenfelt and his family moved from Southern California to Maine, he thought he had prepared for everything. They had mapped the route, brought three GPSs for backup, as well as refrigerators full of food, and stoves and microwaves on which to cook them. But traveling with twenty-five dogs turned out to be a bigger ordeal than he anticipated, despite the RVs, the extra kibble, volunteers (including a few readers), and camping equipment. Rosenfelt recounts the adventure of moving his animal companions across the United States with humor and warmth, and tells the tale of how he and his wife became passionate foster parents for rescue dogs, culminating in the creation of the Tara Foundation and successfully placing several thousand dogs with loving families.

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The Wolf in the Parlor: How the Dog Came to Share Your Brain by Jon Franklin from Henry Holt and Co. is $2.99 (US Kindle, CA Kindle)

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A man and puppy exhumed from a 12,000-year-old grave sends a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer on a journey to the dogs

Of all the things hidden in plain sight, dogs are one of the most enigmatic. They are everywhere but how much do we really know about where they came from and what the implications are of their place in our world? Jon Franklin set out to find out and ended up spending a decade studying the origins and significance of the dog and its peculiar attachment to humans. As the intellectual pursuit of his subject began to take over Franklin's life, he married a dog lover and was quickly introduced to the ancient and powerful law of nature, to wit: Love me, love my dog. Soon Franklin was sharing hearth and home with a soulful and clever poodle named Charlie.

And so began one man's journey to the dogs, an odyssey that would take him from a 12,000-year-old grave to a conclusion so remarkable as to change our perception of ourselves. Building on evolutionary science, archaeology, behavioral science, and the firsthand experience of watching his own dog evolve from puppy to family member, Franklin posits that man and dog are more than just inseparable; they are part and parcel of the same creature. Along the way, The Wolf in the Parlor imparts a substantial yet painless education on subjects as far ranging as psychological evolution and neurochemistry. In this groundbreaking book, master storyteller Franklin shatters the lens through which we see the world and shows us an unexpected, enthralling picture of the human/canine relationship.

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Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead from Algonquin Books is $2.99 (US Kindle)

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When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.

At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety—blue on one side, gray on the other— Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery, and self-posession.

Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels—All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead.

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The 'Someone To Love' series by Addison Moore from Skyscape (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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2 books in the 'Someone To Love' series by Addison Moore are £0.99 each.

Someone To Love (Someone To Love Series)
Someone Like You (Someone To Love Series)

Laidlaw (Laidlaw Trilogy, Book 1) by William McIlvanney from Canongate Books (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The godfather of Scottish crime is back with a vengeance

In Laidlaw, the first book of the series, we are introduced to Jack Laidlaw, a hard-drinking philosopher-detective whose tough exterior only partly hides a rich humanity and keen intelligence. Laidlaw’s investigation into the murder of a young woman brings him into conflict with Glasgow’s hard men, gangland villains, and the moneyed thugs who control the city.

Books 2 & 3 in the Laidlaw trilogy coming fall 2014.

A Classless Society: Britain in the 1990s by Alwyn Turner from Aurum Press (£1.39) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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When Margaret Thatcher was ousted from Downing Street in November 1990, it appeared that Britain had reached a crossroads. After eleven years of bitter social and economic conflict, many hoped that the decade to come would be more 'caring'; others dared to believe that the more radical policies of her revolution might even be overturned. Across politics and culture there was an apparent yearning for something the Iron Lady had famously dismissed: society.

Yet the forces that had warred over the country during the 1980s were to prevent any simple turning back of the clock. The 'New Britain' to emerge under John Major and Tony Blair would be a contradiction: economically unequal but culturally classless. Whilst Westminster agonised over sleaze, Northern Ireland and the ERM, the country outside became the playground of the New Lad and his sister the Ladette, of Swampy and the YBAs, of Posh and Becks and Jarvis Cocker.

A new era was dawning which promised to connect us via the ‘information superhighway’ and entertain us with docusoaps. It was also a period that would see old moral certainties swept aside, and once venerable institutions descend into farce - followed, in the case of the Royal Family, by tragedy.

Opening with a war in the Gulf and ending with the attack on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, A Classless Society goes in search of the decade when modern Britain came of age. What it finds is a nation anxiously grappling with new technologies, tentatively embracing new lifestyles, and, above all, forging a new sense of what it means to be British.

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Uniform Justice (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) by Donna Leon from Atlantic Monthly Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Dona Leon again captures the very essence of Italian life with all it's foibles and nuances."

When Venetian detective Commissario Guido Brunetti is called to investigate a presumed suicide in Venice's elite military academy, his inquiries are immediately met with a wall of silence. The young man is the son of a doctor and former politician, a man of an impeccable integrity all too rare in Italian politics.

Dr. Moro seems devastated by his son's death; but while both he and his apparently estranged wife seem convinced that the boy would not have committed suicide, neither appears eager to talk to the police or to involve Brunetti in any kind of investigation into their son's death.

Is the silence that confronts Brunetti the natural reluctance of Italians to involve themselves with the authorities, or is he facing a conspiracy far greater than this one death?

Starstruck Romance and Other Hollywood Tails: A Second Acts Novel by Julia Dumont from BroadLit ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is definitely a great series to spice up your book club!"

As her Second Acts Dating Service truly takes off, Cynthia Amas discovers that in the heady world of high-end Hollywood romance, with success comes complexity.

In this wildly seductive romp through the lush canyons and lavish neighborhoods of Los Angeles, the line between business and pleasure quickly blurs in a dizzying rush of sex and celebrity. Just as our heroine’s uncanny genius for matching up her growing roster of exclusive love seekers continues to deepen, her own love life reaches a fever pitch. Things get complicated. And funny. And excruciatingly sensual.

Cynthia’s high-maintenance lovelorn mother, her maddeningly hot ex-fling Max, a long-lost high school crush, and of course her best friend, the libidinous, star-crazed Lolita and her mysterious pack of telepathic canines, are all along for the ride. Not to mention one very rich, very famous film producer. On top of everything else, her newest, most important client is literally the biggest movie star in the world. In more ways than one. When it comes to extra curriculars, he is the hardest-working stud in show business.

Try as Cynthia may to hook him up with any number of gorgeous ladies in waiting, his notoriously one-track mind is set on her. She’s determined to steer the dating service to the next level, but it’s hard to focus, let alone keep your hands on the wheel, when you’re hot, bothered, and nearly driven to distraction along the steamy highways and byways of love and lust. What a way to make a living.

Honeymoon in Hell (RosettaBooks) by Fredric Brown from RosettaBooks ($0.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "These are great mind-benders from the master of short stories!"

Imagine...

Ghosts, gods, and devils - heavens and hells - cities in the sky and cities beneath the sea.

Time machines, spaceships - certainly you can imagine Martians, but what about interplanetary vampires? Or a mouse that isn't a mouse?

Honeymoon in Hell proves that Fredric Brown has a special vision, a sight beyond our wildest nightmares, a perception of things we couldn't even begin to imagine.

Hate Mail from Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures in the Life of Reilly by Rick Reilly from Sports Illustrated Books ($0.99) is the Kindle Sports Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This book is not just for sports fans, it is far more profound than you'd think."

For years, many of Sports Illustrated's 21 million readers turned first to the magazine's last page, because that's where they find SI's most popular feature: the Life of Reilly column, written by best-selling author Rick Reilly.

A 22-year veteran of Sports Illustrated and a 10-time National Sportswriter of the Year, Reilly took over SI's back page in 1998, and his column immediately attracted a devoted following, including the legions of fans who helped make his first collection, The Life of Reilly, a New York Times best seller in 2000.

Now comes Hate Mail from Cheerleaders, 100 of Reilly's favorites, along with a new foreword and column postscripts by the author. Alternately sidesplitting and heartwarming but always opinionated and provocative, these pieces are the best work by the best columnist in the business.

I Have a Bad Feeling About This by Jeff Strand from Sourcebooks Fire ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (August 26) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "One of the funniest books I've read! A must read if you enjoy comedy and some fun action!"

Wilderness Survival Tip #1

Drinking your own sweat will not save your life. Somebody might have told you that, but they were trying to find out if you'd really do it.

Henry Lambert would rather play video games than spend time in the great outdoors—but that doesn't make him a wuss. Skinny nerd? Fine. But wuss is a little harsh. Sadly, his dad doesn't agree. Which is why Henry is being shipped off to Strongwoods Survival Camp.

Strongwoods isn't exactly as advertised. It looks like the victim of a zombie apocalypse, the "camp director" is a psycho drill sergeant, and Henry's sure he saw a sign written in blood...

Wilderness Survival Tip #2

In case of an avalanche, don't despair. You're doomed, but that's a wicked cool death.

Wilderness Survival Tip #3

If you're relying on this book for actual survival tips, you're dead already.