Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- January 2014

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Back from a long vacation!

Here's the new thread for January (*here's a link to my December thread to check out the last bargains I posted there)

Okay, so you may know me since I posted a lot of free and bargain books in this forum. I did add affiliate links to my posts before (the links may look like this-> http://www.amazon.com/Fifth-Woman-Wa...ag=arcadata-20), but I've been told that isn't allowed anymore in the main forum. I'll be allowed to continue to post my affiliate links in this personal thread though.

Basically, what happens is that I earn referral fees (starts at 4%) whenever a visitor follows my link to Amazon.com (or other sites) and then makes a qualifying purchase. It was a pretty good incentive for me to spend time here sharing any deals I found since I would get extra money per month to spend on books & apps!

So, hopefully, if you don't mind me getting a commission, you'll come visit this thread and click on my links when you're planning to buy something!

And here's the deal(s) for January 1!

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FYI, For UK Kindlers:

The Amazon 100 Kindle Books for £2.99 or Less is a continuing promo for Amazon UK.

Each month we feature a new selection of discounted Kindle books for £2.99 or less. The deals begin at 12:00 am on the first Tuesday of the month and expires at 11:59 pm on the first Monday of the following month.

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FYI, Amazon UK - 12 Days of Kindle SALE

12 Days of Kindle is our biggest Kindle Book sale ever, with over 1000 books starting from only £0.99. Featuring bestsellers, award-winners, hidden gems and literary classics, there is something for everyone. Offer ends 11:59 pm, January 5, 2014.

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Nora Roberts Special - Eight novels at 67% off or more from Piatkus (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Eight romance novels by Nora Roberts are 67% off or more each (£0.99 each).

Wolf Hall: A Novel by Hilary Mantel from Fourth Estate (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Amazon Best of the Month, October 2009

Customer review: "Jaw dropping. Stunning. Writing in a different league. Each and every word perfectly placed."

In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII’s court, only one man dares to gamble his life to win the king’s favor and ascend to the heights of political power

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years, and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. The quest for the king’s freedom destroys his adviser, the brilliant Cardinal Wolsey, and leaves a power vacuum.

Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell. Cromwell is a wholly original man, a charmer and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people and a demon of energy: he is also a consummate politician, hardened by his personal losses, implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

In inimitable style, Hilary Mantel presents a picture of a half-made society on the cusp of change, where individuals fight or embrace their fate with passion and courage. With a vast array of characters, overflowing with incident, the novel re-creates an era when the personal and political are separated by a hairbreadth, where success brings unlimited power but a single failure means death.

Once Upon A Country: A Palestinian Life by Sari Nusseibeh and Anthony David from Halban (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "It starts and ends with a fairy tale of extraordinary power and pathos, and sets a lyrical tone that is maintained throughout."

A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

A teacher, a scholar, a philosopher, and an eyewitness to history, Sari Nusseibeh is one of our most urgent and articulate authorities on the conflict in the Middle East. From his time teaching side by side with Israelis at the Hebrew University through his appointment by Yasir Arafat to administer the Arab Jerusalem, he has held fast to the principles of freedom and equality for all, and his story dramatizes the consequences of war, partition, and terrorism as few other books have done. This autobiography brings rare depth and compassion to the story of his country.

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20 Kindle Books for £1.29 Each

Start the new year with a whirlwind romance, uncover the truth in a murder mystery or be lost in an edge-of-your-seat thriller in this selection of Kindle books for only £1.29 each. Offer ends January 31, 2013.

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For US Kindlers:

The Amazon Monthly Kindle Book Deals for $3.99 or Less has updated for December! Check out the new batch of discounts.

Each month we unveil a new collection of Kindle books for $3.99 or less. Deals expire on the last day of each month. To sort and filter a list of this month's deals, click here. We also offer Kindle Daily Deals for adults and young readers. Individual books may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories. Amazon may modify the selection of books offered at any time.

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Amazon US new promotion: Kindle Countdown sales

Limited-Time Discounts on Kindle-Exclusive Books

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$1.99 or Less, 100 Kindle Books SALE

Offer valid through January 19, 2014

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20 Kindle Books for $2 Each

Whether your taste runs to mysteries, thrillers, romance, or science fiction, you'll find your next great read in this selection of Kindle books for only $2 apiece. Offer valid through January 31, 2014.

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54 Inspiring Reads for the New Year ($2.99 or less each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Here's the link on Amazon CA for the Deals of the Day!

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Today only, featured inspirational books for the new year are only $2.99 or less each.

Deep Kiss of Winter by Kresley Cole and Gena Showalter from Pocket Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Under the cover of wintry dark shadows, passion's magic ignites a fire too hot to touch -- and too wicked to die....

DEEP KISS OF WINTER

Two never-before-published paranormal stories to delight the senses and tantalize the imagination!

Snuff (Discworld) by Terry Pratchett from Harper ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Sam Vimes, watch commander of Ankh-Morpork, is at long last taking a much-needed (and well deserved) vacation. But, of course, this is Discworld®, where nothing goes as planned—and before Vimes can even change his cardboard-soled boots for vacationer’s slippers, the gruff watch commander soon finds himself enmeshed in a fresh fiasco fraught with magic, cunning, daring, and (for the reader more than for poor Vimes) endless hilarity. Did he really expect time off? As Vimes himself says in Feet of Clay, “there’s some magical creature called ‘overtime,’ only no one’s even seen its footprints.” Following the New York Times bestselling Unseen Academichals, Terry Pratchett delivers an enthralling new tale from a place of insuperable adventure: Discworld.

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson from Delacorte Press ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 1) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of Steelheart for a reduced price of $3.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Sanderson, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn Trilogy, presents Steelheart, the first book in the Reckoners series, an action-packed thrill ride that will leave readers breathless.

Ten years ago, Calamity came. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers. The awed public started calling them Epics.

But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his will.

Nobody fights the Epics . . . nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans, they spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them.

And David wants in. He wants Steelheart—the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed David's father. For years, like the Reckoners, David's been studying, and planning—and he has something they need. Not an object, but an experience.

He's seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.

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FYI, For Canadian Kindlers:

The Amazon January Monthly Deals in Kindle Books is a promo for Amazon Canada.

Each month we unveil a new collection of Kindle books for $3.99 or less. Deals expire on the last day of each month. Individual books may have additional territory restrictions, and not all deals are available in all territories. Amazon may modify the selection of books offered at any time.

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Amazon Kindle First: Read next month's new releases today

January Picks: Choose one for $1.99

The Barkeep by William Lashner
Mint Juleps and Justice (An Adams Grove Novel) by Nancy Naigle
The Line (Witching Savannah, Book One) by J. D. Horn
Descending Son by Scott Shepherd

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No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer from Penguin Group (USA) ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 1)

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Mark Owen's gripping account of one of the biggest events in the war on terror is more than just the story behind how he and the other members SEAL Team Six took down Osama Bin Laden. It's a look at a young Owen who knew he wanted to be a SEAL, and how these brave and talented individuals work to keep our country safe.

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Audible Daily Deal - This Year I Will: How to Finally Change a Habit, Keep a Resolution, or Make a Dream Come True UNABRIDGED by M. J. Ryan (Narrated by M. J. Ryan) for $1.95 (Regular Price:$13.99)

Publisher's Summary

Learn the secret to making changes that stick! Every so often people get inspired (again!) to lose weight, to get organized, to start saving, or to stop worrying - but a few months later they give up, frustrated. It doesn't have to be that way.
In This Year I Will..., best-selling author M.J. Ryan offers breakthrough wisdom and coaching to help listeners make this time the time that change becomes permanent.
Why do people find it so hard to change? The secret is that everyone has their own formula for making changes that stick, but most people don't know what theirs is. They think there is one way to lose five pounds, and another way to stay on top of their e-mail, but they don't realize that for all changes, there is one system that works best for each individual.
This Year I Will... helps you lock on to your unique formula for planning, implementing, and seeing a life change through, so you can use it again and again to tackle anything else you'd like to do.
For anyone who has broken a New Year's resolution, fallen off a diet, or given up on fulfilling a dream, the ingenious strategies, inspiring stories, and sheer motivational energy of This Year I Will... will help you make a promise to yourself that you can actually keep.
©2006 M.J.Ryan; (P)2009 Gildan Media Corp

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Linwood Barclay Special: Five Books at 67% Off from Orion (£0.99 each) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Five thriller novels by Linwood Barclay are 67% off (£0.99 each).

Goodmans of Glassford Street by Margaret Thomson Davis from Black & White Publishing (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Goodmans of Glassford Street is the story of a successful but old-fashioned family department store and the lives and conflicts of the people who work in it, including the strong-willed matriarch Abigail Goodman.

Glamour in Glass (The Glamourist Histories) by Mary Robinette Kowal from Corsair (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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The charming sequel to Shades of Milk and Honey, Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, in a story rich with drama and intrigue and magic.

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Red Sparrow: A Novel by Jason Matthews from Scribner ($2.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

** Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of Red Sparrow: A Novel for a reduced price of $12.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: "Good story, great and authentic detail, well crafted characters."

In the grand spy-tale tradition of John le Carré…comes this shocking thriller written with insider detail known only to a veteran CIA officer.

In present-day Russia, ruled by blue-eyed, unblinking President Vladimir Putin, Russian intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the post-Soviet intelligence jungle. Ordered against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a young CIA officer who handles the Agency’s most important Russian mole.

As the action careens between Russia, Finland, Greece, Italy, and the United States, Dominika and Nate soon collide in a duel of wills, tradecraft, and—inevitably—forbidden passion that threatens not just their lives but those of others as well. As secret allegiances are made and broken, Dominika and Nate’s game reaches a deadly crossroads. Soon one of them begins a dangerous double existence in a life-and-death operation that consumes intelligence agencies from Moscow to Washington, DC.

Page by page, veteran CIA officer Jason Matthews’s Red Sparrow delights, terrifies and fascinates, all while delivering an unforgettable cast, from a sadistic Spetsnaz “mechanic” who carries out Putin’s murderous schemes to the weary CIA Station Chief who resists Washington “cake-eaters”. Packed with insider detail, this novel brims with Matthews’s life experience of espionage, counterintelligence, spy recruitment, and cyber-warfare. Brilliantly composed, Red Sparrow is a masterful spy tale. Authentic, tense, and entertaining, this novel introduces Jason Matthews as a major new American talent.

A Bride for Keeps (Unexpected Brides Book #1) by Melissa Jagears from Bethany House Publishers ($2.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "A thoroughly entertaining book to read, it grabbed my attention from the start."

A Tender Tale of Love on the Prairie Perfect for CBA Readers

Although Everett Cline can hardly keep up with the demands of his homestead, he won't humiliate himself by looking for a helpmate ever again--not after being jilted by three mail-order brides. When a well-meaning neighbor goes behind his back to bring yet another mail-order bride to town, he has good reason to doubt it will work, especially after getting a glimpse at the woman in question. She's the prettiest woman he's ever seen, and it's just not possible she's there to marry a simple homesteader like him.

Julia Lockwood has never been anything more than a pretty pawn for her father or a business acquisition for her former fiance. Having finally worked up the courage to leave her life in Massachusetts, she's determined to find a place where people will value her for more than her looks. Having run out of all other options, Julia resorts to a mail-order marriage in far-away Kansas.

Everett is skeptical a cultured woman like Julia could be happy in a life on the plains, while Julia, deeply wounded by a past relationship, is skittish at the idea of marriage at all. When, despite their hesitations, they agree to a marriage in name only, neither one is prepared for the feelings that soon arise to complicate their arrangement. Can two people accustomed to keeping their distance let the barricades around their hearts down long enough to fall in love?

Dead Set: A Novel by Richard Kadrey from Harper Voyager ($1.99) is the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

*** Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of Dead Set: A Novel for a reduced price of $12.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: " I enjoyed the complex characters, and the fast pace of the story."

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Richard Kadrey creates a wonderful, stand-alone dark fantasy

After her father's funeral, Zoe moved to the big city with her mother to start over. But change always brings trials, and life in the city is not so easy. Money is tight, and Zoe's only escape, as has always been the case, is in her dreams—a world apart from her troubled real life where she can spend time with her closest companion: her lost brother, Valentine.

But something or someone has entered their dreamworld uninvited. And a chance encounter at a used record store, where the vinyl holds not music but lost souls, has opened up a portal to the world of the restless dead. It's here that the shop's strange proprietor offers Zoe the chance to commune with her dead father. The price? A lock of hair. Then a tooth. Then . . .

A Natural Woman: A Memoir by Carole King from Grand Central Publishing ($1.99) is the Kindle Biography & Memoir Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

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Customer review: "An engaging memoir with absorbing cultural history."

The life that inspired Beautiful: The Carole King Musical on Broadway.

Carole King takes us from her early beginnings in Brooklyn, to her remarkable success as one of the world's most acclaimed songwriting and performing talents of all time. A NATURAL WOMAN chronicles King's extraordinary life, drawing readers into her musical world, including her phenomenally successful #1 album Tapestry, and into her journey as a performer, mother, wife and present-day activist. Deeply personal, King's long-awaited memoir offers readers a front-row seat to the woman behind the legend.

The book includes dozens of photos from King's childhood, her own family, and behind-the-scenes images from her performances.

This Is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith from Poppy ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 2) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

** Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of This Is What Happy Looks Like for a reduced price of $10.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: "Highly recommended if you like cute, sweet, and charming Contemporary Romances."

If fate sent you an email, would you answer?

When teenage movie star Graham Larkin accidentally sends small town girl Ellie O'Neill an email about his pet pig, the two seventeen-year-olds strike up a witty and unforgettable correspondence, discussing everything under the sun, except for their names or backgrounds.

Then Graham finds out that Ellie's Maine hometown is the perfect location for his latest film, and he decides to take their relationship from online to in-person. But can a star as famous as Graham really start a relationship with an ordinary girl like Ellie? And why does Ellie want to avoid the media's spotlight at all costs?

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Quit Smoking for Life: A Simple, Proven 5-Step Plan by Suzanne Schlosberg from Prospect Park Books ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 2)

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Quitting smoking isn't always easy. With the help of a group of 200 coaches from the Quit for Life Program (which includes many former smokers), author Suzanne Schlosberg has compiled a guide with the necessary steps (and stories from ex-smokers as well), to help folks kick the habit once and for all.

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Audible Daily Deal - Silence: Queen of the Dead, Book 1 UNABRIDGED by Michelle Sagara (Narrated by Alexandra Bailey) for $3.95 (Regular Price:$19.95)

Publisher's Summary

It began in the graveyard.... Ever since her boyfriend Nathan had died in a tragic accident, Emma had been coming to the graveyard at night. During the day she went through the motions at her prep school, in class, with her friends, but that’s all it was. For Emma, life had stopped with Nathan’s death. But tonight was different. Tonight Emma and her dog were not alone in the cemetery. There were two others there - Eric, who had just started at her school, and an ancient woman who looked as though she were made of rags. And when they saw Emma there, the old woman reached out to her with a grip as chilling as death....
Emma was not quite like others teenagers. It was true that other girls had experienced grief. Other girls had also lost their fathers, or had their boyfriends die in a senseless accident. But though she hadn’t known it till that night in the graveyard, unlike those other girls, she could see, touch, and speak with the dead. In fact, Emma could draw upon the essence of the dead to work magic. That was what Necromancers did. But Emma had no desire to be a Necromancer. She just wanted to help the ghosts who walked the streets of Toronto, unable to escape from the land of the living. And that was just as well, because had she chosen the path of the Necromancer, Eric would have had to kill her.
Instead, Eric and his fellow Necromancer hunter Chase found themselves violating every rule they were sworn to follow, becoming part of Emma’s group, helping her to stand against those who preyed upon the dead. But whether Emma and her friends could survive such a battle was anyone’s guess. And whether Emma could learn to use the magic of the dead against her enemies without herself falling victim to the lure of such power remained to be seen. Eric seemed to think she could, and her living friends would never abandon her. But only time would tell what Emma’s true destiny was....
©2012 Michelle Sagara (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

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War Brides by Helen Bryan from AmazonEncore (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Borrow this book for free on a Kindle device with Amazon Prime.

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Customer review: "Once I'd started reading, I just couldn't stop--great characters, cleverly interwoven plot lines and fascinating historical details. Highly recommended."

The National Bestseller

With war threatening to spread from Europe to England, the sleepy village of Crowmarsh Priors settles into a new sort of normal: Evacuees from London are billeted in local homes. Nightly air raids become grimly mundane. The tightening vice of rationing curtails every comfort. Men leave to fight and die. And five women forge an unlikely bond of friendship that will change their lives forever.

Alice Osbourne, the stolid daughter of the late vicar, is reeling from the news that Richard Fairfax broke their engagement to marry Evangeline Fontaine, an American girl from the Deep South. Evangeline’s arrival causes a stir in the village—but not the chaos that would ensue if they knew her motives for being there. Scrappy Elsie Pigeon is among the poor of London who see the evacuations as a chance to escape a life of destitution. Another new arrival is Tanni Zayman, a young Jewish girl who fled the horrors of Europe and now waits with her newborn son, certain that the rest of her family is safe and bound to show up any day. And then there’s Frances Falconleigh, a madcap, fearless debutante whose father is determined to keep her in the countryside and out of the papers.

As the war and its relentless hardships intensify around them, the same struggles that threaten to rip apart their lives also bring the five closer together. They draw strength from one another to defeat formidable enemies—hunger, falling bombs, the looming threat of a Nazi invasion, and a traitor in their midst—and find remarkable strength within themselves to help their friends. Theirs is a war-forged loyalty that will outlast the fiercest battle and endure years and distance.

When four of the women return to Crowmarsh Priors for a VE Day celebration fifty years later, television cameras focus on the heartwarming story of these old women as war brides of a bygone age, but miss the more newsworthy angle. The women’s mission is not to commemorate or remember—they’ve returned to settle a score and avenge one of their own.

The Sisterhood by Helen Bryan from Amazon (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "...an uplifting, engaging novel with much to say about the power of women and their ability to survive and endure. Well worth a read if you're a fan of historical fiction."

Menina Walker was a child of fortune. Rescued after a hurricane in South America, doomed to a life of poverty with a swallow medal as her only legacy, the orphaned toddler was adopted by an American family and taken to a new life.

As a beautiful, intelligent woman of nineteen, she is in love, engaged, and excited about the future—until another traumatic event shatters her dreams. Menina flees to Spain to bury her misery in research for her college thesis about a sixteenth-century artist who signed his works with the image of a swallow—the same image as the one on Menina’s medal.

But a mugging strands Menina in a musty, isolated Spanish convent. Exploring her surroundings, she discovers the epic sagas of five orphan girls who were hidden from the Spanish Inquisition and received help escaping to the New World. Is Menina’s medal a link to them, or to her own past? Did coincidence lead her to the convent, or fate?

Both love story and historical thriller, The Sisterhood is an emotionally charged ride across continents and centuries.

The Bleeding Heart: A Novel by Marilyn French from Open Road Media (£1.29) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "This is a remarkable book--an unrelenting, brutally honest and insightful examination of the dynamics of gender relationships."

From the bestselling author of The Women’s Room comes a resonant novel about love and marriage

Dolores Durer, a divorced English professor and the mother of two adult children, has sworn off love after a series of disastrous affairs. Electronics executive Victor Morrissey is in England to open a branch office. He has four children and is unhappily married.

From the moment they meet—on a train—their connection is instant and passionate. The two Americans abroad embark on an affair that will have consequences in both their lives. Each carries baggage. Dolores is haunted by family tragedy; Victor is tormented by marital estrangement. Driven by an impending sense of urgency, knowing their time together is finite, they struggle to transform their pasts into a hopeful future.

Between Friends by Sandra Kitt from Open Road Media (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Insightful characters, a good story, and a wonderful sense of place make this a terrific read."

Bestselling author Sandra Kitt’s novel of interracial love and friendship

Born to a white mother and an African-American father, Dallas Oliver has always felt like an outsider. Life gets more complicated when her mother dies and she moves in with her father and stepmother. The one saving grace is Dallas’s unexpected friendship with a white girl named Valerie Holland. Decades later, they’re still best friends. Dallas is a journalist for a controversial magazine and Valerie is a single mother. But their bond will be tested when they fall in love with the same man.

Ex–Navy SEAL Alex Marco and Dallas both have histories shadowed by violence. But Alex is also haunted by his own tragedy. Narrated from the alternating perspectives of Dallas, Valerie, and Alex, Between Friends is a sensual, unforgettable story about friendship, secrets, and a love that transcends barriers.

Management Essentials by Stephen R Covey from RosettaBooks (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

Borrow this book for free on a Kindle device with Amazon Prime.

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This book is a highly condensed guide to the essentials of effective management. Here, you’ll learn the essential actions, attitudes, and skills that great managers routinely put into practice.

To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway by Christian Wolmar from Atlantic Books (£1.59) is the Amazon UK Kindle Daily Deal (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A must read about one of the world's most exotic railways. You could not want a better travelling companion than Christian Wolmar."

It is the world's longest railway line. But it is so much more than that, too. The Trans-Siberian stretches nearly 6,000 miles between Moscow and Vladivostok on the Pacific Coast and was the most ambitious railway project in the nineteenth century. A journey on the railway evokes a romantic roam through the Russian steppes, but also reminds travellers of the vastness of our world and hints at the hardships that were endured in its construction.

Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War -Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post - and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century.

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The Curiosity: A Novel by Stephen P. Kiernan from William Morrow ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

*** Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of The Curiosity: A Novel for a reduced price of $4.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: "This book is very well written, the story sweeps along at a rapid pace, the characters are interesting, complex, and endearing."

The Curiosity, Stephen Kiernan’s debut novel, is a gripping, poignant, and thoroughly original thriller that raises disturbing questions about the very nature of life and humanity—man as a scientific subject, as a tabloid plaything, as a living being, as a curiosity.…

Dr. Kate Philo and her scientific exploration team make a breathtaking discovery in the Arctic: the body of a man buried deep in the ice. Remarkably, the frozen man is brought back to the lab and successfully reanimated. As the man begins to regain his memories, the team learns that he was—is—a judge, Jeremiah Rice, and the last thing he remembers is falling overboard into the Arctic Ocean in 1906.

Thrown together by circumstances beyond their control, Kate and Jeremiah grow closer. But the clock is ticking and Jeremiah’s new life is slipping away...and all too soon, Kate must decide how far she is willing to go to protect the man she has come to love.

A Man Above Reproach by Evelyn Pryce from Montlake Romance ($1.99) is the Kindle Romance Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Also on Amazon CA

Borrow this book for free on a Kindle device with Amazon Prime.

Add the professional narration (Audible.Com) of A Man Above Reproach for a reduced price of $0.99 after you buy this Kindle book.

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Customer review: "I'd recommend this book to anyone looking for some mystery and romance in a fun, light read."

2013 Winner — Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award — Romance

In 1830s London, scandalous whispers surround the pub known as the Sleeping Dove, a hidden bordello catering to nobles eager to shed the trappings of their stations. Josephine Grant knows the rumors are true—she plays piano at the Dove and is known only as the "Bawdy Bluestocking" to the pub's faithful.

The reluctant Duke of Lennox is called "The Uncatchable" by society ladies, not that he cares for them or their nicknames. Elias Addison's estate was thrust upon him when his father died, and it has been little else but a burden.

When a friend brings him to the Sleeping Dove in an attempt to lighten his mood, the Duke of Lennox finds himself at the Bawdy Bluestocking's piano, and together they begin to play a dangerous melody. Though Elias cannot resist courting her, she has a past to protect, a shaky future, and no time for frivolous nobility with soft hands. When the Duke uncovers the truth, will he wish he had never heard the tune?

Two thrilling books by Ramez Naam (Angry Robot) are $1.99 each as the Kindle Sci-Fi / Fantasy Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

* Here's the link on Amazon CA for the Deals of the Day!

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Today only, two thrilling books by Ramez Naam are $1.99 each.

I Suck at Girls by Justin Halpern from It Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Humor Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "Absolutely hilarious and fun. Highly recommended."

Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2012

From the #1 New York Times bestseller author of Sh*t My Dad Says, Justin Halpern, comes a laugh-out-loud funny and deeply touching collection of personal stories about relationships with the opposite sex, from a first kiss to getting engaged and all the awkward moments in between. With Sh*t My Dad Says, Halpern brought his brand of talented comedic writing to the world. Now, with this equally poignant, hilarious, and provocative memoir, he establishes himself as one of popular writing’s great humorists among the likes of David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell, and David Rakoff. Fans of biting, honor-infused memoirs such as Me Talk Pretty One Day and Assassination Vacation will find Halpern’s I Suck at Girls an unforgettable journey into the best and worst moments of one man’s adventures in romance.

Not a Drop to Drink by Mindy McGinnis from Katherine Tegen Books ($1.99) is the Kindle Teens Deal of the Day (January 4) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Customer review: "A stark look into a future that is truly about trust, sacrifice, and hope."

Fans of classic frontier survival stories as well as readers of dystopian literature will enjoy this futuristic story where water is worth more than gold.

Teenage Lynn has been taught to defend her pond against every threat: drought, a snowless winter, coyotes, and, most important, people looking for a drink. She makes sure anyone who comes near the pond leaves thirsty or doesn't leave at all.

Confident in her own abilities, Lynn has no use for the world beyond the nearby fields and forest. But when strangers appear, the mysterious footprints by the pond, the nighttime threats, and the gunshots make it all too clear Lynn has exactly what they want, and they won't stop until they get it. . . .

New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant says Not a Drop to Drink is a debut "not to be missed." With evocative, spare language and incredible drama, danger, and romance, Mindy McGinnis depicts one girl's journey in a frontierlike world not so different from our own.

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Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda from HarperCollins ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (January 4)

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As a humid summer day in Red Hook Brooklyn turns to night, Val & June were hoping for some excitement taking a raft out onto the bay, though it's short lived when Val washes up on shore unconscious, and June is nowhere to be found. The tragic event sends ripples throughout the local community, as the story unfolds through this mixed bag of characters in this second critically acclaimed novel from in Ivy Pochoda (The Art of Disappearing).

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Audible Daily Deal - The Virgin Suicides UNABRIDGEDby Jeffrey Eugenides (Narrated by Nick Landrum) for $2.95 (Regular Price:$19.95)

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This nationally best-selling novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Jeffrey Eugenides was adapted into an acclaimed film by Academy Award-winner Sofia Coppola. A haunting yet wickedly funny tale, The Virgin Suicides has captivated countless readers with its intoxicating portrait of lost innocence. A brilliant fusion of dark humor and tragedy, it is an atmospheric, allegorical masterpiece about five oppressed, suicidal sisters and the boys who dream of rescuing them.
©1993 Jeffrey Eugenides; (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC.

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Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda from Dennis Lehane Books/Ecco is $2.99 (Amazon US)

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