Affiliate Links for "arcadata"- April 2012

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FYI, Amazon has matched the NOOK Daily Find for Families:

The Giver by Lois Lowry now also $1.99

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Highlander's Sword by Amanda Forester from Sourcebooks ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 14)

* FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal today for the Kindle!

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Let Amanda Forester sweep you away into the world of 14th century Scotland and the budding romance between Lady Aila Graham, an heiress once destined for the convent, and Padyn MacLaren, a weary warrior determined to restore his decimated clan.

Franklin and the Thunderstorm: A Classic Franklin Story by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark from Scholastic ($1.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 12)

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One day while playing at Fox's house, a thunderstorm approaches, a bolt of lightning sends Franklin hiding in his shell, and he won't come out. His friends try to comfort him by telling him tall tales about what causes storms, but only when Beaver explains what really causes storms does Franklin begins to feel safe. Young readers will love the story and wonderful illustrations.

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The "33 1/3" Series by Walter Lord fromContinuum ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 13) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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To celebrate today's 27th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, we're offering some of our favorite titles from the brilliant "33 1/3" series, which explores popular music through in-depth examinations of seminal albums, from Exile on Main Street to Paul's Boutique.

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The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery by Inger Ash Wolfe (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is $2.24 (US Kindle)

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Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef is having a bad year. After major back surgery, she has no real option but to move into her ex-husband’s basement and suffer the humiliation of his new wife bringing her meals down on a tray. As if that weren’t enough, Hazel’s octogenarian mother secretly flushes Hazel’s stash of painkillers down the toilet.

It’s almost a relief when Hazel gets a call about a body fished up by tourists in one of the lakes near Port Dundas. But what raises the hair on the back of Micallef ’s neck is that the local paper has just published the first installment of a serialized story featuring such a scenario. Even before they head out to the lake with divers to recover the body, she and DC James Wingate, leading the police detachment in Micallef ’s absence, know they are being played. But it’s not clear who is pulling their strings and why, nor is what they find at the lake at all what they expected. It’s Micallef herself who is snared, caught up in a cryptic game devised by someone who knows how to taunt her into opening a cold case, someone who knows that nothing will stop her investigation.

The second novel featuring Hazel Micallef, “a compelling, unlikely hero” (EntertainmentWeekly), is a stunning and suspenseful exploration of the obsessive far reaches of love, confirming Inger Ash Wolfe as one of the best mystery writers today.

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How to Survive the Titanic or The Sinking of J. Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson from Bloomsbury Publishing (£1.69) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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As the Titanic sank and 1,000 men prepared to die, J Bruce Ismay, the ship's owner and inheritor of the White Star fortune, jumped into a lifeboat and rowed away to safety. His reputation never recovered and he never spoke of his beloved ship again. Now, using never-before-seen letters, author Frances Wilson explores Ismay's need to tell his story and to find a way of living with the consciousness of lost honour.

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Eight World Literature Titles ($0.99 each) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 15) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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From the incredible true story of a child prodigy's family torn apart by the Chinese Cultural Revolution, to a romantic thriller in which a German ballet dancer's new obsession with the tango soon turns horrific, this selection of fiction and nonfiction features vivid characters and ingenious plots set in locations that span the globe.

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The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner from Thomas Nelson ($4.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 15)

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Commemorate today's hundredth anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic with this poignant look at one of the tragedy's most compelling stories: those eight remarkable musicians who continued to play as the great ship sank into the Atlantic, and who thus became an iconic, eternal part of Titanic lore.

Toot and Puddle by Holly Hobbie from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 15)

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Join two porcine pals, Toot and Puddle in this adorable picture book from author Holly Hobbie. These two pigglets couldn't be more different, Toot is adventurous and loves to explore all the world has to offer, while Puddle prefers the simple pleasres of home life, but at the end of the day, they are still best friends.

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FYI, Amazon has matched the Nook deal:

The Band that Played On: The Extraordinary Story of the 8 Musicians Who Went Down with the Titanic by Steve Turner also $4.99

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FYI, new Kindle game apps:

LINGO Junior Edition (Junior Edition of the Puzzle Game for Kindle) by Route 1 Games ($1.99)

Diagonal Sudoku (200 Diagonal Sudoku Puzzles for Kindle) by DJAPE ($1.99)

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My Daughter, My Mother by Annie Murray from Pan (£0.99) is the Amazon UK Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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Joanne, a sweet, shy girl, is increasingly afraid of her husband. Sooky, kind and good-natured, has already been through one disastrous marriage and is back at home living with her parents. As the friendship between these two young mothers grow, they share with each other the difficulties and secrets in their lives.

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Arnie and Jack: Palmer, Nicklaus, and Golf's Greatest Rivalry by Ian O'Connor from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ($1.99) is the Kindle Deal of the Day (Apr 16) *Wait for price to reflect discount before 1-clicking

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This year's U.S. Open marks the 50th anniversary of Jack Nicklaus's beating Arnold Palmer to win his first major title. Ian O'Connor skillfully captures their decades-long rivalry, from clubhouse to boardroom, which transformed each into an American icon and drove golf to the great popularity it enjoys today.

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Zen and the Art of Running: The Path to Making Peace with Your Pace by Larry Shapiro from F+W Media ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find (Apr 16)

FYI, Amazon has matched this Nook deal at $2.99 too!

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Are you watching today's Boston marathon, envying the inner strength that sustains runners over 26 miles? Use the secrets of this book to align body and mind for success on the track and off, and you'll soon be off and running in the Zen zone.

Great Expectations: Your All-In-One Resource for Pregnancy & Childbirth by Sandy Jones from Sterling ($2.99) is the NOOK Daily Find for Families (Apr 16)

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If you're an expectant parent, this guide is just the book for you. With 704 page book has it all, including a weekly breakdown of what to expect during different stages of pregnancy and helpful navigation features for moms and dads on the go.

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Sabriel with Bonus Material by Garth Nix (HarperCollins) is $1.99 (US Kindle, Pre-order)

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For a limited time, Sabriel by New York Times bestselling author Garth Nix is available with a special sneak peek of the highly anticipated A Confusion of Princes.

Since childhood, Sabriel has lived outside the walls of the Old Kingdom, away from the power of Free Magic and away from the Dead who refuse to stay dead. But now her father, the Mage Abhorson, is missing, and Sabriel must cross into that world to find him. With Mogget, whose feline form hides a powerful, perhaps malevolent spirit, and Touchstone, a young Charter Mage, Sabriel travels deep into the Old Kingdom. There she confronts an evil that threatens much more than her life and comes face to face with her own hidden destiny.

Garth Nix's first young adult novel, Sabriel was recently nominated for the Aurealis Award for Excellence in Science Fiction in Australia.

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Return to Sullivans Island with an Exclusive Excerpt: A Novel by Dorothea Benton Frank (Avon) is $2.99 (US Kindle, Pre-order)

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For a limited time, enjoy Dorothea Benton Frank's New York Times bestseller Return to Sullivans Island at a special price and receive an exclusive from her new novel, Porch Lights, available June 12th.

In Return to Sullivans Island, newly college graduate Beth Hayes must put all her grand ambitions on hold when the family elders elect her to house-sit the Island Gamble, ghosts and all. Instead of conquering new worlds, Beth will rest and rejuvenate while basking in memory and the magic of white clapboards and shimmering blue waters. But there is much about life and her family's past that she does not yet understand—and her simple plans begin unraveling with the intrusion of developer Max Mitchell. Still, everything here happens for a reason—and disappointment, betrayal, even tragedy are more easily handled when surrounded by loving family and loyal friends.

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A Bitter Truth with Bonus Material by Charles Todd (HarperCollins) is $1.99 (US Kindle, Pre-order)

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For a limited time at a special price of $1.99, enjoy Charles Todd's third novel in the Bess Crawford series: A Bitter Truth. As a bonus, you get an excerpt from the fourth Bess Crawford novel, An Unmarked Grave, on sale June 5, 2012.Trying to help a woman in distress, World War I nurse and accidental sleuth Bess Crawford learns that no good deed goes unpunished.

When battlefield nurse Bess Crawford returns from France for a well-earned Christmas leave, she finds a bruised and shivering woman huddled in the doorway of her London residence. The woman has nowhere to turn, and propelled by a firm sense of duty, Bess takes her in.

Once inside Bess's flat, the woman reveals that a quarrel with her husband erupted into violence, yet she wants to return home—if Bess will go with her to Sussex. Realizing that the woman is suffering from a concussion, Bess gives up a few precious days of leave to travel with her. But she soon discovers that this is a good deed with unforeseeable consequences.

What Bess finds at Vixen Hill is a house of mourning. The woman's family has gathered for a memorial service for the elder son, who died of war wounds. Her husband, home on compassionate leave, is tense, tormented by jealousy and his own guilty conscience.

Then, when a troubled houseguest is found dead, Bess herself becomes a prime suspect in the case. This murder will lead her to a dangerous quest in war-torn France, an unexpected ally, and a startling revelation that puts her in jeopardy before a vicious killer can be exposed.